The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-16
From the Washington Union.
OUR RELATIONS WITH SPAIN.
REPORT OF THE SENATE COMMIT
TEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS.

The report submitted To the Senate by Mr.
Mason, as chairman "f the COMMITTEE ON For
eign Relations, upon the message of the Presi
dent in regard to the NECESSITY fur the enact.
ment of provisional measures, will be- read
with interest 1t will be seen thu, the commit
tee agrees entirely with the p, siiols taken by
the President in his messare OF the 18th OF
March, and reiterated in his message If rae l.,
inst, and, but for the shorI time until Congress
W II again he in sessinn, would report bills to
carry out the Suggestions of the Executive as
t provisional measures. We cannot hut regret
lis conclusion of the commH,t-; but, as we
know that they have BEEN aetna ed hy none but
patriotic considerati ms, we not disposed %
indulg e in censure or complaint Whilst we
regret the conclusion to which the Committee
arrived, we are highly grar'fird to that the
| able and exper enced statesmen who conipo- e II
| concur so cordially with he s.n.iInnts Of the
Presidents message. This announcement will
| carry with it moral weight tnat may prove
beneficial in the Iurther pr's.cu Ion OF negolia-
tons with the government OF SPAN. The r.
port of the committee is fnllows
"The Committee on Foreign Relations, To-
whom was referred the message of the Presi
dent Of the United States Of the first of Tn.
present month, in reply to the resolution of The
Senate asking information i" whether anything
has arisen since the date Of his MESA ,e 10 thu
House of Representatives of the 18th March
last, concerning our r. aions with the govern
m. mt Of Spain, which, In hts opinion, may
dispense with the susg, st.ons therein contained
touching the pr"priety OF provisional measures
by Congress To meet any ex'gencY that may
arise in the Of Congr affecting those
relations, report
I" The comnyil,ee entirely concur with the
President in the declaration contained in his
message to the House of Repr $ Natives, and
reiterated in his message to he Senate, that IN
view Of the position If the island ii Cuba, lis
proximity TO our C act, the Relations winch il
must ever bear t. our comm &c al AID other in
,erests, il IS vain 10 expect ihli s'rIrs OF IN
friendly acts infringing our commercial rights,
and the adoption If p hey threa rning The
honor and security Of these S al-~, can IL. p
exist with peaceful relations; and are SAT-. -
hat, whatever measur may be ',und go
sary tn isure future s. curll" AID NO.. ., a.,
country, (nenaced Ten The ,.,,r.s- ;n,,o.,.'dN
anc to vindIcate ...,c hon :, of onr fl,a vii b.,
adopted bv Congr.. Anearnes, hone h,Ih
IN the part OF M Pr.sd,nt and Il Congress.
i'.at the a,rticulti with Spun deferred L. in the
me ssage would have been adjusted before ii
termination of the present session by an AMIGA.
bic arrangement, has, as it would appear, caus.
ed both 10 forbear until but a short interval re.
mains between the close of the present and the
stated commencement Of the n xt meeting nf
Congress
" The full reparation has been demanded by
the Ex' cu'ive, with adequate guarantees for the
future, will alone satisfy The just ex, eca,ons
of the country, and the committee would not
hesitate to recommend the provisional meas.
ures' suggested by the President, to be exc.
cuted by him in the recess Of Congress, even
under the difficulties Of maturing them when
the close If the session is already at hand,
were the interval 10 be long b, fore the next
meeting of Congress. As that will be, how.
ever, but of four months duration, they have
deemed it better on the whole TO leave the sub
ject as it is at presen', with the Executive.
Should the occasion unfortunately render i,
necessary, it must Of course occapy tn earliest
attention Of Congress at lis next m-e.ing And
for the above reasons the Committee ask to be
discharged"
The request Of the committee was agreed to,
and the report ordered to be printed