New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-28
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owes the green laurel of his youth to his gener-
Osity in forgetting this fact.

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owes the green est laurel Of his youth to his gener
Osty in forgetting this fact.
The untiring Iabors Of Mr.. Sparks Ia ve eSplaia
ed the enigma Of the vacilIating course ,Hf Lord
North, and men may now lessen and qualify tiss
reprosches which they have heaped upon 40
memory. But the warning NAV still go out for
others to heed that to drive fishermen from the
ocean Is an outrage. His Lordship's bill, in i778
having this distinct object n view, drew from the
Lords in minority an eloquent protest sgainst tAs
deep wrong done by depriying men Of their means
oil support even when "in rebellion That
Government" say they, which attempts to pre-
serve ITS authority by destroying the trade Of its
SUBJECTS, and by involving the innocent and the
gum! IN one common ruin, if it act from a choice
o' such means, confesses itself unworthy; if FROM
INABILITY to find any other, admits itself wholly in
competent to the end Of its institution" IA far
back as the times Of James the First IN. ,r.,.
body Of Englishmen united to break dov, -. Al
legged chartered nights OF afew to enjoy the Amer
lcan hshing grounds which nature had made one
and indiv'sible, and which all mankind had rirht
to enjoy by the higher charter Of the comma,
Father of all.
Nor did the War of 1872 with all the desolatio,
and bad feeling which it caused from an exception
to the rule so commonly observed. ! NAV refer
for instance TO the passports of Admiral Hothsa
to the people Of Nantucket to the permission
granted by Sir George Collier to all fishing boats
and vessels under thirty tuns and 20 the ordinary
and almost universal practice Of British COM
manders along our coast, of allowing the taking OF
fish TO be carried to our towns and cities to be
consumed fresh. And this, when our public and
private armed ships, these very commanders
knew, were manned in good measure by the class
Ofmen TO whom these indugences were granted
Thus, then, fishermen rithOu treaty stipnlations
to favor and protect them, have often Jared far
better than it is possible for to do If the views
of Lord Stanley, in these dispatches, are carried
out in their most obvious sense. How many in
the same service with Nelson, Digby, Hothaa,
and Collier are there now in commission, who,
hosting the memorable MOTTO" England expects
every man to do his duty."-will "crowd sail
above and aloft, to hunt up and drive out such Of
our fishermen shall cOntinne to visit the bays"
interdicted so unwilIipgy by the present Minister
of England when Secretary for the Colonies
Are the Colonies willing to abide by the odium,
and by the consequences Of this measured Upon
them Lord Stanley casts it, and with them and
with their cutters and steamers unless | much
mistake, the officers of the ships of war on
the American station will seek to leave it. In
the course of frequent researches among state
papers, | do not remember to have seen q
public document of such singular character
as his Lordshlps dispatch to Lord Falkland.
The American people are distinctly tsld in it
that Colonial intert renee and importantly have
alone prevented the British Government from ex-
ecuting a determination already formed to put an
end to all difficulties the fishing grounds within
British jurisdiction. How often has il happened
that an English statesman, while assuming the
pOhticarespoDsbility of an act has cast the moral
responsibility of it upon the subjects un Ter his
special care When has a Secretary for the
Colonies made known 10 the world, that the rep
reservations of Colonirts have set aside the in
tention" Of the Cabinet Ministers Of the Crowny
| do not ask how often Colonial remonstr ,nces
have actually prevailed with the Ministry, hut
how frequently has Colonial opposition to Il course
of policy been 0rOued by Ministers a, their reason
for a change of purpose The common tom Of
announcing Cabinet decision is not that emp Dyed
by Lord Stanley in his dispatch Of March 80, to
Sir William COlebroOke still that decision was
deemed honorable and liberal The motive thers
given for opening the Bay of Fundy TO our fisher
men is stated to BIZ "th, removal Of a fertile
source Of disagreement " between the Unted
States and Great Britain. But in the dispatch to
ord Falkland, though the same inducements ex-
sted in full force for Her M,jesty's Government
execute 4" the intention" of opening the other
bays" IN order TO perfect AMI perpstuato har-
nonous feeling, yet that intention was absn-
loned," on acc )unt OF Lord Falkand's state
nents.
The Colonists have toiIed whole generation to
move the British Government " to protect them
rom the expressions Of the Americans" Tsey
rave apparently accomplished their object. But
will they themselves catch Fl III the more, or be-
,ome guinea the richer They achieved state
paper victory in 1915, aud have succeeded in fill
Dg their waters with armed vessels. But that VIC,
ory is at the expense ofright and humanity. Some
IF our cOuntrymen have neither the money nor the
,redt to procure and fit out the class Of vessels
equired in the Newfoundland and Labrador
isheries, and compelled by the necessities Of
heir position and condition to resort, in tho
mailer craft, to the coasts Of New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia to earn subsistence. Exclusion is
hen wrong to them Nay, it is wrong to
ungry and starving women and children, whom
hey always meet particular parts Of these
oasts when making their "spnng fare, and whose
ecessities they seldom refuse to relieve even to
heir own deprivation. Nor is this all. Oar fish
rmen are often of service in other respects. 4
ave room for but a SINGLE instance. mag. in
Si5, at Shippizar-within one of the in.eraicted
bays" be it acknowledgement Of one hun
red British Fl, hermen, exposed - the fury of the
torn in open boats, were preserved from death
y the courage and sx.rtlons of the Americans
here, who We're fishing in decked vessels.