Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-09

wasieonsiderble. Mugwump and dough-
facsteditors took special pains to helittie
him, and to stigInatise him as political
hummer But his administration OF the
Navy Department proved of what stun
he Is made, and since his advent to the
United States Senate he has shown 30
signs of weakness and incapaeity- That
sharp, steel vissge symbolizes keen.
ineisiye, wiry intellect, and good training
and thorough seif-command have rendered
it effective in whatever it undertakes.
The Bourb0ns of the South. who murder
Republican voters and stuff ballot boxes.
have found him fearless and able. and
Cleveland, Bayard and associates in their
shameful betrayal of American fishing
interests find that heis thoroughly capable
OF dealing with our international affairs
and foeman worthy of the steel of their
abless senatorial Apologies. His recent
speech In the Senate against the Fishery
Treaty is clear cut analysis and ex-
posnre of some Of the strong and most
conclusive reasons why it could not be
ratified without sacrifice of Ameri-
can interests and humiliation
TO American honor and pres
tige, which the American people
should not and will not tolerate. Senator
Chambers speech is as cool and incisive
in its logic as it is we'll furnished with
facts and authorities which amply sustain
his conclusions. No unparalleled citizen
of this country can read it without being
astonished that the President, the Secre-
tary of State, and the two Commissioners
could have been so mastered by the Brit
ish and Canadian diplomatists as to have
been brought TO give it their sanction and
publish their weakness and incapacity by
allowing it to go before the American peo-
pie and TO be sent to the Senate of the
Cnlred States. As specimen of Mr..
Chandler's plain and vigorous arraignment
of the American negotiatOrs and support
ers of the Bayard fishery agreement, we
give the following:
The first yielding of our Government was
seen in the appointment of a commission to
negotiate. Even after this mistake success
might have been attained. Ii was necessity
to the political fortunes of Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain that he should negotiate some
treaty. He had abandoned the liberal party
| in Great Britain, betrayed the cause of Ire
land, and made an unnatural alliance with
his former political enemies, who sent him
to this country to get him temporarily out of
Al. he hal obi
without negotiating treaty he would have
been the laughing stock of England and he
knew it. His anxieties and his fears were
apparent to all close observers; that he
would concede substantially all that our
| Government had claimed there was no reason
able doubt
But it happened that Mr.. Bayard was more
anxious than Mr.. Chamberlain. Perhaps the
vanity of this aged statesman, the desire to be
known as the negotiator of the Bayard Cham
berlain treaty, over came any wish he had to
protect the rights of the New England fisher
men and to maintain the national honor: and
so Mr.. Chamberlain at last, suddenly unex-
pectedly, obtained an easy victory.
But there must have been more in surren-
der than the vanity and decreptude of Mr..
Bayard. 1t is impossible to rest the conclu-
sion that combination was formed between
the leaders of the Democratic party to sacri-
flee the interests of the New England fishermen
and break down our tariff system. The utter
ances of Sir Charles Upper, which have
quoted conclusively prove this. To carry
out this plan diplomatic correspondence was
dropped; an unconstitutional commission
was created; the demand for commercial
rights was abandoned surrender was
made to all the Canadian theories concerning
the fisheries, and the initial step in the
main purpose of the alliance was taken in
Article XIV of the treaty, which is intended
TO force Congress to remove some of our
customs duties. Southern Democrats gave
the orders to Northern Democrats the
Democratic party abandoned its spasmodic
attempt to defend the fishermen against
Canadian aggression; and the great object
of this Democratic British alliance now is
to pass the Mills bill, keep the Democratic
party in power, and destroy the American
tariff system.
These unpatriotic and injurious assaults
upon American interests of the combined
forces of English free traders and Southern
Democrats should be met at the threshold by
the rejection of this discreditable treaty.
The admissions made by its negotators will
doubtless make it more difficult to obtain
from England our just rights. But asserted
with moderation, patience and tirmness they
will surely be granted England will not in
1888 refuse to grant us the article of the
treaty of 1915 with the two words '.in Eu-
rope omitted, which is all we used desire as
follows
ARTICLE l. There shall be between the territor
les of the United States of America and all the ter
rtories of Her Britannia Majesty IA reciprocal lib
erty Of commerce. The Inhabitants Of the two
COUNT - respectively, shall have liberty freely and
securely come with their shil and cargoes to all
such pla.> oorts, and rivers in the Territories
Aforesaid, 10 Aich other foreigners are permitted
to come, to enter into the same and to remain and
reside in any parts of the said territories
| ly also 10 hire and occupy houses and warehouses
| for the purposes of their commerce; and generally
the merchants and traders of each nation, respec.
lively shall enjoy the most complete protection and
security for their commerce, hui subject ALWAYS 10
the laws and statutes Of the two countries, re.
| p,ctigey.
The bug-bear of war need not brighten any
one. England never went to war with any
nation to force the opening of ports for
trade, except with China to compel the
admission of opium. Even the excessive
retaliation which it has been intimated the
President will attempt if this pet treaty shall
be rejected would be no cause for war. A
decision to give to Canadian fishing vessels
in American ports only the same privileges
| WHICH are given FtutTlcau III lana
dian ports, and to exclude Canadian fish
from our markets, will at any time give the
New England fishermen all they desire.
| Retaliation to this extent the President, who
is not always under the control of Southern
Democrats, will doubtless first adopt; there
will probably never be occasion to resort to
more.
The question of the rights and privileges
of American fishermen in the waters, on the
coasts, and in the harbors of Canada, in
recently dealing with which the United
States has occupied the position of an in
ferior nation, dealing with one vastly supe-
rior, if taken up for consideration by our
Government in spirit not sectional, bu,
national, and treated in appropriate negotia-
tons with England, as it should be dealt
with in this era of international intercourse
by two great nations, equal in dignity,
honor and power, may yet be, even by this
Administration, satisfactorily and honorably
settled; if it is not it certainly will be so
adjusted by the administration which will
come into power on the 4th of March, 1889.
In this connection it is interesting to notice
the contrast between two distinguished New
| England Democrats. One of them, Mr. Will