The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-10

cei7ed in its scope and inadequate in
It's provisions would not have pro-
dueed the cordial settlement of pen
ding questions which alone Is con-
sistent with the relations which | de-
sire to have established between the
United States and Great Britain, l
regarded 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 dlrec-
ton of perfect and cordial friend
ship between the two countries. A
sensitive people conscious Of their
power are more at ease under 2 great
/ wrong, wholly uDatOned, than under
. the restraint of settlement which
satisfies neither their ideas Of justice
nor their grave sense Of the griev-
auce they have sustained. The re-
/ lection of the treaty was followed By
a state Of public feeling on both sides
which 1 thought not favorable to an
immediate attempt at a renewal Of
the negotiations. I accordingly so
instructed our minister to Great Brit
ain, and found that my views in this
regard were shared by Her Majesty 5
ministers. 1 hope that the time may
soon arrive when the two govern
ments can approach the solution OF
this momentous question with an as
surance of what is due to the rights
and dignity and honor of each, and
with the determination not only to
remove the causes of complaint in
tbe past but to lay the foundation Of
broad principle of public law which
will prevent future differences, and
tend to firm and continued peace and
friendship. This is now the only
grave question. which the United
States has with any foreign nation.
RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA.
The question of treaty for recip-
rocity between the United States and
the British provinces on this conti-
nent has not been favorably consider,
ed By the administration. The ad-
vantages of such a treaty would be
wholly in favor of the British produc
er except, possibly, few engaged in
the trade between the two sections.
No citizen of the United States would
be benefited by reciprocity. Our in
ternal taxation would prove protee-
ton to the British producer almost
equal to heprotection which our man
ufacturers now receive from the tariff.
Some arrangement, however, for the
regulation of commercial intercourse
between the United States and the
Dominion of Canada, may be desira-
Bile.
OTHER RELATIONS WITH GREAT
BRITAIN.
The commission for adjusting the
claims of the Hudson Bay and Puget's
Sound agricultural company upon the
United States has terminated its la
bors the award of $3.50, 900 has been
made, and all the rights and titles of
the company in the territory of the
United States have been extinguished.
Deeds for the property of the COM
pany have been received. An appro-
priation by Congress to meet this sum
is asked.
The commissioners for determin-
ing the northwestern land boundary
between the Uuited States and the
British possessions, under the treaty
of 1856, have completed their labors,
and the commission dissolved.
In conformity with the recommend
alton of Congress, proposition was
early made to the British govern
ment to abolish the mixed courts
created under the treaty of April Z,
1862, for the suppression of the slave
trade. The subject is still under ne
gotiation.
THE FRENCH CABLE.
1t having come to my knowledge
that corporate company, organized
under British laws, proposed to land
upon the shores of the United States,
and to operate there, a submarine
cable under a concession from His
Majesty, the emperor of the French,
of an exclusive right for twenty years
of telegraphic communication between
the shore of France and the United
States, with the very Objectionable
feature of subjecting all messages
conveyed thereby to the sovereignty
and the control of the French and
British legations at Washington to
be made acquainted with the probable
policy of Congress on this subject, as
foreshadowed by the bill which pass
ed the senate in March last. This
drew from the representatives of the
company an agreement to accept as
the basis of their operations the pro-
visions of the bill or such enactment
on the subject as might be passed du-
ring the approaching session of Con-
gress also to use their influence to
secure from the French government a
modification of their concession SO as
to permit the landing upon French
soil of any cable belonging to any
company incorporated by the auth or
ity of the United States, or of any
State in the Union, and on their part
not to oppose the establishment of
any such cable. In consideration of
this agreement I directed the with
drawal of all opposition by the United
States authorities to the landing of
the cable and to the working of it
until the meeting of Congress. I re-
gret to say that there has been no
modification made in the company's
concession, nor so far as I can learn
have they attempted to secure one.
Their concession excludes the capital
and the citizens of the United States
from competition upon the shores of
France. 1 recommend legislation to
protect the rights Of citizens of the
United States as we'll as the dignity
and sovereignty Of the nation against
such an assumption. I shall also en-
deayor to secure, by negotiation, an
abandonment of the principle of mo-
nopolies ia ocean telegraphic cables.
Copies of this correspondence is here
with furnished.
NATURALIZATION.
The unsettled political condition of
other countries, less fortunate than
our own, sometimes induce their citi--
zens to come to the United States for
the sole purpose of becoming natural
lied. Having secured this, they re-
turn to their native country and re-
side there without disclosing their
change of allegiance. They accept
official positions of trust or honor
which can only be held by citizens of
their native land; they journey under
passports describing them as such
citizens, and it is only when civil dis
cord, after perhaps years of quiet,
threatens their persons or their prop
ertv nr when their native sfafa drafts