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'• mS S itfSTrr^ f ^yt }f0si kj iftyggm.mvtB^ 



^mmm 



liirins fill Aiiiciii'iiii vcssi'l wiili nn ATucrirnii royislcr, nml c'ltiiiii'' williin the lliri'i -inilc liiiiil niiil 



II' i.iiiniu'il liy I! I'li'w Imll' rili.'iim nl' llic I'liilnl Slulcs 

 I'll sli.ri'w, ivi ulli'ri, nriil win" i:iki' ilir |pnilll nl' ilicir nvsii 



tif^llili','— linMiiii;' ;it !;!l. ir>lirl!i\ M"ii I 



mill hull' Niiviii Sc'iiiniiH, villi nri' lisliin 



i'i\lilii"(, wlu'i'c i^ tilt' ililVciriiri' ' Till- liiitnl Siiiiis liii/ms iimy viuliili' llii' liiw, Inil nw ilii' riti/i'iis 

 (if Nova Sri it ill il'iiu.' wi ! Tliry aii' liiil llir ' inliiiMlatit-i ' iif ' li liiiliicll 111' llir r nil I'd Sliitis ' I'M'liiilcil 

 fnuii li.-.liiii^ witliiii tin- tlir niili' liinii " 



I ;lo not like to siiy 1 \v;iM stiutli'd :it that, hi'cmisi' Mr. Tii'scol siiys [ ntu Btiirtlcil 

 oniitiiiually. ^'t•Vl^tlll.'ll'^is. I \va«. I doly tin- ()aralU'l of tliat proijositioii to l)e I'ound, 

 uttncil l)y iiiiy ^t iti'-iitaii or lawyer that ever rxisti-il. Mr. Trt'scot slaiirl.s alone in that 

 view, both as huviim ^he e.'itraiiriliiiary t'aciilty lo coiiccivo such an idea, and tiio yet iiioro 

 extraordinary iioldiic-" to uller it in a civilized coinniiinity, and hi'foic a Irihtuml sncli as 

 tlii.';. What ': Hi'canso llic .American si;i])-()\vucr-< oi' ( llonecstei', W'clilli'i't, or anywlicro 

 alcnu tlio coast of Ncv l']n'.:laiul, ciioos;' to taivc into liii'ir service I'riiicc i'ldward Islanders, 

 who are staiviti on: in c()nM'(inciice ol' their fish iieina; stolen under their noses, he has 

 the audacity (I do not use the word otlensively, but in a I'icliwickian sense), to say that a 

 vessel so manned i-; not. an Au'.erican vc-sd within tiiis Trealy ; but that a 15riti''^h crew 

 make.-; an .\ineiic;in vessel a British ves^^cl. 



^fr. Ti-fsra:. — That is not the slatcnu'iit ol the extract yon read. 



Mr. Ddiui. 'J'here is nothing about vessels in the Treaty. 



Mr. Thniiisihi. — I will read it awiii : — 



" Now, I say. \'c.'' 



Now, it" l;e lOLans that there iv not him; in tlie Treaty 

 \nieriean vessels cnterinirour waters to (i^li, I aiiree with him, hut il 

 is nothing under the Treaty of islx, 1 lake issue. 



It is tlie boldest proposition I ever heard, that nn American vessel, nn American 

 bottom, ntamu'd l)y Tuitish inhahitarits linin Nova Scotia, I'rinee lulwavd Island, or any 

 other pait ( 1' the Dominion, owned by American owners, but sinijdy manned by Uriti-h 

 suttjects, eonld come iato our waters in the face of Ihe ("onvention of I'SilH ; I say I U'^'Vi r 



of \Vasliint;ton to pr.'viiit 

 le means that there 



beard such a |iroiK)sition bclbre. and do not ever cx[)ect to 

 propo.sition n("ver emanated tiom anv nurMn'rn brain. It vetpiire 

 to generate such an idea. 



At paj^e i'lO Mr. Trescot says ; — 



hear it a;;ain. Sncli a 

 the heat of the .<ontli 



'rii;it ill \ahiiii'.; il;i' i'X('liaiif»i' of privilci'V, the / //kii' to wliicli llu' (irivili",'(' i-; nli'.-n 



siilijt'il of cali'iiiiitii 



ni lliai a I'l'ivi !(■;.'(' I'l'i'UC'il to 'ail iSrilisli sui'ji'i'ts' is a lari^'i'r 



I. I- 

 aiii 



A lair 



nine 



vuluablc ]irivili'^!u lliaii i iir vestlii'ted In only llif IJriti-;li sulijecls U'siileiil in tlie Doiiiiaioii.' 



I liave already dealt with thtit laopesition. 1 have shown tiial if that is the ease, the 

 United States ha\(' i;ivcn us the riulit to iish where there are no iish at all, over an area 

 of 3,500 s(piare miles, and that they uet under tlie Treaty the riulit to i\-.\\ over I I ,!)()() 

 squme iiiiles on onr coasts, where; tin fe aic ti.-h in abuiulanee. So his first jiroj) 'sitinn is 

 necossarilv ai;ainst him. • Then take the second : — 



"'I'liat in viibiin;j 

 coii.iti]ueiiii-'i 111 citlier I' 



• I'xcliaiii,'!) of |iiivile,;,'e, only tlie din', t valin- can lie cstiniatod, and the 

 I annul 111' laki'ii into iupohtiI." 



It is dillicult to see wiiat is meant by that. Docs he mean to say, if this privilejic, 

 which is j;iven to the .Americans, to enter our territorial waters and fish there, should have tlie 

 effect of prevcntinfj the whole Gloucester and American fishing tloet from being absolutely 

 destroyed for want oi' Ini'^ine.'-s to make it jiay, and if we should show conclusively on 

 behalf of the British Guvcrnment, that such is really the case, that, neverth.eless, the 

 United States' (lovernmeiit should not pay I dollar because it is a conseipu nee of the 

 privilege, and not the direct value? Does he seriously contend for such an extraoidinaiv 

 doctrine;' 1 think I shall be able to sin;., you by the evidence on record in this iiupiiry, 

 that unless the Americans had the right to come on the shores of Nova Scotia and New 

 Brunswick, to enter our territorial waters along the shores of Prince Kdward Island, along 

 the (iasjie shore, the southern shore of Labrador, and along the estuary of the St. 

 Lawrence, that uidcss they had tho.se rights, the Ignited States' fishing fleet could noi; 

 subsist ; and I do not intend to rely ujion British proofs on that point ; but 1 intend to 

 turn up the .American evidence, and I shall luake that as clear as daylight. I will prove 

 it l)y evidence from the liiis of their own witnesses, man after man, witness alter witness, 

 not by evidence given by us. And it is to be said that the United States ought to pay 

 nothing to us for rights obtained under the Treaty, if I can show that without tlio.se 

 rights the Gloucester tishing lieet, and ail the American fishing tieet, the wliole Nnilh 

 American fishery, as prosecuted by Americans, would be a failure? Arc they not, to jiay 

 for that privilege? If we liold tishing ground over which alone fishing can bo sueecMsln'ly 



