The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-01-07

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r. n ce of delay on the part Of the tw
!; g~overhmehts btosct ID sbe 6aitef vi
/, ircrease the dangers andaificultics .
y hthe lc~o"iIeyersy. SIC 9H6iE snsuie9a
rk misunderstanding exists as TO the ex
). tent ehsracter. AID value Of thsFpossess
sorry rights Of the Hudson Bay Compa
r my, aud the property of the Puget
y Sound Agricultural Companysresefve
/ in our treaty with Great Britain lfcla
~tiveto the Teyritoryeef Oregon. pbav,
: reason TO believe that q cfssion, Of III;
e trightslef both compahiss 10 tho Ueitec
/, States WHICH W'uld Be the readies
+, mcars. Of terminating all question > euI
: be obtained on reasonable terms. ard
/, with q vieW to.thisEend, EpreseIh tn,
: subject toihe attersionI of C9ugrets.y
) The colspytof n newfoundland. having
: enacted the laws required by theotfeats
Of the 5rhuf JuneI L854Si 10 NOW ftlaeed
; onsthe snme footiug. in1Eespect, Ia bonn
mel cia1l inferenIrsc with theIsaU4ited
Sfa.@s, as the other British NORTH
The o-earnsnissiong whichbthat treaty
contemplated. for d~eterniliifing the right
Eof fshern,s IN rivers and The months ui
.4rivers on the coasts Of. the QIited States
q, d the British North American pro.
vir crs. h1s bcenso reaiss1 ID ant has caHd-
4 nier e d It's lsbefs;; 10 rpmtlete Which
there are needed fuJtbsr, appropriations
forjhe service If auothes ssasnns .yd ::
r. sorxpJprEs. .bEa Z
Iu pursust ce of the auilffitYe confer
red BY a resalutions6f thea Senate Enf the
NJ ssI.f CtELsaex go ShSsT Oh L.. ~
March Las, h.tjee va giyen 10 D L.
mark On ihsll3b daEs6 AprilaofIthe
Intention of this govermnsatita avail rs
self OF the stipulation of the subsistiSE
eouyeufion ct friei dsIiIY commerce and
navigation between th.t Kingdoms and
the UnitrR&stssr b +eby5e i; her party
might affer.1 ten yea b 4ermitaSe the
same at.the expirstioir Of one year from
The date of the %,sntice Cor that purpose.
The considerations phieh led me to
cali fhe affeftfoh of Congress to tia
! conyentinn. aud induce the Senate TO
Eadolt The r~esniu;iop referred to- tfifc con
ltinue in full force. The convention CON
tains an article, which although it, dses
not directly engage the United States 20
submit to the imposition of tolls Oh the
v ssels and cargqes Of Americans into
from the Baltic Sea during the con-
tinuance of the treaty. yet lmay, by pos.
sihnity, he constructed as implying such
sub BIN; ssion. The exactioH of these tolls
net being justified by any principle of
International law. it became tie right
ai,d the duty of the United States TO
relieve themselves from the im%plication
of engagement on the snhject. so as to
be perfectly free to act in the premises
ia such u way rs their public interest
aud horror shall demand! q 5A- aa
I rerain of the opinion that the I mi
ted States ought not to submit to the
payment of the Sound dues. not SO much
because Of their amount, which 10 . secs
oindary matter, but because il is III Effect
the recognition of the light of Denmark
to treat one Of the great maritime high.
WAYS of nations as, a clcse sea, and tie
nnvigatinu of at as a privilege for which
tribute may be Imposed upon those who
have oecasio to use it,
This government. on q former occa-
s%iouinot u likenhs present, sig,alized
itsaaeterni. a. ion to mainfain the free
d, M of he seas, aud IF the great natu
r lrhannels-nf navigatie The Bnha
r., S atcs Lad, FIR a loirg time. cptrced
the of tribute from all n~atioEs
whose s!iI frequented the MediterraIre-
an To The last demand of such pay
menis made by themthe United States,
although suffering less by their depr
dstinrs than many other I.atioI g, return
ed the explicit '.xwer that we preferred
war to tribute, and thus opened the way
to the relief of the commerce of the
world fsnm an ig~nominious tax, SO long
sub lifted TO by the more powerful ma
tions of Europe.
If t! e marn, of the payment of the
JUGS differ from that : { the trib-
ute formerly conceded to the -Barbary
still their txaction by Denmark
has 0 better roui.datI"n in right. Each
was i'll its origin, nothing but a tax on
a common natural right, extoIted by
Il osr, who were at tina, I'm able 70 Oh.
siruc the free and ser ure e, Jexuient OF
Il, but who 10 longer posss s. that pow
CT.
Denmark. while res sting our asser-
tioi, of the freedom of the Baltic Sound
and Biz. has l. dlcat,d u readi ess tn
SO n new arrangement ON the sub
ject. aud has Invited tn governments
interested, IL Guiding tue United States.
to be representa- in u convention to as
for the purpospiof receiving aud
% sidering a proI'ositi"r,. which she iu-
ter DIS to submit. ior, the capitalization of
the Sound dues, and the distribution of
the sum-to be paid as standardization amoi e
tnc g"verr meLts, according to the re-
proportions of their maritime
to aud from the Baltic. |
declined In behalf of the United
States TO accept this iI.vitatian, for the
most cogeht reasons. yOae is, that Den
mark do, 8 not offer to submit to the con-
the question of her right to levy
he Sound dues. A Sc :ond is, that if
he convention were allowed to take cog
"f that particular question, still
I would rot b. competent to deal with
he great j terbatioual principle %invoiv-
"a which effects the right in other cases
# navigation and commercial freedom
Is we'll as that Of access to the Baltic.
Above all, by the express terms of the 4;
it is contemplated. that thet
of the Sound dues shall
be commingled with and made subnrdi- {
late to, a matter wholly e~xtrahcous, the ,
'alancc of power among the governments ,
f Europe. .
While, however, rejecting this prnpo- .
itiun, and insisting TN thr~right of free :
ransit into and from th4 Ii ,itic, / have !
expressed to D mmark u will guess on /,
part of the U .,Ited St tes, 70 share !
literally with other powers in compensa-
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