Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-12-09

| pua has been ratified by the latter hepuDIic'
| Costa Rica, with the earnestness OF sincere
! 1v friendly neiybbor solicits q reciprocity OF
trade, which 1 commend to the CONSIDERATION oi
! Congress 49,.
The convention created by treaty between
the United States and Venezuela IN july, 1902
for the mutual adjustment OF Chains, mas peen
| held, and its decisions have been received at
T the Department of State. The heretofore recog-
| nized Government of the United States of Ven
ezuela has been subverted. A provisional Gov
eminent having been instituted under cireum
| stances which promise ouraollty, II mas peeh
| formally recognized.
| / have been reluctantly obliged to ask expla-
! nation and satisfaction for national injuries com
| mitted by the President of Hayti. The political
and social condition of the Republics of Haytl
| and st. Domingo is very unsatisfactory ana
! painful. The abolition of slavery, when mas
| been carried into effect throughout the island OF
! st. Domingo and the entire West lndles, ex-
| cept the Spanish Islands of Cuba and Porto
| Rico, has been followed by profound popular
| conviction of the rghtfulLess of republican
! institutions and an intense desire to secure
| them The attempt, however, to establlsh re-
! pubhcs there encounters many obstacles, most
| of which may be supposed to result from lohg-
| INDUCED habits of colonial SUI lneness ana de-
pendence upon European monarchieSl Powers.
! While the United States have, on all occasions,
| professed q decided unwillngnesS that any part
of this continent or of lis adjacent islands snail
| be made q theatre for 4 new establishment or
|
us, on the olher hand, 10 attach the communities
| by which we are surrounded TO our own coun-
| try, or TO lend even Il moral support to the Ell
| forts they are so reGolutely ana so constantly
making TO secure republican institutions ior
| themselves 1t is indeed u question OF grave
| consideration whether our recent and present
| example is not calculated to check the growth
and expansion of free principles, ana make
those communities distruSt, II not dread, Gov
eminent which at will cOnsigns 10 military dom
Atut., thot0 ava N 90 RAJ
era Union and, while ready to resist any at
tempts by other nations to extend 10 lhls hem-
ispherc the monarchical institutions OF Europe
assumes 10 establish over large portion OF It's
people u rule more absolute, HARSH, and tyran-
meal than any other known TO civilized Powers
The acquisition OF Alaska WAS made with the
view OF extending national jurisdiction ana
republican principles In the American hemS-
phere. Believing that further step coud DC taken
in the same direction, 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 attanable and with the express consent
of the people of those Islands. TINS treaty SUN re-
mains under consideration in the Senate A new
convention has been entered into with Denmark, en-
argng the time fixed for final ratification OF the Or
ignal treaty.
Comprehensive national policy would seem TO
sanction the acquisition and incorporation into our
Federal Union OF the several adjacent continental
and insular communities as speedily as IL can De
done peacefully lawfully and without any violation
of national justice, faith or honor Foreign posses
sion or control of those communities mas hitherto
hindered the growth and impaired the influence OF
the United States. Chronic revolution and anarchy
there would be equally injurious. Each one OF them
when firmly established as an independent repuohc,
or when Incorporated into the United States, would
be a new source of strength and power. Conform
inc nv administration to these principles, nave on
no occasion lent support or toeratlon 10 uhlaWlul
exneditions set on foot upon the plea OF republican
Or a
izement The necessity, however, OF REFRESHING
sucb unlawful movements clearly indicates the duty
which rests upon of adapting our legisatlvlve ac
ton to the new circumstances OF decline OF Euro
mean monarchical power and Influence, and the in
crease of American republican ideas, interests and
sympathies.
1t cannot be long before it will become necessary
for this Government to lend some effective aid to tue
solution of the political and social problems which
continually kept before the world by the two re-
publics of the island of St. Domingo, and which are
now disclosing themselves more distinctly than here
tofore in the island of Cuba. The subject Is com
mended to your consideration With All the more
earnesness because am satisfied that the time has
arrived when so direct proceeding as prop
oSon for annexation OF the two republics OF tue
island Of st. Domingo would not only receive the
consent of the people interested, but would also give
satisfaction TO all other foreign nations.
am aware that upon the question OF further eX-
tending our possessions it is unprecedented by some
that our political system cannot successfully be APP
piled to an area more extended than our continents
but the conviction is rapidly gaining ground in the
American mind that, with the increased facilities for
INSTRUMENTATION between all portions OF the
earth, the principles Of free government, as embrac
ed in our Constitution, if faithfully maintained and
carried out, would prove of sufficient strength and
breadth to comprehend within their sphere and in
fuence the civilized nations of the world.
The attention of the Senate and of Congress is
again respectfully invited TO the treaty for the es-
tablishment of commercial reciprocity with the
Hawaiian Kingdom, entered into last year, and al
ready ratified by that Government. The attitude OF
the United States towards these islands is not very
different from that in which they stand towards the
West Indies. 1t is known and felt by the Hawaiian
Government and people that their government ana
institutions are feeble and precarious; that the
United States, being so neighbour would be
unwilling to see the islands pass under foreign con-
troll Their prosperity is continually disturbed by
expectations and alarms of unfrendly political pro-
ceeGings, as well from the United States as from
other foreign Powers. reciprocity treaty, While
1t could not materially diminish the revenues OF the
United States, would be q guaranty OF the good
will and forbearance of all nations until the people OF
the islands shall of themselves, at no distant day,
voluntarily apply for admission into the Union.
The Emperor of Russia has acceded to the treaty
negotiated here in January last for the security OF
trademarks in the interest of manufacturers ana
commerce. have invited his attention TO the I'M
portance of establishing, now while 1t seems easy
and practicable, fair and equal regulation of the
vast fisheries belonging to the two nations in the
waters of the North Pacific ocean.
The two treaties between the United States and
italy for the regulation of consular powers and the
extraditon of criminals, negotiated and rathcd nero
during the last session of Congress, have been ac-
cepted and confirmed by the Italian Government
A liberal consular convention which has been neSo-
tiated with Belgium will be submitted 10 the Sen
ate The very important treaties which were ne
gotiated between the United States and North Ger
many and Bavaria, for the regulation of the rights
of naturalized citizens, have been duly ratlhed
and exchanged, and similar treaties have been en-
tered into with the Kingdoms of Belgium and Wur-
temberg, and with the Grand Duchies of Baden and
Hesse- Darmstadt. hope soon to be able to submit
equally satisfactory conventions of the same char
actr now in the course of negotiation with the re-
spective Governments of Spain, Italy, and the OF
tOman Empire.
Examination of claims against the United States
by the Hudson's Bay Company and the Puget's
Sound Agricultural Company, on account OF certain
possessory rights in the State of Oregon and Terri