Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-12-17

NO 81.
country. Believing that convention thus
misconceived in its scope and inadequate in
its provisions would not have produced the
hearty, cordial settlement of the pending
questions which alone is consistent with the
relations which desire to have firmly es-
tablished between the United States and
Great Britain, I regarded the action Of the
Senate in the rejection Of the treaty to have
been wisely taken in the interest Of peace
and as necessary step in the direction of a
perfect and cordial friendship between the
two countries.
A sensitive people, conscious of their
power, are more wholly at ease under great
wrong wholly unatoned, than under the res
traint of settlement which satisfies neither
their ideas of justice nor their grave sense
of the grievance they have sustained: The
rejection of the treaty was followed by a
i state of public feeling on both sides which l
thought not favorable to an immediate at
tempt at renewed negotiations [ accordingly
so instructed the Minister of the United
States to Great Britain, and found that my
views in this regard were shared by her
Majesty's Ministers. [ hope that the time
may soon arrive when the two Governments
can appoach the solution of this momentous
question with an Appreciation of what is due
to the rights, dignity, and hepor of each,
and with the determination not only to re-
move the causes Of complaint in the past,
but to lay the foundation of a broad principle
of public law which will prevent future diff
ferences, and tend to firm and continued
friendship. This is now the only grave
question which the United States has with
any foreign nation. t-. lm IL.
RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA. t.44.
The question of renewing the treaty for
reciprocal trade between the United States
and the British provinces on this continent
is not faTorahly considered. In conformity
with the Recommendation of Congress a
proposition. to abolish mixed courts for the
suppression Of thealave trade is under me-
collation. 'iIyJ '9h1i l 3tp.@I2 y
TX. THE FRENCH CABLE. ,''] i-',!' d
1t having come to my knowledge that a
corporate company, organized under British
laws, proposed to land upon the shores of
the United States, and to operate there
submarine cable, under a concession Of the,
Emperor of the French of an exclusive right
for twenty years, for telegraphic communi-
cation between the shores of France and the
United States, with the very Objectionable
feature of subjecting all messages conveyed
thereby to the scrutiny and control of the
French Government, caused the French
and British legations at Washington to be
made acquainted with the probable policy of
Congress on this subject as foreshadowed by
a bill which passed the Senate in March
last
This drew from the representative of the
company an agreement to accept as the basis
Of their operations the provisions Of the bill
Or such other e4actments on the subject as
might be passed during the approaching ses-
sion Of Congress. also to use their influence
to secure from the French Government a
modification Of their concession to permit the
landing of any cable belonging to any COM
pany incorporated by uthority of the United
States or any State in the Union, and On
their part not to oppose the establishment of
any such cable. In consideration of this
agreement directed the withdrawal of all
opposition by the United States to the
landing of the cable until the meeting of
Congress. regret to say there has been
no modification made in the conpany's con-
cession, nor, so far as I can learn, have they
attempted to secure one.
Their concession excludes capital and citi-
zens of the United States from competition
upon the shores of France. l recommend
legislation to protect the rights of citizens
of the United States and the sovereignty of
the nation against such an assumption; and
[ shall also endeayor TO secure by negotia-
ton the abandonment Of the principle of mo-
nopolies in ocean cables.
.r NATURALIzED CITIZENS.
| The unsettled political condition of other
countries less fortunate than our own, some-
times induces their citizens to come to the
United States for the sole purpose of becom-
ing naturalized. Having secured this, they
return to their native country and reside
there without disclosing their change of al
legiance. They accept official positions of
trust or honor which can only be held by cit
liens Of their native lands They journey
under passports describing them as such
citizens and it is only when civil discord
CATER perhaps years Of quiet) threatens their
persons or their property, Or when their ma
tive State drafts them into military service,
that their change Of allegiance is known
a They reside permanently away from the
United States, contribute nothing to its rev.
enues, and avoid the duties of citizenship,
and only make themselves known by claim
for protection. | have directed the diplo-
matte and consular officers to scrutinize care
fully all such claims to protection A citizen
OF the United States, whether native or
adopted, who discharges his duties to his
country, is entitled to its complete protection.
While have a voice in the direction of affairs
I shall not consent to imperil this sacred
right by comforting it on fictitious or fraudu.
lent claims 'e 9FlH.4d
REGULATIONS FOR IMMIGRANT SHIPS.
Invitations have been extended to the
Cabinets Of London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels
The Hague, Copenhagen, and Stockholm
to empower their representatives at Wash
ington to simultaneously enter into nego
tiations and to conclude with the United
States conventions identical in form, making
uniform regulations as to the construction o.
parts of vessels devoted to the use ofemigran,
passengers, as to the quality and quantity
of food, as to the medical treatment of the
sick, and as to the rules to be observed dur
ing the voyage in order to secure ventilation,
to promote health, to prevent intrusion, and
to protect females and providing for the es-
adjustment of tribunals in the several coun-
tries for enforcing such regulations by sum-
mary nroeeSs.