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no armament, however powerful and mpos- ing af a distance, CT eiii o;if ooast. viii, trust, deter us from discfarging the high du- tics which we owe to our constituents, our national character, and to the world.

 fhe House of Representatives, at the close of the last session of Congress, unani- mpusly resolved that the treaty of the lth of July, 1881, should be maintained, and it's execution insisted or by the United States. It IS due to the welfire of the human race. not less than to our own interests and honor, that this resolution should at ali hazards be adhered to, If, alter go signal al example as that given by the American people during their long protracted difficulties with France of forbearance under accumulated wrongs. and of generous confidence in her ultimate return to justice, she shall now te permitted to withhold from us the tardy and imperfect indennlflcatlon, which after years of remon- stfanee and discussion, had at length been solemnly agreed on by the treaty of 1891, and to set at nought the obligation 1t imposes, the tinted States will not be the only sufferers The efforts of humanity and religion, to sub- st!tate the appeals ofiustice and the arbitra- nent of reason for the coereiye remedies asu- ally resorted to by injured nations, will re- eelFa little encouragement from such an issue. By the selection and enforcement of such lawful and expedient measures IS may be necessary to prevent q result so iniurous to ourselves and so fatal to the hopes of the phllanthropist, we shall therefore not only preserve the pecuniary interests of our citi- zens, the independence of our Government, and the honor of our country, but do much, 1t may be hoped, to vindicata the faith of trea- ties, and to promita the general interests of peace, civilization, and improvement.

 ANDREW JACKSON.

 Washington, Jan I5, 1886.