Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-09
PRESIDENTS MESSAGR.


me stnes OF Virginia, Mississippi and eVas
touncIIs rsor1. 70 rePrcsenhtion in our national
may confidently be eTpected ~ ~. ~
nos placs there also at the beginning of tho nov,
wort Iu oS eoen let ns hope will be completed the
Hlth an aoqulescepce on the part OF the whole
3cIP W the national obligation TO pay the public
SSou taeeted as the price OF our Union the pen
IV ipis 70 our disabled soldiers and sailors and fei,
TnaoNs and orphans, and in the changes of The
the great rebellion, there is no reason lybv' Wy ny
bnould not advance In material prosperity and han
phnsss no other nation did, after SO proract prot
ou anu devastating war,
TuE WAR IN FRANCE
n Soon after the existing war broke ont IN t,.,,.
Pnrie W"s ,nva Oh INC United States Minister in
non1iled In French territory Instrncions Isepo
ieS1 10 grant the protection This has been fol-
Se tgS1a oy sa extension of American protection Ia
SI11lnens OF SaXony, uesse and Snx CoSurS Gotbn
Oolumb q, Portugul, Uruguay the Dominiccon Po
paris 1ISIaadhvi, Ohlil Paraguay and Venezuela in
t9 Ahe Chhrge was an enormous one reouirin,,
constant and severe labor as weLas the exeTcise ~
RScn RSsuouee, prudence and good judgment II has
vcou peIlOIhcu TO the entire satisfaction of this
government, and, l am ofliciaiIv intor,'na ,1ao
S9ualy SO TO the satisfaction of tho goyernmept Of
AZ soon as learned that a republic had bcen
Pa9CIamed at Paris, and that the peopie Of France
, r9 agqniesced IN the change the Minister of The
nm &unnGa states was directed BY telegram 10 Tecog.
hlze H. and tender my conrratnihfions and no bs
i;t .ne people OF the Omitted States The reestob
disconnected w',te OF system OF goyernment
appear cd to be the proper subject for the
str"gc,n r,s,oE II ~ Americans Should the present
French 10 SUIT IN attaching the hearts of the
% lsou 70 our simpler forms OF Representative gov
Tactin. II will be subject OF still further salts
imp ,sa 81 10 our people. While we make no effort to
ntf use our Institutions upon the Inhabitants of
- .ner countries, and while we adhere to onr ira
1lnonai neutrality in civil interests elsewhere we
cannot be indifferent to the spread of American
political IDEAS in great and highly civilized
country country Ike France. We were asked by the new
government to use our good offices Jointly with
i'm thp fpfo
'ol peace. Answer was made that the established
pohicy ahd the true interests of the United States
ioIo1ue tneDl TO interfere in European questions
golDty with European powers | nscertaned in
I2rmaliy and unotlically that the government OF
NOrth Germany was not then disposed to listen to
such representations from any powers and tbougb
earnestly wishing to see the blessings of peace re-
1,ored TO the belligerents, with ali of whom the
ji JmiIed states are ON terms of friendship / de-
cllned on the part of this Government 10 take a
step which could only result in injury to our trne
interests without advancing the object for which
our intervention was invoked S6onId the lime
eoe Soat When , the action of the United States can
acson VIII be heartily taken.
THE NEUTRALITY PIP .oc1ANAr1oN
! deemed II prudent, In siew of the number OF
nitod o Serman and Fench birth living in the
of q state Of war had. been received from iG bot6
tba pitad proca hation defining the duties of
nf nernou ,ss ;Si as neutral, and the obligations
IL i within their territory to observe
nn then avs @ ana @ " laws of nations This procama-
seemed Na9 70 iCiI' M wed by others, circumstances
4. C.
Huunteu III advance of their duties and obligations
traIitS ~ led In preventing violations of the
''''''s VI the United States.
u. CUBA.
IL snot understood that the condition of the in
:" ERECTION in Cuba has materially changed since
the close of the last session of Congress- In an
early stage of the contest the authorities of Spain
hnauguraed a system of arbitrary arrests of close
confinement, of military trial and execution of
persons suspected of completely with the insurgents
and OF summary embargo of their properties, and
req9isition of their revenues by executive warrant
Such proceedings, so far as they affected the per-
sons or property Of citizens of the United States
were IN violation of the provisions of the treaty
OF 1875 between the United States and Spain:
Representations OF injuries resulting to several
persons claiming to be citizens of the United States
ny reason of such violations, were made to the
Spanish government. From April, 1869, to June
last, the Spanish Minister at Washington had been
clothed with limited power to act in redressng
such wrongs That power was found to be with,
drawn, in view, 1t was said, of the warlike situa-
tion IN which the island of Cuba then was, which,
however did not lead to revocation suspen-
SION OF the extraordinary and arbitrary functions
exercised by the executive power in Cuba and we
were obliged to make our complaint at Madrid. In
th the negotlqt2ns & thus opened and still pending
future the rights secured to their citizens by treaty
should be respected in Cuba. and that as to the |
past joint tribunal should be established in the |
United States, with full Jurisdiction all such
claims. Before such an impartial tribunal each |
claimant would be required to prove his case ON |
the other hand, Spain would be at liberty trav-
erse every material fact, and thus complete equity
would be done. A case which at one time threat |
ened to seriously affect the relations between the |
United States and Spain has already been disposed |
OF IN this way; The claim of the Col. Lloyd Aspin-
wall for the illegal seizure and detention of that
vessel was referred to arbitration by mutual con-
consent and has resulted in award to the United |
States for the owners of the same of S19 2,50 in
gold. Another and long pending claim of like ma
ture, that Of the whaeship Canada, has been dis |
posed ofby friendly arbitration during the present
YEAR. 1t was referred by the joint consent OF |
Brazil and the United States to the decision of Sir
Edward Thornton, her Britanic Majesty's Minis |
ter at Washington, who kindly undertook the la- |
lOriOus task of examining the yOlunuOuS of /
correspondence and testimony submitted by the |
Two governments, and awarded to the hted |
since been paid by the imperial government. |
These recent examples show that the mode which |
justng the pending claims is Just and feasible and
that it may be agreed to by either nation without
dishonor
1t is to be hoped that this moderate demand may |
be acceded to by Spain without further delay. |
Should the pending negotiations unfortunately and
unexpectedly be without result, 1t will then be- |
come my dufy 10 communicate that fact to Congress
and invite Its action on the subject
SPAIN AND THE SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
hS anG S sed
has begn inaHcurated in Washington, under The
auspices of the United States, pursuant TO the
the House of Representatives of the nth of De-
cember, 1866. The Executive Department of the
Government offered its friendly offices for the
and the allied republics. Hesitatons and obstacles
occurred to the acceptance of the offer Ultimately,
in this city the 29th of October last, at which
authorized the Secretary of State to preside. It
was attended by the Ministers of Spain, Peru, Chilli
and Ecuador In consequence OF the absence Of
representative from Bolivia the conference was
adjourned until the attendance OF a plenlpoten-
tiary from that republic could be secured, or other
measures could be adopted toward comprising its
object.
on this continent may see in this fact new proof
Of sincere interest In their welfare of our desire
to see them blessed with good governments capable
rfn anHT nrWin hal
i've territorial Integrity, and OF our sincere wish
10 extend our own commercial and social relations
with them. The time is probably not far distant
when, in the course Of natural events, the Euro.
pean political connection with this continent viii
cease. Our policy should be shaped in view OF tins
probability to ally the commercial Interests
of the Spanish American States more closely to
our own, and thus give the United States all the
pre-eminence and all the advantage which Mr.:
Monroe Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Clay contempla ed
when they proposed to join the Congress OF Pan-
anna. r.r
During the last session of Congress, treaty Tor
the annexation Of the Republic OF San Domingo to
twS-thirds vote Of the Senate. l was thoroughly
convinced then that the best interests of the coun-
try, commercially and materially, demanded It's
ratification. Time has only confirmed me In TINS
view. / now firmly believe that the moment It is
known that the United States have entirely aban-
doned the project of accepting part Of its ter
fitoey the island Of San Domingo, free port Will
be negotiated for by European nations, IN
the Bay Of Samana, A large commercial
city will spring up, to which we will be tributary,
without receiving corresponding benefits. The
government of Sau Domingo has voluntarily sought
this annexation. 1t is weak power, numbering
probably less than one hundred and twenty thou
sahd souls and yet possessing one Of the richest
localities under the sun, capable OF supporting
population of 100000 Of people in luxury. The
people of San Domingo are not capable OF main
tainlng themselves in their present condition. and
must look for outside support. They yearn for the
protection of our free institutions and laws, our
progress and civilization. Shall we refuse thGmf
The acquisition OF san Domingo feslpe c,Dnonds nf,
the entrance to the Caribbean Sea and the lsthmns
transit of commerce. II possesses the richest soil,
the best and most capacios harborH, the most salu-
brous climate, and the most valuable products or
the forest mine and soil OF any of the west India
Islands Its possession by the United States VIII III
a few years huild up cOastwise commerce OF I'M
mense magnitude, which will 20 far toward rest0r-
ing 10 the United States our lost merchant marine.
1t viii give TO us those articles which we consune
greatly and do not produce, thus equalizing our eX,