Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-26
BLAINE,S BAZOO.
He Tackles the Presidents Retalia-
tiOn Message.

BLAINE,S BAZOO.
| He Tackles the Presidents Retalfa-
tiOn Message.
LEWISTON, Me-, August 25.-The Sec
ond public address of Mr.. Blaine on the
political issues of the campaign was de-
livered here tonight. Mr.. Blaine spoke
substantially as follows:
l did not happen to have an oppor-
tunity of reading the full text of the
residents message on the Fisheries
until this morning, and with all due
re pecJ to the Chief Executive of the
Nation l must say, that considering
all the circum stances, it is the
most extraordinary document that
ever was sent from the White
House to the Capitol. Here are
70 main facts of the issue between Can
Ia and the United States-or, perhaps,
to speak more exactly, between Great
Britain and the United States-in respect
to the fisheries. 1t was our belief, and
still is, that after the articles of the
treaty at Washington relating to the fish
cries had expired, the Canadian Govern
ment behaved in an unneighborly, un-
seemly and unjust manner toward
our fishermen in refusing them the
rights which they had long enjoyed by
prescription. In order to bring the
Government of the Dominion to a Just
appreciation of the subject, Congress au.
thorized the President in the spring of
1887 to adopt policy of suitable retalia-
tion and directed among other things,
that whenever and so long as American
vessels were deprived Of commercial
privileges in the ports of Canada,
Canadian vessels should be deprived Of
like privileges in the ports of the United
States. This, if may indulge in appro-
pirate slang, was a genuine "tit for tat"
policy, in which "the punishment was
admirably fitted to the crime" Presi-
dent Cleveland declined to enforce the
policy and allowed outrage after outrage
upon our fishing vessels to 90 unre-
dressed. He was bent on some form of
negotiation with England, even against
the express wish and 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, finally without
the consent of the Senate, and practically
against it's will, the President organized
a commission to frame a treaty that
should settle all the points OF dispute.
He thus gave what was never intended
by the Constitution, partisan side to an
international discussion. 1t was never
designed by the founders of our Govern
ment that our intercourse with foreign
nations should be conducted by Repub.
licans or by Democrats, or by Wings or
by Federalists. 1t should be bv the Ma
tion as whole.
Why should the RAILWAYS of the United
States that annually transport fifty mil
lions OF Canadian goods be deprived of
their business and endure large loss on
account OF a sudden whim of the Presi-
dent? Why should the transit from De-
troit, Buffalo and New York, over both
American and Canadian rails, be sus-
pended when they have no relation what
ever to the Fishery question Why should
the large traffic between Quebec and
Montreal on the one hand, and Portland
on the other, by which Portland becomes
the winter port of Canada, be summarily
stopped at the caprice of the President
because OF his chagrin at the course of an
independent, but, as he considers, re-
fractory Senate? So it is the
design of the President to make
the fishery question odious by|
embarrassing commercial relations and
commercial exchange along 5000 miles |
OF frontier, and to inflict on American
needless and vexatious.
trade? If '''lons Congress o0n'WiiGn wili eiVe Ve
him the enactments which he asks he |
will give them retaliation until they crv,
Hold, enough" and will allow him to |
settle the Fishery question in the precise |
manner which the Senate now contempt
lously rejects, or after all but follows the |
citizen.
Is not the Presidents position a mere
political device to divert the attention of |
'he American people from his free trade |
measure and from the Mills tariff bill |
[s not the bluster about the fisheries to |
Do plan OF campaign for the Democrat C |
party? Are not the permits for bravad O |
% be issued by the political agent 81
If the Administration marked on th g
pack, Good till after the first
tuesday in November" We have our
PARTISAN differences at home and settle
hem on our own soil in our own wav:
,ut toward all the foreign powers on the
globe we should present one united, in
Invisible American republic, but this
vas not done. The treaty was launched
Is a Democratic partisan measure
ather than patriotic American
Measure and the London papers have
been following their usual vocation
II eulogizing the Democracy and abusing
he Republican party, with greatly in
reased vituperation against the Repub-
ican party ever since it was found that
he Senate was bent on maintaining the
National dignity.
1t is plainly apparent from the text of
he Constitution itself that the wise men
vho framed it intended that the ordinary
legislative power should be committed to
he majority, however small; but that
10 treaty should be framed without
he overwhelming support of public
pinion. They provided, therefore,
hat it should require in ali
ases two-thirds Of the Senate to ratify a
reaty. But despite this, the National
administration went ahead, regardless of
esults, and negotiated treaty so repug-
ant to the American instinct of National
elf-respect that instead of q ratification
t two.thirds of this Senate, it was abso-
ltely rejected by majority vote.
What then? At the first rebound the
resident has reached 30 far over on the
ther side that he asks authority to Grip
lie all our commercial relations with
,anada, from Passamaquoddy back to
'ancouver Island. Having for three
ears offered to waive the rights of our
shermen and the National dignity at ,
10 ,,,o k:vxon khc D~ccsJork