Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-12-15
to the United States. that we might ii we


thought proper, pursue the same course;
In compliance with this invitation. our
Minister at Rio Janerio and our Charge
d'Affaires at Bueno Ayres. have been
fully authorized to conclude treaties with
the newly organized Confederation for
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 viii be eventually
opened to-our commerce. -
A treaty of commerce, has been con-
cluded between the United States and
the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, VIII CHI
will be laid before the Senate, Should
this Convention go into operation, 1t viii
open to the commercial enterprise of our
citizens country of great extent and I'M.
surpassed in natural resources. but from
which foreign nations have hitherto been
almost wholly excluded. ~ .-.i.
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 sub
ject, the doubts which had been enter
tanned 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 unreseryed acknowledgement of her
sovereignty. > tg
Ihave the satisfaction to inform you
that the course pursued by Peru had been
creditable to the liberality of her Govern
ment. Before it was known by her that
her title would be acknowledged at Wash
ington. her minister Of Foreign Affairs
had authorized our Charge d'Afairs at
Lima to announce to the American YES
sells which had gone to the Lobos for gu
ano, that the Peruvisn Government was
willing TO freight them on its own account.
This intention has been carried into ef-
feet by the Peruvian Minister here, by
an arrangement " hich is believed to be
advantageous to the parties in interest.
Our settlements on the shores of The
Pacific have already given 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
tiers of the Northern Pacific, even in the
Arctic sea have of late years been fire.
quented by our whalemen. The apph-
cation of steam to the general purpose of
navigation is daily becoming more com
mon, 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 unfortunate countrymen who. from
! time TO time suffer shipwreck on the coasts
of the eastern seas are entitled to protec-
ton. Besides these specific objects, the
general prosperity of our States on the
: Pacific, requires that an attempt should
be made to open the opposite regions of
Asia to mutually beneficial intercourse
1t is obvious that this attempt could be
made by no power to SO great advantage
as by the United States, whose constitu-
tional system excludes every idea of dis
tant colonial dependencies. / have, ac-
cordingly, been led to order an appropri-
ate naval force TO Japan, under the COM
mand of discreet and intelligent officer
of the highest rank known to our service.
He is instructed to endeavor to obtain
from the Government of that country some
relaxation of the inhospitable and anti-sc-
Cin system WHICH ~ uas RutSNSN .St
about two centuries. He has been direc-
ted particularly to demonstrate IN the
strongest language against the cruel
treatment to Which our shipwrecked ma.
riners have often been subjected, and to
insist that they shall be treated with HUI
mainly.
He is instructed, however, at the same
time to give that government the amplest
assurances that the objects of the United
;, States are such, and such only as have
indicated, and that the expedition is
friendly and peaceful. Notwithstanding
the jealousy with which the governments
of Eastern Asia regard all overtures from
foreigners, 1 am not without hopes of
beneficial result of the expedition
Should it be crowned with success, the
advantages viii not be confined to the
United States, but, as in the case OF Chi
ma, viii be equally enjoyed by all the 9TH
err maratime powers. ! have much sat
isfaction in stating that in all the steps
preparatory to this expedition. the go
vernment of the United States has been
materially aided by the good offices OF
King of the Netherlands, the only Euro
pean power having any commercial re-
lations with Japan. ~
i In passing from this survey of our TO- Q.
reign relations, invite the atteinrtio'Eni oil
\ Congress to the condition Of chat depart
ment of the Government. to which TINS
branch of the public business IS ent ~. q.
Our intercourse with foreign powers has
: of late years greatly. increased. both IN
/, consequence of our own growth. and the
| introduction of many new States into the
family of nations, In this way the De-
partment of State has become overbur-
dened. It has, by the recent establish
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