The southern argus., 1891-12-17
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
To the Senate and House'of Represent
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of the secretary of the treasury-and the
attorney general made directlyito con-
gress, furnish comprehensive view OF
the administrative work of theflaSt lis
cal year relating to internal affairs. Ii
would be of great advantage'lf these re-
ports could have an attentive DefD5al BY
every member of congress AMI by all
who take an interest in public affairs
Such a perusal could not fail to exca te .
higher appreciation of the vast labor
and conscientious. efforts which are Civ
en- TO the conduct, of our civil adHslnls-
tratiOn.
The work of the state epartmenbduf"
ing the last year has been characterized
by an unusual number of important ne
gotiations and by diplomatic results OF
a notable and highly beneficial charac-
ter.
THE SEALING DIFFICULTY.
Ia view of the reports which have
been receiv we'd Of the dimiutiOn of the
seal herds in the Behring sea. deemed
it wise tOipropose to her malesty's gov
eminent in February last that an agree
ment for a4clOsed season should be made
PENDING thte negotiations for arbltra-
tiOn, wlnch\ then seemed to be,apprOaciAr
ing ldFDFdtJIc COlCluSlOu
In lng Rast annual message | stated
that the basls'Of arbitration proposed by
her maierty's government for the adj
iustment Of the, long pending cOntro-
versy as 10 the seal fisheries was not ac-
ceptable. / am glad now to be 3ble to
announce that. terms satisfactory 10 this
government have been agreed upon.
and that an agreement as to the arbi-
ClT hnR
completion of the convention.
AMERICAN MEATS IN EUROPE.
The law of the last congress DrOvid-
ing a system of inspection for our meats
intended for export. and clothing the
president with power to exclude for
eign products frOmOur market in case
the country sending them should per-
petuate unjust determinations against
any product Of the United States, placed
this government in position to effect
lively urge the removal OF such discrin-
nations against oar meats Ii IS graf
flying to be able 10 state that Germany.
Denmark, Italy Austria and France, in.
che order named, have opened theirs
ports 10 inspected American pork pro-
ducts. The removal of these restric
ff0ns in every instance was asked for
and given solely upon the ground that
We had now provided meat inspection
that should be accepted as adequate to-
the comr9ete removal of the dangers,
real or fahcsed, which had been previ-
ously urged. The state department.,
our ministers abroad, and the secretary
Of agriculture. have co-operated with
unflagging z9at for the accomplishment
OF this great result. The outlines of an
agreement have been reached with Ger
many looking to equitable trade CON
cessions in consideration of the free i'm
portation of her sugars, but the tsmc
has not vet arrived when this CORES
pondence can be subTnF3ted to congress.
THE NEW ORLEANS LYNCHING.
The lynching at New Orleans in
March last of eleven melt OF Italian ma.
tivity by mob OF citizens was a most
depIorable and discreditable incident.
Tt did not however. have its origin in
any general anhnosity TO the Italian
people. nor any disrespect to the gov
ernment of Italy. with which relations
we're of the most friendly character.
The fury Of the mob was directed
against these men as the supposed par
ticipa:ts or accessories on the murder
OF city officer | do not alludo 10 this
as mitigating in any degree this Otfensc
against law and humanity, but only as
affecting the International questions
which grew out of it.
1t was once represented by the Italian
minister that several Of the men killed
we're italian subjects, and Il demand
was made for the punishment of the
Darticipants and for an indemnity 10 the
families, of those who were killed. 1t IS
to be regretted that the manner in
which these claims were presented
were not such as 10 promote calm
discussion cf the question involved: but
this NAV we'll be attributed to the eX-
citement and Indignation which the
crime naturally evoked. The views OF
this governments IA to its obligations to
FOREIGNERS dOmiciled here were fully
stated in the correspondence, as well aS
its purpose to make an investigation OF
the affair, with view TO determine the
obligations of the UDited States.
So-le suggestions growing out OF tAis
incident are worthy the attention OF
congress. 1t would. I believe. he com
pete1t for congress TO make ofenses
aoairst the treaty rights Of foreigners
dOmiciled here cOgnizable Tn the feder-
al courts. This has not bern done, and
the federal officers and courts have no
mower to intervene i'll such cases either
for protection or punishment 1t seems
to me to follow then, that the ott GERS OF
the state charged with police and judi
cial oOrcrs must be regarded IN such
sense, as federal agents, and so make
this government ansWerable for their
acts in oases where it would be answer
able if the United States had uSe&. It's
| constitutional power to define and pun
| ish Grimes against treaty rights.
TIE TROUBLE WITH Chilli.
| The civil war in Chilli which began
| in January last, was continued, but for
tunately with infrequent and not i'm
portant armed collisions, until August
| 5sth, when the congressional forces
landed near Valparaiso ana, after
bloody engagement, captured that city
| President Balmace5a a. once rccog'
nized that his cause was lost ana pro
| yisional government was speedily es
tablished BY the victor Gus party. Our
minister was promptly directed 10 rec
ognize and put himself in communities
tion with this government so soon rs 1
should have established its defacto cha"
acter. which was done. During tht
pendencv OF this civil contest freanen
/ Indirect appeals we're made 10 this 60"
ernment TO extend belligerent rights 4
the insurgents and 10 give audience i'