The Fisheries Treaty: Speech of Hon. William P. Frye, of Maine, in the Senate of the United States, May 29, 1888 |
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3-mile shore-line admit American fishermen American flag American vessel asked Bay of Chaleur Bay of Fundy bays 6 miles Britain British waters buy bait Canada and Newfoundland Canadian ports Canadian waters Captain Landry Captain Quigley cargo Charles Tupper says citizens claim coast commercial privileges commercial rights commission commissioners Congress crew cruiser declared Dominion of Canada enforced England entitled Fortune Bay free fish FRYE GRAY Halifax headland theory knew mackerel Majesty's Government marine miles miles wide Mollie Adams MORGAN negotiations Newfoundland Nova Scotia obtain outrages PAYNE President proclamation purchasing bait purpose of shelter Putnam question refused repairing damages Republic right to fish sailors schooner Secretary Bayard seized seizure Senator from Alabama Senator from Maine ship Sir Charles Tupper Strait of Canso stress of weather surrender to-day transship treaty of 1818 treaty of Washington United States fishing United States Senate violation Yankee fishermen
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Page 5 - 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 abovementioned limits : Provided, however, that the American Fishermen shall be.
Page 20 - July 3, 1815, providing for reciprocal liberty of commerce between the United States and the territories of Great Britain in Europe, so as gradually to include the Colonial possessions of Great Britain in North America and the West Indies within the limits of that Treaty.
Page 5 - 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 harbors, of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 8 - Congress provide for the appointment of a commission, in which the Governments of the United States and Great Britain shall be respectively represented, charged with the consideration and settlement, upon a just, equitable, and honorable basis, of the entire question of the fishing rights of the two Governments and their respective citizens on the coasts of the United States and British North America.
Page 21 - I have to-day received your letter dated the 5th instant, acjompanied by the affidavit of the master of the fishing schooner Alice M. Jordan, of Gloucester Mass., alleging the refusal by the collector of customs at the port of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, to allow the entry of said vessel, duly documented as a fishing vessel, with permission to touch and trade at any foreign port or place during her voyage, tbe object of such entry, as stated by the master of the schooner, being the purchase of certain...
Page 20 - But since the date of the treaty of 1818, a series of laws and regulations importantly affecting the trade between the North American Provinces of Great Britain and the United States have been, respectively, adopted by the two countries, and have led to amicable and mutually beneficial relations between their respective inhabitants.
Page 21 - House, as the vessel in question is now seized for not doing, she would be equally within the interdiction of the Treaty. If it be said these are extreme instances of violation of the Treaty, not likely to be insisted on, I reply that no one of them is more extreme than the one relied upon in this case. I am persuaded that your Lordship will, upon reflection, concur with me that an intention...
Page 15 - As regards bays, the distance of three miles shall be measured from a straight line drawn across the bay, in the part nearest the entrance, at the first point where the width does not exceed ten miles.
Page 15 - ... provided for in this Treaty, such three marine miles shall be measured seaward from a straight line drawn across the bay, creek or harbor, in the part nearest the entrance at the first point where the width does not exceed ten marine miles," which is recognizing the exceptional bays as aforesaid and laying the rule for the general and common bays.
Page 20 - British vessels and their cargoes shall be admitted to an entry in the ports of the United States from the islands, provinces, or colonies of Great Britain on or near the North American continent and north or east of the United States...