The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-01-10

ing their respective authorities in that
quarter. The prospect Of Il speedy ar
rangement has contributed hitherto To in
duce on both sides forbearapce t. assert
by force what each claims as right -
Continuance OF delay on the part of the
two governments to act in the matter will
increase the dangers and difficulties of the
controversy.
misunderstanding exists as to the ex-
tent character, and value OF the possess
; ory rights OF the Iludson's Bay Company
and the property OF the Puyet's Sound
Ayr cultural Company. reserved in our
treaty wi h Great Britain relati. to the
Territory OF Oregon. | have reason to
be Ieve that cesson ofthe ri yhts OF both
companies to the United States which
would be the readiest means of terminal
lng all questions, can be obtalned on rea-
sonable terms; and, with view to this
end. present the subject to the attention
of Congress
The colony of Newfoundland having
enacted the lws required b, the treaty
OF the 54h of June, 1854, is now placed
on the same footing, in respect TO COM
mtrclal Intercourse with the United States
as the other British Nor:h American pro-
vInceS.
The commission, which that treaty
contemplated, for determining the rights
OF fishery in rivers and mouths of rivers
on the coasts of the United States and the
British North American provinces, has
been organized and has commence d its
labors; to complete which here is needed
further appropriations for the service of a.
mother season.
SOUND DUES.
In pursuance of the authority confer
red by a re>o uion ot the Senate o' the U ,
MED States, pass q on the 3d of March
last, nni. CO was gwen 10 Denmark on The
l4.h day OF April, of the In enion this
government to avail Itself of the Slipula-
tIon vi he subsistins coEven ion OF trend :
slip, commerce, AID NAVY aIlon be W e:
th't Kingdom and the United States,
whereby either party miyh'. alter ten
wears, iermnate he same at the expira
tlon ot one year from he date OF notice
fof 'hat purpo G.
The considerations, which led me to
call the attention o. Cong ess to that
convention, and induced the Senate TO "a
dopt the resolution referred to, still con
iinue in uIl force. The convention con.
talns an article, which, although it does no
directly engage the Uni ed States to sub
mt 10 ghe imposition of tolls on the yes
ses and carsoe> OF Americans passing
INTO or from The Baltic SEA, durln. the
continuance OF the treaty ye, may, by pos
slolllty, bc construed as implying such suo-
mission. The eX ctiou OF those tolls no.
beng justified by any principle OF inter
national law. 1t became The nigh: and the
dutv of tie United Ssates 10 relieve them
selves rom The implication OF enya e
rlent on the subje t, So as 0 be pertect-
ly Tree To act III the premises III such a
way as their public interests and honor
shall demand.
| remain oi the opinion that the UniteI
I States ought not To submit 10 the pay
mtnt ut Sound dues, not 80 much because
vi the amount, which is d st, ondary mat
ter, but 'ecdu>e IL Is In eifec. the reco, nj
jon OF the right of Denmark to treat one
OF the great maritime highways otnatlons
as close sea, and The navigation OF 1t as
a privilege for whicn tribute may be i'm
posed upon those wine have OCCASION to
use it,
This government, on former occa-
sion not unlike the present, slgnazed It's
determination To main alu the lrcednm ..
, tle seas, and of the great natural chan
Is OF navigation. The Btrbary States
, had for Il long time, coercei ,ht payment
of tribute from all nations. whose ships
Irequented the Mediterranean. To the
t last demand oil such pal mtns made by
them, the United States, although suffer
ing less b, heir depreda ions tnau many
otbtr nations, rel utied The explicit answer
, that we preferred W II 10 tribn e, and thus
opened TIE way to the relief Of the com
: merce OF tie world from an ignominiouS
tax, SO long ubmil ed to by the far more
powerful nations OF Europe.
Ii The manner o! payment of the Sound
dues differ from t. 1T of the tribute form
/ crly conceded To the B :rb4ry S ateS,
snll lheir exacti n by D umark has no
better foundation in right. Each was In
5 origin, nothing but Il tax Ii a common
: natural right, eXtored by those, WAC were
at til It time, abe 10 ohstruct the free and
secure enjoyment OF it, bat who no longer
: possess that power.
Denmark, while resis ing our assertion
| ot the b tliic Sound AM Belts, has ipdicat-
/ I'd readiness To make some new ar
| rangement on the subject, and has lnvit-
! cd the governments Interested, including
. The Unlted States, To be represented in IA
convention to assem- lie for the purpose oi
receiving and considerin I. proposition
: viii ch She intends to submit, Tor the Ca pi
IaIzatlon OF the Sound dues, and the dis.
5 riDu ion ot The sum to be pa d as comrnu
: talor among the governments, according
5 to the respective proportions OF til il mari
time commerce TO an! fr m the Baltic =
4 have declined in behalf Of the Unite
a States 10 accept this invitation, for the
most cogent reasons. One i 5. that Den
f mark does MT offer to >u nit to the con
yention the ques ION OF her ri ,ht II ltvN
, the S und dues. A second is mt, it the
a convention were allowed to take .gniz
t ance Of that particular ques ion, sill i
e woul1 not be competent to deal with the
international principle involved which af
). Iecls the right in other eases of naviga
e ton and C numerical freedom, as well a
;, that of accessto Baltic. Above all
s by the express terms oft e proposition i
+ is contemplated, that the con liberation o
e the sound dues shall, be commi gltd with
and made subordinate TO. IA matter whol