When ViceAdmiral Wellesley was in command of the North American fleet. he considered it his duty to call the special attention of the secretary of the admiralty to their danger. from the fact that colonial fishermen in considerable numbers man American vessels. Sir John A. Macdonald declared thatThe Canadian Government view with very serious concern the effect upon our maritime population of such dependence upon American employers. It creates sympathy with foreign sentiments and institutions. and affords opportunities for instilling into the minds of our people ideas and expectations aliogether inimical to British connection. These men. Mr. President. come here to abide. They are not peons or coolies. They are not the property of anybody. They are in the way of nobody.