Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-12-16

to entor at the British custom houses, or to
trade there, except in tho purchase OF wood
and water, and that they must depart within
twenty-fo hours after the notice to leave.
il is not known tfiat apy sof sfiaf,tngS
Yeessl carrying Gag ef sE5tatesss
has been made unde this % M
the claim 10 founded on an alleged 5on6truc.s
tion of the convention Of 1878, il cannot be- i
acquiesced in by the United States IT is &
hoped that it will not be insisted on by Her !
Majesty's Government. During the confer
ences which preceded tho negotiations'of the
convention Of 1913, the British Commission
ers proposed to expressly exclude the fisher
men Of the United States from the privilege
of carrying on trade with any Of His Britanic
Majesty's subjects residing within the limits
assigned for their use, and also that it should
States, engaged in said fishery, to have on
board any goods, wares or merchandise what
ever, except such ac may be necessary for tho
prosecution of their voyages to and from said
fishing grounds and any vessel of the Uni
ted States which shall contravene these regu-
lations, may be seized, condemned and confs-
Gated, with her cargo. This proposition,
which is identified with the construction now
put upon the language Of the convention, was
emphatically rejected by the American Com
missioners, and, therefore, was abandoned by
the British Plenipotentiaries; and Article l,
| as it stands in the convention, vas substitu-
| ted. If, however, it be said that this claim
is founded on Provincial or Colonial Statutes,
| and not upon the convention, this Govern
ment cannot but regard them 40 unfriendly;
letter, of the treaty for the faithful execution
of which the Imperial Government is alone
responsible Anticipating that an attempt
may possibly be made by the Canadian au-
thorities in the coming season to repeat their
unneighborly acts towards our fishermen,
J recommend you to confer upon the Executive
the power to suspend by proclamation
the operation of the laws authorizing the.
transit of goods, wares and merchandise, in
bond, across the territory Of the United
Staas t sNgpasda and # further should such an
vessels of tho Dominion of Canada are permit
ted to enter the waters Of the United Statas.
like unfriendly disposition has been mani
tested on the part Of Canada in the mainte.
nance of the claim Of right to exclude the cit.,
izens of the United States from the navigation
of the St. Lawrence. This river constitutes
natural outlet to the ocean for eight States.
with an aggregate population Of about IT.
100000 inhabitants, and With ON aggregate
tonnage of 661, 1,267 tons upon the waters
which discharge into it. The foreign COM
rnercc Of our ports GU these waters is open to
British competition, and the major part of it
is done in British bottoms If the American
seamen be excluded from this natural avenue
to the ocean the monopoly of the desired com.
merce OF the Lake potts, with the Atlantic,
would be In foreign hands, their vessels on
trans, Atlantic voyages having an access to
v,aka hsol> 4.
American vessels, on similar voyages. To
state such proposition :s 20 asiuis it's Justice.
During the administration of Mr.. John
Quincy Adams, Mr.. Clay asanswerably DEM
enstrated the natural sight Of the citisens of
the United States to the navigation of the
river, claiming that che act Of tho Congress
OF Vienna in opening the Rhine and other
rivers TO all nations showed the Judgment Of
European jurists or Of statesmen that the in.
habitants of country through which nayi-
gable river passes have natural rig aht to en-
Joy the navigation Of that river to and into
the sea, even though passing through the
territories of another power. This right does
not exclude the co-eqnai right Of tho soyer.
eign possessing tbs territory through which
the river debouches into the sea to make such
regulations relative to che police of tho navi.
CATION as may be reasonably necessary but
hSoO. S60la&tOho euO tAu0eQ In q idea
raj epirit of comity, and should not impose
needless burdens upon thsoonmefce which
has tho right of transit. 1t has been found
in practice moro advantageous to arrange
these regulations by mutual agreement The
United States are ready to make, any reason.
able arrangement as 70 the police Of the 81.
Lawrence which may bc suggested by Great
Britain. If the Claim made BY Mr.. Glay was
just, when the population OF the States bor-
dering on tho shores Of the Lakes was only
8,400, ,000, it now derives greater force and
equity from ths increased population, wealth,
production and tonnage Of tho States on the
Canadian frontier. Since Mr. Clay advanced
his argument in behalf Of our right, the
principle for which he contended has beer
frequently, and BY various nations, recogpixed
by Law or BY treaty, and has been extenaed 70
several other great rivers. By the treaty
concluded at Mayenoe in 1881, tho Rhine
was declared free from the point whore ii Il
first nayigable into the sea. By the; ;6onvot,.
tion between Spain and Portugal, ;conolnded
In 1885, the navigation Of the Douro, through.
out its whole extent, was made free fos the
subjects Of both Crowns. In 1853, the AZ.
gentine confederation, by treaty, threw or,en
the free navigation of the Parnns and r}rn.
quay to the merchant yessels OF an nas ~.
In 1855, the Cvimeap war was closed bys ID 1.
treaty, which provided for the. fres bcviEtsa. \;
ton of the Danube. In 1855. B6liyis.kv
treaty, declared that II regarded she sssyas