Omaha daily bee., 1886-08-25

RACES upon American fishing vessels and
fishing crews-seeking in every way to de
Stroy their business and to deprive them OF
their fishing rights Their course continues
to this day and is adopted by the Canadian
government with the deliberate intention
and obvious expectation of forcing conceS-
SionS from this governments
The humiliation of our situation has been
gratmtouSly increased by the vote of
majority of the democratic party in the house
of representatives to throw open the markets
of the United States to British and Canadian
fishermen, without duty OF charge and with.
out securing to American tSuermcn the right
to tsh in British and Canadian waters. This
Is an act of such unacCountablc, rancorous
hostility to the fishing interests of New
England that it is difficult even, to compre1,
hend its motlye, John Randolph SO hated
the wool tariff that he felt like walking a
mile to Kick a sheep. Do the northern dem
ocrats feel such determined hostility to the
fishermen OF New England that they would
sacrifice great national interest i'll order to
intlict blow upon them?
RELATIONS wIrH MENlCo.
Another international trouble has increased
our sense of chagrin and humiliation. In
contrast with our patient endurance OF Cana
dian outrage towards American fishermen,
we have made an unnecessary and undlgnl-
fed display of msOlence and bravado towards
Mexico. There is no adequate cause Tor the
demonstration. L do not stop ut this point
to narrate the precise facts attending the i'm
prSonmcnt of Mr. Cutting. | know that we
cannot without loss of character for honor
and chivalry begin our negotiations with
threats of war | maintain that when the
United States agreed to accept arbitration
as the means of adjusting our grave dt-
iicultes with England we came under bonds
to the public opinion of the world to
offer arbitration to any weaker power as
the means of settling difficulties in all cases
where we cannot adjust them by direct ne
gotiation. Ii we are not willing to accept
that conclusion we place ourselves in the dis
tnl,1 fi.Ny,
with strong power and reSorting to force
with weak power. l am sure no American
citizen of self-respect desires to see his coun-
try subjected to that degradation. For tue
ing her an opportunity to be heard before an
impartial tribunal of arbitration would be
for great nation of unlimited power to put
herself to open shame before the world.
There could not, fellow-citizens, in my
judgment, be more deplorable event than
war between the United States and any
other republic of America. The United
States must be regarded as the elder sister IN
that family of commonwealths. Even in the
day of our weakness we gave aid and com
fort to them in their struggle for independ-
ence and let us not fail now to cultivate
friendly and intimate relations with them.
the influence that will enable us to prevent
war among them, so that peace shall be as
sured and perpetual on this continent, War
in any direction would prove a great calam-
Mexico would be a crime, marked in all es-
pecial degree by cruelty.
THIRD PARTY PROHIBIT ONIsTS.
Referring to the third party movement in
Maine, Mr.. Blaine concluded as follows:
The supporters of the third party adopt as
their shibboleth that "the republican party
must be killed." and they have secured the
cooperation of the democrat, of the free
trader, of the saloon proprietor, of all men
who wish to keep six millions of colored peo-
pie in the south disfranchised ami oppressed:
1t is an insincere coalition an unhallowed
partnership. an unholy alliance. Against it
the republican party of Maine presents its
uniform support of prohibition, It's splendid
record of devotion to the protection of Anne
rican labor, its long and patient effort in
behalf of those who are down-trodden and
deprived of natural rights. The republican
party has always fought its battles single
handed, against great odds, and now with
principle untarnished and courage undaunted
it will again triumph over the combined force
of all its foes,