American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1856-12-11

nent. ns being CONTRARY to existing olrea- III
' ss,IuIaTSedo Wiek 4 fheuUnited States of
nd 70 ifiahtscoufsrssdil by ehaslss upon. 70
he Panama Railroad Co., andiwas ae7l dl
,ordfnalyi yelindnished lat' t'fhats time, itl Ii,
beiuu' admitted chat our vessels we're en- flI
litled to be ekcmpt from tonnage duty ind Il
the FREQ ports Of Panama and Asn;nRalls ts
But the purpose has been reeensly VI rel. Al
yitedi on the part i0i New Granada, BY q
the enactnientof a law to subject vessels ii
Waiting her 'oorts to the tonnage duty of z
FORTY cents Der ton and; although the t
law has not been put in force, vel. the p
right to euferce ills still asserted, aud .
NAV. at any time. be acted on BY the Ii
ebyerhnaent ofithat Republic. s1js I'd n I
n The aCohefess iof New Granada has "a
also enacted a law, dafing the last year, I
Which legics a tax more than three. dol i
liars onacyery pound Of mail matter !,
across the lIsthmus. The HI
l.suth thus redaired to bespaid ON the !.
mails of the United States would be b
lheafly twOmillions of dollavs annually, h
Iin addition to the large sum PAYABLE by h
| contracts tothe Panama Railroad Co.-l- l.
! ifthe ouly objection to this exaction
were the exhorbitancy of its amount, it
4 could not be submitted to by the United
States. uoyoia giarlb d S5gf a. al,
The inposition Of Il. however, would !
! obviously contravene our treaty with
lNew Grenada. and infringe the contract
lof that republic with the panama r. Co.
i Tho law snroyidiop .f0r this tax was..by
/ lits terms to take effect on the lst of Sep.
!, last, bdtthe local authorities ouqthe 18th
mus have been induced to- suspend its |
| execution. and to await further instruc.
J tions OF, the subject from the governs
I ment ofth republic. / amrnot vet ad-
, yised Of the determination of that gov4
/ erpment. Ifa measure SO axtraordfnaul
ry In its character. and so clearly contra
~ 70 the treaty stipnlations, and the,
I contract rights Of the Panama Railroad
0 Co, composed mostly of American, citi-,
! zens; should be persisted in, itwilIibe
{ the duty Of the United States To- resist
! lits exedhtion h a, 1ius ai TO giithm
s I regret exceedingly that occasion exj
i ists to invite your attention to 4 subject
!, lof still graver import Ia our relations
!. With lbe Renubl;c az New ranadad On
!! ttbo1 SftsA n N 1av ~ sAny,ltast n r;otous
. assen, blages of, he Inhabitants Of pan.
!! ana com@itteA n violent andoutra6sons
;. atlsoL "a tba 6ycmisesl of the yailroad
Il cornSny a15 liz 'passenoers md other
T. ~ 1asr tboiissn,ai l;r1oly;nl !,
!. HI dsatL of several citizens Of the Jj2
!. niiaa Sfates ttba n;ilage6f MANY otbers
4 lind tbe dsslructien ~ alar9e Amount ef
y nrobayt j beInpoing 10 htbeC ysilroaa com
II ppaarnry'isI Scsnsed Mn s;nyost;6ations ~
in Thai eyent n be Igand The result
sbowsd satisfactor;Iv that com njete 4 re
10 snons;bilitv far WHIT occurred attaches
,d Is the IJIovsrnn ent IF NAV 7ro NADIA. Il, Il
I boro t6orofore derob deA of thot Z ,,ov
"a orn4enf hat NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ofqtht
o31 wronas In question should be punished
\. that nrovisisn sbonld he made for tht
of1 fam;I;cs az citizensI Iof The JI6ited State,
y. Who Were killed with full indemrity 70,
O. the property billaged or destroyed ol
of Panama, ii % Far as regards e. the I Sc e
o. Icurity of persons and property passing
oil ovor II, reqnitoy serious consideration
4 Recent inciderts tend 10 show that Til,
mt local authorities,esnnot be relied on t
pc maintain the public peace Of Panama
lr- and there isJust ground tor aPprehen
N, sion that aportlon OF the inhabitants arr
m medltating further outrages, Withou
he adequate measures for the security, ant
of protection Of persons or property having
~ been taken, either by the State OF Pan
be ANA, or bV the general government D
IA New Granada Under the guarantee
Of treaty, citizens Of the United State
ul- have, by the outlay OF several million
ec- OF dollars, constructed arailroad acros
re- the lsthmus, and lt mas become the mall
ca rout between our Atlantlc , ana Facin
$ possessions, over whieh mnitltudes, o
es ! our citizens MS ana vast amount OF prop
lly eity are constantly stirn1y PassingMto the SO
"a, curityv and protecnon of an wncn, an
an the con- t'nnance OF the pgpllc advantage
,rs involved, y is lmpcssr6le for the gov
he lernmeDt offtSe United states to DC IN
m, different. E, 7
nd Ihave deemed tie danger o., the re
in currence of scenes OF i,awless violence I
M this quarter SO immineat as 20 make
err my daty to station a part o. our nava
,ur force in the harbors Of Panama, ana AS
ich pinyall, In order to protect the person
and property of the citizens of the Uni
Re- ted, States ia those ports, and to instr -
BUR 10 them safe passage across the Istbmus
err. And it would, in my .iudgment, be-. uu
ost wise to withdraw 'tbe naval force nov
W in those ports, uptil, by the spontahe
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