778 APPENDIX TO BEITISH CASE. 



Unless we can clearly state the causes that justify a war for the 

 redress of grievances, or the clear definition of the right we seek to 

 assert or defend, we have no right to subject the country to the perils, 

 or even the apprehensions, of hostilities. 



It has never been stated by any administration, or diplomatist, or 

 by Congress that any one case, or that all the cases that have grown 

 out of our disputes with Great Britain about the treaty of 1818, gave 

 a just ground for retaliation, reprisals, or war. 



The undersigned think it can not be safely denied that in articles 

 10, 12, 13, and 14 of this treaty we have gained advantages and privi- 

 leges of a very important character. In them is found the full con- 

 cession of every claim to fishing rights we have ever made, as being 

 within the letter or the spirit of the treaty of 1818 that is now of any 

 practical value; and the methods provided for their administration 

 are quite as satisfactory as any we have ever claimed under our inter- 

 pretation of that treaty. For convenience of reference we insert 

 those articles in this paper, as follows : 



ARTICLE X. 



United States fishing vessels entering the bays or harbors referred to in article 

 1 of this treaty shall conform to harbor regulations common to them and to 

 fishing vessels of Canada or of Newfoundland. 



They need not report, enter, or clear when putting into such bays or harbors 

 for shelter or repairing damages, nor when putting into the same, outside the 

 limits of established ports of entry, for the purpose of purchasing icood or of 

 obtaining icater; except that any such vessel remaining more than twenty-four 

 hours, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, within any such port, or com- 

 municating with the shore therein, may be required to report, enter, or clear; 

 and no vessel shall be excused hereby from giving due information to boarding 

 officers. 



They shall not be liable in any such bays or harbors for compulsory pilotage; 



nor, when therein for the purpose of shelter, of repairing damages, of 



467 purchasing wood, or of obtaining water, shall they be liable for harbor 



dues, tonnage dues, buoy dues, light dues, or other similar dues; but this 



enumeration shall not permit other charges inconsistent with the enjoyment of 



the liberties reserved or secured by the Convention of October 20, 1818. 



ARTICLE XI. 



United States fishing vessels entering the ports, bays, and harbors of the 

 Eastern and Northeastern coasts of Canada or of the coasts of Newfound- 

 land under stress of weather or other casualty may unload, reload, tranship, 

 or sell, subject to customs laws and regulations, all fish on board, when such 

 unloading transhipment, or sale is made necessary as incidental to repairs, 

 and may replenish outfits, provisions, and supplies damaged or lost by dis- 

 aster; and in case of death or sickness shall be allowed all needful facilities, 

 including the shipping of crews. 



Licenses to purchase in established ports of entry of the aforesaid coasts 

 of Canada or of Newfoundland, for the homeward voyage, such provisions 

 and supplies as are ordinarily sold to trading vessels, shall be granted to 

 United States fishing vessels in such ports, promptly upon application and 

 without charge; and such vessels having obtained licenses in the manner 

 aforesaid shall also be accorded upon all occasions such facilities for the 

 purchase of casual or needful provisions and supplies as are ordinarily granted 

 to the trading vessels ; but such provisions or supplies shall not be obtained by 

 barter, nor purchaed for resale or traffic. 



ARTICLE XIII. 



The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States shall make regulations 

 providing for the conspicuous exhibition, by every United States fishing 



