Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-14

/ tinue to maintain this disnterestcdness and
Just policy with China as well as Japan. The
! correspondence transmitted herewith shows
that there is no disposition on the part of this
/ Government to swerye from its established
course
Prompted by a desire to put an end to the
/ barbarous treatment of our shipwrecked sail
/ ors ON the Corean coast, / instructed our
Minister at Pekin to endeavor to conclude a
! convention with Corea for securing the
/ safety and humane treatment of such mari
ners. Admiral Rogers was instructed
to accompany him with a sufficient force
/ to protect him in case of need. A small
surveying party sent out, on reaching the
/ coast, was treacherously attacked at disad-
vantage. Ample opportunity was given for
/ explanation and apology for the insult.
Neither came. A force was then landed.
/ After an arduous march over a rugged and
/ difficult country, the forts from which
/ the outrages had been committed were gal
lantly assaulted, and were destroyed. Having
/ thus punished the criminals, and having win
| dicated the honor of the flag, the expedition
returned, finding it impracticable, under the
! circumstances, to conclude the desired con-
/ vention. l respectfully refer to the corre-
| spondence relating thereto, herewith sub
mitted, and leave the subject for such action
as Congress may see fit to take.
! The Republic of Mexico has not vet repealed
the very Objectionable laws establishing
! what is known as the free zone on the from
tier of the United States. 1t is hoped that
this may yet be done, and also more stringent
measures may be taken by that republic
straining lawless persons on its frontier. I
hope that Mexico, by its own action, will
| soon relieve this government of the difficult
ties experienced from these causes
Our relations with the various republics of
Central and South America continhe with
one exception, to be cordial and friendly. /
recommend some action by Congress regard
ing the overdue installments under the award
of the Venezuela Claims Commission of 1866
The internal dissensions of that government
present no justification for the absence of an
effort to meet their solemn treaty oblga-
tionS.
The Publications of an extradition treaty
with Nicaragua have been exchanged.
1t is subject for congatulation that the
great Empire of Brazil has taken the initiatory
steps toward the abolition of slavery. Our
relations with that empire, always cordial,
will naturally be made more so by this act
1t is not too much to hope that the Govern
ment of Brazil may hereafter find it for its in
| terest, as well as intrinsically right, to ad-
vance toward entire emancipation more rapid
| ly than the present act contemplates. The
true prosperity and greatness of nation is to
be found in the elevation and education of its
laborers.
| 1t is a subject for regret that the reforms
in this direction, which were voluntarily
| promised by the statesmen of Spain, have not
| been carried out in its West Indian colonies.
4 The laws and regulations for the apparent
abolition of slavery in Cuba and Porto Rico
| leave most of the laborers in bondage, with
no hope of release until their lives become a
/ burden to their employers.
desire to direct your attention to the fact
| that citizens of the United States are large
holders, in foreign lands, of this species of
property, forbidden by the fundamental law
! of their own country. / recommend to Con-
gress to provide, by stringent legislation, a
suitable remedy against the holding, owning,
or dealing in slaves, or being interested in
slave property in foreign lands, either as
owners hirers, or mortgagers, by citizens of
the United States.
1t is to be regretted that the disturbed
condition of the Island of Cuba continues
to be source of annoyance and of anxiety.
The existence of a protracted struggle in
| such close proximity to our own territory,
without apparent prospect of an early ter
mination, cannot be other than an object of
! concern to a people who, while abstaining
| from interference in the affairs of other pow
ers, naturally desires to see every country in
| the undisturbed enjoyment of peace, liberty
and the blessings of free institutions. Our
naval commanders in Cuban waters have
been instructed, in case it should become
necessary, to spare no effort to protect the
| lives and property of bona .fde American
| citizens, and maintain the dignity of the
! flag. 1t is hoped that all pending questions
| with Spain growing out of the affairs in
Cuba may be adjusted in the spirit of peace
| and conciliation which has hitherto guided
| questions.
To give Importance to, and to add to the
| efficiency of, our diplomatic relations with
Japan and China, and to further in retaining
| the good opinion of those people. and to Sc
! cure to the United States its share of the
commerce destined to flow between those ma
| tions and the balance of the commercial
world, earnestly recommend that an appro-
priation be made to support at least four
American youths in each of those countries,
% 4f,a..l Co., -
our Ministers there. Our representatives
would not even then be placed upon an
! equality with the representatives of Great
Britain and some other powers. As now sit
uated, our representatives in Japan and
China have to depend for Interpreters and
| translatOrs upon natives of those countries,
who know our language imperfectly, or pro-
cure for the occasion the services of employees
in foreign business houses, or the interpreters
to other foreign ministers.
would also recommend liberal measures
for the purpose of supporting the American
lines of steamers now plying between San
Francisco and Japan and China, and the Aus
tralian line, almost our only remaining line
of ocean steamers, and of increasing their
service.
/ PoST-oFFICE DEPARTMENT.
The enlarged receipts of the Post Office
| Department, as shown by the accompanying
Report of the Postmaster General, exhibits
a gratifying increase in that branch of the
of education and of the prosperity of the
people-two elements highly conducive to
the vigor and stability of republics. With a
vast territory like ours, much of it sparscly
populated, but all requiring the services of
the mail, it is not at present to be expected
that this Department can be made self-sus-
tanning but gradual approach to this end,
from year to year, is confidently relied upon,
and the day is not far distant when the
| Post-Offce Department of the Government
: will prove much greater blessing to the
; whole people than it is now.
| The suggestions of the Postmaster Gen.
| eral for improvements in the department
: presided over by him, are earnestly recon.
| mended to your special attention; especial
ly to the documents favorable to the con.
sideration of the plan for uniting the tele
graph system of the United States with the
postal system. 1t is believed that by such a
course the cost of telegraphing could be
/ much reduced and the service as well, if not
; better, rendered. 1t would secure the fur
I ther advantage of extending the telegraph
through portions of the country where pri
: vate enterprise win not constructit. Com
merce, trade, and. above all, the efforts tC
S bring people widely separated into com
5 munity of interests, are always benefited by
: a rapid intercommunication. Education, tho
groundwork of republican institutions, i:
G encouraged by increasing the facilities fol
c gathering speedy news from all parts of thu
: country. The desire to reap the benefit o.
n such improvements will stimulate education
}, 1 refer you to the report of the Postmaster
: General for full details of the operations o
last year, and for comparative statements o
\ the results with former years.
THE KU-KLUN LAW.
: There has been imposed upon th'
n Executive branch of the Governmen
n the execution of the act of Con
e grcss, approved April 20, 1871, and com
/ monty known as the "Ku-Klux law" in
e portion of the State of South Carolina. Th
e necessity of the course pursued will b.
demonstrated by the report of TIN
n committee appointed to investigate tn
J. Southern outrages. Under the provisions o
o the above act, issued a proclamation, call
, ing the attention of the people of the Unitet
e States to the same, and declaring my re
o luctance to exercise any of the eXtraordina
l. ry powers thereby conferred upon me, eN
L cept in the case of an imperative necessity
IS but making known my purpose to eNercis
:, such powers whenever it should becom
E necessary to do so for the purpose of secuI
$ ing to all citizens of the United States tn
/ peaceful enjoyment of the rights guarantee
&c to them by the Constitution and the laws.
u After the passage of this law informatio
a. was received, from time to time, that cou
/. i. a1 l.