Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-12-22

Is ANAL type arrangement; that it does seem TO have
been proclaimed at the time by the President but tne or
Gin and history and character OF that arrangement
Ali subjects of doubt 1t on this account that Only
the other day introduced resolution INTO tne oena1e
calling for all information on the lilies oil the department
of State with reference to that anomalous paper as IL may
bs characterized When that Information received tne
Senate will then have the proper Information 10 proceed
as they should to annu it, have no douDt tnat they VIII
act promptly hey are IN CONDITION 10 act a oil
Mr. GRIMES. There is subject that has been lu-
troduced into this debate to which desire to direct the
special attention Of the Committee on Foreign Relations
when this question shall be referred 10 them and That az
TO the truth of the allegations set forth in the editorial OF
the London Times In the language which has been quoted
by the Senator from Ohio, the article says:
But 1t equally certain that they 1.-THE United Staesl can
not possibly build gaes and covettes on Lakes Erie
and Ontario as fast as send them up through the
mails have mentioned ready built manned and equipped
Now assert that Great Britain has not got corvette
soop any steam vessel OF war hst mas the capacity
to 20 through the canals into the upper lakes.
Mr. SHERMAN If my friend from Iowa will allow me
TO read an extract that editorial ne will find that
it gives information that very point speaks OF the
Weand canal connecting Lakes Erie aud Ontario which
10 the smallest o. the canals, and says OF IL;
The Ter 9Th Of this canal about thirty five miles, and
passes entirely through British territory The lock gates on
this capable of passing vessels of one hundred and forty
ample accommodation for the heavy armed gun screw
dispatch gupboa vessels like the Flying Fish or even for The
heavy esy engun soops OF the class 10 winch the a
pid, Petrol, and Rosario belong"
Thus the writer gives the size of the locks of the canal
and desgnstes the class of vessels that pass through
those locks and quite number OF vessels are named as
those that could 60 through into the upper lakes
Mr.. GRIMES. Then the writer goes on and speaks
about the capacity of the British to send through gaes
and corvetts Every body knows that they cannot send
those through and every body who familiar with the
British navy knows that the class of gunboats they built
during the Cimean war; and which had the capacity to
90 through these canals have now been entirely broken
up and destroyed remember having had my attention
called to this matter when the project of building ship
from ha
sderaton and it urged in the section OF the country
in which reside that necessary that we should ex
pend millions of dollars TO build ship canal in order that
might have in that counterpoise for the power which
Great Britain had in her canals and my attention having
been thus directed TO it, satisfied my own mind that
Great Britain had not the power to modest US in this way
The true mode to defend ourselves the Northern from
tier and the lakes to have arsena and armorles there
On the lakes have ten tons of shipping where the B-
sh have We own nearly all the steamboats, that ply
there and shall continue to own them 30 long Us we
maintain present navigation laws giving to our own
people the power to transport the traffic ofthat country
All you want whenever difficulties shsl occur between Us
and Great Britrn s to have armaments which you can
Immediately throw board these vessels Take posses
sion of the mouth of the Weand canal and what power
will the British have Where the necessity therefore Of
deciding 10 advance that We must go and build orhca-
tons the mouth of every river every hsbor on
| the whole upper skes
The true way to settle this whole thing to repeal the
reciprocity treaty Great Britain not going To fight for
Canada. Canada was apple ripe and ready TO drop
into our hands when the reciprocity treaty agreed -
1t consummated through the fundamentally Of the
men who in rebellion against this Government
with little aid that was fun shed TO them by the people
Of the North Repeal the reciprocity treaty aud you will
find that less thsn twenty four months the people Of the
Canadians and of the British provinces generally to the
north and northeast of will be camorous to back
to trust that the Committee on Foreign Relations
will direct their attention specially to that branch Of the
subject, and hope sha have speedy action on that
matter The newspapers tell US that there is panic 10
canada have doubt Of it. 1t does not proceed from
fear that they have Of proceeds from the fear
that they have Of their pockets The moment you repeal
the reciprocity treaty that moment the stock OF every
railroad in all Canada will become utterly worthless
every Of wealth and there will become bank
rup 1t caused by the fear they have of the repeal
that treaty which gives them the carrying trade Of the
produce from the West, and gives them the power to
compete with in the eastern markets, which Is very
much to our injury.
Mr.. HOWE sm glad at last to see attention called
for By any to the defenceless
dition Of northern akes It is said that there s
panic in Canada hope there panic here to prevent
considering the subject cooly and calmly and with
tolerabe share Of wisdom 1t to be admitted that
hostile feet thrown 10 on those lakes could operate dis
astrou other portions Of the country than the North
west and it 10 Of national Importance that there should be
protection TO that section Of the country For the
years you have had almost the whole country here
knocking at the doors Of the Legislature and begging you
to mske appropriation in order to provide avenue
through which you throw guDboats from the Hudson
river into the lakes readily and promptly they
be thrown by way Of the st. Lawrence canals Those
calls have not been needed. Ny deliberate judgment is
lakes and the countries thereto When you
such open you will not have to keep useless
orfcstious useless fleets there do not believe with
Senator from Iowa Mr. GRIMES that the repeal OF
the reciprocity treaty will afford ample protection either
TO the States TO the great lakes any other
portion of the country II il to be conceded that the
repeal Of the reciprocity treaty must be had If that s
fJregone conclusion, which shall regret very much to
know single individual, trust will be per
suaded either by the Senator from Iowa suy other
way to with the repeal Of that treaty think other
will be just necessary for protection after
| that is repealed az before.
| Mr. HALE. i entirely agree with TIE Senator from
Wisconsin (Mr. HowE) ia regard to the reciprocity
treaty think that al the last session an attempt was
made very perseverngy and may ssy obstinatey
peal the fishing bounes Ii resisted in this body
and successfully resisted the ground that those boun
ties necessary 10 order TO encourage the fisheries
school for Now the reciprocity treaty encou-
RACES the fisheries Of Northeastern States ten times
what s your shing bCuntes do, and hope that the
representatives. 10 the Senate from those States will
what il is before they consent to its repeal The very
first article 10 the treaty and 81 the most important
| in these words
II is agreed by the high contracting parties that add
ton the liberties occurred to the United fishermen by
the above mentioned convention Of October 90 1873 of
ing and drying fish certain Of British
the United States shall have with the subjects
her Britannia Majesty the liberty take fab every
except shehsh, the ssQOse aud Shores aud in the
bsye harbors and creeks Of Canada Brunswick Nova
thereuuto adj AGENT without being restricted distance
from the shore with permission land the
shores those colonies and the islands thereof and aso upon
the Magdaen lsands Tor the purpose OF drying their
| and curing their fish"
This ia one Of the most important privileges
=