The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-12-17


to resume hostilities on either side. Great
Britain and France have cordially seconded
our propositions of mediation, and I do not
forgo the hope that it may soon be accepted
by all the belligerents and lsad to . secure
establishment of peace and friendly relations
between the Spanish American Republics
and Spaln-s result which would be attend
ed with common benefits TO the belligerents,
and much advantage to all commercis ma
tions.
l com nunicate for the consideration of
Congress correspondence which shows that
the Bolivian Republic has established the
extremely literal Prireiple of receiving into
| lts cItlzonshlp any citizen Of the United
/ States, or of any other of the American Re
! publIcs, upon the sin: PIE condition OF volun-
tary registry Tne correspondence herewith
submitted viii He found painfully replats
with accounts If the ruin and Wretchedness
| produced by recent earthquakes of un-
! PARALLEL severity in the Republics of Peru
! Ecuador and Bolivia. The diplomatic agen-
| cy and naval officers of the United States
| who were present in these countries at the
! time OF these disasters. furnished all the re-
lief IN their power to the sufferers, and were
promptly rewarded with grateful and
/ COUGHING acknowledgements by the Con
/ gress OF Peru. an appeal to the charity
of cur fellow-citizens has been answerd by
much liberality. In this connection sub
NIT an appeal which has been made by the
| Swiss Republic, whose government and in
! stitutions are kindred to our own, in beha alf
! OF its inhabitants, who are suffering extreme
destitution produced by recent iuund dstiona
! Our relations with Mexico during the year
have been marked by an increasing growth
! of mutual confidence. The Mexican Gov
ernment has not yet acted upon the treaties
! celebrated here last summer for establishing
! the rights Of naturalized citizens upon Just
! and liberal basis for regulating Consular pow
| ers, and for the adjustment of mutual claims.
| All commercial nations. IS well as all friends
| OF republican institutions have occasion to
! regret the frequent local disturbances which
! occur in eome Of the constituent States of Co.
! lumba. Nothing has occurred, however, to
| effect the harmony and cordial friendship
which have for several years existed between
that youthful and vigorous republic and our
| own. Negotiations are pending with view
/ to the survey and construction of ship ca
nal across the Isthrnus of Darien, rnder the
/ auspices Of the United States. hope to be
! able to submit tho result of that negotiation
| to the Senate during its present session.
The very liberal treaty which was entered
| into last year by the United States and Nj
carauga has been ratified by the latter re
| public. Costa Rico. with the earnestnees Of
a sincerely friendly neighbor, solicits recipro-
| city Of trade, which Z commend to the coz
! sideration of Congress. The convention Gre
ated by treaty between the United States
and Venezuela, in July, 1865, for the nutu-
al adjustment of claims, has been held, and
! its decisions have been received at the De
| partment of State. The heretofore recOs-
nized Government of the United States Of
Venezuela has been subverted, a Provisional
! Government having been instituted under
/ circumstances which promise durability. 1t
has been formally recognized.
have been reluctantly obliged to ask ex
p!anation and satisfaction for national iniu
ries committed by the President of Hayti.-
The political ard social condition of the Re-
publics of Hayti and ST. Domingo are very
unsatisfactory and painful. The abolition
of slavery, which has been carried into effect
! throughout the Island of St. Domingo and
the entire West Indies, except the Spanish
! islands of Cuba and Porto Rico. has been
| followed by profound popular conviction
of the rightfulness of republican institutions
! and an intense desire TO secure them. The
attempts, however, to establish republics
there encounters many obstacles. most OF
which may be supposed to result from long
! INDUCED habits of colonial supineness and
dependence upon European powers,
The Presi lent says that the acquisition Of
Alaska was made with the view of extend
ing the National jurisdiction in the American
hemisphere and, believing that a further
step could be taken in the same direction
he says that last yea- he entered into a
treaty with the King Of Denmark for the
purchase of the islands of st. Thomas and
st. Johns, on the best terms then attaina BILE,
and with the express consent of the people
of those islands This treaty still remains
under consideration in the Senate. A new
convention has been entered into with Den
mark, enlarging the time fixed for the final
ratification of the original treaty. He fur
ther Commends to Congress the consideration
of the subject of the peaceful annexation OF
the two republics of the island of St. Do
miugo to the United States.
COMMERCIAL RECIPROCITY WITH HAWAII
The President asks the Senate to confirm
the treaty for the establishment of CONNER
cial reciprocity between the Hawaiian King
dom and this Government.
TKEATIRs.
The President makes mention Of two
treaties between the United States and
Haty. for the regulation of Consular Powers
and the extradition of criminals. A liberal
| Consular Convention has been negotiated
with Belgium. Treaties have been ratified
| betEeen the United States and North Ger
many and Bavaria for the regulation of the
rights OF naturalized citizens.
HUDSON BAY CLAIMS.
The examination of claims against the
United States by the Hudson Bay Company
is being diligently prosecuted.
REVOLUTIONS IN JAPAN AND SPAIN.
: Japan remains theater of civil war, mark
ed by religious incidents and political severi,ie
peculiar to that long isolated empire Th
Executive has hitherto maintained strict neu
trality among the belligerents, and acknowl
edges with pleasure that be has been frankl
and fully sustained in that course bv an en-
lightened concurrence and co operation of tn
other treaty powers, namely, Great Britain
France, the Netherlands, Y orth Germany an
Italy.
Spain having recently undergone a revolu
ton, marked by extraordinary unanimty an
preservation of order, the Provisional Cover
ment established at Madrid has been recoen
zed, and the friendly Intercourse which has 5
long happily existed belSeer the tro eountris