The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-12-09

lnhabltantS, or occupied by q Kindred race,
should regard it. if voluntarily ceded by Spain,
: as most desirable acquisition. But, under ex-
f listing circumstances, should look upon its in
: corporation into our Union as a very hazardous
: measure. 1t would bring into the Confederacy
a population of different national stock speak
S ing a different language, and not likely to har-
A monte with the other members. 1t would pro-
baby affect in prcjudicial manner the ndustri-
nj interests OF the South and it might revive
those conflicts Of opinion between the different
sections Of the country, which lately shook the
= Union to its centre, and which have been so
happily compromised
2 The rejection by the Mexican Congress of the
: Convention which had been concluded between
/ that Republic and the United States for the
protection of transit way across the lsthmus
of Tehuantepec and of the interests of those
citizens of the United States who had become
proprietors of the rights which Mexico had con-
ferred of her own citizens in regard to
that transit, has thrown a serious obstacle in
the way Of the attainment of very desirable
national object. l am still willing to hope that
the differences on the subject which exist, or
may hereafter arise, between the governments,
will be amicably adjusted. This subject how
ever, has already engaged the attention of the
Senate of the United States and requires no
further comment in this communication.
The settlement of the question respecting the
port of San Juan de Nicaragua, and Of the con-
and Nicaragua in regard to their boundaries,
was considered indispensable to the commence
ment Of the ship canal between the two oceans,
! which was the subject of the Convention between
I the United States and Great Britain of the 9Th
of April, 1850. Accordingly proposition for
the same purposes addressed TO the two govern
ments in that quarter and to the Mosquito In
dians, was agreed to in April last by the Secre-
I tary of State and the Minister of her Britanc
Majesty. Beside the wish TO aid in reconciling
| he differences of the two republics, engaged
/ in the negotiation 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 Nicaragua
under the government of civilized power. The
proposition in question was assented to by Costa
Rca and the Mosquito Indians. 1t has not pro-
we'd equally acceptable to Nicaragua, but it is
to be hoped that the further negotiations the
subject which are in train will be carried on in
that spirit of Cancellation and compromise which
ought always to prevail on such occasions, and
that they will lead to a satcfacory result.
l have the satisfaction to inform you that the
executive government of Veuzuela has acknowl-
edged some claims of citizens of the United
States, which have for many years past been
urged by charge daffairs at Caracas. 1t
lis hoped that the same sense of justice will ac-
tuate the Congress of that Republic in provid-
ing the means for their payment.
The recent revolution in Buenos Ayres and the
confederated States having opened 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 watered by
the tributaries of the la Plata and they gave
4 friendly notice of this purpose to the United
States, that might if we thought proper pur-
sue the same course. In compliance with this
invitation, our minister at Rio Janerio and our
charge d'affairs at Buenos Ayres have been fully
authorized to conclude treaties with the newly
organized Confederation, or the States compo
sing it. The delays which have taken place in
the formation of the new government have as
yet prevented the execution of those instruc-
items but there is every reason to hope that
these vast countries will be eventually opened to
our commerce.
A treaty of commerce has been concluded be-
tween the United States and the Oriental Re-
public of Uruguay, which i'll be laid before the
Senate. Should this Convention go into opera
ton, it will open to the mercial enterprise of
our citizens a country Of great extent and un-
surpassed in natural resources, but from which
foreign nations have hitherto been almost Who'll
ly excluded.
The correspondence of the late Secretary of
State with the Peruvian charge d'affairs relative
to the Lobos Islands was co ommunicated to Con- |
gress toward the close of tn last session. Since
that time, on further Investigation Of the sub !
iect, the doubts which had been entertained of |
the title of Peru to those islands have been re-
moved and / have deemed it just that the !
temporary wrong which had been unintentional- |
ly done her, from want OF information, should |
be repaired by an unres erved acknowledgment |
of her sovereignty.
| have the satisfaction to inform you that the |
course pursued by Peru has been creditabe to /
the liberaity of her government. Before it was |
known by her that er title would be acknowl- |
edged at Washington, her Minister of Foreign |
Affairs had authorized our charge dafiairs mt |
Lima to announce to the American vessels which |
had gone to the Lobos for guano, that the Peru
Wan Government vas willing to freight them on
its own account This intention has been car
ried into effect by the Peruvian Minister here
by an arrangement which is believed to be ad-
vantageOu to the parties in interest.
Our settlements on the shores of the Pacific |
have already given great extension, and i'll
some respects IA new direction, to commerce
in that ocean a direct and rapidly increasing
intercourse has sprung up with Eastern Asia
The waters OF the Northern Pacific even into
the Arctic sea, have of late years been frequen-
ted by our VIII alem Ell. The application of steam
to the general pun poses of navigation is beconl-
ing daily more cor anon, and makes it desirable |
to obtain fuel and other necessary supplies 1T !
convenient points ON the reute between Asia and |
our Pacific shores. Our unfortunate country
men who from tim to time suffer shipwreck on
the coasts of the eastern seas are entitled to
protection. Besid es these specific objects, the /
general prosperity Of our States on the Pacific
requires that at tempt should be made TO open
the opposite reg iol is of Asia to a mutually ben
eficial Intercourse. 1t is obvious that this at
tempt could be ina de by power to so great
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