The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-12-18
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States of a canal through Nicaraguau territory,
and iaid before the senate. Dending the action
If that body thereon. l withdrew the treaty for
re- examination. Attentive consideration OF
lts provisions leads me TO withhold
II from re-snbmission TO the senate,
Maintaining, as / do, the position of q line of
presidents from WashinEtOn's day which pro-
sCrlbes entangling alliances with foreign states,
l do not favor a policy of acquisition Of new and
distant territory or the Incorporation Of remote
interests with our own. Laws Of progress are
vital and organic, and we mus be conscious OF
that irresistible tide of commercial expansion
which, as the COnCOrnitant OF our active ClyllIZa-
ton, day by day is being urged onward
by those increasing facilities of production,
transportation, md Communication to which
steam and electricity have given birth.
But our duty in the present i]nstructs us to adj
dress ourselves mainly 10 the development Of
the vast resources of this great area committed
to our charge and the cultivation OF the arts of
peace within our borders through jealousy alert
in preventing the Amer lean hemisphere from
being involved in the political problems and
complications Of distant governments thereon.
| am unable TO recommend propositions involv-
ing paramount privileges Of ownership or right
outside OF our own territory when coupled
with absolute and m engagements
to defend the territorial integrity of
the state where such interests lie.
While the general prospect of connecting the
lwo oceans By means of a canal is 10 be encour-
aged, l am of the opinion that any scheme to
that end TO be considered with favor should be
free from the features alluded to. The TChuan-
tepec route Is declared by engineers Of highest
Tepute and by competent scientific men to
afford an entirely practicable transit for vessels
and CargOes by means Of q ship railway from
the Atlantic TO the Pacific, The obvious advan-
tages of such n route, If feasible, over Others
more remote from the aXial lines OF traffic be-
tween Europe G-!d the Pacific, and par
ticularly between the valley of the Missis-
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,
a trust for mankind to be removed from the
chance OF domination by any single power nor
become a point OF invitation for hOstilitles or a
prize for warIike ambition. An engagement
combining the construction, ownership and
operation of such q work by this government
with an offensive and defensive alliance for it's
protection with the foreign state whose reSJOn-
sibilities and rights we would have, is, in my
judgment, Inconsistent with such dedication 10
universal and neutral use, and would, moreover,
entail measures for its 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
istrations which long before the conditions OF
maritime intercourse were changed and enlarged
by the progress of the age, proclaimed the vital
need of an interOceanic route across the Amer
lean isthmus and cOnsecrated in advance TO tho
common use OF mankind, by their positive dec
larat1OnS 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 a 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 rela-
tions toward, and necessarily increase our
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may be opened and employed for the
ends of peace and traffic, or, in other
contingencies, for Uses inimical to both.
Transportation is fac 5or in the cost of commod-
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,
eacn acting as protection to the public against
the tendencies of monopoly, which Is inherent in
the consolidation of wealth and power in Tho
hands of vast corporations. Those suggestions
may serve TO emphasize what / have already said
on the score'of the necessity of q naturalization
Of any interoceanic transit, and this can only
be accomplished. by making the use of the
route open to all nations and subject to the
ambitions and warlike necessities of none.
The drawings and report of a recent survey of the
Nicaragua canal route made by Chief Engineer
Menacal, will be communicated for your infor-
nation. The claims of citizens of the United
States for losses by reason OF the late military
operations OF Chilli, in Peru and Bolivia, are the
subject Of negotiation for a claim convention
with Chilli, providing for their submission to
arbitration.
CHINA.
The harmony of our relations with China is
fully sustained in the application of the acts
lately passed TO execute the treaty of 1SS0-re-
s~trictive of the immigration of Chinese laborers
of hardship have occurred beyond the
power of the executive to remedy,
and calling for judiclal determination
Western states and territories is, despite this
restrictive legislation, far from being salts
factory. The recent outbreak in Wyoming Ter
indisputably witESn the protection of the treaties
and the law, were murdered by a 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 tho
Mongolian race on the Pacific slope may
find vent in similar lawless demonstrations.
All the power OF this government should be cx-
erte1 to maintain the amplest good faith toward
China in the treatment of these men, and the
inflexible sternness OF the law In bringing the
w~rongdoers 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 investiga-
tion OF these outrages. and it is but just to say
that they are traceable to the la~wlessness of
men, not citizens of the United States.
engaged in competition with Chinese laborers.
Race prejudice is the chief factor, excels in
these disturbances, and is In a large
part OF our domain 5eopardizing our domestic
peace and the good relationship We strive to
with China. The admitted right OF a
government to prevent the influx of elements
TO its eternal peace and security may not
be questioned even where there is no treaty
Of Chinese labor is demanded in other countries
where like conditions prevail is strongly
evinced in the dominion of Canada,
lated by laws more exclusive than our own.
IL exiting laws are inadequate to compass the
end In view, / shall be prepared to give earnest
consideration to any futher remedial measures
congress may devise.
THE CONGO.
The Independent State OF Congo has been or
ganized as a government, under the sovereignty
Of his majesty, the king OF the Belgians, who
its chief magistracy In his personal |
only, without making the new state q
dependency on Belgium. 1t is fortunate that a
to the benefcience and philanthrcpic
spirit OF this monarch, should have Tho adYaut- |