112 THE ARGUMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 



did the negotiators of the treaty of 1818 contemplate with reference 

 to the various requirements, the right to impose which is now 

 claimed by Great Britain? Did they intend to subject to such 

 requirements the fishing vessels of the United States resorting to 

 the bleak and inhospitable shores of western and southern New- 

 foundland and eastern Labrador, destitute alike of people with whom 

 to trade, of ports in which to report, and of light-houses to light the 

 fishing vessels on their way? 



