Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-12-12

am confident, in counting on the cordial and
general concurrence of our fellow-citizens
IN this sentiment. A copy of the procla
nation which have felt it my duty to issue,
is herewith communicated. ] cannot but
hope that the good sense and patriotism, the
regard for the honor and reputation Of their
country, the respect for the laws which !
they themselves have enacted for their own |
government, and the love of order for which |
the mass OF our people have been so long
and so justly distinguished, will deter the
comparatively few who are engaged in
them, from further prosecution of such
desperate enterprises. In the mean time,
the existing laws have been, and will con-
tinue TO be, faithfully executed; and every
effort will be made to carry them out to
their full extent. Whether they are suffi-
cient or not, to meet the actual state of
things on the Canadian frontier, is for Con-
gress to decide.
1t will appear, from the correspondence
herewith submitted, that the government Of
Russia declines a renewal Of the fourth
article of the convention OF April, 1924,
between the United States and his Imperial
| Majesty, by the third article OF which it is
agreed that thereafter there shall not be
formed, by the citizens of the United States,
or under the authority OF the said States,
( any establishment upon the northwest coast
Of America, nor in any of the Islands ada
cent, to the north of 81 deg. so min. north
latitude; and that In the same manner there
shall be none formed by Russian subjects,
or under the authority of Russia, south Of
the same PARALLEL" and by the 4th article,
"that during term of ten years, counting
1 from tho Of bo
lion, the ships of both powers, or which
belong to their citizens or subjects respect
lively, may reciprocally frequent, without
any hindrance whatever, the interior seas,
CULTS, harbors and creeks, upon the coast
mentionedin the preceding article, for the
purpose of fishing and trading with the
natives of the country" The reasons as
signed for declining to renew the provisions
of this article, are, briefly, that the only use
made by our citizens Of the privilege ii Sc
cures TO them, has been to supply the In
dams with spirituous liquors, ammunition,
and firearms; that this traffic has been
excluded from the Russian trade; and as
the supplies furnished from the U. States
are injurious to the Russian establishments
on the northwest coast. and calculated tC
produce complaints between the two gov
ernments, His Imperial Majesty thinks il
for the interest of both countries not TO &C
cede to the proposition made by the Ameri-
can government for the renewal Of the
article last referred to.
Correspondence herewith communicated
Will show the grounds upon which we
! contend that the citizens Of the u. States
have, independent of the provisions of the
convention of 1924, right 10 trade with
the natives upon the coast in question, a
unoccupied places; liable, however, it is
admitted, to be at any time extinguished by
the creation of Russian establishments al
such points. This right is denied by the
! Russian government, which asserts that
by the operation of the treaty OF 1924, eact
party agreed to waive the general right t.
land on the vacant coasts on the respective
sides of the degree of latitude referred to
and accepted, in lieu thereof, the mutua
privileges mentioned in the fourth article
The capital and tonnage employed by OF
citizens in their trade with the northwes
) coast of America, with, perhaps, on advert
ing to the official statements of the UGitet
States for the last few years, be deemed to-
inconsidera:e in amount TO attract muc
attention.; yet the subject may. in othe
respects, deserve the careful consideration
of Congress.
I regret to state that the blockade ofth
4 principal ports on the eastern coast Of Mex
leo, which, in consequence Of difference
between that republic and France, was If
! stituted in May last, unfortunately stil
continues enforced bv competent Frenc
| naval force, and is necessarily embarrass
ing to our own trade in the gull, in com
.. mon with that of other nations. Ever
, disposition, however is believed to cxis
: on the part of the French Government, t.
: render this measure as little onerous a
practicable to the interests of the citizens c
: the United States, and to those of neutra
: commerce and it is to be hoped that al
? early settlement of the difficulties betWee
: France and Mexico, will soon re-estab
: lish the harmonious relations formerl
y subsisting between them, and again ope
n the ports of that republic to the vessels c
: ofall friendly nations
i A convention for marking that part c
! I the boundary between the United State
and the Republic of Texas, which extend
. from the mouth ofthe Sabine to the Re
: river, was concluded on the 25th ofApr
b last. 1t has since heen ratified by bot
# Governments; and seasonable measure
: will be taken TO carry it into effect on tn
n part Of the United States.
The application of that republic for al
4 mission into this Union, made in Angus
: 1887, and which was declined for reason
: already made known to you, has been fol
t mally Withdrawn, as will appear from tn
/ accompanying copy ofthe Minister Pfen
J, potentiary of Texas, which was presente
Z tothe Secretary OF State on the occasion
= the exchange ofthe notifications of thecor
! vention above mentioned.
i Copies OF the convention with Texas ,
n a commercial treaty concluded with tn
D. IIlacr of O. 1000,