The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-03

over the actions Of tAeir rulers. Pr
uors have been organized against to,
OF iri.noly States, and although tc(
occur led D ca..-ioershle time, and a
iai attention, no sitemp, ~as IT.
The m. a year or two aftersafS
claims, wholly repugnapt to the
glance as held by every civjl.se
were set up by the reprssentar,yf'
government az foreign CONT. a
thst there was no roser at home a
dissyo val Of the absurd pretansion
apPressioDs might Easily beincre ased
example. taken from our yeste d.
must Suffice fer tie present. 1t |.
very recent instance, that the ini1u.
human beings which this country b
30 rel ucusly lsbeIed to supnres
Oh uncer cover Of the stars and ST.
ed ensign Ct freedom. We do ,
Spain, in her poverty and cep'e,
cobnivet at a sy stem from which
derived a profit, ans which has a
NAL governors no small addition
ard we give due credit to au official
present Captain General of Cuba, G
the temptation presented TO him.
But for citizens of the United Stat
similar excuse. The character OF the
stake; and vigorous effort on the
who disapprove The Ieck iess policy ID
is required to eface the unsaqor abl
which repeated Examples Of Contempt
ed law and recognized rights have cr|
sides OF the Atlantic. For the s,ke
have watched with sympathy the 50
by common origin, common lapgu|
great extent, common inferests-an
Hitherto chung to the belief that liberty
isb without degenerating into licent
trust that honest and high principle
will come toward, before t is too late,
CO, DIiy from moral and political degra
The position Of Gseyto,cn Teraers II
To'fant 10 the interests Of this country
STATE should establish a paramount 81
a.; OF rather, as me must n0,c say,
rh'ch IL occupied .Asfhere is ere,y D,
Me e. and scheme Of c0antctiag the edtld
e,fc OCEANS riN be carr led snf0 effect,
ten the otJecf IF England ON the one 81,
United States on the other, tn secu, tqu
nlerciai rights IN the euenf of the c INN
ing omned. In 1s49 General faylor's
Congress laid down the principle tina
neither just nor. expedient that
maritime power should command
intended to be formed for the
OF the world. There was at that
pretension that the pF electorate exerci|
Britain over the dominiops of her aDci{
King Of the Mosquitoes, might give heI
deIapce objected to; bnt the treaty
Washing ton in 1862 expressly reDouac|
at which the federal government could
bave taken umbrage, and left Greytowl|
well as D0Dinslly, independent. We Id
expect, in return, that no further intd|
the part Of the United States will be
that quarter. It may be that what nd
has arisen solely from the sensiti vencs|
displayed by the Western republic on
which its nstioDal dignity can, by the n
sibility, be considered as Involved yell
Cuba are to be purchased with hard
not wholly uni eas0nably to suppose th|
method may be resorted to for acquiriI
in Contra, America.
We believe that, among the citizens o.
States, there are very many who can VI
most sincerity dieavow any aggressive
and, for t. cir own sakes we truss that I'll
will be both prompt and unambiguoud
selves we can feel no sympathy with
deem their national honor outraged by
fe' cd to minister who has sc eened
criminal, and who can yet imagins that
bias been brought upon their flag by
nent such as that in which the Cyane b
ployed. It rests with the Americans ca
show that, even in MODEL republic, til
nations and the claims of humanity Q
IMMUNITY be disregarded.
Tho Reciprocity Treaty.
From the London Times, Aug: L
Whatever may be tie cause Of transient
between the government of this country
the United States, arising, for the mos
passions which we do not share or mo
we scarcely comprehend, these contro
disputes bear no comparison to the emo
mon interests Of two great nations, bou
by SO many esseL tial ties, and adva0c
united strength, rather than by RIVALRY
tion, to inc eased prosperity, .civihl
power. It was but the other day that
lion was arrested by the laDguag1of The
government on the subject Of Cuba
Town, suggesting or approving measV
will find little assent either in this
among the best class of American
We now learn with extreme sati-fact
event has tsken place at Washington
opposite and far more important chara
deserves to sfface the impression prod
Incidents TO which we allude; and we Il
like manner all that may appear to threa
mapept harmony and union Of ire tw
will ever subside btfore correct nstion.
ton Of their true interests. The re ipr
between Great Britain and the United 81
was signed by Lord Elgin at Washington
OF June, has been approved and ratified
nate Of the United States in executive
the I'd Of August, without opposition.
following day Congress passed, with I
rspidity, the bills necessary to give ed
iml measure, 90 that before th
Legislature adjourned for the recess, o.
August. it had gwen its complete san
priI ciples ard articles Of this treaty.
The first object Of this negotiation VA
tie disputes with regard to the Mort
fisheries, which had grown ont OF the Co
1918, and which had more than once, I
ally in 1862, threatened to produce SCI
ences between the subjects Of the two co
considerable Brit sh 70, CO has been 81
some summers past on the coasts Of
American colonies for the protection Of
fishing interests, and, notwithstanding
care taken on this particular service, we
staDt)y exposed to the risk of an unpleas
between her Msjesty's forces and the (
the United States, for no better cause Il
or Holsters Of the Bay of Fundy. II
fact, the interest We we're 30 much
to defend, but the right which was .
reserved to the subjects Of the British q
This point has now been settled ON tel
plete reciprocity. The fishermen of.
States will have TIE liberty in common
Queens subjects, to fish on all the coas
Of the British North American possessi
distance from the shore, with permissi
for the purpose Of drying their nets
their fish-st ell fish, salmon and river fisl
alone reserved to British fishermen. 0
hand British subjects will have the liber
oil the eastern coasts and bays OF the Un
expressed in precisely the same terms O.
same limitations. The principle Of
national property in these fisheries, as
inhabitants OF the United States and
adjacent British colonies, Is mutuaAy
and they are r. store to the position in
stood before the separation of The Amt
niles, and even under the first treaty by
land recognized the independence Of
St8tes.
But the present treaty does not stop
two most impof tant questions which
seitafed since the Peace Of Client betw
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