Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-02
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count, derived from authentic IN
formation, Of the settlement that has
been made between the Department
Of State and the Peruvian Minister,
o: The Lobos difficulty. Our gov
ernment has unreservedly scknowl-
edged the sovereignty of Peru over
those Islands, and Peru, in return,
stipulating TO supply American yes
sels chartered for guano on terms
highly advantageous to their owners
and TO the body Of our agriculturists:
II will be recollected that Mr..
Webster, in his letter Of the 2ls: ol
August. which was laid before Con-
gress and has been extensively pub,
lished, informed the Peruvian Charge
d'Affaires that the United States
would still consider the question ol
the Lobos Islands as an open one,
and give full consideration 10 any
arguments or facts which might be
adduced to show the possession and
occupancy of those Islands by Peru;
that Mr.. Clay, our Charge at Lima,
should be written TO for Information;
and that in the meantime the order
of the 5th of June, by which Com
modore McCauley was directed to
protect American vessels in taking
guano from the Lobos Islands, should
be suspended, which was done on
the 24th OF August. Communica-
tons were received from Mr.. Clay in
advance of the dispatches sent him
for that purpose; and on the arrival
of the Peruvian Envoy, Mr.. ]. ]. de
Osma, an able note was addressed by
him 10 Mr.. Webster, in support OF
the claims OF his Government
Further communications of tn e
greatest importance have from time
to time been received from Mr.. Clav,
and through him from the Peruvian
Government at Lima. -e
The subject having been fully re-
considered, and the arguments and
facts derived from the sources Just
mentioned, and from various other
quarters, having been duly weighed,
the President came TO the conclu-
sion, which was unanimously con-
CURED in by the Cabinet, that it was
just and proper TO withdraw the
objections taken by the late Secreta-
ry Of State TO the rights Of Peru,
and 10 acknowledge unreservedly
her sovereignty over the Guano
Islands on her coast and in her pos
session. 1t would have been in the
Presidents power 10 stipulate, as
the condition of this acknowledge
ment, that Peru should make liberal
provision for the American vessels,
chartered under the order of the 5th
of June; but having made up his
mind that the title OF Peru was
clear, and that it had been hastily
questioned by the United States, il
seemed TO him right TO make the ac-
acknowledgement voluntarily and wiih~
out condition.
1t is but just to Peru TO say that the
confidence thus reposed in her Govern
ment has not been disappointed. 1t was
already known, from a communication
OF the Minister of Foreign Affairs 10
Mr.. Clay, that the Government of Peru
was willing TO freight on her own ac-
count the American vessels chartered
for guano, and that notification 10 this
effect, addressed TO American vessels in
the Pacific, had been published by Mr..
Clay. The Peruvian Minister at Wash
ington has given effect to this intention
of his Government. He has addressed
a note to the Secretary of State. in which
he engages that the Peruvian Govern
ment, will, on its own account, freight
al twenty dollars per ton all the vessels
which left the United States for the Lo-
bos Islands between the 9Th Of June and
the 25th of August; that the Peruvian
Government will buy at fair price the
indictments and utensils carried out by
these vessels to be used in procuring
guano; and that vessels in the Pacific,
chartered under orders sent before the
95th of August, and which could not be
countermanded, shall be included in the
arrangement. on condition of reporting
to the agents of the Peruvian Govern
ment in the United States before the 1st
of January, 1853. -G'~li. 5-
Such on both sides is the substance of
the terms on which this embarrassing
affair has been disposed Of; to the ad-
vantage, as we have no doubt. of the
parties interested and the honor of the
two Governments.
In publishing this statement, the In
telligencer SAYS: -o..-,I
! As our readers may regard the infor-
nation given above as authentic, we feel
at liberty to congratulate. The Goyern-
ment on so speedy an adjustment OF a
matter which seemed pregnant with diff
Guilty, but which has yielded to the frank
and direct manner in which the Admin
istration has met and treated it.
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