The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-03-07
An Important Peace Congress Pro-
n0aan.

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Inc ionoWmg HnPor'ah' oneu'"r !" 'ne
republics OF South America now at war, and
to the Spanish Government, sent to those
Governments from our State Department.
hos hoon nrbl;sbod.
""' 'N n,,,,
w.sn,sn.oS isse
s,p. II ia known IN The beiIigerents that
,ho ,vor which nos for some fine been cor.
risd on betweer Snain and the oIlied rennb-
i;cS Of Psrn Cb;S; Rol;via and Ecuadpr Ia
at,onJod 18th doan concarn 10 Tho neonle
and Covernment ~ the limited States On
100 tbon ono occasion tbe Pres;Jsnt has
oaiIed the attention of the beiligerents 40
tbis ;rterest;na fact and has tenderaS sncb
anod ofices 8. I Seemed nroct;cahls witb a
SU ~ br;ne abont a medication These
tenders have not hitherto been definitelv ac.
oontod hy tha narties
rbe Honse n Ranresentat;ves os tho Uni
ted States concnrripg with the sentiments If
the President, on the 18th of December in
slant adonted the followino resolntion
aWberaas wars destructiva ~ cnmmsrco
and ininrions and nre;udciai to rennbIican
institutions have for some time beep carried
On between Snain and several Of The south
American States on the Pacific coast and
also between Paraguay and Brazil, Uruguay
and the Argentine Republic on the Atlantic
coast; Now, therefore,
"Resolped. That IL be and hereby ia recon-
mended to the Executive Department of the
Government that the friendly Offices of this
Government II practicabIe he offered for
the nromotion of peace and barmonv in Sontb
America
THE President ia TINS called upon bv the
most numerous branch of the fegislatiye
Department of the limited States Govern.
ment TO renew the efforts which he has here
tofore made. have, therefore, the honor IN
submit, bv means of Ibis circular letter TO the
several parties concerned, The following prop.
ositions ON the mart of the United States
namely:
| |. That a conference be held at the citv of
Washington on the lat dav of Anril next
To consist of plenipotentiaries of Spain Perm
| Chilli, Ecuador and BOLIVIA authorized IN
treat of ali matter in difference between
the belliperent parties. Jointly and seyeraIIv
and to consider and agree upon terms of a
nermanent neace which sba}l he eouaI inst
and bonorahle IN ali the beIligarenta
2 THAT Spain shall annoint one of soid
nleninotentiaries and each of the alIiad
belligerent renublics before named shall an.
noinf one. b1t each of Tho boiIiaorant "a
pnbI;cs NAV II II cboo0e consar Re- nower
rpon a Observation-Disclosures who shall he nomed
nv anv other of those renublics 40 that II
sbail he within the ontiop Of The allied re-
nublics To appear either bv one or more nIcni.
potentiaries
2 That each of the Observation-Disclosures nov
act under the direction of The Government
or Governments bv which he ia Amounted:
that no RESOLUTION of the conference sbaII he
efTectual or obligatory for a determnation or
suspension of he war or the estabIsbment
of peace unless agreed to bv all the members
of the Conference, and to be Afterwards sane,
toned and ratified bv the Governments of
each and all the belligerent parties: and that
in any protocol or other paper which the CON
ference NAV think il expedient 40 submit to
their respective Governments. or 10 the Pres,
ident of the United States The renresenta-
tive of Spain NAV act on her mart and a ma
| ioritv of the Observation-Disclosures of the other
6elIiSerent renphIics On their nort
4. THAT the President of the limited States