Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-10

! character and value of Tie poSscssory rights Of
the IIud$on's Bay Company, and the property
! of the Pugcts Sound Agricultural Company,
reserved in our treaty with Great Britain rela-
tive to the Territory Of Oregon. | have rca-
son to believe that Il ccSsi0n Of the rights Of
both companies to the United States, which
would be the rcadcst means of tcrmnatinga all
questions, can be obtained on reasonable terms;
and, with view to this end, present the sub
icct to tue attention Of Congress.
The colony of Newfoundland having enact
cd the laws required by the treaty of the 9th
of June, 1881, is Row ..Nc,A Oh tho same foot
ing, in respect to commercial intercourse with
The United States, as the ether British North
! American provinces
The commission which that treaty contem-
plated for determining the rights Of fishery in
rivers and mouths of rivers on the coasts of the
United States and the British North Ameri-
can provinces, has been organized, and has
commenced its laborS, 10 complete which there
is needed further appropriations for the ser
vice OF another season.
SOUND DGEs.-In pursuance of the authori-
ty, conferred by resolution of the Senate of
the United States, passed on the Sd of March
last, notice was given to Denmark, on the 1.lth
day Of April, OF the intention of this govern
mcnt to avail itself Of the stipulation Of the
subsisting convention Of friendship, commerce
and navigation between that kingdom and the
United Statc:, whereby either party might, af-
ter ten years, terminate the same ut the eXpi-
ration Of one year from the date Of notice for
that purpose.
The considerations which led nc to call the
attention OF Congress to that convention, and
induced the Senate to adopt the resolution re-
fcrrcd to, still continue in full force. The con-
vcntion contains an article, which, although
il docs not directly engage the United States
to submit to the imposition Of tolls on the YES
scls and carrocs Of Americans nassinn into or
from the Baltic Sea. during the continuance
Of the treaty, vet NAV, by nossibilitv. be con-
strucd as implying such submission. The cx-
action Of those tolls not being justified By any
principle of international law, it became the
ruht and the duty of the United States to re-
licyc themselves, from the implication of cn-
uorcmcpt on thc subject So as TO be porgcctlv
free to act in the premises in such way as
their public interest and honor shall demand.
| remain of the Opinion that the United
States oupht not TO submit TO the payment Of
the Sound dues. not 50 much because of their
amount, which is q secondary matter but bc.
cou.c il is in effect the rccoanition # tbc rirht
of Denmark TO treat one of the GREAT maritime
HIGHWAYS Of ra,ions as = close sea, and the
n;v;.ea,ion Of il a> privilege for which triL
ute may be imposed upon those WHO have oc-
casion to use it.
This Government. ON former occasion, not
unlike the present Sirnalizcd IFS determine
tiun to maintain the freedom Of the seas and
uf the Great natural channels Of uayi"ation.-
The l;arbary States had, for lone time,
cocrccd the payment of tribute from all nations;
wnHc shirs freoucnted the Mediterranean
TO the last demand of such paymcnt made BIZ
Them thc i'ritcd $tat.s ,lthouol, su)rriur
less by their deprcdations than MANY other ma
tions. returned the explicit answer that we
prcrcrred war to tribute. and thus oncned the
wav to the relief Of the commerce Of the world
from IN ionom;nious fax so lonr suhm;tted to
h,. tho uoro ,ororf,l rot;orv of E,rono
IF tho ,nonnor of ,,orront of tho Sound d,,os
1;Hers from that of thc +r;buto f,r,norl,, cn,
o,lol >, .lo p,,l,n,,. c.o4o, IN .ho;, o,...o
finn H.. n,r,,,rL Los ro bottor fourd,t;ou IN
r;,Lt r..l, =, ;..an;,;n ,,I,;n,. In. -
t.y or , common r.I,r,l risLt cvt,,r,aJ bv
,I...o ,,1,,, 80 ,I.,. ,: H.. =, h,..,,:,
tho fro, o,,J .oo,,,, o,;,,..,,t ~. = L,,t ,rbo
no 1oroor ,,ossoss tL.t nc,.nr
ln,',,,.!I. ,rI,:I, u,l;,,;s,, ,,.. .--o,.;,,, 8
I,a rnnJnn, ~ I'. r.I,;' "I w ,m1 DID,,
Lns ;rJ;not,d . rood;mo,,. - n,n,.o so,,o no,r
,rr,nuomont on thn .mI;oot arJ n.u ;nr;,oI
I,o on@rar,,nont.; .;ntorostnI ;nalrdnm ,hoJn;
ted States TO be rcnrascntcd in 4 convention
toasscmhlr for thc nurp,s, or rocr;vipr and
cuu,i,Icrirn = nrono,;lion which she intends
to suhnit fcr Tho Capitalization If tho Souud
,iuc, and the d;striLution Of the sum 70 he
paid rs communication a,nor,> thc Governments,
.,ccor;;r,. 70 tbo rosroc;,o ,,.,o,,ort;or, oriLo
moritiur commerce to and from tbe H,I,ic-
I hovo docI;rod IN Lch.,r. tbo Tr;tod St,to.
to accept this invitation, for the most cogcnt
reasons. One is that Denmark docs not offer
to submit to the convention tie uucsticn other