M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-12-15
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abundant harYests claim our profound
est grate,ude 20 Almighty God. The
condition Of our foreign affairs is
reesonbly satisfactory, Mexico con
tilluos to be theater OF civil war,
While our political relations with that
country have undergone ~ change,
We have at the same time. slricTlv
maintained neutrality between the
bclI,geIcnts. At the request of the
States Of Costa R.ca aud Nicaragua,
cOmpetant engineer hss been auth
IOIized to make n survey OF the river
San Juan, ami the port Of San Juan
Il ia n source OF much satisfaction
that the difficulties which Tor mo-
ment enlisted some political spprohen
sious, aud caused a clos ug Of the
Inter- Oceanic transit route have been
umicabIy adjusted, aud that there is q
good prcspcc, that the route will soon
be reopenud with an increase Of ca
pncity aud adaptlun. We cou.l not
tXaggera,e either the commercial or
pOlit ica! Importance If that great i'm.
pr cvemtnt 1t would be doing iujus
lice 10 an important South American
State not to acknowledge the direct.
ness. fraukness and cordially with
which tho United States OF Columbia
| have en;ored into intimate relation
with this u oveinmeni. a clauues
conven, 0ns has been constituted to
completa the unfinished work Of the
oae which closed the session in 1861
The new liberal constitution of Ven
ezuela having gone into effect, witt;
the universa! acqniGscenso Of the peO
pie. the government under it bas OJen
recogniz d, and diplomatic intercourse
with it has boen opened in Il cordial
and friendly spiIit. The long deferred
Avis Island slain has been satlsiactp.
tily paid and discharged. Mutual
payments have been made Of the
csims awarded by the joint commit
toe for the settlement Of claims be-
tween The United States and Perm,
An ernest and cordial friendship con-
t.nues TO exist between the two Con.
tries, and sucA efforts as were in my
power have been used to remove the
misunderstanding and avert threat
ened war between Peru, and Spain.
Our relations are OF ,hU most friendly
nature with Chih, the Argentine 30.
public, Bolivia, Costs ltica, Paraguay
san Splys!or and uayti. Dwing
! the psst ycar no differences Of any
kind have arjsun with ANY OF tho r.
pubice. and Oh the otnog hand their
sympathies with the United States
are constantly expressed
The cnim arisiug from the seznre
of the cargo Of tho brig Macedonian,
! 10 1921, Las been paid in full 10y the
Government of Chill. Civil war con
Times N the Spanish port oi San D..
miuSo, apparently witijout pro6pcct
of an early close. Official corres-
pondonce Ia. been freely opened with
Libcrar, and it gives us pleasing
view OF RocrA and political progress
in that L public. 1t may be expect.
ed t. derive new vigoE tom Ameri-
can influence improved by the rapid
disappearance Of slavery il ths Uni
ted States. solicit yom authority
TO furnish the Republic q gunboat,
ut moderate coat, 10 6c reimbursed
to the United Sta'ys by instailments.
c,ncii y vessel is Btedsd for the safety
OF that stara against the native Atri.
can races, snd in Librrlan hands il
| would bo more Elective in sfresting
| the A riean slave trade then & squad
ron ia oar own hands. The p0ssjs-
sion OF the least organized navaI
force would Stimulcie "a generous sm
hition in that Republic, aud the cou
tidence which we should manifest b,
mrnishing it would win torbearenct
8nd favor toward tG9 cJ.0ny from vi
civilized nations,
The proposed overland telegraph
between America and Europe, by til,
way of Behring's Straits and Asiati,
Russia, which was sanctioned by Con
gress at the las, seasioG, has beer
undertaken under very favorable cir
cumstances by al association o
| American citizens, with the cordial
good vii and supports, as well 0
this Government aS OF those OF Great
Britain ard Russia Assu 'anees hav,
been received from most Of the SoutL
j American States Of their high Gppre
ciaiion CT the enterprise and thgr,
readiness to co operate e'in Constructing
liucestributary to that world encirclin:
communication | learn with satisfac
tiou that the noble design. Of teie-
graphic communication between thu
eastern coast OF America and Grea
Rr;fian has been renewed with fnI