Excerpt from The Question Between the United States and Peru: New York, December 5th, 1860 In the pending question of the United States with Peru, several writers have suggested the expediency of using the naval forces of the Union to bring her to terms, imitating so the arbitrary and despotic way of settling differences of opin ion on principles of international law, adopted by some Euro pean nations in their disputes with weaker or defenseless countries. To this we have only to say, that such abe havior would be unworthy of a great nation, and highly disapproved by the majority of a noble people that sees in Peru a sister republic trying to protect her rights against the conspiracy of a few speculators, and seeking in that people the moral support required by her cause, which is the cause of justice and of self-preservation. The United States do not require the employment of force to obtain satisfaction, when their demands are grounded on justice; the history of their relations with Peru, shows most undoubt edly the consideration and respect with which all their suggestions have always been received and attended to; and cases could be named where differences between the government of Peru and the United States Minister have been submitted to the decision of the United States Govern ment, and the same faithfully executed by Peru. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.