The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-12-15


= lheftlrom There are also other provisions i
T the treaty which ought to be modified. It was /
q remain in force for ten years, and until on
year after either party should give notice TO tn
y othef OF intention TO terminate il. I deem
eAPfdienf that the contemplated notice shou
Z De gwen to the government OF Denmark.
: The naval expedition, despatched abont tw,
/" years since Tor the purpose Of establishing rela
J 'ions wlth the empire of Japan, has been abb,
y ana skiifuly conducted to a successful termina
y lion By the officer to whom it was entrusted
II treaty, opening certain of the ports of tha
I PoPuioaS country, has been negotiated and ir
order to give full effect thereto. il only remain,
70 exchange raiflcatons, aud adopt requisite
commercial regulations
4 he treaty lately concluded between the
United States and Mexico settled some Of our
most embarrassing difficulties with that country.
oui numerous claims upon it for wrongs and in
Jufies 10 our citizens remain unadusted, and
many new cases have been recently added to
the former list ofgrlevances. Our legation has
been earnest in its endeavorS TO obtain from
the Mexican government, favorable consider
alton oil these claims. but hitherto without s1c-
cess. This failure is, probably. in some n,sa-
sure. to be- ascrihed to the disturbed condition of
y aBAI1US npSIrp
to maintain friendly relations with the Nexi-
van FePuoi'c, and to cause It's rights and terri
torres 10 be respected, not only by our own cit
i izehS, oht by foreigners, who have reSorted TO
Tue United States Tor the purpose OF organizing
hostile expeditions against some of the States of
that republic The defencelpsS condition in
"nich Its iroftlers have been left, has simula-
led IawleSs adventures TO embark in these enter
PFises, and greatly increased the difficulty of
enforcing our obligations OF neutrality Re-
garding II as my solemn duty 10 fulfil. efficient
~, these obligations, not ont, towards Mexico.
hat other ioreign nations, have exerted all the
powers with which am invested to defeat such
criminal proceedings, and bring to punishment
'ho>t who, by taking part therein violated
our laws
The energy and activity Of orr civil and mil
ltarY authorities have frustrated the designs Of
those "ho meditated expeditions of this charac-
Ter, except IN two instances. Cne Of these.
composed OF foreigners, " as at first countenanc-
ed and aided by the Mexican government itself. I
II having been decrived as 10 their real object
lbe other, small in number, tluded the vipi
lance OF the magistrates OF San francisco. and
sdcereded in reaching the Mexican territories:
but the effective measures taken BY this govern
mrnt compelled the abandonment of the under
taking.
he commission TO establish the new line be-
tween the United States and Mexico, ACCORDING
to the provisions of the treaty of the Both Of
December last, has been organized, and the
work Is already commenced.
Cur treaties with the argentine confederation.
and with the republics Of Uruguay and Para
5Gay, secure TO Us the free navigation of the 8
Iver La Platte, and seme of lis larger tributa- +
'ieS but the same Succt IS has not attended our {
'ndfayors to open the Amazon The reasons ,
n favor o! the free use of that river, had oc- {
.aslon TO present fully, 10 former message
ma, considering the cordial relations which a
ave long existed between this government and e
}razlI, II may be expected that pending npeotl- s.
hons will, eventually, reach favorable re- .
uIt
Convenient means of transit between the "
1vrral parts ola country, arr not only dpsira- II
le Tor the objects OF commercial and personal T
omHuncatlon but essential 10 its existence un- II
rr one government. Separated as are the At "
liic and Pacific coasts of the United States bv 81
le whole breadth Of the continent, still the in al
lbItants OF each are closely bound together hv DI
OF origin and institutions. and hv
rong attachment to the Union. Hence the f)
instant and increasing intercourse, and vast in tb
rchange OF commercial productions, between de
ese remote divisions OF the Republic At the il
'rSent time, the most practical and only com 70
odious routes for communication bttween CO
EN-, are the way of the ISihmus OF Central A. IL
erica. 1t IS the duty of the Government TO tr;
cure these avenues against all danger of inter- on
pton. sb
In relation to Central America, perpexing mi
iestlonS existed between the United States on
d Great Britain at the time of the cesSion of cal
iIiorna. These, as well as questions which ar.
bsequently arose concerning iner-oceanic III,
across the IshmuS, were as il prt
rs supposed, adjusted by the treaty of April rea
!, 1890 but, unfortunately, they have been ula
.oPened by serious misunderstanding as to the ed
port oil some of IFS provisions, readiustment ont
which Is now under consideration. Cur ed
mister at London has made strenuous efforts cot
accomplish this desirable object, but has not out
lonnd tposslble TO bring the negotiations tc wo
soc
As incidental TO these questions, ! deem it rsI
'Per TO notice an occurrence which happen ern
ln Central America near the close of the last me-
Blon OF Congress. So soon as the necessity gu
perceived of establishing inter-oceanic com beir
nications across the Sthmus, company was cal
anlzed, under authority of the State of Mica pre-
pa, but composed, for the mcst part, OF citi- iror
IS OF the United States, for the purpose of S
ming such transit way, by the river San Gre
10 and Nicaragua, which soon became an IL TO n
ble and much used route in the transporta- zen,
OF our citizens and their property between OF 0
Atlantic and Pacific. dest
Meanwhile, and IN anticipation OF the COM will
ion and importance of this transit way, a heeC
ber OF adventures had taken possession of in c