Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-03-31


Republic MADE to this on tire day Of February
OF last year, in note which Mr. Cansz its Minister here,
ed liberal offer, anestng high confidence
III the United States The answer which the President nstruc
TED me TO swe (o which copy IS also now placed in your
hands, could go no further Than make suitable Acknowledge
enis or the friendly overture and TO the Central Re
States III the possession Of the information necessary cnig
'eh Tr JUDGMENT If the work should be executed,
the benefits OF ought be exclusively appropriated
any nation, but should extended oa parts OF the
bic tolls What desirable present. is possess the
data necessary 70 arm Judgment of praccabliy
and the pooabie expense of Tie undertaking ON the routes
which oef the greatest facilities Measures may
already executed or he in progress acquire the requisite
knowledge You VIII inquire particularly what has been
done may have been designed by Spau or by the
New ae ana obtain all other information that may be with
your reach To solve this interesting problem You will
To the Ministers OF the other American Powers that the Gov
een. o, the United States takes lively nefes, in the exc
cion OF the work. and will with peculiar satisfaction that
NJ lies within the of reasonable human efforts Their
than the u States are, this time, estimate the difficulties
TO hc overcome You will receive aud transmit this Govern
any proposals that may be made or plans that NAV I've
suggested Tor IT'S JOINT execution with assurances that they will
be atentiyey examined with earnest desire to reconcile
the Interests aud views of all tire American Nations
Ii will probably he proposed fit subject OF consideration
Tor the Powers represented Panama, whether Hat ought
be recognized by them Independent State;
decision taken. respect, should joint, each
Power be left pursue the dictates of its policy The
President is prepared tina, Hay,i ought
recognized Independent Sovereign Power Considering
the nature and the establishment governing
power IN that Island and the little respect which there shown
TO other than the African, the ofacknoegng
its Independence far from being unattended difficulty
prior TO the late arrangement which, it understood has been
made between France and Hayt Accor !ig arrange
men' if we correct information of its terms, the parent
country acknowledges nominal independence in the colony
ad as part Of the price of this acknowledgment Hayt agtecs
srer e Piouee O" rance at rate OF duty one
other Nations This is restriction upon the freedom of
ever subscribe There no equivalent the side of France
IN the favorable terms on which the produce of Hai received
described to be the monopoly of the of the colony
enjoyed by the parent State, be affirmed that Hay
val There was necessity urging her agree however
se may nave been called pon by Just and equitable coside
loss OF their property ST Domingo Prior TO the conclusion
OF that arrangement, Hay enjoyed, established
voluntarily, and in essential pariculer Ia raa ~ III
nations changed hex charcf and has become 10 saw
stances ayt the President does mo-, thns a, vr h
orer, at this time recognize it as New Stare The
lJti n not measure OF sufficient gntude 10 rsque
that IN either OF the alternatives should DO the result of
concert between all the AMERICAN PoWets
Hou will avail yourselves of all suitable occasions
! TO press upon the Minister'S of the other American
States the propriey Of free liberation of Religion
within their respective limits. The trainers of our
Constitution OF Government have not ONLY RETAINED
from incorporating with the any peculiar form
OF religious worship, but they have introduced an
express prohibition upon the power of our Congress
TO make any law respecting an establishment of Re-
liglon. with us, none are denied the right which
belongs to alto worship God according to the die
| tates OF their own conscielces In our vares and
cities, at the hour, often in the same SQUARE
ana by the same k1d of summons, congregations of
the pous and devout, of every religious denomna-
ton, are gathered together their respective tenn
Pies, and, after performing according to their own
solemn convictions, their religious duties, quietly
return and mix together in tie cheerful fulmcnt of
their domestic and social obligations.
/ Not unrequenty the heads of the same family ap-
pertaining to different sects, to two different
churches, to offer up i'll their chosen way their
prisons, each bringing back to the common house
h0fh do
rived from their respective pastors. In the United
states, we experience 10 Inconvenience from the alb
sence OF any religious establishment and the unver-
sal federation. which happily>prevails. We believe
that none would be felt by other nations who should
allow equal religious freedom 1t would be deemed
rash to assert that civil liberty and an established
chufch cannot exist together IN the state; but
1t may be safely affirmed that history affords no ex
ample OF their union where the religion of the state
has not only been established but exclusive If anv
OF the American Powers think proper to introduce,
into their systems established religion ALTHOUGH
We should regret such determination, we should
nave no right to make formal complaint unless it
should be exclusive. As the citizens of any of thr
American Nations have right when here without
| 1ndrance, to worship the Deity according to their
own consciences, our citizens ought to be allowed
the same privilege when prompted by business or n-
cllnaton, they visit any of the American States-
GU are accordingly authorised to propose joint de-
claraton, to be subscribed by the Ministers of all or
any OF the Powers represented that within their Sc
varal limits there shall be free toeraton of repous
worship Aud you Will also, any treaty or treaties
that you may conclude, endoavor to have inserted an
article STIMULATING the liberty of religious worship in
the territories ofthe respective parties When this
great interest is placed the basis of such solemn
declaration and such binding treaty stpulationg it
will have all reasonable and practical security And
this new guaranty will to give strength to the
favorable dispositions of emil GIFTED men in the vari
Gus American states, against the influence ofbrotrv
and superstition. The declaration on this subject in
which you authorized to unite as well as that di
rected against European colonization within the ter
rltorial limits of any of the American nations herein
aforementioned, does than announce in re-
spcct to the United States, the existing state of their
institutions and laws. Neither contracts any new
obligation, on their part, nor makes any alteration
as to them, in the present condition of things The
President being tie organ through which this Gov
ernncnt communicates with Foreign Powers, and
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