The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-12-17

fer to Great Britain Of our com.
mercial marine, in the prolongation
of war and increased cost both in
treasure and in life, for its suppress
j.. sion, could not be adjusted and sat {.
listed as ordinary commercial claims
which. continually arise between
commercial nations, and yet ;hc
convention treated them simply as
snch ordinary claims from which
they differ more widely in the gray
ity of their character, than in the
magnitude of their amount. Great
even as is that difference, not \
word was found in the treaty, and
not an inference could be drawn
from it which would remove the
sense of unfriendliness in the course
Of Great Britalnin our struggle for
existence, which had SO deeply and
universally impressed itself upon
the people Of this country. Be-
lieving that a convention thus mis-.
conceived in its scope, and made
quite unfair in its provisions, would
not have produced the hearty, COR
dial settlement offending questions
which alone is consistent with the
relations which | desiro-to have cs-
t:.bli,hel between the United
States and Great Britain. Iregard
the action Of the senate in. reject
ing the trcatyto have been wisely
taken in the interest of peace and
as a.necesssry step in the direction
Of u perfect aud cordial friendship
between the two countries. A sem
sitive people, conscious of their
power are more at ease under .
great wrong wholly unatoncd than
under the restraint Of u settlement
which satisfies neither their ideas
of justice, nor their grave sense Of
the grievance they have sustained.
The rejection of the treaty was fol-
lowed by state of public feeling
on both sides which Thought not
favorable to an immediate attempt
at renewing negotiations. accor-
dinghy so instructed the minister
Of the United States to Great
Britain, and found that nay views
in this regard were shared by her
majcsty's ministers. l hope that
thc time may soon arrive, when the
two governments can approach the
solution Of this momentous ques-
ton, with an assurance OF what is
due to the rights, dignity and hon
or Of each, and with the determina-
ton, not only to remove the cause
of complaint in the past, but to lay
the foundation of Il broad principle
Of public law, which will prevent
further differences, and tend to form
a continued peace and friendship.
This is now the only grave ques-
tion which the United States have
with any foreign nation.
FRAUDULENT NArUkALIzAT1oS.
The unsettled poli:ical condition
Of other countries less fortunate than
our own sometimes induces their cit
izens to come to the United States for
the sole purpose Of becoming natur-
allied. Having secured this they re-
turn to their native country and re-
side there without disclosing their
change of allegiance. They accept
official positions Of trust or honor
which can only DO held by citizens OF
thoir native land. They journey ur-
der passports describing them as such
citizens, and it is only when civil dis
cord, after, perhaps, years of quiet.
. threatens them, or threatens their
persons or their property, or when
their native state drafts them into its
military service, that the fact of their
change of allegiance is made known.
They reside permanently from the
United States. They contribute notl-
ing to its resources. They avoid the
duties Of Its citizenship, and they OIL
! ly make themselves known by claim
Of protection. l have directed di-
plomatic and consular officers of the
United States to scrutinize carefully
all such claims OF protection. The
citizen Of the United States, whether
native or adopted. who discharges his
duty to his country. is entitled to its
complete projections. While | have
a voice in the direction of aifairs,-I
shall not consent so Infringe the sa-
cred right by conferring it upon fc-
titious or fraudulent claimants.
PROTECTIoS TO EMlGRANrs.
Oo the accession Of the present ad-
ministration, it was found that the
minister for North Germany had made
propositions for the negotiation Of
convention for the protection Of emf
grant passengers, to which no res
ponce had been given. 1t was con-
cluded that to be cffectual all tho
maritime powers engag ged in the trade
should join such measure. Invita-
tions have been extended to the cab
inets Of London, Paris, Florence,
Berlin Brussels, the Hague, Copen-
hagen, and Stockholm, to empower
their representative at Washington
to simultaneously enter into negotia-
tions. and to conclude with the Unit
ed States, conventions identical in
form, making uniform regulations as
to tho construction of the parts Of
vessels to bs devoted to the use If
emigrant passengers; as to the quail
ty and quantity 1T food; as TO tho
medical treatment Of tho sick; as to
the rules to be observed during tho
:oyage. IN order to secure ventilation,