Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-11

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been accepted by Spain, Peru
and Chilli, e Congress has
been invited to be held in
Washington during the present
winter. A grant has been given to
Europeans Of On exclusive right Of
transit over the territory Of Mica.
ragua to which Costa Rica has Civ
en- iis assent, which IL Is alledged
conflicts with the vested rights Of
the citizens Of the United States.
The Department Of State has now
this subject under consideration.
The Minister TO Peru having made
representations that there was q
state of war between Peru and
Spain, and that Spain was OOn-
structing in, or near New York, 30
gun boats, which might be used by
Spain to relieve the naval force at
Cuba, and to operate against Peru ;
orders we're given TO prevent their
departure. No further steps
have been taken by the representa-
tive Of the Peruvian Government
to prevent the departure Of these
vessels, and not feeling authorized
to detain the property Of a nation
with which were at peace, on mere
executive order, the matter was re-
forred 10 the courts. The conduct
Of the war between the allies and
the republic Of Paraguay has madc
intercourse with that country diff
cult, and II has been deemed advi.
sable to withdraw our representa-
tive from there.
Towards the close Of the last Ad-
ministratiOn o Convention was
signed at London for outstanding
claims between Great Britain aud
the United States, which failed to
receive the advice and consent Of
the Senate, and time and circum.
stances attending negotiations with
that treaty were OnfavOrable to its
acceptance to the people Ofthe Uni
ted States, aud its provisions were
whOllyAinadequate for settlement.
The grave wrongs sustained by
this OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES result
!. ing to the United States by reason
of the course adopted by Great Bri.
! tain during tho war, increased
rates Of insurance, in diminishing
exports aud imports, and other re-
! strictIons to domestic industry and
productions,its effects upon the for.
eign commerce Of the country, In
decrease and transfer to Great Bril-
: tain of our commercial marine, In
: prolOngatiOn Of the war and the In
: creased cost, both in treasure and
lives for Its suppressiOn-could moi
be adjusted and satisfied, IS ordl'
nary claims which continually arise
. between commercial nations, and
Y yet the convention treated them
: simply as such ordinary claims troU
h which they differ more widely IL
the gravity Of their character than
g In the magnitude Of the amount
great even Ras 1t is. Not o Wort
: was found In the treaty, and not an
c inference could DO drawn from
u to remove the sense Of unfriendll
ness of the course Of Great Britain
+ In our struggle for an existcnc
: which has so deeply and universal
g " impressed itself upon the peOpl
Of this country. Believing that
le convention thus miscOnceived In II
ID scope aud inadequate In It's prOvis
ions would not have produced th
o" hearty aud cordial settlement Q
le the pending questions which alOn
is consistent with the relation
which | desire to have firmly estat
or lishcd between the United State
+ and Great Britain, | regard the az
III ton OF the Senate in directing tn
10 treaty OF peace, Us a necessary
IN step in the direction Of a perfeC
g and cordial friendships betwee
1r the two counties. A sensativ
&c people, conscious of their poWe'
are more at ease under o gref
n wrong, wholly unatoned, than III
nc der the restraint ola settlemeT
n which satisfies neither their idea
Is of justice. nor their grave sense
II" the grievance they have sustained
st The rejection ofthe treaty was 70
p lowed by u state OF public OpiniO
y on both sides which | thought NJ
~ favorable for an Immediate attemI
W of renewed negotiations. l accorl
he ingly instructed the Minister Of Il
United States to Great Britain, an
ed found that my views in this regaI
g. were shared by Her Majesty's Nil
Id isters. / hope that the time ms
p soon arrive when the two govorI
re ments can approach the solution
ut this momentous question, with {
Dn appreciation of what Is due to q
70 rights, dignity and honor Of eac
nd aud with a determination not on
ed to remove the causes Of complain
IN in the past, but to lay q fOundatiC
p, of principles of public law, whit
al will prevent future differences, al
nc tend TO form q continued peace al
ia friendship, This is now the on
ia grave question which the Unit
Is States has with any foreign natiC
The question of renewing the trea
for reciprocal trade between /
he United States and the Britishpr
he inccs on this continent is lavorab
ID considered.
ms In conformity with the recol
n mcndation OF Congress, q prOpo
d. ton to abolish mixed courts for I
o. suppression Of the slave trade is U
nc der negotiation.
gu 1t having come to I
ice knowledge that q corpori
Company, organized under Britt
ew laws, proposed to land upon I
'ch shores of tho United States, a
Ies to operate there, a submarine cal
under u concession from the EN-