Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-12-10

anal to connect the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans through the 1sthmus
of Darien, is one which commerce
is greatly interested in. Instruc-
tions have been given to our Minis
ter to the Republic of the United
States of Columbia to endeavor to
obtain authority for survey by
this government in order to deter
mine the practi. ability ofsuch an un-
dertaking and charter for the right
of way to build by private enter
prize such work if the survey
proves it to be practicable. In
order to comply with the agreement
of the United States as to q mixed
commission to Lima for the adjust
ment of claims,.it became necessary
to send q commissioner to Lima, in
August last. No appropriations
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.
INTERNATIONAL PEACE TREATIES.
The good offices of the United
States to bring about peace be
tween Spain and the South Ameri
can republics with which she is at
war, having been accepted by
Spain, Peru and Chill, Congress
has been invited to be held in
Washington during the present win
ter.
THE NICARAGUA GRANT.
A grant has been given to Euro
peans of an exclusive right to transit
over the territory of Nicaragua, to
which Costa Rico has given its con
sent, which it is alleged conflicts
with vested rights of citizens of the
Untitled States. The State has now
this subject under consideration.
The Minister at Peru having
made representations that there was
state Of war between Peru and
Spain, and that Spain was construct
ing in New York thirty gun boats
which might be used by Spain in
such a way as to relieve the naval
force at Cuba, so as to operate
against Peru, orders were given to
prevent their departure; no further
steps having been taken by the rep
resentative Of the Peruvian Govern
ment to prevent the departure Of
these vessels, and I, not feeling au
thorized to detai1 the property of 6
nation with which we are at peace
on a mere executive order, the mat
ter has been referred to the Courts
to decide.
The conduct of the war between
the Allies and the Republic of Para
quay has made the intercourse with
that. country so difficult that it has
been deemed advisable to withdraw
our Representatives from there.
THE ALABAMA CLAMEs.
Towards the close of the last Ad
ministration a convention was sign
ed at London for the settlement o1
all outstanding claims between Grea'
Britain and the United States, which
failed to receive the consent of the
Senate on it's ratification. The time
and the circumstances attending the
negotiations of the treaty were un
favorable to it's acceptance by tht
people of the United States, and its
provisions were wholly inadequate
for the settlement Of the grave
wrongs which had been sustained
by this government as well as by
it's citizens. The injuries resulting
to the United States by reason o
the course adopted by Great Britain
during our late civil war were, in
creased rates of insurances, the di
munition Of exports and imports
and other distractions to domestic
industry and producing in its effec
upon the foreign commerce of tn,
country in the decrease and trans
fer to Great Britain of our CONNER
cial marine, and the prolongation o
the war and increased cost, both il
treasure and lives, of its suppression
could not be adjusted and satisfie,
as ordinary commarcial claim
which continually arise betweel
commercial nations, and yet tn
convention treated them simply a
such ordinary claims, for whicl
they differ more widely in thei
character than in the magnitude Q
their amount Great as is the diff
ference not a word was found in tn
treaty and not an inferece that coul
be drawn for it, and remove tn
sense of unfriendliness of the cours
of Great Rritain in our struggle fo
existence, which had so deeply an
universally impressed itself upon tn
people of this country. Believin
that a convention thus misconceiy
ed in its scope and made quite in it
provisions would not have produt
ed the hearty, cordial settlement c
prevailing questions which alone
consistent with the relations whic
1 desire to have established be
tween the United States and Grea
Britain. 1 regard the action Of til
Senate in the rejection of the treat
to have been wisely taken in tn
interest Of peace, and as necessar
step in the direction Of perfet
and cordial friendship between th
s, two countries. Sensitive poop
conscious of their power are MOI
at ease under a great wrong, who'll
unatoned, than under the RESTRAIN
: of settlement which satisfies neitl
er their ideas of justice nor the
: grave sense of the grievance tue
have sustained. The rejection (
the treaty was followed by state {
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