The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-12-08
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ducti0h and tonnage 81 Che United.
States on tho Canadian frontier.-
Since Mr.. Clay advanced his argu.
ment 10 behalf Of our right, the prin.
ciples for which he contended have
been frequent II BY vsHous nas
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10y. 1nd LaPiasa, 10 accordance with the
Z 1ga principles o. national law, %
nways 0n cnannols opened ~ ma
ior ~ eon a Pm Patlons
The great Test iiyi1g huthofty oh
tLit anbiect, MkIles asserting the
ststr6ot RIGHT Of tho British claim.
sid, q It seems to be difficult to
deny that Great Britain may ground
her refusal on the strict Law. II IL
eqsally difficult to deny 1eta That
In % doing she exerciees harshlv Al,
extreme and hard labor; Cd, That
her conduct with respect 10 the nsyi.
cation of the st. Lawrence, is in
alarine and discrcditable inconsist-
ency With her c0ndu6t With respsct
to the navigation Of the Mississippi.
On the ground. that she was the pos.
SCISSOR Of small domain. in which
the Mississippi took its rise. she in
sisted on the right to navigate the
entire velume Of it's waters. On the
ground that she possessed, both
banks Of the st. Lawrence. where It
debouches itself into the, sea. che
denies to the Ur;tod States the right
Of navigation 81 about half oT The
water Of the lakes Ontario. Erie.
Huron, Superior. and the whole Of
Lake Michigan, through which the
river flows, is the property of the
United States. The whole nation is
interested in securing through trans
portation from the agricultural
States Of the West to the Atlantic
seaboard. 70 the citizens of those
States it secures q greater return for
their labor; to the Inhabitants of the
seaboaid i, offers cheaper food, and
to the nation an increase in the
annual surplus of wealth."
! 1t is hoped the government Of
Great Britain will see the Justice of
abandoning tho narrow and incon-
sistent claim to which the Canadian
provinces have urged her adherence.
OUR DEPRESSED COMMERCE
is o subject to which called your
special attention at the last session,
and suggested that we will in the
future have 70 look more to the coun-
tries south OF tho United states and
to China and japan for its revival
Our Representatives. TO all these
governments have exerted their ia.
fiuences tn enconraee trade hatwenn
tho United States and the countries
70 which we are ON friendly forms
issbut tho fact exist that the carrying
is done almost entirely in foreign
bottoms, and while the state OF af-
fairs exist, we cannot control our due
ana nave TIE aommerce 81 the world.
That betweent te F1cific Stats and
ChinasRndvapAn, Is about alfthe
carrying trade now conducted in
american vessels.
! would recommend aliberal policy
towards that limo ofAnierican steam
ers, one that insure its success, and
even increased. usefulness. The, cpst
OF building iron vessels, the only ones
that can compete with foreign ships,
~ the carrying trade, ~ 30 much
greater IN The United States than in
foreign countries, that without some
assistance from tho government, they
cannot be successfully built here
There will be several propositions
laid before Congress in the cotrs( "a
the present Hession looking 10 ArXs