The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-08-29
Blaine on Cleveland.

L~EwIsrowx. MR., August S-James G.
Blaine addressed an immense audience in
this city last night, taking FIR his texs the
Presidents Fisheries Message. He said Con
gress, BY the act Of 1857. had given The Pres
ideni ample power to protect the interest OF
Americans. His failure to elaploy the pow
er thus given HIM and negotiation, without
the consent of the Senate, of a treaty with
Great Britain, which vas q complete surren-
der Of American rights. Mr.. Blaine criticised
sharply. OF the Presidents latest PROPOSE
ton Mr.. Blaine said
WHY should the railways of the United
States that annually transport SJo,001.00 Of
Canadian goods in transit. be deprived of
their business and endure q large loss on ae-
count of a sudden within Of the President
Why should the transit from Detroit TO
Buffalo and New York over both American
and Canadian lines OF rail be suspended when
it has no relation whatever TO the fishery
question: Why should the large traffic be-
tween Quebec and Montreal on the one hand
and Portland on the other. by which Port
land becomes the winter port Of the Prcsi-
dent, because Of his ehargin over the course
of an independent but as be considers, re
~fractory Senate? Is il the design Of 1.-The Pres
ident to make the fisheries question odious
by embarrassing commercial relations and
commercial exchange along 5000 miles of
frontier, and to inhict upon American COM
nlunities. a needless, = vexatious and a per-
lous confusion of trade.
IfCongress will give him the enaetments
which lie asks he viii give them retaliation
until they cry Hold, enough, and viii
allow him 10 settle the fishery question in
the precise manner which the Senate now
c-ontemptuously rejects. or, after all, fellow
citizens. Is not the Presidents position a
mere political device. to divert the attention
Of American people from his free trade
message. and from the Mills tariff bill? Il
no; buster on the fisheries To DC the plan of
campaign for the Democratic party ? Are not
permits for bravadO to be issued By the
political agents of the administration. marked
on the back Good till after the first Tuesday
of November
We have our partisan differences al home
and settle them on our own soil in our own
way. but toward all foreign powers on the
globe. we shoHld present one united, indeyis-
able American Republic. Bat this was not
done. The treaty was launched a. a Demo-
cratic partisan measure than q patriotic
American measure. And the London papers
have been following their usual vocation of
~eulogizing the Democracy and abusing the
Republicans with greatly increased yituper-
alton against the Republican party ever
since it was found that the Senate was BENT
on maintaining the National dignity.
Certainly you do not desire a continuance
of the diplomacy which, after studying a sub
ject for three years, can radically change the
position of National Administration be
tween Wednesday afternoon and Thursday
morning. On Wednesday the President was
still urging the Senate through the entire
body of Democratic Senators to Surrender
all our rights in the fisheries by agreeing 10
the treaty. and on Thursday he put those
Senators TO shame by directly reversing the
position he had 50 strenuously held for three /
preceding years. do not believe the Amer
lean people will submit to such triHing with
a great question. Ibeiieve. rather, that they
will eommit the Government to the great
party which from the iirst days of Lineoln's
administration TO the last hour of President
Arthurs, has maintained the force and pres
tige and right OF the Union against rebellion
did it without bravAdo or buster on the one
hand and without huniliating surrender ON
the other"