Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-12


b. not Nc shall have al Isthnian
canal
When TIE Congress Greeted that We
should take The Panama route un1cr
e. a-y win Colombia. the essence q
the condition.. x course. referred not
20 the Government wc.cA conrroued
that route frr 20 the rou-e itsef. 70
tsc territory orrcss which tie vcuss
iay not 20 the ran1e Unlch Tor the
moment the territory bore on TIE nap
The purpose GO the law VAS % an
thorizt the President 70 make = treaty
with The powcr Ia actual control o.
the fsthrnrs 4 Panama Thia purpose
has been fuitlied-
A number OF paragraphs q the nce-
sage are devoted % = review o. our
EFFORTS 20 secure tre2fy rights Tor tae
building % an fsthmian canal. and
many matters touchinE upon the SUD
jet are cited.
Repodi atior % Treaty 81 Colombia
Last spring under the act aUove -
fcrred to- a treaty concluded between
. the representative OF the Republic q
i Colombo ana q our Government was
ratified ~ tac Senate Tnis treaty vas
entered suto az the urgent solicitation
. q the rcople q Colombia and after
body 81 experts appointed BY our Gov
f eminent especially % 20 into the nat
ter OF tie. routes across Tire isthmuS
fat p-onnirced unanimously In favor
az the banana route. In drawing I'D
This treaty e. ery concession vas made
to the PEOPLE and % the Governments
# of Colombia We were more than Just
in dealing 0fth them. Our generosity
was such az go make u = serious cues-
ficr ~he;ar- "a. had not gone too far
il taCir interest az the expense % our
Own. fer fl our srrupuiCDs desire 20
r.av an -.oeslble heed. not merely 20
the real bur even 90 the fancied rights
Of our weaker ueiEhhOr. who already
owed SO much Co our protection and
- forhearauce. Ne yielded in al possible
g ways 20 her desires In drawing mp the
r. tre aty Nevertheless the Government
T. OF Colombia not merely repudiated L1s
- treaty. but repudiated A. in such man
j. ncr as 10 make 10 evident By the time
4 the Colombian Congress adjourned
D. that not the scantest hope renalned
= OF ever getting a satisfactory treaty
% from them The Government 81 Colon
% bia made the treaty. and yet when the
81 Colombian Congress was called TO
a ratify 81 the vote against ratification
~ was unanimous. To does not appear
that the Government made any real
l- effort 60 secure ratification.
~ The control In the interest % the
Z commerce and tranlc Of the whole
=, civilized world of the means q IN
- disturbed transit across the isthmus
~ az Panama has become OF transcen-
81 dent Importance Co the United stases-
~ We have repeatedly exercised this
4. control hy Intervening Ia the course
I, of domestic disscaslon, and by pro
FL tecting the territory from foreign IN
IN. vasiou. ln 1858 Nr Everett assured
the Peruvian minister that ~
should not hesitate 90 maintain ths
neutrality OF the Isthmus In the cass
. a If..I.. ....a
Ia 1864 Colombia. which has AWAY
.' been vigilant 20 avail itself 81 It's priv
"' ucges conferred by the treaty 81
pressed its expectation that Ia m
a event or war between Peru and span
the the United States would carry int
nal eIcvt the guaranty % neutrality
i'm There have been few administration
III or the State Department in Which III
ais. treaty has not. either by the one sid
'ort OF the other been used as basis
the more or less important demands.
ac- was said by Mr.. Fish tn 1871 that n
The Department OF State had reason
pom believe that an attack upon Color
and hian sovereignty on the isthmus hs
ade on several occasions, been aVerted
erai warning from this government.
ioV- 1S66. when Colombia was under q
Sc menace % hostilitics from Italy in q
for Cerruti case. Mr. Bayard express
sec- the serious concern that the Jnit
ere states could not but feel. that a Eui
ulaf pean power should resort 90 Tor
. OF against a sister republic ~ this he
y a. isphere. as 90 the sovereign and I
Teia- interrupted use OF a part OF who
not territory We are guarantors unC
lone. the solmcn faith OF a treaty
are In conclusion it Is argued that {
l-loh country would have been recreant
ar its solemn duty 20 have delayed 10
NJ or In availing itself OF the offered
''uel portunity 10 secure rights and fr
e.c chises sufficient &c guarantee ts
w. mediate entrance upon the import
y. work OF canal construction
s~or, Provisions OF Treaty
on OF By the provisions OF the tire
upon he United States guarantees and
upon faintain the independence % the
the IQhiic % Panama. There Is graz
ltains 10 the United States IN perpetuity
each use. occupation and control OF 5
ng OF ten miles wide and extending u
drop nautical miles into the sea az Cd
ass n terminal. with all lands lying out
mill OF the zone necessary for the
.anted structiOn OF The canal OF for It's
iliary works and with the island
the Bay Of Panama. The cities OF
. .hat ANA and Colon are not embrace
,-.,s-, the canal gone. but the United 81
]. - assumes their sanitation and. In
- OF need the maintenance OF o
- 81 within the granted limits all
=. h. / rights. power. and authority "
-. IL would possess were " the 81
- eign ~ the Tertiary 10 the exclu
% fh ~ fntr ax4r-fe, 81 srVproiz IN right