Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-26
We Will simply Look On.

We Will simply Look On.
 This decision was not hastily reached, for the entire sUhJrv; uf GU. relations tp the countries of Central and ,,uuth Amer. lea was Consiilurcd and G.arusScd very carefully by the rrcsG,n Tt with h:s consti- tutIonal advisers, and thtro ha5 been mado close scrutiny of the prCccdcnts that might suffice :o* our guidance. These havo been found in a: least threo Ca.cS
 The first was fully s> | out in the m,ssa..e of President Buchanan tn oongrrss in 1852 In that portion relating tu Paraguay. For several years pre-, CdinE this message the nited States had had grcat difficulty in maintaining friendly relations with Par RSuay, lhe lattcr country being thCa un- der tho iron dictatorship uf Dr. Iouo, who was carrying out 8 policy uf CXClud- ing the rest of the world from his country by the most drastic IT cI,ures. UiV had. as President Buchanan said. l.pOn thu most frivolous and even insulting l,rv;cxts re tused 10 ratify tho treAly oI friendship and commerce concluded! with Paraguay; had seized and appropriated tho ro0rrtv of American citizens residing in tho country :n a violent aEl arbitrary manner, and finally the ParaEu;Vans had tirvl upon the United States steamer Water Witch in 1855 and killed the hclusnan while the vessel was making q peaceful survey of the lnrana river to determine its fitness for steam navigation.
 The honor as well as tho interests of the nlted states demanded aAtisfact ion, and the president heinz clothed with necessary power, sent naval expedition up tho Par ana river to the capital of Paraguay and compelled amp!o apologies from tho presi- dent. the payment of an indemnity of SlO.OO0 to the family of the seaman who was killed and finally secured the ratif- cation of tho treaty
 The application of this case to the Mic Araguan situation is not exact but it is regarded as committing the United States to the recognition of tho principle of the right to demand an indemnity for the abuse of United States officers, and .thero- forc we could not consistently deny the same right to Great Britain
 The second case which is relied upon as precedent grew out of the difficulties encountered by Spain. Franco and Great Britain in their relations with Mexico in 1880. These nations asserted that they had been placed by the arbitrary and vex- attous conduct of Mexico under tho neces- sity of e2acting from tho authorities of that country a more effective protection for the persons and pr opertieS of their sub jects. well as tho executi on of obliCa- tions contracted with them by Mexico,
 
 their ends by force if need be.
 Secretary Stewards Declaration.
 The United States which had similar grievances against Mexico, was invited to join these European nations in forcing their demands upon Mexico. This invita- tion was declined by tho United States, which was then in the throes of civil war, but the significant point in the case is in Seward:
 As the undersigned has heretofore had the honor to inform each of tho plenipo- eentiaries now adGrt s,i, president does not feel himsolt al l.i, rty to ques- tion. and he does not quest on, that the sovereigns represented have undouhted right to decide for themselves the fact whether they have sustained grievances. and to resort to war against Mexico for the redress thereof. and have also a right to levy tho war severally or jointly Tho United States has a deep interest which however, they are happy to believe is an interest held by them in common with the high contracting powers and with all other civilized states-that neither of the sovereigns by whom tho convention has been concluded shall seek or obtain any acquisition of territory or. any advantage peculiar to itself and not e"uaily left open to the United States and BY other civ nized state within the territories of Mex loo. and especially that neither one nor all of the contracting parties shall. as a result or consequence of the hostilities to be inaugurated under the convention, ex- srcisc in the subsequent affairs of Mexico any influence calculated to impair the right of the Mexican people to choose end tresly to ccnfasuts shs tvtM Rs its swn