John A. Kasson
clip describing Samoan-Us. Treaty aggreements giving wide but 'not exclusive powers' in the Samoan harbor in American Samoa and John A. Kasson supporting the forestalling of the Imperial British
In 1878 a Treaty was in talks with Eastern Samoa which favored Eastern Samoan interests and hoped to keep the Imperial British from gaining areas of influence. The move was supported by President Grant's political following including John A. Kasson. The Private pacts between Eastern Samoa had taken hold though, years before the actual Treaty, with President Grant himself supervising it's move.
In 1878 there were some opponents to the cause but their disagreements were purely political banter and Journalistic duty, people either running against Grant's campaign's or ones with the defensive hand who must write in conflicting opinions. The United States media's arguments too made no difference, all arrangements were pre-made beginning in 1870-1872. John A Kasson who was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Austria-Hungary by President Rutherford B. Hayes, a position he held until 1881, and is still famously quoted "That Ocean does not belong to England".
Related articles: