II il re sident's Message ; lane' Celiac*. ef de Senate aid Ohs House of Represtalatioss : Tlis e brief space whiCh has elapsed siege thee cloanW your last oessiou. has been remedied by • the moat extraordieare - political mat. The • quadreutialnlection of Chief Magisteste has pass ed off with less than the *seal excitement. Ilow ever hadtviduels and pathos may have -been-dis appointed in the resale it is eeverthelus a eidetic( i e- of national. cenpatsiation that the Choke au I I---been effected by the itedependent suffrages of • free people. uudieturbed' by those iudeences which in other conetries have too often affected ' theneurity of popular elections. - - par grateful yanks are due to an all-mereitul Providence. not baly for staying the ,pestilence which in different forms has desolated sense of our cities. bu't for crowning the laboref the hus bandman with as abaudeut ti t. and. the nation 'generally with the blearing* of peace and prosperity. ' • Within a few weeks the polder mind ha. been . - deeply affected by the death of Dated Webster, . ailing at- bits' decease the office of Secretary ut • Stine. His associates in the Executive govern menethave sincerely syntpathiled with his family ' and the public generally on this mournful recce eien. Ills commanding talents. Lis greet ;edits cal and prates:lona/ cell:lance, his well-tr.ed pa. 'Hoene'. and his long and faithful services, in the mast important public trusts. haste caused his -death to; 1 11weuted turoueliout tne couutn. andbav earned fur hire a lasting piece in our ' history. in the course - of the last SUTIIIIIar considerable ' anxiety was caused fur se.hort tinie,bren official intimation from the goverinneet of Great . lintatn that orders had been glens for the protectieu of the fisheries upon the coasts at tlio Biltealt prov inces in North rrieriea l against the alleged erne ._ croachments of the fishing vessels of the Culled • States and France. The ebonite's al ibis waned • and the season ofa year icesuceeto make it • matter of urgent; portaece. et wa at fi rst ap prehen.ded that an ncr.-esed naval force lied been or d ere d to tee fuse ag grounds to care ) into effect the Ilertish iiiterpr r ation tit those proviiions in M ' the cuuvehtion of IS in reference to sue tine - : iutent of which t e two governments differ: It WWI soon disuse d that such waseree die :derig to • ,- , of Great Britain.pnd matialectery explithatt gni of the real objects of :the meanies hate beeu given ' boilehere and in London. The uneejesed differeece. however. between the two Governments as to the ititeeprostion of the first article of the Convetaien of 1818 ip . , buil a matter of iinporterme. Americus fishing • veesels within nine •or ten years have been ex cluded rpm (ho Water - it to which they had free anus for twenty-five yeas after the tiegetia ... tio• of the trrity In 18-14 this ezcineicia was relaxed set t led as concerns the Bay of F uaday. 'het the just and liberel intention of the Home , Government:en compliance with what we think the true comeraction of the eouventiqn. to (tree ail ,the outerbays to our' fishermen. was nlein ' droned. in consequence 61 the opposition of the ' coionies. Nciewitlistanuing tete. the United Steles have. since the Bay of Fundy was reopeeed to our fishermen in 1815, pureued the meet liberal - course toward the colonial feting intereste. By tee revenue law of trete the duties nu colonial fish entering our ports kere geeely reduced, and be thew arehoueing act it is allowed to be entered - in bond without paying duty. Its this Way cake ' nisi 114 t bas acquired the morepoly ief the ex port trade in um market. sun is entering vetoing t eaten Aso the home consumption. These facts ' ' were smiler those sleets iecroasi d Ike s e ll ; 'ability of our fiehine iatereit. at the move ment in question. These,circumstances and the incidents above alluded to have led me to thruk the niernent fa • iturable fora reconsideratton of the entire tub ject of the fisheries on the routs of the Heusi' ' provinces, with a eiew to place them ellen a more liberal footing of reciprocal privilege. A willingness to meet us in some ailangemeut of the e kiud is understood to exit-4 on the part *- Great Britain, with a desire on ii. r part to in clude in one comprehensive settlement, as well . this subject as the - crammer/eel intercourse bon tweets the United States •nd the Walsh 'proem ' ces. I have thought that when-tier arrange ments may be made teethes° two subjects. it is expedient thatehey should be embriced in sep arate conesaffoes. .The Mimes and death of the late &votary of State prevented the commence ment of the contemplated negotiatiens. Pains • have been taken to celleet the information requir ed for the details of inch au arrangement. The subject is attended With toneiderabie diflieuity.— If it is found practicable to celiac to au a:mo ment mutually acceptable to the two parties. con ventions maybe conducted in the coarse of the e- present winter. The, control of congress over all the provisions of seen an arrangement, street- ' iug the revenue, will of course be referred, The driers of Cubaeturrned • prominent topic in my last messege. Thev.remein in in one-icy coneition. and a feeling of alarm and irritation on, the part of tho Cuban authorities appear to eiire. This feeling he interfered with the reg ' vela commercial interconete between the United Stales end the islend. and .led to e estinte acts of which we have-n right to complain. But the Cap tain general is clothed with no power to treat - with foreign governineets. nor is he in any do - gree under the centrel of tic Spanish Altatisier at/Washington. Any connueeicati on which he • may hold with an agent of a foreign I user is in formal and natter o: courtesy. Anxious to put en end to th' existing inconveniences, i elects ' seemed to rest on aenisconceptiete.) I directed lee newly appointed-Minister to Mexico to visit • Ilavnna, - ou his war to Vera Cruz• lie weenie peietfully received by the (laptain General. who conferred with him freely on 'tee p refit u4eur ropers; but uo permanent erraugenieut was ef fected. In-the mean time, the refusel of the Captain General to allow paseetieers and the mail tole landed in certain casette ler a reason which dt es not furnish in the opinion of this Government - . even a good presumptive ground for such a pro hibition, has been matte the subject of a serious remonstrance at eiladrid;atiti I were no reason to doubt that due respect - well te paid be t h e Gu veraiment of Her Catholic: (Majesty to the 'repro"- Recitations ivtece our eiltnister lies been instrect• sd to snake on the subject-' , leis but justice 10 time C.lplsin General to add. that his conduct tom-rd the e.trawe‘s employed to carry the mails inetee tiiiiied Steles to Hien ' as has, with the escepeoes ammo atinded to. been rnerked with keitlioes bait ltesneity. and indicates no general purpose tif it. rl; eau: with . the commercial correspondence and het-Nauru • between the ieland end this conr,'!:,-. rally in the preseritl near effenel cotes wereii rccieved from the the eliderers ef Franc: teed e , England. ireveing the Government of the 1.51.1- 1 ted -States to become a party with Great Bittain Auld Frame to a tripartite CoOreothil. la Virtue I 'of which the three pewees should severalty and - , collectively disclaim. now and for the future. att i • inteutiou to • obtaiu possession of the Wand of Cubs, and should bind themselves to discuunte- Dance bleattempts to that effect on the pars ef - • anti power or iedividusl nhatev-r. This inn- i tation has bee* rupee - tally dcc;iurd, fur reason' which it *onto occupy ton much space he e ls e commenieetien to state in detail, bet which ea li me to think that the proposed measure would 'of dmilithel -constitatiouslity, intralite, and vino.: veiling. f have. however. he-common wish ser.i'e • eral-of my pertecessors, dirt tu d the Ministers • ' . of France and Ealane in be :memo d ti at the qui- eed Slates eutertaiu no designs aea.nsi Cutn.,, • hot that, on the contrary. I alion!il regard its in eerie:deem), into the Uscon .at the present lime: ' as fninglit with serious err 1. - -- 1 W re this island carp:trees - air destitute eel. i habi nts, or occupied by a kindred race. I should • raged it, if voluntarily ceded by :pain, as i meet desirable aceutemon. But, tinder cushier cir- - i canoe • , I ..avuld look upon its lure:premien into out Onion as a very lint sedates measure. It 1 -vrouktbring auto the Coifed:racy • population of a different national stock. -Freak/me • dil:rein janguage e end not likely to harmonize with the -other member's. It would probably affect in • . prejeditial manner the indestrialeaterests of the •--- South; end it might:revive those conflicts of opin ion betwesu the different erections of the country, litehieli letely shook the Vitiate to its ceetre. and ' whkh bee* Frog so happily-compromised. The rejection by the Moieties Congress of the Convention which had beeeeconcleded between that Republic and the United State". for, the peetectiou of • transit way across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec eked rf the iularesis of those ciiie atens.of the i gnited Stales wire had become pro prietors of &se rights which ofeeico had conker _ red on ens of her own citizens is raped to that transit. has thrown a serious obstacle. Is the way of the eittailitnent of a very desirable national ob . jeret. lam still willing he hope that the differen see ne the seiject which exist. or may hereafter ' edit. between the goveromeete, will be amicably adjusted. This *object. however. has already engaged the ettootiee of the Senate of that - Halted Slates. sad vegetates no timbre mallow& is this tiewineeicsties. The settlement of the qeemiee reopecting the non of Sae Jose de N scamps. and of the eye. teotreray between, the repelaltes ofCaste Rica 64 te their beeeeedea, lessee* I. the otomttuaaotesa t Weise the twe *USW. Weene the Couveatima between die Great Britatta of the 19th 4 Malty a pnipoeiiittort for * mirages is sidereal , odic,* she shti) canal 'wee the *object ettedletratisr April. 0511. I/ reseed to thetse gosernmel l .o ' • loth° Islosqpito Indisue. eras ~ teat by the gicrearF of State rof her 'Britannic 'Majesty. Be-. I o aid in reconciling !the different • las. 1 *armor) iu theirego -1 sire to piece the greet work of a ees the tiro oceans adenine ju• !o - establish the imp* tent port-of :martins adder the governtnent wer.e proposal ii in goes ed to bj ' ate Rica ud the Slos• It hes proved e Dally acerp ;,:. ri. bit le us be_ rl that Om 1 ions on he subject hich are in led on in that spiri of conetlia- unto iitorposes in ghat Apiarist'. sireed twee A , and tit i !Cubit sides t e wiah iitt coed e iwo tulip from • • chip moat bet risdietion. awl -San Joao de . of •eivilised don was insole quilt' Indieus. titbit' to N flasher Repoli train will be • ft ill, which ought alarayr to pre eaten*. and that thry•will lead to e-utt. lion and cam (radon such a satisfactory 1 have ihe s executive gay edged some ci which have fo our Charge 4' dud the saute Congress oft for their payin The r and the con ihe prospect in that qua 4ritan and *ids the Oa the free sec , tensive mull . uf the 14$1 PI , I lice of this ' we might if • same course , tisfsetion In inform you that the mown* of Vonore!a has nth:tow/I lium, of citizen's at At United Stars 1 many years lout been weed by airs st Caraectis. It is hoped • ate at jetties , 1 11/111 &enlists the t,Repabito in prilviding the means 1 ut. t revolution in Thinnans Ayrea I. erated States having lipontri t,f an improved state of -thinks 1 er, the government, of Crest ; made detettwined to negoc:ste Ler of the new entifeilerney .far ' s of their commerce to the ex ! ries watered by the tributaries le; and they rig yea friendly no rpoee to theXoted States, i hit we thought p oiler !mime the in coatplisce with this its minister at Ri Janeiro and ii f Ullf react 'Lone° Ayres have beer] vitst;on, our eharce4l'..ffs 4.1 to concludl zed Confeth.rs , i. The delay the !urination re as yet preset ructions; but ti bat 'key. um fully author' neu4-orgen ttomposing ken place in eminent ha of thus.° iniu sun to hope .ned to our c f commerce hJ United Stftte eventfully 0 'A treaty between the tal ILeplibli. of Uruguay, • hick isill be lola before the - nate.' Shona. this' Convention go into AIN wino, it will open to the tom merizisl eta , rpriee.of our ¢itisens a country of great est ht and mato. wa-ed in natural reeoureea, b t from %%Wet foreign nations bare hitliert been almost Wholly excluded. The crier sporelence of the late Secretary' of State wit i the Peruvian charge tfottstres relative to I e Lobus Wands was commun.. cited to C gross toward llie close of the last session. Since that time, on turther investigatii of that subject, the doubts %Inch had ea entertainell of the title of Pent to these islands have been removed; and I hare .emeil it just that the temporly ening witi• I had been unintentionally dos her, how w ut of information, should be re. paired by , unreserved acknowledgement of her sole igrity; r l'have th satisfatibn to infortn you that course purr , . joy Peto has been creditable to the Itbe lity o?her kovernment. Before it was kilo n by Wer that her title would be at Washimgton,her Minister of 1 a had authorized-Uur charge d'Xf ! a to announce to the An •h had • gone to the Lobos fur gu- Peruvian Government was will ht them 'ou its own account.r— ion had been carried into etfe.ct ran Minister here; by an arrange is believed to be adt•antage*ius s iu ments theshores of the.r4 'ready live,* a great extension, respects a new direction, to our that ocean. A direct and rap. ing intercourse has sprung up n Asia. The waters of the Nor , c, even into the Arctic see. have awknnwled. foreign airs' faires at Li %easels whi ano, that tl leg to frei. This jowl' by the Peru merit whie to the i.arti Our feu! eific 'have and in so m climmerce idly, increal with Maste thorn Paci been frequented by o.tr while ; application of steam to the fien a of nsvigation is becoming ditty nn, and makes it tresirab:s to ob other necef,dry suppiie., , at con t. on' the voile iwt vent Aria and - .'stadres. (tor Intfortut:ste coun t) criimltime to time auger sh.p te of the easte,gs 'are of late yea teen. ITI oral puip. more CM!) tail) foe; a venient poi our Pacifi. tryinen w rock on t entitled to is object on the N. be made t to a mute .01)%iuus no poser noted Scc clud.•a &heirs. , prOh C . II la. i' r• l ' . 111••se apt , he general prosperity illiiiir statri fic reqhires that :an attenyt ellititl I op.tn tne opposite regjoultif Asia Ily beneficial inierc , turse. It is t this attempt could be made by an great advantage is by the U. whose con ill omal Fpgetri ex y idea of-distatit c , iltiii:Ati 11..pen have aC;ordLept e ly b,.rn i l e d t ,', or . opriate rhyarfitree to Japan, un ritand of fa discreet arid intelligent ' highest rook known to nor mer•• is instructed to endeavor tuOkttain oternment of that Cqtrttlry some of the iiihJapitable atld anti-spcial leh it - has p:irsued fur about t tort Ile has been directed particularly trate in the strongest language e cruel treatment to. which our •d mariners bate often les.en sub; I to insist that they Aall be treated nit v. fie is hist, tinted, however, .e time to give th.it goverusnelpt the ssurailtes thElt ,:tie objects of the tea are such and such only as I cited, 'and that the expedition is id- pea coral. I Not w ilia v sliding the, iih which th e g,.‘ rim:lEll4.W Las! regard alt ovrtures from foreigo not wit h,ait b•me of a beoeti: al re expeititinti. :Should it he crowned ess, the advatitattes tail nut be coo- Le haired huoies; but, as in t he case ,•will b equally euityed I .,iy art the litime rowers.. I have much satis -1 ttatink that in all the'iteps prepar; this evlpedition, the Gverrimeot of d Stitt+ has been materially aided I od otlmes of the King of the Netti te only European power having nil . al mist iims wills Japan. ing from the surte7 of our 'foreign I invite the 'attention of Congress it ion Of that deparitner.t of the got-. is which this part of the public bo entrOtted. Our intercourse filth io eri has of late years greatly in both in consequence of our own ad the introduction of many new to the family of nations. to this department of ,Siste has become oned. ' It 110.1, by the recent estab . of the Departiiventiof the Ulterior, feted dooms motive of the domestic If the residue ut the business of J. sisch as the distribution of-Cou ld documents, the keepfug, publish distribution of the hirsl of the tini er, the execution of the copy-right subject of reprieves and pardons, and her subjetits relating to interior ad: tion, should be cranafetred from the in of ariire, it geoid unquestiowa— or the benefit of the public service.— also suggest ibat thebuilding appro to the State Department is not ere hat there is reason to think there ire in its construction, and that the sr- lf the Government in charge of Ilia, eat. with the precious collections of userint papers of Washington,. Jef- Hamillon, Madison, and Munroe, are dto destruction by fire. A similar re rey he made of the buildings apprupri -1 rite War and Navy Departments. ctioditiun of the treasury is exhibited] annual report from that Dqpartutent. • cloth receipts into the Treasury for• cal year ending the 10th June last,. ea ! e of trust funds,-were forty-taint .ftll.l - hundred aad untoryteight thank : bite hundred and eighty-six dollars ighty-nisi cents, (1149,728,386,119,) be expesdiisto for the same period, ' sow.losive el trust funds, were forty-, ' der an cpp,' der the co, officer of , eicr , He i4trom tt.e 1 ' 'relexit jou .ysurn W.l to renndn I I,!airdst hipwrpc ketei, an with hnm at ghe eat uniploitt I:tilted Si hate ind friendly jettivity /eta A.tia I am slat ut th h :tut fi tu r l i to of China other ma illei it)11 I story lo the Unit by the g Criands. cm:idler In pro fetal tim. In the cu ernment sinettA foreign cfelldiC4 9 OWOI Stittes i Ivey th ntet lour listionen been re; six ',Mises • thousand eight hundred G al l ium?. dollies and twillaty ecitts,(s 46,007,896,21 f.) of which nitre mafiosi trier hursdrets and 'tiny Aire thousand l Yt bun drill and tittles dollars ang:-/ty-three cents ($9,435,815 14) eras us acconutot the prissipal and ibtereat of the pubic clebt, in cluisig the Iwo instalment of •the indemnity to ldexico,'uitaer the treaty of Gnadaloupe Hidalgo, learlog • balance of #14,639,136• 37 tu the Ti*ssury•ua the Brit 4;y of July last. Since. his latter periud, further pur chases of th • principal ut the public debt hare been In de•to the extent of two millons lour hundred ud fifty six tbossand fire hurt• dred and fur y-seven dollars slid forty sift. Cents:- ($3, 7 49.) and the surplus-in tbsTsvasur that übject, cured witti zed by la*. The value during tUe # yen maims un4ritandred =EEC] one hundred dred and sill clever dull trim will:nws tiseutv d =l= entire expel lion, •laty •li tr-ir fen dul the Alms tl live htlittlred 3ci t ight) -6 aid inspint*. hundred and forty-three id to tut firet ed year SHP iit tit ouch 'lisped to I' persty the red to chaos treaties with the inn, or the States which,„ hate ta. f - the 'new gus ted the execution ere ie every rPs' countries will be lion prating the aryurlients coalein d in isowys. is favor of discriminating. ca.-1 deco it ins .duty I. call 3 uur us or tile other Oonsiderausns af alject.• The first is the •bect of itious of foreign goods upon our cur t o f the. gold of California. as fast . MIAs its way.directly to Europe in Ruud, purthurd. la his ssoo►d anasiirlocturiug tatablishapeats an q by .cunipetitiOn with, foreign• pitd irreotrd iii them is lost. f hone** sad industrious cit.- um out of .omplusneent, and the, ii t extant is drpritOd of a home mar ryas.' produce. 1a this third plat*. i ain oar insuafiictirries looses the foreigner wi Withoit mr ferator w protector• d =El= teettsig this' 14re l inapo fra..:1.1. M. II it I. Ctione nrneTce. - been eonelud. mini the ()jell- payreeel ler plaice. salad !nuke!: do era, fthd e thousands teasr tnr ram r to th kit for hie a the &sullen =3 seat here Co ell cost of - ir prosperity a ps sad epee i is stiossis , ket for his beiug • of time ur M=t2 requires. This is wherip a poi lives is ea mares:facts ' a practical unless they eompetitioo of layietth the Cattail a;matruer of oar own` be Ized at artiele..but the deraesti• the foreign inenpetioa eJ article t:" which it ea plate the • OINK • us' cousmo/i i th• whole • foreign nit hobito or t► Another legatos. -pr duties lest title at th. practicable to goaatit All oarAtit, lain per ce at Oil Dort I Most cum. sable. for perjury. t .1 article is G I tonsure sl old me Is 1 opus-i• where the should kit I foregitt. ea should They hre herefote compelled to resort to every iinsatisfac cry evidence to ascert.sin whet thet cost ire.. They take the invoice of the imposter, attested b laboath. as the beet evidence of which Me Maur or this con admits. But every one must see -tat the invoice may be fahricated.ond the oath oluch it is euppoe ted hiloe. by tosses of which he 'dishonest Importer pays. part only ot the dot s which bre peed by thehistiebt tole.ood thus indi 'ctly receives Item the vessel, - of 'the. United States a reward tot hie freed and perjury. Ihe repo Miff the 'Serreterc of the Treainry heremfjo mado on this subjelel show couchysive ly that th • frauds have !gen practiced to a great °mitt. i rhe tendency is to destroy that high tuu - a l oh racier fur which our merchants have long bfr distinguished : to defraud the govern ment revenue : to break down the hottest. r y a doilsenest cOmpetition; nod. finally. to t,auele the business. of imperteiloo to: !amigo and irrer pist.lis agents.; , to the great detriment of oar O t estmens. I therefore organ+ mosieern estly fee: aurneud the adoption of specific duties. AltheiClFC It is prirclicoble, or a home tradaatioth to preset these hands. 1 wool also again call roar attention to the fact, d il a he sue sent Laid:TM 40111.1CaSei ia11i4)61041, a high e r toy upon the raw material it:matted theme's' the article menufactured from it.' the cons i 'm eof which' is digit the dety operates in the en aropeinent of the feroigber sad be disconea ettiret of our own citizens. For fo 1 the - gum ! apectfull iry of th' 'llllllelllll. • • 'rho fil ' ly the hi I • the tribe 1 our relatl I 'I3 usatisfe lu oth Ithew of eleinvo to the Is L kilow!ed mid Ore Goren!' anslo 111 fore mej driven a Lites. 'i'he rmtiiis which hove been rejected propos ed to r ide this evil by "inciting to the d,tTereut tr.bood WSW of country suitable to thee habits of life. red sufficient for theirsepport: This pro. vision, late than soy other.it is believed , led to the rejective: and as no substitute fur it has beim e opted by Conroe*. it hoe net been deem. ed adv slile to attempt to enter line aim treaties of a gamest character. although au 'fort has is ' b ees rod by temporary arrangements to pro• *erre , o f oindly relations with them. 1 .. . If it be the desire of Congress to reining them from e ti mounts, altogether. or to amide to them .tarn r districts more remote from the settle meats lot - the whites, it will be proper sow to set .part by law, the territory which they are tel weepy, and provide -the melte& as • cosset* for removing them to i:. JOodics alike to musing eiusens and to the Indians requires the phinipt echos of COlifilli• $ WI flifigeel. ' Th. amendments proposed by the Ben4tio to the the trestle' which were nogotiated with the Sloe:lndian . ' of Minnesota. hare boon *Omit ted tekhe tribes who were petite, to thoin.and • have eioe,iied their assent. A largo tree! of gra- Webb" :ernimey -hos ,th as been .opebett for oink-• meat oud...elltlystion, and ell liming., efteollisioof with dliesepowerfal mid warlike Wu* has 6640 happily removed. -.• Tho removal of Ule remnant of the trilloW Fietniloolo ladling from Florida has laarboaa a oluirilemel oti.fimei 44 the Goes:at ed. and it ki i olio to which my ateatios hos Mow olawilily di- wall eueLiaue tu be appiie/ tu •heue+•er 1 11se *tuck cau be pro the limit*, as tu price, authuri- foreign aumettansiiiii imported al year was twu hundred and se two honored and forty thousand ori otie deltaic (tr2o7.:44t4itn)end °meet% produeusua exported lora ud forty lime minima eight huu,- -one thousand Woo hewed : sod ($14.9.bti1.911) bend's ilium. wa t• uudred and tour thousuott mud 4tur5,(517,144.t126) of foreign mar• •tied; seeks( the ouregute of the one huuJroti and ahsty-uovon Ta re thousand ,uino linuduji and Our pars. (V 67.065.937.) exclusive of I • yrs. exported lurty-two millions laud seise thou/mud two handr, d • dollars. (442.507 2d5 ) in spear; from foreign parts five mithoos two stzti-tee thousand sit bandred-and 'Pars e ( 44.23.2.64 ) aouual inessag• to Congress i call ion to what metaled to me ammo ; present tariff. dud rzeutuniended . lions as iu my iodgm eat wore best 'I 'wily its evils tout promote the pros !euutry. Nothing has sumo occur- My views on this important Vita- loot competition itr our market. and tly rail's.* the pries of the mite,* ooko, loco uow swim is the ear a imported from England. Too d wealth of every notion most de= protective industry. Tito fsrtn►r to exertion by firedrog a mativ,initr. surplus products. sod bo'nefitoii to to exchange theta. without lota peep of traaripottation. for the which kis comfort or convenience ways done to the beet advantage es of the coinuitinity is which lie grid is other pursuits. list sat ! rrqs!re ka amoral of capita! sad 'kill which cannot be ceonnended. to protected fur a tithe from minims from abroad. fleece the uecresity ' duties apse imperted seeds which lion asthorisas fur revenue. is sock to protect and encourage the lobar ;nuns. Duties however should not ram so high is at'excliatie the foreign oold be so' giadeated as tamable mauafacturer fairly to compete with r in our own markets. and by this reduce the Otiose the ataitereettay. the consurnrc to the- lowest rate at ' be produced. This policy would eehaeie by the side of the farmir. it•at interelfeese of their respectove , and theli 11611111111111,4 she industry el lefty, mud render a• iudepen„ outer Ph fie the supplies required liy the - ities . uf the people. piestiots. shell; iuilspendeet.of pro seats itself. and that io, whether the 4 should be vpoi the liaise of the sr place of shipment, or. where it is a 'paci fi c duty, graduating according as ascertained by weight or MO Airlitd. Ni are at prebisui ad 'sheens. A cosi.- , rage is levied on the price of the goods of shipment in a foreign cohutr).— . serc:al °shone haie found it stidispets he purpose of preventing fraud nail make the dutiel tpecdie whenever the sash a unsforni "slue iss weight or to justify *ltch a duty. - I.l.gi.letion er eucourage dashoueity orycnuse. It le that the reecho' uilicers at the port gouda are catered sad the duties lied is lab certainty what they swan:the •rtry. Yet the I+w requires that they , the duty according to POPh end detailed ;Uri:remotion-in. Telford to rat eoaditton of ear Indian Weirs. I re refer yi/ le the report of the Secrete fitterior end the actor:violin' deco *nate net having tbeiaght proper to rad atiea which had been !negotiated with Mof Indians in California and °vertu. owe with thew times been left in a very ictery coaditioa., ' sr pane of our torritOry perticslar die jeareatry have bitin set apart for the ex occupation of thit Indiana, sad theirright ode within thole liatite had Wool 1w:- tied and respectiod. But is (:aliferaia van there has been no recognition be the latent of the rz-thiaive' right of the indi -I,iy part of the eriantry. They are there tenants at sufferance. and liable to be .em place to plitOe. at the pleaanre of the • pets& Admestiohod by past taperiesee of Shb tillificelity indamt OM. attempt to ea eve Osseo atifintry futee.,lereen bee been had to eentil *KY ineasorm. By the levitation of the Cow aihreittoor of iodises . Affairs several the prau fipal oit'efa recestiy visited Waehinettn.. and' Irhilat litre acknewledgedia writieg the vWig4. one of their tribe To remote with thetireet bk. dal”.. Lite &deices front the "peered agent of the Govertigneut iepreeeo !hat thec 'Where to their prutaise. and that a cornett of t h eir people hat Woo called to make ;heir pryhatioory or reetesnetsts. A - preeetel e nitgratteit May there• fore be confidently espeete4 aka* i'qtly day. The report from the (isortel Laud Wiley shows irerraired activity in tta topee..trona. Thy Surrey ref the aerthein beisuilawy ar easits. hers elhleftieled with dinesampled aleeptth. Within the last year 9.5t2 9.13 ace" 4.10110 hr I.lhl have bees earraycd. and t1„t02.4fi.3 saes bronglit tutu mark. t la the last fiscal year there Were i sold ; 1453,01 acme. Located with beauty land mar rants. , rants. %%113114 Located with tither aerfificaten 11 6133 .m.••••• ". 4.670.067 Melting • total of . . In addition. there were— Reported ender swamp biod grants. • . ' 5'319.189 Fur internel improvements.l railroads. &e. : 31,0`25.990 " • : Ilaking . an aggregate of -:, 13 i 1 15.1 LS ** Being au increase in`thearnoutit. of tondo rulti and Wattld ender hand warrants la .560.51 . 29 Sere. over the previous year. • The whole amount thus soLL located seedier land watrants.reperted under swarup land:g I nuts, sad selected for ifoul iniprovesnouts. exceed s that a ntis previous year by 3.344.372 acres; and the sales would. w t pout &lob'. have been much larger but fur tits P armoire reservations for-reil road* in Missouri. Mississippi. at.d Alabama. For,the quarter ending 30th Settember. 185:. there acre so'd 24.1.2:15 arras. Located with beset) land war ' riots 1.387.116 '• Located with other 1.5.619 ** Reported under owl grant+ ertifieates mplood . 2.48.1.233 •• ti forth 'Slaking an agree • "niter of blotch the larzer ins and elassifyiug has been fini•hed, Comptes to make pabheatton of the deemed best. , Th ttutt.-en the basis 4.131,9.53 •• portion of the 14bar of ar►seg- Ilhe valuta' of the last ceases •od fiord' new devolve epuu be otervesty poevseiou lot the .ttlte iu ouch terse es shall be appoiuttueet of repreeettta the stew eer.ooo. hoe been, made by the Sec •rr of the leierier to cantor, mitt• with the pros non of law relating to Vint subject, sod the rebind elietiest have tweet node is aeeerdeses with it. contineue to your fsebreble regard the any geotion coutoined in the report of the Secretary et' the Interior that provisiiiirbi triode by la.w tor tit, publ,catieU end disiribation. periodicslll. of su ontilyticol digest of all the pateute which have been, or rosy hereafter be. grouted, for *0,411 in ventions and dioloverioa, with with deacriptiona mot illustrations as sue) be urce.earr to present an intellsgiblo view of their nature end operation. Tlti cost of each puteieaticin could easily be de frayed-oat of the patent fund. and I ans.persaa ded that it coald be appliad to no object inure •.t -crptable to inventors sod beticficiaa to the public at hare. An appropriation of 1010U,thgl w .. at the last smalion fur the ieirchase iiii , able site, and for thci rirtetio 1, furnishinb:iTs filling , up Of an Asylum for me Insane ul the. District of fl.tutobie, and sit the Army anJ Navy of Ahe United leitatee.,tic proper mess urea have been adopted to carry this ouircb cent nurpose.into effect, - By the latest advice, from the Mexican Boundary Commission It appears that the . survey of the neer Gila, from its contilicnee with the Coleraclo to its supposed laterite lion with the western lam of Now Mexico, has been completed. The survey of the il.i.i _Grande has also been finished trout the point agreed un by the Conm.issioners al 4 -the point where tt strikes the southern boundary of N. Mextzo" to a point one hundred aid thirty• tire nail. beluvrEale Pass, which - is about two-thirds-oldie lanes along the course of ihwriver.-to its ' oth, E, The appropriation which was. made at the last sessiya of Congress fur the cuatieuation of the survey ist'subjtmt to the fulluvong pry• I • %ISO! ' . Provided, That no part of this appriipri.' atien shall.he used tor expended until it shall • be made naosforturily te . appear to tile Nes'. dent of the-United Slates that the •southern heumitry of New Mexico is nut established by the esomnisinmer and .iirveyor of the L. States farther north of the town can e f •ik s ,„; than the same is laid down in thituruelre mar, which is added fu tee 40.4." My attention Wivildrawn to this 'object by a ieporl from they enet - tweet of the ltpler. lot, which revievveillt the facts of the ease, ' an.l submiited for A decision the question 1 i f whether, under exi in: circainsaficee, any part of the appropr mon mated be lawfully used ur expended for the further prosecution 1 1 of the wore. After a careful consideration 1 of the subject,ll coma to trie conclusion that 1 it could nut, amis. Wormed the head of that DeFiertinent. 43:dery wore initnedistey issii- 1 ed by bite t.i the conenosionor and surveyor to make no further rerri:: , :tions on the De.' pertinent, as t ey email nut be paid; and 10 . 1 disco Minne all operations OD the southern line of New ell* But as the Deoart, ment had nu . Viet information as to the '!- mount of pemisions and motley which re 7 mauled unexpOolod in the Monde of the .cem. missionet and; Surveyu-, it was leit disete 4 tionary with them to continue the survey down the Rio treacle as. far as the means at their disposal W.ould enable them, or at once in disband theiConnuissium A special mes senger his since arrived front the officer in charge of the survey on the rover, with otter (nation that the funds subject to his control were exhausted, and that the officers and nth. err employed in the lieryfFe were destitute alike ut the means 'al_ prosecuting the . work and of returning to their 11011ICS. The object of the proviso wos doubtless to arrest the survey of the southern anti western lifter of New Mexico, in regard to which dif ferent opinions have been expressed; fur it is hardly to be supposed that thereat/ad be any objection to that part of the line which u tends along the channel of the Rio Grande. But the terms of the law are so broad is to ,forbid the use of any part of the money. for the prosecution of the work, ur - even for the payment, to the officers and moults, of the lir reargiors of pay which are"juitly doe to them. I earnestly invite] your prompt attention to this subject, and recommend a madificalitei of 'bottoms of the proviso so as to, enaider the %pertinent to use ssonuch pf lbeappro pnation as will be.necessary to discharge the existing obit:atoms of the Government, and to complete the Outlay of the Rio Grande' to its mouth. 4 • It will also be proper to I visions by law' fur the ful6 ty with Memo° fur runnin rcaiduli of the boundary lyre count tie*. Pentsit me tuinrile your till the mtore+t♦ of thij Diu which.are confided by yoiir peculiar Met, Amon! the Measures which recm to me of thegreliteet importance to its prosperity us too introduction of a caPivall aufrOY of water tutu the city of %Vashioliten, and the con*truction of suitable bridges across the Potomac to replsee tho4n which were dim by hisit water in the early part of the proosot year. _ At the last session of Congress an appro priation nab made to defray the emit of, the surreys necessary for determining the best means i 1 affording an unfailing supply of toed andiwbotetteme water. Boss progress hasireen made in the survoy, And as soon as it pf completed the result wet fie laid before you. r,:Fulther nporopristinne will alto be neceg 'Piller gilding and-railift am 'knees and :nefinuesi, and enciusing an.4llflitkedlisbnig din "wkdic groisads wikhio ticr-ttly ,f,Wasbireg ton: .f• • I commend all these objects, torttber with the charitabbi institutions of the ttistrict, to your favorablitegaril, ZefirY eigmtAmi fraptfu► aol Slit 41 Stately from tie i nib's. Of about ate). Is cumiused. Ills defuses of moor. (ineluataj Tr = that these etftrits restful. With the outtireakt in Calif° capional:depredatio Grande, uw mg, i hecl plate of that bt' ul the lastieqe her Kiperierife oas ever, tha races are , hPatuni wilt inevit' IbePe callow:ens t entity set apart po the 'extlusive occu' A (faculty toccata tioq of tbta policy of the couipiet by witted into IM;e. ership of the its.; TL, gum/a derStood, has ass' isciry 0:1- the ID& . . tletriente advance lays'it off into counties, I, - -• Altbolgh.in . ite Operatiun daring the and proceed' lb a my and sell it. This poi- 1 to a l arm „d year the act referred vO4l, not fulfilled ley manifestly to de nut only irritate the India s, ' but to compel them to milert to plunder ur subsistence. It attode• il : predictions of its friends by mere 'rig i the correspondence of Use country t t Una to th e . rednettidi of portage, sh prices this Char meat of that influence and centre! over the without which nu durable peece can ever e Ist qetv:een them and the 'expectation that as the c tinily , becu whites. I trust, therefore, that a due regard accustomed teehrap poetage,,correepund for her own int rests, apart from comtid- -; eritthim tot hum ity and justice, will induce 1 nevertheless question the policy of return to higher rates. Experience warrant. Iwill increase. It is believed that from cause, and (rota 'Le rapid growth el the c thSt State to a 'go a stuall portion of her east domain for the p..„t,roaaf occupancy o f try in population and business, 'the tea 1 of the Department must ultimately exce the email ferments of tribes willifn her bur &ars, subject of course to her ownership and expenses, and that Ike country may sa eventual jurisdiction. 'lf she should fad to I rely upon the continuance of the pre u de thin. the fulfilment of our Imply stipule. cheap rate of postage. • lions with Mexico, and . our lute to tae ln f u r"'e r nle"age s I ha v e+ among o h 1 things', respectfully recommended to the upi tutting thetueelVes, will it i% feared, becodm a subject of set ions entbai.atment to the ; sideral" of (2 ° 11 g 1611 ; !lb° propriety 3lll,l • lll Uoternmetit. It is hoped, hlwever, that a 1 cessity of further legialaaun fur the ,pro ec timely and just provision by Team may avert nun and punishment off furaign consula I this evil. ding in the Ijnittd E,tates; to-revive nth Nu appropriatfons fur fortifications were i certain modi fi cations tbe act of 10th M eh, . Made at the two test sessions of Congiese;.— ? 133 11, to restrain unlawful militayy ex di- The cause of this °tuition is, probably, to he ; tons again.l4 the !Mushtants of conternii uus /o w . in s gr , ,ur territuries; f or the - perservatiun and fiurtitications au lion from mutilation or theft of the pa akted.un, midi •ecords, and arcis vcs of the nation; fur Thu subject rising the surplu revenumto be anit:ed Careful invest', payment of the public debt'in advance toyed lutuger t tune when it will become aluevtor, the Meantime inert ishnientof land ellices for the salw of been cuinni6tict iblte lands in Catlin - rola and the Terri plc:tett—design' .1 Oregon; for he construction of a py I tau from Lim lon the 3114Sifsippi valley to the Pacific few ober tour ; for ,the establishment of a bureau of the net misty ;idiom fur the promotion of that interest, that little &lei ,pa the must important in the country; Miiitaty men. - preientian of frauds upon the Govern the appropriat, ,ti applic ticms Pie pensions and bounty them be merle, , for me establishment of a uniform, -fee I invite yule uresciibinra specific cuinkensation for this subject, secure required of eleilr, di.trict at torneys, and inar,•ha!s; fur authorizing an ad ditional regiment of mounted men, ter the defence of our frontiers against the Indians 4 •with equal diligence and energy as opt' oivn; for &let Joining the restive rank between the naval and sit il officers in our public ships and between the etEcers of the Army and Navy in the 'gallons grade' of each: for fevriani zing the naval establishment by fixini the nuthber of officers in, each grade, and p'evi ding (Ur a retired list upon reiiiictd pay of Muse unht - for active duty; ;fur prescribing and regulating punishments fn the navy for Ifs mule - Jots tem - 7' 7- 1, contained in the accuwpany , leg report ut the Secretary of War. ' Measures hare been Listen to carry into effect, the law of lest session making prove. !:sei i fur Ilse improvement of certain mire and barbers, and it is believed that the ar rangementr made for that purpose will com ' , Lime effic,ency %eh tcunomj.. Owing chief ly to the filltauccceeeisiin when the act was passed, tutuisaa as yet been dune in r t garu to many of the works beyond making • the necessary preparations. With jeopect to a low of the imptovetnenes, the emus already appropriated will suffice es complete them, hitt most of then wilt require additional ap propriations. I trust that these appropria- I lions wil ; be made, and that this wise and be niliCeet policy, Aro auspicuMely resumed, will Ibe continued. Great cure shOuld be_ taken, however, to couiMecce no work %tech is nut lof sufficient importance to the commerce Of the cuiutry tube viewed asmatiunal in its , character. But works %Melt nave been cum menced should nut be discontinued until cum plated. as'othereviticethe sums Expended wilt, in must ease", Le lust. The report from the Navy Deiial tmcnt will inform you. of the prospereuo condition of this branch of the publa service commit• ~ ! tad to its charge. It pie:rents to your con- I federative many topics rad- eiiggessione uf tibial I ask your approval. It exhibits an unusual degree of activity in the operation of the Departinent during the past -year:— The preparatio' fur the Japan expeditiun, to which I have al eady alluded; the arrange mi aitls arrange ments made fur the sip:oration and survey ul the China Se the Northern Pacific. and lieltring's Strai s; the ihciplent measures la ben towed, a ceonnotesane.3 of the conti nent of Africa eastwrrd of Liberia; the pre paration for anrly examination of the trib utaries of the 1 ver La - Plato which a ieceni decree of the p visional chief of the. Argen tine Confederal on his opened to navigation; all those erterp lime, and the means by whiCh { fa they are proposed to be accomplished, have commanded any full approbation, and I have ino doubt will Ws productive or must useful feFults. • - ' Two officers of the navy- were heretofore inirtincled to eplone tie whole extent of the Ainaeon river (ruin the confines of Peru to . ire - mouth. The return of one of them has I placed in the possetaien of the Government ad intrresting and; valueble account of the character and- urcea of a country abound ing in the mate ials 01 confine-co and which, if uponed to industry of the .world, will iso prove an Meech ustible fund ,f ucaltb.' The report of this e ploration will be commun.- Cited to you as soon as it is completed. Among othe subjects offered to your no tice by the rotary of the Navy, I select . for . special cum adation, In view of its con-, ' flexion ,with lb . interests of the navy, th e plat submitted by him for the establishment of a permanent corps of seamen, and the seg. petition be ha s presented fur the reorganize lion of the Na al Academy. • In reference o the first of these, ' I take Lccasion to sal that I thinlyt will greatly Mi lroy() the effii yof the-service, and that I regard it se a all more entitled to favor-for the salutary in uence it must exert upon the naval daaciplio now greatly. disturbed by the increasing spirit of inaubordinalion, re spiting from o r present system. Tee plan proposed kir t organization of the seamen e furnishes a Judi ions substitute 'fur the •law of September, 850, abolishing corporal pun. ishment, and sa istactoraily 'sustains the pol icy of that act, under conditions- well adapt ed to Maintain he authority of cotnuraed and the order and urity Of our ships. It vs believed that any change wh;ch..propposes pernianeritiy - to dispense with this mode of punishment, sh uhl be precnkd by a system of enlistment hicb 'hail supply the navy seamen of the oat meritorious class, whose good deport* t and pride of character may preclude all oc sion fora resort to penalties of a harsh and egratting -nature. The safe ty oft ship a her crew - 'soften dependant ems isnmedis e obedience of a command, and the authori y to enforce must be equally ready. The at eat of a refractory sestinas, in such women s, not only deprives the ship of intlispenvabl aid, but imposes a necessity for double ter ice on others whose fidelity to their duties nay be relied upon in elicit an emergency. he exposure to this, increased and arduous la or,, since the passage of the tet-oe 1850, h a alreadv had, to a - most ob servable atid i s mous.estent, the e ff ect of preventing ihl, alistment of the best seamen 'in the navy. be plan now suggested is de signed_tteprom t o a condition of service in which this vb' e tiun will no lunger exist.— Thei detail '- of is plan may be eatabished in greet part, tin t altogether, by the Exceu tintoinder.,the !Shortly of existieglaws;het have Waugh' I proper, in accurdMice with the suggentioint the Secretary of the Navy, i l&sttbmit it to Irma approval, - Ake turthir pie ment pr our trai ned making ,the Hee between the rticularattention riot of dolumbia, Comfit trop lu aside I. protect err I the #ijoie!eg ?de,xioan iaryieis vi the Indian ! ;,000 men .01 which lb, learly &GOO ate employ- I , the trimly acquired ter 'exas,j-iind of emigrants' I ars grattflod to say : ave been unusually eke 'exception of some partial nia and O:egoo, and oc- d pn a portion of tbe Rio' believed, to the di:tor rder region, the inroads been effectua ly 'restrain- ,hown,however,that when fought into Cont Ac t -, cut bt'y occur. 'To prevent l e United States have gen astir of their territory for tion of tho Indian 1(14' it. however, to i the apphea o Texas. By the terma b►ch that Slate %%as ad on. ahe retained the uw•n cant lands within her bur liest( of that State, it is un ned no portion °fiber ter ms; bat as fast na her set- The.sitaiAishmass.4 siserps co! siren(' ceit fur the eavy,,ot boys lie bi tbeY become of ege, sod to be employed ut der such regulations as the Navy Departmest may devise, as proposed IN the repurt, 1 cot- . . dially approve and commend to r . iur tumid. enitiun; and I also,coneutin the auFgeetsain Amp that this a:stem fur thi gaily training of upon seamen maybe most u.eluHy engrafted u and it to a libel upoi - tbeit fair film for ; we enjoy the blessings for which they so aa , Thu. Other. proporittoq of the. report' Nosh' esti bled. to At* * 7.1 the eerviee of our nierzhunt martno. which I have referred—t e teargantzetion the Naval Acadeniy—l recommend' to 'yol attention as:a project wrathy of your encou agement and strp;),,rt. The valuable servici already' rendered by this'll)/ titution entitle . In the continuance of your fostering care.. Your attention kr tespeclfully called le .1114 report of the Puotina-ter General fix Oct i t tailed Operation of 1113 Department during last fiscal year,lroin which it %vitt be en that the r- — , ittains fur that tine .ripts from _ _ _ _ - were less by iF1,431,696 than for the pro _ . ding flees! year, Leing a decrcase atm 23 per cent. Thti diminution ii at tributaille to the duclnm in the rife: , of viletage made_ by let of Mareb S i 1851, o bleb reduction ti pfrect at We cuunnenceroont of Ibeiaat rear the appointment of a cumin , sive to r the public statutes of the U State antifixing them in order, so , plying deli Alert, correcting. incongruities, simple their language, and reportin them to greet fur its final action; nn for the e lisliment- of a commission t adjudicate settle private claims age, at' the Ui States. lain not aware, ho 'ever, that of these subjects have been flatly *etc( on by Congress. Without repeating reasons for legislation on these sub which have been aysigned in former met 4a, I respectfully reconintend them are your favoratile conaidiaralion. I think it (sue tn,the several Execativ4 Da partuienti ofthis tioveriuneei to bear testriAony to the efficiency and integrity with which thoy are conducted. With all tile careful superinten• denee witit:ll it is poavible for the Heads el those Departments in etteretse, still the due adtninis• trattou and gmirillanwhp of the public money must very much ,depeod en the vigilance, intel ligence sad fidelity of the subordinate officers and clerks, and especially nnjibes e entrusted with the settlement and adjustment of claims and accounts. I am gratified to believe that they have generally performed their duties faith fully and well. They are oppoin•ed to guard the approaches to the public Treasury, and they occupy positions that expose them to all the temptation" and seducmuns %%loch the cupid iy of speculators sod flaudolent c:aintinta can prompt them to employ. It will be but a wise precaution to protect the Government I Oust source of :nisch ief and corruption, as it can be done, by the enactment of all legal penalties.' The laws, in this reeve, supposed tnise defective, and I therefore d my duty toleall your attention to the suhje to recommend that provision be made by 1 the punishment not amly of those who sh ceps bribes, but also of those who shall I promise, give. or offer to give to ariy n officers or clerks a bribe or reward touch' relating to kny matter of their official actl duly. ft has been the uniform policy of this G. vern mer.t from the foundation to the present day to abstain from all intesferenee in-the dumeitee af hairs of other" nations. 'The consequence has been that while the asthma of Europe have been engaged in deeoloting -Wits, our country has pursued itapesoetil Course to unexampled pros perity sad happincis. The, wars in which we havelieen cumpelle to engage, in defence of the righti and honor of the, country, have" been for tunately of short duration During the terrific contest ot nation against:nation, which succeed._ ed the French revolution, we were enahledity the wisdom sad firmest of President Washington to snaiotain our neutrality. While other nations were drawn into this' wide-sweeping whirlpool, we sat quiet and unmoved open oar own chores. While the Bower of their numerous armies was wattled by disease or perished by hundreds of thousands upon the battle field, the youth is! this favored-land were permitted to enjoy the bles sings of peace beneath the pittemal roof. While the States of Europe incurred enormous debts, under the burden of which their subjects still groan, and which mast absorb no small part of the product of the honest industry of those coun tries for generations in come, the United State. have once been enabled to exhibit the proud spec tacle of a nation free from public debt, and if permitted to pursue our prosperous way fora few Yenta longet in peace, 'we may do the ; same • a gain. But it is now said by row that : l ine policy most be changed: Europe is no lodge sepitrated from us by a voyage of months, bat, steam nay gat ion - haa brought her within a kw dOye sail of oar shores. We see more of het. Movement., sod take • deeper interest in her controversies. Although no one proposes that we should join the fraternity of potentates who havifor sees lav ished the blood and treassre of their stit*etei in maintaining the "balance of power," yet it is said that we ought to interfere between contend ing soierelans and their eahj..cts, for the purpose of meethruwing Ilia monarchies of Europe aud their place republican insult lotions. It is allegedthat we have heretofore pinsued a differesteot.nie from i sense of oar wesituese. bat diet 'mow oar conscious strength dictates a ohmage of policy, and that is is consequently our duty to mingle in these contests and s 4 those who are straggling forliberty. This is a most seductive but dangeronstipeeal to the generous eympathies of freemen. -Enjoy ing as we do the blessings of a free government, there le no man who has an American heart - that woalil.not rejoice to see these blesiings extend ed midi other nations. We'eatioot witaires the struggle betireen the oppressed and the 'Oppres sor anywhere without the deepest eytnpof by For the tester, and the must sezioue desire for his trtemeOlt. Nevertheless, is it. prudent, or is is wise to ;evolve oerselves is these foreign wars? le it indeed true that we have heretofore. refrain-, I ad Irmo doles so worelt freer rho t o, of -- tie . „ comatose wit some? Totlah ess ", the poirtoto who have goo* before te, admit it. Men of the Revolotioo Who the t 77: sword against the oppressors of the *whet eI Z try, and pledged to Heaves “theit th ew ,6•11,1110 d their lISCIre9. 1110110 f" to ani etsie r 'edam. could never_ have bees acuumet furl d lk so only's*, • motive. They kneir . so Ise* ne*s or feet right Of dots pointed the *it iffailoote --$4 Intl i t Of tha t the course which they waved Was Ca r ., hr by a stern 'tense of totiroatilboal just lec ► " . r- statermanluke priidence and* far-seeing o ' is g to .l " , l oo ki ng not merely to the present neeesenoe ir k s , - to the permanent uskty and Interest ottite e k i. try. They knew that the world is kuvrer se c ie by sympathy than by reason and foree t _ t i e , was not possible for this nation et, become psgandise' of free principles without i mp :: gaunt it dm combined powers of Europ e . ; " 4 ! ill the result was more hitelgrto he ' ti.e rend oriepulAirrm liberty here ohm) there ibsiory has bens written in Ta:foruhaZ whir cumfrobt !hit Frace heti Ds scoter is. tabTiatterra rePa u b n i l in of goverame s: she manifested a desire to force its talers irti 111 Ili H historic a, lie "rev der own historian inforaistit4i i, ex p ag of l ame petty Reif of tyriii at In % boring principality, "1 he Notion?' Cc declared that ehe would afford succor and Initp. filly to all Italians who wished to recovr- ter d o liberty; mid she gave iLis charge to th e nit , s , tire power to - give orders to-the ,genersh of sir French armies to aid all citizens WI. IS* i s% bees or should be oppressed is the . ev isse et ht.. - ert y." Here was the false step VI hich led to hi salsseqnett suisfortones. She soon foosgi wiict • colvcd in wir with all the rest Of Lamp e. h le than ten years her governinent was chum from public loin empire; and, busily, pa i , [shedding 'rem of blood, foreign powers p cnikii her exiled dy sty. sod exhausted F.otejle s n o t peace and repos 'l.l the unquestioned aseead es . l i es of monarchical prineiplts Let as less s e . ; dam from her example. .Let us felt , Mkt tint j rev-ohm/ens do sot always n 1841411 W i d e .. ; Our ems free institutions were not the eg ala „ of our Revolution. They-existed before, h i ; were pleated is the free-chart. ra- 5110 km % i t went under which the English colevesc w ,,, I ondant Revolution only freed us from the ; ion of a foreign power. whose goverussa nt ~,, iat variance with those instillations. g ot r aw i peen nations have had so such traiirng Is. a pj. I government. and every effort to establish ii w broody revolutions has been: and must, * ;i ce i that preparation, continue to be a fai'are L 1 1 erty, unregulated bylaw, degenerates ors, ; Oily. which soon becomes the most horrid , 1 despotisms. , Oar policy is wisely to peer s* , t selves, and thereby to set such an envoi national justice. prosperity. and trite slow, : shall leech to all nations the hilemints .1 government, and the anparalieled 'weep ( I atteeeea of a free people, 1 We live in an age of progress. anti rson sea. . • phatieallv a country of progress. V. ith,s , ; last half - century the..nomber of Slater ia cant n ion has need/ doubled. -the soperstm le I almost quadrupled, and oar boundaries hatch", lextended from the Slisiissippi to iht; Parific Ow territory is chequered ovei with ra tirOi l , i x furrowed with canals. 'The inventive :sinter I our country is excited to the highrst .pi , eh, r the numerous aptilicat ions for patents for at i - Me i.nproventents des Ins/1).5h this age and : people Irons all other*. The genius of cock . can his enabled our commerce In move si t I wind sod tide. and that of sob - titer ,as ettosike• ‘, teal distance in the transmission of ;ntelltnet • The whole counity is full of enterprise. Os ; common schools aredillosintintelligenie meg' : ale pen; le, and our industry is fast sei:strasli, imy the comforts and luxuries of Ve. This is in part owing tz-nur pecul-as pssom, j to oar fertile sod, and comparatt reify roam pep. Ln-lat ion; but much of its afro owing to ahem. u;ar institutions under v.h.vhme live, to thrives ' clam which every man feels to engage in say ale , j ful pursuit, Recording to his taste or unbar -sr, and to the entire confidence that his persons `property will be protected by the laws. k whatever may be the cause. of this unpsrakki . pts ely I - eat growth. in population; mtehigence and iset!tt one thing is clear, that the Goverment nes keep pace with the progress of the- peoyie. must participate in their spirit of enterprise,* while if evilers obedient e votive lairs, 'ad is trait.. ail unduthortzed !owes:ens of the righos neighhinine States, it should taster ;ad prot.e home industry. and lead its powerful strsagb the improventent cif soeh.messit oif intercoms. n IC3!ion as are itertisary to promote our /aims commerce and strengthen the tis which Viad together as a people. • It is not strange, however much it may ben , vetted. that such an exuberance of eatery.ta should cause some individuals 'o mistake Siam for prof Less, and the invasiion , of the naafis others torrintiomil prowess and glory. Inc 't• mer are curstantly agttating for some chop 4lie organic law,'oeurginz new aid untried i.- ories of human rights. The !suet are es-tri. dy in stage - in any wild crusade spouts neighboring people, regardless of the juctri the enterpriz-, nridwithout looking at the foo oonsequences.to ourselves and to the easel popular government. .Such expeditions beset • er are often stir:lo4lrd by irercenary it who expcct to share the plunder or pnAit Olt enterpt;ze without expseiasphemselies to ei ter, and are led ors by seine irresponsible twig er, who übosea.the hospitality of mar are Go* - ernment by seducing the young aid lomat s join in his scheme of personal a n a t ot. D o ors. yen., under the false 80. delusive preteen ■ extending the area al:freeborn. These tern* Bible aegressions but retard the true prop* , Our nation sad tarnish its fair fame. rise , by ien• should 'therefore receise.,l he iadipsat every good citizen why sineerely -forts have try and takes a pride in its prosperity sad log Our '2oneutrinun. though eel perfect /fiber less the best that ever was formed. 'Menlo let vs propcisition Inching* it be stilt* ed, and if foutid beneficial. cautiously fide*" Every patriot will rejoice to see its 401EV,:! 11 , exerted as to advance the prosperity and keno the nation. whilst he will watch with petal any attempt te-inatilate hie Charter of ear hble tie,. or pervert its powers to acts of burrows injuytoce. Thus shall eanservistism sad refit blend their harmosnieeie action in presemsra form and spirit of the- Cesslitsttson, and W I " same time carry forward the greet imprimoli or the country with • rapidity sad ewe go freemen only ran display. lu closing this my last annull commoresa per mit me. fellow-citizens, to corivillahar" 'on the proeperitas condition of our behind ala° try. Abroad its relations with iii hoer to Sr. are friendly; its.rights are respected. sari high place in thelsmily of nations cheerite!fr eogoised. At borne we enjoy as elite pines.-public and- private. which has piahl: sever folks to the lot of any other posh- P. sides afferdieg to our own citizens a err' prosperity, of which us se large a scale I il"' of no other,instance, our comen?is asesdhlf fording a triage and • home to revito.,.:.r klr ether without exempt*. frem the Old Well. We owe tiieseblesisiap, under Heaves.a l I happy Constitution and Gloweramest bequeathed to ea by sue When and w hat ear sacred ditty tie transmit in all their Woe ID our Children. We must all conslikraie distinction and privilege to have been chow the people to bear a part io the administrato r such a Government. Called by an twor' i t dispensation to its highest trust at a sog; emberrasesmsst and slam. I entered fro endives, duties witheztreme diffidenee. only to have discharged them'te the brw " 11 hireable abilitsv . with a single eye to dotal!! good;and it is with devout gratitude. is tra l from f f ice. that leave the country is 51° ' peace and prosperity. b ARD VILLiIOF E Washington. De 1 e. 1 6. LL 1852. Will PlitladirTinia subscribe to tits !'r bury and Erie Railroad ?^ is a question 0 asked. We think she will. The Cosiall'e Coancile:on the tiecasionof theifrecent highly gratified, and veined to intoner is all would be right on their retorts how look for a subscription. within two 'sloth', one milieux at least—probably two. • • , Tus litaityeres Dasusiorts.—Tue rio t the Cincinnati Advertiser, who wraith f° ted the State Lunatic Asylum at Co says there are in that Institutioe mum whose issaniti is - clearly trartiem,, spirit raPPings: enclitic' stated tea; Otos: in the Utica (N. V.) Lunatic Aiyiug" victims of the same delusion. The Clot": Heald says:—"lu many Flees it seet. finish the work commenced by meow/ Ar", turn—the fruiti being neglect of bii neglect of fanrilico, running after vols..' sat pretended were, scouting of ChruttO and its lostitutiOna, spiritual 11 , a t,, and in tome - eases suicide.
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