Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

In revolt. The denial by this government
Of the Colombian proposition did not,
however, imply the admission Of bellig-
ercnt status ON the part Of the Insurgents
The Colombian government has expressed
its Willingness 10 negotiate conventions
for the adjustment by arbitration Of claims
by foreign citizens arising out OF
The destruction OF the city OF Aspin.
wall by the insurpc,ionary fones.
The interest Of the United States in a
practicable transit for ships acroSs the
strip Of laud separating the Atlantic from
the Pacific has been repeatedly manifested
durlug the prcsentconinry. Ny Immediate
predecessor opened negotiations With Nj
carauua for the construction, by and at
the whole cost OF the Emitted States. OF a
u,,ial through the Nicaragua territory, and
lsid the result Of the same before the
senate. Pending the action OF that body
thereon be withdrew the treaty for re-eX-
animation. Attentive consideration Of
its provisions leads me 10 withhold Il
from further examination by the senate.
Maintaining, rs ! do, the lenets of line
oi presidents from Washugton's day,
which prescribe euttngling alliances with
foreign states, do not favor 4 policy OF
acquisition oil new and distant territory,
or the incorporation Of remote interests
with our own. The laws of progress are
vital and organic, aud we must be con-
sciUus oi that irreS,stihiliiy of CONNER.
cial expansion, which as the cpncOmltaut
of our active civilization, day by day, h
being-urged onward by those Increasing
facilities " production, transportation
and communication To which steam
and electricity have given birth,
but our duty in the present inStructs us
60 address ourselves mainly tu the duvvl-
opmcut of the vast resources OF the great
area committed TO our charge, and to the
cultivation OF the arts oipeace within our
borders. Though zealouSly al rt IA pro.
venting the American hemisphere from
being involved IN the political problems
aud complications of distant govern
ments, am unable 10 recommend prnpo-
sitions Involving the paramount privileges
vi ownership or rights OF Those outside Oi
our own territory, when coupled VITA the
absolute and unlimited engagement 10 dc.
feud the territorial integrity OF the
state where such interest lies.
The lapse OF years has aDuudantly con.
iirmed the wisdom and foresight Of those
earlier administrations, which, long be.
fore the conditions of maritime inter,
course were changed and enlarged by the
progress OF the age, proclaimed the vital
need OF inter-uceaulc transit across the
American isthmus, and ConseCrated II In
advance 10 the common use of mankind,
by their positive declarations land through
the formal obligations of treaties To-
wards such realization the efforts OF my
administration Will be applied, ever bear
Ing In mind the principles ON which Il
must rest, and which were declared In 40
uncertain tones by MIR. Cass, who while
secretary OF slate In ls6S, announced that
what the United States want In Central
America, ncNt to- the happiness oil itS peo-
plu, is the sucarity and neutrality of the
interueoanic routes which lead through il.
Whatever highway may bo constructed
acru>, the barricr dividing the Two great
est maritime areas OF The world must be
for the worlds benefit, trust for man
Kind 10 Ng removed from the chances OF
domination by any single power, nor
must IL become a pOut of invitation for
hustuities or "a prize Tor wurliko ambition.
An ARRANGEMENT combining the construc-
ton, ownership aud opcr zion OF such a
work hy the government with an Offensive
and defensive ailmuce for It's protection
with The foreign state whose Responsible
ties and rights we would have 10 assume,
is, ia my Judgment. Inconsistent with
such dedication TO universal and natural
use, and would moreover entail measures
for It's realization beyond the scope of our
national politics or present means.
The construction OF three transconti.
mental lines OF railway, all in successful
operation wholly within our territory, and
uniting the Atlantic and Pacific ueahne,
has been accompanied hy results of a
most interesting and impressive nature,
and has created new conditions, not IN
the routes of commerce only, but IN
political geography, which powerfully af-
feet our relations toward, and necessarily
increase our interests In, any trans.
isthmian route which may be opened
and employed for the ends OF
peace and traffic, or In other con-
tingencies for uses iuimical to both.
Transportation * factor in the case of
commodities, scarcely second TO that of
their production, and weighs as heavily
on the consumer. Our experience al
ready has proved the great importance of
having the competition between land car
rage and water carriage fully Developed,
as a protection TO the public against the
tendencies of monopoly, which is the
consolidation OF Wtlith ana power IN Tue
hahds oil 'ast corporations inc sug,
gesuons may serve 10 ehlphasiAe NhaI 4
nave aireauy salu' ON y score ol houtral,
hatloh OF any ihler-ooeanlo transit, anu
this eau ohiy pe uccohlph'heu ny HlhlnS
the use OF me rouIe open 10 III hatiVuS,
ana SUI W the aihVl'lpuS