Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-08-10
Mr.. RlDDLEBERGER'S SPEECH
Alexandria Gazette.

Aexandrl Gazette.
In the Senate yesterday the
fisheries treaty begging under con.
sideration, Mr.. Riddleberger SAID
that the vote taken had settled
cOnclusively the only question that
could possible be in controversy
from this time on N reference to
the treaty, and that was, that the
republican party Of this country
was opposed to tho ratification of
tn leaty, and that the democratic
party was IN favor of il. 1t was
being considered as a party ques.
ton on the other side of the At.
lantlc ocean, and 1t was proper to
consider 1t as such on this side
lie proposed to bring the treaty to
the attention of the Senate as q
question outside the mere catching
and curing Of fish. The treaty
concerned not only the people of
the whole Atlantic coast, but also
the coast of Chesapeake bay, be-
cause Judge Levi Woodbury., a
democratic iurist of acknowledged
eminence, had given it as his
opinion that, under the thirteenth
article OF the treaty, the Canadian
fishermen would have a right to
participate in all the coast, bay,
sound and river fisheries of the
United States, and that Congress
or the States would be precluded
from passing any laws on the sub.
ject without the consent OF the
British government. He (lr.
Riddleberger) would be willing to
risk the whole case on that one
opinion.
He arraigned the administration
and the democratic party which
backed it, as pro- English organi-
cation, and he proceeded to read
extracts from English periodicals
to prove that the Mills bill and the
Presidents tariff message we're in
the direction OF free trade, and
that the presidential electoral con.
test was conflict between free
trade and protection and nothing
else. He read an extract from the
speech of Mr.. S. S. Cox, In the
House, speaking of prOtectionists
as robbers, Tascals and plunderers,
and said he was not surprised at
that sentiment, when he read a
book published by the same gen.
tleman many years ago, entitled
"The Buckeye Abroad" in which
such sentences as these occurred
"Old England {; God bless her !
with tears IN my eyes | beseech
heavens best benson upon her. |
remember her only as the land Of
noble deeds and generous hearts"
81 hOpe that the Pope will create
no cardinals for America "The
ill-success attending the Wiseman
experiment in England will prevent
the popes from creating any cardi.
nails in Protestant oOuntTIes.r He
lRiddleberger) did not propose to
Introduce religion into the question,
but he proposed to show what free
trade democracy was. He knew
that Mr.. Cox had lin debates in
the House of Representatives,
pleaded the "baby act" in reference
to that book. and he supposed that
he would plead dOtage in reference
to his later utterances.
Passing from Mr.. Cox and his
books and coming back to the
treaty, he declared awe will never
be q national government until we
have whipped England a third
time. Our boosted Monroe doc
trne is being annulled and wiped
from the face of the earth to-day ;
and we find gentlemen on the other
side of the chamber saying that we
must arbitrate or we must fight.
"The party that stands ont bold
~ against any concession by this
government of SIXTY million people
is the only party fit to govern
Alter reference to the Parnell
troubles, Mr.. Riddleberger said :
81 would as soon make treaty OF
commerce with the Fiji Islanders
as with the British government. 1t
becomes the sO.called American
democracy to make such a treaty;
but it i'll becomes the republican
party. The duty of this govern
mont ia to let that one know that
the liberty for which our fathers
fought, and which they won, is still
cherished, and that we have moth
ing in common with government
which does not at least recognise
the forms Of law"