Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-05-02

Other difiri}qs of different fates are in the
fame ituation) the law executes iiIeIf with RI
gor From their Geographical petition, they
are excluded the means If telling their frrpIus
! produce. while this very law operates as a
! bounty in effect 70 the citizens Of other parts
OF the United States. icaII the attention OF
the committee 10 the Northern parts Of the
State Of New-York. That fate binds on
Lake Erie 70 Niagara, on the whole extent Of
Lake Ontario, on great part Of the river St
Lawrence, and the lakes CHAMPAIGN and
George, and has immediate, direct, eafy
communication with tire Britifh, in Upper and
Lower Canada. The whole CenneiYee coun-
try, and the counties, lower down, have TEA
dy conffant market, the prices tempting, the
aceets eaiy, and few orno officers TO interrupt
the daily fuPplies given to their Britifh neigh
bors, We csHnot fhut our eyes to the fact of
this commerce being Readily carr ed On.
The Embargo, 70 FIR ac II reflraiRs places
from exporting their furplus produce, goes to
enhance the price of fach produce in foreign
markets, the enhanced price affords the temp.
tatton, and the eafy aceefs, gives the means 70
that country to export it, and in fact by ex-
Guiding Others, gives TO them a monopoly of
iupply. Near 400 miles of northern coah, in
proximity TO the Britifh fettlement, gives to
New-York spon the lakes a fteady market.
Vermont binds on lakes which communicate
with Canada, Pahamaquaddy openly ard pub
licly furnilhes fuppies TO New Brunswick. In
this nate ofthings, and in the mode the law
is executed it is partial and opPrefive and nv
conltituents and others in 6mlar locations "a
feel and experience il.
But, Sir, there is another portion Of our
teIlgw-citizens, on whom this law executes
itself with peculiar severity, mean the
frugal, hardy, laborious and valuable fisher
men Of the Eastern States. ] see gentle
men smile at member of the Middle
States supporting the interests Of the fish
eTmen but Sir, / should think myself INV
entitled to a seat in this hotrge, if / lid not
know the value Of that class of men to so.
ciety and the Union. wish sir their num-
bers, character, and usefulness were better
known an understood than fear they are;
and as on this subject my opinions may not
Dc orthodox, I viii refer to the head ofthe
Church.
Mr.. Chairman, in the year 1871 the rozg
President Of the United States, then Secre-
tary Of State. male an able and luminous
report on our fisheries, these are his words.
lst as to the annual value Of fishermen's Ia
bour, IDLY, as to the situation and value Of
Tie FlaaIe EIsIey as carried on from sand
bar.
Extract tsi.
I" About 100 natives on board II shiDs
(for there were $50 Americans engaged bv
the yoyage) came to 1855 Evres, or about
S416 66-1O0 man."
-Exfract o.
a" The American Whale Fishery IS pVin-
cIpally followed BY the inhabitants Of tie
island Of Nantucket, a sand bar Of about is
miles long and three broad capable Of
maintaining By its agriculture about 20 fam
lies but it employed Oh these fisheries,
before the war, between five and six thou
sand men and boys--and in the only harbour
It possesses, il had enc hundred forty vessels,
one k2rd5sa Gaa tdhtr-f,yo Of which were Of
The large kind, as being employed II the
southern Fishery--In agriculture then they
have no resources, and If that Of their fshe-
ry cannot be pursued from their own habi-
tations, il IS natural they should seek 9th
erc, from which II can De followed, and pre-
fer those, where they win fn,l a sameness
of language, religion, laws, habits and kin
dred. A foreign emissary has lately been
among them for the purpose Of renewing
the invitations to change Of situation but
attached to their native country, they pre-
fer continuing in It, if their continuance
there can Be made supportable"
Mr.. Jefferson's Report 10th Jan 1871,
on the subject Of the Fisheries.
call the attention Of the committee to
every letter Of this Report, and then let each
member ask himself the situation Of the
Fishermen under the Embatgo law.
Sir by the Treasury report laid on our
desks i appears, that the
| expectation Of a5ies Fish @4iatals
acre in the last year amounted to 475,954
nd tire zgtole product Of tie
/ Fisheries amounted to ... 81 800 600
a sum equal TO the 1-18th part Of the whole
agricultural produce Of the United States
thus in effect, in point Of product, adding
| another state To the Union-Is tits class "
men, whose Farm is the Ocean, and whose
crop Is It's Fish, to have n-ir whole or near.
y their whole interest sacrificed BY the IN
equal operation Of the Embargo ~ hope
not Sir, trust gentlemen viii see the OBJ