Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-12-15
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last license granted to it, they pro
vided that the vessel, with her tack
le, etc, etc, shall be forfeited. IT
is not known that any condemna-
tions have been made under this
statute. Should the authorities Of
Canada attempt to enforce it, it will
become my duty to take.such steps
as may he necessary to protect the
rights Of the citizens Of the United
States. 1t has been claimed Ivy her
Majesty's officers that the fishing
vessels Of the United States have
no right TO enter the open ports Of
the British possessions in North
America except for the purposeio f
shelter and repairing damages, and
and Of purchasing wood and OIL
tanning water; that they have no
right to enter at the British custom
houses, or to trade except in the
purchase of wood and water, and
that they mu-t--I art within TWEEN
ty-four hours after notice to leave
Its not known that any seizure Of
a fishing vessel carrying the flag Of
the United States has been made
under this claim. So far as the
claim is founded on any alleged
construction OF the Convention Of
1878, it cannot 9e acQuiesced in by
the United States 1t is hoped that
it will not be insisted upon by her
Majesty's Government.
During the conference which pre-
ceded the negotiation Of the con
vention Of 1918, the British Com
missioners proposed to expressly
exclude the fishermen Of the United
States from the privilege Of carry
! ing on trade with any OF bis Britain
/ ic Majesty's subjects, residing with
in the limits assigned for their use.
and also that it should not be law
full for the vessels of the United
States engaged in such fishing to
have on board any goods, wares or
merchandise whatever, except such
as may be necessary for the prose.
cution OF their voyages to and
from said fishing grounds; and
any vessel Of the United States
which shall contravene this regula-
ton may be seized, condemned and
conliscated, with its cargo. This
proposition, which is identical with
the construction now put upon the
language of the Convention. was
emphaticallY y rejected by the Amer
lean Commissioners, and thcreupon
was abandoned by the British Pie
nipotentiaries, and article one as
it stands in the Convention was
substituted. If, however, it be
said that this claim is founded on
provincial or colonial statutes, and
not upon the Convention, this
Government cannot but regard
them as unfriendly and in contra
vention of the faithful execution
Of the Convention, for which the
Imperial Government is alone re,
sponsible. Anticipating that an
attempt may possibly he made by
the Canadian authorities in the
coming season to repeat these un-
neighborly acts toward our fisher
men, I recommend you to confer
upon the Executive the power to
suspend by proclamation, the oper-
ations OF the laws authorizing the
transit of goods, wares and mer-
chandse in bond, or access to the
territory Of the United States from
Canada; and further, should such
an extreme measure become nee
essary, 70 suspend the operations
ofany laws whereby the vessels of
the Dominion of Canada ere per
mitted to enter the waters Of the
United States,
FREE NAVIGATION OF THE ST LAW
RENEE.
A like unfriendly disposition has
been manifested on the part Of
Canada, in the maintenance of the
claim Of a right to exclude the cit
izens of the United States from the
navigation of the St Lawrence -
This river constitutes anatural out
let to the ocean for States of tie
Union with an aggregate popula-
jton of about 17600,000 inhabi
tants, and with an aggregate ton
mage of 661, 1867 tons upon the wa
ters which discharge into it, The
foreign commerce OF our ports on
these waters is open to British
competition, and the major part Of
it is done in british bottoms. If
the American semmen be exclud-
ed from this natural avenue of the
ocean, the monopoly of the direct
commerce of the lake ports with
the Atlantic would be in foreign
hands, their vessels on trans Allan
tic voyages, having an access to
onrl ke norts which would he do