The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-13

y The President's Message.
Il A year of peace and general prospsri
4 to this nation has passsd rsiase tn d
/. fasonbaing OF Congress. We In,
: through kind Providence, been bless
with abundant crops and have be-
spared from complications and war wi
> foreign nations. In our midst compar
tive harmony has been restored. It il
bersgretted, however, that the free exerci
Of the elective franchise has, by v;olen,
and intimidation. been denied citizens
exceptional cases in some of the Stat,
lately in rebellion, and the verdict of Il
people has thereby been reversed. III
States of Virginis. Mississippi an
Texas have been restored to represent.
tion in our national councils Georei,
the State now without representatio
may confidently be expected to tax
her place there also at the beginning o
shs new year, and then. let Us hope vii
BE- completed the work of reconstructio
with an scquiescence on the part Of tn
whole people in the national Obligation I,
pay the public debt created as the pric,
OF our union, the pensions to our disabled
soldiers and sailors and their widows sut
orphans, and in the changes to the Con.
stitution, which have been made necessa.
~ BY o great rebellion, there is no reason
Why we should not advance 10 our ma.
ticnsl prosperity and happiness as no
other nation ever did after 40 protracted
and devastating war.
AMERICAN PROTECTION AND INTERVENTION
IN EuRoPE.
Soon after the existing war broke out
in Europe, the protection of the United
States Minister in Paris was invoked in
favor OF the North Germans domiciled in
French territory. Instructions were il.
sued to grant the protection. This has
been followed by an extension of Ameri.
san protection to the citizens Of Saxony,
aesse. SaIe Coburg, Gotha, Columbia,
Portugal. Uruguay, the Dominican Re.
public. Ecuador, Chill. Paraguay, and
euezuela, and 10 Paris. The charge
vas an onerous one. requiring constant
md severe labor as well ss the exercise
4 patience, prudence and good judgment. |
{ has been performed To the entire salts.
action Of this Government, and as | am
ficially informed equally so to the sat.
'faction of the Government Of North
Fermsny.
THE FRENCH BEPusLIc.
A soon ss l learned that Republic
ad bsen proclaimed at Paris, and that the
eople Of France had acquiesced in the
'ange, the Minister OF the United
tstes was directed by telegraph to Re.
'guize it, and to tender my coneratuls.
ons. and those of the people of the
nited States The re-estabiishment in
rance OF system Of government dis.
INJECTED with the dynastic traditions of |
urope appeared to be Q possible project {
the feliciations of Americans Should {
e present result in a change, to the Z
rench, to our simple forms of represen. {
tive government it will be O subject
still further satisfaction to our people. b
hiie we make no effort to impose our {
't'tutions upon the inhabitants of other d
antries,and while We adhere to our tra. b
''onal neutrality in civil contest else. o
,s1e; snee. We ''arss' we hsssre asked BY the p
" Government to use our good Offices O
ntly with those Of the European pow e
J in the interests of peace. The answer /
- made tina. the established policy and :
g free interests Of the United States
rbsde them to interfere in European I
,estions Jointly with European Powers. Q
| ascertsiped informally and officially
,at the government of North Germany
as not then disposed to listen to any
.ch representations from the other Eu'
,pean Powers, and wishing to see the
lessings Of peace restored to the beillg.
rents. with an OF whom the United
tstes are on terms Of friendship, de-
lined on the part OF this government to
axe q step which would only result 10
injury to our true interests. without ad.
'sucing the object for which our inter-
1sntion was invoked. Should the time
,ome when the action Of the United
,tates can hasten the return OF peace by
single hour. that action will be heartily
aiken.
| deemed it prudent. 10 view OF the
numbers of German and French birth Nv
ing in the United States. to issue. soos
after the official notice Of state OF war
had been received from both belligerents'
. proclamation. defining the duties OF the
United States as O neutral, and the oDli'
Qstious Of persons residing within their
territory to observe their laws and the
laws Of nations. This proclamation was
followed by others as circumstances
seemed to require them. The people thu:
acquainted, in advance fthsir duties and
obligations, have assisted in preventing
violations Of the neutrality Of the United
States.
CUBAN AffAIRs.
II is not understood that the condition
of the insurgents in Cuba has material!
changed since the close Of the last sessioI
of Congress. In an early stage OF thu
contest the authorities of Spain inaugu
rated a system of arbitrary arrests, clos
confinement, and Of military trial and ez
ecution of persons suspected OF comPi'cit
with the insurgents, and Of summar
embargo of their properties and the =
, uuestrstiou of their revenues by the III
ecutiye warrants. Such proceeding,
far as they Affect the persons or proper'
of citizens of tie United States, were
). violation of the provisions Of the trea
|. . Of 1895 between the United States Al
I Spain.
;. The representation of injuries rssalti'
to to several persons claiming to be citise
y, of the United States, by reason Of su
" violations, we're made to the SPani
ID Government. From April. 1862,
June last. the Spanish Minister at wa
Z. inaton had been clothed with . hm''