Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-11

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creation Of the Office Of Commits
siOner Of Customs. The Revenue
for the increased salary Of certain
classes Of officials, aud substitution
Of the increased National bank cir
culatiOn 10 replace outstanding
three per cent certificates and most
especially 10 his recommendation
for the repeal of laws allowing a
share of fines, penalties, for 5itures,
&C., to the officers of the Govern
ment or 10 InfOrmeFs. The Office Of
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
10 one Of the most ard uOusand. res
pOnsible under the Government ;
Il falls little short Of'a Cabinet pO-
sitiOn in its importance and res.
possibility. l would ask for II
therefore, such legislation As in
your judgment will place such
Office upon a footing Ofdignity com.
mensurate with its importance and
with a character and qualification
of a class Of men required to I'LL II
properly.
AS the United States is the frecst
Of all nations, SO too, do its people
sympathize with all people strug-
Cling for free liberty and self gov
eminent; but while so sympathiz-
ing, 1t is due TO our honor that we
should abstain from enforcing our
views upon unwilling nations, aud
from taking an interested part,
without invitation, in quarrels be.
tween different nations, or between
governments and their subjects. Our
course should always be in confoT-
nifty with strict justice aud law,
international and local. :Such has
been the policy Of the ADMINISTERS
ton In dealing with these questions
for more than q year. A valuable
province Of Spain, and q neal
neighbOr of ours, In whom all our
people cannot but feel interested,
has been struggling for indcpend.
ence and freedom. The people and
the government Of the United
States entertain some warm feel
ing and sympathies for tho people
of Spain In their pending struggle
That they manifested throughout
the previous : struggle between
her and fOrmer.cOlOnies, In behali
Of the latter, but the contest at ne
time assumed conditions which
amounted to war in the sense o.
international law, or which woulC
show the existence of defactO pO'
litical organizations. The insurrcc
ton is sufficient to justify q recog
milton of belligerency. The pTinci
pie is maintained, however, tina
this nation Is its own Judge when Il
accord the rights OF bclligerency
either to q people struggling TO FREE
themselves from q government the,
believe to be oppressive, or 10 In
dependent nations at war wit
each other. The United State
have no disposition TO interior
with Spain to deprive her of he
colonial possession on this cont
nent. They believe that In du
time, Spain and other Europea
, powers will find their interest !
terminating those relations and es
: tablishing their present dependen
cies as independent powers. Thes
dependencies are no longer regard
: ed ne subject 10 transfer from OIL
} European power TO another. Whe
the present relation Of cOlOniC
ceases, they are to become ind
Y pendent powers, exercising Il
: right of choice aud Of self cOntrI
1 in determination of their fntul
+ condition aud relations with 9TH
/ powers. The United States, in o
der to put q stop to blOodshed
Cuba, AID IN tho interest of Il
neighboring people, prepared,
8 good offices, to bring the existir
contest TO a termination. The OIL
not being accepted by Spain, Il
@ basis which we believed could |
received by Cuba was withdraw
0 1t Is hoped the good offices OF q
t United States may yet prove advaI
tageous for the settlement Of III
!. unhappy strife. Meanwhile a nun
G Der OF illegal expeditions again
If Cuba have been broken II
II has been endcavorcd
the administration to execui
II the neutrality laws, no matter no
a unpleasant II task il may be. On Il
C 10Th of March last,thc United Stat
p: schooner Lizzie May was arrestt
a on the high seas by u Spanish fri
n ate and two passengers taken, ~
carried as prisoners 10 Cuba. Re
m reservations Of these facts we
3. made TO the Spanish Govcrnme
& as soon as official intormati'
8, reached Washington. The "
3. passengers were set at liberty, al
G. tue Spanish Government assur,
IN the United States That the CAPITA
of the fiigate, in making the Gu
le ture, acted without law, that he h
v. been reprimandcd, and that I
Spanish authorities in Cuba wou
ID not sanction any act that won
III violate our rights CT treat with d
Is respect tue sovereignty Of this II
V tion.
cs The question of the seizure Of
Mary Lowell, at Bahama, by I
Spanish authorities, is now a su
c. jcct Of corrcspondencc between Il
G. Government, Spain and Great i
l. tain. The Captain General Of Cul
about May last, issued Il pl
of clamation authorizing
of search of vessels OH the hi
ar seas, immediate rcmonstrar
}. was made against this, whereup
IL the Captain Gencarl issued a NJ
Il. proclamation, limiting the scar
re of vessels of the United Sta.
H. authorized under treaty of IL
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