The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-07-19
ssxazoR uaan on run FtsHERIEs'
QUESTION

al as afdrrssed ia uiueu session
~ EenHfnr Hear. In opposition 10 u
trnnIar Hear said:
aTlais treaty has but one uvoWe'l
alfss-l that j. o. promote the con-
Neufenre and define lhe rights oi
Annerfcaa fishermen and protect
them aEzinst uufriendly interfer-
euce- YET O. q not remarkable that
thHFe B. ms a. ~ found, FAR a. ]
90 aeEr, q single fisherman who
aues uui deem IL provisions an out
raEee - Tar a. these opinions came
- me in CORRESPONDENCE; - Tar ~
ue hear frnm public meetiugE from
the towns Hhere men Interested I'D
tie fislseriez dwell; 20 Tar a. We can
learn from oar colleagues who repre-
seu1 IBuse districts IA either house.
80 far - assurialioms &c fishermen
have taken artinn, - Tar a. We get
the utteramce uf the press or the con-
-lusiuns 81 men uho have had 60 deal
rIieialiE with the matter heretofore,
there T. one concurrent expression
uI concern. alarm. disappr8val aud
Indignation. There never has been
q nlore unbranded calumuy than Ia
-harEe thai the opposition Ia the
rreafg had il origin iu party pre-
iudice- The earliest and most earn
- Reconnaissance has come from
eminent democrats, who have had
o-cssiou o. study the question In
times past naming in this UunneC-
sfun Mr.. Charles Levi Woodbury.,
Mr.. Richard =. SIofiord. the last
democratic candidate foT congress
IN the Isluurs-steT district and Mr.
rresrulg. counsel for the I nited
rfales 81 Halifax iu ISIS. The res
ulutlon lsa-=sd hy the -enaie on
April j.. ~ declaring that the ap-
Fsaiutuieut 80 = commission for the
consideration and settlement Vf fish
cry right= ought Co b. provided hy
congress. had received the vote of
every republican senator aud MINI
democratic senators Brown, Butler,
Fair. Gormau, WarTi-, Mcpherson.
Marcy. Morgan and Payne aud the
81 81 Marrh 5, Isl, auihoriEiur the
president o. protect and defend the
riEhfs uf American fishing YES
seis had Fras-s-d with bat one vote Ia
the negative. Aud thr Democratic
hoase had proposed still more
stringent measure of redress, drSir
ing 20 rul of interrour~e with Tan
ada ~ land a. we'll ~ l,y ~ra. These
roses and this section were n rt-u urt
in advance 90 the proposed treaty
They announced the policy ct the
desiocrstir f,artv. 4 series of in
salts u the American hag, n policy
q persistent uufrirndlimesS the re-
suit % common International ho-pi
talities, had i'eeu iuaugrTated for the
uurJsose nf compelling a "haUge iI
domestic legislation
III Nas That for which congress
without distinction ui party aud
with the nearly unanimous appTovH
20 the Ipeople had l'lHred in the
hands of the president simple, III
recl. peaceful hut ample aud muSi
eiIectual means uf redress.
The standardization lea these ne
rostations has diSreEartled the eX
preston ~ the will of the American
people. There had been PLACED Ia
the hands of the president a simple
means for a simple purpu~e. Instead
70 using that means the whole
American complaint was pu~t pnnrt
% remote aud most uncertain Ia
ture. Neither alsolngy nor rumpen
sation; neither indemnify for th'
past nor security for the time e
HAAAaE - - NHlNHHAA~f-NAs ANANAH"afAH AAANA
Vas this most extraordinary treaty
senator Hoar said this Is not the
rad 90 honor, Co safety uT Ca peace
Where 90 removes one cause at dis
cord % will produce ten. Tie Amer
leans are not a guarrelSone people
When We remember whose children
ne are Ne have always shown sur
prisinE readiness tn yield our right'
Tor the sake e peace. We have lit
tie left 60 us even of that rash humol
which our mother gave ~. But w
can never live ia peace with tanad1
live allow her 90 think that the meth
DDS she has taken for the last tire,
year. are the WAYS To- gain concess
ions from us We can never liv,
in Ueace with England &c We permit
her without instant protest To- tyran'
niEe, more experiments of our for.
bearance which preceded the War ol
lSl2, which accompanied the war al
rebellion. The rejection of thi'
treaty L. la the interest of true,
thorough and lasting peace. We
have every motive at kindred, ol
friendship aud commercial Interest
n live la amity with The mother
country, aud with the young power
which T. rising in our northern
boundaries. We look with no con-
tem,t OF dislike upon Cunnda. We
look with admiration upon the
growth Of her magnificent railroad
system aud courage and enterprise
with which her statesmen are adj
ding these new links Ia the chain
with which England, like n mighty
snake l. winding her coils about the
Elobe.
Sir Charles Upper and sir Johu
Mac Dsnald msy we'll give lessons Ga
both sides of tfis chamber. she il
not afraid 10 create or Co control the
great railroads that are essential Ca
her commercial prosperity. she
does not send away her famous EN-
gineers, when they place their gem
ais a her command humhled and
bafied from her legislative chamber
% die iu sorrow and disappointment.
She L. not afraid to build u ship rail
way OF even To create navy but
when she asks To abandon our fish
ermen to her tender merries tu
build ups navy school for her by
giving her fishermen market, she
asks what il IL neither fitting for us
20 yield nor for her Ia receive.
Senator HOar Tecited the history of
America diplomacy from the days
Of our infancy down to the breaking
out Of the late war, and of IL be said {:
We had another war within our
own recent memory. our foes were
of cur own household aud our an
cient allies sat at their gates gazing
scnoSs the Atlantic, 10 sre II they
could discover any pTeteNt for
throwing the weight into the scale
Of rebellion. England gave us
provOcation enough. But you re-
member the sublime patience with
which.
Abraham Lincoln waited until the
hour OF strength came. 10 was the
fortune Of anOthe Adams To- address
% Earl Russel one quiet sentence
peEhaps the most eloquent that ever
came from American; This h
war The foreign Office aud law
Officers reversed their decisions Ia
less than an hour and the rams were
stopped. You know how the French
emperor, victor of SebsstopOl and
SolferinO, in the height Of his mill
tary strength hurried cut Of Mexico
81 . word uttered by Mr.. seward.
Noa remember the time when Gen
eral Grant gave notice that any
American citizen who had n claim
against Great Britain should bring
fhe evidence to him, that naughty
ROVER sent over her commissioners
10 anologtre for her wrong, and held