Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-12-16

! on their part not opposa the estab
ishment of any such cable. In eonsidera
ton of this agreement, / directed ths
} withdrawal of all opposition by the United
States authorities to the landing of the ca
hle, and to the working of it until the
meeting of Congress regret to say thai
there has been no notifications made in
the company's concession, nor, so far as
can learn, have they attempted to secure
on theis concession the exclusion of the
capital and citizens of the United States
from competition upon the shores ofFrance.
l recommend legislation to protect the
rights of citizens of the United Stat S, as
well as the dignity and Sovereignty of the
nation, against such assumption. | shall
also endeavor to secure, by negotiation, an
abandonment Of the principle of monopo-
lies In ocean telegraphing cables. Copies
of this correspondence are herewith fur
nished.
The unsettled political condition
of other countries, less fortunate
than cur own, sometimes induces
their citizens to come to the United States
for the sole purpose of becoming natural
lied Having secured this they return to
their native country and reside there with
out disclosing their change cf allegiance.
They accept Official positions of trust or
honor which can only be held by citizens
of their native land; they journey under
passports describing them as such citizens,
and it is only when civil discord, after. per-
haps, years of quiet. threatens them or
threatens their persons or theirproperty, or
when their native states draft into its
military service. That the fact of their
change of allegiance IS made known; that
they reside permanently from the United
States; that they contribute nothing to its
resources; that they avoid duties of its cit
izenship, and they only make themselves
known by claim of protection I have
directed diplomatic and consular officers of
the United States to scrutinize carefully all
such claims of protection of the citizens of
the United States, whether native or adopt
ed, who discharges his duty to his country
is entitled to its complete protection. While
have voice in the direction of affairs
L shall not consent to imprint
the sacred right by conferring it upon
upon hctit Gus and fraudulent claimants.
On the accession of the present adminis-
tration II was found that the Minister for
North Germany hal made propositions for
negotiations for convention Tor the pro-
lection OF emigrant passengers. TO which
no response had been given. It was con-
cluded that to be effectasl, all the mari
time powers engaged in the trade should
join in such measure Invitations have
been extended to the cabinets of London,
Paris, Florence, Berlin, Brus-
sells, The Hague, Copengagen,
and Stockholm to order their representa-
nves at Washington TO simultaneously en-
ter into negotiations and coincide with The
United States conventions, identical in
form, making uniform regulations as to the
construction of the parts of vessels to be
devoted to the use of emigrant passengers
as to quality and quantity of food, as to
the medical treatment of the sick, and as
to the rules to be observed during the voy-
age IN order to secure ventilation, to pro-
mote health, to prevent intrusion aad to
protect the females and providing for the
establishment OF tribunals in the several
countries, for enforcing such reg llations
by summary process.
Your attention is respectfully called to
the law regarding the tariff on Prussian
hemp, and to the question whether - e., ;
the charges on Russian hemp higher than
they are fixed upon Manila is not a viola
ton of our treaty with Russia placing her
products upon the same footing with those
OF the most favored nations. Our manu-
factures are increasing with wonderful |
rapidity under the encouragement which |
they now receive. With theimprovement
in machinery already effected and still |
increasing. causing machinery to take |
the place OF skilled labor to large extent, |
our imports of many articles must fall off |
largely within a very few years. Fortu-
nately. too many manufactures are not con-
fined 10 few localities, as formerly. and |
1T Is to be hoped that they will become |
more and more diffused, making the inter- |
est in them general one in all sections. |
and thus give employment and support to |
hundreds of thousands of people at home, |
and retain with Us the means which other |
wise would be shipped abroad. The ex-
tension of railroads in Europe and the |
the East is bringing into competi- !
ton with our agricultural products |
like products of other countries. |
Self-interest if not representation, there |
fore, dictates caution against disturbing
any industri interests of the country. 1t
teaches US a so the necessity of looking to /
other markets for the sale of our surplus. -
Our neighbors south of us, and China and
Japan should receive our specia attention
1t will be the endeayor OF the administra-
ton to cultivate such relations with all
these nations as to entitle the United States
to their confidence, and make it their |
interest as well as ours to
establish better relations through agen-
eles. A more enlightened policy than has |
heretofore been pursued towards China is |
largely due to the industry and efforts of |
one of our own distinguished citizens. and |
the world is about to commence largely in
creased relations with thas populous and |
hitherto exclusive nation. AS the United |
States have been the initiators in the new
policy, so they should be the most earnest
in showing their good faith in making it a |
success. In this connection advise such |
legislation as will forever preclude the land.
ing OF Chinese upon our soil under the |
name OF Coolies, and also prevent Amer
lean vessels from engaging In transporta-
tion OF Cooiles to any country tolerating |
the sysem. i also recommend that the |
mission to China be raised to one of first |
class. On my assuming gtheresponsibility of |
Chief Magistrate of the United States it |
was with the conviction that three things
were essential to peace. prosperity, and
fullest development First among these
is strict integrity in fulfilling all our obi
cations. Second, to secure protection to
the person and property Of the citizens of
our common country wherever he may
choose to move without reference to origi-
nal nationality. religion, color, or politics,
demanding of him only obedience to the
laws and proper respect for the rights of
others. Third, Union Of all of the States
with equal rights indestructable BY any
unconstitutional means to secure
First of these Congress has
taken two essential steps-one by declaring
that the public debt should be paid, prin-
cipal and interest, in coin; second, by pro-
viding means for paying; providing the
means, however, could not secure the OBJ
ject desired with a proper administration of
the laws fcr the collection of revenues and
an economical disbursement of them. To
this subject the administration has most
addressed itself, with results, l |
believe, satisfactory to the country There
has been no hesitation in changing officials /
In order to secure efficient execution of the !!
laws sometimes, too, wherein a mere party
view an indescribable political result were
likely to follow for any hesitation in sus-
tanning efficient officials against remon-
strances wholly political. 1t may be well |
to mention here the embarrassment possi-
bic to arise from allowing on the sfafute