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and Oront Brilain on (ho oilier 

 thu Treaty of 1871 :— 



Lei me ask your attention (o tlie XXIIiul Article of 



" Tiin'iiiiiii'li lis it is iissi'Vtcd liv tlio fioirnimni/ «f TLr nn'fcniiir Mnji^ii, timt tlic jirivilccrpR 

 iiciiirdrcl t(i till' citizens nftlir I'liitril Stiltcs llMilcr Article will (if this Tri'illy ill'i' (r|' irreiller Viillli" 

 tliiiM lliiise iiccerilcil liy Articles XlXimd \.\l ol' tliis Treiilv In tin- xiilijitl.t nf llir llrilmimv Mnji.shi, 

 ami tliis !i:<seitiiin is lint Miiniitteil bv llit' (Inveriiniciit dl' the I'liiteil Stiiles ; it is I'lntlier iyreeil ihiiL 

 Ciimiiiissinilers slnill hi' ilp|MiiiiIeil to tlcleriiiilic, hiivilii; repinl Ici tiie |irivile;4es iii'cnrileil liy liie I'liileil 

 Stiites In III,- ^iil,j,',-ls nf If,,- Il,-il,iiiiii,- Mnjit,hl, lus stated in Articles XIX. iiiul XXL ul' UiisTie;ily, the 

 iiumuiit nf en .[icliSiiliiMi," vie., I'te. 



Now. wlio are tlie stibjocts of Her Britannic Majesty ? Are tliey only tlie inhal)i- 



fants of tlie Poniinion .if Canada? Tlie fislicrnien of tin- Maritime 



The 



boatmen of llio hend of Prince Kdwnrd Island? The lierriiii; and scjtiid catchers of 

 NewfbiMidland ? \\'e have been told in iirosi' and jxiitry Miat (he doii inioii of Her 

 Hrilannic Majesty is iMie on which the sun ikvct sets, and it is to tlie siibjecls of this 

 dominion, in its widest extent, (hat we have -riven the privile^^es jjrandll tn (he rnitcd 

 Sta(es in (hisTrea(y. And 1 ask if. in e(|iiaiiv;inj;; (his jiriviic^e, (he ral'ir of the ])rivilei;o 

 is one of the elemen(s of your calculation, is no( the ixtvnt (o which (hose privile';cs are 

 0[iene(l an e(|nal stibjeet of valiia(ion? 



I know wha( my friends will say. Tney will say, of conrso, "it is obvious that it is 

 neither ]iossib!e nor probable (hat any of the sidijects of Iler Britannic Majesty will use 

 these j)rivile<jes, except the inhabilants of the Dominion. Well. I do not know that my 

 friends have the right to assume any such ground, after the brilliant exhibiiion of (heir 

 closing;- (estimony. Do yon no( recollect what the confidential scientilic adviser of (ho 

 geiitienieii on (lie o(her side (old \on. (hat th(> (ime was coming — had come, when the 

 lishing indnslry of (he worM woidd be a common fishery (o the whole world; when a 

 skipper would go out of harbour with an orographic chart of the coast in one hand, and 

 n (liermome(er in (he odier, (o measure (he variadons of zone ten.peradii'e ; when ho 

 would, day by dav, learn the condition of (he coiKroversy be(\ve(>n (he Labrador Arc(ic 

 current and (he Gulf Stream ; when, by a s\stem of teiegraiili and signal stations, there 

 wtaild be a new meauinir given to the Scripture, "Deep calielh unto deep;" that 

 Labrador would .speak to Newfoundland, and Newfoundland to Nova Seo(ia, and Nova 

 Sco(ia (o Cape Cod ; and that, wlurever the fishes were, there wdtild (he lislicrmen of 

 (he world be gathered together. I canno( aece|)t (hat ]iropheey in all its fnhiess. f 

 know it has been said ver_\ often (hat fish die( is a wonderful s(imuian( (o the meiital 

 powers. I think, since we ha\(' been discussing this case, we have found that mackerel, 

 especially, has a most wonderful elhct upon the arithmetical faculties of the in(ellec( ; 

 tha( i( s(ininlales (he imaginaiioii unlil i( sets all the powers of calculation at deiianee ; 

 and I am siUi?lled tiiat (he princ'ly fordine that was supposed to haM> been maile bv the 

 boy in tlie Arabian fable otit ot his basket of eggs — wliieh were untbr(una(ely liestroyed 

 before he realized i(— is nothing rompare-l with the jiroliis (ha( niy friend from Prince 

 K(b\ard island, through cro.ss-cxamination. can develop from an ordinaiy catch of 400 

 barrels of tnackerel. I presume (hat my friends will not allow me to a.ssnme, even upon 

 their own testimony, that lliis inilleimial (islury will lie in perfect working (jrder until the 

 Tri'a(y of |s71 has expireil. iuid they will (herefort' insist that i( is neither ])i),s,sil)|(> nor 

 probaiile that any of tlu' subjects of Iler Bri(annic Mai<'s(y, excep( (he inliabilanis of 

 (he Dominion, can ever use these jirivileges. Suiipose 1 gran( (hat, wha( (hen'.' 1 liiid 

 in the Bri(ish Case a very elaborate statenu-nt of a very .sound principle, page 34 : — 



"It is jKis'iihie. ami even yiioliuhle. that the I'nited .'^lates' lisheniien iimy (Uiiil theiiiselve.s of the 

 ]irivile^e of lishiii;; in N'i'wfiiiHnliiiml iii.slioie \v;(ters to a nuuii li,r;;er extent tiiun lliey do at ]ire.seul; 

 liut even if they shonid not do .<o, it uonld not reiie\e tlieni from the o11i;,sUiiin of making' the just 

 jiayiMent for a riLrht which iliey have neipu'icd, snlijeet to the condition rif rnakini,' that [layniiMit. The 

 ease may he not inaptly illiistniteil hy the .somewhat nnalo-^'nns oni- of a tenancy of siiDotini^ or 

 lishiliL' |irivilei:es : it is not heeaii.se the tenant fails to e.vercise the rii.dits wliicdi he has aeipiilvd liy 

 virtue irf his lease, thai tlie iiro[irielor should lie didjaiied from the recovery of his rent." 



1 think it will take more than (he very large ability and ingenuity of the Rritisli 

 Counsel to show any ditlerence between the (wo cases. If (lie American lisliernian is 

 bdiMiil to pay (iir (he inshore fisheries of Newfoundland, which lie does not us<;, on (he 

 jirinciple of (enaney, why slunild not the British subject pay for the inshore United 

 States" fisiieries which he does no( use? 



Mr. Thomson — I unders(and yon admit the principle ? 



Mr. Trea'-ot. — 1 am using i( as a rejily to this argiunent. I am going to show voii 

 that my argument is based on yours ; uud 1 contend, therefore, on the very principle that 

 you slate. 



