River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-06
cLEvELANp.s MESSAGE.
sir. Blaine PItiIessly Exposes the PresI-
dents Latest stump speech.

sir. Blaine PItiIessly Exposes the PresI-
dents Latest stump Speech.
Hon. James G. Blaine delivered his
second public address on the political
Issues Of the day at Lewiston. Me. He
spoke with unusual precision and
vigor about CleveIand's fishery mes
cage, saying among other things:
II did not happen TO have an Opportunity of
reading the fun text of President Cleveland's
message on the Il ,heTies subject until this
morning. and with al due res ect 10 the Oh ef
Executive OF the Nation, must say that. con
sidering all the circumstances, il is the most
extraord nary document that ever was sent
from the White House 10 the Capitol Here
are the main facts OF the issue between Cana la
and the United States, or perha 5, 10 speak
more exactly, between Great Britain and the
United States in respect 20 the fisheries. II
vas our belief and still IS. that after the art
tles OF the treaty of Washington relating
TO the fisheries had exp red the Ca
madam Government behaved ia an IN
neighbOrly unseemly and unjust manner
towards our fishermen in refusing them
rights which they had enjoyed by
long prescription. In order 20 bring the
Government OF the Dominion 10 n just apprs-
citation OF the subject Congress authorized the
President, IN 1887, 10 ad pit NJ his discretion a
policy Of suitable retaliation, directing, among
oti err things, that whenever and so long as
American vessels were deprived u CONNER
cial privileges In the ports of Canada Canadian
vessels should be deprived OF like privileges in
the ports OF the United States. This, II may
indulge in appropriate slang, was a genuine
tit-for-tat pol cy, in which the punishment was
admirably fitted 10 the crime. President
Cleveland declined 10 enforce the policy and
allowed outrage after outrage upon our fishing
vessels to 20 unredressed. He was bent upon
4Haxs. WuaaeN
even against the express wish ana Will of the
United States Senate and IN defiance OF the
large share in the treaty making power which
the constitution assigns to the Senate. Final
~, without the consent OF the Senate and prac
ticaly against its protest the President or
ganized commission 10 frame treaty that
should settle all points Of dispute. He thus
gave what was never intended by the constitu-
tion-a partisan side of an nternat onal dis.
cussion. II was never designed by the foun-
dsrs of our Government that intercourse with
foreign nations should be conducted by Repub-
licans or by Democrats or by WhiSs or by
Federalsts. II should only be by the Nation
as a whole
Why should the railways OF the United
States that annually transport Il ty mill ons Of
Canadian goods Ia transit be deprived OF their
business and endure a large loss on account OF
q sudden within of the Presidents Why should
the transit from Detroit to Buffalo and New
be suspended, when il has no relation whatev-
er TO The fishery question:
Why should the large traffic between Que
bee and Montreal on the one hand, and Port
land on the other, by which Portland becomes
the winter port of Canada, be summary
sto ped at the capr ce of the President be
cause of his chagrin over the course OF an in
de endent bur, as he cons .ders, refractory Sen
ate? Is il the design OF the President 10 make
the fishery question cd Gus by embarrassing
comme-cia. relations an CONNIE cal exchange
along three thousand miles OF frontier and
10 inflict upon American communities a need
less, yeXatous and perilouS confusion o.
trades
If Congress VIII give him the enactment.
VIII CHI he asks he Il We them retaliation
until they cry hold, enough, and will allow
him to settle the fishery quest on IN the pre-
else manner VIII CHI the nate now contempt
uously rejects Or, after all, fellow-citzeus
is not the Presde position mere poitica
device 10 divert the at, ention OF the American
REQ lie from his free-trade message and from
TIE Mills tarn bill: Is not buster on the fish
eres 10 be the Ian of the campaign for The
Demo crat c artyg Are not permits for BRAY
ado TO be issued by the poit cal agents of tht
Administration, marked on the back, Good Til
after the first Tuesday in November W.
| have Gu parts; differences at home and set
| Tie them on our own sol in our own way: bu
towards all forei IN powers on tn globe We
| should present one united, ind visible Ameri
! Can Repuil c. But this was not done. Tn,
| treaty was launched as IA Democratic partisan
m asure, rather than a patriotic American
measure; and the London papers have beer
follow ng their usual vocation OF eulog z,ng thu
| Democracy and abusing the Reputl ans witt
| greatly increased vituperat on against the Re
| publican party ever since it was found that thS
| Senate was bent on maintaining the Nationa
dignity"