North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-12-15

ing our late civil war, iD increased rates
Of insurance, in the diminution of ex,
ports and imports, and other Instructions
to domestic industry and production, in
its.effect upon the foreign commerce ol
the country, in the decrease and transfer
to Great Britain of our commercial
marine, in the prolongation of war and
increased cost, both in treasure and in
lives. Of its suppression, could not be ad,
justed and satisfied as ordinary CONNER.
cial claims which continually arise be.
tween commercial nations, and yet the
Convention treated them simply as such
ordinary claims from which they differ
more widely in the gravity of their char
acter 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 il
to remove the sense Of the unfriendliness
Of the course of Great Britain in our
strn ggle for existence, which had so deep
" and universally impressed itself upon
the people of this country. Believing
that convention thus misconstrued in
it's scope and made quite different in its
provisions would not have produced the
hearty, cordial settlement of the pending
questions which alone is consistent with
the relations which desire to have estab.
lished between the United States and
Great Britain, ! regard the action of the
Senate, in rejecting the treaty. to have
been wisely taken in the interest of peace,
and as a necessary step in the direction OF
a perfect and cordial friendship between
the two countries. A sensitive people,
conscious Of their power, are more at
ease under great wrong wholly unatoned
than under the restraint of a settlement
which satisfies neither their ideas Of iu g.
tice nor their grave sense of the gricvan.
ces they have sustained. The rejection OF
the treaty was followed by state of pub.
lie feeling on both sides, which thought
not favorable to an immediate attempt al
renewing negotiations. / accordingly Sc
instructed the Minister of the United
States to Great Britain, and found tha,
my views in this regard were shared by
Her Maje>ty's Minister. hope that the
time may soon arrive when the two Gov.
ernments can approach the solution ol
this momentous question with an assur>
ance of what is due the rights, dignity
and honor of each, and with the determ.
ination, not only to remove the causes ol
complaint in the past, but to lay the foun.
dation of broad principal of public
laws, which will prevent future diferen-
ces, and tend to firm and continued peace
and friendship. This is now the only
grave question which the United States
have with any foreign nation.
The question of treaty for Reciprocity
between the United States and the British
Provinces on this continent has not beer
favorably considered by the administration
The advantage of such treaty would bt
wholly in favor of the British producer
except possibly few engaged in the trade
between ihe two sections. No citizen o
the United States would be benefited by
reciprocity. Our internal taxation woul(
prove protection 70 the British produce
slmost equal to the protection which ou
manufacturers now receive from the tariff
Some arrangement, however, Tor the regu
lation of commercial intercourse between
the United States and the Dominion o
Canada may be desirable.
The commission for adjusting the claim
of the Hudson Bay and Puget's Sount
Agricultural Company upon the United
States has terminated its labors. Th,
award Of $3.50, 900 has been made and al
the rights and titles of the company OF
the territory of the United States hav.
been extinguished. The deeds for tht
property of the company have been re
ceived. An appropriation by Congress to
meet this sum is asked. H
The Commissioners for determining the
Northwestern land boundary between the
United States and the British Possessions
under the treaty Of 1856 have completed
their labors, and the Commission has dis
solved.
In conformity with the recommendation
of Congress, proposition was early made
to the British Government to abolish the
mixed courts created under the treaty o
April Z, 1862, for the suppression of the
slave trade. The subject is still under
negotiation.
1t having come to my knowledge that q
corporate company, organized under Brit.
his laws, proposed to land upon the shores
of the United States, and to operate there
a submarine cable, under concession
from His Majesty, the Emperor of the
French, if an exclusive right for 20 years
Of telegraphic communication between the
shores of France and the United States,
with the very Objectionable feature Of sub.
jecting all messages conveyed thereby to
the sovereignty and control Of the French
Government. ! caused the French and
British Legations at Washington to be
made acquainted with the probable policy
of Congress on the subject, as foreshadow.
ed by the bill which passed the Senate in
March last. This drew from the represen,
tatives Of the company an agreement to
accept as the basis of their opera ions the
provisions of the bill, or of such other en-
actment of the subject as might be passed
during the approaching session of Con-
gress also to use their influence to secure
from the French Government modifca.
tion of their concession, 80 as to permit
the landing upsn French soil of any cable
belonging to any company incorporated
by the authority of the United States, or
Of any State in the Union, and on their
part not to oppose the establishment oi
any such cable. In consideration of this
agreement, l directed the withdrawal oil
all opposition by the United States author
tiles to the landing of the cable and to the
working of ir until the meeting of Con-
gress. regret to say that there has been
no modification made in the company IS
concession, nor, so far as can learn, have
they attempted to secure one. Their con>
cession excludes the capital and the citi-
zens of the United States from competition
upon the shores of France. l recommend
legislation to protect the rights of citizens
Of the United States, as well as the digni-
ty and soveignty Of tho nation, against
such an assumption. shal; also endeay.
or to secure, by negotiation, an abandon.
ment Of the principle of monopolies in
ocean telegraphic cables. Copies of this
corresp ,ndeI oe are herewith furnished.
The unsettled political condition OF
other countries less fortunate than our
own sometimes induces their citizens to
come to the United States for the sole
purpose Of becoming naturalized. Having
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