Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-07-24
FROM THE BOSTON DAILY ADVERTISERS.

years Of vessel being brought in for breach of this
act
1t appears to us very bad policy to encourage or
countenance the fishermen in resort to forcible
sstance of any interference with the prosecution Of
their vocation in the prohibited waters. 1t cannot
lead to any useful result but on the other hand in
proportion as popular feeling is excited either
side, satisfactory adjustment Of the questions in
controversy Is rendered more difficult. No such
excitement can be necessary to induce our Govern
ment to give the subject every attention which can
tend to accomplish the object desired.
We do not learn that any new regulations have
been made for proceeding against foreign fishermen
1t appears that the preparations made aimed as
well against encroachments of French as of Ameri-
can fishing vessels Admiral SEYMOUR, Id his let
ter to the Governor Of Newfoundland, says:
Her Maesty's Government DESTROYS that ample
should be given to check the numerous encroach
which have been represented have taken place
in the years Belle Isle and the of Labrador
that further authorized to hire and employ some
small schoonersSfor which provide officers and
men, for the purpose of carrying the object of Her Ma
esys Governme fully into effect the coast Of Labra
DOR under the direction Of the captain of the ship
steamer there employed"
Since the above was written, we have received
the following communication
BosroS july 90 1852.
To The Editor ofte Boston Courier:
SR: Since my return to the city this morning have
received copy of despatch from Mr.. Everett, then
United States Minister in London, to Mr. Buchanan, Sc
cretary Of State which adds very important feature
the subject of the fisheries and which send you for
immediate publication. Yours, very respectfully,
DANIEL WEBSTER
NO 8o5) LONDON, APRIL %, 1916
JAMES BUCHANAN Esq, Secretary of State:
SIR With my despatch NO 278) of 18th March, l
transmitted the note of Lord Aberdeen Of the 10th of
March, communicating the important information that
this Government had to the determination to
cede to American fishermen the right of pursuing their
occupation within the Bay Of Fundy. Ii was left some
what uncertain by Lord Aberdeens note whether this
cesson intended be confined the Bay of Fundy
TO extend TO other portions Of the coasts of the Anglo
American possessions to which the principles contended
for by the Government Of the United States equally APP
ply, and particularly TO the waters on the northeastern
shores Of Cape Breton where the Argus captured
In my notes Of the 18th umo and I'd instant, the
subject Of the Washington" and the Argus" was
careful point Lord Aberdeen that all the
for admitting the right Of Americans fish the Bay Of
Fundy apply those waters and with superior force in
asmuch they less andocked than the Bay Of Fun
dy and express the hope that the concession
TO extend to them which there think
from the mode in which Lord Aberdeen expressed him
self, the case
received last evening the Of his lordship in
forming that two had been referred 10 the
Colonial Office and that final reply could be
ed till he should be made acquainted with the result Of
that reference and that in the time the concession
must be understood TO be limited TO the Bay Of Fundy
The merits of the question clear that cannot
but anticipate that the decision Of the Colonial Office will
be in favor Of the literal construction Of the Convention
In the time beg leave suggest that in any pub
lie notice which may be given that the Bay Of Fundy is
henceforth open TO American fishermen il should be
fully stated that the extension Of the privilege to
the other great bays the coast Of the Ango-Amercan
dependencies Is matter Of negotiation between the two
nnsao ~ sl.O l1TN II o.
instant viii suggest the for presenting the actual
state Of the controversy in this form
am, sir with great respect your obedient servant
EDWARD EVERETT.
The Salem Gazette gives the following concise
and pertinent history Of this question, which has
been from time to time much discussed:
THE FIsHERrEs.-In another column win be found a
circular from the State Department copied from the Bos
ton Courier Of yesterday The proposition Of the British
authorities to restrict the operations Of American fisher
no novelty although the claim has lain in abey
for time For nearly forty years past difficult
ties have been constantly arising from attempts by the
British colonies and authorities to prohibit American FISH
ing vessels from visiting the bays creeks and harbors Of
Nova Scotia.
BY the treaty Of 1888 Great Britain recognised the right
of the people Of the United States take fish Of every
kind the Grand Bank and all other banks of New
places in the where the inhabitants Of Doth countries
used ct any time heretofore to FISH also the coasts
bays and creeks Of all other Of his Britannia Majesty
dominions in America and that the American fishermen
shall have liberty to dry and fish in any Of the
settled bays harbors and creeks Of Nova Scotia Magda
len Islands and Labrador 50 long the shall
main unsettled"
Under this liberal provision the fishermen ofour country
had been in the habit Of catching fish the coasts Of the
British possessions and curing them upon uninhabted
parts Of their territory, which great convenience
us and injury TO our neghbors except far as
IL enabled them successfully compete with the
habants Of the Provinces in this profitable branch Of in
dusry.
These privileges enjoyed without interruption un
iii the war Of 1872 drove fishermen from the ocean,
and annuled all the rights granted by the treaty
49, On the of negotiations between the
American and British commissioners in 1914, it made
one Of the four points presented by the latter that
Britain Government did not intend to grant 10 the
United States grsutousy the privileges formerly granted
by treaty TO them Of fishing within the limits Of British
sovereignty and Of using the shores of the British terri
tori's for purposes connected with the fisheries"
Tie American commissioners replied that this point
- Furnished sith instructions And in their