The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-07
NIX. CLEVELAND, AMONG OTHER
Things, STRONGLY
Recommends Full Payment Of freed.
mans Bank DepOsits-Tak-
ing the Report Of the
TREASURER, HE SAYS THE AN.
NUAL INCUME IS 6REAIER
Than Necessary, and Brings For ward
Arguments Against the Present
High Scale Of Taxation.
To ,ho Congress Of the United States:

To the Congress Of the United States:
In discharge Of a contitutionnl duty nnd
following well established precedent in
the Executive ofico, l herewith transmit TO
Z Q ConEress at ia reassembling certain in
form alton concerning the state Of the Union,
together with sush recon mend tons ior
legislation as appear necessary and expedi-
emit Our EoveTnment has persistentiy main
tanned lie relations OF
FRIENDSHIP TOWARD ALL OTHER
and OF neighborly interest toward those
whose possessions are cont gnOus TO our own.
Few qnes,ions have arisen during the past
xnDr win ether .goyernments, and none of
those are beyond tho reach Of settlement in
friendly sonncil. We. are re yet without
provision ior the setileuent Of claims of cit
isens Of the
UNITED STATES AGAINST CHILL
for injuries during the late war with Peru
and Bolivia, The mixed commissions or
con ventions concluded by the Gillian govern
nent with certa n kuropoan States have
developed an amount of friction which We
trust oan be avoided In the convention
Yhich our representative at San iago Is au.
hettsed 10 negotiate. The cruel treatment
N0RFENsIvE CHINESE
has, I regret 10 say, been repeated In some Of
the far Western 5 alos and Territories, and
v VI ANANhNN " HAA NANt0 I0BNN0 WIN
The A wer OF the local constitut d authori-
tss D. pr vent, It is difficult 10 prevent and
din u,t TO punish. Some are reported even
een be traced to race pr sjudico and eompet,.
ton u labJr, which cannot. however, Justify
the oppressi n OF srnngers, whose safety Is
susraDtcsd by our treaty with China
equally with toe most favored nations.
In OPENING QUA VAST DOMAIN
10 allen o. ments the purpose Of our law
UNvora Una A. an vi n uaatmilatiam not IN nm
vide an arena for endless Antag0nismB. The
paramount duly Of maintaining public
erder and defending The interests Of our own
peopls may require the adoption of measures
Il restriction, but they should not tOlorRte
the oppression Of individuals Of a speclRl
race. am not without assurance that tho |
pnsnt OF CD ma. {ries dly dllpo-
Aine, will meet us hslf W in de-
wing . snmprehensiblo remedy by which n |
snestiyo Limitation Of chinese immigration.
10 ned ~ the protection Of those Chinese
subtcsts who ~rsIpain in this country, may be
spsnred Legislaiion 4. needed 10 execute |
ths p %eyisions Of our Chinese c%oevept on Of
isso 'osS6iI e NE Re tgip m,nb sFHnhS' while sne
pWhrd eur country is manifest. The sltuA
teA Of A me lean interests
ON THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA
has at times excited con Germ and invited
frisn dly action looking 10 the performance
Of the en- aEements Of the two nations oon-
. u - hNa ~ u v I
ceramic transit with hs suhsidence OF the
Jpthmi n disturbance and the erection OF
the State OF Panama into a Fedora district, |
patsr he distrin, government of the consd- |
eTdsr Of thin Va HAS been inaugurated which,
Alsheueh 10 yet somewhat experimental aud
aiteTdipg scope Tor arbitrary oxerc 20 OF
plwer by the delegates OF the natl nal au- |
~ thority promises mu b Improvement
SYMPATHY .BETWEEN THE Pro-
PIE
a.. n the uPited States and Fran 90 born during
,-lr stlohiAi struggle fer inderendence and
IN hD6nuing today, has received n Irosh i'm
Wa tioD Of he
COLOSSAL STATUE OF LIBERTY
4 ranlish to ing the World In Now York hAr.
oIr, the gilt OF rtnchmen to Americans. |
"A eonve ton between the United States
Wand Ger IN othor po0 ors for
do TIN pRorEcTCyoSS, R 0IF SUBMARINE
pvas signed at Paris IN March IA, 1881, and
Y has besn duly ratified and proclaimed by
Ibis goVernIront BY agreement between
the high contrt citing parties this convention
lie Ia 20 into effect the let of January next, |
but the leEislAtion required for Its ex oution
in tho United etates has not yet been
adorted.
IBAaNBsTLY REgnNME ND IT'S EN-
AOrMENT.
Cases have continued to occur in Germ any
CIV ing riss TO much correspondence Ia rela-
ton to the privilege Of foiourn of our nat
urAliEed citizen Of German origin, revisit
ing tho land Of their birth Yet | am happy
70 state that our relati ms with that country |
have -ost none OF their aocus omet cordial |
fy The claims for interest upon the
amount of tonnage dues Illegally exactod
from certain German steamship lines vera |
Congress AZ the last session, and / trust
will receive final and favorable action at an
early day.
annual message in relation TO a mode Of
SETTLEMENT CT THE FISHERY
RIGHTS
in the waters Of British North America, 30 |
long q subject Of anxiety and difference be-
twosn lhe United otAtos aud Great Britain,
April 18th last, and thereupon negotiations
were iHstitu ed 10 obtain an agreement with
Hor Britahnio Maiesty's Government for the
promulgation Of such joint Interpretation
aud def aition Of the article Of the cOnvon-
tiOB OF 1873, 70 ating TO the territorial waters
in tho shore fisheries Of tho British Prov
inoes, rs should secure the Canadian T ghts
frpm enoroach neut by the United States
Fisheries, and Rt tho rAme time insure the
0nisyment by the latter Of the privileges
guATanteod TO them y such convention. Tho
questions involved are of LONG standing, Of
grave oonseuuence, and from time e. timO
for near y three gu rters Of a century have
given rise to earnest International discus
Sons not u"naocompanled by irr tAtion,
Temporary ArrunFNmonth ny treaties have
served / nllny the friction, which, however,
has revived rs eoch treaty was terminated.
The last arrangement under the treaty of
1911 We abrogated, after due notice by the
United sites, on june 80. 1885; hut / was
enabled to obtain for our fishermen for the
the remainder Of that season the enjoyment
Of tbs iull privileges accord d by tho ter
minated treaty. The Joint High Commits
sion BY whom the treaty had been neyo-
tiated, although invested with plenary
power 10 make, q permanent fettement,
were content with y temporary arrangement,
after the termination OF which the que, tion
wa relocated TO tho stipulations of the
treaty o 1913, as to the FIRST article OF
which no construction satisfactory 10 both
countries has ever been agreed upon.
THE PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION
and growth OF population in the British pro-
Vinees 10 what the Fisheries in quest on are
contiguous, and he expansion Of oommer.
cinl intercourse between them and the
United states present today q condition Of
affair. scarcely realiHable at the date Of the
negotiations o 1918.
NEW AND VAST INTERESTS
have been b ought into existence, modes Of
Intercourse between The RESI- ective oountries
have been ihvented. and n ultiplied. The
methods of. oUnduotins fisheries have been
wholly change y, and all this Ia nee u sarily
.antitied 10 randid and careful oonsidoration
in the adjustment OF the terms and oondl-
tiops of Intercourse and between
The United States and their ncighboTs
ALONG A FRONTIER OF OVER $500
MILES.
Thip propinquity community oflAnFuage and
ooenp Il n and IN larity Of politica and so
oia institutions Indicate the practicAbility
and obvious widou VI maintaining mutuAll,
benehcial and friendly relations Whilst /
an unfeig I'd do irous that such re atiOns
slau d txis, between a. ana the inhahitin ts
GfCanada set the action OF their ohicials
dnring the past season towards our fisher
mos has been
SUCH As 10 SERIOUSLY THREATEN
their continue 90. Although disappointed
81 NJ edo IA u secure a e. us aotory settle
mont ia the Gel, ~ question, eRotiRtions
are itlt pundiBE, with reasonable h0pe that
hfors the clnse Of hepreseut session o fCon-
grses aonOudcomeni may be made thai nm
sssspoahla conclusion hsf been reached, ~