New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-17

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of Newfoundland from Cape Ray TO the ouroon ~
Il, IA and slso the right 20 fish along the Magdaene
issnds and from Mount Jolly, on the southern Goa" on
Labrador TO and through tne strns OF seIs rou
thence porthward indefinitely Here on this mao you
scc these common fishing grounds BY that Convention
The United States repounc,d all right to fish anywhere
within the distance Of three miles OF the shore, ~tnln
,nv other Of the coasts bays creeks or harbOrs on hs
Naiestys domnions In North America, V TO enter
them for any cause but distress and want oil wood
and water The fisheries 10 which this provision vas
applicable, the excepted coasts OF Nova scos
New Brunswick, Cape Breton, Prince I'd ward sisun,
and portion of Canads, called Gaspe You see 'nem
all here ON the chart. 49,,
VIII the serate please to notice fiat the principal
fisheries In the waters TO which these Limitations appy
are the mackere and the herring fisheries, ana tna'
these are what are called "shoal fisheries that 20
saw the best fishing for msckerc and herrnssh wl'hi
three miles Of the shore. Therefore, by thar rehiu
citation the United States renounced the best
and herring fisheries Senators please 10 notice, aso
that the privilege Of resort to the shore constantly 10
cure and dry fish, IL very important Fish can be cured
sooner and the sooner cured the better they are ana
the better is market price This circumstance ha'
given 10 the Colonies great advantage over US 10 TIL
trade 1t has stimulated their desire to abridge the
American fishery much as possible; and indeed tney
seek naturally ecough to procure our exc u'ion aI'o
gether from the fisheries. Such the Convention oil
1918, and such the effects OF II.
On the l4.h of June, 1910, the British Parliament
passed act for the purpose OF carrying tue proV+
Ions Of this Treaty into effect by which they sutno
lied the King to issue oiders In Council By orders IN
Council The Cove nment of Great Britain provided TOR
the seizure Of persons tespassipg within the
fishing Grounds abusing the privileges OF the treaty
The Progin ,ial Government Of Nova Scotia, In 1880
passed very stringent Law for the PURPOSE or under
the pretext Of preventing encrosch nens by American
fishermen aud simultaneously with THIS sc they set W
the claim exclude the American fishermen from en-
teripg the crea. bays of Fundy and Chsle and all 9th
er great bays and also shut the Gut Of C.nso so
as TO prevent American fishermen tom using t14.
channel 70 reach the Straits Of Norhunherand aad tae
r,gir NsQl- an
the came time that by the true aud just construc.
ton Of the Convention of Ills, wa wera erciade1
from the Bsh haTbors and waters except In case OF
actual ditress and authorized the police atsume u
Judge absolutely what OF distress aud wh5n
the plea has been allowed long enough and declared u
a cause of forfeiture, also, when herman came In for
wood water If he could not show that he had beeh
well supplied when he left home. Toe Province also
declared abuse aud ground OF Forfeiture "nsn our
fishermen baied fab within three miles from The shore,
for ihe.puTpose OF tempting them out into the deep sea
and also when they prepared within thres miles oil tse
shore, 10 iish outside those limits.
MoreO ger Eyva Scotia statute rendered Il a'r)s
impossible for fisherman to defend Just Gauss, 2
caui @ Il allowed only mOnih in w1ch 10 prepare me-
defcLse, and cast the ORHs p'0bdndi on the party
belled Mr. Stevenson aud after him Mr. E9eret, r.
monitated VITA the lmporll Government against this
PRECIOUS act and insisted the construction OF
the act demand The Imperial Governmen,
INDUCED desire 10 accommodate, aud submitted slca
proposition to the Colonial authorities Of EOsa SOFIA.
That Colony resistsd as thing did al the others AMI
Nova Scotia requested the opinion of t1elaw differs o.,
the Gro construction of tde trcayl egsci
all tie ,n's u which have thus a3Eered TnJse law
officers confirmed all tue pretenslDns ~ tle Nova 500
tans, just az have described them. Under these cir
cgmstsnces, the British Government 6e;la'iog t1eir
adherence to the construction given the IL Oicecs
yielded to the appeal Of lire United States far as u
grant, concession shat the Bay Of FIcy should "a
open the American iSbormen, sab. &c. - rue nita.
lion Of not going within three miles ut ,ls sh
Mty doc'ined 10 coaeeds more The American Minister,
M. Everett received this not concession, but
right. The British Minister insisted that II should BE-
reeardednot as a right, bat as concession.
So the party calling It concession" and 70 4,
other Insisting upon 1t hight the privilege Of
fishing, the right 10 fish within the Bay o Fdn fy,
excepi wftbR three miles OF the shore, was admtst,
and has constituted departure In one instance ID
point, from the rigorous construction othcr sis
pertracously adhered TO by the Governm9us OF dea,
Britain.
Mr. Everett wrote on the 25h of NJ arch, 1915 Tins:
81 received, few days since and herewith transmit =
Iote from Lord Aberdeen containing the sflcory nsl
hgence after reconsideration Of the sube: at1aJ
The Queens Gorerenaent adhere 10 The cJa'fTHcia ~ "a en-.
renoH rhich hey haze Arrays maintained they hare s'H
to The deeym nation Of Teiarag from IL, 80 Jar a. u
&C fg,eG. fishermen to pusae their ovo'son'in tue
What the British Government had thus conceded as
relax son the Canadian authorities still declared
unwse and, although ihi. concession had been ma ir
yet all that time as well since the Provincial
authorities have Unlisted upon the technl aud rigor.
Gus contraction OF the treaty, and the Ua,ed SAFES
upon the more liberal aud just one. Toe Imperial
Government although 1t adopted, and has adhered u
The Provincial construction has nevertheless always
declined to maintain practically by force Such haze
been the attitudes OF the three parties heretofore Sa'h
their attitudes now.
Now, Sir, during all this time, aud do not know
long before, tue Imperial Government has KEPT some
naval force In those seas for the purpose OF preventing
encroachments and abuses By Anne lean and FTen 81
fishermen; and the Colonies have, 1T all tines be
eve, made some show OF naval force for that purpoie
on that preiext
In the last year a new Administration obtained tho
IF IN VIII Earl Of
Derby ut its bead That Administration ulder-
stood to favor the principle of protection. Tao Ult3l
States pay considerable bounty to their fshermen-
bouDties amounting 10 about 100000 yearand they
impose duty of 90 per cent on foreign FISH.
TIE Colonial fishermen continually complain 70 the
Imperial Government CT the competition Of tho Ane-i
can fishermen, and they claimed of the ne Ministry
as they had been In the habit of claiming of the old
Ministry the assent OF the Royal Government 70 the
granting Of bountes and they com1lane1 ID the uev
Ministry they had been la the habit of complaining
to the old fthe cucrOachnents of the nercan sa
ermen The Colonial authorities last year. by reports aud
resolutions threatened retaliation against the United
States In form, If these claims and complaints
should be dist egerded.
Under these circu instances tde Imperial Govern.
ment in 1851, proposed the President of the Uni,ed
States TO negotiate concerning the questions rd.et oy
the British Colonies and submitted tnrJugh Sir d'iry
Bulwer, schedule Of the terms or principles upJ1
which that Government would negotiate fprthe pI-Dse
OF setting what trey pcasedto III Vi ,c1mmercI
iiercourse between the Provinces and the uai.sd
that The Pfesdent Ct tho Uli'ed Scses sDgethsr 10
clined negotiate tina, be referred tho subject tae
Congress The United a'es IN his aalua! message Of
DE- ce rher last IN these words
"Your attention Is again invited to the question OF eco-
REGAL the United States and C.n4ia and
British possessions frontier Ogeru-es Tor Con-
venCn upon this subject have been received from her
fannie mAestys iaster entsy but ne
in many respects preferable that the should be
lated bg reciprocal iglkIo Dscumens laid b,fore
showing the terms which the British G1veramsnt
willing TO osr, AID ne rii I, nay ae7pt "
arrangement aron his anil jet .hrd 1rdev
Thus, In December Last, Congress invited by the
President 10 consider the subject OF Shtch MI the
present difficulties have arisen and we thea hsd this
notice & an the Brith Ministry, viz:
Her MaJesy's Government prepared cert n
dons and with certain a'ios make tsc3nccssoa
- Which much Importance n have been attached
by Mr. Clay ton. nansyto throw open the isherm
the United States the fisheries in the OF the Bh
North American Colonies. with permission those ishes
To LAND the coasts those Ctones for the purpOe
OF drying Il cir aud curing their fh provided tha,,
doing they do not interfere with the OF prV1e
property, or viii the operations Of Sritish shsrnca"
Congress did nothing, said nothing tho ight u1:auy
the subject The Colonies, Ia The msanti me- con.