The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-05
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the MESSAGE
It's Full Text.
State of the Country.
ATFAIRS at EzoM e.
Relations Abroad.
The Alabama Claims.
The Policy of Grant.
Etc, Etc. Etc.s ETC.. sac
The Policy of Grant.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 5-The following is the mes
sage OF the President
To the Senate and House of Representatives
year Of peace and general prosperity TO this nation
has passed since the last assembling OF Congress.
We have through kind Providence been blessed
with abundant crops and have been spared from
complications and war with foreign nations. In
our midst comparative harmony has been restored.
1t is TO be regretted, however, that free exer-
else OF the elective franchise has, by violence and
intimidation, been denied to citizens in excep-
tiona cases in several OF the States lately in rebel.
lion, and the verdict Of the people
has thereby been reversed. The States Of
Virginia, Mississippi and Texas have been
restored to representation in our national
councils Georgia, the only State now with
pected to take her place there also at the begin.
ming of the new year, and then let us hope, Will
acquiesence on the part of the whole people in the
national obligation TO pay the public debt created
disabled soldiers and sailors and their widows and
orphans and in the changes TO the Constitution,
Rebellion, ' there T is no '1 reason y why we we
should not advance in material prosperity and hap
pinesS as no other nation ever did after pro-
tracted and devastating a war. Soon after the ex-
isting war broke ont in Europe the protection of
favor of the North Germans domciled in French
territory. Instructions were issued to grant the
protection.
This has been followed by an extension of Anne.
riean protection to citizens OF Saxony IIesse and
SAKE COburg Gotha, Columbia Portugal Uruguay
| the Dominican Republic, Ecuador. Chilli, Para
| quay, and Venezuela, in Paris. The charge
| an onerous one, requiring constant severe labor
as well the exercise OF patience produce good
| judgment 1t has been performed to the entire
satisfaction Of this government, and, as am Off:
| the government OF North Germany. AS soon as
learned that Republic, had been proclaimed at
as h ana nt he people nSe St G M q %
| was directed by telegraph to recognize and to
der my congratulations and those of the people of
ha tod 70 est a q I'm frnn
| OF a system of government disconnected with the
dynasty traditions OF Erope appeared to be
proper subject for the fluctuations of Americans.
Should the present struggle result in attaching
the hearts OF the French to our simpler forms OF
stIii further satisfaction to our people Willie we
make no effort to impose our institutions upon
adhere to our traditional neutrality in civil con-
| tests elsewhere we cannot be Indifferent TO the
highly civilized country like France. We were
asked by the new government to use our
ef % Gy sG Of q
made that the established policy and the true in
terests Of the United States forbade them to inter
| fere in European questions Jointly with the Euro
pean powers. aseertaned, informally and un-
officially, that the Government OF North Germany
Was then disposed to listen to such representations
from any powers, and though earnestly wishing to
see the blessings Of peace restored to the bellise-
rants, with all of whom the United States are
on terms of friendship, declined, on the
part Of the government, to take step which
esis 'N Without advancing the object for Which
our Intervention was Invoked. Should the time
come when the action OF the United States eau
hasten the return Of peace by single hour that
action will be heartily taken. deemed it prudent
in view of the number OF persrns of German and
French birth living in the United States to issue
soon after official notice of state of war had been
received from both .belligerents, proclamation
tral, and the obligations OF persons residing
within their cir , territory ITO to observe H3s their
tion was followed by others, as circum,
stances seem to call for them. The people,
obligations, have assisted IN preventing violations
of the neutrality of the United States,
1t is not understood that the condition Of the in.
surrectiOn in Cuba has materially changed since
The close of last session OF Congress. In an early
stage OF the contest the authorities of Spain in
augniated systemoi arbitrary arrests 0i close
confinement, and Of military trial and execution
Of persons suspected OF completely with the inSur-
gent and Of summary embargo OF them, and and
sources by executive warrant Such proceedings,
SO far as they affected the persons or property OF
the promises of the Treaty OF 1895, between the
United States and Spain. Representations of in
etizens OF the United States by reason OF such
violations. were made TO the Spanish Government
From Ap5 ls6S 'oSmne last the SPahsa sGthed M,e i
limited power TO aid in redressing such wrongs
that power was found TO be withdrawn, in view, '
il was said, "of the favorable situation in which
Cuba then was, which, however, did not lead t.
areyOcation or suspension of the extraordinar!
and arbitrary functions exercised by the Executive
power in Cuba, and We were obliged to make on
complaints at Madrid In the negOtonation
thus opened and stl pending the United State
only claimed that for the future the rights secures
to their citizens by treaty should be respected II
| Cuba, and thar as 10 the past joint tribunl
should be established in the United States, wit
full Jurisdiction over all such claims. Before sue
an impartial tribunal each claimant would be Ii
, quIed to prove his case. On the other hand. Spa
would be at liberty TO traverse every ma
| tional fact, and thus complete equity would b
done. A which, at one time. threatene
seriously to effect the relations between the Unite
States and Spain has already been disposed OF II
, this way, The claims of the owners OF the '.As
pnwall for the Illegal seizure and detention OF th
vessel Was referred 10 arbitration by mutual col
sent, and las resulted in an award to the Unite
States for the owners, OF the sum OF Sl9.70250 |
gold. Another and long-pending claim of lik
nature, that Of the hale-ship Canada" has bee
disposed of by friendly arbitration during the pre-
sent year. 1t was referred by the joint consen
4 OF Brazil ana the United States to the decision G
Mr. Edwaid Thornton, Her Britannia Majesty
Minister at Washington, Who kindly undertOo
, the laboriOus task OF examining the voluminou
4 mass of correspondence and evidence submitte
by the two governments, and awarded to Oh
United States the sum of slO0.74009 in gold, whe
: has since been paid by the Imperial Government
These recent examples show that the tern
: l which the United States have proposed TO Spai
for adjusting the pending claims is Just and feas