The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1868-12-17


tons 10 feriise the rich mans fields by q
sweat Of the poor mans brow. Ordinal
tyranuv, oppression, excessive mtauoi
these bear lightly on the happiness Of n
mass Of The community compared with
hfadulent currency, aud With robberies con
mitied BY deprecated paper. Our own hi
tory has recorded for our own instsuctio
enough, aud more than enonvh. Of the d,
moralitlug tendency, the injustice and III
intolernble Oppresslov On the virtuous AM
vell-disposed, on degraded paper currcnc
authorized By law Sr hny war countenance
By the gUvernmtFt
II is one Of TIVE most successful devices u
nmee Of peacg or war Of expansions or re
Vblsions 10 accomplish tho transfer Of Al
the precloug metals from the great mass 0
the people into the hands OF the few. s.
here they are boarded Ia secre, places, or de
posted under bolts and bats, while the peo
ple arr lea to endure all The Inconvenience
saerifces and decentralization resulting
no1 the use Of deprecated aud WORTHLESS
papNr.
orHER FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Our relations during the past yea
with Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, spd
Chill, have become especially fricud-
ly and cordial. Spain aud the Re-
publies Of Peru, Bolivia and Equa =
DOR, have expressed their willingness
10 accept the mediation Of the United
States for terminating the war upon
the South Pacific coast. Chill has
not finally declared upon the quos-
tion. In the meantime the conflict
has practically exhausted itself, since
no belligerent or hostile movement
has been made by either party dur.
lug the last two years, aud there arc
no indications of present purpose
90 resume hostilitios ON either side.
Great BritaiE aud France have cor
daily seconded our proposition Of
mediation, and do not forego tho
hope that It may soon be accepted
BY all the belligersnts and led to a
secure establishment of peace aud
friendly relations between the Span
ish-Amcricsn republics Of the Pacific
aud Spain, a result which would be
attended with common benefits to the
bclligerents and much advantage to
all commercial nations. | communi.
cate for the consideration of Cou-
gros, a correspondence which shows
that the Bolivian Republic has estab ..
lished the extremely liberal princi-
pie Of receiving into citizenship any
citizen of the United States, or ofany
other Of tho American Republics, up.
90 the sensible condition of yolunta-
ry registry.
THE LATE EARTHQUAKE.
The correspondence herewith SUBJ
mitted will be found painfully re-
plete with aceounts Of the ruin aud
wretchedness produced by recent
earthquakes of unparalleled severity in
the Republics Of Peru, ECUADOR, aud
Bolivia. The diplomatic agency aud
naval officers Of the United States
who were present in those countries
at the time of these disasters, fur
nished all the relief in their power
TO the sufferers, and were promptly
rewarded with grateful aud touching
Acknowledgements by tho Congress Of
Peru. An appeal to the charity Of
our tellow-citizens has been answer
ed by much liberality. In this con-
neetion, | submit an appeal which
has been made by tho Swiss Repub.
lie, whose government aud insiitu.
tions are kindred to our own, in be.
half of its inhabitants who.arc -uiTer-
ing extreme destitution produc cd by
recent inundRtions,
OUR MEXICAN RELATIONS.
0u. relations with Mexico during
the year have been marked by an in.
ereasiug growth of mutual confidence,
The Mexican government has not
yet acted upon tho there treaties eel.
obrated here last summer for estab-
fishing the right of naturalizod citi.
sens upon a liberal basis for reg
ulating Consular powers aud for the
adjustment of mutual claims.
COLUMBIA.
All commercial Latious, as we'll
as all friends Of Republican insti,u-
tious, have occasion to rlgrot the
frequent local disturbance which oc.
cur in some Of the constituent States
of Columbia. Nothing has occurred,
however, to affect tho harmony aud
cordial friendship which have for
several years existed between that
youthful aud vigorous republic aud
our own.
CANAL ACROSS ruR IsTuMUs.
Negotiations arc pending with a
view to tho survey aud construction
ofa ship canal across the Isthmus
of Darien, under the auspices Of the
United States, l hope to be able
TO submit the results Of that
negotiation to the Senate during its
present session. The very liberal
oreaty which was entered into last
yeur by the United States aud Nicar.
aqua, tue beon ratified by tho latter
RepGblie. Costa Rica, with the ear.
nestness ofa sincerely friendly neigh.
hor. solicits a reciprocity Of trade
(which recommend TO the eonsidera.
2iop of Congress.
vkEZEuELA,
The Convention created hy = trea-
" between tho United States ant
Venezuela 10 July, 1865, for th'
mutual adjustment Of claims, hal
been held aud its decisions bav,
been received at the Department o
State. The heretofore recognised
government of the United States o
Venezuela has been subvcrted. A
provisional government having beer
instituted under circumstances whicl
promise durability, it has been form
ally recognized.
HAYTI AND ST. DOMINGO.
I have been reluctantly Obliged tc