New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-30

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rntrrprse carried this srilous mode Of hardy
tsrprse the extent to which IL has been pushed by
this mt psope-a people who stl, as II we're Ia
TIE g,'te and no'ye' hardened uso the bone Of man
But Britain did not conciliate. The Revolu-
| ton went on and the American whale fishery
pershtd leaving not one vessel on either fishing
| ground
| Yet il is curious, Mr.. President, TO mark Tn
elasticity Of our cOuntrymsn IN this their 'd'o,'Uo
enterprise. A provisional treaty OF peace DC
tween the United States and Grest Bnttin VIZ w.
concluded on the 30tb November, l|o@; Cn s.'
| Sd Of February I7E}, n read fc,n nm Eng,Sn pa
per Of that period) the ship Bedford, CapIn ~
| MOOfes belonging to Massachusetts, .s. i,b
the Downs. she passed GraVesahn =" 80 100
and ON the 9Th yas reported to the custol-ho.,
~ =" ~ sho yss NOT allowed regular entry
NTH sI,ey consultation between The Im'sr'u'' 80
OF Customs and the Lords of the Cnuiicl, -, ,be
the many scts Of Psrs%sn. y es 9TH ISL barrels Of
ti "a snd manned wholly ~it' A n-rcan senilrn,
md belonged 20 the ltlsnd Of Nnn'ucstL ~ r''
~. a, IN. Uonley Downs, lttle bco" th' i'"";
"a ga. the rsi which displayed the thirteen s'hP"' o
America ip suy British port - M.
Nsy,nbeIess, the lost vantage gronnd was ho'
.,.Uy nor speedily reeaned re ef1h was mas
sss,o,t protection against exclutioD 10 iore,m
| n'a,L,ts and Rgninst bOuDtes BY the hnsusl
| Government equivalent 10 tY dollars pr H'i"
employ ed or hhy per cent on tho Yhne 81 arg ~
| ,s,n,d-bDuniles not Occssi 'Dsly nor irreghMV OF
fer.d but CONTINUED from 1850 10 1874 hnd hinp1n'hS
In the aggregate three millions OF poln1s s'IIns
Nor this oil. These bountes, cnhaac7u WI" Co.
tiorsl Inducements, offered TO thc MANU- Ac''"
ernep ON condition Of their abanoOnng tnelf country
ard bcc ming inbshi'arts OF the adjacent iI'u ~,
neS or u the Brtifh iflaDds seemed ihuc'u' ,p'
crisis IN this great national interei hnh conn mp
,ilv there VIM ON the French side ~ IN" C1hnn"l ~
least one unweorcd friend Il America, MS there were
many wachful 'nenics q Ensl md. lnihyct'" "t"oe
,eyrrnl j. tirrs Ia Roson ana arrested an on'gfapn
from u,uckct % the Bftsh Col mics and Islands nl-
ready on the eve Of embarkai0n and thon addressed
himself tn the French monarch and Ills Court France
ssw a. onre DANCER IL Hfspier OF - Great num-
her OF senmen together with ,h- very art and
y,tefy Of matchmaking to her hereditary hnf rcth'
Ices nemy The good but lllated Loula XVI equipped
elk whaling vcssls With American hsrDoOucrs on his
own ace cunt and offered bounty Of - per man. paya.
bic by tho RoSn Treasury 70 every Amsdcan fish I'll
who should oIsgrste 10 France I'm wnOle year only
nine families, cOntainny thrtythree persons, acceptef
this offer ard therefore tho King In compliance win
Lanyottcs nrst advice, sdoprd the eXpsdont Of dis
cIiminniIg In favor Of American cargOes Of oil aud
whaebOnc In the French market The American whale
fishery began 10 revive, ard In ls7 7sS and la 1882
II employed average Of l22 vessels But II still Ia
bored under tho pressure OF competition stimulated
by bountcs both In England and in Francs Ia 100
tho Great and General Council of Massachusetts, ap.
pcacd COnRross Tor proocuou Ia THIS g'eat intares
Of that Commonwealth Mr. Jefferson, the Secretary
Of State. subuit d mn elaborate reply which. while II
was liberal in Its spirit nevcrthecss clostd with tho
DE- clarAoD that "tbe whale fishery ranch II In
du.iry poor ~ 10 to nothing With di.tant
tons who did net support from their tr0asuCs-tht
our position placed our fishing ground somewhat
hle her, such relieve the National Treasury rom
giving support, bu' MT b. perm, 70 derive support
from the fishery nor TO relieve tho Government from
the obp alton provide free markets for thu produc-
tons Of The isheiy II possible"
The enterprise hnd We, anguished into life when
the French ovuuun of 1879 Il, which involved
Europe and ultimately the United States. IN that
swept the latter m we'll M the fronch aud Du'ch from
Nil The fisheries ard cii them In the exclusive enjoy
rncut of Britain, Who achieved in those her
established pIotmnonca tho conqueror OF Oh" seas
A. their close ,e Ri ish had 46 vessels in the hlrih
ern whaling ground, which captured no lees than 1873
whales ana thus obtained 10 500 tuns Of oil an lit
Of wbalobone, and Sc ships la tina Southern wndo
fishery equally ,ucccssill. The Americans now reGn.
tered the game and the tables speed y-aod, a
thiuh. permanently in trir favor In lEll
the Blush became Discouraged nnd Withdrew their
bounf,es and In 1912 they had than II vessels
IN the North fishery, which captured only 81 whales
The Southern hshsry declined siill mare rapidly; 50
that In lsi5, not British whsler appeared Ia tho
South Seas since that time all nations have virtually
abandoned This HARDY i1rm Of perlous Industry in
favor Of the Americans. The cndte whaling fleet
the world In 1877, consisted of shout 900 vessels 90
Of which tel"nRod TO France 30 to Brcnen and
ports In Ncrihe Europe ~ To New II bland aud other
Biitish Poly nesGn Colonies, aud all others tnan
500 In number with tunnage of 10000 tuns belonged
10 the United Staea. The capital thus en- loI cd Ok
ccedtd twenty millions OF dollars aud the annual pio.
auctions Of the fisheries amounted thirteen millions
Of dollars With the decline of this enterprise I'm tirca
B ain her commercial writer's began TO discounteuance
whale shirR alt0gC and while they represent
10 a gambling adventure, they dcHvOr
late the people of Continental Europe to substitute &C.
table otis for those procured In the seas.
No PresiGoLt; Pay consider the cost time, dto gers
and hazard Of the whale fishery. Each vessel sitr is
outfit Is worm $4,000. and carries ihrty able bodied
scamcn and is Hloat on n single voyage ono or two
perhaps inroe yeais 1t finds the whale always above
the sxli,th degree OF latitude, and remain there
only during The brirt Polar summer Of three months
The whole time may lapse without a win Lc being seeo.
When discovered every sta,c ef his capture to.ome
and attended with multiplied dangers to the assn!lsnts
increSrd by tine shoss the ice ihe s'prms and the
foss which project the an against his pursuers Tne
statistics absolutely irghu Ia lsndsman or com
mon seaman In 1919 ofsNy British ships seni to
Dssiss Straits were lost 10 lS2 out of sxty nine
eleven were lst OF eighty.stvco ships that sailed tor
Dsyss Straits In 1880 no ess than Eighteen lost
twenty tour returned clean wolfe of the rrnqn
der had iu Cargo and only one or two half fshsd
Pray cos'ider Sir, that tho great triumph Of the
American hsh'rmep was achieved and IL still sustsnsd
not My without hid from the Government but praca
csly also without aid from the cspal on,erp se of
general con mcrce and, indeed To quote the nervous
language OF jefferson, with ausiisres bat poverty
aud rg, rous economy Tne whaiug deet Of tho
unteo sstts In 1876 consisted of seven hundred aud
thirty seven vessrs OF the thirty States only i've
New-Eampshite Rhode Island Conn-etcut Ms;sasha.
sets, aud Ne~.lork, wsre represenssd. and all OF
them EXCEPT Ne~.iork, are the : loat blcst in
fertility and climate New Hampshire having only
single pot sent out only vessel Rhode Island one
Of The three moe, oiminutve Statf, equipped 1T two
Conne'tlcut, small state, sent hundred and
twenty .iOsr NeS lork with her tx'audrj territory
vast wea IL, and supt ndous commercial embellishments
seut only clshtyuve ard oil tho proceeded from
that state inferior 10 many others extest wesltn
and commerce, but superior 70 them ali In intellectual
spa social q, We opmeid-Masssghu.eus
Wealth does nothing, patronage does nothing, while
ygnr does everything svr tie vnslG fishery la Great
Brian LONDON resigned il Ia favor OF tbNss poor AMI
obsolete towns, hull, in ESsAnd and Pc,crhead Ia
Scotland, toon as the Government bnunl!es ceased
SO Of the cshiy i've vessels which In 1896 represented
New Noik In The nsncry, only up from the oort
OF Ne~No' 20" commercial qit II the State and OF
the ConiiI ei WI lie less than eight proceeded from
Cold Sprir :, mere Doos IN the mountaios watch
crowd toward each other Gst above the City 40 # 20
prevent the ~sters Of the HG' An icOm their destined
meeting With the tics o. u orsn All tho otaer.
were sat forth nom Nsw.SufS. Grtenpori, sad "a.
s.rOor ipcOrsdersbls visee~ hsrlets on the olt.
ward ccssi o. t"'s haaf. Gt.ssct!.olts exhibits ihs
same case Boston huds moro ldarsi,a employ msnt
or her capital 10 spin'lcs, IN rirsd. aud in ner
FIELDS q Ice end Qvsrries OF grcnsc and leaves the