Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-12-17


that could violate tho rights or treat with dis
respect the sovereignty of this nation. The
question of the seizure Of the brig Mary Low
ell, at Bahama, by the Spanish authorities, is
now The subject of correspondence between
this Government, Spain and Great Britain.
The Captain General of Cuba, about May
last, issued a proclamation authorizing the
search of vessels on the high seas. lmmcdi.
atcly rc,nonstrance was made against this
whercupon the Captain-G General issued new
proclamation, limiting the search to vessels
of the United States authorized under the
treatyof 1906. This proclamation, however,
was Immediately withdrawn.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
| have always felt that the most intimate
relations should be cultivated between the
United States and the independent nations on
this Continent. II may be we'll worth con.
sdcriug whether new treaties between us aud
them may not be proftably cncrcd into, to
secure more intimate relations, friendly, COM
mercn and otherwise.
Tie lntcroceanic Canal to connect the At
lantic and Pacific Oceans through the 18TH
mus of Daricn, is one in which commerce is
greatly Interested. Instructions have been
Gyon to the Minister Of the United States at
Columbia to cndcavor to obtain authority for
survey to determine the prac,icabilty of the
undertaking.
In order 10 comply with the agreement Of
the United States as to mixed commission
at Lima, for the adjustment Of claims, it be-
camc necessary to send a Commissioner aud
Secretary to Lima. The good Offices Of the
The United States to bring about peace be.
tween Spain and tfc South American Rcpub.
lies having been accepted b. Spain Peru, and
Chill, Congress has been invited to be held
in Washington during the present winter.
A grant hns been Given to k.ur6pcnns Of an
exclusive right of transit over the Territory
Of Nicaragua, to Which Costa Rica has given
lis assent, Which it is alleged, conflicts with
the vested rights OF ci;izcns Of the United
States. The Department of State has now
this subject under considerations
The Minister at Peru having made repre-
scntstions that there was Il state of war be-
tween Peru and Spain, and that Spain was
constructing in and ne,r New York ,hity
gnnboats, which m;cht be used by Srnin to
relieve the naval force ut Cuba to operate
AGAINST Peru, orders were given to prevent
their departure No further steps having
been taken by the representative of the Pc.
ruvan Government to prevent the departure
OF these vessels, and I not feeling authorized
10 d'tain the property Of II nation With which
We arc at peace, on mere executive orlcr, the
matter WIS referred to the Courts.
The conA.ct Of The war between the allies
and the Republic of Paraguay hes made in
tcrconsc with that country diicu!t, and it
i!us been deemed advisable to withdraw our
representative from there.
Howard the close of tic last administration,
Il Convention WIS signed 1T i.0udun for tic
settlement Of outstanding clarns between
Great Britain and. the United States, which
failed TO receive the advice and consent of the
Senate. The time and circumstances attend
ing the negotiation OF that treaty were uuta.
vorablc to its acceptance hy the people OF the
United States, and its provisions were w oily
for the settlement of the grave
wrongs sustained hy this Government, iniu-
rics resulting to the United States, by reason
of the course adopted by Great Britain during
the war, in increased rates Of insurance, in di-
minution Of exports, and imports, and other
distractions to domestic industry aud ryohnc
ton, III its effect uIon the foreign commerce
Of the country, III the decrease and transfer
to Great Britain Of our commercial marine, in
the prolongation Of the war and increased
cost, both in treasure aud in lives. in its sup
preston. These could not be adjusted and
satisfied as ordinary commercial claims,
which continually arise between commercial
nations, and yet tho 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 even as is thnt difference,
not q word was found in tho treaty, and not
an inference could be drawn from it, to TO.
move the sense Of tho unfriondlincss Of tho
course Of Great Britain, in our struggle for
existence, which had so deeply and universal.
ly impressed itself upon the people of this
Believing that a Convention thus
in its scope, aud inadequate in
its provisions, would not have produced the
hearty AID cordial settlement Of pending
questions Which alc:.c is consistent with the
relations which desire to have firmly cstab.
|ishcd between the United States and Great
Britain, | regarded the acton of the Senate
in rejecting the treaty, to have been wisely
taken in the interest Of peace, and as nee
assnrv step in the uirection Of perfect and
CORDIAL friendship between the two countries
y sensitive people, conscious of their pow.
,r, arc more at case under a great wrong,
Sholly unatoncd than under the restraint of
. settlement which satisfies neither their ideas
If justice nor their grave sense of the griov-
,nccs they ,iavo sustained. The rejection of
hc treaty was followed by state of public
ceiling on both sides which / thought not
favorable TO an Immediate ottcnnt ot rHtSSS5e ed