Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1815-04-24


fuch ~ i. deiuced from facts. and as the writer
feels . coa!iasncethat cur rights to the cnjoymen
of the fsher,es are unimraired the ls'e war in
which our country bas unfornna'e'y been eogag
ed, to he contrary notwithstanding; and thar they
Gill eri1 as thes were Acknowledged oy the lseay
Of Paris ia 1888 he lays before The public the
following ita:emcnt.--The tchooner Grey Hound.
Thonass Could, mater. fitted for ffh.ng
voysge and failed from hi port for Aurapoiis,
90 the 6,h ixft. where the arrived; the mailer i'm,
reiia.ly repaired en- ihore TO the Collector, for the
purpoie Of paying his anchorage dues (as has been
ruaon,ary) aud was Informed by fAid Collector
sha. the fiharies within the juriidicion Of the
Bri,iill Government were Inhibited The Citizen,
cf he Ua,ted States, and warned him 10 depart
immtdia ely, under penaIry Of ieizure obferv'rg at
the fame time that he daily expected inffrucucns
from Halifax TO shas eff set.-Norwi htandine the
Urgent reque0 Of the matter TO be allowed 10 re
main, without the privilege of 6fhing and wait
the reluss sf the iallructions from Halifax and
then abiie the ultimate oecGon of the Collector,
be could NOT obtain th'.libery; but was forced 10
depaxs Immediately, has returned to this port -
This conduct Of the CcfcSor CT .Annsps if
pcs hled in, will sfeniialk njure the ezees ofthe
Sfatss vhgfe occupation "a that Of iiilnng, and
whole livelihood has hcen earned from this pur.
fu:t
An able and Intelligent writer er The h2na-
aure of R;cheu, in Connectieut paper, and
copied nto the Daily Adversizer, Las fully
cu,idaed the iubect, ard eftabli1hed our right &c
the continued erioymens Of the fifherits beyond
the reach Of fophiGryor diplomatic skiil to con-
,roverf and which muif be conc uive 10 the MIND
of every impartial reader and extrac.s wou
t.ut ferve to crcumictite aud ccmpreis it within
too narrow limits, and deprive the aushor Of that
need Of excellence which be has acquired by this
and vatiesy of productions, lha anaes i entire,
tha. II may have more general cireu'aion aud
auracg the coufideral.on Of ihcfe who differ from
bin on this highly important iul Iet
IFrori the Bofloo Daily Adverifer]
The following article by the author of The able
tTay which we copied Tome months ago from
Connec,ieus paper. on sfG'e SsOs,eignty, viii he
found well defervng of astention. We viii only
,enark, that IL is mach to be regretted that
government, by annu a'ing all the ttea'y rights
which we claimed OF Great Britain, have even let
cur claim TO the n1heres a matter of qusaion, or
one which requires argument 10 fettle .is. We
hope that Great Britain may be difpofed TO admit
our right as fully as if j, had been recognized BY
the late treaty but would at any rate have been
much better, had the old treaty been esprefsy
confirmed, or the article relative TO the hlheries
feiafertcd 10 the new one.
The Right to the hlheries,
Not kf BY the United Stafe5.
In country where every citizen pof-
fef7es flare of the foycrcign.y, each is
prone to believe himielf competent to the
exercife Of its high duties. treaties be-
tween lfases and nations he conRrues
with equal facility and adurance with
which he interprets ordinary comfa6ts
between individuals. If .accuifomed TO
fcribble, he often publifhes his ideas,
without examination fuficient to afcer
tain their correctness, if his abilities are
equal to the talk. Though fuch pubIica-
lions rarely effeauate much good, they
generally produce as little harm. Yet, as
the cauie may DC, incalculable mitchell
my be the refult A true eonar uGion
of the recently promulgated treaty, be-
tween the United States and Great Brit
ain, is of vall importance 20 the former
II falfe Interpretation be given to that
initrument, and become generally cur
rent in the newspapers throughout this
country, fuch Interpretation may, BY the
Bririlh government, be confdered as re
oognlfed by our own and claims foun
ded thereon be fct up which will other
wife never be made and which will jco-
pardize the bea interef Of the United
States, if actually brought forward Un-
fortunately ever fince the declaration OF
war in 1917, newspaper ailertions, that
by the fact of war. we bad loft our right
10 the ffheries in the Gulph of St. Law
renee, &c. have been very frequent and
often repeated. 1t has been often fug
cefted that an exprefs cencelhon, or at
lealt recognition, in the trcatyof peace
Of our right, would be necefarv TO our
future enjoyment of the iiiheries.
Thefe ideas have been eagerly feized on
the other Ede of the Atlantic. So foon
as the terms Of the treaty we're known.
the Englifh newspapers announcing the
peace, declared that Great BrNain had
Obtained an executive right to the fifhe-
ries. The right has both here and in
England, been coupled with that of ira
ding 70 the Britifh pofleihons in the EAT
Indias Between them, however, there
IS not the mott diitant analogy. They
are not only diverle in their nature, but
fpsung from originals entirely diaina
Our RIGHT to that part Of the India trade,