Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-08-27

o the scene, and there the whole matter term.
| mates. No ncuotinIion has been entered in, -
| no communication with view to negotiation
has been received or made--no overtures ioi
| negotiation on the subject have been received
or mode, by this Government or the British -
| NO negotiation Is going on Hnder the cannon'~
| mouth, nor has anything been negotiated away
under the British durCss. All, therefore, that
llad been SAID on these points was at an end
No charge had been made on the part of Great
britain 1t the policy heretofore pursued with
respect To the fisheries, except to reduce her
national iurcc IN these waters. Admiral SCy.
mour who had been represented as sweeping
the lcchcrgs, with broom at the masthead, is
there, where he was last year, with his broom
rs large then, If not larger than it is now
Admiral Seymour is with his squadron, cnarg
cd with four duties, extending from the North
pole TO the Gulf Of Mexico He has charge
OF the Bnl,I naval interests on the coast to
keep an eye on Cuba, to watch Solou1ur, and
TO protect The fisheries from cncroa hucnrs.
From lS;I9 to l-.Jl twenty eight vessels were
slzcd, all on the ground of being fishing with
IN three miles Of the shore. Two of these
were restored the others were all condemned,
and though brought to the attention ithc guy-
rnncnt, yet no war had occurred. since then
tour or five seizures have been made, but upon
the alleged ground that they were within three
miles of tlc shore. lie referred 80 the CORES
pundcnCc rel tive to 5CiZurCS III lackSpn'S aud
Van Burcn's tunes, and thought THIS admnlsra
tlun had rDar'd IL loudly rs ever they did. As
Great Britain had made 40 change in her poll
cy, the compliant of a want otnolice, Of course,
tailed. There was no ground for alarm, for
things remained just as they had been Ior
years.
No fear could be entertained that She prcs-
dent would negotiate away the revenac, for, in
December last lie said to Congress he would
not negotiate, but submitted the subject for leg
slaton. The complaint that the President had
not sent all the navy to resist the British force
failed, because the British force had been re.
duced instead of enlarged. The Mississippi
had been sent, and 1t would now appear on
fools errahd. No Sc cures had been made eA
cept within three miles, which could not be-
protected, and all without the distance required
no prolC cion. lie examined Mr.. Soule's argu
ment that no bay was within any nations cX-
elusive domnonS, the inlet to which WAS more
than FIX miles wide, aud the coast Of which
did not entirely belong to the nation claiming
1t. lie Thought this proved too much If It |
were correct then the harbor Of Boston, Long |
Island Sound Delaware and Chesapeake BAYS, |
Abemare Sound and the Bay OF Monterey,
would be diveSIed Of the exclusive control OF
the United States. lie referred to Messrs.
Cass and SOue, as having based thclr argU-
ments on newspaper authorities, aud following |
their example, he concluded there WAS an end
OF the matter, by reading from Colonial pa
per that Admiral Seymour and his forces were
not there to enforce the legal and rIgd con.
sirnction Of the Treaty, but to prevent the Pro
vIncIal cruisers from doing so. lie argued
that England could have no interest in war
with the United States, and POINTED out the
injuries that would result from such a course
to her trade, commerce aud finances. lie SAID
he knew well that "A war concerning those !
Colonies would end in their Independence, or
annexation to the United States. White he
would rejoice at this, lie desires no such event
at the price Of war. lie defended the Admin
stration upon several other points contaIned
IN MIR. SouIe's speech.