Speech of Mr. Hamlin, of Maine, in Defence of the Rights of American Fishermen: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, August 3 and 5, 1852 |
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... importance of this question are such that I need make no apol- ogy for inviting the attention of the Senate and the country to its careful consideration . ) The in- terests of Maine and Massachusetts are more directly involved than ...
... importance of this question are such that I need make no apol- ogy for inviting the attention of the Senate and the country to its careful consideration . ) The in- terests of Maine and Massachusetts are more directly involved than ...
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... importance of these fisheries in a com- mercial and naval point of view , negotiations were to be broken off , and the war renewed , rather than concede away this valuable right . Such was the high and patriotic stand taken by Mr ...
... importance of these fisheries in a com- mercial and naval point of view , negotiations were to be broken off , and the war renewed , rather than concede away this valuable right . Such was the high and patriotic stand taken by Mr ...
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... importance , and cannot fail to carry convic- tion along with them , as to what was intended by the language used in the treaty , and the reasons for which it was placed there . Let Messrs . Gal- latin and Rush speak on this matter . In ...
... importance , and cannot fail to carry convic- tion along with them , as to what was intended by the language used in the treaty , and the reasons for which it was placed there . Let Messrs . Gal- latin and Rush speak on this matter . In ...
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... importance than what are her acts . It is with them that we must deal . What are they ? Our information is not yet official , but is presumed to be reliable . The Halifax Chronicle , in the last month , gives a list of the naval force ...
... importance than what are her acts . It is with them that we must deal . What are they ? Our information is not yet official , but is presumed to be reliable . The Halifax Chronicle , in the last month , gives a list of the naval force ...
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... importance to the country , and demon - try , in connection with her fisheries and her sea- strating the necessity , as well as justice , of pro- tecting their just rights and sustaining the honor of our country . 13 Statement of ...
... importance to the country , and demon - try , in connection with her fisheries and her sea- strating the necessity , as well as justice , of pro- tecting their just rights and sustaining the honor of our country . 13 Statement of ...
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abrogated acquiescence American fisheries American fishermen Bay of Chaleur Bay of Fundy bays and harbors Britain British Government British plenipotentiaries call the attention Cape Ray claimed coast of Newfoundland coast of Nova coasts or harbors Cod Fisheries colonies commerce concession construction convention creeks cure fish dispatch duty eries ernment estimate exclude fish within three Ghent grant Gulf of St HAMLIN headland to headland importance intent and meaning jurisdiction land large bays liberty Lord Aberdeen mackerel fisheries Magdalen Islands Majesty's marine league maritime Massachusetts Minister nation naval power navy Newfoundland North America Nova Scotia number of seamen number of vessels ocean port prosperity purpose relation renounced right to fish says schooner secured seizures Senate shelter shore fisheries take fish three marine miles three miles tion Tonnage engaged tons treaty of 1783 treaty of 1818 treaty of Ghent true intent United vessel or boat
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Page 6 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on. or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of his Britannic Majesty's dominions in America not included within the above-mentioned limits...
Page 5 - Islands, on the western and northern coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, on the shores of the Magdalen Islands, and also on the coasts, bays, harbors, and creeks from Mount Joly on the southern coast of Labrador, to and through the Straits of Belleisle, and thence northwardly indefinitely along the coast, without prejudice, however, to any of the exclusive rights of the Hudson Bay Company...
Page 3 - ... all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America ; and that the American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours, and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled...
Page 3 - And also that the inhabitants of the United States shall have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundland, as British fishermen shall use (but not to dry or cure the same on that island), and also on the coasts, bays, and creeks of all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 6 - Labrador ; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 5 - Whereas differences have arisen respecting the liberty claimed by the United States for the Inhabitants thereof, to take, dry and cure Fish on Certain Coasts, Bays, Harbours and Creeks of His Britannic Majesty's Dominions in America, it is agreed between the High Contracting Parties, that the Inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the Liberty to take Fish of every kind on that part of the...
Page 8 - ... bays or indents of the coast, and consequently that no right exists on the part of American citizens, to enter the bays of Nova Scotia, there to take fish, although the fishing, being within the bay, may be at a greater distance than three miles from the shore of the bay; — as we are of opinion that the term
Page 3 - Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement...
Page 8 - That by the terms of the Convention American citizens were excluded from any right of fishing within three miles from the coast of British America, and that the prescribed distance of three miles is to be measured from the headlands or extreme points of land next the sea, of the coast or of the entrance of bays or indents of the coast...
Page 8 - The construction, therefore, which has been attempted to be put upon the stipulations of the treaty by the authorities of Nova Scotia, is directly in conflict with their object, and entirely subversive of the rights and interests of the citizens of the United States. It is one, moreover, which would lead to the abandonment, to a great extent, of a highly important branch of American industry, which could not for a moment be admitted by the government of the United States.