Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-08-27

political issues Of The campaign WAs de.
liveFed In Oity Hall, At Lewiston, To-
night, before the largest audience eveI
Assemblsd in that hall.
In the oourss Of his address Mr.
Blaine said: ~ did not happen 70 have
an opportunity Of reading the full text
OF President Oleveland's message on
the fisheries subject until this morning
aud, with all due respect to the Ohiei
Executive Of the nation, must Say
that considering all the oiEcumStAnoes
Is 10 the most extraordinary document
that Was ever 8Gnt from the Whits
House 10 the Capitol. Here are the
main facts Of the issue between OAuAds
and the United States, or, perhaps, to
speak more exactly, bet Great
Britain and the United States in re.
speot TO the fisheries.
It was our belief, AHd stlll IL, that
after the articles Of the Treaty At Waah.
ington relating to the fsherles had ex
pired the Canadian Government behav
ed In an unneiEhboEly, unseemly and
unjust mAnher towards our fishermen
In refusing them riRhts which they had
enjoyed BY long prescription. Ia order
10 bring the Government OF the Domin.
lon TO just appreciation Of the sub.
joct, Congress authorized the President
in the splng or 1887 to adopt at his dea
crietlon . policy Of suitable retaliation,
directing, among other things, that
whenever and 90 long % American
vessels were deprived OF commercial
privileges in the ports Of CAuAdA. Cana.
dian vsssela should be deprived OF like
PRIVILEGES In the ports Of the United
States.
This, u may indulge in appropri ate
slang, was = genuine tit for tat policy,
In which the punishmsnt was admtt.
toAly htted 10 the crime. President
Cleveland declined TO enforce The policy
and allowed outrage after outrage upoa
our fishing vessels 10 90 unredresssd. !.
He WAS bent upon some form Of nego-
tiAtion with EnglAnd, even against the
expresBed Wiah and will OF the United
BtAtea Senate, and In defiance Of the
large share OF the treaty making power
Which the Constitution assigns 70 tht
Senate. Finally, without the consent
Of the Senate, And practically against
its protest, the President organised 9
oommissIon to frame a treaty thai
should settle all points Of dispute. Bt
thus gave what was never intended BY
the Constitution, . partisan side 10 81
International dlscasSion.
II 1t the design OF the President K
make the fishing question odious b.
Iam haEraasing commercial relations ant
commercial exchange along 5000 mile
OF frontier, and to infilot upon Anert
oAn communities . needless, . vexa
tions and q psrilous confusion Of trade
II Congress will give him the enEct
ments which hs bsks he will give then
retaliation until they cry "hold
enouob," and will allow him to ssttl
the fisheries question In the precls
manner in which the Senate now con
temptuously rejects. Or, after all, fel
low oitissnB, is not the Presidents POSI-
tion = mere political devise to diver
the attention Of the American peopl
from his free trade message and frou
the Mills tarin bu.T IL not OIuItsr Of
0 tbs fisheries to be the plan Of cAmpAiR
for the Democratic party Are NO
permits for brAvadO TO be Issued by tn
I political agents Of the Admi0istrAtion
d Marked on the back "Good till afle
the hrs, Tuesday Of November"
n The treaty was launched - Demo
CRATIC partisan measure. And the Lon
r don papers have been following thei
e usual vocation Of eulOgizinR the Demo
G cratic party and abusing the Republl
8 oAns, with greatly increased vltuperA
2 tlon ARAlnBt the Republican party eve
I since Il was found that the s snAis We
bent en- maintaining the National dig
/ nifty.
Tho President has lelpsd 30 far owe
on the other side that he asks authorli
to cripple al our commercial relation
with Canada, from PAsSRmRq uodd
= Bay to VanoonYef's Island. HAyin
Al 81
riRhtB Of the fishermen and the nAtionI
Idignity At the same time, the Presideu
desires now TO cross over TO the othe
side Of the question, and out Hero
Herod In his demands for redress. Il
seems eager to-day 10 discharge . Who'll
: battery OF Krupp gunB on ths question
when last yeAr a blank cartridge from
pocket pistol would have settled th
whole affair. After Bubjecting tn
country month after month to the hu
, initiation Of an unprecedented surrsr
der, the Presidents supporters, wit
the zsAl Of new converts, rather tha
with the eKtrAvsgAnt enthustaBm Q
pretelcers, are now mantfestlng sue
renewed and deep, aud keen bense @
the wrongs we have experienced frou
4 Great Britain In Canada In the matte
J Of fisheries, that they second the Pres
dents extraordinary Gomersallt, and
! In the slang Of the Democratic b. elerE
I they are "thirstlng for Canadian gore.
The Democratic party has never bee
, fortunate in Q nduetinR diplomatic ne
d RotlRtionB with Great Britain. Th
English pArtiality for the Dsmooratl
. party 10 not difficult TO explain. 1t
2 Loi solely because the democracy are
free. trade party and are now propOsin
! to open our home market for the bent
/ at Of the British manufacturers, ct tn
4 lexpenae OF the American working men
! but 1t 10 that in every negotiation Wit
Z the Dem oorAtio standardization Enf
4 Hand has succeeded in attaining th
precise result which she desired.
great historic case in point 10 fAmtlta
10 ell who have studied our history 70
the sixty years Slnce the Democrati
party WAS first organized. From th
: administrAtlon OF Mr.. Jefferson onwAr
, therel Was q dispute between the ~
countries IS 10 the righ's Of eac
:. bordering on the PAoiRo oceAl
:, and the question WAS Adjuste
= from tlms to time by our earlier Pres
dents and lastly by Q tTesty made b
Mr.. Clay Whsn he WAS Secretary
State under Mr.. Adams, providing fc
Joint occupation Of the country for q
iudefioite period, neither party losiu
their Iigh's; bat from pure demsRoS Sisi
n the Democrats raised the cry in Il
" national election OF 1874 that the Who
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