The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-12-16

~ Ha"S Deeu received. An aDprO-
priation by Congress to meet this sum
is asked.
The commissioners for determining
the northwestern land boundary of the
United States and the British possess
rslons, under the treaty of 1856. have
com mpteted their labors, and the COM
mission has been dissolved.
In conformity with the recommen-
datIon Of Congress, a proposition was
early made to the British Government
to abolish the mixed courts, created
under the treaty of April 7, 1862, for
the suppression of the slave trade,
The subject is still under negotiation.
1t having come to my knowledge
that corporate company, organized
under British laws, proposed to land
upon the shore Of the United States,
and to operate here, a submarine cable,
under a concession from His Majesty,
the Emperor of the French, of an ex-
elusive right for twenty years of teIe-
graphic communication, between the
shores Of France and the United States.
with the Objectionable feature of SUBJ
jecting all messages conveyed thereby
to the sovereignty and the control of
the French Government. I caused
the French and British legations at
Washington to be made acquainted
with the probable policy of Congress
on the subject, as fOrpshadOwed by the
BILL which passed the Senate in March
last. This drew from the representa-
tives of the company an agreement to,
accept as the basis of their operations
the provisions Of the bill, or of such
other enactment on the subject as might
he passed during the approaching ses-
sion Of Congress; also, to use their infu-
ence to secure from the French Gov
ernment mobilization of their cOnces-
sion, so as to permit the landing upon
French soil of any cable belonging to
any company incorporated by the au-
ihorlty 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 withdrawal
Of all opOsitiOn by the New York au-
thOrities to the landing of the cable,
and to the working of it, until the
meeting of Congress. I regret to say
that there has been no modification
made in the cOmpany's concession; nor.
as far as 1 can learn, have they attempt
ed to secure one. Their concession
the capital and the citizens
of the United States from competition
upon the shores of France. I recon-
mend legislation to protect the rights
OF citizens of the United States, as well
as the dignity and sovereignty of the
nation, against such an assumption,
1 shall also endeavoF to secure, by
negotiation, an abandonment of the
principle of mOnOpolies in ocean teIs-
cables.
Copies of this correspondence 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 secured this, they return to
their native country and reside there
without disclosing their change of al
legiance. They occupy official POSI-
tiOns or positions of trust or honor,
which can only be held by citizens Of
their native land. They Journey uu-
der passports describing them as such
and it is only when civil dis
cord, after, perhaps, years of quiet,
threatens them, or threatens their per-
sons or their property, or their nativs
State drafts them into its military ser.
vice, that the fact of their change Of
allegiance is made known. They re-
side permanently away from the Uni
ted States; they contribute nothing to
It's revenues; they avoid the duties of
and they only make them
selves known by claim of protection.
l have directed diplomatic and cOnsu.
lar officers Of the United States to scru-
tinize carefully all such claims for pro-
lection.
The citizen Of the United States.
native or adopted, who dis
charges his duty to his country, is en-
titled to it's complete protection.
While l have a voice in the direction
Of affairs, 1 shall not consent to impair
he sacred right by cOnferring it upon
fictitious ana fraudulent claimants.
On the accession of the present -Ad-
it was found that the
tor North Germany had made
for the negotiation ola con-
VentiOn for the protection of emigrant
passengers, to which no response had
been given. 1t was concluded that.
10 be efectual, all the maritime Pow
RS engaged in the trade should join in
such a measure. Invitations have
been extended to the Cabinets Of Lon
ion, Paris, Florence, Berlin, Brussels,
The Hague, Copenhagen and Stock
holm, to empower their representa-
ives at Washington to simultaneosIy
enter into negotiations, and to con-
'lude with the United States cCnven-
ions, Identical in form, making uni
fOrm regulations as to the construction
If the parts of vessels to be devoted
10 the use Of emigrant passengers, as
10 the quality and quantity of food. as
10 the medical treatment of the sick,
and as to the rules to be observed dur.
ng the voyage, in order to secure ven-
ilatiOn, to promote health, to prevent
intrusion, and to protect the females.
md providing for the establishment
If tribunals in the several countries
'or enforcing such regulations, by
summary process.
Your attention is respectfully called
10 the law regulating the tariff ON Rus
sian hemp, and to the question
whether to fix the charges on Russian
hemp higher than they are fixed on
MANILA is not a violation of our treaty
with Russia-placing her products up
IN the same footing with those Of The
most favored nations.
Our manufactures are increasing with
wonderful rapidity under the encOur-
igement which they now receive, with
he improvements in machinery al
'eady effected and still increasing,
'ausing machinery to take the place
Of skilled labor to a large extent. Oar
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