The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-26

was against the right Of tho Americans TO ente
these large bays for the purpose OF fishing; not~th
standing, their central waters might be more three
milesdistant from either shore. lt is this construc
ti0n, continues Mr.. Webster, (Which tho colonies
have ever since desired should be enforced and
this, he adds, +" the English government has no ",
it would appear consented to do
without prcsumiDg to be acquainted with the
true intentions OF ministers at home, we must re-
MARI that nothing can be clearer than the light in
which suoh Intentions are regarded abroad. MIR.
Webster, IN his proper ministerial capacity, writing
IN the name OF the government, from government
office, and basing his notification on " inform alton
Of an official character received at that depart
ment, communicates to the American public his
anticipations that the disputed Interpretation" Of
the treaty provisions instead Of /" remaining where
il was, will at length be brought to issue by tho
forcible adoption of that construction maintained
by the British government; that tho "extensve
business Of the New England fishermen will be COM
pletely interrupted in consequence, and that all
concerned, therefore, should stand on their
guard {" Such is the impression produced on the
American gOvernmentby ito official inform alton nor
can we sec, indeed how the face of Sir John
PakingSon's despatch any different conclusion
could tave been formed. The circular letter of
the Colonial Secretary to the Governors Of on :
North American dependencies, bearing date only
the 10Th OF May last plainly states that che
Majestys ministers deSiIOus of removing al
grounds OF complaint on the part of the colonies
In consequence Of encr0achments of the fishing
vessels OF the United States upon those waters
from which they are excluded by the terms Of
the convention Of 1873 and they therefore intend to
despatch, as soon as possible, small naval force Of
steamers or other small vessels, to enforce the sb-
servance OF such convention" Now, if these reso
lutions were intended to apply, as we are now as
sured to such provisions only of the convention as
:" the United States do not and never did dispute"
we are constrained to remark that they were some
what loosely expressed and that our colonies have
been fattered, and the American people irrtated
with extremely little sincerity Of purpose distinct
ness Of plan. The ''waters p" alluded to without
any limitation in the despatch as those from which
the Americans are shut out by the convention, do,
undoubtedly, include the fishing grounds of the
larger bays, according to tho rigorous interpreta-
tion of the treaty, and nOtOrousy so according to
the views of those colonsts in satisfaction of all Of
whose complaints the convention is now to be
"enforoed." For years past tho colonists have
been alleging as a grievance that tho Americans,
contrary the stipuations Of the treaty were por
mitted to enter bays the British coast for pur-
poses OF fishing, and when they are assured in an
official despatch that all their grounds of ompaint
shall be removed, and naval force is charged &C
cordDgly with the execution Of the law it is diff
cult for any English or American reader to come 70
any other conclusion than that arrived Mt by the
American government, and accepted by the popula-
tion of the States.
At the same time we are induced to remark, that
every days additional consideration which the sub
ect receives, convnces us, not only that the con-
struction of the treaty maintained by the British
telligent of the American statesmen are persuaded
of this fact, however opposed they may consider it
to the suggestions Of local convenience or the best
interests Of both countries. The Americans re-
nounce by the treaty for ever "any liberty, hereto
fore enjoyed claimed, to take dry or cure fish on
or within three marine miles Of any of the coasts,
bays, creeks, or harboIs Of the British posse
in America, not distinctly excepted in terms Now,
siders " a bay something different from coast
-as line Of sea, in fact, from which the three
miles Of British property are to be reckoned else
whore from land-the specification Of bays, creeks
and harbors in the treaty was very natural and ne
cessary but, according to the version which the
Americans would give, these words become super
uous, for the single word : coast" would have pro-
vded for all the cases, if nothing forbidden but
ipshcre hshery within certain distance What, in
in three marine miles of bay" except that con-
tended for by the British government! A vessel
forbidden to come within marine league Of Bantry
Bay could certainly not cast anchor in the middle
oft.
We observe, too, that Mr. Webster, in the only
official document yet published on the subject, though
he will not admit that the British Interpretation
confoImabe to the intentions Of the contracting par
ties-a point obviously next to impossible to decide
docs nevertheless, acknowledge that cit would ap
Iear by strict and rigid construction of this article
that fishing vessels of the United States preclu-
ded from entering into the bays or harbors of the
British Provinces except for the purposes of shelter
Now this is all for which we contend. With respect
to the advantage to be taken of this construction,
trust that the governments of the two countries
may not find it difficult to come to agreement be-
fitting the characters of both; but we submit to the
good sense Of the American public that in case
where the law however invidiously interpreted, is
nevertheless against them, they should not embitter
the dispute by charging aggression" on those who
are certainly guilty of nothing worse than abrupt
ness, and whose precipitation may itself turn out to
have been either misconceiyed abroad or reconsid-
cred at home
The Dominican Loan In London.
[From the London Times, Aug I3
Nothing further has been heard Of the Dominican
loan for ESQ, 900 advertised on the 7th inst and
it is presumed that the project will prove entirely
unsuccessful The fact, however of its having been
brought forward at all, in the present absence Of
any general information concerning the position of
the country, is n remarkable instance of the reli
placed upon the readiness of the London
public to subscribe to anything during an abund-
ance of money. According to the meagre state
mens of the agents, the loan is issued in virtue Of
decree of the Dominican Congress, approved by
the President; and its object is to redeem about
100000 of deprecated currency, and to promote
immigration and the construction of public works
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