Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-09
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- column 8 brief statement OF
.,<;tiou assumed By the President
= "a topic discussed
TEE KuLEY AFFAIk.
/ ~.s;aa has ARISEN With the Gov
lss a Austria Hungary tooehiu G
-r-,~rutsfion Of tie URited States
v.s-nx Having under my consti
49, nrsrszAtive APPOINTED an esti
.s,sxsn Of lniDpeasbea probIty
..pu<sesey a. Minister st that
- ~. Sovernment OF Austria Hun
,,yi:ed this Government TO take
r;,.nce Of certain exceptions based
.IIerssions against the personal
<.h,II, Of Mr.. Kelley, whom ! had
-tsd- sskins that 10 vIsv of these
scs,oss tue appointment should be
sssruvu. The reasons 2dvaI csd were
- eould not be 2cqniesced IN with
,,cistioc Of nv oath Of oeice aud
.,s.eufs Of the constitution. slncs
,.sssxsrily involved limitation
.,,, AZ q foreign govern lent upon
sset Of selection BY the Executive,
:. ,sonired s7ch az Application of g
$500 trst A. aQuAlih ,stion for Office
-, the United States AZ would have
.ssltsd IN the practical disfranchise
- AZ a large class of ocr citizens and
- shapdopmenf Of vital principle Of
gav,runent. TIE Anstro Honga-
=. Gcvsrpmeni finally decided no; to
-. M. Kelley a. the envoy Of the
r-s.d states. and that gentleman has
- rsxicned his commission, leaving
| 4. - v.cast. have made no neg
i .,rissfiou and the interests OF this Gov
s-us.s st Vienna are nov IN the care
90 sscretsry Of the legation IS charge
fsssises al ssfsrlrn.
rar rxTxRocEASIC CANAL
m. iutersss Of the United States in 8
r.ssioahie transit for ships across the
=, Of land separating the Atlantic
nm the Pacific. bss been repeatedly
ssuifssted aurIng the last half cen
m. Myimmediate predecessor csnsed
: e negotiated . treaty providing for
NJ oonsfrustion by aud at the sole cost
4 ths United States, Of canal through
ysarsgusn territory, and laid it before
~ senats. Pending the action of that
adv thereon, withdrew the treaty for
= sxSmirstlen. Attentive oonsiders-
ia Of lie provisions leads me to with
nd il from rrsubmission to the Sen
~. Maintaining Gs do the opsnions
II iins Of Presidents from Washing
,su's eays. which prescribe ensaRgiins
Alliances WITH foreign States, j do not
favor . posiey Of scquisition of nev
and distant territory, or the ipcerpora-
non Of remote interests with our own.
he lsvs Of progress are vital and or
mia, and We must be conscious OF that
Iussissihle side of commercial expan-
rsu. WHICH a. the eoscomitant of oar
lsivs civilization. dag by day. is being
med onward BY these increasing ia
alsiss OF production, transportation
md Communication to which steam and
ssctricity have given birth, bu, our
isiy in the present 10 10 address our
sive msiuly 10 the development of the
nj resources Of the great area Com
united 30 cur charge, and TO the culti-
ration Of the arts Of peace within our
|bmders. thoagh iealoa-iy alert in pre-
venting the American hemisphere from
bang involved IN the political problems
Nd complications of distant govern
nsns& Therefore AN unable to re-
commend q proposition involving para
noant privileges Of ownership or ris ht
s1tsids Of COR own territory, when
Duplsd with absolute and IN
limited engagements 10 defend
De territorial integrity Of the
ssats where such interests be
while The general project Of connecting
be fvs oceans by means of q canal 10
b bs encouraged, AN OF the opinion
%; any scheme 10 thai end 20 be COZ
sdstsd with favor shall be free frou
n features alladed to. The Iehuante-
~ route 10 declared by engineers Of the
hshest rank and by competent scien-
aas 10 afford an entirely practical tran
n for vessels and cargo by means of =
aip railway from the Atlantic to the
helfs. The obvious advantages Of
nd Q route, IL it be feasible, over
ahsss BY reason of its less remoteness
hon the axial lines of traffic bet Seen
Enrope and the Pacific, and particularly
ktveen the valley of the Mississippi
nd the western coast OF North and
sssth America. are deserving Of consid
ration. Whatever highway may be
across the barrier dividing
he too creates; maritime sress Of the
sorid must be for the worlds benefit. q
Suss for mankind 20 l,e removed from
he chance Of domination BY any single
pover. Nor must IL become . point OF
aviation Of hossilities or 4 prlxe for
ssfliks ambition. An engagement CON
biaing the copstructios, ownership and
opsfation of such q work By this Gov
srrment With an offensive and defensive
alliance for its protection With the for.
sen State whose responsibilities aud
Nights ve would share. IL IN my Judg-
nens Inconsistent with such . desioa
Ton 10 = universal and peutrai uss. and
would moreover entail measures the
isaliasiien Of which ID beyond the scope
Of oar national peliey OF our present
means. The lapse Of yeArs has sbun-
dAntly confrmed the wisdom and fore
heht Of ihose earlier administrations
Which, long before the esnditions Of
maritime tnternoarse we're ck snged and
Enlarged by the progress Of the see,
proclaimed the vial need OF interoce-
enic trafiic AGREES the Istbmua, and
dsdicsted It 10 advance 20 the common
oee OF man hs their positive declare
ions and through the formal obligation
y treaties. 1owase sash . rcalixsti On
Ne efforts ef my a6 Dissatisfaction vii be
Implied. ever bearing 10 2ind the prin-
aples on which ii must rest and which
sefe declared IN no ascertain tones By
-. Cass, vhe. While Secretary Of State
. iNS. announced that WHIST the
United states want tn Central ADerioA,
Wi 10 The happiness Of It's lesple. 10
ae security and neutrality of she tntef-
sesnie routes which lead through il. .
Tue eoussruesion Of ssrss ffss.ssrti
ssniAl lines Of railway. ali In successes
~ operation, wholly vitsin gar tart
~. and uniting the Atlantic spd
y fssalts Of q most int~rcNtsnz and
1ffessive nature. and has crested neu
eoudit,oes not IN the rsases Of sou
1sfcs sniy. but IN political eeoxrsrhy
vassA powerfully saect oar relations
ward and nsossszrily increase our in
ecests IN sny TansisshrniAn route watch
~ b. opposed and enployed for tbs
seos OF peace or trade. Trsnsgorts
ses . factor IN the esss % CON nooi
- srArceiy second 90 thai Of theif
Eecoetipn, aud weighs as heavily upoE
1e eonsumer. Oar sxisssaes already
- proven the great importance Of
.avieg The competition between land