Books for you

I can
not but persuade myself that Your Excellency will see that an attack
upon the citizens of this State by a British armed force is in all
human probability inevitable, and that the interposition of the General
Government at this momentous crisis should be promptly afforded.
I have the honor to be, with high respect, Your Excellency's obedient
servant,
JOHN FAIRFIELD,
_Governor of Maine_.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
_Frederickton, New Brunswick, February 18, 1839_.
His Excellency the GOVERNOR OF MAINE.
SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, by the hands of
Hon. Mr. Rogers, of your excellency's letter of the 15th instant.
Mr. McIntire and the gentlemen with him have been subjected to an
examination before Her Majesty's attorney-general of this Province, who
has reported to me that the offense of which they stand charged is one
rather against the law of nations and of treaties than against those of
this Province. They must accordingly be regarded as "state offenders.


Pages:
581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605