The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-12-15


in the diminution of exports and i'm.
ports and other distractions to domcs.
tic industry and production, in it's cf.
fest upon tho foreign commerce OF
tho country, in the decrease and trans.
fer to Great B. ituin Of our CONNER,
cial marine, in the prolongation of the
war, and in the increased cost Of both
in treasure and in livcs Of its suppress
sion, could not be adjusted and satis.
fed as ordinary commercial claims
which continually arise betwc en- com
mcrcial nations aud yet'the convcn.
tion treated them as such ordinary
claims, from which they differ more
widely in the gravity Of their charac.
ter than in the magnitude of their
amount. Great even as "a that differ.
ence, not n word was found In tho
treaty, and notcan inferenee could bo
drawn from it to remove Che sense of
the unfriendliness of thes course of
Great Britain in our struggle for ex.
istenoo which had so deeply and uni.
versnlly impressed itsolf upon the
people Of this country. believing
that convention thus misconceived
in its provisions would not have pro-
duced the hearty, cordial settlement
of the pending quostionsSahich alone
is consistent with tho relations which
l desire to have firmly established be.
tween the United States and Great
Britain, regarded tho action Of tho
Senate in the rejection of the treaty
to have been wisely taken in the in
terest of peace and as u necessary
step in the direction Of perfect and
cordial friendship between tho two
countries. ".." a
A sensitive people, conscious of
thoir power, arc more wholly at eaRe
under great wrong wholly unatoned,
than under the restraint of settle.
ment which ltisies neither their ideas
Of justice nor their grave sense of the
grievance they bnvc sustained. The
rejection Of tho treaty was followed
BY state of public feeling on both
sidcs which | thought not favorable
to an immediate attempt at renewed
negotiations. I accordingly so in
structed the Minister OF. tho United
States to Great Britain, and found
that my views in this regard wore
shared by her Msjesty's Ministers.
l hope that the time may soon arrive
when the two Goyernmsatss. can ap.
proach the solution; Of, this Tinomen-
tous question with appreciation. of
what is due to the rights, dignity, and
honor of each, and with tho detcrmi.
nation not only to remove the causes
of complaint in the past. but to lay
the foundation Of broad of principle
public law which will prevent future
differences, and tend to firm and con-
tinued friendship. This is now the
only grave question which the United
States has with any foreign nation.
NATuRALIzED CITIZENS.
The unsettled political condition of
other countries less fortunate than
our own sometimes induces their citi.
zcns to come to the United States for
tho sole purpose of becoming natural
ICED. Having secured .h;s ;hey ro.
turn to their native country and re.
side thore without disclosing their
change of allegiance. They accept
official positions of trust or honor
which can only be held by citizens of
their native lands. They journey nn-
dor passports describing them as such
citizens; and it is only when OWL dis
cord (after perhaps years Of quiet)
threatens their persons or their pro-
perty, or when their native State
drafts them into military service, that
their change of allegiance is known.
They reside permanently away from
the United States, contribute nothing
to its revenues, and avoid the dutieJ
Of citizenship, and only mako them
solves known by claim of profession.
| have directed the diplomatic and
consular officers to scrutinize all suoh
claims to protection. A oitizon of
the United States, whether native or
adopted, who discharges bis duty to
his oonntyys ia entitled tn its eempleta
protection. While I have voice in
tho direction of affairs, I shall not
consent to imperil this sacred right
by comforting It on fictitious or fraud
ulent claimants. sH7a
oUR MANUFACTURING AND PRoDUcrNo
INTERESTS.
Our manufactures are increasing
with wonderful Yapidity under the en-.
couragement of which they now re-
oeive: With the improy en- snts, In
machinery already effected and ssill
increasing, causing machinery to, take
the place Of skilled labor to o largo
extent, our imports Of many articles
must fall of largely. Fortunately,
Too, manufactures, are not confined to
q few localities, aaformerly, and it 10
to be hoped will become ,more and
more difused, making tho inteyest in
thom equal I'm all seotions, They
give employment and support 20 hun.
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