The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-12-18


, have been marked by az increasing growth
Of mutual eonfidence.f The Mexican govern
) ment has not yet scled upOnithe three treat es
cslebEated here last summer for establishing
She right Of naturalized citizens upon lib
! eral basis; for regulating consular powers
aud foT dc adjustment Of mutual claims.
COLUMBIA.
All commercial nations, as we'll as all
friends Of republican institutions, have occa-
aion to regret the fgequent local disturbances
which occur in some Of the cOnstitntent states
of O0lumbis. Nothing has occurred, how
: svers to affect the harmony and cordial
friendship which have for several years ex-
'isted between that youthful and vigorous re-
public aud our own.
glsiscss CANAL ACROSS THE IsTBMBs.1 1fE
negotiations are pending with a,viewl to
the survey and cOnstructi0n Of a ship cansl
Scross the Isthmus Of DHrien, under the aus
pices Of the United States. 4 hope TO be
able to submit the results of that negotia-
tion to the senate during its present session.
i The very liberal treaty which was entered
into last year by the United States and Mic
aragaa has been ratified BY the latter repub-
lie. Costa Rica, with The earnestness Of a
sincerely friendly neighbor, sOlicits recip-
r1city Of trade, which commend totbe con-
sieO alton OF Congress. =
VENEZUELA --s
The convention created by Treaty be-
tweed The United Stats and Venezuela in
IJuiy, 1855, for the mutual adjustment of
claims. has been held, and its decisions have
4 been received at the department of state.
The heretofore unfscognized government of
the United States Of Venezuela has been sub
Verted. A provisional government having
been instituted under circumstances which
promise durability, it has been formally re-
ooguized. fa -ar1 -.
t-ea HATTT AND ST. DoNISao. no -iza
j have been reluctantly obliged TO ask ex.
fplanation OF satisfaction for national iniuries
committed by the President of Hayti. The
political and social condition Of the repub-
lies Of Hayti and st. Domingo are very un-
satisfactory and painful The abolition of
slavery which has been carried into effect
throughout the Island of DomingRand the
entire West Indies except the Spanish
islands Of Cuba and Porto Rico, has been
| followed by pFofund popular conviction of
the rightfulness of republican Institutions
and an intense desire to secure them The
attempt, however. 10 establish republics there
encounters many obstacles, most OF which
may be supposed 10 result from long in
dnlged habits of colonial supineness and de-
pendence upon European monarchical pow
ers.
Wills the United States has on all occa-
sions professed decided uuwillingness that
any part of this continent, or it's adjacent
islands, shall be made theatre for a new
establishment of monarchical power, too
littlB has been done BY us on the other hand
to attach the communities by which we are
surrounded TO our own country, or to lend
even a moral support 10 the. efforts they are
30 resOlutelY and so constantly making 10
secure republican institutions 10 themselves.
ls Is indeed quest on of gave consideration
WHISTLER our recent and present example is
not calculated to check the growth and ex-
pansion Of free principles, and make those
Communities distrust, if not dread govern
msnt which at will cOnsigns to military do
miniOn states that sre integral parts Of our
federal Union, aud while ready TO resist suy
attempts by other nations tOextend 10 this
hemisphere the monaIehical institutions Of
Europe, assumes TO establish over large
portion of its people rule more absolute,
harsh and tyraRnical than any known to
civilized poversc H-5f vu
W.uFn ALAeAA AMI .IAiUAAS.s'
The acquisition Of Alaska was made with
the view Of extending national jurisdiction
and republican principles in The American
Hemisphere Believing itat afur:heF step
could be iaken. in the same dirsction, l last
year entered into treaty With the King Of
Denmark for the purchase Of the islands of
St. Thomas and ST. John on The best terms
then sttainable, and with the Xpress consent
r sI~oa
still remains under consideration In the
Senate. A new convention has been enter
ed into with Denmark, enlargiug the time
fxed for final ratification of The original
treaty. Comprehensive national policy
would seem to sapctiOn theiscquisition and
incorporation into the Federal Unisn of the
seFeTd a6iscsnt continental and insular
eOrhmunitiea ss Speedily ssit can be done
pescesbly, lawfully, and without any Yiola- |
lion Of national Justice, faith or honor. FO,- |
eign possession or control of these COMMUNE
ties hss hitherto hinderei their growth and |
impaired the influence of the United States. |
Chronic revolutions and anarchy there would |
beeaually iHierious Each Of them, when |
firmly established as an independent repub- |
lie, or when incorporated into the United |
States, would be new source ofstTeDgth and |
power. Conforming my administration to |
these principles, have or no occasion lent |
support or liberation to unlawful expeditions |
SET on foot upon the plea of repnblieaa pro-
psgandism, or Of national extension or ag-
grandizement. The necessity, however, Of
repressiDg such unlawful movements, clearly |
indicates the duty which rests upon Us of
adapting our legislative setioaAo the new
circumstances of decline Of European mo-
narehical power apa influence, and the in
crease Of American Tepubhean ideas, inter-
ests and sympathies. lt cannot be long be-
fore it will become necessary for this govern
ment tO-lend some effective aid to the solution
Of the political and social problems which
are continually kept before the world by the
two republics Of the Island of St Domingo,
and which are now disclosing themselves
more distinctly than heretofore in the Island
Of Cuba. The subject is commended to
your consideration with all the more earn
esfness beeauHs ] am satisfied that thestime
has arrived when even 50 direct proceed
ing as a proposition for an annexation of the
two republics Of the Island Of st. Demingo
would not only reeeiye. the consent Of the
people interested, but would also give salts
faction to all other foreign Dations / am
aware that upon the question of further ex-
tending our possessions, it is apprebended
by some, that cur political system cannot
successfully be applied to an area more ex-
tended than our continent but the convic-
ton is rapidly gaining ground IN the Ameri
can mind, that with the increased facilities
for iDtercommunicatiOn between all portions
of the earsh, the principles of free govern
ment ss embrsced 10 our constitution, if
faithfully maintained and carried out, would
prove Of sufficient strength aud breadth to
comprehend within their sphere and infiu-
encs the civilized nations Of the world.
THE HAWAIIAN KIEGDoM. sers-s.
The attention Of the Senate aud Con
gress is again respectfully invited to the
treaty for the establishments CONNER
cial reciprocity with the Hawaiian king.
dom, entered into last year and already
ratified by the government Tbs atti-
tude Of the United States towards these
Islands is not very different from that
in which they stand toward the West
Indies. 1t is known and felt by the
Hawaiian government and people that
their government and institutions are
feeble and pFscsrioqs, and that the
United States, being so near a neighbor,
would BE- unwilling to see the Islands
pass under foreign control, Their pros
perity il continually disturbed by ey-
neetatiohs and alarms of unfriendly po-
iitical proceedings, as well from the