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H 7 7 - - 'PESIDENT'S MESSAGE. ettrze, of $ the ornate and . 2. the House of Representative.; I t, he. COostitutien of the Unkted. States . . pro- VOcs thui Con4 , resi chaN • Itssemhke Annually on 'the tir,t Moiahty of Decertiber,,and ithas . . . be usua or the President to makeup coin ' . ni;'nication of a public character to the Senate : ar ij !ro us e of Representatives 'until'advistXl o f4wir readiness to 'receive ii.., 1 have 'de! 4 feried to this usage until the elose: of ilw!itirA Month, of the session, but My cont.-ie . •- lit. ,li „, t - dutytrillnot krinit tile longer to 4i pt ale the discharge of obligation 'enjoined bv the constitution upon the• president " to „i, i, ..to the Congress infortnation of the 'state .;f:.lie Union, tuid recommend ,to err eon „ljey.:,Limih 'M suceasures 'as .he all judge iletisary and expedieut.. l . , . . . II is matter of congratulation .that "the Re -I,lfi lie. is tranquilly advancing in a career of ir ,rq z .p.: ity and peace. . .. il l :51:1:1GS HELAT/ONS.— CENTRAL AMERICA. .f ! I . Ilikt relations of amity continue to exist 1. IwtWeen 'the United States and , all foreign. 1; flote i rs, with some t of-them- grave..questions are:- ependinh, which ntay requirethe-consid , ,craton of Congress. „' t such questions, the ; most important' is 1 tha ~ which has arisen out of the negotiations with Great Britain in reference to Central Aineriea. .. , By the convention 'concluded - between the ,- twolLgOvernments on the 19th Of April, 1850,_ be.4l parties_ covenanted, that "neither will eve ,, occupy, or forty,- or colonize, or'assunre. 1 -. 'orexercise any dominion .over,,,Niiaragua, I - CL.sta IZica, the Mosquito coast, or any - part of Central America.. • It was the undoubted understandingof the Elated States, in making this treaty, that all thol'present States of the former Republic of 1:4 : 1 Intl America, and the entire territory of . mc ilieuld . thenceforth enjoy comnlei,s t.-1-- i i.eitji.sci , , , : , ril ~,„....., - .-, - 0-mrneting•parties. ~,i s cpu equa. y, and to the same extent, for tinli,r'es'ent and-the future ; that if either then - I.aliany,elaiin of right in -Central America, '-a.cii claim, and all occupation or - authority • la:14 1C.4“..re unreservedly - relinquished by :444;:pulatiuns of the convention; and that to ih,u,iniuu was thereafter to be exercised el. :Issuilie.d in any part of Central America, ily-, 7 'reat Britian or the United States. ' ' '- .' 4i - ' his , overnment consented to' restrictions in rfgar`d to a region of country, Wherein we . had6peenie anr peculiar interests, only upo the c,nviction that the like' restrictions %-eEtt in the same sense obligatory on ,Great Briclin, Bet, for this understanding of the: 1 virile and ttfeet of the convention, it would ' nevt•r have been conclud e d by us. • • • to clear. was this understafiding on the park; of the rUnited ; States, - that, in correspon deu c contemporaneous with the ratification of the convention, it was distinctly expres s A, ihrt. the mutual . covenants.of non-occupation Nvetie not intended L. lIPE4 .I, l l4l:thillent• itto the' Da/blO,, is tit he -4scribed to the fact, ; t6it, in. succes sivt intilties with prcvioup sovereigns of. the. eccuutrv. Great Britain had obtained a - u. ceshnn of the right to cut mahoo• triy•or dye. wc,11)(1s at We Baze, but with positive.exclu ,.4 of all domain Or sovereignty and thus . . • 011 ( r barins the natural construction and un-- ; Licr.itood itnpirt: of the treaty . as to all the re .4 "f the region to which the stipulations app!itil - •,. - • • ' it, ii,,wever, became apparont; at an_ early. 1 Jai - after7i.t. , n lug up.n the discharge of my.l prr,ent. functions, that Great Britain still contintied in-the ex,rei..,e. or assertion of large authorafin all that part of Central "Ameri- - 1 taWniiiionly called the Mosquito coast. - and wiering the entire length of the state - of Nic h4lgua, and a part of Costa Rica'; that- she' re. r uniti.l the lialize -as her 'absolute domain, ,11 :t. gradually extending its limits, at the t4,,!...5..., ot the State of Honduras; and that :fie , na , ..? formally colonized a considerable in -lirgroupe .kupwn as the Bay, Islands, end, ,I:_ , :zn , of :g1 t tothat State. ' - 1 , 6, ra n I , '';' l:: 'll a..ts or pretensions of Great Brit: -1.1., 1. , .,v, contrary to the rights of the States ' , IC' ,- :.f f.ti A tnirica,. and to . the manifest tenon t f 1.0:r ..tipulations with tbegnitpd States, as E.:11 ,,, t00d by this government, have been 1,1,41,_the snbjeet of negotiation through the Ariicrican Minister in . :London. I transmit Ler l i-,with the inStructions , tii' him on - the sub-. jecf. and the correspondence between him and the British Secretary on Foreign Affairs, "by , , :rtiii-i you-will Perceive that the two govern intr.ts differ Widely and irreconcileably as to the construction of the convention, and its ef r.ezt ori their respective relailons to Qintral Atihtrirm 1 • Grcat Britain so construes the convention, lis to wallas:is unchanged all her previous ' proensions over the Mosquito coast, -and in ularent parts of Central America, These pretensiOus, as to the Mosquito coast, pre fonhdd on the assumption of political rela tion betueen . 'rent Britain and the remnant . (Ala tribe of It diens on the coast; entered .in . ;' t d ‘44(,. the hole Country was a colonial . P?s ,, fsr,-lon of . pain. It cannot be successfhl. I ,Y cuLtrov e r t ,Jhat, by the publiC. - law of Bt:rop e and meriaa, nopossible ext. ofstach • Iticlians or th ir predecessors aouldicOl4 - er.OR '.heat Britah any imlitical, rights- '. ' - " J'Grwt Britain does not allege tlziissent Of .sr . f h l' -,,, 5, us ~,,i...., as t are! origin o her c on P1e,.. 3 4* qa:te coast, te.has, on, the latiary l lol. re , ' pate'd and' S, ccessiVe treatie.s,rt - snouncedalid rEl!inquishediall pretentious, of her own,,and. . 1- ‘ l logrAsed. qie full and ;sovereign rights of , I: , iiin in the most unequivil terms. Yet these, pretensions; so with Out solid foundation in the bninfaing,,ane thus-repeeatedly abjured, Ne , tre at a r+eent period, 'revived - by - Gyeat ' Britain vaiiin the Central' AMericSm States, tte legitimate sitcoessnra - is:)'iiii . ..tbe'' indent" jurisdiction lof 'Spain in 'that region. - .They' . were first applied only to a _defined 'part of tte coast 44 ;Nimragua. afterwards to. the i whole of tsl-Atlantie coast . ; anti : lastly . to a f4rt of fthe,eoist of Costa Ries ; and They ire' lo w reasselied tolbie , eiient,' notwithtand- - hig engagerrients to the United States. L-Qn the CiSterir coast, of , ' !iliearrigua .and ept.ta Ries, ;ate intertemnoe of Great Britain; I though exerted At tine :time in . the form oft lailitary occilpatiou of ille, , port, of-San Juan , il,Norte, Olen in the pe4eefol , Pos,_. el f si 'm Q _, f t ti,!o uppropriate a atliorities' 9r , rule lueotr,su ,Inerinan Staten ,is now;..resantati 3 3 Y be.! as ',he riglitfuLeernise oft - .a protectorship over , 1 4(' Mosinito tribe of Indium. -,,- •J -. ;Bat die establishment at.rthe-Bs) izg. tt AkteX-- ' reiv A link laiibeyoad its,treatY Bruits into . O, .tare 11101)duras, _and that, of the„ Bar r , linds, uppeqa.ining of right to that sittp,.e.., . !Mate, are al distinctly colonial governments' ' I 1 'RAZiEIt. ED as those ofJamaieii Or Canada 24,1 therefor cdnfrary to the very . . letter- as Well as the -,. .spir i it of the convention • with the United Strafes, as it was at the time,' f 1 ratification,. and, now iS,.understood by tibia ..gOvernment. ' i The interinetatiOn - which the British goy -4 . - , , .ernment, thus in aasertion'andact,:persist in ~. . , asicribing to the convention , et tirely; changes its haracter.. While it loldt, us ito all our ob,lga . tions,, it in a great, measure ireleases Or em, Britain from those, which constituted Alieleonsiderkinn of this governineht for en tering iutn- the tionreetton. fills - impossible, ... , - , in my judgment, - :for thoUnitedStates to aiNniesee. in such a scenstructio i of the repect kielrelations oldie two goverr menta to!Ceu trill . Ameriat.• - ' - I [To a renewed call by this gOverintient up -on Great - Britain, to abide by and e.irry- into efrelet, the stipulations of .the on coition aa t - L etrding to its obvious impOrt Iby wr.hdraw in& from 'the.. posseSsion Or , Colonization of periionsof the Central Anierican . Siat4 of liohduras; NiCaragna, and sta itiCA, ' tile British Gnverninent.his at len eth replied, at: firriing that the operation of the treaty is cl „ 4ir spective orilY, and did not require Great ißri in to; abandon Or contract any ..possesi • :mu 'held pi lier in Central' Arneri - w at the ; a ..otits• conclusion. ,1. • • 4 is - nipli'subiiqates a of. th gener P.;rtial is.ue, i t Place: ul one pr rented by the.. F Ited States. Thetritish goyernment•pass. vei- the qUestion t toll the rights of Great [..iiii,._rixil or suppostid, in - Ct;ntral , America ti..' u. , mes that shel hint such .rights at. the I, t ~.', "Of the treaty, and that those rights com , hended the protectorship efithe Mosquito jans, the extended jurisdiction. and limitS. he Balize, and the colonv - if the Bay Is-' 3s, • and thereupon proeeecis Y implication i ~ , iter, that, if the , stipulationi. of the treaty inerely future in effect, Great Britai.. etintili e -.-..-.. , t ,, i...:, 1 ......• ....nested portions i k--ogai iiincrie The- Uni ted States cats- ladMii either the inferetiee Or - ;he premis- I We steadklyileny, that, at the date of j lireaty, Great Britain had any , , possessions 'e, other than. the limited establishment ie. Balize and ..inaintain that, if she had , they were. surrendered by the conVen- .. ilt. • 1 • the Un" e l s 4 Bri and, dat 4a Ai s government recognises the tbUgations ira treaty, has, of course desired to see it cuffed in good faith by both parties, and )re discutsion, therefore, has,not looked to jts,_ which we might assert, ifidepeugently treat;,,inconsideration of our geograph. 11'position; and of other circuMstanees,which te for relations•to the .Central Amer- I StateS, different from those of any gov meat of :Europe. ' I ; Ithe BritiTh government, in its laSt commu, although' -01 knoWirig the views of lUnifed.States, still dc..lar,Cs that it sees Tcasuit M!hy conciliatory 4irA may not , 1 • • ew a rn o oveinents. tOjoverconie all. 1 , • ;• 4 4 1ees toja satisfactory ladjOStruent of the I _ _ _ 1 1 - • • y•e6:7-. oft exel rigl, t iesl' EM 1111 ni t s: nu CI ,sured e l f the ocirre&iic3., t. f" thocociatiu,-;- , • i-- of tne treaty constantly adhered to by . i i goverument,und resolved to nsiston the its o. t..a United —tatcs, yet, actuated also he same! des are which is avowed by the Y 1 ? ish gov4nnient, to remove all causes of ti us mistnitfrstanding beta - Jfe.n the-two rh g 3tions asso4ia ed by so many 1 ties of inter st! kii;d kind'red,lit has appeared to me not o `,c , o nsider anio,nicable solution of the con .r§ erSy horiel4s. ! ' ere is, l however, reason ,fo apprehend the' , with G' eat Britain in the; actual occupa t ti( ' of the disputed territories, and the treaty tk ' (Sore practically null, so far as regards our . rights, this international difficulty cannot 9 . lotig remain undetermined, without involving In 4erious danger: the friendly relations,whici; it it the interest las well as the duty of-both nai pus to cherish, and preserYe. It will af foi me sincerZt grat,ifition, iffuture efforts sh 1 result in the success, anticipated hereto -4 foo with more chnfidenee thaU the aspect Of theilease permits Me now to ascertain. iRECR VITMENT. . - C~ , ne other % tior-t of discussion between the United States and Great Britam, ham grown . oat! of the attempt, whip.h the exigebei es of dui! war 4 which she is engaged with Russia indheedher to make, to - draw Irecruits. from' thlUnited States. - ' t is the traditional aced settled policy of the Uulted States to maintain impartial nen , tr t tity during the wars,' which from time to ti (3 ~ occur among the igreat powers, of the warld. ::Performing' all the duties of neu trality 'towards the tspettive belligerent states. ioe may reasonably expect them not to interfere with our laWfid ' enjoyment of its benefits. I . ,Notwithstanding the existence of sub hostiliues, our citizens retain- the indi: victual right to continuoll • their- aceustomed pu-suits,lby land or sea, at hOnle or abroad, subject 144 only such reArictiOnS in this 'rola- - don, asi the laws of war, the -usage of tie-% tits, or special treaty May impose ; and it-' is ur sovereign, right that our territory and jurr-udiction shall not be invaded by either of the bellereet parties, for the transit of their artilies,-' e operations of their fleets, the levy of ri iroops- for their servi(x-, the, fitting out of e LsesAeor - against-eithe'r or any other act of ear. And.• these.undeniable rights of neu trality, individual eicid national, -the United 1 States .Will udder no circumstances surren- i , the-pursoinee _of - this policy; the laws 1 of •• United States 443- not, forbid' their eit: ! lupe ,to Sell to-either of - th e. belligerent part, 1 tiell'artieles, oontraband .of•war, -or to take. m nations of ivar. or. I soldiers board their Ipr rate shipsfor trunstiortation; and although in I so doing, the -mdividual citizen exposes his pr perty Or perion to seme.ef the hazards of ' wact does nott,involve any hretar of 1 •r of fttentselveil impli cate-al,. the government.; . Thus, Oring the 'pro.- 1 gr of the present War in Burge, our eiti-li s; /Live, • ' without inational:-reapoitsibility . : t . for, -.401d gimpoWder - taxi .alms to all- I ze Z buyers, Tegardiestalhe destinations of thOse 1 artieke. "' Our merchantmen bare been; and •stt- s - - it coif,o4tlO - to be.„Olatteli% egiplOyed' - hy ' G BritOn and by Fla nee,4n transp!z3rting t rPops, previsions, said munitions : 4'4 , er- fo-: the prbeitial f seaf of military operitions, - and in bringing honie.'ithelr liek4tand viOunded"- Soldiers4lat.such hue of our Mereantile'maP rhie in mit either ;interdicted - V/030.-4 'the ' interrattional;-.or 14; our - triunkupel , hiwi and ref ore dorsi not Couipromit oar bentrat re-- . 1 onsleitiMassi4--, ~.. •• , .: • „?- i - : - :' ,But Our municipal lavivin arnordisioe with law °fustian, PetlempttiriliT tort idol, 134 1 - 4 &mow; tout oar - oisft Antizetill; s to fair. t.; herbal yeited i•States; p i: vessel to commit hostilities apOist any . , • - 1 0 - I* - 0:c)n, i 11. TORS. state with which the }, untteu atates are at pelice, or to increase - th 4 force °laity foreign twined vessel intended for hostilities against' a friendly! state, • Whatever concern may c have been felt by either of the belligerentl powers. lest - private armed cruisers, or other, vessels in .the ser vice, Of one, might be fitt;d out in the ports of this country - to depredate onthe property °fiche other , all such- fearat !aye proved to be utterly groundless. Our citizens have been withheld from any, such act or purpose, by good faith 'and, by respect for the law; While ;lie laws of the United . Stites' are thtls peremptory in their . prohlbition ofithe . eqiiipnient•er armament, of belligerent crui f•qa in Our pOrbt, they provide not less ab solutely that no person shall, within the 'ter ritb.ry pr jurisdiction of the United • States, enlist cir. enter himself, or hire or, retain an other person to enlist or 'enter himself, or to goi beyond the )imits ors jurisdiction. of, the thlited States with the intent td, be enliSted or ;entered, in the service of any- foreign state either as a soldier, or as . a 'marine, or sea. man . on board of any vessel of Witr„ letter of marque, or privateer. And these enactments arti also in strict conformity with the law of nations, which-declares that no state has the riht to raise troops for land or: sea service in another state without its consent, and that whether torbidden by municipal law or not, Oil very attempt to do it, without such-con setit, is an attack on the national sovereign ty Spelt being the public rights and munici pal law of the United States, no solicitude . on the Subject - was entertained by' this goy ernmeut, when, a year since, the British ra liainent passed an act to provide for the en listment of foreigners in 'the - • • ;•-•,; of .. great Brit-a,”`'--°""ron tnettaee'of the ur in its pubic history, indicated that the • British government proposed to attenipt re ertiitment in the United States; nor did tit evCr give intimation of such intention to this goternment. It was •it matter of surprise, iluireforc-, to find ; subsequently, that the en gagement of persons within the Uti l ited,Stats to, proceed . to Halifax, in the British province of Nova Scotia, and there enlist in the service Of Great Britain, was going, on extensevely,. with little or, no disguise. ,Ordinary leoin e steps - were num: . ask.ly taken to arrest anU punish the parties . wilt:ern - 4A And so put eh end to acts infringing upon municipal law 'degratory to our sovereignty. Mean while suitable represainations . on the subject were addressedlo the British government. Ther e upon it became known, by the ad iai stop the British government itself, that flit{ attempt to draw recruits from this coun trYi originated with' it, or at least had its ap prOva I and sanction; but it also appeared that the publie agents engaged in it had strin gent instructions' not to violate the munici pal law - of:the United States. • It is difficult to 'understand how it hnje been supposed that - troops &mid be ratit•-d hurl try C.r.ut without of, the municipal laW. The unmistakable object of the law was to' prevent any such act, which, if perfumed, must be either in viola tion of the law, or in' saidied evasion• and in either altetuttiie,, the act done would be alike injurious to the sovreigiity of the tinted States.. . In the- meantime, "the: l inatter acquired addi tional impurtance. by the recruitments, in the Gritted States nut beii,gJ discontinued, and the di.' , ClosUre of the fact- that they wire prose cuted upon a systematic plan devised by oG tiei it authority ; that recruiting rendezvous had been opened in otirlirineipal cities, nod dejiut.s fur the reception of recruits estaldish edl on our frontiii ; and - the' whole business conducted under the sufervision and by the regular cooperation ot. British officers, civil and ntilitary,Aoine in the North- American , u , provinces, and some in the United States.-- The complicity of ttlose officers in an under ivhich could only be accomplished by defying our laws, throwing suspiCion over our attitude of neutrality, and disregarding nur territorial rights, is conclusively proved by• the evidence - tliieited -on the trial of such of th4ir agents as have been apprehe.nded and convisditil. Borne of the, ufri.ets thus impli 7 cated are of high offielaf , posstion . and many of them beyond our. jurisdiction, so that legut pri.oreding,s could, not reach the source of the mischief. • • The.se?considerations,and the fact that the cause of complaint was not a mare entered oeeurrenee . , but a-deliberate design, entered upon with a full. yowleclge - of_.our laws and national : policy, and conducted by rt..sponsi bl public funetionarlei, impelled me to pre seht the caseto` the 'British government, in order to secure not' only 'a• cessation of the wrung, bit its reparation. The - subject - is still- under discussion,, the result 'of which will be . communicated to you in..due time.. - • ...sarnsti usLariosl4—continued. . „ .. . ~ I repeat the recommendation - submitted. to. life last - Congress, that provisions be made fi.ii; the. appointreent Of a commissioner; in ccinimecton _ with Great• Britain to survey arid esti% liSh the boundrary line; which di•. ;) vide die t Territory .of „Washirrgton. from, pie. cO,*igno,us British possessions. By, reason of the. extent and importance of the cOiinfry . in dispute ; . there . has been danger of a wilts if* between thesubjecti of Great Britain and the. citizens of the 13 nitesi States, ineluding the authorities, in that quarter._ • The prospect of, a Alleecty; arrangement has con'trihuted hiller- - tO . -te induce 'orfboth sides - f,orbearanee to as aiSertby force-what each claims as a right. Continnance - of delay on the part of the.tWo governments to act in the matter will in-. creale . the,dangers . and .diffierrlties of .the con tcoversy. . . r I Misunderstanding exists' as to - the extent, bheracter, - . and vatue of f the possessciry . rights ,of the .Hydson's Bay Conipany and the prep- 1 ekty. ,Of - .the: Puget's Sound 4, grictiltuial Coln- fry, reserved in, our treaty with Great' Brit- am 4'4 , tive tq ita),lvrritA,ry of. Oregon, I 1 ' hitie reason to'believe.thic a cession of the 1 right's' of both - Companies to the UnitedStatp; '. whieh 'would be the readieit rnertni of tern - rt..: rating all cluestionti, 'can be :obtained- onAa. sulli‘ble.leciao.; -.and with a .view to this, 014 I. iyteseat:the; subject,. to the attention, of - ,C44,... i g'resi,, • . ~,... , - -- I lr Thb •,, cirlOny` . a • Neirfiitimptra; ' havpg 6n- actedthe lairS'recptirtill by' , the . -treaty - of the'. 6th of June;ll3so&now placed on the'saide fboting, in respect f P;t ;the c‘rmurercial.iinen. . tiourse,:with_the ;I:Initp;1-S.tsicl,, us tha t Othor 13ritiShWOith` Americanprovincei. : : .. ',The - tornirAston 11.hieti`thinti,enty eiinteni, -01' Med, .fOr'' &Uri . nininttlie , rights of- 'Fibery . ' iltiriFeritasidissotithiot-4ivers%ott.the 'coasts' . 4if the 'United States • and thu'llritish_ North ‘,I.OTR,Q. i TTLIMSD NEE American provinces, hks been o nized and has comrnenca its.labois 1/ to complete which there is needed, further ppropriations. for th e service of another In pursuance of the, authority, conferred by a resolution, of Senate- the 'United States passed On the 3d of March last, notice was given to'-Denmark; on the 14th day of April; of the, intention of chis government to avail itself of the stiptilaticfn of the subsisting eonventiori of friendship, entn nieree, and nav igation between that Kingdom and the Uni ted States, whereby either party might,..al ter ten year 4, terminate tie samb at the ex piration of one year_from :the da c of notice for that puapose. - :The considerations. wh ic h led me to' call ; the attention of congress tp that- nventien, and, inclined 'the Senate to adopt the resolu tion re&rred to; still continue hi full force. The convention contains an' article, which al though it does not directly :engage the United States to submit to the imposition of tolls on the vessels and catwo,, es of Atiteritt . ans passing into or from the Baltic sea, during the 'con tinuance of the treaty, ye may by possibil ity be construed as implying such 4tlbm ission. The exaction of these tolls ;tot being justified by. any principle Of international! law, it be catne the right and duty of the Uniteci States to relieve themselves frotn.the in:lN:cation of engagenient on the subject, so as •to• he per fectly free to set in the premises in such way as their public interest and honor shall de mand. • 1 ° ; I remain of the -opinion that , fthe United States might not to submit to the payment , of the sound due , ,. not sd me -t- . u , h i, ir , ___ ~ ....,en is a secondary matter, , h e ; it is in effect itie recognition of the right of Denmark' to, treat one of the greatqfiaritime highways of nations as a close sea; and the liavigation - or it as a privilege for which tribute may be iwposed upon those who have occasion to use it: -- 'l. 1' . ."-- , : •., This government, on..a;..foriner occasion . not unlike the present, signalized its• deter ruination tti trudatain the freedom r of the seas, and of the great 'natural dlianner- of itviga- Cie). The Barbary states irni,fur a long r time, coerced to .payMent.of tribute 4prn all nations, whose ships f4quented -the Med iterranean./ To the last demand Of such pay made by. them, the United Stutes, although sutTering less by their dep4latio's than man y other nations, returned . the expl kit ateswer, that we preferred war tti tribete, and thus opened the way tothe relief of thn commerce. of 'the world from an ignominiOus tax, so long submitted to by the More dowerful nit- Lions of Europe. - .11 the manner of- payMent of the Sound ' dues ditii-r front that of the tribUte formerly conceded to the States, Still their ex- . action. by Denmark his' o? better foundation - in right. Each was, in itslorigin,!nothing but• a tax on a common natural right, extorted by those who were .at . that time: able to ob struct the free and secure enjoyment of it, but*, who no longer possess that power. Denmark; while resisting, our assertions - of ! the freedom of the Bultie Sound and Belts Las indicated a readiness to make some new 'arrangement on the subject ; ' tali has invited •1 the governMents interested, ineluding the United States, to be rept-CS - eked in a conven tion to assemble for the *pose of receiving and considering a proposition, Which .she in- tends to submit, for the ezipitalization of the Sound dues, and the dittri liution Of the sum top be paid as commutation 4mong the govern meets, according to theeres - pective propor., Lions of their maritintelcorn nieree to andfrom the Baltic. I havedeclin i ed in behalf - of the I United •States, to accept this invitation, for the most cogent reasons. One is, that Den mark does not offer to iubmit to the con vention the qtiestton of her right to leVythe - Sound 1 dues. A second is; that; lif the con vention were allowed to take C64'lliZiA t lllee• of e , that particular tptestion, still - it wOuld not be competent; to deal with the great' infernation. al principle involved, whilli affects the right in other eases of navigationand; Cominercial freedomots well as that of accesS to the Bal. .tic. - Above all, by the etipress terms of the proposition, it is contemplated that the eoti : l sideration of 'the-Sound dues shall be coni- Inli• - -6 4 —t - -.= , -ith and. nuldal subordinate to a mutter wholly extraneous; a balance of po w ier among the governmelits of Enrope. - ---- --. While, however, rejecting this' proposition, and insisting on the right of Ire transit into, and from the Baltic, I har4 expre serf to Den- mark a willingness, on the part , f the U. S. to share liberally with other po ers in com pensating her for any 'adiantag, which eorn nterce shall hereafter . dekive, fr m expendi tures made by her fur the imps ventent and safety of the navigation of the Se nd or Belts. f .1 lay : before you, herewith, sundry- - docu ments on 'the subject, in Which - my views are . more fully' disclosed. Should no satisfactory a rrangement be soon concluded, 11 shall again call your attention to the 4nbjectl with recom.) mendation of such measures as niay appear to be required in order t',o assert and secure tie rights of - the United States, .% _ fir as they are-affected- b y the pretensions - f -Denmark. i - taAlgea. :.. , . I announce - with '„ • 'much grati cation, that, since the• adjournment . ol 'the lass Congress:4- Congress the qUestion l then' existing betWeeil t his 4,6y eili-mcnt itnd that of France,' ri4speeting the French wnsul - itt San Francis6i; has been sat= tifactorily determined, arid:that the relations of the:two governments C'ontini‘e tia.be of the most friendly nature. i - ..• ~.• ,• -A question, also, which has 1 en.. pending for several years between the cited States rind the Kingdom of Greece, gr9i-ing out of the equestratiOn, •by .ptiblic Authoritys of that country of property belonging to, the ± present American consul at Attie s, and which luul been the subject, of .i,o'ery ' est discus : s'ion. heretofore, has recently b en settled to the 'Ratisfaction of the party in ested and of s both governments. ''' -' ' - - i SPAIN. 'With Spain, - peaceful - relat ons are still. maintainediand some prtresi I ' been made ... in securing the redress-of wnin ' complained 0t,14 this government: `"Spain as not only ct, disavowed and disamiroved t e conduct of the officers, .wholllegalli sett 'and detained the steamer' Black Warlior at Fiallani but has also paid the sum claini'ed c s 'indemnity flit the loss thereby inflicted eiliZetis of, the United States. consequence 'of s destruct ve hurricane, which vititecteubs•inl€ll44 thc r. Bapr6me su tbority. of that Island List - Ida dcree, penult tin*P the., importation for the i • ii)4 of six " WG2O?\lO " y, ANUAAY,4O, -- -18561'1'-.' SOUND DUES -GREECE,. r months, of certain building materials and pro visiens, free or duty, but rqoked it when about half the period . only had - elapsed, to the injury of citizens of the United States— Who had proceeded to set on the faith of that, decrce. .The Spanish govenunent refused in demnification to the parties, aggrieved until recently,' when was assentcd to, payruent being promised to bo made so soda as• the amount due Can be ascertained. - Satisfactlon clainted for the . arrest and search ofthe steamer El Deriidu has not yet beeniaccorded; but there . is reason to believe that will; be, and that case, with others, con tinues to be urged un .the .altention of. the Spanish government, I . do not abandon the hope of concluding with Spain some 7 general arran,,,,ffeinent, wh'elti if it do rut wholly . pro.: vent llte recurrence of difficulties - in Cuba, will: render them less frequent, and Aenever_they shallioccur .faeilitate:their more speedy "set tlement. . . : . MEXICO . , i , - . . : The interposition of. this gpv,ernment has been invoked by Many of its. Citizens, on ac count of injuries done tfr theii persons and propi l q-ty, for which the' Alexi Con republic is responsible. , 'The unhappy situatim l / 4 of that country, for•sonie time past, has not allowed its Om nment to give due cdasideration to claims of. private reparation ; and haq 4ppcar ed id. call for and justify sonaei forbearance in such 'matters on• the part of this governnient. But, 'if the revolutionary, movements. which have Ilately..oceurred in that rppuhlie,•Ond• in the Organization of a stable guyernnieut, ur gent appeals to its iustierk s r :11---3--- yc•toacte, —., ~..,ay oe: hoped,. with . .itinoNssi for the redrties of all.ciimplaints of otir citizens. • } •I - CENT/LAI. AMERICA. ' In regard to - the A ineriean republics, which • frotaltheir -proximity and- other c.itisidera tion-F; - hate peculiar relations to thiS i govern, ment while In has been 'my! constant aini stricty to observe all the- obligatiOnt; of po-, litica friendship' and of goodlneighbOrhood, ; obstacles to this have :6-isen, in some bf-thm, from) :their own insuffieicnt power to check lawrriss irruptions, which in: etlect throws tnost!of the task on the United States;, . Thus it isOtt the distracted internal , condition of the State of Nicaragua ft' s made it ineumbebt . :}. on -n - 4! to appeal to the: !kith 'of cit: izensl to abstain froM milawhil intervention in-itsLaffairs, and to adopt preventive was urss fo,the 4n:e end,. which on a sittlilar 'de casion, had-the bet results in .re-assttring the peacit of the j}lslexiwt`States of Sanwa and I.4Pwtr California. .. • -} • 1 - - - TREATIES. . ' 1 Since the last.session of Co - tigress it treatY ofiunity, commerce and- navigation,!and 'for d e .4irrender of fugitive criminals, With the kinglorn ot . the TwoSeilies ;a treaty (If filen& - ship, ;commerce, aid navigatidn withlNicara gua ;land a convention of cominerC4l recip rocity with the Hawaiian kingdoni hkve, been neMiated. the . latter kingdom laid . the i. l -01...... 1 - ..e - . 2 4;c1-,,,t,, : ut i have. alsoacee ed to _ a -4'ecl4ration, recognizing as .mternatton t right - , the principles . ontairled in the ; con ve ticio be-. tween the United States and Ifus:tfia of the 22d' Jul. 1554. 'these treaties; and .conVen , don's will be,laid before.the Senate for.ratifi i cation. TR EAS vas. , The .statements made, in my last annual inessige, respecting the anticipated receipt, aud4peralitures• a the Treasury, have been substantially verified. It ;appears from the report of the Secreta ry of the Treasury, that the receipts during, thelftst fiscal year ending June; 30, 1855,. from all sources, were sixty-fiive million three thottand nine hundr& and thirty dollars, and that the public expenditures for the same pe riod:l exclusive ofgayrnee ts on account of the public; debt, amounted to fifty-six millien three hundred and sixty-five thousand ; three' hundred and ninety-three dollars. During the iame.period, the payments made 'in, re demPtion of the public debt, including inter. est imd premium, amounted . to nine million eight hundred and forty-four thousand five hiindred mid twenty-eight dollars. ' The balance in the Treasury at the begin ninglof the present fiscalyear, J4ly 1, 1855, was eighteen million nine" hfindred and thir- I NAVY, ty-oae thousand nine hundred.and thirty-six. i The report of the Secretary of _the .Navy,. doll,irg ;"the receipts for the remaining three 1 liereWtth submitted, exhibits in full the naval Tu'll cgslit amount, together, to" sixty-seven operations of the put,year, together with the r ' nn ; ' 1 " -- - 4 -Nal and eighteen .thousand .1 nnisent condition of the service, and itrnakt. sevet hundred and tbirry-ft , ....__,' ..thns 1 - unuestions of furthe le; - I' don to which afFuling in all,'as the available resources, br 4 - ,. r --... L .,,, Ltentl e- • - - Q , i s i nv i r te d . l'is a , ' the Curreut fiscal year, the sum of eighty-six I The constfiietuz,.,,, • - 1 . 1 frigatet , millyni eight hubdred and, fifty•six thousand I . for which appropriations were Tri e - lay-- , ..v.,:. seven hundred and ten dollars. ' • 1 last Congress, has Proceeded.in the most sat-- DI to the actual ex • - *l'mof thefirst i-fte''ory mariner, and with such expedition, put . t res 1 , , quarter of the current fiscal year,. be added i as to warra,nt ths), li elief that they will be the prpliuble e.xpenditufes for the remaining I ready, fiir service early in the. coining spring. three quarters, as estimated by the Secretary lmportant as this addition to ou r naval force -of the freasury the sum total will be seven- 't'is, it still remains inadequate to the coutin- - tpone million tWo.. hundred iand twenty-slx gent exigencies of the throtection of the ex _ thousand eight hundred and forty-sixdullatii, . tenSive sea , coast and vat- connitere:el inter-' thereby leaving an estimated balance in the ests of the United Stares- In viewl of thivl Treasury on July 1, 1650, of fifteen million fact, and of the acknowledged.wisdom of the six, hundred and twenty-three thnusand eight' I policy ,of a graduat and systematic nereaotei hundred and sixty-three dullairs and foity-une,i of the navy, at/appropriation is recommend.: cents. , ,_ ) ~ ed. fur the construction of six steam- sloopsof In the above estimated expenditures of the war, - ~, .. ~, . • ~, • .: , present fiscal year are included three million In, sgard to thestps taken -execution•. el dollars to meet the last instalment of the ten, the act ofCougresi to promottf-Alte ellielncy. millions provided for in, the late treaty with i of the navy, it is nnneeess i wrfor , me .to .say itte*ico, and.seven million seven'hundred and more,; than t9'exprergi , entire concurrence in fifty thousand dollars appropriated ou account t the observations on, that subject presented by of the debt due to Texas, which two sums the Secretary in his report. ~, , mate an aggregat e amount of ten million -. ,epar - okartes. • ~.,. ~ . '' tri Bevbn hundred and fifty tbouSand dollars, iMd It will 4 Pet*vetleby , the rePert ,- . o f..thti tedace the expenditures, actual or estimated l'ostuntSier General, that the gross „expendi-, for'ordinary objects of the yet rl to the, sum titre:of:the department for tbe laskfiscalyear, of sixty million font. hundred and seventy-six nine hundred and sixty-eight, thousand thousand. dollars. , . t ree - hundrol and fo - Tty-two dollars, and the • 1' „The amount of the public Idebt, at the enni- gross' receipts seven million, threAt hundred meheernent of the present fiscal year,_ was audforty-twq,Aousand _otte,*t,'ll(lre4,-aVd turfy million five hundred. and . eighty-three thirty-six dolla * ti,ahingaa (40 4 ;. 4 , 3 4c i p0.., thOusiind thirty-one dollars, and, deduction diture - over receipts of two tnillier t ,•Bil l a y l . being made Of subsequent paymenti, the dred - sfidM4-six., thousand dio,:ltundred' whOle,pubiie debt uf lite federal gaverntiacnt anti sii'dollary ;.,and.,,401. , die ,enst., at, mail re:halving at. this tiuim isiles's than forty mil. transpoitatigti*i.lngthat„ year was six: bun : , lion, dollars. . . , , dred atilt seveuty4onithousand,niue htmdred - The reinnant or certain other of tna ( - eint . sand - lifty-Awo dolltitif. r great* 014( thee, Pre ' stoCkS, ainoutitihg to two, hundred and forty- vi , ini yeo, o 'ltmetCof,ilityimpxy pfiliM,ditureg: tgree thinisand dollars referred M in may, 10' whieltAhs Treasury, s ilittsollile,ted,is,to ses last message as outstiuding,: has since been be 'porivit6 - the. large quarnit,y_of.p' rinted . , paid. ' " , I din fully persuaded that, it would.be (lit., (A Or' tiAtttlej to no .pojtagu'by . law, or, to. fkult to•dev,ise a systern superior, to ittrit,, by; •yery, low,:,mtee tkpostfigei ,co in IWO ,with; which kcalbusiness of the .government, that,, c liiuo t i j A letters; .anti to thogfVfleSs.k is inOW.."eOnditeted.. business Of !g u il t sewer! on railsos4s and, b i .Y., () AO,- , great nUmber.ofpubli,e agents Of: eialleiti:iiii liteitivter . a„, ..,TheN,lggiistittea ntlini_At i „..‘wl. 4 ll4`47-4 and. d isbu rsement, jt is believed thatithecheeka. ,ter, qefrre .4-en - Ontltiies*.Ae'dcrYP 3 t1, 1 40 1 -,PRF!7f t . 1 SO guards Pro*iireft inehiallik, th, 4 4, rq4lPlt„,e• 1 14 9/ 05 * L fir P4P:ir - €. 4 1%-_ :: ..: t. 7.:- IP iitlU '57 iMI 14ntt of monthly returns rqidee, It scarcely $.... ..-,,.. .-- 4 - .. , i uggtilgtlifbr:-.1,1 ' , Et' 'tit 1'. 4 .,, 1 - 1 , ,1 fur any Considerable fraud tile : tlioSteport of the Secretary the Interior ' possible, w ill engage your attention. apfwell for useful part ot, those agents, or neglect involving haze F'RAZI,ER' Sll. • aril of krittua puyAlelOss,.tee4=pe.dctection. I.renew, however, the Xecormnendation, here.' ' tofOre made_ by -me, of tlie : enantmentbf:a law declaring it feronroe. the .part , of.ptiblie.offi-... .cera_to ; insert- tke_ fal4 entries in -their :books -, of record : or account, ;or to niake-iit4 returns, and. also .reqiiiring them on. the terminatien of their service to deliver te..their. successors all' booki e records, and other Objects of a pub lic nature-in . • Derived as ; ur. public revenue'. is,-in ` chiefs part - . from duties op impartS, its :magnitude. affordsAratifying evidence of-theprosperity; . - not ouly i of our commerce; knit of ;the tithe'r great interests. upon whiChihat.depends.:.. - The principle that : all .moneys not required . for the en rren t expenses - Of the: government Should remain-fur active employment:-in ;the hands.of l the.people, and the .eouspicuous foe; that the annual revenue from all,sottrcesi, ex:' Ceeds by many million of dolLars,,the.amOpnt needed for a - -prudent and economical istration of public affairs, cannot,fail to -sug gest the propriety : of an - early 9 , revisiort . ;and reduction . of the tariff, _of duties: on. implrta. It is . now so generally conceded that the pig p)se of revenue alone can justify" the irr:lPOsi tion of duties ou..nnports, that, jus.ing the impost tableS and. schedules, which-inn que_stiona.bly: require esSOntial. .d.departura from the."principles of ; the. pres ent tariff isinot autieipated,_, _ iI, • - . . The army, ad tiring the .past year' has. ti actively : en g aged.. in . deftnaing the In lap ..tresre,of the service per i2t ing but few . arid .sniall.:Oirrisoni in Our . peA,na nent-fortifications. .The additional regimente authorized at the :teat session 'of. Cong'ess have, been recruited -.and ..orgaiiized; , an Large portion-of the • troops - Kayo already . seu ts. to . , the field. - All. the- dutie.c'which volveou the militalt- esmblishment,halie en • satisfactorily.,performed, and:the dangers and privations incident -to the:character -or the_ service required of our treops have furnished additional evidence of their courage zeal, and capacity- to meet any. requisition..which ti;ieir country .may. make.upou them;.," therde tails of the military .opdations,, the distribu tion of the trOops, and additional - . provisions required fur the military- service, -I refer to thu . refiort . of the, Secretary of War and - the: accompanying documents.. -- Experience gathered' _kola . events which. have transpired since my last annual message. has but served. to oatifirtn'the opinion-thenex4 presSed. of the propriety, of. mak ing.p ro v islet); by a retired list, .for -idisabled officers, - and for increased, eoinpensation In the officers retain-. 'ed on the :list for active duty. All the'-rea sons which existed, .whenthese, measures' Were -recommended .on former oceasions, con tinue without, modification, except - so far•ns circumstances has given to some of Ahern ditional force. , , The 14,01 - 11;ne.rsci 8 tit)! iSi. heretofore. inadefut: a partial reorganization. of the army, nrealso renewed.. The thorOugh elcitientary edumr tion given _.t.o: those .offit,Trs; wh e y ; co in ineni..* -their-service with the grade of cadet, qualifies them, to a considerable; .extent, fo: , perform. the duties of every-. arm of service ;'but give the highest efficiency . to artillery es the practical= and special. study. of : many year; and -it is not, therefore, believed .to- be a.d visable iomaintain, in time. of peace; a tar-, gee force of that, arm than can-be usually . CM, ployed in the . duties appertaining to, the .see-vt , !e of field and,.siege.artillery... - -. The duties,- .61.-the :aaff ; iti all its . - vari; , ua branches belong : to the mbyt , nents of tria:ips.-aild:.the:elfieien-- cy of an •,ariny• is ihe field-:would materially.. depend--upon, the abilNr_lkit,}l.4hie"%. those du.: ties are discharged.t, , i n A b b . mse . of the artillery, a speciality,/ invorequire; ali. so, an intimate knowledge of, the titte r . % of an officer of the line, arid not doubted: to complete the. education of .4u:officer, • for; either_ the line or the general, staff it.iS . desi- . ruble that he shall have.:served, ;With this:.view, .it „wa.s , ,recominentl , , , d -on, a fernier oeeasion.Lhat the duties of, tho -should tie mainly:performed by. details : from,' the line,. and, - with convicltiOa of the advanta, ires , :would 'from : such a' change . it is again, pre- 7 ,entect for,the consideration : of • Ceiviress. . • EEG IMBEI ~, 4; 1:i BENI ME rsuggestiens-:it contains; ••iii f 0 ',tile ihtetest - . and i rri portanee if the ribbjeet: 'to 'W:hleti.ltkuy . ' The •• a gg re gite'aliouiic ki.Sii, l , l l,6'efiniri... so ld " .during•the last fikeal';yar,'Jcseatect'4l4l:o'.9' -terry Scrip or-hind warrant ic frifien . id"t _:onder '-orants fair roads, and selected.asinvamp:Puids by Stites" f ik - tiventy:lbur - Millions five .... 1 .."-. deed and fiftys . eyenithOnstind - '"ftini'himdred. - .tindinims acres; - Of - Which iheilaritibtt iota 'ins _ 'fifteen - tilliient eVen litindiediind'fwitity: , nine thoukand'Ave. hundred . ' andieretif -fan!** yielding in reeeiptslhe tutiftif `el eiiirdinou - t ttian.'hundred and eighty: fi ve 'the sand 'three hundred:and eighty Altars:" 'fir't einnie ie- - , ii( - ,a ot time,' eight `mi ll ion neVelar, Eldred and 1 tiventfAhree thousand 'el , * hundred araffg; ly,fout.'aeres - have lieeettr'rFtyed,Alut . in ,- consideration of theltitifitity already su b ject • • , 1 to c'plity; no additional-trattetavU beau trci7t into-Market.-' • - ' - - 7 . ' .: :, ..., - ' 4 - i ". ' The peculiar relation oftliii•general govern: merit to-the District Of CMirnbitt'renders- it proper to conimernlto`y.i . ruttare not its : tuft( crial,- but also 4 IttO . 1 , 4' Wrest's, inelizd-' ing - education, more es Abelally in those-pert* of thwdiktrictoutside ortte; cities. : of Virish .ington and-GeorgetoWii:-.• X ''''." ' :',:_. •I ~• The commissioners lifnoin' eed -to 'revise and Codify the lawS(if the nstliCt traiemedu -suctp ?regress ' iw •ther'peribirruince' ar-th,err . task,!as to insuroito•• 6o frilm.e,l l4 sll in tl . re• !•ifilli... -prescrihed'by the act ofCongress: • ' i :- ' --- li3formation:l bait .recently: 'been -reeeiili3, that the peace; fthe settinetiti th 'the' Ter ritories - of•Oregeni. - ifindlWasbingt, ort -is dis turbed by hostilities-on_the part of thelndi- am, with. indications of 'extensive `cornbina .tions, of a hostilecharacter,,, arciong the trilxis -in -that,quarter, the inorylerious. in t.heir pos sible effevt by: -reason- .2_the ..ndeterinined 'foreign interests.existiv, in those Territerhni, to which, your attention:Nts already been. es - -. pecially, invited.: •Etlicient - measnr(rir: have beed taken, Which, it is believed; will restore quiet; and a ff o"rd protection to our citiitatir.- - - ~ ~.:In the=-Territory: • of -Itanka"s„ -there-havet - been:acts,pruitidieial to good : , order; -brit as yet- none have occurred under circumstances' _ -ter.jristifY the interposition of the federal 'Et!' ecutive: That could only lie in 'case -of ph stiuction to federal law, or of4orzanizecl-re- . sistrince to territOriallaw;lissuming the char acter of insurrection; which,' if it 'shoeld 'oe-, ear, it would be my.duty prOmptly:loover-, come andsuppress:. - I cherish theliope;how..'• - ever, that the -cntenrreneo`ott any "gneh unto*-: - . 4 , if aril event will "be prevented by _ t4e•soun .el'A..a of - the people,'of the•Territery, -who', by its organic law, pos.sessiet the-fiirht to deter- Aline , their own domestic mstitntions,-are en- 1 - titled, while deportingthUn'eielves peacefully,. to to the :free tercise of thaf.right end ' tilust he _protected in the 'enjoyment.of l% without in:" 1 _ iterferenee on the part of the-citizens:or any ,of the States. •.-- - ' -_,-- . - Tl 4: ,buthern bourninrplitte of this' Terrt-,, J .- heti d • ' -- • '- tory hty l never 1 survey and establish . . eil..-IThe raiiidly-eltferndi ;(4-:. settleinents : -in . that region. and the filet- that the main route - between Independence, in=-the ' State of Mk- . sourl; rndYew Mercieo, is Coil' tiguons te' this hue,1.11...7 1 4e5t the - probability ,that ernbarrns i singque lions of jurisdiction" rn ay consequent- 1 ly arise. .For-the and otheibonsiderationk, . I =e.4l.lnind -the subject tocyour . 'early 'atten t tion. :• I: :, . - -.--.,: ; C3NSTITUT.KONAL TIMOR:A' 0 4: 1 7 6T116... 60VERN31241%; I haVe - thlls• passed -itfiivieti "the general - state•of the Union, 'including -.sueb 'particular . , concerns of ; thefederal government, - whether of -domestic. or foreign relatiiiit, as it appeared' to be,desirable • and. useful- to 3 brin,„ir to - the% special . not inc. of Congress. tie the'gretit'. states.of Etirope and Asia,and many of those of. America, these 'United State* are .wiisting .. dude strcnitli.-..- neither in.foraigir mescal strife. -.Whatever zof3 3 4ll§cOilt - ent -oublic'diftetisfqc flan - exists; :is 'attributable to' the- , 42 LCerfections of *miter itattire.. o'r ificidert,t'te..4l government, litovever - .perfeef;' which human wi.dp in calf devitte"i--"SuclistitW jects I , f Political ilgrifttibn, *occupy theiatb lice mind i . consist, to; agreret extent,Of3, deratiO, of. inevitable-evils,. itt,r33. 4e i r 'fu& sOcial improvement;. or mere -iinaMit4ion-..0t grievance, having ,but remotootsitieziOniviih,3 • any z ofib_e'constitutionallimotioiii-eor Tdutles' : of theAde,ral-goVernment. -3-Tolitiateverev. tent thescAtiestions exhibit a - tendency - juin.- .. • seing.tti_the stability :of , the corisikkioir" - Or" -therietkligrity of the - Union, end- no'-farther; they demand. the consideratioh ;of the Eieett-:: tive, and require to be presented Congress.. - . • : . _ :-.` Before - the Thirteen Colonies bectunea con federation (3, findepeudent'Stated,- -- they: were tic origin, by geog.., 'the, mutual .tie 'of common !dependence on , Great Britain. that i tie watt sundered . they severally assumed - the po3ieraancl rights absolute toilfgovernment. , -.The munteipal - and Slaciatinstitutions•Of cinch itslaws of its : property! and of personaticlatiOn,ieven the '3 political orgenization,liveroSuckoaly asresch : : one-chose. tir eitablisb, Wholly rlitheittA44 3 terference:ittun any - ether., f 3 ;3ln 3 il>xigti ;e Declaration'. of Indepetalenee,` each State 'had'full :power to levy , '`NvitVconclUde peat* cont fraet:allineces; establish Outliner,* ,and.tirdoirall-Other acti and , ;.t.hings which: _ independent. States 1 ., y-lif , right several colenies inelimatc . natural pi . oductioniiia - re.lighlhott#stains or . - edootion; . ia leeslittioNiudlnt forint of liticel adminiStratioefinid catitinualcit differ in tll'ese respects *hen they , troluntarify-; toi.Sietesloi cakryimithe war thOloolution.,-;:: "4. - 1).1 • - A141• 012 00 , PPY A itd,Cyleales frouitToreign'tyle,-which lei PrOvost;t9!•... tur.oppressiva, • and . , te.- . llepap,et . thein , ftertualt fromt the ihethtr coup_ the tpcliticaLreault Imes , Abe , ibunlattee-Nape, federal Tepu -the-free anFr dle tZlonies, constituted, its they werSitr'diatiliet., land reciprocally ineiit9 ;, As for, the Oehies‘ ale*, *tether led,ice or- Africenv the:vile:od bilvve state*: t -. Tue4. 4 if I hat' deh.heteig.ohAtaiceitattrairm.. 3 ag ent scheme:olsoejet..Ohit t Cgtaeft;--thete.:* they !!er.e:atidibe, poise* . vied,thpniseher and, , their to*tity - fono,U*Attatihy 4 Old the etr. icr.rceurring,c46l.}/14101. -Wlhi.*ll4l44oltiled in,;Ott*Fi YeYPl. l 4l4)lliiCtt EgrOptenzosl9llifit'Ori When the cot fweritedsiates24Aitifilkoont: venieet po , inedily-4beS>ntlitieac.34.l - theit 4h3e 10 3 the 1. gtinerat.-pvereg ; fittgltAiffkAnwpctAktin.? acituex oo l4o% pooplei.uf theAtiqu..a;;kleatetplf,stregifielegatt. , 41:t1:ttitie tllt-ProwledN the- oxtalinituOtAtittotlsdita;:- ing steadily-t 9 one guiding thought, which Was, to . delegate Oult eiir r newpr l v , imq ne ce . , , ~" a - rl EU El ME : 0 Mil = WEI MEE EMI El 11311 MO =BE MEE OM
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