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ssx npon Ma nail oa ahe Unitea 6aaAss
unsupported eger shs Panama railroad.
ae a0sazsaamt d Nsw EHamann aHaa
heem informed, that she uniksA 6smAas
w0ald aensslaes Ehs e0IIeeSfon 81 efthex
ok sAsee eaxeNs Ma nm act in violation %
~ ske@sy h1kmnan the sM0 eonuarlas,
sAd Is saah wsslla BE Fesis ksd hY he u.
.. As aha aAnaa salnes ws age prepared
80 zIacuss shsse qaaass0ns In a spErik a1
amify ard iu2siea, ard with sineere
daaire ID adjaak them III i sMissaaesogy
Aaanss. j nsgessAElon Tor sha& pugposs
has elrsa6y besa commenced Nd sMors
has raesnkly hean made ID aSlisci ahsse
saxsss nax u azay Ankieipaasd under pre-
cent circumstance.
With ths smplae ~ Brasil onr relA-
tanns axe e. To noss friendly character.
Hha predictions of She swo countries
and especially shoaa Of ga Agricultural
natars are such - ta invita- excessive
mmfnAa exchanges. "A larger quantity
Of Ansasican aoug Ii consumed II Brazil;
whilst muss than treble shs am0nnA in
yalne Of Bsasilian oofEea II consumed in
she UnltaA States. Whilss this Is the
ckse, haaxY duty has been fevisds un-
81 very rseensly, npon the importation
/ Of ArhsFiean douE into Brasil ] am
grasifed however, 70 ha able 80 iRxorm
| Yom that In September last, this has been
reduced from 81 Sc 10 80 cents per bar
rel, End the dasY % other articles oil cur
| proanakaDn hare been diminished naaxly
tie sane prOpoTsi0n.
regrea to seaEe khAt tbs government
OF Brasii atill continues to levy al AK
port duty of about II psr cost. On ecHes
notwithstanding ahis article Is admitted
free from duty In the United States
This Is heawy charge on the eonzum-
ers Of ecifea in our couRsy, rs we pnr-
chase BALI Of The entire surplus crop OF
that article raised in Brazil. Our nam
fsker, under bis Instructions, will reit-
crate his Efforts 10 have this export dasy
removed; and il ia hoped THAI tie en-
Iightenad government OF she emperor
viii adopt this wise, just snd equaI pol
icy. In ahAt eYent, there il good reason
20 believe that the commerce between
the two eonatrlss viii greatly increase,
much 20 disadvantage Of both countries
On the I'd Of June last, Congress pas
sed joint resolution authorizing The
President sst1 adopt sueh neaaafas and
use such fcras -, in his judgment, may
be necessarY aud advisable star the
purpose Of adjusting the difference be-
tween The United States and the rspah-
lie Oe Paraguay, in uonnaxion with the
attack on the Unikae States steamer
Waseg Witch, and With other measures
referred too In bis annnal message
And on the l2th July following, they
made an appropriation to dafray sxpen.
ses and comp ensation Of q eommissiap-
sE ~ THAI rrpabIiC, shoald the President
deem it proper to make sueh an appoint
ment.
In compliance with thess enaotnsnts,
have appointed commissioner, who
has proceeded 10 Paraguay, with fall
powers and instructions 20 settle these
differences in an amieabie and peaceful
maansE, if this be practicable. His sx-
psTience and discretion justify the hope,
That he may prove successful IN convinc-
ing the PaFagaayAn government, that it
is due beth 30 h0nor and iastics, that
they shoald voluntarily and promptly
make atonemans fer the wrongs which
they have committed against the United
States, and indemnify our injured eisi-
Gens whom they hare forsibly despailsd
Of their property.
Should our commissioner prove unsue-
esasfal, afteg eineere and earnest effort,
to accomplish shs object Of his mission,
thai no alternative win remain, bat the
employment Of fores 20 obtain 'siuss sat :
iREaSEsnns1 Exaxn pe~aaa@v. -Ea.miasE ag
this contingency the Secretary of the
Navy, under my dirsss1op, has aEssd suE
and despatched q naval fierce, 90 Fendez-
Foas Near Busnos AyFes, which, ii is be-
iisvsd, will prove sufficient for the 90
easion. Ii Is nay earnest desire, howey~
eE, that Is may not be found nscessary 10
resort 70 this last alternative.
When Congress met in DsSsmbsF last,
the business OF the country had Just been
crushed. by one Of th0sa periodical re.
valsiaas, Which aFa the inevitable COO
sequence Of oar unsound and exsrava-
giant system Of bank credits and inflated
eaEreney. With all the elements Of ma
tional wealth in abundance, our manu-
factares were suspended, cur useful
/ pebble aud private enterprises we're ar
rested, and thousands Of lahorars yer :
| deprived OK employment and reduced 10
| Hsat. Univsnsat distress prevailed
among the commercial, manufacturing,
| and mechanical classes.
THIS Fsyuision was felt tbs mors se-
vsrsIy in the United States, because
similar caasss had produced the like de-
piorsble effect thraughout the CONNER
cisl nations of Europe. All were exps-
risneing sad rexerses as the same mo-
menE, Our manufacturers everywhere
suEsred severely, not because Of the re-
eent reduction Ia the tariff Of duties ca
| imports, bat because there was no de-
msnd ~ any price for their prodaesaons.
The people EeFs obliged 70 restrict them.
selves, In their purchases, 70 articles og
| prime necessity. In the general pros.
/ traitor OF business, the iron manufso-
suess in different States probably suffer.
| Cd more than any ether elaSs, and much
/ dsstftutlon wss the inevitable conse-
quenee, among the great number Of work.
aen who had been employed in shis use
fal branch 81 cur industry, Thsre cold
be no supply where there waa no de-
msna. To pFsssus an example, there
4 could be no demand for railroad iron,
after our magnificent system Of railroads
extending its benefits 20 every portion Of
tho Union, bad been brought to dead
pause. Ihe same consequences have re-
suited from slmilaE causes 90 many 9th.
or branches eR useful manufactures. Il
Is self-eyidaua that where there ID 40
ability 20 purchase manufactured aEsi-
eles, shsse saunOt be geld, and eonss-
qaeufiy mnss ceass 70 be produced.
No government, and especially gov
srument Of such limited powers as thas
Of TIE United States, could have pFovant.
ed the late rsvnlsion. The whole con-
mereiai world seemed for years 10 haze
been rushing 70 thia cataasrophy. TIE
saane gainous consequences woaId hare
followed in tha unitad StaGss, Whistler
the aatass apea foreign imports had re-
msiaed as sasy were under che tarSH Of
1916, OF had been raised 20 mach high
81 stahdaxd. The tariff Of 1857 had no
agenCy 10 the result. The generaI ca4as
- sxiSslng throughout tbs world, soula
nos have bean controlled By the tegisla.
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