The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-12-16

a nation with which we are at peace on mere
executive order the matter has been referred TO
| the Courts 70 decide.
! The conduct Of the war between the allies and
the Republic Of Paraguay has made the inter-
course with that country so difficult that 1t has
| been deemed advisable 10 withdraw our repre-.
sentative from there.
Toward the close of the last administration
a convention was signed at London for the set
| Element Of all outstanding elams between Great
| Britain and the United States which failed to
receive tn advice and consent Of the Senate to
Its ratification. The time and the circumstances
attending the negotiation of the treaty were A.
Vorable TO its acceptance by the people Of the
United States ard its provisions were wholly
inadequate for the settlement Of the grave
wrongs that had been sustained bv tn lis Govern
mentas well as by its citizens. The injuries re-
suting 10 the United States BY reason Of the
course adopted by Great Bri tain during our late
civil war. In increased rates Of insurance. In the
elimination Of exports and imports. and other
| distractions 10 domestic industry and prOdue-
tion; In Its effect upon the foreign mmerce Of
the country; In the decrease md transfer to
| Great Britain Of our Commercial marine In the
increased cost. both In treasure and in lives. Of
its suppress ion, could not he adjusted and salts
fled as ordinary commercial claims which con-
tinually arise between commercial nations, and
yet the convention erected them simply as such
ordinary claims from which they differ more
widely in the gravity 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 for
II and remove the sense Of unfriendliness OF the
course Of Great Britain in our struggle for exist
enee which had so deeply and universally i'm
pressed itself on the people of this country.
Believing that convention thus miscOnceived
In its scope and made quite in its pre- visions
I Al Ja.1
settlement OF pending questions. which alone is
consistent with the relations which / desire to
have establi shed between, the United States aud
Great Britain. / regarded the action of the Sens
ate in rejecting the treaty to have been wisely
taken in the interest of peace and as a nccessa-
rv step nt The direction Of perfect and cordial
friendship between the two countries. Sensitive
people, conscious of their power are more at
ease under great wrong. wholly unatOned, than
under the restraint of settlement which satis-
lies neither their ideas of justice nor their grave
sense oi the grievance they have sustained. The
rejection Of the treaty was followed by state Of
public feeling, OH both sides, which thought
not favorable To an immediate attempt at re.
newed negotiations. | accordingly 80 instructed
the Minister OF the United States to Great Brit
ain, and found that my views in this regar were
shared by Her Majesty's Ministers. hope that
the time may soon arrive when the two Govern
ments can approach the solution of this mo-
mentous question, with az assurance of what is
due TO the rights, dignity and honor of each, and
with the determ nation not only to remove the
causes of complaint in the past, but to lay the
foundation of broad principle Of public law
which i'll prevent future differences aud tend
to firm and continued peace and friendship.
This is now the only grave question which, the
United States have with foreign nations.
The question of treaty for reciprocity between
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this continent has not been favor ably nsidered
by the administration the advantage of such a
treaty would be wholly in favor of the British
produce r, except possibly few engaged in the
trade between the two sections. No citizen of
the United States would he benefited by recip-
rocity. Our internal taxation would prove
protection 10 the British producer almost equal
to the protection which our manufacturers now
receive from the tariff. Some arrangement,
however, for the regulation of commercial iu-
tercourse between the United States and the Do
mini0n Of Canada may be desirable. The com
mission for adjusting the Hudson Bay and
Puget's Sound Agricultural Company upon the
United States, has terminated It's labor. The
award of six hundred and fifty thousand dollars
has been made, and all rights and titles Of the
company In the territory of the United States
have been eXtinguished. Deeds for all property
Of the company have been received An appro-
priaton by Congress to meet this sum is asked.
The Commissioners for determining tue
North western land boundary between the
United States aud the British possessions. under
the treaty of 1856, have completed their labOrs,
and the Comm ission has been dissolved. In
conformity with the recommendation of Con-
gress. proposition was early made to the
British Government TO abolish th mixed courts,
created under the treaty of April Z 1862, for the
suppression of the slave trade. The subject is
still under negotiation.
1t having come to my knowledge that a cor
porate company, organized under British laws,
| proposed to land upon the shores of the United
| States, and 20 operate here. q submarine cable,
under concession from his Majesty the Em-
| peror of the French, an exclusive right for
twenty Years Of telegraphic communication be-
tween the shores Of France and the United States,
with the very Objectionable feature Of subject
ing oil messages conveyed thereby TO the SOW
eIeiguty and the control of the French Govern-
nlent, and caused the French and British lega-
| lions al Washington to be made acquainted with
the probable policy of Congress on the subject,
as iUreshudowed by the bill which passed the
| Senate in March last. THIS drew from the rep
sentatives of the company an agreement to ac-
cept as the bus s Of their operations the provis-
| ions Of the bill or of such other enactment on
| the subject as might be passed during the ap-
| pruachMg session of Congress. Also to use
their influence 10 secure fl ON the French Gov
epment ratification of their concess ion so as
10 permit the landing upon French soil Of any
cable belonging to any company incorporated
| by the authority OF the United States or of any
State in the Union, and on their part not 10
oppose the establishment oil any such cable. In
consideration Of this agreement drecse the
Withdrawal OF al! opposition by the NewfOund-
| land authorities 10 the landing Of the cable and
to the working OF IT, until the meeting of Con-
| grgss | regret TO say that there has been no
| f,dt inn ~
Tor, 70 far as can learn, they have attempted
10 secure one. Their concession excludes the
apitul and the citizens of the United State from
| competition upon the shores of France. | rec
Onnltnd legislation to protect the rights Of
citizens OF The United States 0s well as The dig
nity aud sovereignty Of the nation against such
| un assumption | shall also endeavOr TO secure
by negotiation an Abandonment OF the principle
uf munOpOlies in ocean telegraphic cables.
Copies Of this correspondence are herewith fur
nished.
The unsettled political condition Of countries
less fortunate than our own sometimes induces
\ their citizens 10 come to the United States for
the sole purpose of becoming naturalized. Hav-
ing secured this they return TO their native
country and reside there without disclosing
their change OF alltgience. They occupy official
posi- lions or positions of trust or honor, which
can onB be held by citizens of their native land;
they journey under passports describing them as
such citizens, aud II is only when civil dscord
after, perhaps, years OF qlict threatens their
persons or their property, or when their native
Stale drafts them into its military service that
the fact OF the change of allegiance is made
known. They ieside peImanen tly out Of the
I'm tied States. They contribute nothing to its
revenues, they avoid the duties OF lie citizell-
ship aud they only made themselves known by
Il claim Of protection. | have directed diplo-
matte upd Consular officers of the United States
tion., While have voice in the direction OF
affairs, shall not consent TO inj ure the sacred
rignt by comforting it upon ilctLlols or iraudu-
lent claIman Is. On the AccessiOns Of the present
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