The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-12-08

friendly feelings for our country; and le
US ardently hope, in the language of tn
treaty itself, that there shall henceforwart
be perpetual peace and friendship betweel
the United States of America an his Ma
Jesty the Tycoon Of Japan and his success
sors.
With the wise, conservative and libera
Government of the Empire of Brazil, oul
relations continue to be of the most amica-
/ BILE character.
4 NEW GRANADA.
The exchange of the ratiGcations Of fhe
convention with the republic of New
/ Granada, signed at Washington on the 9th
OF September, 1857, mas been long delayed
from accidental calses, for which neither
party is answerable. These ratifcatIons
were duly exchanged in this city on the 9TH
of November last
Thus has n controversy been amicably
terminated which had become SO serious at
the period of my Inauguration as to require
me, on the l7th Of April 1867, to direct
our Minister to demand his passports and
return to the United States. Under this
condition the Government of New Granada
has specially acknowledged itself to be
responsible to our citizens. for. damages
which were caused by the riot 1T Panama
on the 9th Of April, 1856. These claims,
together with other claims OF our citizens
which had been long urged in vain, are
referred for adjustment to Board of Com
missioners. I submit a copy of the Conven-
tiQn to Congress, and recommend the Iegis-
lation necessary to carry it into effect.
COSTA RIGA AND NICARAGUA.
Persevering efforts have been made for
the adjustment of the claims Of American
citizens against the Government of Costa
Rica, and | am happy to inform you that
these have finally prevailed. A COnven-
tion was sigued at the city of San Jose on
the ID Of July last, between the Minister
resident Of the United States in Costa
Rica and the Plenipotentiaries of that Re-
public, referring these claims to a Board of
Commissioners, and providing for the pay
rnent Of their awards. This Convention
will be submitted TO the SENATE for their
constitutional action. The claims of our
citizens upon the Republic OF Nicaragua
have not yet been provided for by treaty,
although dilgeut efforts for this purpose
have been made by our Minister resident
TO that Republic. These are still continued,
with fair prospect of success.
MEXICo.
Cur relatons,with Mexico remain in a
most unsatisfactory condition. la my two
last annual messages fdiscussed sex tensively
the subject of these relations, and do not
now propose to repeat at length the facts
and arguments then presented they
proved concusively that our citizens resid-
ing in Mexico, aud our merchants trading
thereto had suffered Il series of wrongs aud /
such as we have never patiently
borne from any nation. For these our sue
cessive ministers, invoking the faith of
treaties, had, IN the name of their country,
persistently demanded redress and ndem- /
but without the slightest effect |
Indeed, SO confident had the Mexican au-
thorities become of our patient endurance,
that they universally believed they might !
commit these outrages upon American eiti-
zen5 with absolute impunity. Thus wrote
our Minister in 1856, aud expreSE1 the /
opinion that nothing but manifestation Of |
the power of the Government, and of its |
purpose to punish these wrongs, will avail |
in 1857, came the adoption of |
Il new Constitution for Mexico, the election
OF a President and a Congress under its I
and the Inauguration Of the !
President Within one short month, how +
ever, this President was expelled from the .
Capital by a rebellion in the army, and the /
supreme power ofthe Republic was assigned /
to General Zuoaga This usurper was ia
his turn soon compelled 10 retire from the |
place by General Miramon. Under the con
(which had thus been adopted, !
Senor Juarez the Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court, became the lawful President !
Of the Republic, and it was for the nlainte-.
nance Of the Constitution and his authority, /
derived from it, that the civil war com
and still continues to be prosecuted.
Throughout the year 1858, the Constitution
al party grew stronger and stronger
In the previous history of Mexico, a sac-
cessful military revolution at the Capital I
had most universally been the signal for (
submission throughout the Republic. Not I
so on the present. A majority of the citi-
zens presistently sustained the Constitution [
al Government when this was recommend
ed in April, 1859, by the Government Of
the U nited States. It's authority extended 7
over a large majority of the Mexican States
and people, including Vera Cruz and all the
other important seap0rts of the Republic.
From that period our commerce with Mexi-
co began to revive, and the Constitutional .
has afforded il all the protec- /
ton in their power. Meanwhile the Gov
ernment of Miramon still held sway at the I
Capital and over the surrounding country
and continued its outrages upon the few !
A American citizens who still had the courage I
climax, after the battle of Ttcubaga in
April. 1859, Gen Marques ordered three
citizens of the United States, two of them
TO be seized in the hospital in
that place aud taken and Eshot, without
trial. This was done, notwithstanding our |
countrymen were, at the mo- I
ment, engaged in the holy cause of Offering
relief to the soldiers of both parties who
had been wounded in the battle, without
making any distinction between them. The
time had arrived, in my opinion when this
Government was bound to exert its power
to avenge and redress the wrongs of our
and afford them protection in Mex
leo. The interposing obstacle was, that the /
country under the sway of Miramon could
not be reached without passing over terrific
ry under the jurisdiction of the Constitu-
tional Government. Under these circum- /
stances deemed it my duty to recommend .
to Congress, in my last annual message, /
the employment of sufficient military /
force to penetrate into the interior, where |
the Government of Miramon was to be
found, with, or if need be without, the con-