Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-12-18

interest IN terminating those relations
and establishing their present dcpenden-
cies as independent powers members Of
the family Of nations. These dependen.
cies are no longer regarded as subject to
transfer from one European power to
another. When the present relations OF
colonies cease they are to become indie.
pendent powers, exercising the right Of
choice and Of sef-control, in the deter
mination Of their future condition and
relations with other powers.
The United States in order 10 put stop to
blpodshcd in Cuba and in the interest Of
ncighboring people, proposed their good Off
ccs to bring the existing contest 10 tcrnina-
ton. Their offer not being accepted by Spain
on basis which we believe could be received
by Cuba, was Withdrawn. 1t is hoped that the
good offices Of the United States may yet prove
advantageous for the settlement of This unhap-
py strife. Meanwhile a number Of illegal cx.
petitions against Cuba have been broken up.
II has been the cnd-ayor of the Administration
TO execute the neutrality laws in good faith no
matter how unpleasant the task, made so by
the suffering we have endured from lack of the
like good faith towards US by other nations.
On the L. s. schooner Lizzie Nf,jDr was arrest
ed on the high seas by Spanish frigatc, two
passengers taken from ii and carried as prison.
crs to Cuba. Representation of these facts
were made TO the Spanish government as soon
as official information of them reached Wash
ington. The two prisoners were sci at liberty,
and the Spanish government assured the Uni
ted States that the captain OF the irigate. in
making the capture. had acted without law (;
that he had been rcpfimanded for the irregu.
larity of bis conduct and that the Spanish au-
thUriiics in Cuba would not sanction any act
that could violate the rights oI treat with dis
respect the sovereignty Of this nation.
Al. - \
Lowell at one of the Bahama Islands, by Span
ish authorities, is now the subject of CORES
| pondence between this Government and those
of Spain and Great Britain. The Captain
General Of Cuba, about May last issued proc
| lamatiOn authorizing search TO be made OF YES
sells un the high seas. Immediate remOnstrancc
was made against this, whereupon the Captain
General issued new proclamation limiting
the right Of search Of Vessels of the United
States 50 far Us authorized under the treaty of
1895
This proclamation, however, was immcdi-
ately Withdrawn. / have always felt that the
| most intimate relations should be cultivated
between the Republic Of the L. States and all
Independent nations on this continent. 1t may
be well worth considering whether new trea
tiss between us and them may not be prOiitG-
| bly, entered into to secure more intimate rela-
tons, friendly, commercial and otherwise.
The subject of an nter-Occanic canal to con-
meet the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through
the Isthmus Of Darcn is one in which COM
mcrcc Wis interested. Instructions have been
given to our Minister 10 Colombia to endeavor
to obtain authority for survey by this Gov
ernment in order to determine the practicable
ty of such an undertaking, and a charter for
the right of. way TO build by private enterprise,
such work, if til: survey proves it TO be prac-
ticable.
In order to comply with the agreement of
tbn nj a n m Xt1 lissip at
Lima for the adjustment Of claims, it became
necCs ;ury to send "a commissioner and secretary
to Lima i'll August last. No appropriation
having been made by Congress for this purpose,
it is now asked that one be made covering the
past and future expenses Of the commission
The good offices of the L. States to bring
about peace between Spain and the South
American republics with which she is at war,
having been accepted by Spain, Peru and Chill,
Il congress has been invitedto be held in Wash
ington during the present winter.
a grant has been given to Europeans of an
exclusive right of transit over the territory of
Nicaragua, to which Costa Rica has given its
assent, which, it is alleged, conflicts with the
vested right of the citizens of the L. States
The Department Of State has now the subject
under consideration.
The minister of Peru having made represen-
tations that there was state of war between
Peru and Spain, and that Spain was construct
ing III ana near NSW 1OGh lnlIlN EuuDOdlS,
which might be used by Spain in such Il way
as to relieve the naval force at Cuba so az TO
operate against Peru, orders were given to pre-
vent their departure. No further steps having
been taken by the representative of the Peru
Wan government to prevent the departure of
these vessels, and feeling authorized to detain
the property of Il nation which we are at peace,
on IL mere executive order, the matter has
been referred TO the courts 10 decide
The conduct of the war between the Allies
and the Republic of Paraguay has made the
intercourse with that country so difficult that
it has been deemed advisable 10 withdraw our
representative from there.
Towards the close OF the last administration
q convention was signed at London for the set
tlement of all outstanding claims between the
U. States and Great Britain, which failed to re-
ceive the advice and consent of the Senate to
its ratification. The time and the circumstan-
ces attending the negotiation of the treaty were
favorable to its acceptance by the people Of
the u. States. The provisions were wholly in
adequate for the settlement of the grave wrongs
that had been sustained ny this government as
as well as by its citizens. The injuries result
ing to the L. States hy reason OF the course
adopted by Great Britain during our late civil
war, increased the rates of insurance in the
dimunition of exports and imports and other
distractions to domestic industry and produc-
ton in its effect upon the foreign commerce
Great Britain of our commercial marine in
the prolongation of the war and increased cost,
both in treasure and in lines of its suppression,
could not be adjusted and satisfied as ordinary
commercial claims which continually arise be-
tween commercial nations.
And yet the conventions treated them simply
as such ordinary claims, from which they diff
fer more widely in the gravity of their charac-
ter than in the magnitude of their amount
Great, even, as is that difference, word was
found in the treaty and not an inference could
be drawn from ii TO remove the sense OF un-
lriendliness of the course of Great Britain in
our struggle for existence, which had so deep
ly and universally impressed itself upon the
people of this country. Believing that con
| venlion thus misconceived in its scope and in
adequate in its provisions would not have pro
duced the hearty, cordial settlement of pending
questions which alone is CONSTANT with the
relations which desire To have established
between the U. States and Great Britain,
regarded the action of the Senate in the rejec-
ton of the treaty to have been wisely taken IN
the interest of peace, and necessary step IN
the direction OF perfect and cordial friend
| ship between the two countries n sensitive
people conscious of their power are more at
ease under great wrong wholly unatoned
| than under the restraints of ascttlement which
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