The Ohio Democrat And Dover Advertiser

From the Ohio Statesman.

THE MAINE BOUNDARY.

That this important, and already too long delayed controversy will yet have to be settled by the cannon's mouth, we have no doubt. In fact, we never have had any other opinion, since we examined the subject. The United States are bound to secure to Maine her whole Territory, and Maine of course, will not, at this late day, yield a foot of her Territory—and Great Britain dare not settle the line as originally made—she cannot do this and preserve the Canadas—she must therefore make a show of fight for the territory, though in the face of her own treaty, while in fact, she is fighting merely to please Canada. The merits of the case, will be an attempt on the part of Canada, to take from the United States a portion of her territory as clearly their own, as the land on which is built New York, Philadelphia or the National Capitol. England, by solemn treaty settled the line of boundary, but Canada, not finding it convenient to yield all the territory on our side of the line, is determined to take it by force, by fighting us, or rebelling against England if she does not aid in the attempted robbery. This is the whole concern.—England would gladly get rid of the matter, but she cannot, except by the loss of Canada. Well, let our authorities at Washington meet the crisis—delay is nonsense. The longer it is left the worse it will get. While the Canadians are endeavoring to chop off a piece of Maine and add it to their possessions, we in this region will slice off a piece equally as valuable, along Lake Erie and the Detroit river.

As somewhat connected with this subject, we give the following from the Montreal Herald, received by the eastern mail of yesterday morning

"In the Quebec Mercury of Thursday last, we find the following memorandum issued by His Excellency Sir John Harvey, the Lieutenant Governor of the Province of New Brunswick. We do not know the motives which have induced His Excellency to issue it, but it may possibly be in consequence of information he has received from the Imperial Government, that, in the event of Messrs. Featherstonhaugh and Mudge's report of their survey of the disputed territory agreeing with the position already maintained by Great Britain, the whole energies of the empire will be called in to action to enforce our possession of it, even at the cost of a war with the United States. Although those gentlemen have not allowed the particulars of their report to transpire, it is more than probable that its details are in the possession of Sir John Harvey, and that they are in our favor. In case of a general war, the recommendations of Sir John are extremely judicious; and we understand—they were acted upon with the most beneficial results during the war of 1812, and the subsequent years."

Memorandum.

I am desirous of impressing upon the inhabitants of the frontier districts of this Province, that in the event of hostilities with the United States, the most prudent course to be pursued, (on either side, for the measure, to be effectual, must be reciprocal) would in my opinion, be that of strict neutrality. Let the borderers remember that, as connected with the war, we should unhappily be compelled to engage in one. no national object can possibly be advanced, by any displayed of hostile feelings, towards each other. They might, it is true, mutually subject each other to constant alarm, great calamities, sufferings and distress: but their utmost efforts must be as a drop of water in the determination of the great national questions at issue, which must be decided elsewhere by the great naval and military resources of the great powers engaged in the conflict. And let the inhabitants of this Province repose, with confidence, upon the protection of the parent State which is alike able and willing to throw her powerful shield over all who have a just claim to her protection and defence.

HENRY D. GILPIN, Esq of Pennsylvania, has been appointed by the President and Senate, Attorney General of the United States.