| Show our late mm minister istar was furnished a ample powers power sand and in instructions tion i for D adjustment of all pending duesi questions liens the central government of mexico s h he e pe performed his duty with zeal a j ability the claims of our citizens of 0 f them arising out of the violation 0 of express ex r provision of the treaty of Guada loupe 0 o pe hidalgo and others from f rom ar groi injuries injuries to pei persons sons la as well w ell hl as properly 11 have r remained and ev even unnoticed against thesa the grievance grievances vanc es have been addressed without effect to that government Man meantime in in v various arious parts of the republic i ansta n ces have ha e been numerous of ill the e murr imprisonment and plunder of f our citi by different parties p 1 arlies claiming clain ng arid and az ei erti singa a local jurisdiction but tl th cen central t ra I 1 government ern ment although repeatedly P eat edly arg urged EMIG thereto er have in made add no effort edilh either er to puni punish lih th the authors of butr outrages ages iges ario or lo 10 prevent their recurrence no american citizen candow can now vis iti mex lei ico ico on 1 lawful adf ua business without imminent dinger danger to his person and erty there is no adequate protects protect i n alo to el i ther and in in this re peel our treaty breay nil that republic is is ah fiot a i darld de id leiter literl this state of affairs was brought t ta a crisis in m may last by the promulgation of a decree levying a contribution w 1 rata upon lipon all the capital in the republic ak between certain specified amounts whether held by al mexicans br or foreigner Foreign br em al mr r forr forsyth syth ie regarding garding t this decree ina light of a forcad loan oan formal formally y arc tested t e s ted against against its appl application to his bis court coun thymen and advised them not to raj tha contribution but to er it tube foitle exacted acting upon n t this is ad vicea citizen refu refused sed to pay t the e 6 con and his pro property er ty vi was as seiz edLy armed mento men to satisfy the a amount aunt not content with this thil s I 1 ue e government pro j ceedee still further and and issued a decreed acree de creeH banishing him from the country oiw minister immediately ely notified them thet chath if this decree should be carried into ex a n elution he would feel it to be his butylo adopt the most decided measures bi toil belong to the bowers and obligations the representative off office lice standing this barnin war warning nin the banishment banish met was enforced and mr forsyt forsth promptly prompt promptly li announced to the government tha hap J j lloil sion of if tho the political relations of his is legh e tion with them until the pleasure alu f own government should be ascertains ascer taink iines the did not regard the e kt imposed by the decree of bf the I 1 t may aray lt l t to bein strictness nessa a forced loaa and as such prohibited by the joth article the treaty of 1826 be between teen great creat brit and mexico to the benent benefit which am A ican citizens citi yens are entitled by the treat Y le the imposition of the contribution aponte to eigners was considered an unjust arid and olen sive measure besides internal cacti clr other parts of the republic were were it the i time levying ml similar exactions exact iora aponte upon property of our citizens ens and interrupt it their commerce there had beer been 1 an all antao t failure on od the part of our minister to sew see redress cedres s for the wrongs which our citizen sl sli endured notwithstanding his per persever severi efforts and fram the temper manifested 1 the mexican government he had repeat re assured us that no ho favorable ell change co be expected until the united stales shea give striking kinz evidence of their w will I 1 K power to protect their citizens and II 11 severe chastening cha is is the only earthly r edy for our grievances aces 11 I 1 from this statement of facts it t 0 4 have lave been worse than idle to dai direct ct mr if syth to retrace lua his ste steps pg and nd resume dw mat i relational relation sl I 1 with that government sm it wa was therefore deemed proper to sancta his us withdrawal of the legation from wj city of mexico I 1 ABUNDANT CAUSE FOR A WAR WITH 11 miff DIESI AND WHEN IT SHOULD BE CO abundant cause now undoubtedly e esa for or a resort to hOstilities Against the gaws ment menta still till holding possession of the capi ca I 1 should they suc succeed eed in in au subduing aing t the e co corf forces s all reas reasonable na I 1 e hope 0 cwi I 1 t have lave expired of a peaceful peace ill settlement abt ae befit d it difficulties SEIZURE OF MEXICAN I 1 on the other hands hand should the conati tati al bearty party prevail preva and their authority it be OV 1 ta abolished ablis shed hed over their republic their is is sm arwa to hope that they will avill be animated by byll it t unfriendly f friendly spirit and anamay inay grant that I 1 edl 2 to 0 o american citizens cit izena which justice rem h so tar far as they may possess the means for or this expectation expectation 1 I should at ancell recommend rec recommended ommen ed to congress Con griss to grai grant it the cessare s power to the president r eat id en tt to 0 tale take session 0 of f a sufficient portion OR of the re rea 9 ito ard and u unsettled n s ett le d territory T e of mexico to bl be 1 in n ng pledge 1 e d p u until t il 0 our u r injuries shall fredr a and our just demands be satisfied i lve wj already exhausted ever every y milder mea I 1 obtaining justice in such a ca case le thill 11 medy of reprisals Is la recognised recognized by the of nations nation not only as just in III itself bot bat C a means of preventing actu actual alFar aar 1 recommends BECOM A protectorate ovelt OTI II 11 NORTHERN PROVINCES fl but there 6 is another yiew of our real w wit mexico arising from the unhappy unhappy lejat 4 or f affairs along aurl our F frontiers 0 which demands immediate a 8 in that remote region where there sire are bid white inhabitants large bands of hostile host 11 it predatory indians roam promiscuously the states state of chihuahua aida P f Corti rued CA d ra co continued from ath page ra and our adjoining territories the 1 0 cal governments of these states are perfectly y ia helpless e apless and are kept in in a state of constant shanti larm alarm by the indians they ha have the power if they possessed the will even restrain lawless mexicans from passing passing the border and committing depredations on r remote e mote settlers A stated anarchy and violence I 1 1 ence prevails throughout that distant frontier t er the laws are a dead letter and life and property pro porty are wholly insecure for this reason the settlement of arizona is is arrested 1 l wi whilst 1 aist it is 13 of great importance that a chain of i inhabitants habitants I 1 should extend all along its southern ut hern border sufficient fir far their own protection and that of the united states mail passing to and from california well found ed a apprehensions are now entertained that the indians and wandering mexicans equally lai lawless may break up the important st beaire ae and deolal postal communication recently established between our atlantie atlantic and par pacific possessions th this sz i passes very near to the mexican boundary throughout the whole length of arizona I 1 can imagine no possible remedy for these these ev evils its ara ami no mode of restoring law and order on that remote and unsettled frontier nit but for the government of the united states to assume a temporary temporary protectorate over the thai northern portions of chihuahua and So sonora nort and to establish military posts within the same and this I 1 earnestly recommend to congress this protection may be withdrawn as soon as local governments shall be established in in these mexican states state capable of performing their duties to the U united 1 I ed states restraining the lawless and preserving peace along the borders 1 I do not d doubt 0 abt that this measure will be viewed in in a friendly spirit by the government and people of chihuahua and sonora as it will prove equally effectual tor for the protection of their citizens on that remote and laic lawless less frontier as for citizens of the united states A territorial COVERN government MENT FOR ARIZONA An rEOVA and in in this connection permit me to recall your attention to the condition of arizona the population of that territory numbering as is la alleged more than ten thousand so souls als are practically with without out a government N without laws and aid without any airy regular administration of justice murder and aad other crimes are comm committed bitted with impunity this thia state of things calls loudly for redress and 1 I therefore repeat my recommendation for the establishment of a territorial government over arizona THE ISTHMUS the political condition of the narrow isthmus ot of central america through which transit s it routes pass between the atlantic and pacific oceans presents a subject of deep interest to all commey commercial eXal nations it is is over these transits transita tran sits that a large proportion r ti ion 0 of f the trade and travel betge between ell te the e european ur pe n an and I 1 asiatic continents is is destined to pass to tile the united states these routes are of incalculable c import importance anee as a means of communication C between the atlantic and pacific possessions es the latter now extend throughout seventeen degrees degree of latitude on the pacific coast embracing the important state of california and the flourishing of oregon and washington all AH commercial nations t long therefore have a deep and direct interest that these communications shall be rendered secure from interruption it if an arm of the sea connecting the tha two oceans penetrated through nich ague and costa rica it could not ened that these states v would have leave the ri right to arrest or retard its navigation to the injure injury of other nations the transit by land la dal overt over this narrow isthmus oc pies nearly the same position it is a highway u ay in in v which aich they themselves have little interest when vilen compared with the vast in interests of the rest of the world whilst their rights of sovereignty ought to be respected it is the duty of other nations to this important passage shall not be interrupted by the civi civil bassage wars ware and revolutionary outbreaks which have so BO frequently occurred in in this rd region ion the ile stake is 8 too important to be left at the mercy of rival companies compani is claiming to hold conflicting contracts with N a the e commerce mmerle of other nations is 13 not to stand bland stilt and wait the adjustment adust ment of such petty cited tty controversies the government of the united states state s expects no more than this and they will not be satisfied with less they would not if thay could derive any addan adv an tage from the nicaragua transit transi tp not common to the rest of th world its neutrality and protection tor for the commow common use of all nations Is ia their only object they have 1 no objection that nicaragua shall denand a anc ad receive a fair compensation from the companies nies and individuals who may traverse the route but they insist that it shall never hereafter be closed by any arbitrary decree of that government jf if disputes arise te be tween it and those with whom they have entered into contracts these must be adjusted adjust ei by some fair tribunal provided for the pur sose pose and the route must not be closed 2 pen ing the controversy this tn is our whole w 01 policy and it cannot fail to be b 0 acceptable to other nations all these difficulties might be avoided if consistently with the good faith of NIC ni ar augua augua the use of this transit could he thrown open to the general gener aj competition providing at the same time for the payment of a reasonable rate to the nic 0 arau guan government on passengers and freight freir hL la in august 1 1852 the accessory transit company I 1 made its first trip over the nicaraguan route and continued in successful operation with great advantage to the public until the 1856 when it was closed ind and the ta grant to this company as well as its charter were summarily and arbitha ili revoked by the government of president trevious previous to this date I 1 io wever in 1851 serious serio disputes pies ton con F r W cerna the of their accounts accounts ahad had arisen between tho the company and th e gove re it threatening threat I 1 ning the interruption ti of t the h route at any mo moment these the united i cited states in in cain ain endeavored to c compose amt p s e it would be useless to narrate the various various proceedings which took place between beav een the parties up till the time when n hen the transi discontinued suffice it to say that since since february 1856 it has haas remained closed greatly to the pr judice of citizens titi zens of odthe the united states since that time the competition has ceased be tween tn een the rival routes bf af panama and nicaragua and in inconsequence consequence thereof an unjust and unreasonable amount has been exacted from our citizens for their passage to and from california A treaty was lias signed sighed on the day of f november 1857 by the secretary of state and minister mir aister of dicara nicara nicaragua ua under the stipulations of which the use and pro protection t action of the transit route would have been secured not only to the united states but equally to all other na nations lions how Hoi randon and on what hat pretexts this thin treaty has failed to receive the ratification of the nicaraguan government will appear by the papers herewith communicated from the state department the prin ciple aiple objection seems to have been to the provision authorizing the united states to 0 o employ force to keep the route open in in case nicaragua should fail to perform her ler duty in in this respect from the feebleness of that republic its frequent chan hanges cres of government and its constant eternal dissensions this had a most important stipulation and one essentially senti ally necessary not only for the becu acu ecu rl nty of the route but for the safety of american citizens passing and re repass passing mg boand to and from our pacific possessions were such a stipulation embraced in in a treaty between the united states and nicaragua the knowledge of this fact would of itself most probably prevent hostile parties from committing agg aggressions res on the route and render our actual interference inter ferance for its protection sary the executive government of this count country in its intercourse with foreign nations is is limited to tho the empl employment 0 of of diplomacy alone when this falls fails it can an proceed no farther it cambot legitimately resort to force fo ace without the direct authority uth carity of congress except in in resisting and repelling re pel lirag hostile attacks it would have no authority to enter the territory of nicaragua even to prevent the destruction of the transit and protect the lives and property of our own citizens on their passage it is is true that on a sudden emergency of this character t the he j i president w would direct any armed force 11 in ri the vicinity to march to their relief but in in doing this he would act upon his own responsibility under these circumstances I 1 earnestly recommend to congress the passage of an act authorizing the president under such restrictions strict ions is as they nay may deem proper to employ the land and naval forces of the united ed states in preventing the transit from being gd obstructed or closed by lawless violence and n in protecting the lives and property of 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