. The fisheries dispute : a suggestion for its adjustment by abrogating the convention of 1818 and resting on the rights and liberties defined in the treaty of 1783 [microform] : a letter to the Honourable William M. Evarts of the United States Senate. Fisheries; Pêche commerciale. THE FISHERIES DI)5PUTE. The question, therefore, of the rights of American fisher- rrea under the Treaty of 1818, is nv^de by the British Gov- ernment to depend not altogether on that Treaty alone, but partly, as it would seem, on a statute of George III., on colonial acts of the British Provinces, the rulings of Ca
. The fisheries dispute : a suggestion for its adjustment by abrogating the convention of 1818 and resting on the rights and liberties defined in the treaty of 1783 [microform] : a letter to the Honourable William M. Evarts of the United States Senate. Fisheries; Pêche commerciale. THE FISHERIES DI)5PUTE. The question, therefore, of the rights of American fisher- rrea under the Treaty of 1818, is nv^de by the British Gov- ernment to depend not altogether on that Treaty alone, but partly, as it would seem, on a statute of George III., on colonial acts of the British Provinces, the rulings of Cana- dian courts, and the proclamation and acts of colonial offi- cers—all assuming to be based on the provisions of that Treaty. This fact justifies a careful consideration of the relative advantages and disadvantages which result to us at this moment from the Convention which for so long a time has played a principal part m this regretable and chronic controversy—a treaty which under the interpietation placed upon it by Canadian and British officials is being used not as a shield to protect our fishermen in the enjoyment of their rights, but as a weapon for the interruption of their business and their helpless subjection to wrong and humiliation. This state of things, which by no means accords with the American idea of national fitness, and which it is proposed temporarily to correct if necessary by retaliation, clearly re- quires a thorough and permanent change, based not on re- taliation for wrong, but on clear principles of right; and we find two propositions from British sources looking to a peaceful remedy which deserve respcs-tful consideration. Offers of Negotiation and Arbitration, The one is a proposition from Lord Kosebery for a frank and friendly consideratton of ihe whole question with a view to the revision of the Treaty of 1818. The Sicond is said to be a semi-official proposition from the Montreal Gazette^ the official organ of the Dominion Government of th
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