National Republican., 1880-12-07


Of lts lnbors
The claims against the United States under the
FLORIDA treaty with spain were submitted to Con-
grcss for H. action nt the late session. and again
Invite your attention to this long.standing quc%
uuu, With view TO final disposition Of the matter.
At TIE Invitation Of the spanish government,
conference has rcently been held at the city of
Madrid tu consider the subject Of protection by
foreign powers Of native MOors IN the empire Of
MurUcco. The Minister OF the United states In
spain, was directed 10 take part In the dCllbcra.
tluns oi this conference, the result Of which Is
convention signed on behalf Of all the powers
represented The instrument will he laid before
the Senate Tor IT, consideration. The Government
~ the United states has also lost no opportunity to
urge upon that of the Emperor Of Morocco the
ncVcssiiy, Ia accordance With the humane and
enlightened spirit Of the age Of putting an end To
!hc lcrccutions, which have been SO prevalent ~
that country, uf persons Of y faith other than the
Mnslc, aud especially Of the Hebrew residents of
Mutuccn.
The consular treaty concluded with Belgium has
not yet been officially promulgated, owing TO the
alteration of aword In the text by the Senate of the
United states, which occnsioned q delay during
which the time allowed for ratification expired.
The senate will he asked TO extend the period for
ratification.
Thc attcmpt 10 negotiate treaty Of cxtradi,ion
With Denmark milCd on account Of the objection OF
the Danish government to the usual clause proyid.
ira that each nation should pay the expense of the
arrest ui thc persons whose CNtradtion II asks.
The pruNslou made hy Congress- ut its last Scs
sion, iur the expense Of the commission which hnd
herii appointed TO enter upon negotiations with
great Interest 10 the relations Of the two countries
enabled the commissioners TO proceed nj once upOn
their mission. The Imperial government was pre-
pared " give prompt and respectful attention Il
The mattcr- brought under negotiation, and the
conferences proceeded with such tupidty and sue
cess that on the l7th of November last two trcn
tl,e Weru signed at pckn one relating To tile intro
ducti0n Oi hlnesc into this country aud one re-
lhtinu 10 commerce, Mt, IreScut, one Of the com
missiunCr-, T. now on his way home bringing the
treaties, aud Il T. expected that they will be re-
cciycd in scusun to bc laid before the Senate early
~ January.
our Minister Ia Jupan ha, negotiated convcn
tiun inr the reciprocal relief of shipwmcked sea
men take uccasiuu to uugc once more upon Con
grc.. The propnsiy OF making provision for th'
Hucse capital Tor the usc of the American legation
aud the cuuu house aud jail connected with II
The iuIauesc government with great generosity
aud courtesy has offered fur this purpose nm cligi
hlg piece Of land.
In ny las. annual message | invited the attention
Of tonErcss to the subject Of the indemnify mnd
received some year ago frum China and Japan
renew the Recommendation then made, that what
ever portions OF these nlnds atc due 10 American
citizens should be- promptly paid, aud the rcsidu,
returned To- the Nations respectively, 10 which thc,
Justly aud cguiuibly belong
The cNtmditon treaty with the kingdom Of III,
Netherlands, which has bceu ior sometime In coufs,
uf negotiation, has, during the past YEAR hycn con
cluled sud duly ratified
Rclatiuiis oi iucndship AMI Hinity have been q.
tahlished between the Government Of the Unite,
states aud that Of Roumauin, We have sent
diplomatic representative to bucharest. and hay,
been changed by his ROYAL Higliness, Prime,
Charles, to announce the independent soNcrcigntl
commercial relations between the two countries
In my last annual message ! expressed the hop,
that the prevalence of quiet on the horlcr between
| this country aud Mexico would Spun becnmr ~ n
surrd ~ tO Justify the modification nf the ORDER
thcn In force, To our military commander In rcgar
To- cru,sng the iruntirr; without encouraging sucl
the two countries. Events moved in ncrurlanc,
win these expectations, ana the orlcN Wcr,
nccordngy withdrawn, 10 the entire sntishc
ton Of our own Citzens and the Mexican govern
ment, subsequently the peace of the horlcr wa
again disturbed by savage ioruy under the com
mnnd of the Chief Victoria, but, by the combined
and harmonious action Of the military forces q
both countries, his band has been broken up ant
substantially destroyed.
There l. reason To believe that the obstacle
which have ~ long prevented rapid aud conycnicn
communication between the United States ant
Mexico by railway are ON the point Of disappear
ing, and that several important enterprises Of th
character will sOou be set ON foot which canno
fail to contribute largely 10 the prosperity " botl
countries.
New cnvoys from Guatemala, Colombia, Bolivia
Venezuela, and Nicaragua have recently arrived n
this capital, whose distinction and enlightenment
afford the best guarantee OF the continuance q
friendly relations between ourselves aud these ss
ter republics
The relations between this Government and tina
of the United States Of Colombia have engaged
public attention during the past year, mainly h,
reason OF the project Of AN interoceanic cana
the ls,hmus Of Panama, TO he huiltby private CAPT
ernment for TINT purpose. The treaty obligations
subsisting between the United states Of Colombia
by which We guarantee the neutrality of the transit
and the sovereignty and property Of Colombia II
the lsihinls, make II necessary that the condition.
under which 80 dupcndOus O change In the rcgiOI
embraced in this guarantee should bc ELECTED
TRANSFORMING as II would, this lsthmus from
barrier between the Atlantic aud Pacific Oceans
into a gateway aud thoUughfarc between them
for the n0ves and the merchant ships Of the wurlt
should receive the approval of this Government
as being compatible with the discharge. OF thcs'
terests as the principal commercial power Of III,
Western Hemisphere. The views which I OK
pressed In special message Ia Congress IN MRrcl
last, In relation To this project, deem II my dut,
again TO ptcss upon your attention. Subscqucn
consideration has but confirmed the opinion 4" tina
II Is the right and duty of the United states Ia as
scrt ana maintain such supervision and nuthorit,
over any inerOccanic canal across the lsthmu
that connects North and South America ~ vii
protect our national interest"
The war between the Republic Of Chill, on the on,
hand and the allied Republics of Peru and BOliVii
on the other still continues. This Government ha
not felt called upon to Interfere In n contest that
within the bcllgcrcnt rights of the parties H. indC
| pendent States, We have, however, always hcl,
ourselves In readiness 10 mid In accommodating thc
| difference, and have NJ different times reminded
both bclligcrents of our Willingness to render Sucl
| service.
our good offices, in this direction were recent,
accepted by all the bclligcrcnts, and II was hOpct
| they would prove cilcacius, but | regret Ia an
nolncc that the measures which the Ministers -
| the United States at Santiago unl Lima were nIi
thOriZcd 10 take with the view to bring about
pence were not successful In the course OF th,
war some questions have arisen affecting ncutrn
rights IN Nll of these the Ministers of the lnitct
States have, under their Instructions, acted will
Interests.
The relations Of the United States with the En-
pire Of Brazil continue 10 be most cordial and
their commercial Intercourse steadily increases. Il
their mutual advantage
The internal disorders with which the Argentln,
Republic has for some time past been afflicted and
which have more or less influenced Its cNtcrna
ha.s
close This happy result may he expected 10 re
dound to the benefit Ofthe foreign commerce Of thai
Republic, ns well ns To the development of lis vas
interior resources.
In Samoa, the government of King Malieloa, un
der the support and recognition of the consular
representatives of the United states Great Britain
and Germany, seems 10 have given peace and
tranquility to the Islands. While II does not ap
pear desirable To adopt as whole the scheme u
tripartitc local government, which has been pro
posed, the common interests of the three grcal
treaty Powers require harmony In their relation,
TO the native frame of government, and this mny
between them. II would be well II the consular
Jurisdiction of our representative at Apin were In
creased in extent and Importance so as 10 guard
American interests IN the surrounding and outly
ing Islands of OCcaniCn.
The obellsk, generously presented by the Khc
dive of Egypt 10 the city of New York, has safely
arrived in this country and will soon be erected
In that metropolis A commission for the lIquda
tion the Egyptian debt has lately concluded its
work, and this Government, at the earnest solci
tation OF the Khedive, has accedcd 10 the provi
slons adopted by II, which will be laid before Con.
gress for Its information. A commission for the
revision of the judicial code of the Reform Tribu
nal of Egypt is now in session in Cairo Mr. Fur
man, cOnsul.general, and J. NJ Batchelder, esq.
have been appointed as commissioners TO partci
pate In this work The organization of the reform
tribunals will probably be continued for another
period of five years,
In pursuance OF the act passed ut the last session
of Congress, invitations have been extended "a
foreign maritime States TO Join In Il sanitary con
ference In Washington, beginning the first OF
al
many prominent Powers gives promise of success;
in this important measure, designed 20 establish Il
system of International notification by which the
spread Of infectious or epidemic diseases may be
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