The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-01-16
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Wall Against the Passport Nuisance
Canada Declared 10 be In n state Of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. { ON mn q ts osa Judge
COursOl's Decision, SC.
THE PASSPORT NUISANCE.
correspondence Of Hamilton News.]
g. PIX anu seward may DO very nice men, but DIX and
Seward VIII never win tho affection of Canadans--for
they have been instrumental during past and present
monL, in Issuing two supremacy edicts So
far as Dixs order was concerned we laughed at IT. but
Mr.. Seward has efecuay checked cachinaon and put
most serious stop % our jolsy. President Lincoln
checked Dix, and Seward has checked Canadians
AZ .he same Tune giving his people o sly "dig
In the ribs" to uso pugislistic expression Here,
IN Sarniay over one hundred persons are waiting
not known experience the utmost trouble in estab sh
ing their identity; whilst many respectable people
OF the tioub" they aie put SO far rs preventing
aids Is concerned the idea seems preposier0us; for
would De impossible TO prevent men crossing above tho
point mere at night while the water frozen over and the
easy mannar In whi,h people bent reaching the land
OF Stars and Stripes might various sections OF
the river at once, would tempt tho opinion that the Sec
Rotary OF State and other leading officials troubled
Win temporary alteration or temporary desire 10
dement, number OF uldcseryng agents by making thou
shhos Oh decent people pay the pcnalty-nct only in
money bnt by sullcr ng TIC greatest annoyance Some
yeopie n IN vicinity have promulgated The idea tat
gouernmen and dtat M. Carriers pist to Washington
snort time ago wzs 70 make arrangements aoih
us iace AID VIII not for moment be encouraged;
the government kaoS loo aoc sghat injury C9,ada scod
Tcr4oe ty tte institution Of passport system. Then
again. the Great Western and raEd Trunk Railways
hoavy sufferers; tie passenger traffic Is inserabcin
iact 'he roads must be losing a large sum OF money
day the trains always con timoi by of Il Int
we ght, and matters arc considerably dcrtugel Owing
10 the popularity q! the Grsa. Western Railway and the
crowded trans which usually passed over the road the
cnaaac IS more occaDlc; only one through train East
aud ncst WI ran in and after saturday ard this viii
40 D'iess continue uatl some salts ac'ory arrangement Is
entered ITO, the price demanded for passports, too, Is
eXorbitant, and those who were wont to travel do
al, N their power to remedy tho ncvv-o.,, .,
Liter communication It Is no. merely n,c sum which
II rcan red for the pa sport, but ito utmost az
iicnity Is experienced by many in succeeding getting
lie required documents. Your corresp n0cut is in
formed that conference Of railway officials viii take
p'.cc - hamilton on Thursday night when 0essrs. FIN
Mons and Lrop, Of pntrm', sr WailIns.ra Of .hiea-
U d, ~ Of s ssr e rS ms,'e Or w Ss
cs very strongly TO the feelings " well as the pockets
Of tnnrdans ann they conld be klam"d for expe-
riens regret that at tmc they wore chdeavoring to
strengthen the bonds of friendship betwce1 uler pro
vince ans tho States that Stewards system of encouraging
them should be established Pubic opinion often makes
stronger laws than made by Presidents and thoh
officials and we in Sarnia feel anxiety ms to the result
which cannot DO else than abolition Of tho system
[From the London Prototypc]
1t Is now but few weeks since Mr.. Seward inflicted
the passport punishment upon Canada and already its
effects arc such MS to satisfy his mean, vndice
rc Our ralway companies fair ,cay be ruined
The passenger traffic has ceased and tho Grand Trunk
Buffalo and Lake Huron and tho Great Western com
pancs, not being disposed to run empty trains to the
frontier and back have reduced their time table by strk
ing out ono two and three trains day. that formerly
run TO the Suspension bridge, ndsor and Buffalo On
The other sido, American railways touching tho frontier
have Ind also to knock their trains almost up
the mes Besides this tho ncony caused to both
Canad an and American Comnun ties has been immense
Amcr' ans in Canada have boon denied amittance into
their own country, thout first paying an onero ne
to aome Yankee official and Canadians shing TO 90
tho acs business find themselves shut out that
market and compelled 10 turn their faces to home mar
kets and home manufactures.
BLOCKADE.
EDITOR ,NTaBAL GAziTTE.
SrR-Thc ports Of Canada are in state Of blockade
Windsor, Toronto, Hamilton Kingston, Montreal, are
as cgecndky bockaded by he passport system Of Ircsi
dent Lincoln they possibly could be By his G,boat sys
tenn should those 0soboats crsr be butt Wnoat the no
Americans, Brons, French, Germans Polcs friendly
men OF all tho friendly nations OF the earth, are pro
man pays fine OF six dollars. This Is the American
passport systcm-such its effect IL Is embargo in
disguise Congress is in session; why not pass
Non Intercourse act ut onccp Such course would
be Ineligible; We should have preliminary notice;
wo should have time and opportunity for ex-
abruptly, the peaceful inter Of nations By an
exorbitan exa"tOn Is interruption Of peaceful rcia
lions between governments naa - We pelievr yo,a
United States The Cabinet at Washington has no more
right to blockade ports aud railway trains by s
port system than II has TO blockade the ports and
the shipping therein contained by guboat system. We
ore mt peace with neishbors, and maxine great
met by or,icnn decree which Affects the
on which we rely 10 compcn ate Tor these sachccs.
What NO ID have been the iccin in the rhefn states
W. during the whole course OF tho present contest when
speed and time were iia 10 their interests, when gene
rails and thor stalls, hundred, oil officers aud tho sand,
OF soldiers hur,' III the Of action by the
sEO ter lines Of Upper Canadian railway communication
IT. al this mc Canada, prr.bcd by the varike aspect
Of these stranger had imposed upon them passport
system and pfohiOuty tax of dollars per nEn
What word not have h ca tho cutlery at sufh IN ~
RACER Nohng in the most arb irary cxactions Of tho
most arbitrary times could ba { been c1nipaicd with
this British orders in council md the de- or Berlin
and iiIan would have been lrncs in The compare
We do most earnestly holc and exETrss u IN the
best Spirit tnat good ncigbors will soon tcmpcr
their anger with little discretion and VII remove
"a embargo on pcronal in'crcoIc between friendly m
tons wLch as yet H. anauhoriz u BY any act OF Con
Ecss We arc a. tc sure that tho government OF taLaar
has not lost SIGHT OF this view Of The sujc Yours
80, BRlTOA.
Mr.. CorRsoL's DECISION.
From the Toronto Lobe led toria)1
Tho dcci. ion of Mr Justice smith on The objections
Coursol ~ far rdiC lous light than ven
turcd To exiib. it, The Montreal police agistritc held
that nasmuch since the passage Of the amended Cana
dian act giving force 10 the Ashburton treaty, the opera
ton OF the imperial statue had not been suspended H.
nd alone, was the law Of the province. Mr. Justice
.,nh, the other hand holes that Tho imperial act
hns been suspended IN favor OF the FIRST act passed
by the Canadian Legislature, II Is quite compe
tho home statute He therefore refused 10 con
slider other points raised by the counsel acting for tho
ruicd states, as the one be dwe Upon WAC Of itself
fatal 10 tho objection taken IN his jurisdiction that
there necessity for botberng about others The
result OF the controycrsy tends orcby tc show how cu
pabiy Mr. tourso acted arrogatng 10 himself the de-
cision OF points OF law with which he was not competent
20 deal Knowing the important interests involved, he
ought 10 haze placed the in suth position that
woald have come before the judges of The Superior
Court Instead OF doing So he petty magistrate, des
utute OF nearly all those qualifications which, either by
position training could ente his respect
undertook the decision OF the And mess no
has s,adc OF III His example ought TO serve
Ing 10 other magistrates, not to place themselves IN
similar position.
The M N sOnSc NIfssiOu.