The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-10

strip OF land sepaRnss1g the Atlantis
from the Pacific has been FepeatedI,
manifested during ihs last half century
MY immediate predecessor caused 70 b
negotiated with Nicaragua treaty 10
the construction BY. and at the sole cos
OF, the United states, q canal through
NicaFaguan territory, and laid befor.
the senate and, pending the action o
that body thereon, withdrew the treaty
for REORGANIZATION, and an aitentiT.
consideration OF It's provisions leads ma
TO withhold it from resubmission 60 tnS
senate.
Maintaining, as 90, the leness of 8
line OF presidents from Washingtou'I
day which prescribe enlsngling ALI.
ances with foreign states do not favor
policy OF acquisition OF distant terri
tory or the incorporation of remote In
terestS with our own. The laws Of pro-
gross are vital and organic, and
we must be convinced of that
irresistible tide Of commercial
expanses which are the comcomItant OF
our active civilization, day by day. be-
ing urged onward by those Increasing
facilities OF production. transportation
and communication, 20 which steam and
electricity have given birth.
But our duty az present instrucis Us
TO address ourselves mainly to develop.
ment, of the vast resources of the great
area committed TO our charge, and to the
cultivation OF the arts of peace with
IN our border, thoroughly and 1ealousIy
alert on preventing the Amer
lean hemisphere from being IN
volved in the political problems
and complications OF distant govern
meuts. therefore am unable % recon-
mend propositions involving permanent
privileges of ownership. or right outside
Of our own territory, when coupled with
absolute and unlimited engagements 20
defend the territorial integrity Of
the state where such interests are held.
While the general project Of connect
Ing the two oceans by means of a canal
- 10 be encouraged, l am OF the opinion
that any scheme 10 that end, 10 be con.
sidered with favor, should be free from
the feature alluded TO. The Tehu antepec
route Is declared by engineera OF the
highest repute, and by competent sci
entists, to afford an entirely practical
transit for vessels and cargoes
by means of ship railway
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The
obvious advantages of such a route, II
possible, over others more remote from
the aXIal lines OF traffic between Eu-
rope and the Pacific. and particularly
between the valley of the Mississippi
and the western coast of North and
South America, are deserving of con-
sIderation.
Whatever highways may be construct.
ed acroes the barrier dividing the two
greatest maritime nations of the world
must be for the worlds benefit, q trust
for mankind TO be removed from the
chance of domination by any single
power, nor become point OF Invitation
for hostilities or prize Tor warlike am.
bitioD.
An engagement combining construc.
ton, ownership and operation OF such
a work Big the government. with an Of
fensivc add dsfenslve allianc3 for it's
protection. with the foreign state whose
responsibilities and rights We would
share is, In my judgment, inconsistent
with such dedication TO universal and
neutral use and would, moreover, entail
measures for its realization beyond the
scope of our national politics or present
means.
The lapse of years has abuudanlly
confirmed tho wisdom and foresight of
those earlier administrations which
long before the conditions of maritime
Intercourse were changed and enlarged
by the progress OF the age, proclaimed
the vital need of inter oceanic transit
across the American isthmus aad con-
secIAted II IN advance 20 the common
use of mankind by that positive declare =
ton, and through the formal obligation
of treaties toward such realization, the
efforts OF nv administration will
be applied, ever bearing In mind the
principles on which 1t must rest. and
which were declared IN no uncertain way
by Mr.. Cass, who, while secretary of
state 10 1855, announced that what the
states want in Central America next to
happiness of its people, Is the security
and neutrality of the intrr-oceanIc routes
which lead through IT."
The construction oi three trans-conti
mental lines of railroads, all IN success
full operation, wholly within our terri.
tory aud uniting the Atlantic and the
Pacific oceans, has been accompanied
by results Of q most interesting and i'm
pressiVe nature and has created new con.
ditIons not in the routes of commerce
only hut in political geography, which
powerfully affect our relation toward,
and necessarily increase our interests in,
Any t.ans isihmian route which may
be opened and employed for the ends of
peace and traffic, or 10 other contingen-
cies for uses iuImical 20 both.
Transportation Is q factor in the cost
OF commodities scarcely second TO their
production, and weighs gs heavily upon
the consumer. Our experience already
has proven the great importance Of hav.
ing the competition between land car
riage and water carriage fully
developed, excepting as pro-
the tendencies ct monopoly,
which is inherent IN the consolidation
of wealth and power in the hands of vast
corpOrailons.The suggestions may serve
To emphasize what l have already said
on the score If 8 naturalization at any
inter. oceanic transit, aud this can only
be accomplished by making use of the
route open q all nations aud subject to
the ambitions and waTlike necessities OF
none.
The drawings and report of q recent
survey OF the Nicaragua canal route
made by Chief Engineer Menssal, will
be communicated for your information.
The claims of citizens OF the L. 8. for
losses by the late military disturbance OF
Chilli In Peru and Bolivia are the sub
ject of negotiation for claims in
connection with Chill, proVid-
ing for their submission TO
arbitration. The harmony of our rela-
tions with China is fully sustained In
the application of the acts lately ia ssed
10 execute the treaty of 1880, restrictive
OF the immigration OF Chinese laborers
into the Cuitcd States, individual cases
of hardship have occurred beyond the
power OF the executive remedy and call
ing for Judicial determination.
The conditioned the Chinese question 10
the western states and territories despite
the restrictive Legislation, Is far from be
ing satisfactory. The recent outbreak
in Wyoming territory, where numbers OF
inoffendIng Cinnamon indisputAbly
within the protection of the treaties and
the law were murdered by n mob and
the still more recent threatened ont.
break of the same character In Wash
inRtnn territory are fresh in the minds
of all, and there is no little apprehension
lest the bitterness of feeling a9ainst the
MoDgolian race on the Pacific slope
may find vent In similar iaWless demon
STATIONS.