Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-12-06

WAsHISGToS Dec. 3.-President Cleve-
lands message was sent to Congress to-
day. A synopsis of the document Is as
follows;
To the Ccngress of tie United States The
assemblage within the nations legislative
halls of those charged with the duty of
making laws for the benefit of generous
and free people, impressiyely suggests the
exacting obligation and ineNorable re-
sponsibility involved in their task. At
the threshold of such labor now to be
undertaken by the Congress of the United
States in the discharge of an executive
duty enjoined by the Constitution. | sub
nit this communication, containing a
brief statement of the condition of our
national affairs and recommending such
legislation as seems to me necessary and
expedient.
OUR PEACEFUL FOREIGN RELATIONS.
The history of our recent dealings with
other nations and our peaceful relations
with them at this time, additionally
demonstrate the advantage of consistently
adhering to a firm but just foreign policy,
free from envious or ambitious national
schemes, and characterized by entire
honesty and sincerity. During the past
year, pursuant to law of Congress, com
missioners were appointed to the Antwerp
Industrial Exposition. Though the par
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short of completely illustrating our
national ingenuity and industrial achieve
ments, vet it was quite creditable in view
of the brief time allowed for preparation,
have endeavored to impress the needless
ness and positive harmfnlness of its re-
striction9 upon the importation of certain
of our food products, and have strongly
urged that the rigid supervision and in
spection under our laws are amply sutli-
cient to prevent the expectation from this
country of diseased cattle and unwhole-
some meat.
The termination of the civil war in
Brazil has been followed by the general
prevalence OF peace ami order. 1t appear
ing at an early stage of the instruction
that its course would call for unusual
watchfulness on the part of this govern
ment. our naval force IN the harbor of Rio
. De Janeiro was strengthened. This pre-
caution, am satisfied, tended to restrict
the issue to a simple trial Of strength
between the Brazilian government ana
the insurgents, and to avert complications
which at times seemed imminent. our
I firm attitude OF neutrality was maintained
to the end. The insurgents received uu
encouragement of eventual asylum from
our commanders ard such opposition us
they encountered WAS for the protection ui
our commerce and was clearly justified by
public law.
A serious tension of relations having
arisen at the close of tine war between
Brazil and Portugal, by reason of the es
cape of the insurgent admiral, Da iiIma
and his followers, the friendly offices OF
our representatives to those countries were
exerted for the protection OF the subjects
of either within the territory oil the other
( Although the government of Brazil was
r duly notified that the commercial arrange
ment existing between the United State;
and that country bnsed on the third see
N tion of the Tariff act of 1890, was abro
gated on August 18th, 1884, by the taking
effect of the tariff law now in force, that
government subsequently notified us oil
its intention to terminate such arrange
ment on the first day of January, 1875, In
the exercise of the right reserved in the
agreement between the Two countries
invite attention to the correspondence be
tween the Secretary of State and the Bra
lillian Minister on this subject.
The commission organized under tht
convention which we had entered int
with Chill for the settlement of the out
standing claims of each government
against the other, adjourned at the end oi
the period stipulated for its continuance
leaving undetermined number of Ameri
can cases which had been duly presented
These claims are rot barred aud negotia
tions are in progress for their submission
TO new tribunal.
A gratifying recognition of the uniform
impartiality of this country towards al
foreign states was manifested by the coin
cident request of the Chinese and Japanes
governments that the agents of the Unitet
+ States should, with proper limits, aiIor,
protection to the subjects of the other dur
ing the suspension of diplomatic relations
due to state of war. This delicate otlic
was accepted and misapprehension whicl
gave rise to the belief that in alfordlnj
this kindly unofficial protection of on
agents would exercise the same demand
for administrative reforms in CoIea; bu
the unhappy precipitation OF actual hos
tilities defeated this kindly purpose
Deploring the destructive war betweei
the two most powerful of the eastern
nations, and anxious that our commercial
interests i'll those countries may be pre-
q served. and that the safety of our citizen
there shall not be jeopardized, | would no
hesitate to heed any intimation that ou
friendly aid for the honorable termination
of hostilities would be acceptable TO botl
belligerents.
The German government has proteste,
against that provision of the custom
tariff act which imposes Discrimination
duty of one-tenth of one cent pound oI
sugars coming from countries paving al
export bounty thereon, claiming that tn
exaction OF such duty is i'll contrayentiol
of Articles B and 8 of the treaty o
1928 with Prussia. In the interests of tn
commerce of both countries, and TO avoi
( even the accusation of treaty violation.
recommend the repeal of SO much of tn
statute as imposes that duty.
Since communicating the voluminou
correspondence in regard to Hawaii an
* the action taken by the Senate and Hous
II OF Representatives on certain question
X submitted to the Judgment and wider dis
cretion of Congress, the organization of
government in place of the Provisions
arrangement which followed the depos
tion of the Queen has been announce
with evidence of its effective operation