The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-26

crazy have not been wholly repudiated. That
is some comfort; hut how II can satisfy Mr.
Downs we cannot conceive. But such are the
mutations Of party politics and party factions.
We presume that Mr.. Slidell will make sa-
tisfactory minister. He knows something of
diplomacy from his brief experience in Mexico;
he is apprized of the complicated web of diff
culties he win have to straighten up in Central
America he will be fully advised Of the policy,
and instructed upon the course which he is to
pursue, by the administration; and thus armed
and equipped, we trust he will be more than
match for all the emissaries of Qeeen Victoria
and the King Of the Mosquitoes. Let him see
to it that no more British colonies are established
in Central America or among the adjacent
islands; and if the Monroe doctrine is to be a
dead letter upon ell that has been done, let him
remember-in the name of American manhood
let him remember that "henceforth, (has it
come this y that "henceforth" John Bull must
keep his hands off the property Of our neigh
bors And we have some confidence in Mr.
Slidell The man who rsked the war with
Mexico upon punctilio is hardly the man to
sacrifice our rights and duties in Central Ame-
RIGA for fear of mourning breach Of the peace
Who comes ne 1t?
New BRUNSWICK REPORT ON THE Fish,
ERIEs-A select committee, appointed by the
House Of Assembly Of New Brunswick, have
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which broathes anything but o friendly spirit,
and proves that the longer the fishery question
remains unsettled, the more difficult will be-
come any satisfactory arrangement of this vexa-
tious subject.
The report states. that g the prompt and eff
cient protection afforded by the Imperial gov
eminent to the fisheries of British North
America, and the attention and regard given to
the colonial interests in the negotiations dur
ing the past year which secured the coasts
from foreign aggression, and enabled British
subjects to enjoy unmolested their rights and
privileges, have inspired the inhabitants of New
Brunswick with increased confidence in the de-
termination of the mother country to maintain,
to their fullest extent. their rights and privileges
in this invaluable source Of industry and
wealth." and expresses firm belief that a con-
tinuance Of the same efficient protection will
prove infinitely more advantageous than any
equivalent that has yet been offered by the
American government for participation in
the fisheries, and which it is confidently an
ticipated the Americans will finally offer.
After abiding to the Importance Of the shore
fisheries of the province. as being the source Of
much wealth. the report declares that the
harbor and river fisheries cannot be given up to
foreign participation on any consideration what
ever; and maintains the exclusive right of every
country to the fisheries within three miles of a
line drawn from headland to headland;" the
Americans claiming the same exclusive pri-
vileges on their own coasts; and goes on to
state, that if the United States refuse to give
an equivalent and enter into reciprocity, on fair
terms, the negotiations should be broken off.
and the terms ofthe treaty be strictly enforced"
Other nations. it is asserted. have equivalents
to offer. and that Ito admit them to partici-
patton in the fisheries, would prove as advan-
tageous as any treaty which could be concluded
with the United States"
The offer by the Americans, that British sub
jects may fish on the coasts ofthe United States
is described as q mere delusion. when made to
people possessing the finest fisheries in the
world, and which, it is stated could only be
made with an intention to deceive. It then
asserts that the fisheries on the coasts of the
province belong to its inhabitants by inherit
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and that to allow them to be participated in by
foreign power, without their consent. would
be to sacrifice their rights and interests, place
the colonists in humiliating position, and be
inconsistent with national honor.
The advantages that have been SO generously
conceded to the United States have not, it is
stated induced them to alter their illiberal po-
Icy, O but has increased their rapacity, and
made them adhere more rigidly to their restric-
tive SYSTEM" and it is contended that had
these vantages been withheld by the British
government, the American people. to secure
participation in the fisheries, would have ceded
to the colonies more than is at present required.
The committee express wish that these re-
strictions should be swept away; but they state
that should their reasonable demands be with
held, they would meet the United States on
their own ground, give them reciprocity in
earnest, by imposing discriminating duties on
all their productions equal at least to those inn
posed upon the colonists and take steps to in
duce her Majesty's government to withdraw
from the citizens Of the United States those
important privileges. in conformity with the
spirit of the navigation laws. agreeably to the
authority vested in her Majesty's government
by those laws" And in conclusion, the COM
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