Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-12-03

7 alleged, conflicts with vested rights OF
citizens Of the United States. The De-
I parlment of State has now this subject
/ under consideration.
/ The Minister Of Peru havina made
/ representations that there was state OF
/ war between Peru and spain, and that
| Spain WAS constructing, In snd near
New York, thirty unbnnts which might
| be used by Spain ia such way RS to
| relieve the naval force of Cuba,
50 as 10 operate against Peru,
orders were given TO prevent their de
partnre. No further steps having been
taken by the representative Of the Peru
vian government, 10 prevent the depart
ure Of these vessels. and ] not feeling
authorized to dstain the property ef a
uation with which we are at peace, on a
mere executive order, the matter has
been referred 10 the courts to decide,
The conduct Of the war between the
Allies and the Republic Of Paragu uay has
made the intercourse with tkat country
so difficult that Il has been deemed ad-
yislbie 10 withdraw our representatives
from there.
Towards the close Of the last admlnis-
tratinn convention was signed at Lon
don for the settlement of all outstanding
claims between Great Britain and the
United States, which failed to receive
the advice and consent of the senate to
its ratification. The time and circum-
stances attending the negotiation OF the
treaty were favorable 10 It's acceptance by
the people of the United States, bur
its provisions were wholly inadequate
for the settlement Of the grave wrongs
that bad been sustained by this govern
ment, as well as by Its citizens. he in
juries resulting 10 the United States by
reason of the course adopted by Great
Britain during our late civil war, in
the increased rates of insurance.
Ia the diminutiOn Of exports and
imports aud other DISTINCTIONS
10 domestic industry and production, in
It's effects upon the foreign commerce
OF the country, in the decrease and
toansfer 70 Great Britain of our CONNER
cial marine, in the proiongation OF the
war and the increased cost both in treR
sure and in the lives of its suppressors,
could not be adjusted and satisfied
as ordinary commercial claims
which continually arise between com
mercial nations; and yet the convention
treated 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 rs is that difference, not word
WAS found in the treaty, and not an in
ference could be dra awn from il to
remove the sense Of the uniriendlinass
Va hnt G0GG sc IL NNEEdk 4GAtalu IN our
struggle for existence, which had so
deeply and universally impressed itself
upon the people of this country. Be-
lieviug that convention thus miscOn-
ceived in its scope, and inadequate in
its provisions, would not have produced
the hearty, cordial settlement OF the
pending questions which alone is consis s.
tent with the relations which desire
to have established between the United
N-NH n Il
the action of the Senete Ia rejecting the
treaty to have been wisely taken in the
interest of peace aud as a necessary step
in the direction of a perfect and cordial
friendship between the two countries. "A
sensitive people, conscious Of their pow
er, are more ut ease under a
great wrong, wholly unaloned,
than under the restraint of n set
tlementwhich satisfies neither their ideas
of Justice nor their grave sense OF
the grievance they have sustained. The
rejection of the treaty was followed by a
stale of public opinion on both sides
which / thought not favorable 10 an
Immediate attempt at renewed ne
gOt,atiOn / accordingly SO instruct
ed the minister Of the United States
in Great Britain, and found that my
views IN this regard were shared by
Her Maiesty's ministers. I hope
the two governments can approach |
the solution Of this momentous question |
with an appreciation of what 10 due to |
the ghts, dignity and honor OF each, /
and with the determination not only to |
remove the causes of complaint in the |
past, but TO lay The foundation OF broad |
principle of public law which will pre-
vent future differences, aud tend TO firm !
and continued peace and friendship |
This IS nov the only grave question |
which the United States has with any 1
foreign nation.
he question of renewing a treaty for |
iprocal trade between the United /
States and the British Provinces ON this 1
continent, has not been faVorably con |
sidered bY the administration. Tue ad- |
vantages OF such treaty would be who'll /
ly in favor of the British Provences, ex-
cept possibly few engaged In ihe trade |
between the two sections. No citizen of 1
the UnitedsStates would be benefited by l
reciprocity. Our internal taxation would 1
prove n protection to the British produ- |
Ger, almost equal 10 the protection which |
our manufacturers now receive from the /
tariff. Some arrangements, however,
for the reg llation of commercial inter- /
course between the United States and /
the Dominion Of Canada may be desir.
able.
The commission for adjusting the /
claims of the Hudson Bay and Puget's 1
Sound agricultural company upon the /
United states has terminated its laboFs. |
The award of six hundred and fifty |
all right and titles of the company on /
the territory of the United States have /
been extinguished, and deeds for the \
prOpertv Of the com uauy have been de- |