Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-12-18
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transportation, and communication to which
steam and electricity have given birth.
But our duty In the present instructs us to adj
dress ourselves msinly to the development Of
the vast resources ct this great area committed
to our charge and the cultivation OF the arts Of
peace within our borders through jealousy alert
In preventing the American hemisphere from
being involved In the political problems and
complications OF distant governments thereon.
am unable to recommend propositions involy-
ing paramount privileges Of ownership or right
outside Of our own territory when coupled
with absolute ahd unlimited engagements
TO defend the territ oriA integrity of
tho state where SUCH interests a lie.
While the general prospect OF connecting the
9wo oceans by means Of q canal is to DO encour-
aged, am OF the opinion that any scheme to
that end to be considered with favor should be
free from the features alluded to. The Tehuan-
tepec route ia declared by engineers Of highest
repute and by competent scientifc men to
afford an entirely practicable transit for vessels
and cargoes by means Of d ship railway from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. The obvious advan-
tages OF such q route II feasible, over others
more remote 3rom the axial lines of traffic be-
tween Europe and the Pacific, and par
tlcularly between the valley OF tho Nissis-
stppt and the western coast of Moth and
South America, are deserving Of consideration.
Whatever highway may be constructed across
the barrier dividing the two greatest maritime
areas OF the world must be FOR the worlds benefit,
trust for mankind to be removed from the
chance OF domination by any single power nor
become point Of Invitation for hostilitles or a
prize for Warllkc ambition. An engagement
combining the construction, ownership and
operation of such work by this government
with an offensive and defensive alliance for it's
protection with the foreign state whose respon-
sib1lities and rights we would have, 1s, In my
Judgment, Inconsistent with such dedication to
universal and neutral use, and would, moreover,
entail measures for It's realization beyond the
scope Of our national policy or present means.
The lapse OF years has abundantly confirmed
the wisdom and foresight Of these earlier admin
1strations which long before the conditions OF
maritime intercourse were changed and enlarged
by the progress Of the age, proclaimed tho vital
need of an 1nteroceanic route across the Amer
lean isthmus and C0nsecrated in advance to the
common use OF mankind, by their positive dec
@ratlons and through the formal obligation Of
treaties. Toward such realization the efforts of
my administration will be applied. ever bearing
in mind the principles on which it must rest, and
which were declared in uncertain tones by Mr..
Cass who. while secretary OF state in 1856,
announced that what the United States want
In Central America. next to the happiness Of
the people Is, the security and neutrality Of the
interoceanic routes which lead through it,
The construction Of three transcontinental lines
OF railway, all in successful operation, wholly
within our territory, and uniting the Atlantic
and the Pacific oceans. has been accompanied by
results OF most interesting and impressive
nature; and has created new conditions, not on
the routes OF commerce only, but in political
geography, which powerfully affect our rea-
tions toward. and necessarily increase our
interests in any trans isthmian route which
may be opened and employed for the
ends Of peace and traffic, OF, in other
contingencies: for uses inimical to both
Transportation Is factor in the cost Of comnod-
tiles scarcely second to that Of their produc-
ton, and weighs as heavily upon the consumer
Our existence already has proven the great
Importance OF having the competition between
land carriers and water carriers fully DEVELOPED
each acting as protection to the public against
the tendencies Of monopoly, which is inherent in
the consolidation Of wealth and power in the
hands Of vast corporations. Those suggestions
may serve to emphasize what have already said
on the score of the necessity Of a naturalization
of any interoceanic transit and this eau only
be accomplished by making the use OF this
route open to all nations and subject to tho
ambitions and warlike necessities Of none.
The drawings and report of recent survey of the
Nicaragua canal route made by Chief Engineer
Menacal. will he communicated for your infor-
nation. The claims Of citizens of the United
States for losses by reason of the late military
operations Of Chill, in Peru and Bolivia, are the
subject OF negotiation for claim convention
with Chilli. providing for their submission to
arbitration.
The harmony of our relations with China is
fully sustained in the application of the acts
lately passed to execute the treaty Of 18SO-re-
strictve OF the immigration of Chinese lahorers
into the United States. Individual cases
Of hardship have occurred beyond the
power OF the executive to remedy,
and calling for judicial determination
The condition Of the Chinese question in the
Western states and territories is, despite this
restrictive legislation, far from being Salts
factory. The recent outbreak in Wyoming Ter
ritory, where numbers Of unoffending Cinnamon.
ndisputably within the protection of the treaties
and the law. were murdered by mob, and the
still more recent threatened outbreak of the
same character, IN Washington Territory, are
fresh In the minds OF all, and there is apprehen-
sion lest the bitterness of feeling against the
Monaghan race on the Pacific slope may
find vent In similar lawless demonstrations
All the power OF this government should be ex-
erted to maintain the amplest good faith toward
China In the treatment of these men, and the
1nfexib1e sternness OF the law In bringing the
wrongdocrs to justice should be insisted upon
Every effort has been made by this government
to prevent these violent outbreaks, and to aid
the representatives Of China in their tnvestiga-
tion Of these outrages. and it is but just to say
that they are traceable to the lawlessness Of
men, not citizens of the United States,
engaged In competition with Chinese laborers
Race prejudice IL the chief factor excels in
originating these disturbances, and Is in a large
part Of our domain jeopardt zng our domestic
peace and the good relationship We strive to
maintain with China The admitted right of a
to prevent the influx OF elements
hostile to its eternal peace and security may not
DO questioned even where there is no treaty
stipulation on the subject. That the exclusion
Of Chinese labor is demanded in other countries
where like conditions prevail Is strongly
evinced In the dominion Of Canada,
where Chinese immigration 10 now regul-
lated by laws moro exclusive than our own.
II existing laws are inadequate to compass the
end In view, shalt be prepared to give earnest
to any futher remedial measures
within the treaty, limits which the wisdom OF
congress may devise.
The Independent State Of Congo has been Or
ganized rs government, under the sovereignty
Of his majesty, the king Of the Belgians, who
assumes irs chief Ma2istracy In his personal
only, without making the new state =
on Belgium. 1t is fortunate that q
benighted region, owing I'll It has Of qnickenins
to the beneheience aud phtlanthroplc
spirit Of this monarch, should have The advant-
age and security of his benevolent supervision.
The actiau taken by this government last year
In being the drstto recoxniss,the Aas Of ths Ir-r
ternational Association Of the Congo, has been
followed by formal recognition OF tho new ma
tionality which succeeds to its sovereign pow
ers. conference Of delegates OF the principal
nations was held at Berlin last win
ter to discuss methods whereby the Congo basin
might be kept open to the worlds trade Dele
gates sttended on behalf Of the United States on