The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-12-09

tue tTe0ty~WaS follower ny S."sSEr
public fes.ing on both sides whly9 !
thought ept aykable to an lmms a'a'G
.accdsslins5y soar,truscted the Minister
of the, u 43ted States to Great Britain,
and found thai my views in this regard
were shared by Her Majesty's Minis
tiers. l hope that the time may soon
arrive when the two governments can
approach Fhe solution oftl.i nOmehtou
question: With al Assurance fof what IL.
due to the rights, integrity and honor
Of EACH aud with the determination NOS
only to remove the cause of complaint
IN the past, but to lay the. foundation OF
broad principle Of public Jaw wh'cn
will prevent further differences ana
tend to . firm and continued peace ana
friendship. This Is now the only grave
question which the United States has
with any foreign nation '''IE = Fl. -"
" The question of q treaty fIr recipfOci@
ty between the United States and the
British Provinces on this con tnent has
not been favorably considered by the
administrations. The advantages Of
such treaty would he ~ holly i1sfavor
of the DritisA, prodpeaT, !, exc eptd ipessii-
, by ,we ex n saq ttseh of ths
limited states would be- 6enelited ~
Reciprocity. Our internal taxation
would prove o protection to, eAE british
producer almost equal to the proteation,
winch Dur manufacturers now receive
fsom the tariff Some aFfhng cement,
however. for the regutatiDn of 1eommer-
cial intercourse between the United
States and the Dominion of Canada may
be d hs raaSSt.ssmission 4or -odjust,ng, the
al. S.,ff In tn,
Sound ,ASrieulturaLCQ lApapy, with: thf
Vnited States has terlninated its lapors;,
Ithe.awathi Or SIX hundred s1it tyS tiionht-
sand dollars has t,eeal made, ami vi 1iie'
rights andstitles Of the A,ornpaHy to,tef>,
'ritory Of the United STATES hAYel bean
extinguished,. Deeds for the proper..x
Of the nCdnipany have beef efprteiyei
and All appr6priatfohlsby <'ongfe4ss To
meet this SUM il ask ed. ,ld..-,rimi ssn,
The commissiopss.s for determining
the northWes..ern, land BOUNDARY bea
tween ire United States and the Brit
ish possessions, under Tie treaty IF 1856,
have completed their fsabors and tue
commission has dissolved oan t,ai7o 90!
III conformity with, the srecon,Nendar,
ton Of Congress, a proposition was early
made to the British 7Gbverlfnent, = 70
abolish the hixed e0ufts created. III der
the treaty Of "a pril,7s iS62, for the sup
preston of the slave trade. The, subject
Is still under negotiation. 49,
lthaving come to my knowledge that
= corporate Company, organized .npder
sotss of PIKE tRneea t'an SSSS
ate there a,isuatiasin4 cable; under a.
concession from His Alhjesty the Elm
perOr Of, the French, if an exclusi vci
right for twenty years Of telegraph copl::
municstion between the shores OF
France and the United states; witsf ehei
very Questionable features Of snbjecting
all messages conveyed, thereby TO, the
sovereignty and contrib of the French
government. I caused the French and
British legations ut WashiugtbAlt to he
made acquainted with, tue probable poll
ley Of Congless on the subject, as fore
Swallowed in the bill which passed the
Senate IN March last ,rhis drew from
agreement 70 accept rs the basis Oftheis.
operations, the PROVISIONS Of the bill, or
Of such other enactment, on the subject
az might be passed at the approaching
session Of Congress; also tO7Hse their in-
tiuence to secure from the French gov
ernment a modification of their ,conces-
sion, SO as to permit the landing upon
French soil Of any cable belonging to
any company incorporated, by the au-
thority Of the United States, or Of any
State in the Union, and Oh their paIt
not to oppose the establishment OF any
such cable. In consideration Of this
their agreement l directed the with.
drawal of all opposition by the United
States authorities to the landing of the
cable, and the working OF it until the
meeting of Congress. | regret to say
that there has been no modification
made in the companies concession, nor
SO far as ] can learn, have they attempt
ed to secure one.
recommend legislation to- protect
the rights of the citizens Of the United
States, as well rs the dignity and soyer-
eighty Of the nation against such an
assumption. 1t shall also en,leavor to
secure by negotiation All abandonment
OF the principle of monopoliesii,. ocean
teiegraphic cables: Copies Of this COR
respondence Is herewith furnished.
The unsettled polititai condition Of
other countries less fortunate thar our
OVID, sometimes induces their citizens
TO come to the United States, for the sole
purpose Of becoming naturaiized. Hav-
ing secured this they return to their
native country, and reside there with
out disclosing their change of alIegan-
ces. Accept official place, of trust
or honor, which can only he held by
citizens Of their native ia,ti;7 they jour
ney under passports discriminating
them ~ such citizens, aud IL is only
when civil discord after PERHAPS, years
of quiet, threaten them, Or threatens
their persons or their property, or W hen
their native State drafts into its military
services that the fact Of their change 81
is made known. They reside
permanently from the United States;
they contribute Hotliingl tQiEstsslain it.,
they avoid the duties Of. its citizenship,
and they only make themselves Known
by acclaim of protection. IT shave d.
rected the Diplomatic and Consular,
officer. "f the Iuitesi States to scrutinize
carefully, all such Gains Of protection,
The citizen Of the United Stttfes, wheth.
er native or adopted, who discharges
his duty t" his country. is entitled To its
complete protection. While l have y
voice in the direction Of affairs, | shall
not consent to impugn the sacred right
by comforting it upon fictitious or
fraudulent claimants. IN Ua3|' ... id
On the accession Of the present ad-
ministration it was found hat the Min,
lister for North Germany had made a
proposition for Negotiations OF Con-
vention for the prtAeGtiOii of emigrant
paSScnyerS to which no RESPONSE had