The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-12-15

: cretary OF State, Whleh is herewith trans
! mitted The principles and policy, there
E in maintained on the part of the Unite,
4 States, will, whenever proper occasion
occurs, be applied and enforced.
, The condition of China, at this time
renders it probable that some importan
changes will occur in that vast empire
which will lead to more unrestricted in
tercourse with it. The commissioners t.
that country, who has been recently ap
pointed, is Instructed to avail himself O
all occasions to open and extend our com
mercials, not only with the Empire o
China, but with other Asiatic nations.
In 1852, an expedition was sent to ia
pan, under the command of Commodore
Perry, for the purpose of opening com
mercial intercourse with that Island. In
telligence has been received of his arri
val there, and of his having made known
to the Emperor of Japan the object o.
his visit; but it is not yet ascertained how
far the Emperor will be disposed to aban-
don his restrictive policy, and open thai
populous country to a commercial inter
course with the United States.
1t has been my earnest desire to main
friendly intercourse with the governments
upon this continent and to aid them in
preserving good understanding among
themselves. With Mexico, dispute has
arisen as to the true boundary line be-
tween our territory of New Mexico and
the Mexican State of Chihuahua.
A former Commissioner of the United
States, employed in running that line pur-
suant to the treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo
made a Sc rious mistake in determining
the initial point on the Rio Grande, ut
inasmuch as his decision was clearly de-
parture from the directions for tracing the
boundary contained in that treaty, and
was not concurred in by the surveyor ap-
pointed on the part of the United States,
whose concurrence was necessary to give
validity to that decision, this government
is not concluded thereby; but that oi
Mexico takes different view of the sub
Iject.
There are also other questions of con-
siderable magnitude pending between the
two republics. Our Minister in Mexico
has ample instructions to adjust them
notiations have been opened, but sufficient
progress has not been made therein to en-
able me to speak Of the probable result.
Impressed with the Importance of main
tanning amicable relations with that re-
public, and of yielding with the liberal-
ty to all her just claims, it is reasonable to
expect that an arrangement mutually sat
isfactory to both countries may be con
cluded, and lasting friendship between
them confirmed and perpetrated.
Congress having provided for full
mission to the States of Central America,
a minister was sent thither in July last
AS yet he has had time to visit only one
of those States, Nicaragua, where he
was received in the most friendly manner.
1t is hoped that his presence and good Off
ces will have a benign effect in composing
the dissensions which prevail among them
and in establishing still more intimate and
friendly relations between them respect
lively, and between each of them and the
United States.
Considering the vast regions of this
continent, andthe number of states which
would be made accessible by the free nav
igation of the river Amazon, particular
attention has been given to this subject
Brazil, through whose territories it passes
into the ocean, has hitherto persisted
in policy SO restrictive, in regard to
the use of this river, as to obstruct, and
nearly exclude, foreign commercial inter-
course with the states which lie upon its
tributaries and upper branches. Our
minister to that country is instructed to
obtain a relaxation of that policy, and to
use his efforts to induce the Brazilian gov
.ernment to open to common use, under
proper safeguards, this great natural high
way for international trade Several of
the South American states are deeply in
terested in this attempt to secure the free
navigation of the Amazon, and it is reas-
enable to expect their cooperation in the
measure. AS the advantages of free com
merclal intercourse among nations are bet
ter understood, more liberal views are
generally entertained as to the common
rights Of all to the free use of those means
which nature has provided for information
al communication. To these more liberal
and enlightened views, it is hoped that
Brazil will conform her policy, and re-
move all unnecessary restrictions upon the
free use of river, which traverses so
many states and so large part of the
continent. I am happy to inform you
that the republic of Paraguay and the
Argentine Confederation have yielded to
the liberal policy still resisted by Brazil,
in regard to the navigable rivers within
their respective territories. Treaties en-