The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-10
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aud there are no indications of a pres
ont nnrpose to resume hostilities Of
either side. Great Britain and Franc
have cordially seconded our proposition
of mediation aud l do not forego tn
hone that it may soon be accepted by al
the belligerents and lead to a secure eS
enlistment of peace and friendly rela
tious between the Spanish American
Republics of the Pacific and Spain,
result which would be attended will
common benefit to the beligerents aH(
mach advantage to all the commercia
nations. communicate for the conSlu
Grafton of Congress o correspondents
which shows that the Bolivian hepuo
lie has established the etremeiy
liberal pripcipIe of receiving into Its
citizeuship any citizen of the United
States or of any other of the American
Republics, upon the simple condition
of voluntary registry. The correspond.
ence herewith submitted will be found
painfully repletc with accounts of the
rn;n and wretchedness produced by re
cent carr hquakes of unparalleled seye-
rity in tho Republics of Peru, Ecuador
and Bolivia. The diplomatic agents
and naval officers of the United States
who were present in those countries at
the time of the disasters, furnished all
the relief in their power to the sufferers
and were promptly rewarded with
grateful and touching acknowledge
tents by the Congress of Peru. An
onneal TO the charity of our fellow.clu'
,.rs has been answered by much iloer
oIity In this connection L submit an
.nneel which has been made oy the
SWISS Republic whose government anu
institutions are kindred 10 our own, III
hehalf of lis inhabitants who are suher,
mo from extreme restitution produced
nv recent foundations. Onr relations
With Mexico during the year have been
marked nv an Increasing growth OF
n,ntnal conf lence. Tue Mexican gov
arnmrnt has rot yet acted upon the
treaties negotiated here last summer
for establishing the rights of natural
lied citizens upsn u liberal ana just
basis. for regulating consular powers
and for the adjustment of mutual
claims. All commercial nations, as
well rs all friends of Republican insti'
:ut!ons, have occasion to regret the
frequent local disturbances which oc'
cur in some of the constituent States
of Colombia. Nothing has occurred,
however, TO affect the harmony and
cordial friendship which have for sew
eral wears existed between that youth
full aud vigorous Republic aud our own
Negotiations are pending with view
TO the survey and construction of a ship
ha Isfh nf
der the auspices of the United States
hope to be able TO submit the results
of that negotiation to the Senate during
its present session.
The very liberal treaty which wa
entered into last year by the United
States and Nicaragua, has been ratified
bv the latter Republic. Costa Rica
with the eaynnestness of sincerely
friendly neighbor, solicits reciprocity
of trade, which commend to the con
sideration of Congress. The convention
created by the treaty between ne
United States aud Venezuela, i'll July
1855, for the mutual adjustment OF
claims, has been held, and its decisions
have been received at the DepartMent
of State. The heretofore recognized
Government of the United Safes OF
Venezuela having been subverted
and provisional government IN
stituted under circumstances which
promise durability, it has been formal
ly recognized. have been reluctantly
obliged TO ask explanation and salts
faction for national injuries committed
by the President of Hayti. The pollti-
cal and social condition of the R"pub.
lies of Hayti and st. Domingo, are very
unsatisfactory and painful. The aboli-
ton of slavery, which has bseU carried
in,O effect throughout the island OF 81.
Domingo, and tAo entire West ludies,
except the Spanish islands of Cuba and
Porto Rico, has been followed by apro.
found popular conviction IT the right
fulneSs OF republican institutions, and
an intense desire to secure th-m. TIT
attempt, however, to establish Re
publics there, encounters many obsta
c!rs, most of which may lie supposed t
result from log INDUCED habi;s Of CO
loaial supineness and dependence upon
European mOnarchial powers.
EXTEND IuE REPUBLIC
WAi!c the United States have. or ali
OCCASIONS, prOfu3sed decided anvil
i.HgnesS that any part OF ihl, continent
or Of its adjacent Islands, shall Inc maGl
theatre Tor a new establishment o.
monarchial power, too little has GscI
done by the United States, on the othCl
hand, to attach the communities by
which we are surrounded to our OWL
country, or 10 lend even moral sup
port 10 the efforts they are 80 reSolute!!
and so constantly making To secure
republican Institutions for themselves
II is, indeed, a question OF grave con
sldcratiOn whether our recent and pres
eat example is not calculated to chez
the growth aud expansion of free prlu
ciples, and make those communities di'
trust, if not dread, > government whic
az will cOnsiguS to military dom;natIu
States that are integral parts OF Oh
Federal Union; aud while ready to IT
sist any attempts by other nations /
extend TO this hemisphere the mOnarch
zeal institutions Of Europe, assumes {
establish owe" n large portion of it
people, rule mere absolute, harsh al,
tygannicll than any known TO civ.
iliZed pOwerS.
The acquisition OF ALASKA was mad
with the view 81 extending patiOna
jurisdiction aad republican principle
In the American hemisphere. Ba!iev
ing that further step could b. take
in the same direction, last :; ar enter
ed INTO a treaty with the KING of Deu
mark for the purchase of tho islands {
st. Thomas and st. John on the hes
terms then attainabic, and with ia
express consent of the people of thos
islands. This treaty still remains I'll
der consideration ia the Senate. 4 ne'
convention has been entered into wit
Denmark, extending the time fixed {,
the final ratification of the origin,
treaty. A comprehensive national polio
would seem 10 sarCrOn the Il QujSitlO
andiuCorp0ration into our FcdCLal Unio
ofthc several adjacent conttueuta! au
iuSu,aP communities as rapidly as
can be done peacefully, lawfully an
without any violation Of national in
tice, faith or honor. Foreign pnsscssio
or control Of those communities hG
hitherto Murdered the g,owth and In
paired the iuAucncr If the Unite
STATES. Chronic revolution and ana
chy there are equally iuiuliuus. lac
one Of them, when firmly established .
nm independent Republic. or when in