The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-05-27
President Hayes and Secretary Evarts
on tho Fortune Bay Troubles. :

= AVDA~eA.S AA~JOS ~A.N ASJ ASvOA ~
On the Fortune Bay Troubles.
w..u,xoo~ VEL,
n. sr..ler ,.;d hasors tie H ~ ~
masssr o from The h. pres;dert +r.ns. sI :
t;no IS con,ni;enca With : -e.o,,,t ;o ~
Tho House II Ronrosontet;vos oo,,;a. -
the Tho corrosnordepoo with to- SG pna ~
ment Of Great Britain in relation ~ the
alleged outrage on American citizens at
Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, together
with the report from the Secretary OF
State on the subject. In the messaoa
Az proo;dort sors.
In transmitting this correspondence and ra.
mort 1 resnectf;,,iv asS the immeT;ota .u ana
Careful Intention Of Congress- to the fs;srs ~
sSsora the two
ticies of the Treaty of WASHINGTON. a. dis
closed in the Observation-Disclosures and eiu,c;dated
by the exposition of The Secretarv Of State
measure nroDer to he taken by this Go " s
ment in the maintensnce Of riuhfs accnriied
our fishermen NV the British concessions in the
treaty, and in procuring suitable action towards
interest has ali eldy suffered. Accor,iin9lv.
recommend to Congress- the alontion Of those
measures with smcS attendant details of Lewis.
latiOn ma i'm the wisdom of COnvress NAV seem
exnedi aS VIC "1S' R,1r1rRHnpn I I'VE 1Ho1
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The accompanying report OF the Sec
retarv of State consists mainly of a
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elaborate discussion of the arguments
advancad IN both sides Of the contro.
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RIGHT from the earliest period of its
h;otor,, Coorotorv Evorta eoye.
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1.-THE position of this Government was noti-
1878. as Follows: .This Government conceiyes
that the fishery rights of the United States
conceded NV the Treaty of Washington are to
Be !; s from and
now set up as authority over our fishermcn,
and from any other regulations Of fishins
now in force or that may hereafter be
this issue the position of the British Govern.
ment is now notified to us by the dispatch of
Lord Salisbury of April 6, as follows: Refer
ring FL; to these statutes Of Newfoundland. Lord
were IN force at the date Of the Treaty of
Washington, were not abolished but confirmed
by subsequent statutes, and are binding, under
States fishermen, in landing for the purpose
Of fishing at Tickle Beach, in using seine at
the prohibited time, and in barring herrings
with seines from the shore exceeded their
full acts .
Secretary Eyarts. in conclusion saws: eft
n stated %sb BY 5hs ~
innton. in discussing the piOnosals rerartiinc
the Canadian fisheries. that the Tinted States
desired to secure their enjoymsnt, not Tor
the purnOse of removing source Of irritation.
The exnerience Of o,ir Eorfnne Raw fishermen
in their first ATTEMPT in the sixth wear of the
r,,rniny If the treatv To everc;se an the coasf
- NO.-Ns
their eivent,,rnmsc alitno v1hich Her Maieetv'e
(3overnmenf said had heen honorahiv acH,1irai
for them Nv their own OVERWHELMINGLY 10 axn nil; ~
itod IN the nanera now suhm;ttnd 90 10 oIao i+s
treatment If their ~rievancss and '1 th ,;s
Goso..,,,,,o,t. . sas,,ssatin, "es, "n ~ 'ns
Corded nv Har Waiesfv's cnvernmont
Hsfsr h . ca ne s 1e1oGe tme
ann,,m aUrsn~ the twoive vaaNS ~ 4hc tro r.,
period, or gross sum of $l,44O,OW for advan-
tage to the United States Of the fishing priyi-
lege proper on the Newfoundland coast alone
conceded by treaty over and above the coun.
ter concessions of our inshore fishery and the
remission of duty on their Ash products. The
Halifax award Of $5,5OO,OOO for the Dominion
of Canada and Newfoundland together have
been divided between them BY the British
Government, and the sum of $1,OOOOOO has
been received BY New fOundland as its share of
the money payment made by the United States
under the treaty: 1t VIII be observed that
fishermen at Fortune Bay to the PEN
alties of the infraction of Provincial
laws, while they were enjoying, in their
own opinion and that of this Government,
the full freedom of the fishery accorded
by the treaty. there is no pretense that
the violence offered them, and wantOn de-
structiOn of their fishing property aud spola-
ton Of their draught of fishes, ind any war
rant in the supremacy OF violated law, under
color of which the British Government has re-
fused them any indemnity. In this attitude
of the British Government, as taken in the
correspondence, the violent expulsion of our
fishermen from their fishery on the 9Th Of
January, 1878, by the coast fishermen of New
foundland, seems to be justified if not es-
pOused. This position, too, OF that Govern
ment necessarily carries warning that any
future attempt by our fishermen to exercise
their treaty privileges except In conformity to
the local fishing regulations will be resisted by
well as exposed to the Vf0fehte or the coast
fishermen.
"Under this unhappy and unexpected fail
ure of accord between the two Gnyernments
as to the measure OF inshOre fishing privile0es
to our fishermen by the Treaty of Washington
as developed in this correspondence, It be-
comes the imperative duty Of this Govern
ment to consider what measure should be
taken to maintain the tights of our people UNI
der the treaty, as we understand them, and to
obtain redress for their expulsion from the en-
tOyment of their rights. So far as this dimin-
ishing of these privileges calls for the recon
with by this Government and received by