St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-25

SOME RESPONSIVE SENTIMENTS.
Americans Had No Desire to he
81 come EmbrOiIed in Foreign
sdc Squabbles.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-In the
manuscript department of the British
museum in London there are stored
away hundreds of autograph letters
of men famous in modern and ancient
history. While in London last sum-
mer o. o. Stealy, the Washington cor
respondent of the Louisville Courier
Journal, found among these old let
tiers an. autograph one from George
Washington, written from Philadel-
phia, April %, 1893, to.Lord Earl of
Buchan. A part of the letter re-
fers to foreign complications and fur
nishes an interesting chapter at this
note. written by the Earl of Buchan
on the 18th of January, 1893:
81 wrote to Mr.. Washington on
the happy prospects America might
entertain, If by any means 1t could
abstain from mingling in European pol,
tiles. l laid before him the vanity and
folly of opening the Indulgence of ma
tional pride, vanity and resentment; to
the slow but certain benefits to be per-
manently obtained by peace and inter-
national prosperity. I yentured also
executive of America peace and union
with the red natives and attention to
national education. To these senti-
ments the president answered in the
following letter"
The first part of the letter related to
private affairs and indicates that Gen.
Washington and Lord Buchan were
old and intimate friends. hen the
letter proceeds as follows:
PEACE AND UNITY.
/ '"The favorable wishes which your
| lordship has expressed for the pros
| perity of the young and rising cOun-
| try cannot but be gratefully received
| by all its citizens and every lover of
| it-one means to the contribution of
| which, and it's happiness, is very judi
| ciously portrayed in these words of
| your letter-'to be little heard of in the
| great world of politics. These words,
| can assure your lordship, are express
| sive of my sentiments on this head.
| And I believe it is the sincere wish
of United America to have nothing to
! do with the political intrigues or the
| SquabbleS of European nations; but, on
| the contrary, to exchange commodities
and live in peace. and unity with all
| the inhabitants Of the earth, and this
! l am persuaded they will do if right
| fully it can be done. To administer
| justice to and receive it from every
| power with whom they are connected
L
| prominent feature in the adm1nistra-
| ton of this country. And 1 fiatter my
| self that nothing short of imperious
| necessity can occasion a breach with
| any of them. Under such system, II
| we are allowed to pursue it, the agri-
| culture and mechanical arts, the wealth
| and population of these states will in
crease with that degree of rapidity as
to battle all calculations and must sur
pass any idea your lordship can hith-
| erto have entertained on the occasion.
! To evince that our views (whether real
| lied or noD are expanded, L take the
| liberty of sending you the plan OF
/ new city, situated about the center of
! the union of these states, which is de-
| signed for the permanent seat OF the
| government-and we are at this mo-
ment deeply engaged and far advanced
| in extending the interest and nav1ga-
| it stands and the branches thereof,
through a tract of rich country for
| hundreds of miles as any in the world:
"Nor is this solitary instance or
| attempts of the kind, although 1t is
! the only one which is near completion
and in partial use. Several other i'm
portant ones are commenced and little
doubt is entertained that in ten years.
If left undisturbed, we snail open a
communication by water with an the
lakes northward and westward OF us,
with which we have territorial connec-
tions. and an inland navigation In
few years more from Rhode Island to
Georgia. inclusively, partly by cuts be,
partly between the islands and sand
banks from the main from Albemarle
sound to the River St. Mary's:: To
these may also be added the bridges
over considerable rivers and the COM
mencement of turnpike roads as fur
ther indication of the improvements in
with great esteem and respect, 1
have the honor to be,
'Your lordship's most ob'dt ana non-
orable servant.
Mr.. Stealy took copy Of the letter
and it is not believed that it has ever
been printed in this country.