A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, 1789-1907 . th in the noteof the Secretary of State to Mr. Crampton of the 26th of June last. Dur-ing the negotiations connected with this correspondence, not consideringthe markets of Canada as an equivalent for those of the United States, Idirected the Secretary of State to inquire what other benefits of trade andcommerce would be yielded by the British authorities in connection withsuch a measure, and particularly whether the free navigation of the would be conceded to us. That subject has accordingly beenpresented to t
A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, 1789-1907 . th in the noteof the Secretary of State to Mr. Crampton of the 26th of June last. Dur-ing the negotiations connected with this correspondence, not consideringthe markets of Canada as an equivalent for those of the United States, Idirected the Secretary of State to inquire what other benefits of trade andcommerce would be yielded by the British authorities in connection withsuch a measure, and particularly whether the free navigation of the would be conceded to us. That subject has accordingly beenpresented to the British Government, and the result was communicated byHer Majestys minister in Washington on the 27th of March last in replyto a note from the Secretary of State of the 26th of that month. Fromthese papers it will be perceived that the navigation of the St. Lawrenceand of the canals connecting it with the Western lakes will be opened / a: - ? * I ( / / ,) / /V , ,-,-,.-^., / ^: ^.. FINAL PAGE OF CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY, RATIFIED INPRESIDENT TAYLORS Zachary Taylor 45 to the citizens of the United States in the event that the bill referred toin the correspondence, providing for the admission of their natural prod-ucts, should become a law. The whole subject is now submitted to theconsideration of Congress, and especially whether the concession pro-posed by Great Britain is an equivalent for the reciprocity desired by her. Z. Washington, May 8, the Senate of the United States: With reference to the convention between the United States and HerBritannic Majesty relative to interoceanic communication by the way ofNicaragua, recently submitted to the Senate, I transmit a copy of a note,under date the 29th ultimo, addressed to the Secretary of State by SirHenry L- Bulwer, Her Britannic Majestys minister here, and of reply, under date the 30th ultimo. Intelligence received fromthe charge daffaires of the United States in Central America and
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