New-York tribune., 1869-01-15

fully repeated ana embraces TO great extent the nxu
RES and tOye of cOmmercc-the very sources from
which, since 1851 have most largely increased Custom
House supplies No higher duty than 20 per centum de
pdIOreW was TO placed WOODEN, wOrsted cotton
hosiery, ms caps bindings drawers, shirts, and at
similar manufactures made frames, upon musical
INSTRUMENTS except plaholOftes NO hgher uuts Shan Al
10 per al rdi0ren on any manufactures or Six
Of which silk should be component material OF chlei
value. upon Thbet nerinos Inerlno shaWs shu a
manufactures OF cOmhed WOOL OF WOrsted Snu sllh
combined. upon polished plate glass svercd or ui-
sivered toys, wooden oioeks cologne water S9ssUio,
files saws planes, scyes, needless copper Wire DTonIs
all sorts OF similar hne eatRer MahnI 3 Pppc1s
lOOkngglasses snutoxes of papiermache LEAD pencls
&c No than 10 per centgm dd rdore on All tnIea
laces lnsertings lace tresses tasseis; hhV.S' And
gold and silver, mineral water speieei &C tSe
ihen existing fae Of day upon wines and the
duties upon wines in 1874 were as fOle"s On 30
cents clare six cents per gallon ana on wto
cents in casks 20 cents in bottles ler gaOh IL Iu
apparent that the American negoator OF the poposeu
treaty however learned and accomplished III 0ther re-
spects sadly deficient III practlcal khowleuE1
States and without any apprehension OF the strides
these interests destined 10 make III the lnnedato
future Whatever OF budding promise there might De III
the efforts then being made subsequently made 10 e
tabish manufactures OF worsed OF SILK, OF hnen anu
hemp of wooden and goods on frames, OF
saws files planes fshhoOks, lead pencils ana so on 70
the end whatever were the prospects OF AnelIean h
wines il is quite certain that IL this treaty had Deen
! accepted al these varied interests, now counted
csved tbeiT death kne or il not their advent
| would have been postponed Tor q eenera.toih a. III
and the treaty had been in force at the outset OF inc
| Rebellion the Government of the United States would
have been almost paTayzed. and without the power 10
mend its financial condition far as that theD depehueu
upOn receipts for duties upon foreign merchanulse III
found necessary for revenue pup0sest place ree
articles which could have been done had the Zoye-
treaty been in force, and under such rates OF duty
the protection 10 manufactures has been so great
that We largely diminished our dependence upon
foreign supplies silks worteds, and whole classes
of other manufactures included IN lne treaty n.s
only illustrates the extreme neNpedlencY, hot W
say folly OF Leepocy roc sTec 70 aci in any and all
| emergencies its honor and interest may demand:
Only years after the Zollvoren treaty hu Deen seo
aside for the gravet of constitutional reasons the Senate
reserved position and the House OF kepfesehtauN
of the British colonies of North America. American
statesmen in the North lifted oil their feet Dy the
wilO the-wisp OF annexation, and IN the south Oy see
tonal advantages. This treaty, beyond all doubt was
made to induce annexation but the arguments used to
that end without regard the merits Ordemcrts OF that
question by itself have been buried too deeply by our
years of cruel experience under the treaty ever 20
be again rcsuSctaed That whatever desire parties
~ f w ini ti ir,fSd states was temporarily crushed
out by the Reciprocity treaty cannot bc denied. Ana
why notl II they had secured the chief benefits TO Dc de
rived from annexation why should they not sun any ana
all OF Its duties aud burdens There was no lnducement
left 10 20 further II the prOht ana loss nc
count in all subsequent stages was TO be nearly
e0ualy balanced. American statesmen vainy an
ticpaied an era Of good feeling, hoping that our
neichbors weTe after all mbued win some admalloh
OF more popular institutions, and with ambition to
become integral portion OF great Republic; Dnt we
Rebellion touched our Provincial helghboIs win the
spear OF Ithure Then they assumed their true shane
and boldly hosted their true coor and at once al these
prophetic and coming goies vanished rs he usuosSan
tal OF maldens dreams, Our recent border if
chase Of our fugitive ships hiding from the pirates OF the
clyde greedy for the profits Of OlOckaderunnng in full
sympathy with the master spnts 0l tle kepenon ilaI
boring raiders borders and furnishing an asylum
who sending assassns one Day disease ana
death the next among people it became too apparent
that Government OF the British Provinces instead OF
Snd feei as lively oy AS That disclosed by Mr. Roe,
buck their spokesman III the British Parliament. IN hay.
as he styled hunblcd and destroyed These undena-
bic facts show the folly Of making an exception IN aIor
fDrfffe fu Of
~ - " he eaid that the treaty of si settled an important
question relating 10 the fisheries. II there IS any point
o ~ fbis veT oustion ~ be sherics and the last ad
iustment hardly wise than the pusilanlnous
surrender Of ISIS Great Britain conceded, by the pro
ysiona treaty l7s2 and reairmed word for word in
the treaty OF 1885, all the rights demanded. and all
that ever could be OF practical utility The language was
most comprehensive;
The people Of the United States shall enjoy unmoed
the fs Of Bd the Grand Bauk aud on all other
ob places in the sea where lie asslh OF 10th counties at
time heretofore to h a3d o i.t ile a4ats o We pd
Newfoundland as British fherea sbal use eat not to dry
ali other Of Ills Majestys America
Hasetii bays hsrbors and creeks scotia Magaea Islands
Labrador 20 long the zane shall remain unsettled bat 50 soon a;
the same or L o 'le ss@ a " " % ~ , san @
L.LeImen 70 Org or ] Srs I ~ & % rfian, Peos % @
! sessOrs Of the grouud"
Here there was little or no restriction upon our rights
We could fish at all places in the where the nhabt
ants Of both countries used heretofore TO fish, and
Xcept TO dry and cure fish on the shores Of Newound-
auG at all places used ceafter by British fishermen
The rights possessed IN the fisheries IN 1852 were per-
manen Inherent ana indesructibe, and ought
TO have admitted question once acknowledged than our
independence boundaries. War could not disturb
them, because they OF higher authority than mere
cOmpacts, and could not eface them because they
were ever in and never abandoned In peace
like the title to our own soil, they were une0nqucrable
After OF 1872 made the treaty OF July g. 1915,
aud all subjects embraced IN the treaty OF l3 not then
questioned, must nave been understood 70 De 10
remain in stat q"9 ante De,itIn' =, IL never mas has
article IN the treaty OF l7e was aDr0gated by te war OF
1872 save that TelatngO INC H'heries S9Ec@hat aiter
British style OF doing things at Copenhagen vessel
of-war suddenly ordered our 70 rete 70
leagues from all the coasts British colonies IL is hardly
be credited that Great Britain should have claimed that
the war OF 1872 50 barren Of BIsh anrels had aDogad
rights freely acknowledged IN the treaties OF 1852 ana
1888, that any representatives, OF the United States,
after lapse OF IS years. could nave yielded 10 sncn an
unfOunded not 10 say mpudent, claim. II Great Britain,
experienced put forth such pretensiOns dread Of
Waterloo should have prevented Their plump denial She
asserted them in the treaty Of peace in 1878 The
treaty OF 1918 was weak surrender on our part OF
rights which peculiarly belong to u.s. and Of other
rights which belong 10 all other nations which
choose 10 assert and exercise them. Not won by
the blood and treasure OF the parent country they be-
onged by right Of discovery and occupancy, and
because while yet colonies our rights were
fought and title confirmed by yaOr but
neither the French nor the British ought to be permitted
TO monopoze sea-sheries by any rule facts or prn-
cpe the partition Of territory and rights when our in
dependence acknowledged entitled 10 all the
fisheries rather than Great Britain and might with much
prOprety have insisted not only that would not be
excluded but upon excluding the British. We had al
enjoyed them to larger extent than all the world
beside and they Of greatest value TO Iii time
the refused put feers upon the and II any
nation persists such expansive despOtsm 10 challenges
resistance Exclusive right TO the products Of the
is a relic OF feuda and as 0dOus 10 nations are
game laws 10 common people. II should be noticed that
when Nova Scotia was ceded 10 Great Britain by tie
treaty OF Utrecht the French subjects were there
after excluded from fishing within 80 leagues OF the
coast. and this exclusion renewed in the treaty
Of Paris, 1868, by which Spain also wholly excluded
from fishing rights the ghbOThOod OF newfoundland.
SO IL would appear that these exclusive claims nave
within century past diminished from 80 leagues to
three marine miles from the coast But did in
ISS-let say II in sackciOth and ashcs-tO limit the
boundaries OF fishing grounds and acknowledge some
exclusive rights of the Hudson Bay Company; and we
ala agree forever " hook ana ne bob and