Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-16

I which might be used by Spain in such d way as to relieve the naval force at Cuba, so as to operate against Peru, orders were given to prevent their departure. No fur ther steps havebeen taken by the repre- sentatiyes ofrtha Peruvian government to prevent the departure of these vessels, and I, not feeling authorized to detain the property of a nation with which we are at peace, on a mere Executive order, the mat ter has been referred to the courts to de- eide. 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 to withdraw our representatives from there. Towards the close of the last admlnistra- tion convention was signed at London for the settlement of all outstanding claims between Great Britain and the <U nitedl States, which failed to receive the advice and consent of the Senate to it's ratihca- tion.r The time and circumstances attend ing the negotiation of that treaty were m favorable to its acceptance by the people of the United States but it's provisions were wholly inadequate for the settlement of the grave wrongs that had been sus- tained by this govesnment as we'll as by its citizens. The Injuries resulting to the United States by reason of the course adopted by Great Britain during our late civil war in the increased rates, of insur- ance, in the diminutlon of exports and lm- ports, and other Instructions to domestic industry and production, in it's effect upon the foreign commerce of the country and the decrease and transfer to Great Britain of our commercial marine commerce, in the prolongation of the war and the ln- creased cost, both ln treasure and h lives, of it's suppression, could not be adjusted and satisfied as ordinary commercial claims which continually arise between commercial nations, aud yet the conven- tion treated them simply as such ordinary claims, from which they differ more vide ty in the gravity of their character than in the magnitude of their amount Great even as IS the difference, not 8 word Was found in the treaty and not an inference could be drawn from 1t to remove the sense of the unfrlendliuess of the course of Great Britain in our struggle for, existence, which had so deeply and universally i'm pressed itself upon the people of this coun- try. Believing that convention thus mlsconcieved h it's scope and inadequate Ill it's provisions would not have produced the hearty, cordial settlement of the pend
 ing questions which alone Is consistent with the relations which desire to have established between the United States and Great Britain, regarded the action of the Senate in rejecting the treaty to have been wisely taken in the interest of peace and as necessary step in the direction of 8 per- feet and cordial friendship between the two countries. A sensitive people, con- sclous of their powers, are more at eases under great wrong wholly unatoned than
 under the restraint of a settlement which satisfies neither their ideas of justice nor their grave sense of the grievance they have sustained. The rejection of this treaty was followed by state of public feeling on both sides which thought not favorable to an immediate attempt at rSz newed negotiations. l accordingly so sG strncted tue minister of the Unlted States to Great Britain, and found that my views ln this regard were shared by her Majesty's minister. l Ihope that the time may soon arrive when the two governments can ap- prOach tae solution of this momentouS question with an appreciation of what Is due to the rights, dignity and honor of each, and with the determination not only to remove the causes of the complaint in the past, but to lay the foundation of 2 broad principle of public law which will prevent future differences and tend to firm and continued peace aud friendship. This IS now the only grave question which the Uuited States has with any foreign na- tion. .ii31ASaAf ~&% e7 s534ia~ -.,'es
 The question of reae wing treaty for reciprocal trade betwsen the United States and the British provinces on this conti- nent has not been fayorably considered by the administration. The advantages of such treaty would be wholly in favor of the British producer except possibly few engaged in the trade between the two sec
 tions. The citizens of the United States would not be benefited by recip- rocity. Our internal taxation would give protection to the British producer, almost equal to the protection which our manufacturers How receive from the tariff. Some arrangement, however, for the reg
 ulation of commercial intercourse between
 the United States and the Douiinion of ! Canada may be desirable. The commis
 sion for adjusting the claims of the Hud
 son Bay and Pugets Sound agricultural company upon the United States, has ter 1 minated it's labors- The award of six hun
 dred and fifty thousand dollars has been
 made, and all rights and titles of the com
 pany on the territory of the United States,
 have been extinguished, and deeds for the
 property of the company have been deliv- cred: An appropriation by Congress to
 meet this sum is asked The Com mis-
 sioners for determining the northwestern
 land boundary between the United States
 and .tbe British possessions, under the
 treaty of 1856, have completed their la-
 bors, and the commission has been dlssolv
 ed In conformity with the recommends
 tion oi Congress, proposition was early
 made by the British government to aooi-
 ish the mixed courts created under the
 treaty of April 2, 1862, for the suppression 1 of tbe slave trade. The subject Is still un- der negotiation. It having come to my
 knowledge that corporate company or ganized under British laws, proposed to l land on the shores of the United States,
 and to operate there, a submarine cable
 undefa concession from his Majesty, the
 Emperor of the French, [ of an exclusive right for twenty years of telegraphlc com T nunicatior between the shores of France anu
 the United States, with the very objection
 able feature of subjecting all messages con, yeyed thereby, to the scrutiny and control ro
 of the French government, 1 caused. tne
 French and British Legations at Washing
 ton togbe made acquainted with the sprona- bic policyof Congress on the sub1est as forshadowed by the hill which passed u tne l Senate in March last. This drew from the representatives of the company an agree l nent7 7to accent as the basis of their opera