Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-10

might Otherwise be pracuced through excessive
zeal.
The same conservative and patriotic
( tone runs through all his correspond ence
upon that subject.
In the second place, our farmers and
business men will remember with what
zeal and knowledge of detail Secretary
Blaine endeavorcd to counterfeit the
effect upon foreign governments, as TO
the importation of AmericaH cattle and
swine, produced by exaggerated con-
sular reports as to prevalence of diseases
in those animals. They will remember
how the growing fear Of American
competitor in the markets OF England,
France and Germany gave doule force
to a senseless panic, which led TO the
indiscriminate slaughter Of American
cattle Immediately upon their arrival in
foreign ports. and absolute prohibition
against importation OF American pork.
To INDECENT and supercill0us sncerors,
this yeoman service of our American
Secretary seemed, no doubt, 60 be ex.
tremely vulgar and un4iRniiied Their
sneers will seem to be OF little cOnse-
queuce, however, when the business
men and farmers vote next November.
The third and most important feature
Of Secretary Blaine's correspondence M
our relations with England relatea 20
the proposed mutual abrogat.on OF the
Clayton Bulwer treaty. Under the
treaty England claims 60 have gained
with the United States joint political
control Of any interoCeanlC canal that
might be constructed upon the Amer-
can Isthmus. In his circular uots Of
June, 1881, Secretary Blaine notified
our own foreign representatives thai-
The United states Of America VIII insist upon
her right 90 take gll nceutul precautions aEaiust
the possibility Of the 18th mu, transit Deine 20 any
event used extensively against her Interests upon
tie land or upon the sea
lie was then writing about the Panama
Canal, and emphasizing the prior
obligations Of our treaty Ct 1876 with
COLUMBIA over the later convention Of
1850 with England, commonly known
as the Clayton Buwer treaty. He sup
ports his position with invincible rea-
soning based upon the natural rights of
the United States and the tenor of her
diplomatic declarations in the past. In
a war 10 which tn United States is
party, we could not tolerate the passage
of hostile war vessels through the canal
at Panama any more tlan
that OF hostile armies over
the Pacific railroads. In time of
peace we seek no exclusive commercial
advantage for the United States II is
only when or safety " threatened by
war that we should feel compelled to
exercise the same rights in the A,aeri-
can Isthmus that England assumes in
the Suez, rights which she would not
share for a single moment with tho
United States, even though her interests
there are far less than ours would be in
any American canal lie therefore
calls for mutual abrogation Of the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty, 80 far as it relates TO
an American canal.
In relation 20 that treaty, President
Buchanan said 10 Lord Napier:
lis treaty which has been fraught with mis-.
understanding and .xlischief from the beginning.
if ihe senate had Imagined that 10 could obtain
the Interpretation placed upon % by Great Britain
10 would not have passed II / nad been iH tile
senate 90 the time that treaty you'd never have
bees sanctioned
General Cas-, secretary Of state TX
pressed the same views, and President
Buchanan ia his message Of December
1891, held that under the circumstance
''the wisest course is to abrogate such a
treaty" Other Central American COM
plieations, however, carried this subject
over until the war when, Of course,
nothing could be done. President |
Hayes, heweyer, in a special message