Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-12-21
FAYETTEVILLE, TENN: THURSDAY, DECEMBER H. 1854,

v matter of right. 1t is admitted o
: all hands, that this exaetion IS sane
IS toned, not by the general principle
v of the law of nations, but only b,
9 special conventions, which most Q
e the commercial nations have entere'
d into with Denmark. The fifth arti
: Gle of our treaty of 1926, with Den
e mark, provides, that there shall no
r be paid, on the vessels of the Uni
/. ted States and their cargoes whel
: passing through the Sound, higheI
! duties than those of the most ia
, vored nations. This may be regard
| ed as an implied agreement to sub
!, NIT to the tolls during the contin'
) uance of the treaty, and, consequent
lily, may embarrass the assertion oI
our right to be released therefrom. -
There are also other provisions in the
treaty which ought to be modified
1t was to remain in force ten years,
and until one year after either party
should give notice to the other of in-
tention to terminate it. | deem it
lexpedient that the contemplated no.
tice should be given to the govern
ment of Denmark.
Tue naval expedition, despatched
about two years since for the purpose
Of establishing relations with the En-
pire of Japan, has been ably and
skiIlfully conducted TO successful
termination by the officer to whom
it was entrusted, A treaty, opening
certain of the ports of that, ,populous
country, has been negotiated; and in
order to give full effect thereto, it
only remains to exchange ratlfca-
tions, and adopt requisite CONNER
cial regulations.
The treaty lately concluded be-
tween the United States and Mexico
settled some of our most embarrass-
ing difficulties with that country, but
numerous claims upon it for wrongs
and injuries to our citizens remain
unadlusted, and many new cases have
been recently added to the former
list Of grievances. Our legation has
been earnest in its endeayors to OBJ
tain, from the Mexican government,
a favorable consideration of these
claims, but hitherto without success.
This failure is, probably, in some
measure, to be ascribed to the dis
turbed condition of that country
1t has been my anxious desire to
maintain friendly relations with the
Mexican republic, and to cause its
rights and territories to be respected,
not only by our citizens, but by for
eigners who have resOrted to the U.
States for the purpose of organizing
hostile expeditions against some of
the States Of that republic. The
delenceless condition in which its
frontiers have been left, has stimuIa-
ted lawless adventures to embark in
these enterprises, and greatly III
the difficulty of enforcing our
obligations of neutrality. Regarding
it as my solemn duty to fulfil, eff
these obligations, not only
towards Mexico. but other foreign
] have exerted all the powers
with which am invested to defeat
such criminal proceedings, and bring
to punishment those who, by taking
A part therein, violated our laws
The energy and activity Of our
civil and military authorities have
the designs of those who
meditated expeditions of this char.
acter, except in two instances. One
of these, composed of foreigners,
was at first countenanced and aided {
By the Mexican Government itself, ,
t having been deceived as to their :
real object. The other, small in num- {
Der, eluded the vigilance Of the mag
strates at San Francisco, and sue-
;eeded in reaching the Mexican ter. /,
-itories; but the effective measures /:
saken by thls government compelled ,
he abandonment Of the undertaking. (
The commission to establish the
new line between the United States {,
,nd Mexico, according to the proyis- ;
ona Of the treaty Of the 30th of
December last, has been organized,
md the work is already commenced.
Our treaties with the Argentine
Confederation, and with the Repub-
lies of Uruguay and Paraguay, &C.
cures to US the free navigation of
the river La Plata, and some Of its
larger tributaries; but the same sue
cess has not attended our endeavors
to open the Amazon. The reasons