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_ “ Be it therefore Resclved,—That the commencement, con- 
“ tinuation, and conclusion of the negotiations for the modus 
_“ vivendi without the. knowledge and consent of the community 
“or Legislature. were in direct violation of our constitutional 
“ rights, and of the particular engagement with the people of 
* Newfoundland which Her Majesty’s Government voluntarily 
“made; against which violation we record our most earnest 
** protest, and to which we as a free people will never consent.” 
’ PRACTICAL MEASURES ADOPTED. 
The indignation aroused by the conclusion of this new 
arrangement resulted, not alone in an agitation upon the question 
of the right to take and can lobsters upon the coasts of Newfound- 
land over which the French have certain treaty rights, but also 
upon the whole question of the treaty rights aforesaid, and the 
necessity for their immediate and entire termination. ‘The mass 
meeting referred to. unanimously adopted resolutions declaring 
that the continued prosperity of the colony was not compatible 
with the exercise of French rights and claims in any part of 
Newfoundland,* and urging their immediate abrogation. The 
following resolution was also adopted :— 
“ Whereas it is desirable that united action of the people of 
* Newfoundland should be had in protecting the rights of this 
* colony against the encroachments of the French : 
_ .© Resolved,—That the committee who have had charge of the 
“ arrangements of this meeting shall have power— 
* 1. To invite the co-operation of the people of the outports ; 
“2. To prepare a memorial to Her Most Gracious Majesty 
the Queen, and to both Houses of Parliament, in 
* accordance with the foregoing resolutions ; 
“3. To choose delegates to present said memorials, and to 
' “ place our case before the people of Great Britain and 
“ Treland and the British Colonies ; 
“4, To adopt such further measures as may be deemed 
‘advisable for the promotion of the objects of this 
“ meeting.” 
* See’ page 38, 
