Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-24

generous c0mmercfal splrlt, every lock anu
canal which Is q public work of the
Dominion of Canada, is subject to tolls
and charges.
BY article twenty-seven of the treaty Of
1871, provision was made to secure to the
citizens of the United States the use of the
Wellan, St Lawrence and other canals in
the Dominion of Canada on terms Of equal
ity with the inhabitants of the
Dominion, and also secure to the
subjects of Great Britain the use OF
the st. Clair Flats canal on terms OF
equality with the inhabitants Of the
United States. And yet evidence has for
some time been before the Congress, fur
nished by the Secretary of the Treasury,
showing that while the tolls charged in
the first instance are the same to all, such
vessels and cargoes as are destined to GER
tain Canadian ports are allowed refund
of nearly the entire tolls while those
bound for American ports are
NOT ALLOWED ANY SUCH ADVANTAGE.
To promise equality and then in practice
make it conditional upon our vessels doing
Canadian bushes instead Of their own is
to falill q promise with the shadow OF
performance.
recommend that such legislation be
bad as will give Canadian vessels nsviga-
ting our canals and their cargoes precisely
the advantages granted TO our vessels and
csrgoes upon Canadian canals, and that the
same be measured by exactly the same
rule of discrimination. The course which
| have outlined and the recommendations
made
RELATE To THE HONOR AND DIGNITY OF
OUR COUNTRY
and the protection aud preservation Of the
rights aud interests of all our people. A
government does but half its duty when it
protects its citizens at home and permits
them to beimposed upon and humilisted
by the unfair and overreaching dis
position of other nations. Ii
we invite our people to rely upon
arrangements made Tor their benefit
abroad, we should see to it that they are
not deceived, and if we are generous and
liberal to neighboring country our people
should reap the advantage of it by q re-
turn of liberality and generosity.
These are
SUBJ ECTS WHICH PARTISANSHIP SHOULD
NOT DISTURB OR CONFUSE
Let us survey the ground calmly and
moderately, and having put aside other
means Of settlement, il we entertain the
policy of retaliation, let Us pursue it
firmly, with a determination only to sub
serve the interests of our paople and main
tain the high standard and the becoming
pride of American citizenship.
TSigned1 GROVER CLEVELAND.
Erecutire Mansion, august %, 1888.
HOW IT WAS RECEIVED.
The reading of the paper was listened to
with profound attention. At it's conclu-
sion the Democrats burst into applause.
The Speaker referred the document to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr.. Nc
Creary, OF Kentucky, securing unanimous
consent TO report from that Committee at
any time.
Mr.. Hit, of Illinois, moved that Is, 900
copies be printed. Referred.
A PROMPT RESPONSE.
Mr.. Wilson. of Minnesota, Immediately
offered the following bill, which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs:
IAN act to empower the President more
effectually to carry out the purposes of an
act entitled AN act to authorize the Presi-
dent to protect and defend the rights
of American fishing vessels, Ameri-
can fishermen, American trading
and other vessels, in certain
cases. and for other purposes, approved
March Sd, 1887, and to authorize the
President to protect American interests
against unjust discrimination in the use Of
canals in the British dominions of North
America
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