, 1866-03-03

delays and dreadful disasters Of the first stage
OF this war There Is great danger OF a kid
glove campaign under some political McClel-
Ian.
assassins Of President Lincoln arc now the
1onored guests of the White House
this veto Is part Of the murderous pro.
srammc-Northeru Copperbeads would not
Insult loyal people by their insolent rejoic-
ings, and the traitors OF The South would stand
ashast before their indignation.
THE FISHERY QUESTION.
Its Previous HlstorY-BreakersA Ahead.
From the Newport Tlmes.1
In their report on the Reciprocity Treaty..
Issued last gear, the NeY York Chamber OF
Commerce declared the question Of tue Gsh-
cries, embraced within the treaty, "oue Of
great Importance" with the further remark
our most distinguished public mcn." This Is
nit Who Is familiar with former negotiations
with Great Britain upon the subject, aud with
tho delicate and dangerous Issues TO which
the question gave Fbse during the period pre-
ceding the enactment Of reciprocity.
The convention Of 1878, negotiated by
Messrs. Gnllat!n and Ruah, can hardly be pro-
nounced very crcdftable to American diplo-
macy. John Adams, writing IN 1914 to Presi-
dent Monroe, observed that he would con-
tirue the war with England :. forever, rather
than surrender" one iota Of our fisheries, as
established by the third article Of the treaty
Of 1885," But Messrs. Gallatin md Rush,
while obtaining recognition OF our right to
fish on the coasts Of Newfoundland, md the
privilege Of certain entrances elsewhere, for
shelter aud repairs, rcnOuncel, for this conll-
miles Of @'the coasts, bays, harbors, and
creeks Of the provinces" excepting, however,
Newfoundland, Labrador and tht Magla1cn
Isles. The concession WAS very serious one,
and hns been the source ofgraye and frequent
difficulty,
the arrangement was sufficiently liberal to
errnen held that the "bays'' from which the
latter were excluded simply meant what Afr.
Derby described as tttho small bays to which
the fishermen resorted for shelter md re.
pairs" In 184l, however, the authorities OF
Nova Scotia rendered the term in another
our fishermen should not be permitted to pur-
sue their calling is line drawn from one
henil1and to nnother- This construction re-
ceivcl the sanction OF the law officers Of En-
gland, and was thencetorward upheld by the
mother country aud the Provinces Jointly. SO
excluding our fishermen from the Bay Of Cha"
lenss, m which for twenty three years they
had toi'ed unmolestcd, from the Strait Of
Cause, through which they had passed In huge
fleets season after season, and generally from
the rich fishing grounds of New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia, Prince Edward island and Gam
ada. ......-...
Such proceeding could not but be hazard-
ermcn, driven from grounds to which, As We
maintain, they were by right and long usage
entitled, were little disposed TO acqulesce in q
construction ofthc agreement BY which they
were sesious sufferers. Openly or clandes-
timely, they were not seldom yiolators Of the
regulation which Engluud and her Provinces
declared themselves resolved TO enforce at all
hazards. When caught, their vessels and
cargoes were connseated by the Proviucials.
An unpleasant feeling grew up on both sides.
England sent out ships Of war to protect tho
Provinces In their claim and the Provinces
in their turn equipped miniature navies to
watch and punish American transgEcssots.
Our Government again unwilling to leave its
citizens at the mercy Of foreign authority,
stationed War vessels to assure AmeEcan fish
c1men Of protection within the law. But as
nc sttempt was made to gnlnsay the coustruc-
tion Insisted upon BY the PEoyincesaas TO the
dividing nue, our fishermen derived little
practical benefit from the presence of their
country's fac In those waters.
Tins matters went on; our fsheTmen year
AFTER year waxing more Impatient under re-
striction from which they were heavy losers !;
the Provincials and their Imperial protectors,
on the other hand, becoming more and more
visilant In their watch, and more and more
firm In the enforcement OF conhscatfon. when
American vessels wern found tn the prohibited
waters. At that period, an accident might at
any moment have prccipttated US Into war
were there, flying IN provoking proximity,
each with guns loaded and matches nshted.
to assert the rights and honor Of the country
they respectively represented. A little extra
hot beadedness opselther slde-a little extra
determination on the part Of an American
fisherman, or little extra zeal on the part Of
Provincial functiopary-would have render,
ed hostulties Inevitable
From this position, irritating and perilnus,
We were relieved by the Reciprocity Treaty.
Our fishermen were allowed Of riehl, to enter
the finest fisheries Of the hemisphere, and most
encrgetlcally have they ptohted by the oppor:
tunity. An important interest has been fos-
tered. a large md lucrative industry has
been cultivated.
But the treaty In rirtucI Iof which hese priv
leges hare been enjoyed draws to 8 close On
the l7th Of March reciprocity will como to m
end; and with its termination will come re-;
viyal OF Provincial e1clusfveness in the matter
fishermen orliberty to labor in the localities
most certain to yield profit. In the language
oftAe report OF the Chamber Of Commerce,
they viii bc sdriven out Of the Bay
Of CAsleurs and other tceulug inlets, which
are within the formerly prescribed limit OF
three miles" All the old misunderstanding
will rccur: There Will be aggressions and re-
ptisala, Our citizens, accustomed for the last
len years 10 fish in the most productive WA
ters, will submit bnt sullenly, II at all, to the
exercise Of Provincial authority adversely to
their interests, and even to their rights, ns
they understand them. "This Is a point to
be constdered,n our Chamber Of Commerce
& hoo he
Of the expiration Of reciprocity.
That the Provinces are preparing promptly
and cnergetically to visit upon our fishermen
the penalties Of commercial non-intercourse,
may be inferred from the action already ah-
nounced by the Government of Canada. a
telegraphic despatch published yesterday In
forms rs OF the Issue Of q proclamation set
ting forth that aftcr the 18th proLmo "no
vessels owned and manned ID the United
States OF America cnn pursue the ipshore
fisheries" within the territory OF Ca1ada,
"without rendering themselves liable to the
contfscation Of their vessels, and such other
penalties as arc imposed" By Canadian law.
We must therefore make up our minds to
meet the Issue, and provide FOR its attendant
difficulties, without delay.
We are Justified in assuming that these d1tH-
culties are not remote, md former experience
points TO the supposition that in their nature
they will be complicated and important. In
A's tepuAt ~ AuS 4tE@-o04y OGPAA AAaIu+1 ~ =
Derby, In view Of this contingency, suggests
that 1.-THE Government should despatch q
squadron TO the fishing grounds to see that
our vessels arc not molested. and that our
fisheries arc not destroyed. If they do moi, ;"
he adds, 1--WE may well expect the fishermen
who have been South under Farragut to fol-
low the advice Of Gen. Dix. If any ole at
tempts to haul down the American iiag.n We
have no fear that our Government will be
found nDpreparcd for tho OCCASION, or in my
particular unegunl to It's responsibllitie bnt
We should nevertheless be glad to see the dam
ger averted, ard the difficulties which pro-
dnce It overcome.
There Is Jet time for Congress to revise the
decision Of the Committee OF Ways aud
Means, and to consider on Its own account
tho propositions submitted by the Provincial
delegates for the renewal Of commercial inter
courHe on an equitable and comprehensive
basis. We're the. negotiations. 50 abruptly
broken oil q month ago. resumed, We suppose
that the complications, incident to the pre-
sent aspect Of the fishery question, might be
meanwhile prevented. Is not the attainment
ofsuch m object worth m effort:
l. Wife Elopea With the Servant Man.
lF1on, the London {Cauads) Adve.tiser.I
The particulars OF a singular elopement case
have Just been narrated to Us, Ia which wife
who Is The mother of three interesting chill
drcn, eloped with the farm servant, taking
With them q splendid span Of horses. Nj.
Francis RestFick, the husband of the woman,
IS engaged In the cattle-droviny business with
his father.fn-lAw, Mr.. James Evans, both liy-
Ing within stone's throw Of each other, at
Warwick village, county of Lambton. John
Dodds. the sly decierer,. was hired to work