Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-06-10

merchandise whatever Shall be imported
into or exported from any colonies o.
Great Britain IN Asa, Africa. or
America except IN BRUSH vessels with
British masters, and manned by at FEAST
three quarters british sailors. Ihls law
remained IN force Tor more than hun
dread and hlty years and whoever VIII
examine our earlier treaties with them,
be9ining with Jay 5 treaty IN .94' ana
running through subsequent treaties
and ronyentio1s' viii see with what
jealousy the Government guarded this
coion'"! trade.
Bu' the home pressure on the british
0oNernment chahgod ITS policy. Inc
manufacturing interest winch demanded
laws 'or It's protecti1 u "hcn 1t was fec
! o's! mao 's?to"h ''o necessity LOT s''cn
legislative "Pi' ana sought Tree ana unre-
s'rictei trade with tH' world. by one
steP after another the co'ohiea We're re-
lieEe1 oi the restrictions placed upon
tnem' until now 'Ge'r connection with
the mother country - a little more than
nominal: " c saoui' Dear this tac1 IN
''t1t "t'n VIC az l''3c9ss5l'5 lae Pfo-
Ply ., 'nV p'oPoS-" measures, IL Is
''0' :, "uo''et ~ "'l o's.'''- tnis treaty We
sia'i 'nio" obstacles. III 'He way OF COM
mefciai Intercourse, as would have been
'iAS case 'of''eF'y U.9'i 'he aorogation OF
speciai coha'letcssi aTfan9em aat win
'heih' ouV "n''he' py aoio o@atiH5 TINS
'fe''y we sn11' piace our 'raGs ana COM
mefee with the provinces unon the same
ieo,'''S as ,nae with Great britain
Ana desife me House to consider
TINS question as Is, one OF very considerable
ii'i'9' '''''e' l ne n5'res Oh THIS tfaue
"io i"' 9' e'e III COMPARISON with the
enormous sums TO which we arc becom-
inr accustomed II couoot ba ofbarpiSo
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"a '''''No'' II eoiii'''il0"'
would III population, extent OF territory.
abundance Of resources. intellipencc of
inhabitants, and general thrift. be an
empire Of TO ineonsid2rable importance.
Their contiguity onr own mar kets will
bfing them here t. ~ their nrat,nctjon.
and we shalt cxcha7.e commodities with
item to 4 much - ter extent thqn with
any canal pom sion elsewhere. For
some years our tr, with them has been
considerably mere than our whole forei,n
trade at the time oe the formation Of
can Constitution.
,;r, those 40 .gtol this treaty had
!. en- at wor.. uFs. It for 4 ram5er of
years. \ similar proposition had been
H.a.e By Ganala alone and rejected
Like terms had been offered Is to the
fisheries and refused. But this scheme,
by being more com rrchensiye, br9aaht in
= arser number Of supporters, and thus
obtained sufficient strcnata to force
Itself u,on the canntrv. IhlYe familiar;z.
I c.l rysr.t, with the history oi' the neco-
titations that .sd to the treaty, and as !.
mode Of testing tie value Of the rlan
thu. per,islauti, ur.o, uDon ~. pro-
,4o.s TO examine the cxneet,;;a0. Of
those who advocated its a'laation. Let
rs soc what thew attemotel TO do. and
thsn we NAV iudae better whether thew
have succeeded
Amono the FIRST Of these nurnoses was
an intention to benefit the fisheries The
geutleman from New York Mr. Ward
9e.t.r,l,v in oI,ho,,t. AMI al,ia snaach
present e., that subieet AS one of first inn
i,art,u.n The trcatv itsclf rac,9;,,latns
tbe d;lJicuIties and Observation-Disclosures in
relation to the fisheries and Gives tbat rs
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