The daily union., 1852-08-07

barbo for shelter, to repair for wood or waierghts
which possess under The positive stpuatoDs of The
treaty and about which there be no mistake II do
lies can be thus imposed upon vessels they may be
prohibited from the use of these ports all II is a
gross violation OF our treaty rights and is another evi
dence that The faith OF Great Britain in relation her
treaties with us rs but Punic faith fear much that
our aequescence 10 her violation OF the Nicaragua treaty
mas served as an lnducemeni 10 this. faNpHf
We have accounts which presumed to be correct
OF the seizure OF Hayades, Of Lubec, Maine. The
schooner Weeet reports that, The 23d OF July, two
American vessels were taken of Go-perhead by British
steam irigate Captain Saybold of the brganline Hall
lax, informed Captain Whalan that his orders 10
seize az vessels found fishing within the line laid down
by The British government This will cut of our vessels
IRON fishing on all the grounds, except IN the neghbor
hood OF Gaspe and Magdalen islands. The distance
from this line 10 the shore in some places Is fifty or sixty
miles. Another restriction has been placed upon our
vessels IN the shape OF anchorage duty, al SIX pence per
ion In all the provinces the fishing vessels have been
osaed 70 Ss duty az ober Su
inces IN addition which IS something never required be-
lore
sBosroN. July 3ist.-The fishing schooner Northern
Light which arrived al Booth Bay, Mane from the Gu f
Of 81 Lawrence. reports having been boarded by Bsh
line from headiand TO hesdand being marked out in their
The schooner Wave. which has arrived at Gloucester
reports that on Monday las while lying anchor near
Sable island in company with the schooner Helen Maria
. sss ssy Ssa ssa " B
Pnbuces the of the HELEN Maria allege that they
had NOT been fishing, and had intention Of cvadg
treaty, but had only put ia for supplies The intelligence
has caused great excsmen among the Gloucester fisher
!" SEIZURE ANOTHER AmeRIoAN FISHING vEssKL.--Bos-
ros Angus, 2-The American fishing schooner Union has
been seized for alleged violation OF the fishery treaty,
and carried inuo Charlouestown
"[sEcosD pEsrArcH.l
Bosros August The schooner Coral sold at st.
Johns to day for breach OF the fishing treaty"
Such the accounts Of some OF the many seizures
which have taken place, and they can leave doubt
araQ lyuI ma mil fput Rnt
pass from the consideration OF this part OF the subject,
and will proceed to the examination OF the other branch
OF it, propose to show the importance OF our fisheries,
connected with commerce and our navy, and ex-
hib the amount OF means and the number OF men en-
gagged in the for the purpose OF presenting their
true importance to the country, and demonstrating the
necessity well as justice, OF protecting their just rights
and sustaining the honor OF our country. r
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5. 1852
The Presidents message. in relation 10 the North
American fisheries, being again under consideration
Mr. HAMLlN resumed and concluded as follows:
Mr. PRESIDENT: II will now be my purpose 10 call, as
briefly can the attention of the Senate to the import
Of these fisheries in commercial and maritime point
of view, for the purpose of showing that, not only
matter OF ngh but an obligation of duty arising as
well from right as from interest, government should
protect our fishermen in the rights which properly and
justly belong to them by the treaty of 1883, by the
vention Of 1918, and by the law OF nations
We must have men for our navy we must have men
for our commercial marine Those men can only be had
who have followed the occupation, and who have be
come proficient by training IN the sea service for Sc
res OF years There is no nation that has ever existed
which has not eposed with confidence the fisheries
the great fountain OF supply for lis commerce and its navy
Our own government from its foundation TO the present
time have regarded the fisheries the great source from
whence TO draw our supply They are the school
in which to be trained to fight our battles
on the and on the lakes There is other school
there is other training adequate to the purpose There
is nation now existing that has been distinguished
for lis commerce or It's naval power which has not had
such body OF men corps which II could rely for
the purpose to which have alluded
From the days OF the commercial prosperity OF Venice
down 10 the present time, every nation which has been
be found has only devoted energies to this branch
OF industry, but it has relied implicitly upon it great
source from which lis navy and its commerce were TO be
when she commanded absolutely the Mediterranean and
almost the whole OF Europe-when she was indeed the
FIRST commercial power in all Europe. and it is said by
writer's equal 10 all Europe-she had corps OF fish,
ermen with which 10 supply her commerce and her navy
along her coasts and bays They covered the lagoons
they swarmed the Mediterranean and her argosies
found in every port along the British coast Her vessels
visited every port of the Mediterranean and every coast
OF Europe. Her maritime commerce was probably not
much inferior TO all the rest of Chrisendom Such
Venice in the day OF her greatest commercial prosperity
and that prosperity 10 great degree attributable to
the enterprise OF her seamen, who had been trained and
educated in the school OF her fisheries. They
hardy Industrious and energetic and they went where
ever commerce could find avenue.
Holland also furnishes remarkable example of the
prosperity and commercial power OF that country in
nexon with her fisheries and her seamen. Indeed, sir,
The old Dutch proverb that the city OF Amsterdam
built upon fishes bones. When Holland the mis-
ress of she from the yearl5 10 the
year 1850, Amsterdam perhaps the first commercial
city OF Europe story informs that that distinction
Obtained by her fisheries and her Indeed. she
bad httle else BY her fisheries she this great
mercial power and that sustained by her
fishermen When Won Iromp swept the British ocean
with broom at bis masthead, threatening entire de-
sruciion 10 the British navy, and annnlation 10 the
commerce OF that nation, bis vessels were manned by
those hardy and persevsring men which were supplied
from the fisheries OF Ho land These were the men who
in fact all her adversarles and by which
Holland acquired such renown. Her commercial pros
peuy, and the prosperity OF her fishermen, coexist
cnt with each other The government itself, in des
patch the OF lis commercial prosperity, pre-
Jared with great by the direction OF the Stakeholder
places the fisheries in the hrst class OF contrib
ung 10 the advancement OF the republic in it's
pied prosperity. Such beyond all doubt the fact
France furnishes most remark able example, too OF
the intimate relation which exists between commerce, the
naval power. and the fisheries While that nation held
her eastern colonies and their fisheries all know that
she rapidly equalling Great Britain in her
and in her navy; and examination OF the history OF
these times viii show clearly and concusvey that from
The very hour she parted with her fisheries which had
been the nurseries OF her and her commerce, ber
navy began to decline. Under Louis XIV, and under
thai most remark able minister Colbert find that her
commerce had extended, and had become almost equal TO
that OF England Her navy was indeed formidable.
Allow me TO read here from communication made TO
the National Assembly OF France al its session in 1851
by M Apcet, in relation 10 the fisheries. IL has been
very kindly furnished by friend and is not only
able bu, most valuable PAPER. In that review, which
the French have given To this subject very