Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-12-14
The Presidents hessage
hslIo.o Qtiaens sf tie Ssn4ats

FslIos5 Qtixsas Of the Senate .
- and Hessf ct Representatives. -
Again the blessings Of health and
abundant harvests claim our profound
est gratitude 10 Almighty God u
- @ roREIeS AEEAIss ia
The condition OF our foseigp Af.
fairs is reasonably Satisfactory. Mex.
leo continues to b. o theatre OF civii
war While our political relations to
that country have undergone no
change, we have at the same time
strictly maintained neutrality be-
tween ths bsttigsfsnts At the re,
quest of the States & Costa Rlcs and
Nicarauga, competent engineer has
been authorized 70 make . sarvey oi
the River San Juan and the Port Of
San Juan II is q source Of much sat
isfaction that the difficulties which for
a moment excited soms political ap.
prehensioRs and osussd a ciosiog OF
The Inter.O Oceanic Trsnsit Route, have
been amicably adjusted, and that there
is good prospect that the route will
soon be re-opened. with an increase of
capacity and adoption. We could not
exaggerste either the commercial OF
the political importance OF that great
improvement sH = sbci,oR a.s5e f
1t would be doing 40 injasries TO an
important South American State not
to acknowledge che ditectness. frank
ness, and coraisiity With which the
United States Of Columbia have en-.
tered iuto Intimate relations with
this Government a Claim 0oDVsn
ton has been constituted to complete
the unfinished work Of the one which
closed its session In 1881 The ne "
Liberal Constitution, of Venezuela hav.
| ing gone into, eject withths uniysr,
cal ac4uissSence aot the. people, the
Government under it has been rscSS
mixed and dipfomstic Intercourse with
it has been opened In . cordial and
friendly stirit. The long deferred Avis
Island claim has been satisfactorily
paid and discharged. &1tuai pay
monts have been made Of the claims
awarded by the late joint commission
for the settlemont Of claims between
the United States sad Peru, An
earnest and cordial friendship eontin,
ues 10 exist between the two eoun
tries, and such efforts IS were in my
power have been used 90 remove mis.
understanding snd svert 3 threatened
war between Peru and Spain. Our re.
iations sre OF the most friendly naturs
with Chill, the Argentins Rspablie,
Bolivia. Costa Rce, Paraguay, Ssu
Salvador, and Hsyti. :
During the past yssf sc difcFsness
of any Kind have srissn with any oi
these Republics, and on the other
hand their sympathies with the Unit
ed States are constantly Expressed. 9
. The cisim arising from the seiSurs
of ths cargo Of the brig Asesdeaian
in 1881, has been paid 10 full by the
Government OF Chiiiss11 s1---..s :. 5,s.,y- %
: Civil war continues 10 the Spanish
part Of San Domingo apparently With.
out prospect Of an early CLOSE cia9
1Ofioial correspondence has been
-freelya,opsned with Liberia. aud 4
gives Us y pleasing xiaw of the :soeiAl
and political progress ih that Repub
lie. It may be expected to 6eriss
new vigor from American in6nanee
improved by the rapid disappearancl
Of slavery 10 the United States a
solicit your authority to furnish the
Republic a gunboat, at n moderate
cost, to be reimbursed to the United
States by instslipents. Such q yes
sci is, needed for tho safety Of thsl
State against the native African races
and in Liberisn bands it would b
oresfeetiye in arrssting the African
slave trade than slzsqusd ron in on
hands - - ''--'- ''-'''' 90,
The possession of the iesstl oFga0
ICED payal force would stimulate gen
erous ambition in the Republic, ane
the confidence which We should man
ifest by furnishing IL .woald win for
besranee-snd favor toward the colony
FROM alf civilized nations. -,z.7a -
| The proposed ogerlHpd telegraph be
tween America aud Europe by way Q
Behring'S Straits and Asiatie Russia
which was sanotioisd by Congxsss 9
its last session, has bsen andsrtsksr
underway favorable circumstances
lbysa an xssoeistion OF American citizens
with the cordial good will and supper
as well of this goserament IS those o
Great Britain and Russis za.-sza4 s E. = T,
Assurances have been received tron
ithswest of the South American State
of their high appreciation of the ENTER
| prise and theiE- readiness 20 sogroper
atsii constructing lines rribntsfy Il
that world encircling eommunicstion
g Ilesrn with much satisfaction .tha
the noble design of Il telegrsphic com
muoication between the Eastern eoss
.ofsAmerica and Great 7Britsin hal
been renewed With fph sxpeetetioa O
its early sceompHshmeiit Thus Il i
hoped that With ths.tsturn OF domes
tic peace ths eou6try will able to Je
sumo with energy and advantage be
foimeE high career OF eom@sres ane
cIvitiEatieh:- ieh:------.--- - - =.
Our very popular sad sstimstts rep
resentatiVsi sin-Egyps, died in Apri
last. An Unpleasant slterestion whiei
arose between the Temporary iHepm
bent of the Office and.the governmeai
Of the Paeha resulted In q suspension {
o. inteseoHrss::- The eya was prompt
ly corrected on the ARRIVAL Of the sue
eessor in the Consalase. and our;rels
tions with Egypt sss-wsii asDoar rela
Stions With the BaFbSy Powersare en-
tirelylq satisfactory. =. The ,. rebellion
which has iGpg been dsgfant il
China, has az lsst been suppressed
wfththe yuoPeratihg good 9omces o
this. Government and of 1he othel
Western commercial States. The ia
dieisl satsEsstsbiishment has be
come very difficult and onsroas, ane
/ itwilkneed lsgislatiys intsrysatieD y
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