The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-06-08
n treaty with Great BrisanlThe
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the Treaty with Great Britain1The
Let-Down orthe Adminlstratlen.
The full and authentic text of the treaty
which Grant has concluded with Great
Britain is before the people. It will be
remembered that in the beginning of his
Administration we were given to under
stand that,the Alabama claims would be
collected, 81 necessary, at the cannon's
mouth. There was to be no arbitration
of the matter, such as President Andrew
johnson, through his Minister, Reverdy
johnson, had, as it was said, weakly con-
sented to. and which treaty had been
unanimously rejected by the Senate. We
were simply-to present our bill as an pAa
matllm to John Bull, and if he did not
settle il We were to take Canada instead
and very summarilypush him off this Con-
continent. Now, after a delay Of two
xearsrwhat-hasthe-G rantAdmlnisiEation
whether G18aEB rftain shall pay the Ala
bama claims to Eve arbitrators-ons to be
, appointed by each Of the contracting par
tssy cha By HE King q Italy anbthA by
the Swiss Confederation, and the third BY
the Emperor Of Brazil. The, arbitratofs
are to meet at Geneva, Switzerland, and
there, after hearing arguments and taking
tsetimouySR maIortYof them paysm&ke
q final aWsrd. 1t Is agreed that the arbll
traitors shall be, governed by these rules
Neutral powers powers are bound to use
due diligence to prevent the fitting ont OF
armed cruisers, and to prevent their ports
from being used for that purpose. These
rule the British Government declares
were not in force at the-time the Alabama
claims arose, but, nevertheless they VIII be
governed by them now The knotty ana
Important question still remains as 70
z what Hdue diligence" is, and whethor II
was exercised by Great Britain IN the Ala
bama business. But the Commission are
not simply to declare whether Great Brit
ain owes us, but they are to adjudicate
the claims which are to be presented
against us by that power,
These claims are those of British citi-
slzsnsf1r damage TO- ropertyf from the 18th
Tor April, 1S61sto the 9Th of April, 1865,
sustained at the hands Of the United
States authorities and troops during the
war. Thee new arbitraIors are to settle
upon them-one appointed by the United
States, one by Great Britain, and another.
by them Jointly. If they don't agree on
the third man, he is to be named by the.
of Spain. These claims may exceed
in amount those Of the Alabama, and
leaveussardebtor to Great Britain as the
net result of the Investigation In the
mean time it wll probably take two or
three years before the arbitrator are ready
etelMake, IN either instance, their report.
Thus on this question what have we bet
ter thar HesR everdy johnson treaty Of
d 1865. so unanimously spurned by the
Senate D. l
Now come some stipulations in regard 10
American fishing on the coasts Of British
America. Here in addition to our old
privilege that We have enjoyed since 1913,
we maynow catch all kinds of fish, except
shad, without restriction as to distance
from shore, and with permission TO land
Tor the purpose OF curing them. This is
an extension Of our fishing privilege. bit
.Sfit is understood that it is to apply to SEA
fishing alone that The salmon and shkd
fisheries, and all other fisheries in rivers
or the mouths Of rivers, are preserved Elk
clnsivelysf for British fishermen" In csse
~ we have q dispute as to our fishing rights,
it is to be settled by. another commission
similar u that Of 1854 For this co9ces-
sion We have to pay by allowing British
subjects to fish in our waters northsof the
seth parallel. and if the privileges that
we grant are not as valuable as those
granted by Great Britain, then, q commits
sion viii determine how much money We
onght.to hand over to the aforesaid John
Bull. ab -al ms-T a - {
Great Britain cedes to us the navigation
of the st. Lawrence equally with her own
.eltizbHa, subject, however, tosthe material
: restriction that it shall be upon such reg
ulatioAs Of Great Britain andthe Canada
Dominion as are not inconsistent with the
prerogative granted, Greet Britain en-
cages to allow us the haRigation Of the
Weliand Canal upon terms of equality
with her citizens, and we agree that her
. citizens shall have equals rights in the st.
Clair Flats Canal. The United States in
addition ,throws in-the fun navigation of
Lake ~ iehigapn pon the sameaconditions,
Inaddition to these are some mutual con-
cessions iu regard to the shipment of goods
through each others territory, with no
smaterial advantage in the aggregate to
either party. The fishing and free navi-
cation articles are,to be in force for ten
year. subject then to be renewed or not,
ct either partyss option. The question
Z whether the little island of San Juan on
the northwest Oregon coast, belongs to
1.-The United States or Great Britain, is ire
fe1red for arbitration to the Emperor Of
[Gaffhanp. &
Thiaisthatraat andzthe whole OF it.
Observation-Disclosures guid pro-q1o.ffom
-6Fsttoaast As-we have saidrno6ns will
.seein-lt-aRy blazs-ofthat "Eigorous for
eignPdicyBgo n GRAHr'sIpart that was to
4 entrAnee us and startle stheaworld He
! Z comes, after all the fuss, upon the grohnd
which Great Britain has ever occupied,
and accedes to her terms. It isl triumph
Tof British diplomacy, and a wonderful
weakening Of our own, when ~weiconader
the naughty tone hitherto adopted TOWARD
that power. EtER ~.