Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-11
Tbe Ohio Craftsman
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

Fellow citizens Of the Senate and House Of Rep
| TeSentatiues:
Another year of health and Of efficiently
| abundan. hagVeEt has passed. For these, anc
especially for the improved condition OF Out
nltional affairs, our renewed and profound
gratitude to God 10 due.
HoREiGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL oUEeTIoNs
We rem elm in peace and friendship with for
eign powers. The Efforts Of disloyal citizens
of the United s ates to involve us in for
egn ware, to aid an inexcussble insurrection
have been unsvailipg. Her Britannia Majesty'f
| Government, as WAS juatly expected, have ex-
ercised their authority to prevent the departure
of new hostile expeditions from British porte
The Emteror Of Frarce has, by like proceed
ing, promptly indicated the neutrality which ht
proclaimed at the beginning of the contest.
Questions OF great intricacy and Importance
have arisen out of the blockade and other bel
| ligereDt operations, between the Governmen,
and several of the maritime powers, but they
have been discussed, and, 80 far ss Wss possible,
accommodated in q spirit of franknes9, justice
aud mutual good will. II is especially Crafty
ing that our Pizs Courts, by the iDpWtialisy
of their af jldication, have commanded the re-
spect aud confidence OF maritime powerss TIE
| supplemental treaty between the United atee
and Great Britain, for the suppression "f the
African slave trade, made on the 17Sh day OF
FeOrusry last, has been duly ratified and oar
Iied into execution. II Ia believed that, go far
as American ports and American citizsns sre
concerned, that inhuman and barbarous traffic
has been brought to al end.
shall submit, for the consideration o. The
Senate, convention for the adjustment Of
posses,ory ca ms in Washington Territory,
sriSng out of the treaty OF the 18th Of June.
1916, between the United States and Giea:
Bri ain, and which have been the source of some
d dsque among the ctizsrs Of that now rapidly
improving part of the country.
| pove and important question, involving
tie exttns Of the msratime jurisdiction ol
SOsin in the waters which surround the Islepd
Ct Cuba, has been debated without reaching on
agreement, and it Is proposed in an smicable
spirit to refer 1t to the srbitrament Of q friend
ly power. A convention for that purpose will
be submitted to the Senle.
have thought 1t proper eubjsct fer the ap
provsl of the Senate, TO concur with the inter
ested commercial powers iu an arrangement fol-
the liquidation of the Scheldt dues, upon tht
principles which have been heretofore sdop'e;
10 regard to the imposts upon navigation in tht
waters Of Denmark.
The lopg-pendiug controversy between tbii
Government and that Of Chill, touching tht
eeizqre at Silans, in Peru, By GILLIAN officers, o
| q large amount in treasure belonging TO cilizenl
of the United S!ates, has been broue ht to clos
by the award of his M4iesty, the King of tht
BeIeisns, to whose srbitration the question wa
referred BY the parties The subject wss thor
oughly and patiently examined by that justly-
respected Magistrate, and although the sun
awarded to the ciaimanta may nos have beeI
as large as they expected. there Ia no reason Il
distrust the Witdom of his msjesiy's decision
That decision was promptly complied Nith b
Chill, when in diligence Ia -egard to it re1ehe
that country. The joint commission, under tn
act of the last aess,on for carrying into effsc
the convention Wih Peru, on the subject o
elaine, has been organized at Lima and is en-
gagged in the busin6ss intiusted to It..
The diff .ulties concerning inter oceanic tran
| sit trough NloaIagus, sre 10 course Of ami
cable adjustment. Iu conformity With the prin
Ciples SET forth 10 my last annual message,
have received represeLtat We from the UniteC
S a!es of Columbia and have aocE cEeditsd miGis
Ter to that Republic.
lncicel o:ouring in the progress of our civi
war have forced upon my attention the uncer-
tain state of international questions, touching
the rights of foreigners in this country aud o
J our cliiz ms abroad. Ia regard 10 come Govern
ments, these rights are at least partially dein
ed by treaties. In 10 Instance, boHever, is q
expressly stipulated that, on the inetsuce o
civil war, q foreigner, residing In this country
within the lines Of the insurgents, is to be ex
empted from the rule which classes him ss
btlligerent, In whose behalf the Governmen
of Lis country cannot express any privileges O.
immuniiies from that character. / regret Il
say, however, that such Gains have been pu
forward, and in sone instances, in Sehalf 0
foreigners who have lived In the United State
the greater part of their lives. There is reaso
to believe that many persons, born In foreigl
countries, who have declared their intention T.
become citizens, or who have been fully nasur
allied, have evsded the military duty require
of them by denying the fact, and thereby throw
ing upon The Government the burden of proof
It has been found difficult or impraciiceble /,
obtain this proof, from the want Of guides b
the proper sources of information. These Nigh
be supplied by requiring the clerks OF courts
where declarations of intention may be made
or Naturalization Effected, to send, period Q illJ
lists OF the names OF persons naturaiZed, or dc
claring their intention to become cit z ems, TO tn
Secretary of tie Interior, in whose depsrlmer
these names muat be arranged and printed 10
general information. There is also reason t
believe that tore gners frequently become citi
zeps of the United States for the sole purpos
OF evadirg the duties imposed by the lave c
their native country, to which, In becomin
naturAiizsd here, they at once repair, and thoug
never returning to the United Stites, they Ell
claim the interposition of the Government 9
citizsns. Many alterations and great pre-
iudice have heretofore arisen out of this abus
II is therefore submitted tJ your serious con
sidetation. 1t might be advisable to fix limi
, beyond which no citizen of the United State
residing abroad, may claim the interpretation
his Government. The right of Hufftsge b.
Q often been assumed and exercised by alien
under pi etenee of naturalization, which th,
have dlssvowed when drafted into the militia
b service. / submit tae eXpediency of such
amendment OF the laws as will make the ia
J. OF voting an estoppel against any plea of e.
l. empton from military service, or other ci,
obligation, Cn grounds Of sliensge.
u Ia CO nmOn with other Western powers, O
relations with Japan have been brought In
Il serious jeopardy, through the perverse oppos
tion OF the hereditary trlstocracy of the empi
- to the enlightened and liberal policy of &
tycoon, designed 10 bring the country into {
society Of nations. IL is to be hoped, althou
not with entire confidence, that these difficult
may be peacefully overcome. aek your
tentoa to the Minister residing there for /
damages he sustained in the destruction,
fire, Of the residence Of the legation at Yedd
INTERNATIONAL AND .sEABoARD TELEGRAPH LINZ
I, Satisfactory arrangements have been ma