The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-07

THE SOUTHERN STATES
"A year of peace and general pros
perity to this nation has passed.
Since The last assembling of Congress
we have, through q kind Providence,
been blessed with abundant crops,
and have been spared from eomplica-
tio1s md war with foreign nations.
In our midst comparative harmony
has been restored. 1t is to be regret
"a, however, that a fre5 exercise OF
the elective franchise, has, by vio-
lenee aud intimidation, been denied
TO citizens IN exceptional cases IN sew
eral Of the States lately in rebellion,
and the verdict OF the people has
thereby been reversed, The States
Of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas
have been restored to representation
Ia our national councils. Georgia is
the Only State now without represeR-
tatiOu, but she may confidently be
expected to take her place there at
the beginning Of the year, and then
let US hope that the work OF recon
struction viii be completed. With an
aequiaseenee.o the part of the whole
people in the national obligation to
pay the public debt, created as the
price of our Union, the pensions to
our disabled soldiers and sailors and
their widows and orphans, and in the
cG 5 in the constitution which
have zen made necessary by q great
Eabe Oh, there is no reason why We
sho not advance In material pros
Her nd happiness as no other ma
tiou dil after so protractea and de-
vas .al1g q war.
$3.50 Ar IN FRANCE-THE ACTION OF
THE UNITED STATES.
soon after the existing war broke
out n Europe, the protection Of the
United States Minister in Paris was
invoked in favor of the North Ger
mans dOmiciled in French territory.
Instructions were issued to grant the
protection. This has been followed
b. an extension of American pro-
lection to citizens of Saxony, Hesse
and Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Column
bra, 0rtugal, Uruguay, the Domin-
icau Republic, Ecuador, Chilli,
Paraguay and Venezuela IN Paris.
The charge was onerous-one re-
curing constant and severe labor,
IS Weil as the exercise of pa
thence, prudence and good judgment.
Lt las been performed to the entire
satisfaction Of the Government of
North Germany. As soon as [ learned
that Q Republic had been proclaimed
at Paris, and that the people OF
France had acquiesced in the change,
the 5lnister Of the United States was
ordered by telegraph to recognize it;
and .ender my congratulations and
those of the people of the United
States. ~ - ~
The re. establishment in France Of
o system of government disconnected
with The dynastic traditions of Eu-
rope. appeared to be a proper subject
for the felicitation of Americans
Should the present struggle result in
attaching the hearts of the French to
our simpler forms of representative
government, it viii be a subject oil
still further satisfaction to our people
While we make no effort to impose
our Institutions upon the inhabitants
Of other countries, and while we ad-
here 70 our traditional neutrality in
civil contests elsewhere, we can not
be indifferent to the spread of Ameri.
can political ideas IN a great and
highly civilized country like France.
We we're asked By the new govern
lent 70 use our good offices jointly
With those of European powers in the
interests of peace. Answer was made
true interests of the United States
forbade them to interfere in Europe
al l1estions jointly with European
powers. i asceTtained informally and
uuomcially that the government OIL
North Germany was not then disposed
to listen to such representations from
any power, and, though earnestly
wishing to see the blessings of peaee
restored to the belligerents, with
whom the United States are on terms
of friendship, / declined, on the pari
Of this government, to take steI
which could only result in injury ia
our true interests, without advancing
the object for which our Intervention
Vas e. Foked. Should the time com,
VIXEN the action Of the United States
can hasten the return of peace By /:
single hour, that action will be heart.
ily taken.
canned it prudent, in view of the
nau5eE Of persons of German and
French birth living in the United
States to issue, soon after the oficia
notice Of state of war had been re.
oeIFel from both belligerents, a proc
lanatIOn defining the duties of tbs
United States as a neutral, and tht
obligations Of persons residing with
n the territory to observe their laWs
and the laws of nations. The proc
lamation was followed by others as
circumstances seemedtO call for them
Ehe neople. thus acquainted in ad
Faaee Of their duties and obligations
have assisted In preventing violations
Of tne neutrality of the United States
The CUBAN RESURRECTION,
4t Is not understood that the condi
ton Of the instruction in Cuba has
materially changed since the close 0l
the l-st session Of Congress. In an
early stage of the contest, the author
tiles OF Spain inaugurated a system o
arbitrary arrests, of close confine-
men5, of military trial and execution
ofpeEsons suspected ofcomplicity viii
the surgents, and Of summary en-
barge of their properties and requisi
ton 81 their revenues By execution
warrant. Such proceedings, SO far a
f1ected the persons or propert,
Of citizens of the United States, Wer,
"a violation of the provisions of tn
trsat Of 1875 between the Unitet
and Spain. Representations O
I'D resulting to several persons
claiming to be citizens of the United
State, BY reasons of such violation
Eers made to the Spanish govern
e-@--~N. As LOU " q Hlt
last the Spanish Minister at Washing
Ton has been clothed with a Limited
power to- aid in redressing sucl
W11ngs. That power was found to b,
TiehdEawn n view. at it was said
Of the favorable situation il
which the Island of Cuba was then
which, however, did not lead t.
the evolution or suspension Of
the exsTaordinary and arbitrary
funes ons exercised by the exeeu.
tive loEer in Cuba, and we were
obliged to make our complaint al
I'D. In the negotiations thus
Opel d, and still pending then, the
United States only claimed that fol-
the future the rights secured to Their
eiEizess By treaty should be respected
In Cuba, and that as to the past a
join tribunal should be established
In the United States with full iuris-
dictsSn over all such claims. Before
such a impartial tribunal each claim
ant would be required to prove his
case On the other hand Spain would
be 1t liberty to traverse every mate
rial ct, and thus complete equity
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