Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-06

President had been advised by eeremo-
 nial letter of Sept. 22 1896, of the decree
 establishing the new government.
 Diplomatic relations between the United
 Sta es and the independent states of the
 American continental system have been
 substantially, though not actually, con
 tinuous since their first assumption. The
 unions and federations that have arisen,
 the separations that have occurred, and
 the governments resulting from the revo-
 lutions and counter-revolutions in Gen.
 tral and South America have all from the
 point of view of recognition been treated
 in the simplest way. When the establish
 ment of a new government has been
 proven and its stability has been ascer-
 tained to be sufficiently fixed in the will
 of the people. its recognition has follow
 ed by direct instruction to the American
 ministers on the ground, as rule, or by new credence; the reception of a diplo-
 matic agent by the President of the
 United States or an exequater to a con- su-
 Recognizing foreign revolutionary or reactionary governments "is held to be
 one exclusively for the executive and cannot be determined internationally by congressional action" Instructions to Adams and Conger, Brazil, 1889 and 1890; instructions to Egan, Chilli, 1891 and 1892. The memorandum concludes with note that says the facts narrated have been gathered in an examination of the records of the state department. Other authorities as to methods of recognition have also been consulted Upon the point of sending a minister to initiate diplomatic relations with a new state both Hall and Calco (both eminent au- thorities) agree that the declaration should be addressed to the new state. No rule has been found requiring that the diplomatic agent of the recognizing power should, to complete recognition, be received officially or formally by the state recognized. No law of congress, | gress has been found among the rolls deposited by the state department, not withstanding the statement of Wharton, and repeated by others that President Jackson on March 3, 1887, signed a resolu- ton of congress for the recognition Of the independence of Texas. The diplo- matic appropriation bill of March 3, 1887, contained an item flor the outfit and salary of diplomatic agent to be sent l to the republic of Texas whenever the President may receive satisfactory evil dence that Texas is an independent pow CT, and shall deem it expedient to ap- point such minister"
 It may have been an act of recognition when this government on Oct. 19, 1870, directed MT. Armstrong, our counsul at Rome, who had received an exequater from the papal states, to apply for new one from the king upon the decree of the | same date, uniting the Roman provinces, | but it hardly appears so. While nearly all, | if not all, instances of recognition by the United States have been examined report, or notice, upon every one has dur l ing this investigation not proved practi- cable, and no deviation of method from the rules indicated has been found. THE DAUNTLESS SUCCESSFUL.
 Lands an et Ysg and Muni- New t'9n 4ors' Q" Js1 < paper
 Fl Porvenio, published in thu kity, re- l ceived today the following disRl from
 Key West and signed by Ens0 Ips2u, referring te the Dauntless expeditN Expedition was happilv sdisembaY at Sagua, in combipatioR<with Come By this, it is underst6edsn that Dauntless successfully landed her cargo
 and that the supplies wsre re1ked by Gomez.
 The Dauntless took theYffty-one men and the arms and ammunition which 1 the Three Friends left on No Name island, near Key West after failing to l land them in Cuba. Enc cargo is said to have comprised LISA rifles, 100000 cart ! ridges, 500 machetes, 1000 pounds of dyn- amite, medicines, supplies, etc. Sagua, where the expedition was land ed is an important town of Santa Clara province and is on the north coast. The landing was probably made on one of the beaches west of the port which is pro- tected by one or more Spanish gunboats Gomez was last reported a few miles south of Sagua.
 port of a successful landing of an expe- dition after the failure of the Three Friends and the sinking of the Commo- dOre