Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-12-16

toi NiVNANA uhNcA tilS bltAtl VI
April 7, 1862, for the suppression
Of the slave trade. The subject Is
still under negotiation.
1t having come to my knowledge
that a corporate company, organ
lied under British laws, proposed
to land on the shores Of the United
States, and to operate here, sub
marine cable, under concession
from His Majesty, the Emperor of
the French, of an exclusive right
for twenty years OF telegraphic
communication, between the shores
Of France and the United States,
with the Objectionable features of
subjecting all messages conveyed
thereby to the sovereignty and the
control Of the French Government.
l caused the French and British
legations at Washington to be made
acquainted with the probable poll
cy Of Congress on the subject, as
foreshadOwed by the bill which
passed the Senate in March last
This drew from the representatives
Of the company an agreement to
accept as the basis Of thei opera
ations the provisions of the bill, or
Of such other enactment on the sub
ject az might be passed during the
approaching session of Congress
also, to use their influence to secure
from the French Government a no
tificatiOn OF their concession, 80 as
to permit the la1ding upon French
soil of any cab. belonging to any
company incorporated by the au-
tbority of the United States, or of
any State in the Union; and on their
part not to oppose the establish
ment Of any such cable. In con-
sideration Of this agreement, l di-
rected the withdrawal of all oppo-
sition by the New York authorities
to the landing Of the cable, and to
the working Of it, until the meeting
of Congress. l regret to say that
there has been no modification
made in the Companys concession;
nor, as far as l 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. l recommend legisla-
ton to protect the rights Of citizens
of the United States, as well as the
dignity and sovereignty Of the ma
ton against such en- assumption
| shall also endeayor to secure, by
negotiation, ah abandonment Of
the principle of monopolics in
ocean telegraphing cables.
Copies of this correspondence
are herewith furnished.
The unsettled political condition
of other countries less fortunate
than our OWE, sometimes induces
their citizens to come to the United
States for the sole purpose of be-
coming naturalized. Having secur-
ed this they return to their native
country and reside there without
disclosing their change of allegi-
ance. They occupy official posi-
tions, or positions of trust or hon
or, which can only be held by citi-
zens of their native land. They
Journey under passports describing
them as such citizens; and it is on
ly when civil discord, after, perhaps
years of quiet, threatens them, or
their persons or their prosperity, or
their native States draft them into
its military service, that the fact Of
their change Of allegiance is made
known. They reside permanently
away from the United States they
contribute nothing to it's revenues; ;
they avoid the duties of citizenship,
and they only make themselves
known by a claim of protection
| l have directed diplomatic and con-
sular officers of the United States
to scruhnize carefully all such
claims of protection.
The citizen of the United States,
whether native or adopted, who dis
charges his duty to his country, is
entitled to its complete protection.
While l have a voice in the direc-
ton of affairs, l shall not consent to
impair the sacred right by confer
ring it upon fictitious and fraudu-
lent claimants.
On the accession Of the present
Administration, it was found that
the Minister for North Germany
, had made propositions for the ne
gotiation of a convention for the
protection Of emigrant passengers,
to which no response had been CIV
en-. 1t was concluded that, to be
effectual, all the maritime Powers
engaged in the trade should join in
such q measure. Invitations have
been extended to the Cabinets of
London, Paris, Florence, Berlin,
Brussels, The Hague, Copenhagen
and Stockholm, to empower their
!, representatives at Washington to
simultaneously enter into negotia-
: tions, and to conclude with the Uni
j., ted States conventions, identical in
9 form, making uniform regulations
as to the construction of the parts
Of vessels to be devoted to the use
of emigrant passengers, as to the
: quality and quantity Of food, as to
the medical treatment of the sick,
, and as to the rules to be observed
during the voyage, in order to Sc
cure ventilation, to promote health
, to prevent intrusion, and to protect
families; and providing for the es-
tablishment of tribunals in the sew
,, eral countries for enforcing such
! regulations, by summary process.
Your attention is respectfully
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