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The Panama Canal vs.. Treaty with New
Granada.

Proclaimed at Washington D. c., June u, 1881
10 the Editor Of The National Republican:
Mr.. Thompson, when before the House Commit
tee Foreign Affairs, the 18th instant, stated
that the sC-called Monroe Doctrine was only an
expression of opinion made to legislative body,
in which alOne lay the power to establish policy;
and as Congress had taken no action upon it, it
remained simply the opinion of the President
uttcTing it Be that as II may, that expression of
President MonToes was Of political nature and
was intended to convey the impression which is
now so sincerely cherished by every patriotic
American who ores has country infinitely more than
he does France.
No American can afford to sit idly by and watch
with disirterested eye the attempts of the willy
French to make tool out of our late ex-Secretary
for the fuTtherance of French ends. Do the mem
beTS and Senators choose 10 look back little in TO
the past? Then review the United States Statutes
Rt-Large FOrty-third Congress, 1S7S-'75, Revised
Statutes relating to the District of Columbia and
post roads, Public Treaties, page 55S and article
s.. On that page viii be found very interesting
reading matter TO loyal Americans viz:
First For the better understanding of the pre-
ccding articles, il is and has been stipulated be-
tween the high contracting parties, that the citi
Zcns vessels and merchandise of the United States
shall enjoy in the ports of New Granada incl uGiIg
LGSs Of the part Of The GTdRGdidR territory oencrGRg
deilOIaiHGted ISitRtS Of PaGad from its southern
most extremity until the boundary Of Costa Rica,
all the exemptions, privileges, and immuniicS con-
corning commerce and navigation, which are now
Or nag bujGtter be enjoyed by Grsnadian citizens,
their vessels, and merchandise; aud that this
equality OF favors shall be made to extend to the
passengers, correspondence, and merchandise of
tie United States, in their transit across the said
territory, from one sea TO the other The govern
ment of NeiC Grd!t,!d qudrdRtecs to the Government
gf The URited States that right of way or transit
across the ISthmuS of Panama upon any modes of
communication that IctC ec or that nay be hereafter
Constructed StdH be opeE and free 10 the GOrsrRmeHt
and citi-es IF the United Safes and for e tTQaSpdS-
teton Of any articles OF produce manufactures o. lc
ctGRdi<e q tartW commerce. belonging 70 The cRi=sns
And, i'll order 20 secure TO themselves the tran
QHa td constant enjoyment OF these advantages, and
he
tages, and for the favOrS they have acquired by
the fourth fifth and sixth articles ofthiS treaty the
Sed States guarantee po1ttrey and cticdcioUSi3, to
New Granada, by the present stipulation, the per
feet neutrality of the aforementioned isthmus
with the view that the free transit from the one to
the other sea may not be interrupted OF embar-
raised in arg dtare tine re this treaty crisis; and
in consequence, the United States also guarantee
III the same manner the rights of sovereignty and
the said territory Are we TO understand
that by the Granadian republic ceding 10 Monsieur
de LeSseps the right 10 construct a canal across
the !sthmus OF Panama, that government conSid
that treaty sci aside for lis convenience?
docs Granada think the treaty of 1918 IS null and
void? The United States has ever been faithful
to the conditions of that treaty, and as a
Nation land with g big y" too We should
compel the Granadian government to fulfill its
part Of the contract, Count dc LesSeps or no (Gc)
count By an eH-Cabinet officer assuming the
American branch presidency of this De LesSeps
scheme, may not the French government rightly
claim that, having an American tlately prominently
at the head in America, all American opposition
is set aside, and, further, may not safely say
and with al right assume that if the treaty of 1915
with New Granada can be held i'll such contempt
that when De Lcsseps gets control land may he
fail in the attempt the French government may
assist him IN bis pirate enterprise and virtually
make il g French government canal
II bchOoves Americans 10 guard their interests
with wonderful jealousy, for we will never have
a navy until we need one," and it may be soon
that we VIII need one, for France Through De
LesSeps is not going to give up this golden oppor-
tunity to increase her mercantile advantages with
out struggle. Let all americans remember
how De Lesseps played his cards into the hand
Of the French government in the Suez Canal
matter And look at the ViceTOy of Egypt as the
result of his de Lesseps} treachery.
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
s1l 1881