Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-12-18

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0i l7g5. This proclamation was,
however, withdrawn,
have always ftlt that most inti-
wa'o rotations should be cultivated
hclEeeR the United States anl the
iLtap,ldeLi nations on lh's cont
u,ut il may be we'll worth consid
er.ug whether new treaties between
as and lhom may Uoi be probably
catered into % secure more intimate
rclatlons-f ffioni'y, commercial and
otherwise,
IN lnigE0lsauiJ canal u connect
,ha At.autic and PGeiEl ocecans
through the Islhmus Of Dar.en is
one In which commerce Is greatly
Interested, Instructions hago been
g,V,n our Minister 10 the United
States OF Columbia 20 endcavor TO
obtain authority Tor II survey 10 de-
lcrmiue tho practicablllty of the
undertaking,
Ia order TO comply with our
agreement the United States is to
meet . mixed commission mt Lima
Tor the adjustment of claims. II
became necessary therefore TO send
commission and secretary TO Lima
Tho good Offices OF the United
States to bring about peace between
spain md the South American re-
pnh,irs, having been accepted by
Spain, Peru and Chilli, u congress
has been Invited to bc held in Wash
ington during the present winter.
A grant has been given to Euro
pcaus of an exclusive right of tran
III over the territory OF Nicaragua
% which Costa Rica has given its
a>Hcnt, which il is alleged conflicts
With the vested rights OF citinods Of
the United States. Tho Department
OF State has now this subject under
consideration.
The Minister form Peru having
made representations that there
Was state of war between Spain
aud Peru, and that Spain was con-
structing in an near New York 80
rUnboats which might be used 10y
Spain to relieve her naval force at
Cuba no as to enable Spain TO oper-
ate AGAINST the government Of Peru,
orders were given 10 prevent their
departure. No further steps have
been taken by Peru to prevent tho
departure Of these vessels and not
feeling authorized to detain proper
tv of nation with which we are at
peace on mere executive order; the
case was referred to the courts.
Tho conduct of the war between
the allies and the republic Paraguay
has made our course with that conn
try difficult one and it was deemed
advisable to withdraw ourreprcscn-
tativo from there toward tho close
of the last administration.
a convention was signed at Lon
don for the settlement Of outstand.
ing claims between Great Britain
and the United States which failed
TO receive tho advice and consent
Of the Senate. The time and circum-
stances attending the negotiation Of
that treaty were unfayorablc to its
acceptance by the people Of the Uni
ted States, and its provisions wholly
Inadequate for the settlement Of so
many grave wrongs sustained by
this government. Injuries resulting
to the United States by reason of
the course adopted by Great Britain
during the war. This course in
creased the rates Of insurance.; It's
diminition Of exports md imports,
and cause of other restrictions to
to domestic industry and produc
ton; its effects was injurious to the
foreign commerce OF the country, IN
causing decrease and transfer to
Great Britain Of our commercial
marine; in pro|ongation? oftho war;
and increased cost both in treasure
and in lives ofits suppression; which
could not DE adjusted and satisfied
as ordinary commercial claims which
continually arise between CONNER
cial nations, and yet the convention
treated them simply as such ordi-
nary claims, from which they differ
moro widely in the gravity Of their
character than in the magnitude Of
their amount, great even as is that
difference, not word was found in
the treaty, and not an inference
could be drawn from it, to remove
the sense of unfriendliness of the
course of Great Britain in our strug-
gle for existence which had so deep
ly and universally impressed itself
upon the people Of this country,
Believing that convention thus
misconceived in its scope and in
adequate in its provisions would not
have produced the hearty and cor
dial settlement Of the pending qucs-
tons. which alone is consistent with
the relations which desire | TO have
| firmly established between the Uni
ted States and Great Britain. | re-
gard the action Of the Senate III re-
iecting the treaty TO have been
wisely taken in the interest of peace,
and rs q necessary step in the direc-
ton Of perfectly cordial friendship
between the two countries.
A sensitive people, conscious of
their power, are more at case under
great wrong wholly unatoned,
than under tho restraint of a settle
ment which satisfies neither their
ideas of justice, nor their grave
sense of the grievance they havc
sustained. The rejection Of the
treaty was followed by state of
/ public feelii.g on both sides which
/ / thought not favorable to an imme-
date attempt at renewed negrotia-
tions. 1 accordingly instructed the
minister of the United States to
Grert Britain, and found that my
views in this regard were shared