Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-12-05

House Of Representatives.
Wince your last annual assembling aEOiher
year Of health and bountifUl haEvests has
!, passed. And while it has not pleased the Al
mighty to b,ess Us with a return Of peace, We
cen bat press on, guided by the best light He
gives us, trusting that in his own geod time,
and wise way all will yet be we'll
The correspondence touching foreign affairs
q which has taken place during the last year Is
herewith Submitted, ia virtual compliance with
"a. request to that effect. made by the House oi
Representatives near Ihe close OF The last ses-
sion Of Congress
Ir the condition of our relations vith other
nations is less gratifying than il has usually
,beeH at ferDer periods, it Is certainly more
T satisfactory than nation so unhePPily DIS
tFacIed as we are, might reasonably have HP-
pretended. In the menth Of June last there
..'Were some grounds 10 expect that the maritime
sewers which, at ihe beginning Of our domes-
- tic eficulties, so unwisely and unnecessarily,
IS We think, recngUizpd the Insurgents as
belligerent, would seon recede from that posi-
.9ien, vhics has proved only less injurious to
shcmaeiv,s, than to our own coaniry. But
the temporary reverses which afterwards be-
fell the rational arms, and which were cxag-
.gerAted by our oRn disloyal citizens s6road
=. have hitherto delayed that act Of simple jus
.ntIee.
~, The civil war, which has SO radically chang
ed, for the moment, the occupations aud hab-
:, tts Of the American people, has necessarily dis
Jurbed the social condition, and affected very
deeply the prosperity Of The nations with which
i~e have carried ON a commerce that has been
steadily Increasing throughout period Of half
oA,eentury. 1t bas at the same time, excited
political ambitions and apprebeDsOns which
have produced profound agitation through
-seut the civilized world. In this unusual asi-
4aGion We nave forborne from taking art in
any controversy between foreign Staes aud
between parties or factions ia such States
NE have attempted no ProPagandism, aud ac-
knowledged no revolution. Baf We have left
+, 70 every nation exclusive coE,'set and man
.aEemeat Of its own GfTairs. c.. struggle has
been, OF course, contemplated Uy foreign ma
lions with reference less 10 rs oHn merits,
shan 10 its supposed, and often exaggerated
Effects aud cons, quences resulting to those ma
,Aiona themselves. Nevertheless, complaint on
ythe part Of this government. even if il we're
just, would certainly be unwize.
a., The treaty with Great Britain for the sup
-.Rression Of the slave trade has been put iots
6gperatou with good prospect Of complete
Auecess- 1t is occasion Of special pleasure
80 acknowledge that the execution OF it, OH
.Ihe pErt Of her Majesty s government, has been
sRarked with jealous respect for the authSri-
~ Of the United States, and the rights Of their
EA0ral and loyal citizens.
mn The eonvestion with Hanover for the abo-
-ilien Of the state dues has been carried into
full effect, under the act Of Congress for that
purpose.
A L. -.
gepast could not be established. aud vigorously
enforced, 10 season of great commercial ae-
1Ivity like the present, without committing oc
.cpsional mistakes, and iuhictiug uniuteniional
injuries upon forcigt nations aud their sEb-
iyets.
Fl a civil war occurring in a country where
sfpreigners reside aud carry on trade under
treaty slipulations, is necessarily fruitful of
complaints Of the violation Of neutral rights.
Al sseh collisions tend 10 excite misapprehen-
SlpHs, and possibly to produce mutual reclama-
tVns between nations which have a common
interest in preserving peace and friendship
10 clear cases OF these kinds / have, SO far as
Ih,ssibe, heard aud redressed complaints which
hAve been preseoted by friendly powers. There
isstiIl, however, large and augmeuting num-
der Of doubtful cases upon which the govern
whose protection is demanded by the claim
RRts. There are, moreover, many cases in
which the United States, or their eiiizeus, sHf-
tfF wrongs from the naval or military authori-
lies Of foreign natisns, which the governments
pf these States are not a. once prepared 10 re-
dress. have proposed to some Of the for
sign States, thus interested. mutual coEven
iisns 10 examine and adjust such complaints
3Ekis proposition has been made especially 10
Great Britian, to France, to Spain, and TO
llrussia. In each case it has been kind
y received, bat has net yet been formally u
dopted.
deem it my duty to recomnend an appro-
Pfiatioa in behalf of the owners OF the Nor
Fegian bark Admiral 2. Tordenskiold, which
Vessel was, in May, 1861, prevented by tho
Commander Of the bleckading force of Charls-
t6n from leaving that port with cargo, not
withstanding similar privilege had, shortly
before been granted to an English vessel.
have directed the Secretary of Stale to cause
tie papers in the case 10 he Communicated 10
The proper CO mnittees
Applications have beeu made to INC by many
free Americans es African descent TO favcr
tleir emigration, with view TO such coloniza-
upn as was contemplated in recent acts Of
-7some frem interested motives, others upon
patriotic considerations, and still others nElu-
cRced by philantbrcpic seutimens-hn sug.
gested similar measures; while on the OF her
lAnd, several Of the Spanish mercan repub-
lies have protested against the sending of such
colonies to their respective territories URdsr
thsse circumstances, have declined 10 move
upy such colony to any State without frst OBJ
iaining the consent of its gOvernmcat, with m
agreement OH its part 10 receive uud protect
spch emigrants in all the rights of frecmcn;
and have, at the same time, offered to The
several States situated within the tropics, or
having colonies there, TO negotiate with them,
subject to the advice and consent OF the zen
ale, to favor the voluntary emigration Of per-
sens Of that class to their respective terrific
Tief, upon conditions which shall be equal. Inst
HEd humane. Liberia and Hayti are, as vet,
the only countries TO which colOnists OF Afri-
eau descent from here could go with certainty
st being received aud adopted as ciliz.ns; and
! regret to say such persons, contemplating
colonization, do not seem SO willing to migrate
to.thOse countries as 10 some Others. uOr so
willing as | think their Interest demaads.
believe, however, opinion amoi them, in this
respect, is improving; and thar, ere long there
will be augmented, and considerable miSra
tion to both these countries, from tie United
States.
The new commercial treaty between tAe
United States and the Sultan Of Turkey has