Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-12-16

1 regard to their boundaries, was conSluer
ed indispensable to the commencement
of the ship canal between the two o
ceans, which was the subject of the Con
vention between the United States ane
Great Britain of the 1 18th of April, 1850
Accordingly proposition for the same
purposes addressed to the two govern
ments in that quarter, and to the Mosqui
to Indians, was agreed to in April last BY
the Secretary of State and the Minister O.
her Britanic Majesty. Besides the wisf
to aid in reconciling the differences of the
two republics, l engaged in the negotia'
ton from desire to place the great work
of ship canal between the two oceans
under one jurisdiction, and to establish
the important port of San Juan de Nicar.
aqua under the government of a civilized
power. The proposition in question was
assented to by Costa Rica and the Mos
quito Indians. 1t has not proved equal
ly acceptable to Nicaragua, but it is to be
hoped that the further negotiations on the
subject which are in train will be carried
on in that spirit of conciliation and COM
promise which ought always to prevail
on such occasions, and that they will lead
to satisfactory result.
| have the satisfaction to inform you
that the executive government of Vene-
zuela has acknowledged some claims OF
citizens of the United States, which have
for many years past been urged by our
charge Affairs at Caracas. 1t is hoped
that the same sense of justice will actuate
the Congress of that Republic in provi-
ding the means for their payment.
The recent revolution in Buenes Ayres
and the confederated States having open
ed the prospect of an improved state of
things in that quarter, the governments
of Great Britain and France determined
to negotiate with the chief of the new
Confederacy for the free access of their
commerce to the extensive countries wa
tered by the tributaries of the La Plata !;
and they gave friendly notice of this
purpose to the United States, that we
might if we thought proper pursue the
same course. In compliance with this
invitation, our minister at Rio Janeiro and
our charge d d'Atfairs at Buenos Ayres have
been fully authorized to conclude treaties
with the newly organized Confederation,
or the States composing it. The delays
which have taken place in the formation
of the new government have as yet pre-
vented the execution of those instructions;
but there is every reason to hope that
these vast countries will be eventually o.
pened to our commerce.
A treaty of commerce has been conclu-
ded between the United States and the
Oriental Republic of Uruguay, which will
be laid before the Senate. Should this
Convention go into operation, it will open
to the Commercial enterprise of our citi-
zens country of great extent and unsur-
passed in natural resources, butfrom which
foreign nations have hitherto been almost
wholly excluded.
The correspondence of the late Secre-
tary of State with the Peruvian charge
d Affairs relative to the Lobos Islands,
was communicated to Congress toward
the close Of the last session. Since that
time, on further investigation of the SUBJ
ject, the doubts which had been enter
tained Of the title of Peru to those islands
have been removed and | have deemed
it just that the temporary wrong which
had been unintentionally done her, from
want of information, should be repaired
by an unreserved acknowledgment of her
sovereignty.
| have the satisfaction to inform you
that the course pursued by Peru has been
to the liberality of her govern
ment. Before it was known by her that
her title weuld be acknowledged at Wash
ngton, her Minister of Foreign Affairs had
authorized our charge d d'Affairs at Lima to
announce to the American vessels which
had gone to Lobos for guano, that the Pc
ruvian Government was willing to freight
them on its own account This intention
has been carried into effect by the Peru
Wan Minister here, by an arrangement
which is believed to be advantageous to
the parties interest.
Our settlements on the shores of the
Pacific have already given a great extern
sion, and in some respects new direction,
TO our commerce in that ocean. A direct
and rapidly increasing intercourse has
sprung up with Eastern Asia. The wa
bers of the Northern Pacific, even into
the Arctic sea, have of late years been
frequented by our whalemen. The appli.
cation of steam to the general purposes
Of navigator 3 daily becoming more
common, and makes it desirable to obtain
fuel and other necessary supplies at con-
venient points on the route between Asia
and our Pacific shores. Our unfortu-
nate countrymen who from time to time
suffer shipwreck on the coasts of the Eas-
tern Seas are entitled to protection. Be
sides these specific objects, the general
of our States on the Pacific
requires that an attempt should be made
TO open the opposite regions of Asia to