Excerpt from Report of the Commissioners Under the Resolves of May 26, 1842, in Relation to the Northeastern Boundary of This State The immediate consequences of such a course on our part, would have been the grievous disappointment, which would have been felt by the people of Maine and of the United States, especially by the commercial community, and by that most deserving portion, who are the lovers of peace and the haters of war and violence. Besides, we were given distinctly to understand, that such a measure on our part would immediately be followed by a submis sion of the question anew to arbitration by the United States and Great Britain - an arbitration with all its at tendant delays, new border troubles, new encroachments, irritation, and expense; and with the certain danger, that in the end the rights and just claims of Maine might be still more seriously compromitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.