The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-12-09

Pacific has bcen repeatedly manifesto
during the last half century. Ny immG
dlate predecessor caused to bs negotiated
with Nicaragua a treaty for tue construC
tlon by Rnd at the sole eos! et the Unite'
StAteB OF canal through Nicaragua tor
ritory and laid It before the Senate. Pend
ing the action Of that body thereon,
withdrew the treaty for Te'examinRtion
Attentive considerations OF its provisions
leads mo to Withhold ii from Te.submiA
sion TO the Senate, maintaining "A
do, the tcnetS o. alien prece
dents, from Washington's day, which
prescribe entAnRling alliances with for
eign Rtntes. do not favor policy OF ac
QUESTION OF new and distant territory Of
the incorporation OF remote interests with
onr own. The laws OF progress are vita
and organic, and We must DO conscious oi
that irresistible tide OF commercial expan
sion, which, as the ConcOmitant OF our Ac'
tive civilization day by DAY, is being urgeO
onward by those Increasing facilities o.
production, transportation aud communi'
cation to which steam and electricity hGvt
given birth. But our duty in the preBen'
inStIucts US TO address ourselves mainly T.
the development OF the vast reR0arcss ol
the great area committed 10 our charSu
and the cultivation OF the arts Of peace
within our borders, though jealousy aletI
in preventing the American hemisphere
from being involved in the political prob
lens and complications oil distant govern
ments. Therefore, am unable TO recon.
mend propositions involving permanent
priYiieRea OF ownership or tight outside OF
our own territory when coupled with Ab
solute and unlimited engagements 10 de.
iend tho territorial integrity oi the STATE
where such interests lie.
While The general protest Of connecting
the two oceans by means oil canal is to
be encouraged, Sm Of the opinion thai
any bchems to that end TO be considered
with favor should be free from the feature,
alluded to. The FehaHntepee route is de
clATed, by engineers oil the highest reputc
and by competent scientists, 10 afford NJ
entirely practicable transit for vessels and
cargoes by means OF a ship railway from
the Atlantic 10 the Pfcidc. The obvious
advantages Of such a route, II feasible,
over others moro remote from the aka
lines OF traffic between Europe and the
Pacific, and particularly between the Val,
ley OF the Mississippi and the western
coast Of North and South America, arc de,
serving OF consideration.
Whatever highway may be constructed
across the barrier dividing the two gIelieSi
maritime areas OF the world, must be 70,
the worlds benefit, trust for mankind u
be removed from the chance OF dOmina'
ton by any single power, nor become \
point OF Invasion for hostilftieB or prize
Tor warlike ambition. An engagement
combining the construction, ownership
and operation OF such work by this gov
eminent with an offensive and deieusiv,
alliance for its protection with the foreign
state, whose responsibilities and rights v,
would share, is, in my judgment, incon.
sistent with such dedication to universe
and neutral use, aud would, moreover,
entail measures for It's realization beyond
the scope Of our national pOlity or present
means.
The lapse Of years has abundantly con,
fTmed the vision and foresight Of thosi
earlier administrations which, long before
the conditions Of maritime inteICourss
we're changed and enlarged by the progress
oi ago proclaimed the vital need OF inter
oceanic transit across the American 18th.
mus and conssCrAted IN advance to the
common use Of mankind by their positive
declarations and through the formal obi
CATION OF treaties. Toward such realiz1
ton the efforts OF my administration will
be applied, ever bearing In mind the prin.
Ciples on which 1t must rest, and which
were declared in no uncertain tones by
Mr.. Cas-, who while Secretary Of State In
1855, announced, that Nv hat the United
States wants in Central America next u
the happiness ol It's people 10 the security
and neutrality OF oiinteroceanic routes which
lead through H. The GonstTuc.
ton OF these tfans-Continental lines ot
railway, all in successful operations, wholly
within our territory, uniting the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans, has been accompanied
by results OF q most interesting and itn-
pteSsive nature, and has created new con-
ditionS not III the TGptes Ol commerce only
but in political geography, which power.
fully affect our attons toward and neces'
sarily Increase our interests in any trans
isthmRin route (which may be opened and
employed Tor the ends OF peace and traffic,
or in other contingencies, Tor uses mimi.
cal to both.
IIansRolt u lAtsol ~ tue GoS' =!
fS tSSir UTodSc.ion AMI SS SeioSs ~ -. % bs"yiIy
upon the consumer. Our existence already
has proven the great importance Of having
the competition ,S1, between ,1, land carriage and
Essf '1 Sroseriion 1 %'''op' ~ ,be e nr5iir 5T
against All the tehdeneieS Of monopoIies which
Is inherent III the consideration 81 wealth
and power IN the hands oil vast corpora
tons. these s9ggessions may serve 10
emphaS'ts WhAt naVe ea'te1uy sAlu on the
sG9re Of me Necessity OF . hentralixanoh
oi any lateF.oGesanic transit, anu tills can
only De aceoHPllsIeg ~ Rak!nH tne uses
Of tne route open 70 al nAAoHs aAd gE9'
lect 70 the sm9iIions .i ana waflike necessi'
ueS =, OF , none oa 'neh' onI ...o.. =, ......
the uI1"l4s' alu IePoE' vi u leccnt
survey ~ Wy NlCaf"usua canal t0ute
made Oy OhleI snslneeF YonoEal, VIII r %
communicates lol your iuloLH4non M 4Ae
CLAIMS o. C'IasM ~ oi iIe Enileu iH.t SlAirs
iot losSes O IS SS;i; !, % Inc NJ 6Ii,.ia ay
9Pe'Soi % GN ann,iS,,nn ~ any u. n''tS "iain J,o
Ino suh!sGt II 'tTE;ii 'M.o, i =. n .haiI
cQhyehtison VIII GnitI p'S''Hios 'of 'ne'F
SHPtiifaS''u " "'oi'"s''n'
THE HEAFllES CHlSEE.
The harmony OF our relations With
China ia fully sustained. In the RppiicI.
go ~ ~ a.. :.,. fo.sf,, .,,.o,; ~ aEa.,,,.
lohS Vi 'He Ac.o i"'e'y PA'9e" W eAe'ute
the treAty o! l5SO restrictive oi the immi-
grafton Of Chinese lAljo:erE into the
limited State,. individual caSes Of hard.
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