Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-10

Madagascar. Cord al reIat ms have sls
been "a n1tintained with The A gaatlne sd
Oriental republics The EXPRESSED wis
Z cfCgngress that our national good off &c
might be rendered 20 those republics. an
also to Brazil and Paraguay for orin2Fpl
to end the csIamitOus war which be
been so long raging In the valley OF th
La Platte, has been sssiduousiy com
piled with, and kindly sekuowIedgs,
ny= sil Of the bellIgersnts. 1ha
important negotiation, however, ha
thus far been without results.
Charles A. Wash5urne, late Unite,
States Minister to Paraguay, having re
4igned and being desirous to return to tn
/ United States, the Rear Admiral com
manding the South Atlantic squadron
( was early directed to send ships Of wa
( 70 Assumption, the capital of Paraguay
o receive Mr.. Washburne and his fami
| " aad remove them from 4 situation
1 represented to be endangered by faction
/ aud foreign war The Brazilian com
I msnder Of tne allied invading forces re
/ fused permission TO the Wasp to pas
( through the hlOckading force
aud that vessel returned to its accustomed
anchorage. R-monstrSnce having been
ooade against this rufussl, it was prompt
ty overruled, and the Wasp, therefore
resumed her erTsnd, sDd received Mr.
Wash5urns and his family and conveyed
them 20 q safe and convenient port. In
the meantime an excited controversy had
srisen between the President of Para
quay and the late United s -ates Minister.
Eh'cn Il is understood grew out Of pro-
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that Republic. The question Of the
rfm IN srfr Il.
dcuit, and often productive O.
great embarrassment in States well
organized aud established foreign pswers
refuse to ooncede or exercise that right
except as to persons actually belonging
TO the dipl0u sEic service. O1 the other
hand all such persons insist upon exer-
ei=ing the rights Of citizens in States
where the laws Of nations are not fully
acknowledged, respected aud obeyed.
The President of Paraguay is understood
TO have applied to Mr.. Washburne the
very improbable charge Of personal COM
plieity in insurrection and treason. The
correspondence, however, has not
reached the United States. Mr..
Washhurne, in connection with the
controversy represents that United
States citizens attached to the legation
we're arbitrarily seized ct his side, when
he leaving the capital, prisoners COM
mittsd to prison and there submitted TO
torture for the purpose of procuring con-
fessions OF their own criminsllty and
testimony to support the poin 8 aud ale
cations against the United States Min
isteF.
Mr.. McMahon, the newly appointed
Minister TO Paraguay, says be as reached
the La Plata. He has been instructed 60
proceed without delay to Ascension, there
20 investigate the whole subject. The
Z ar Admiral com uanding the United
States South Atlantic Squadron has
been directed 70 attend the new Minis
ter, with q naval force, to sustain sueh
demands As the occasion may require.
and to viadieate the rights Of Uaited
States citizens, and Uf any Others VINO
may Oe exposed to danger in the thestsr
or var.
With these exceptions, friendly rels-
tiOns have been maintained between the
United States and Brazil and Paraguay
Our relations during he past year with
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile have
bseOme especially friendly snd cordial.
Spain and the r publies OF Peru, BOliyis
aud Eeusd0r have expressed their viii
llagne.s t) accept the mediation Of the
United States Z terminating the war
upon the South Pacific esast. Chile has
not finally declared upon the question.
Ia the meantime, the conf ct has practi-
iiJ exhausted Itself, since no beliigecent
or hostile movement has been made by
either party during the last year, and
there are no indications OF q present pur-
ppss to resume hns,ilities on either side.
Great B itain and France have cordially
SCI md ed our proposition OF mediation,
add 1 do not foregO the hope that il may
sOon be accepted by al the belligeTeuts
and lead to a secure establishment of
peace and friendly relations between the
Spanish Republics OF the Pacific and
Spain, a result which would be attended
with common benefit to the bellgerents
and much advantage to all commercial
nations.
l communicate for the consideration Of
Congress, a correspondence which shows
that the Bohemian Republic has estab-
hshed the principle OF receiving into its
any eitizsn of the Ualted
States or any other Of the American Re-
publcs upon the simple condition Of vol
untary registering.
fbe correspondence hereunto sub.
mittsd will DO found painfully replete
with the accounts Of the ruin and wretch
sdDess produced by recent earthquakes, Of
unparalleled severity. in the republics Of
Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. The dIplO-
ulstie agency and the naval forces of the
United States, who were present In those
countries at the time OF these disasters,
furnished all the relief in their power,
and have been gratefully thanked, with
graceful and touching Acknowledgements
by the Congress of Peru, and an appeal
to the charity Of our fellow citizens hss
been answered by much hberality.
In this connection, submit an appeal
WI ieh has been made by the Swiss gov
eminent, whose government and insti-
tutions are kindred to our 0wD, oD behalf
Of it's inhabitants, who are suffering ex-
treme destitution, produced by great in
undatiOns.
Onr'relstions with Mexico, during the
year, have been marked by an incress-
ing growth of mutual confidence. The
Government has not yet acted
upon the treaties negotiated here last
summer, for establishing the rights OF
citizens on liberal and just
basis, for regulating consular powers, and
for the adjustment Of mutual claims.
All commercial nations, as well as all
friends OF republican Institutions, have
occasion to regret the frequent LEGAL dis
5urbances which occur 10 some OF the
States of Columbia. Moth
Ing has occurred, however, to affect
.hs harmony and cordial friendship
which has happily for several years
existed between that youthful republic
and our owD. negotiations are pending
with view to the survey and construc
Ion of a chip canal across the IstbDus of
Darler under the auspices of the United
States. / hope to be able to submit the
results Of that negotiation to the Senate
turing its present session.
The very liberal trestv which was eu-
tered into between the United States snd
has been ratified by both RI
Dnblics.
Costa Rico, with an esrnestness OF a |
sincerely friendly nsighbor, selects a
OF trade which I commend
% the consideration of Congress.
The convention created by treaty be-
iween the United States and Venszuela
q July, 1885, for the mutual adjustment
,f claims has been held, ard It's decisions
nave been received at the Department OF
State. The heretofore recognized Gov
,rnment of the United States OF Vene-
susla has been subverted, provisional
sovernmeHt having been instituted nn-
Ter circu which promise durs-
1ilisy. It has been formally recognized
l have been reluctantly obliged to ask
and satisfaction for national
INJURIES committed by the President of
Hayti. The political and sorial ccDdi-
ion OF the Republics OF Hsyd and
&c. Domingo are unsatisfactory and
painful. The abolition OF slavery,