The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-07-12
THE FISHERIES TREATY.

We implicitly trust that Congress will think of adj
ournne until this most important treaty shall have been
ratified The country expects the government to adjust all
our outstanding differences with foreign nations in just
and honorable manner and the State Department has
ered itself with energy unsurpassed by former admin
istrations to accomplish such result Tho faithful Sec
reary with the earnest cooperation of the President
seems to be acting upon the adagc that nothing is done
while anything left undone" Every international qucs-
ton presented to his consideration engages his prompt at
tention, and is urged to u speedy solution No one
was prepared to learn that momentons matter as the
fisheries should have been brought TO so speedy and favor
able termination Two years ago, whep Mr. Webster SO
boldly and unquaiedy asserted that the fisherman should
be protected shook and line bob and snke there seemed
be than chance that the relations OF the
two countries would be disturbed Diplomacy OF more
than ordinary skill required to prevent resort to the
altima ratio Of mighty powers. One shot hred from
British vessel at fishing schooner in the grounds in
which she had been accustomed to enjoy her pursuit
would have excited the resentment of our people to such
degree to have rendered the avoidance OF war ex-
tremeIy difficult But the cloud has passed away and for
ever provided Congress viii confirm that which has SO
auspciously been contaminated by the administration
There u.s. opinion good reason to be assigned for
delay on the subject while there cogent unanswerable
ones for immediate action.
Since the date Of existence the temper of the London
press has never manifested kind spirit towards us as
has been displayed for the last few months EveA the
Times has not suffered the rplent letters Of its degraded
New York mercan correspondent disgrace its columns
recently That journal has found out that there is at least
one American who is rs mean was any English
mana wretch so lost honor that he could calumniate
the first officials Of his country through The columns of
foreign newspaper land its credit has dismissed him
from the ignobe service which he performing We
have also pleasing indications that British statesmen and
Abc British public are beginning perceive thst they have
committed mistakes in the beral views which they ex-
pressed of this Uson and its institutions The Times, in
its leader Of the 23d which it announced the conclusion
of the fisheries treaty. contains the following paragraph
which cannot fail to be read with interest
nItis pleasing to be able for moment abstract our
from the Old World in pieces by faction and
by the agency Of war which our improved cy-
zatou has oay with fresh terrors and searching
and Inevitable OF destruction to that vast continent
whose h.ppy destiny to be separated by the Atlantic
from the crimes and ntgss which ages of endless war and
confusion left legacy to TIE more ancient nations OF
Europe While have been maturing our instruments OF
destruction and welding together the western into
against The common enemy very different
drama has been enacted by agents in Washngton and
we NAV at least that while we have entered on one
m have trampled embcrs which at any moment mgn
have blazed up into another. The mission OF LerS Asn
British diplomacy and may be considered to form an epoch
in the records Of our colonial empire"
Ths treaty furnishes strange instance Of the mms~as
change the prsvseace of doctrines OF
The policy Of and the mutual relations OF States
our colonies desired merely for the sake of the
monopoly of their trade. War after war have we engaged
for the this anced benefit andnow 90 com