New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-14

aud ever, influence mas been beiea-uered aud
Brought Ia to support the Canadian pole! OF
reciprocity And after every other resource 90
gain help bad been exhausted, last yeats grand
design was set on foot bywsy Of a elincher.
The Proyincials Of the Eastern provinces COS
ND a grand fuss about the encroschment OF the
American fishermen. All Of a sudden Admiral
Seymour appeared among these hardy men OF
toil. Ike hawk in a poultry yard. Poane-
ing upon this cue and that, Selling their
little craft, which. in most cases, was their aii.
and turning these children of the sea, honestly
gaining a livelihood by lie of peril sud un-
renting labor, ashore to beg or to starye a.
they best might Commodore Perry Was des-
PATCHED by cur government to see abou, the
uuss but al we could learn that he ever did
was TO add insult TO injury, by telling the fish
ermen that they had no business where they
were, and threatening. We believe, in some
cases to capture them if nobody else did. He
was wolf sent 10 protect sheep fold. The
British Gorersment highly approved his course
snd Landed his acts The Province men gave
him dinners and the Province girls danced be-
fore him, as HerOdias did before HerOd. The
price apparently being the heads of fishermen.
We have no patience in commenting upon
the farce played of last summer on the fishing
grounds bv orr Commodore, and no language
severe enough 10 condemn the petty tyranny Of
Admiral Seymour over the little, harmless fleet
Of industrious and patient fishermen.
The idea of TWO great Governments, ike
Great Britain and the United States, each
sending naval force TO wage a gaIlinipper war
upon one Of the most laboriOus, most exposed,
most Industrious and deserving Of any class Of
laborors that the world holds. and driving them
round bays and creeks. and out of harbors,
whittier they had resorted for Temporary shell
ter or recreation. is, TO our apprehension. 81.
perlatively small business.
This idea. that men may fish just 50 near tca
given coast and, if they 60 single shot OF
line nearer, they shall be seized, aud their little
all coufscated, is a thing in itself so absurd,
dat We wonder dipomatists never fell TO
laughing at each other over their disputes on
this subject The fact is the three mile line is
an imaginary line, and the jurisdiction over it
pretty much fiction Bur this is DEPRESSION.
This fishery screed we say, was purpOsely
got up to help along Reciprocity. And the pro-
gramme Of proceedings on the part Of the
Proyinciais now, is to crowd Reciprocity and
agree to say no more about fishing eacroach-
ments, provided il is yielded The whole thing
is watched narrowly in the Provinces, and very
recently the New. Brunswickers at the City OF
81. John held a meeting, and cried out as
though they were likely to be hurt by a scheme
Of reciprocity, which by not including lumber,
Ah, SC, would debar them of all advantage
Of what they understood by the term. They
are jealous of Canada, and don't mean TO be
sold ont of their only stock in trade on this
question, without a consideration being had
and received therefor.
But al this effort, and all this manpuvering
to accomplish reciprocal free trade with Cana
da, we could view with comparative equanimity
did We not see that the present Wing Admin
istration is, or is likely to be, implicated in the
sttempttO secure it.
Mr. Meredith, not intending, we are sure,
anything Of the sort. really took a step toward
it in accreditng an agent TO obtain statistics Of
colonial trade, who industriousy accomplished
bis mission, and laid his work before Congress
in the shape Of volume Of some 700 pages
Mr. Corwin has followed the footsteps of his
predecessor, in authorizing the continuance of
the mission thus established and shortly
another work ofsome 200 pages more is to be
laid before Congress the general bearings Of
which are al in the same direction. We are
sure thst Mr. Corwin has had no intention of
playing into the hands of the provincial recipro-
cal free traders, any more than Mr. Meredith
had, but that he has done il tine will clearly
enough disclose
We pen this brief narrative Of what has been
done to secure reciprocal free trade with the
British provinces, and leave to future time
the consideration Of the question in another
point Of view.
MIR. CLAYTON AND REIIZE