Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-02

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Tire v~osssvy - State. n whom wss re.
fsyrwA tee rueeloeisas os The House ot R,.p
ssesWsos,ss.. ps.s<d On tn Esd If July.
l. ~ following voed.. respest,vey:
&n1plpci. Tat the House o. R-nreserta
.iVou senreuafalls n e>sus ~ Psssseisea Il
h Unie.d = aaes 70 u.Rr u..n the Cana
/, . .ush,sis e end .iso n. Bsss,sh Gov.
~sawsns. s,se 10 sors az the Pen ems, secent-
epsured II t'ansds.
Rssplsed. That tie House respectfully
"a .ess The Pre-. ,den, :. csu-s shs Is~scu.
Il. Z ,sea1stsj = th~ United s'a,e- Cour,s
=, - - tSuhas u. b. Idkc"nt sued u
NseIie M - pubhe fntesUgD.
m ~ honor 10 report in regard 70 the
ARA reeols tios, that the 0overnnent Of the
IJnited States bold no eosresPondenee d.
reilly upsn any subject With the Canadian
authorities, msnt Toned 10 said fesolutio9s y
nth ~ aothositSes Of any eoleay. psusisee
a. dependency Of any other sovereign state;
and that, - he coats.sys ~ - Correspond
enee GDoessning qoeeeiooe whsch erise - q
effect o. sslste 70 such countries. provinces
Or dependencies. is always conducted ex>
clusivsly With such foreign dovernoents.
On the 18th Of June last . note was I'd
dressed By this Department TO Hon: Sir
Etedssiek ". A. bruee, Her Majesty 2 ain
iater Pisnipotsntiary residing in the United
States, Of which COPE 10 heTeunto annex
Cd. Il 10 proper to coy 10 relation to that
uote-Hrst. that the reports mentioned
theeeip. 70 The eject that prisoners had
been taken on the soil Of the United States
and conveyed to Canada, ind threatened BY
Canadian agents with immediate execution,
without legal trial, were found on exalnina-
,ien 70 b untrue, and without touudation
in fact. Il 10 due to the British Govern
msnt u ~, In the sseend place, that the
representation made in the said note hayc
bees received aad taken int coasidsradon
By The British Government and BY the Can
adian authorities 10 friendly manner
The resolution Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives FIRST recited. hsrmonizing as it
does with the spirit Of the Aforesaid note,
will be brought TO tho attention Of Her
Majssty's Government and Of the Canadian
authorities, with the expression Of belief
on the part Of the President that the affairs
Upon the frontiers have happily come 10 =
condition 10 which the clsmeney requested
BY Congress may be extended without dan
ger to tho public peace, and with advantage
to tho interests Of peace aud harmony be
tween the two nations.
have already received your directions,
that the second Of said resolutions he taken
into consideration By the proper Departs
mcnts Of the Government, with . desire
that il may be found practicable to reconcile
the humane policy recommended. with
natntsnance Of lev and order, the safsty Of
the public peace, and the good faith aud
ho0er Of the United States.
Respectfully submitted, s''''t'
WILLIAM II. WARD. =
DsrAasnErs ~ SsAss, sa
wAsuiRsroN, June IL, 1866.
Sra The Secretary ef War has laid
before the President several dispatches
which were received yesterday and to-day
from Maj. Zen. Meade, who il command.
ing the United States forces On the Cana
dian frontier. These communications war>
rented The President |. believing that tho
so~eollsd Peniaa expedition 10 NV entirely