The national Republican., 1868-12-10

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tween As United stitsi kad BRAZIL aad Para
Our relation. as,ios the pes. ye.r with Bo.
i especially frleadly and cordial, spain spd the
gSe ssgpre..ed theif Siilinsnss. 70 sscspt the me-
dtation Of the United StAtes for ferminsting
the va. apop ths q south Pasia' @ 90 Sosss, ShiIs
In the meautime the confiot has prsotioaliy
exhausted itaslf since no .beillgerent or hos
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' The sorrespondsnce % herewith iubmitted will
be found p.fnlally rsplete with .s .ssounss 70, q
RepISiic: q Psrs, Ecuador, and Boiisia. The
United STATED who were present In those eouu.
tries at the time OF those disasters furnlhed
ali the relief In their power to the sufferers
snd touching seknowicdg ments BY the Don:
gress OF Peru, An appeal to the charity OF
iibefsiity. Ia this conneotion submit an sp-
peal which has been made BY the Swiss Re
. public, whose Government and Institutions
ssbitsnts, Who arc w SUFFERING extreme destitu-
tion produced by recent Devastating innnda-
Our relations with Mexico daring the year
mutual confidence. The Mexican Govern
Ssiy. .ss s'sS summer Tor ess
. the rights Of naturaiized citizens upon lib.
/ eral and Just basis, for Regulating consular
. | powers, and for the adjustment OF mutual
: claims. |,-H.I. -..1r b .g.Hr. -. D.. .
. All commercial nations, as well A. all friends
Ssrree osf tse freaasut ioesi distSfbsness s %hieH
occur In some Of the constituent States OF DO
! iombis. Nothing has occurred, however, to
which have Tor several years existed between
( that youthful and vigorous Republic and our
; own.
| Negotiations are pending with view to the
| survey and construction Of a ship canal across
. the Isthmus Of Darien, uuder the suspices Of
J. nit the results Of that negotiation to the Sen
! | ate during Its present session.
ys,y Psr, s treaty which was 0s entered
ragus has been ratified by the latter Republic.
q Costa Rica, with the earnestness Of a sim
: Of trade, which / Commend to the considers-
3 3 The convention created BY treaty between
= the United States aud Venezuela In July
: 1895, for the mutual adjustment OF claims, has
u been held, and Its decisions have been received
!; recognized dovernment OF the United States
: Of Venezuela has been subverted. Proyis-
! ional Government having been Instituted
a under circumstances which promise durability,
II has been formally recognized.
have been reluctantly obliged to ask expla-
= Som9ittset BY The President Of Hsyti The
: political and social condition Of the Republics
< of Hsyti and 81 Domingo is very unsatisfac-
which has been carried into effect throughout
a the island OF st. Domingo and the entire West
j Indlss, except the spanish islands Of oubs
found popular conviction Of the rightfulheEs
!, OF republican Institutions, and An Intense de-
7. 70 establish repubIIc. there eneounters many
3 result from ious.indulsed habits Of colonial
e monsrchiesi' Powers. While the United State.
= hays, on all occasions, ptofsssed decided un.
. Of its adjacent Islands shall be made theatre
~ fer rev esthblishment OF monarehical pow
n ef.teo LITTLE has been done BY US, on the other
. hand, TO attach the communities by which we
VI ate suryounded to our own country, or to lend
= istsh moral support to the efforts they are sc
I, rspubilcsn Institutions for themselves. IL IL
~ itdeed q question Of grave consideration
y Shsthes our recent and present example is moi
2. ties dlstfast, n not dread, dovernne which
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n shdsawhtie ready to resist any attempts BY
her natfons to extend to this hemisphere the
I. inonnrohtuai institutions OF Europe, assumei
NJ tb establish over large portion OF its people
=. Iule moro absolute, harsh, and tyrannica
u Tie aequisition Of Alaska was made with
n n the view OF extending national jurisdiction
n and republican principles In the American
" hemisphere. Believing that q further steI
n y, could be taken In the same direction, las
" year entered into treaty with the King o
q Denmark for the purchase OF the islands oil st
=, Thomas and st. John, on the best terms ther
sttainsb and with the express consent oi
y. the people of those islands, This treaty still
he 4 new convention has been entered into witt
ny ny Denmark, enlarging the time dxed for ma
w ratihcation OF the original treaty.
w Comprehensive national policy would seen
y To sanction the acquisition and lncorpor atioI
~ Into our Federal Union OF the several adj Jaeen
oI continental and insular communities as speed
~ ily as II can be done peacefully, lawfully ant
~ y Without any violation Of national Justice
y, hith, ol honor. Foreign possession Or con
es dered the growth and impaired the infiuenc
ve df the United States. Chronic revolution an,
st anarchy there would be equally Injurious
ro- Each one Of them, when firmly established a
~ an Independent republic, or when incorporate,
". ~ into the ynited States, would be new souro
ne ofstrengkh aad power. Conforming my nd
io, ninistration to these principles, I have on n
ea n. occasion lent support or toleration to uulav
fui expeditions set on foot upon the plea Of T,
~ don or aggrsndl cement. The necessity, how
" ever, Of repressing such unlawful movement
st dearly Indicates the duty which rests upon
Of adapting our legislative action To the ne,
~ diroumstanoes Of decline OF European NOR
NJ srohical power and influence, and the inoreas