Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-12-10

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ous TogzIGE RELATIONS. u
The eevYsspondanss touching foseign 9
a ss;rs which has taken place during the
LAT yssg, In herewith Submitted, In viz
taaI oompHaaee with . rssuass 70 that
eifees. made hy the House IL Rapresansa
lives meas thu Gloss Of shs past sesason Of
gaussess. IL the condision 81 oar rels-
saons wish other ssaiona u lass gvasifying
tAaa ID has gsasily bean as csheF periods
IL has certainly bssn mors saiisfassoEy
shaa assioa 50 unhappsly distracted -
we are might have reasonably spprs
headed. tsz &s# Il
In the moash Of June isss, there we're
sona srousds 10 expecs thai the maritime
powers, whieh as the beginning Of our
aif6suitiss. % unwisslf and % annscas~
garily, % We khinks Recognised the insar-
xsmsa a balligsRent power, woufo aeon
Tsosas sroua that posisioas mhaeh has pro-
vsn only less injurious TO shsnseives shan
% ear avn, coaasry bnt the Temporary
rsyerses which afterwards bsfall tbs na-
sioual arms, and which were exaggerated
by our owu disloyal cisiaaas shToad, have
hitherto delayed that aes Of simple jus
tice.
The civil var whieh has % radically
eAaagsd fog the moment the occupations
and kahiss Of the AmaFic&n people, has
eessssnxsIy disturbed the social condition,
ana affected vsry desply the prosperity
OF tha nations with which we hare carried
On commerce that has been steadily in
srsasing throughout period OF bali q
century. IL has, at the same time, excl
ted political ambitioaa and appEsksensioas
that havs produced profound agitation
throughout the osvilixed weEid.
In tAis unusual agitation We have for
borne taking part in sny controversy be-
tween parties and fackions In any such
States. We have attempted no propa-
gandism, and acknowledged no Esvola.
fian hui We hAxa left 30 every nation
the sxelusivs conduct and management
Of iss owa Affairs, our struggle has been,
Of coarse, cont smplated by foreign ma
sions with rafar snoe lsss to its own mer-
rita than TO its supposed and often exag-
gsratsd effects and the consequences re-
szlsiag to those naaioas themselves
Nevertheless, complaint on the part OF
this government, even il il were just,
would certainly be unwise-
SUPPRESSION OF TEE HAVE xgApR.
The txsaty with Great Britain for the
suppression Of tie slsve trade has bean
pak into operation With good prospect
az soRDIsss success. Ii il IN occasion Of
especial pleasure TO acknowledge that the
sxssasisa Of il On the part Of Her MaJea-
eYss Govmmmsat has heaa marked with q
Saalous sespass faT tho aukhsrisies Of the
Umisssi Saalaa, and the rights Of their
moral and loyal eitizeaa.
TIE Cons sntiou with Remover for the
abslitioa OF the State duss has been car
risd into full eject under the set OF Con-
gFsss for that purpose.
TEE COAST BLOCKADE.
L blockade Of 1900 miiea of sea eoast
eoald not be established sud vigorously
enforced in q season at great oomnereia.
activity like the present without commit
ting occasional mistakes, and infictina
aninsentisnal injuries, upon foreign ma
tions and their subjects. 4 civil war
occurring in country where foreigners
reside and carry On trade under treaty
ssipul&sioas, is necessarily fruitful Of com.
plants Of the violations Of neutral rights
ALI such collisions tsnd to excite misAp
preheasions and possibly TO- produce ma
tianal gselazaaEi8ns between nssloas whiel
have . commoa interest Ia pres@s yin;
peace and friendship. :
In clear cases of these kinds have, 81
far a. possible heard and rsdressed com
plants which have been preferred b.
friendly powers. There is, however,
large augmanting number of doubtful ca
sas upoa which the Governmant Is ana
BITE TO agrees with the Govsrnment who's
protection IL demanded by the claimants
There are, moreover, many cases in whic
the United States or their citizens suffe
wrongs from naval or military authoritie
Of forsign nations, which the governme CT
Of these States are not prepared to re
dress.
An INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION.
have proposed to some Of the foreig
States thus interested NATAL convention
90 examine and adjust sach complaints
This proposition has been mads special
to Great Britain, 70 France, TO Spain an
to Prussia In each case il has been kind
II reserved, bat has not been formally O
dopssd.
TRE CASE or A xoEwRdEAx BARK.
deem it my duty 10 recommend an ap
preparation IN behalf Of ths owners OF th
Norwegian bark Admiral P. Foreisns Ri
ola, which vessel was in May 1861, pre-
vented by the commander Of the bloekad
ing force of Charleston, from leavin
that port with q cargo, neswithstaudin,
asimilar privilege had shortly before bsei
granted % an English vessel have Dr.
rsctsd the Secretary Of State to eanse th
papers in the case to be communicated Il
ths proper COMMITTEES.
AFRICAN EMIGRATION.
Application has bean made 10 me b.
@any Americans Of African deoen to ia
vor their emigration, with yisw to sac
exclamation IS was contemplated in re
cant acts Of Congress. Other pa rites a
hons and abroad, soma from fateresss.
motives, others upon psaEiosie principles
and still others influenced By phllanshrop
10 sentiments, have suggested sinila
measures; while on the oshes hand seyera
OF the Spanish American Rspabliss hayD
protested against the ssndfng of sucl
solonasss 70 their respective territories.
Under these circumstances have de
elined 10 move any sach solony TO an
State without Grst 0bss1king the eonsen
Of its aoysrnnsns with an agreement Oh