The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-12-14


{ peace and interests Of every one
2 them hs TO have insured an imparti
! decision. l regret 20 inform YOU th
, Great Britain declined the arbitr
Inent, but, on the other hand invit,
. us to the formation Of joint cor
mission to settle mutual claims b
- tw, the two countries, from viii,
c those for the dcprcdations beio
/ mentioned should be excluded II
! proposition in that very satisfaction
$ form, has been declined.
al The United States did not presof
c the subject as an impeachment oil 'h
q good faith Of n power when was pre-
Tossing the most friendly disposltion
r but as involving questions OF publ
law. orwhich the settlement is essen
n tial TO the peace of nations--nnc
Though pccuuiory rcporation TO thei
injured citizens would have followo
incidentally on decision agains
great Britain, such compensation wa
not their primary object. They ha'
n higher motive. aud it was in the in
torcst of peace and justice to cstabIisl
important principles of intcrnaiiono
law. The correspondence will BE-
placed before you The ground on
which the British Minister rests hi.
justification is, substantially, that thC
municipal law of a nation, aud the do.
nestle interpretations of that law, are
the measure Of its duty as a neutral -
and feel bound to declare my orin.
ion, ttsjrc you aud before the world,
that that justification cannot be sus-
taipcd before the tribunal of nations,
At the same time do not advise to
any present attempt at redress by acts
Of legislation For the future, friend
ship between the two countries must
rest on the basis OF mutual Justice
From the moment of the cstablii H.
mcnt Of our free Constitution, the civ
iligod world has been cOnyulscd by
revolutions in the in interests Of de
mocracy or monarchy but through
all those revolutions The United State.
have wisely aud firmly refused to be.
come propagandists of rcpublicani.m
II is the only government suited to
our condition but we have never
sought to impose it ON others and
We have constantly followed the ad-
vice of Washington To recommend il
only by the careful preservation aud
prudent uso Of the blessing. During
III the intervening period the policy
lf European powers and of the Uni
ted States has, ON the Whole been
Twice indeed, rumors
of the invasion of some parts ofAmcr
lea in the interest of monarchy have
prcvailcd-twicc my predecessors
have had occasion to aunounco the
views of this nation in respect TO such
interference. On both occasions the
of the United States
was respected, from deep conviction
on the part of European governments,
that the system of non interference
and mutual abstircucc from propa
gandifm was the true rule for the two
Since those times We
have advanced in wealth and power (;
but we retain the Same purpose to
leave the nations of Europe to choose
their own dynnsiics aud form their
own system of government This
consistent moderation may justly de.
maud u corresponding moderation
We should regard it as great calam.
ity to ourselves, TO the cause of good
government, and 10 the loa,c of the
world, should any European power
the American people, as il
were, to the defence Of rcpublicnniSm
against foreign interference. We can
not lorescc aud are unwilling to con
slider what opportunities might pre-
scut themselves, what combinations
might oflcrtoprotcct Ourselves against
dcsigns mimical to our form or 20.
The Unitcd States desire
to act in the future Gs they have ever
acted hcrctorc they never will hc
driven from that course but by the
aggression of Eurohcan powers aud
we rely ON the wisdom aud justice oi
those powers to respect the system OF
which has 50 long
been sanctioned by time, and which,
by its results, has approved itself 70
both continents.
The correspondence between the
'nitcd states and France, in refer.
,uce TO questions which have become
subjects Of discussion between the two
will he laid, ut proper
time before Congress. When, on the
organization of our government, un
Ter the Constitution, the President of
he United States delivered his inau-
,ural address 10 the two houses OF
Congress, he said to them, aud through
them to the country and mankind,
that "tho preservation of the sacred
ire of liberty aud the destiny of the
model government are
Justly considered as deeply, perhaps
as finally stakcd ON the experiment
entrusted In the American people -
And the House of Representatives
answered Washington by the voice of
Madison
Wcaduro the invisible hand which
has led the American people through
SO many difficulties, TO cherish a con
scious responsibility for the destiny
Of republican liberty More than "a
years have gGdei away since these
words were spoken; the United State,
have passed through scycrcr tsal'
than we're lorcsccn; aud now, at this
new epoch in our history as one na
ton, with our Union purified by sor.
rows, and strengthened lay conflict
land established by the virtue of tn,
lpooplc--the greatness of the occasion
invites us once more TO rcpeat
solemuity the pledges of our father,
TO bold ourselves tnsweraMc ber,r,
lour fellow men for the success of IN,
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