Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-12-16
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ierred TO the Courts to DECIDE.
The conduct ofthe allies and the
Republic Of Paraguay has made the
intercourse with that country so
difficult that it has been deemed ad-
yisable to withdraw our reprcsen-
tatiye from there.
Toward the close Of the last Ad-
ministration, q Convention was
signed at London for the settle
ment Of all outstanding claims be
tween Great Britain and the United
States, which failed to receive the
advice and consent Of the Senate to
its ratification. The time and the
circumstances attending the nego-
tiation of the treaty were unfayor.
able to its acceptance by the peo-
pie Of the United States, and its
provisions were wholly inadequate
for the settlement Of the grave
wrong that had been sustained'by
this Government, as well as by its
citizens. The injuries resulting to
the United States by reason Of the
course adopted by Great Britain
during the late civil war, in increas-
ed rates of insurance; in the dimi
mutton Of exports and imports, and
other distractions to domestic in
dustry and production; in its ef-
feet upon the foreign commerce Of
the country; in the decrease and
transfer to Great Britain Of our
commercial marine; in the prolon-
CATION of the war, and the increas-
ed cost, both in treasure and in
lives, of its suppression, could not
be adjusted and satisfied as ordina-
ry commercial claims which CON
tinually arise between commercial
nations; and yet the Convention
treated them simply as such ordi-
nary 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 a word was
found in the treaty, and not an in
ference could be drawn from it, to
remove the sense Of the unfriendli-
ness Of the course OF Great Britain
our struggle for existence, which so
deeply and universally impressed
itself on the people of the country.
Believing that convention thus
misconceived in its scope, and in
adequate in its provisions. Would
not have produced the hearty cor
dial settlement Of pending ques-
tions which alone is consistent with
the relations which | desire to have
established between the United
States and Great Britain, l regard
ed the action of the Senate in re-
Iiecting tue treaty to have been wise
/ lv taken, in the interest of peace
and as a necessary step in the di-
rection of a perfect and cordial
friendship between the two coun-
tries. Sensitive people, conscious
Of their power, are more at ease
under.a great wrong wholly una
toned than under the restraint of a
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 state of public feeling
on both sides which | thought not
favorable to an immediate attempt
at renewed negotiations. | accord
.ingly so instructed the Minister of
the United States to Great Britain,
and found that my views in this re-
gard we're shared by Her Majesty S
Minister. l hope that the time may
soon arrive when the two govern
ments can approach the solution of
this momentous question with an
assurance of what is due to the
rights, dignity and honor of each,
and with the determination not
only to remove the causes of com
plant in the past, but to lay the
foundation of a broad principle of
public law, which will prevent fu-
ture differences, and tend to firm
and continued peace and friend
ship. This is now the only grave
question which the United States
have with any foreign nation.
The question of treaty for re-
ciprocity between the United States
and the British Provinces on this
continent, has not been favorab(y
considered by the Administration
The advantage of such Il treaty
would be wholly in favor of the
British producer, except possibly
few engaged in the trade betweer
the two sections. No citizens o
the United States would be benefit
ed by reciprocity. Our interna
taxation would prove a protection
to the British producer almos
equal to the protection Of the tariff
Some arrangement, however, fol
the regulation of commercial in
tercourse between the United States
and the Dominion of Canada may
be desirable.
The Commission for adjusting
the claims of the Hudson's Bay
and Pugets Sound Agriculture
Company upon the United States
has terminated its labors. Til,
award of S650,O00 has been made
and all rights and titles of the com
pany on the territory of the Unitec
States have been extinguished.-
Deeds for the property Of the com
pany have been received, An ap
preparation by Congress TO NEE
this sum is asked.
The commissioners for determin
ING the northwestern land bounda
Iry of the United States and the Brit
ish possessions, under the treaty o
1856, have completed their labors