=MELO ri„.......a.........„....," m.dut4 r .....„,.. : .,t...:!. 1 :: , ..2,. = ., .......... tr) .• • , a .-, , -VT"' • , 41 . 1.,.., , ..-1. J4l = ;.-B7IEILNVE.,4Li--Eqoprietor. Rresident's-Nres.sage. 1 . 517•Ai r Senate laid !Mt!e of .Rep#rAenraticiu ( 4yearof`lieare and general proSperity "Vi this' nation has passed since the lastas geinbling Of Congress. We have thkongh a kind Providence been blessed with libunding, ercip.s,, and -have been: spared -from complications and war with foreign • nations, while in our midst comparative. harmony has been restored. It is to be regretted, however, that tv free exercise of the elective franchise has by violence anti intimidation been denied to citizens iu exceptional cases in several ofthe States lately in rebellion, and the verdict of the people has thereby been re versed. The states of Virginia, Misaissip pi, and Texas have been restored to rep resentation in our national counsels.— Georgia, now the only State now without a representation, may confidently be ex pected to take. her pince there at-the open ing of the new .year ; and then, let ns hope, will be completed the work of re .constrnetion. With an itegiliesence on the part of the whole people in the na tional obligation to pay the public debt created as the price of our Union, the pen sions to our soldiers and sailors and their —wfdiswivinti - orphans, and in the to the Constitution which have been made necessary by a great rebellion, there is no reason why we should not advance in ma terial prosperity and happiness as no oth er nation did after to protracted and de vastating a war. TRIM WAR IN EI:ROPE. Soon after the existing war broke out in Europe, the protection of the U. S, minister in Paris was invoked in favor of the North Germans domiciled on French territory.' Instructions were issued to grant the protection. This has been fol lowed by an extension of American pro tection tocitizens of Saxony, Hesse,. and Saxa-Goburg-Gotha, Columbia, Portugal. Uruguay, the Dominican Cepublic, &qi dart Chile, Purace ay and Venezuela, in Paris. The chum vas an <morons onc. requiting ranstu7tt -aud severe labor, as well as the exercise of patience, prudence, and good judgment. It has been per formed to the entire satisfaction of .the government, as am officially inforined, equally so the government of North Der. TrE TRENCH Aa soon as I learned that a ttepublie had been proclaimed at Paris, and that the people of France had acquiesced in the change, the minister of the United States was directed by telegraph to reeog .aizo it. and tender my congratulations ;Sind those of the. people of the United Btates. The twatablishment, or a goternimoi ip Frfrplee tliseonaceted with the ‘.1 . % na,• traditionsrk. , tions of Enro apiwarrd to . proper subject for the fidieitatioo. Americana Shhnhl the preaentst rugi. , FruneS result in. attractiw , the heart, -allbt-Preuch zemr simpler foimis of re,presentaftNe _government, it Will be a subject of still further tatisfaction tci our , O'bile we make no efferts to impose our institutions upon the inhabitants of oth er conntriec, and while we adhere to our traditional neutrality in civil c•mteirs,ive cannot be indifferent to the spread' of American political ideas in a great' and LigTJy civilized country like France. We were asked by the new government En use our good ofilees jointly with the Europr'aii powerS"in the in tercets ofpeare. Answer Um made that the established policy and true interests of the United States forbade them tointerfere: in Ettiv ran questions jointly with Euroikan powers. I ascertained informally and unofficial ly that the government of North Germa ny was. not then disposed to such repre sentations from any powers, and thuugh earnestly wishing to see peace restored to the belligerents, pith all of whieh the U. S. are on terms of friendship, I declined on the part of this government to take a step which would only result in injury to car true interests without advancing the object for which our intervention was in voke& Should the time come when the action of the U. S. call hasten the rctnrn of peace by a single hour, that action will be heartily taken. I deemed it prudent, in view of the ; number of persons of both Gsrtuan and French birth living in the U. S. to issue, soon after official notice of a state of war bad been received from both ; belligerents, a proclamation defining the duties of the United States as a neutral. and the obligations of persons residing within the territory to observe their laws and the laws ornations. This proclaim- Mon ;was followed , by others as eirctutt stances seemed to call for them. The peo ple, thus acquainted in advance of their duties and obligations, have assisted in preventing violattozus of tho neutrality of the United States. "I II E - INST." IatEeTION- erns. • re'nn of the insurrection in Cuba has material ly changed since the close of the lust ses mon of Congress. In an early stage of the eoutest the authorities of Spain inau gurated a system of arbitrary arrests,close , o,ll49:tent, madof.railittiryArPi anti ca-1 q with the insurgents, and of summary 1 viatimyo-of -their propertim . and , sequeS.l tuition of their ro - enatito ereentive war raut.--ASacluz.priamedinetif, -01 far ins they t J or,,,,t p d..r.hp, persons., propei•ty : of rens of the United fitatei, were in viola- . Lion of tins , ' tproviskfnii - 4!CtAtlle...tiferity of , 1795 between the I:rated .Statea_and Sigan. „ of lujditit:tresulling'tu •Irevesaf.perseht,'•elairning-I.o . tie ,cifizens of the /jaded:Status, by.reason of .snebvin latiow,,,WereAttaiiti.,..togeS/140611 go4uri meqt, F rom. April .I.BQO to Jude last the Spaniel minister at %SI itrgtrinliad been I clothed withit linfitediArror-Viaki in.:re dressing such Wrongs:: 110 -power was found to be withiliawit,'“Wirienc" %ids' said, 19! favorableiltl44o , l4 w•liiio 'the 'lSlatid" of "Cuti‘a - then was;" , which, however, did ilot lead to revecajiol, or =suspension . orthei,ixtianrdiifaik tialt trary functions exercised by the execs= tive power in Cuba, and we were obliged to zake ou • ....rmlaints at Madrid_r r'i f!git.-1 • fm , TrlNt, i ; l og - ".", • ;•J • 5-.1.-= l .l trt.7•l;pl =- , , ..., cl In -tlit,*ttegatiations thus - open and still pending there, the United States on ly claimed that fur the future the rights secured to their Citizens by, treaty should be respected in Cuba, and that as to the past joint tribunal should be establish ed in the United States with Rill jurisdic tion over all such clainis. Before such an impartial tribunal each claimant would be required to prove his case. On the other hand Spain would be at liberty to traverse every material fact,and thus complete equity would be done. A. case which at one time seriously threatened to affect the relations between the United States and Spain has been dis posed of in this way. The claim of the Colonel Lloyd Aspin wall for the illegal seizure and detention of that vessel has been referred to arbi tration by mutual consent, and has resul ted in an award te the United States for the owners the sum of $19,702.50 in gold. Another and long impending claim of like nature, that of the whale ship Cana da, has been disposed of by friendly arbit rament during the present year. It was referred by the joint consent of Brazil and thp_ :Calk& States to Sir_ Edward Theinton, her Brittanic ?fajesty's minis ter at , Washington, who kindly undertook the laborious task of examining a volum inous mass of cerrespondence and evi dence submitted by the two governments, and awarded to the United Stat e s the sum of $100,740.09 in gold,. which has since been paid by the imperial government. These recent events show that the mode which the United States have pro posed to Spain for adjusting claims is just and feasible, and that it may be agreed to by either nation without dis honor. ft is to be hoped that this moderate de mand may be agreed to by Spain without further delay. Should the present nego tiations unfortunately and unexpectedly be without result, it will then become my duty tb communicate that fact to Con gress, and invite its action on the sub ject. THE sPANISH-AXEILICAN PEACE CONFER- The long delayed peace conferende be tween Spain ana.the allied South Amer.ican republics has litett inaugurated in Wash i gton, under the auspices of thcf S. Pursuant to the recommendation contained in the resolution of the House of ltepresentativds of the /76 of Decem ber, 1566, the. executive department of the government offered its friendly offices for the promotion of peace and harmony between Spain and the allied republics, Hesitations and. ot*tucleff occurred to the acceptance of the offer. Ultimately ; how ,•c el-. a conference waa 4lrranged, and was • n,d in this . city on the •2Dth of Oeto.- , er List, at whit:l; I autliorizoi the &ere -dry ~ f State to preside. It was attended dy the ministers of Spain, Peru, Chile, and Ecuador. In - eonseitu6nee - of Ihe ab settee Of rlireSeWbltiVO ftornimbvicithe conference was adjourned mitt t atten dance of a repre=entative from that re public could be secured, or other measures Cu. Id be Adopted towards compassing its objects. Otit SM - 711 ANITIZTrAN roticT. The allied and other republics of Span ish origin on this continent may see in this fact a nu ar proof of our sincere inter est in their welfare, of our desire to see them blessed with good governments ca pable of maintaining order and of pre serving their respective territorial integri ty, and of our sincere ticisli to extend our own commercial and social relations with them. The time is not probably far distant when in the natural course of events the European political connection with this coutry will cease. Our policy -should be sliapjd in view of 'this probability, so as to ally the interests of the'Spanish Amer ican States more closely to our own, and thus give the United States the pre-em inence and all the advantages which Mr. Monroe, Mr. Adams, and air. Clay conn templa.ted when they proposed to join in the Congress of Panama. TUE SA 'S DOM I SOO TREATY. During the last session of Congress a treaty for the annexation of the republic of Sant Domingo to the United States failed to receive the requisite two-thirds vote of the Senate, I was thoroughly con vinced then that the best interests of this *de manded its ratification. Time has only confirmed me in this view. I now firmly believe that the moment it is known that the United States have entirely abandon ed the project of accepting as a part of its territory the Island of San, Dmiugo„ a free port will be negotiated' for' by VOrp peen nations. In the Bay of Semana a large commercial city will sprin g tip, to which we will be tributary, without re ceiving corresponding benefits, and then will be seen the folly of rejecting so great #.l„trlge.. The goverpplent ain44- go has solentartly sought this annexation. It is a world potterprunibitrring probably less than one hundred and twenty thous and souls, and yet possessing one of the richest ilse alitimiiindet4)W sOyi, capable . of supporting sk.mulatiun of ten mill•on of people in lui•Ory. rrn people of San Doming' are not capable of maintaining thelnieheirlivaleir present condition, and must look for outside support. They yearn for the protectizmiaf our free insti -1 tutions anitlasrsi..nut4rogress.-and civil liejttbse tltenf ac-; qu isition ofBait p4itoir " a,Ot.iblf, be cause of its ,gmrtiPllic-4 1 :Plail - inAtt,- cotrunandatite en.tPalleP IfICEIICAPurraIn Sea, and the Isthmus transit ofebovnOree. It possesses the richest soil, best and 'most capacious harbors, most salubrious dim nte,-mid-the-mcistrairiable prorlncts crf the fOlests, mine, and soil of any of the West rrnakilalaiid.'i pOsieision I ted States will lit a lb* years build up a "lenis - brise_ - „cbinnierceiif brintetise,'lnggni -tpdc,-which will go. far towsirds-restnring to-us,ehir - list‘titercj)antiparine, - It- will give - Ao - lts iliasefartieleswhich, -sic, con sume Ireatly and do not produce, thUs - bur - exports and imports. -In case of foreign IF,ay.it t 141-.-: [nand 11,3.41.81;19ditintrO. to; Ad thttsiniinentsin enemy from egaia.poaes sing herself of 'a rendezvous upon our' Coast, It will protect r attr ihis tV- - - tve.e4 6t04 8 Otat - tie and iblie b9144/1 1 4 %lit- 9c f, ,t• . . ~.....fticisn tryt.1i11z.1,7.,e.. !"' :- .1r.:41. - 1! ti - t . .. - : - .)enriti - 1., 71 , i '•—,71.% • ~,,,-,.. - -J- I K -- r- Lit !rob, ,L....z. kizel., I . .„ ; . in -,,, i; ,- ;; -,.; ,1,.., 7 ,.r. i - i....:: , ..: . j, ..,..... .....,.. , „1 : ' "azi In t 4 f 1 ' L.TI., ...1 • .12...., . . -.44.• , ri ... ,„ s tiwila .1.:,,,:i>1. , 7r.1.1 .I.71:!." - 1 ti.!:,.,41fil ... , 17agor, I,i! ..,„..- ~., ~. -7 ....--.i. • ,-,-,- , ~,-. ~ .:.b.......),"; iv ....• •-• • • " ' .1.1 ' ' S ..“ . ..... ~. .c. .. , , . , M. 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Mexico, mid to the Bahamas and Antilles' Twice we must, as it were, pass through foreign countries tort be from Georgia 'to the west coast of Florida San Do mingo, with a stable gorerument antler which her immense resources eau be de veloped, will give remunerative wages to ten thousand laborers not now upon the island. This labor will take advantage of every available means of :tilinsportatibn to abandon the adjacent ishinds,and seek the blesiing of freedom - and its sequence, each inhabitant receiving the reward of his own labor. Porto Rico and Cuba will have to abolish slavery as a measure of self-preservation to retain their islands. San Domingo will become a large con sumer of the products of the Northern farms and manufactories. The cheap rate at which her citizens can be furnish ed with food, tools, and machinery will make it necessary that contiguous islands should have the same advantages in or der to compete in the production-of Ba u P er, coffee, tobecco ' tropical fruits, &c. Ibis will open to us a wider market for our products. The production of our own supplies of these articles will cut off more than one hundred millions of our annual imports, besides largely increas ing our exports. With such a picture it is easy to see how our large debt abroad is ultimately to be extinguished. With a balance of trade against us, including in terest of bonds held by foringuers and money shipmate by our citizeus travel ling in foreign lands equal to the entire yield of precious. metals in this country, it isnot so easy to,si.v.how kis result is to be otherwise accomplished. The ac quisition of San Domingo is au adherence to the Monroe doctrine—is a measure of national protection. It is asserting our just claims to a controlling influence over the great commercial traffic soon to flow from 'West to East by way of the Isthmus of Darien; it is to hand up our merchant marine; it is to 'furnish sew 'markets for the 'notifies of our farms, -shops, and mauufacturies; it is to make 'shivery in supportable in Cuba and Porto Rico at once, and ultimately se hi Brazil; it is to settle the unhappy condition of Cuba and end an exterminatory conflict; it is to pros ide honest means of paving our hon- ! egt-Elebtsvithourover-Itet*ttre , reaptt I it is to furnish our citizens with" thenee: essaries of every day life at cheaper _rites than ever before;_ and it fine, a rap id stride towards that greatness which the intelligence, industry, and enterprise of the citizens of the United• States eat,- tle this cotintretb assumremon.,unotions. , In view of the'importau,ce of .ntis trttes don, I earnestly urge upon Coagnss ear ly action expressive of its.view' as to the beet means' of acquiring - San My suggestions is - that, liyjohirfeiolettiOri! of the two I rouses of Ximgress, the Bxec utive be authorized to appoint a commis -1 Rion to negotiate a •treaty•with the anth- orities of San DomiOgo for the'amnisi tion of that ishuid, aria- talal,'?4,, o l 7 la' l " - ',' pis - acts a 3 . e.T.pease.s o f such commission. The question ,may then be determined by the action of the two Houses of Congress riPqn al•esolation of eueesation, :0 in the case of the ac quisition of Texas. So convinced am lof the advantage to flow from tin+ nerinisi tibn of Situ Domingo; and of the great disadvantages, I Might almost api oatato it+e4 kt.flow from not-acquisition, that I believe the subject has only•to be investi gated to he approved. • - It is tn• be , regretted that our represen tations in regar d to the n injurious effects, especially upon the revenue of the 'United States, of the policy.of the Mexican gov ernment in exempting from import du ties a large tract of its , teiritbry tin our borders here cox only betio..ftuitles4 but that it is even proposed In that country to extend the limits in , which the priv ilege adverted to has hitherto been enjoy ed. The t;xpediency of' taking into your serious consideration propermeasures tor countertailing the policy re rred to will, is presumed. engage your ea nest ntten tioi It is the obvious intere.. especial ly of foreign nations, to provide • 7ainst immunity to those who may have co milted high crimes within their borders and -who may have sought refuge abroad. Fur this purpose extradition treaties have been concluded with several of the Cen-. trap American republics, and others are in progress. The sense of Congress is desired as ear ly as may be con vienient upon the pro ceedings of. the commission on claims against., Venezuela, as contruuni-ated io my messages of March 4. 1869, March I, 1870, and 9lareb 31; .11470: , It has . not been deemed advisahlh to distrihttte . any of the money which received from that. government until, Congress shall 'nave acted upon the &Oleos: The masscre of French and Russian residents Tiett-Tsinmder circumstan ces of great barbarity, :ore sappoSed by some to. Lave been, prerneditat4, antt to indicate a purpose among , the populace , to exterminate tbreigners in . the Chinese Empire. The evitdence Taili tit efitablish such A B4Posita4ilicli4 ' city fv. the loeni nuthorties withathemob, The government'at Pekin, however; Beanie to have !veil dispOsed 16161611 id treaty 8...K0 far' ai it. "Nro ,41, IOW; ,Uxityriunateli - the : , tietvfroff the„ tv;ir tweet', the German , States and-Trance reached .China sootri atter the massacre. It wpuja :tip&r that f 42Pahlr tniiid .N. 1 4 14 Possefised• ot. Contest, extending. to, ,Chinese, Tioteraf 'would neutralize - the elsristian - intluenee and . potver4tin:d'that'thViinn':ts!preoming when' the inass.augy,t expel all foreigners and, restore:mandantt Anticipating , troubin. 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The intiflcations Rf the. naturaliziktioni • litujis_assigileclor,their 4 ItPe ;..4t44,.alser-- ,- :The lithole natiourisriitteiesteditit•-, i; e T1 , i,t 2 7, .V . rp_„zre.. i.. 1 17,.. 1. 2.V2 ,.,.... , ,"e:..., - .4 1 . t . . convention hetwe t 'a Gr 9. t 6Z it i" n ,„-, ,4 ;. 114 find itilibtaikehe "hien) ihr tha"Ves' iweetitqfitrinfifieitdtris4ll;6*.ilikAnliltairZa.VtgrTirvrg ieinif Atte - United States have n , A CFuo- , 4 g - Et.ifi of vie:unit - ea stathiviiknitmirpiiiick ~ ,,iturafstiftv„ivatr,g- R vip4t-, . . ~e . )u tic . en' _ s a t t l oria / ztih.. `ell (Tilting the =Cos, nag . leiner i . ti !on lithely to hae e .oulionitll any foothc , trarbs; hiriticieatioird...,ToAre.rillzene:ot,thuselartil, tw i. i4 tive . pi.i, . ..,,.. ~,,,,q. Li!li f a tfd , pelrlifinti.,`: tten ,7 ' 1 linX etill standing a iepute' between , the two , uccorAsuce ormerchatidise whatever, exbeptlmalti‘ns ,Status itsectirean4reatecntisrn for thatTli° be. t ecessary for..,the prtmeentron c of: labor f to-4.luria hail:in:ol- cf3he r leakoArtf f ir7 ° ,,jt: i rlt,°,pvi . .T , . 11.,01, :_r:ele,p,r,le . with the prinell? . • - their ' v ° 3ll M t 9 and " f r om-siqk. , ,b l i in g r iVtiffddi,:clieitlier,. ,TOV l ''X'th,i„:,ll9.l,_.4 . 4.,r . i.„ , .. al r weti r n ... ceretormitu r.. trot ,. bell . 04 ,.. . titity 1 ermenfs has liFe l u e; : i t w tr ys by.the United Mutes. minds ;, and...any vessel or the L PAW:. increa..in„Lbe tiniing,a'urpoo,,A,w ... e ll ). i to v..l.,frits , . istvitiaiii4 , 3tii:4,4 ,.. ow/ed ,e, l co Pi utedUa for t m aT RECTIFICATION OF A. BOGNOXIIT EINE. qtate;s wYeli 'shall bontiarepo""thiii Aga- 'ln s h o p e ali, i: II al "'P verlurtenb4"trea ,, t - ,- 1 biltrileritc td Ltrik4ticrful 'Sbiajleg in. April last, while engage tin locating I lation mAy'be seited; ebndeined, , and- con- Britain will, see. the justice of abandonin g a military reservation near 'Peintinia, a 4 fiscateil, with her , cargo."' out Any cbst br illiirt'titi - hiliftire: ,''' This proposi-_,41 10 narrow ~,,„I.,ip eonsu d eut. claim :to • - .1 that itO to "supply evdryiiiiii'ifitittil with corps of engineers discovered' that the titin,which isTidentiOnl with tho,con4tClic- i which her flanaditut provinces have arg- . A-trlie riven urn tifbnii Cannot tio Mail° commonly received boundary line be- 1 tion now put upon the langua ge, of the e d . .h er adhe rence : ,-: , -•' iri a day, but must bit the inrili'il 'Us tweet% the United States and the British conventien=, was emphatic:loly regreltecl.by -, ouu DE r gE :sai D 6S 3aLERc a; . , thine! legislation' and Of i tinie.'''Aliliion possessions at that place is about forty - . the Anericith' Commission, 'and there- . ' seven hundred feet south of the true pos t- upon was abandoned ,l ll. - the British as a , subjeat to which I called your special u the , r4vende tart be disPeised Irak,' till attention'at the last session, and suggest- duty should be 'removed: from - ten; ; Coffee, tion of the forty-ninth paralled, and that plenipotentiaries, and .thelArtiele.l,:as it ed that we trill la thetuture have,to lt)ok• .atid tithe); te,rtipleB--Of tiniVersitt tnig.ziot the line when run on what is now sup stands in the eonventioniyas soscip.,tl4-. jun_ tstilinuntites.sotitltof tta,altd. prodiiiieci by. ottraelica: - - posed to bathe true position of thatparaller if, however,,iilai said that-this Claim- is. • - - - 7 - The necessitfrt of the• country compel would leave the fort of the Hudson's Bay founded on 'provincial or celonial statistics, own representativeslo all those govern- 1 us to collect revenue from our:imports.— Ohinn'and:Japime far itw renewal O u r 1 Company at Pembina within the territory 1 and not upon the convention, this govern meats have exerted their influence to en - An army of assessors and collectors fit not of the 'United Staten This information I ment cannot but regard “ them , as nn courage trade bet Ween the United States. a pleasant sight to the citizen, but thator being communicatedto the British gov- i friendly and in contravention of the spit - . ~,,,1 the _ countries , to :Irbieb .4 1 e9 Ve 4 A tarikfor revenue is necessary; such a eminent, 1 was requested to consent, and ' it if nut of the letter of the treaty, for l """ 1 .. ... did consent, that the British occupation of the fort of Madam's Bay Company should continue for the present, I deem it important, however, that this part of the boundary should be definitely fixed by a joint, commission of the two gov ernments and i submit herewith estimates of expense of such s commission on the part of the United Stites, and recommend an appropriation fur-that purpose. The land boundary has already been fixed and marked from the summit of the Rocky Mountains to the Georgian Bay, I'l should now be in like Trimmer marked from the Lake of the Woods to the sum mi Cof the Rosy Mountains. TILE ALA BA MA CLAIM& I regret to say that no conclusion hies been reached for the adjuStment of the claims against Great Erffairi growing out of the course adopted by'that government' during the rebellion. The Cabinet 'Of London, se far as its •vieNiikbitvelbotf 'ex pressed, does not appOar toft,e *illing •to concede that her MajeSty'll &item ntent was guilty of negligemt, -or 'did 'or per mitted any act'dorigthe War for which the United State has just cause 'of' cent pia' nt. I therefore recommend to Con gress to authorize the,.appointment of a commission to take' proof : tif the amen ts and the ownership of the claims ownottee to the repres4itative'of her r , Majesty at Washington, and that authority be,given for the settlement of ttieseiehtima by the United States, so that tho, gyverunAgn t shall have the ownership of tkul,PriVate clais4s as„wV,LIM the rt-sponsiblo . control of all the dernands to; against ,Greate/3ritaiu. It .citunot: necessary add that...when ever her MajestY's ,goversauent shall, en tertain u dpitte for atoll andifriendly od juStalellt of Lit 4450 kt,,, ;le s t 7rdPl.l,Y4Le.W.V'tu:sim for- a conclusion consistent with the honor and- dignity of both natiuns. rue .ELsIIEnIES QUESTION. The course pursued by the Canadian authorities toward.; the tisleraten of , tise United States during the past season has not been marked 17y a friendly feeling. Br the first article of convention of 1 lR between llreat Britain, and the United States it was aped that the in habitiints of - the 1. niter Statel should have forever, in eommiln with British •stibjects, the right of taking fish in cer tain waters therein delind. In' the ~rat ers not inelitded in the Isnits "named in the eon vet tio n wi thin 'three *ides Of parts of the British coait—it hiss been the custom for twenty yeas to give to in truding fisheruiewof the United States a reasonable warning of their violation of the technical rights of, Great Britain. The imperial government is understood to have delegated the whole or a share of its jurisdiction or controlotthese in-shore fishing grounds to the colonial authority known as the Dominion of Canada, and this semi-independent tart irresponsible agent has excerised its delegated powers in an unfriendly way. Vessels have been seized without notice or warning, in viola tion of the custom . previously prevailing. and have lx:en taken into the colonial , ports, their voyages broken up, and the . vessels condemm4l. Them is reason to believe that this unfriendk and vexations ,! treatment was designed to bear harshly upon the hardy fishermen of the United States With a view to political effect upon ' this government. The statutes of the Domitt ion of Canada assume a still broad er, more untenable j aristretion over the vessels of the United States. They with- orize officers or persons to toeing vessels I hovering within three notrine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, &harbors of .Canada intoport to Beach -the etirgo,! ' to examine the master on-Oath tonehing the cargo and veYage, and to inflict upon him a heavy( pecuniary' penalty if true ! -ansavensike.not given ;send if slide a yes- I sel is found "prepaking to 'fish"- within timed marine miles oftany such toasts, bays, creeks; or harborshvithout o license, , or expiration of the period named in .the ! lost lieensiiVSnted . to it; theyfirowide thatrbeiessnl, fier trwklehi &I/shall !•be: forfeited. -;II;is not i.known Attat; ;Iffy ' condemnations hard it en made 'under ,! this •statute.• 'Should! the :•authoritiefil of I Canadwitttetupt to' °Omen it,it will be -come mylduty todake etch Steps' as :May he necessary -to proteettlie rights:of the ditilenstor. the :Unite States... It has been claimed by her Illaiettylli officials-' thatl the vessels of Alscritiiited 'Stu esnhave Ile right .10.. enter--ths" open ! ports of the British posessions inn North ,i.tnerieMeieept for the parphse of! ithel ter and repairing' - damages ;- for .Amod and obtaining' , watei ; Mutt thay have no right to re-enter at the British -thistoni-iniusei or totride'therecitepf for the purchase-of vtoodand.wator, and that i they must depart within twenty-46th . dionrs .after!notieeio • leniie.“dld , ui ;not that any solsrire affishing . yea- -8I:30170g the.tiugzirhd United -States has been made under this claim. , ;soll-far rat founded • oivaindi anted -obkittruotioti,ofiiho-CoitrentionAlof 1818, it cannot be acquiesced in by the....g'niteil :States: hOliedritiiitnote tie ibkistr' -ed °why horlNestf igororattrent. - / c ti .in the vanprebbEf the •ittobtistfen , "or Coaveatided .01: the execution of which' the Inipeiiaf gov- I eanment is alone responsible: AntiCiplit ing that an attempt may possibly be made by the Canadian authorities in the, com ing season to repeat their ,tioneighborly acts toward our fishermen; I..retionamend you to confer upon the Eiecutive the poiier to suspend by proclaination the operation of the laws atthoriting the trim& of goods, 'wares, and. merchandise fu.boad acrof.s the,forritors of the United State's to _Canada; „and further, should such an eXtrenie 'measure 'tricorn° neces sary, to suspend thelititritiotief "any' laws whereby the ressels.,of the Dominion of Canada :are permitted to eqt4r, the waters of the United States.,, . ., I • 7' • . ••. THE 'NAVIGATION OF TELY. ST. LAIVIIENC.i. A like Ilnfrieildl± been I manifested oil tin, part 4.Canada in the .inaintinutice of right to ei. elude the citizens of rho States from the na.va,giffitzgAiLthe_St. Lawrence e I This river constitutes a natural outlet to I tborireiafiT7iigAf StgfeiVltatiqiaigre i pte population of about 17;60N0300 in fda4bitants add with an eggfegato,tentiage I of 601,3.67 tone. upon, .the: Waters *which discharge,in to it. Thu. foreign.eonuncrce of ourporfs-on. these Arliteris is-open to ,11ritisikompstition, and ,the, , ,Enajorupart of it is done in British bottoms. If .the jeane4,bl I psOpiled ffouoh is uaftiral eit)ee the24pa lhe.stonopqy Of tteArge4vaal.*649.f;lll6i4PP Auic :woull be ul,foreign , hen, B,,LtlieV l veSseX litn.„tritusrAtlantic y_ety4es au:Access focßila4e pmls 'whic4le9 ieau on "aitliilarvoyageA "Toltate such a ~.kroPo sNon is tU, refute ilk a iicc ,During 111S1ay_,niloje.ffdnatAIGIL4n9- or - fbc,‘ 'United SLare.s, to ale navigufaan of this river, ciaitni.4,tbat the, uetauu of the Congress of Vicuna in opening the *-- and AI- - to all ttions Rhine iiid other rivers ..., all uatiom showed the judgment Of European jurists and statesmen ; that the inhabitants of :11 cl.inutry - throngh whiClisi:navi,,,eable river passes have a, natural :right , to enjoy the navigation of that river to and into the sea, even though mishit?, throngli • the territorletrof" another power. Thil right does not exclude the &wiper right of the sovereign possessing the territory through which the river debonches into the sea - to make such-regulations' relative to the navigation as may be -reasonably tieees &try.; but those regulations shOuld be craned in a liberal s pirit of. •emnify, toil should not impose needless burdens' upon the commerce tylncli .leas, }he ,right of transit. It has been. found in practice more, advantageous to arrange these re gulations . by mutual agreement. The United States are ready, to make any reasonable arratgemeut.as to the police of the St. Lawrence which may be .sug gested. by Great Britain. If the claim made by Mr. Clay was just when the population of the States bordering on the shores of the ,great .Lakes was only 3,100,060, it now derives greater force and equity from the iucrea.sed, perm- I lation. wealth, production and tonuage of the States on the Canadian frontier. ' Sines Mr. Clay advanced his argument in behalf of our right, the principle for which be contended has been . freqaently and by various nations been recognized' by law or by treaty. and has been ex- I tended to other great rivers. By the ' treaty concluded at Nrayenee in 1831, the I Rhitie was - declaredl'ree: from the point where it is first navigable into the sea. By the convention between Spain and 'i -Portugal, concluded in 1835, the natiga- tion of the Douro. throughout its whole extent. was Made free for subjects of both crowns. In 1853 the Argentine ;:Confed eration by treaty threw open free naviga- than'of ,Parana and Uruguay toitlie: mer chant vessels of all nations— Iry 18510 the [ Crimean. war . was 'closed by . a, treaty I which provided for the free navigation of. the Danube. ~ In . 18,58 llbiivia, 'll ; treaty, declared th a t. it - re prded "She Biters :Amazon and LaPlata as .noconlitinco -with fixed principles: al flatiCend law,. as.' highways. or channels topenediihy ultimo fer'ithe . commerce of ati nations. •4n..1.859c 4 tha Paraguay Waal I mi k ele.,iyet hp P tsetity,aud in. 'December, I I .159.6,-.tberliimtperor . af...Br.azil.j. by.iinVierial i decree, declared--the Amazon to :be - open to tho.frontier , of :Brazil .toithir.'merelnin t , ships of all natiotta.l, .illie kreatesidiving , 1 British authority on this, subject l, 4 lie 1 aiSlerfing'llie abstract right of the 'British lelcijm,'sitysf I .., ... i,,. . ^ - ltrim diffieult - to dmy tittrf i tir'elit Britairr'"ratifltrourfil her" rlftliiill f tflifin I strict Idly: butts equally'difiletift:to 'deify ; .-;.first;''lthat - in Str'iloitig. ah . 6X6l+Nes I harshlyrtin 'extretne.ntid ..bard liw; Iliiii, I - secimidipliitirlier', - poittlnet •witli'histiost to the Itavigdtlim :tit tite'LiLgwrOitce . 3B itVglitrtitglindtiscrediftilice inelimsisteitt, tenth} beeidtiduct . ..Willi - fdripei"fici j Itite jitifigatilris oflithe•lifiiisltisittii‘ L "On?llie It,itifinPlitiVer4 , po'SseSia:ti'iimf@l &Main •litir.*liicti‘ he . .111-isailslppi took-itsiike;,4le itiditited 'thl4 ifflit'ttPtitifikaWtlfe entire ol - 1 /Oyti d 4 -Ifeittalettk, "finc" . :the - grenind that mi the iiiiiiikailili hiitly-liak . ks '6l' iliti7fit. -liirft)biVAliiiielt,PAilti9Li6t-itgele ia 11sitiettgekihitikliffefgatielltota'Staffis .thelvigiitaitfinisigadinx-iheuerlaiout 1 4 me - RI; ho - i - itiep - ro .— du - asT:a :- IfonTs w eriploy - - accredited. But the foot exists . that the' t - ,-,•ii;:;„ f„,. as i t „,,,, n . „„ „„,,„„„,„„, carrying is alnicist . entirely iii - foreign bot- :Jut to labor at living. wages,in contrast lonisi Ond while this state. of a ff a i rs 'ex -1 the pauper labor of the, old world, and so in the develepement of home re ititB, Are cannot control our due share of i That between i commerce of the merld. the-Pasifie , litatetramitlhinwandqhmatris 1 4a,,,,, • about all the,...Farryintradenow co act- I . s ' e 4 iiratatibain te v e .4.. 1it - 1 4- c t : . ol i . ~3 t.. . , REDUCTION on TiI.E.MIIII6I . . , _. I would recommend a libefill policy to- i Under theinot of Certgress Oftbe 15th wards that line of American steamers-- I , day of July, 1870; the army hag oatun one that will-insure its,sticeess, and even !i f been reduced, ,so 'that' OD 'thy . Ist of increased usefulness. The cost of build-' al"ulrYi 181 / 1 1 -lio llumbere OftimMiSs ing iron vessels—the milx_ones that Can i roned. officerrd end Men wlll ',not Mtened compete L wltliVrtirtiii r 'SHitiklirthe carry- ; the number contemplated laW. ing trade—is - so - much Treater in the Un- I, The War DepartMent building is an old i tell lite testthanziir forsogirr.c.onntries, that . structure,. not tire-proof, ',and entirely in . 'thoritimisMnce from- thegovernment ' adequateHn dimensions to our Present they cannot , be , Einttessfally built here.' wants. "'Many thousandafof -del rife There will be several propositions laid , now paid annually for 'refit of private before Con, , iress, in . the course _of" the I buildings to - . accommodate' =the . varions PreBent so.ssionvlook - ing, ,to , ti remedy for I burantx of:4li° departMent. I recom tbis exiyereu if .it,,,shyuli,L lis atsyine,cost ' mend an • appropriation forit• 'new. ' War A97the natioc4i,' ieasury.::,l,hop - e s i j c li en . ,-Ilepartment -bniling, suitedtili tile , fres i `'Catirtietrientl illi t g•i‘'bn - 4.4- vilitinidi, r (Jut , and .growing wantit:wthei intitioh. -Atnericari"shiyi ing.otf tlies high • Seas -end i , The repOrt...of the - Secretary ofliAti shows LAiniticarrehirsibiiildirig - anthotati... .• • a" very satisfaatory rednotibtiltf the ei ,.l:: .- -.,1 ...,HrIe.ORTYrZST--011 STATE.: . , rises of the army for:the-last- fiscal year. ordetails,.you.ure referred to bitifitOm . The). condition:4)f ...the 'aehires: of the',' panyirry repoit.. • i 1 -Pevait,tnektt 7; of,4totesaills -our tho, early . , . ' ._ ' , __,-, ~,..., , action of -.Congress., T,he building ,now ' THE EXPENSES . 01 , T I E N.I.I'T I - rented by' Life deptirtmkit le-,a frail - sing- for the' whole of the last year, i-ii.! from tare, - at an. iii Con irenietft 'aistiint'e from ; i?ecealbdrl;lo, the data - 9l'fhaliiit re the "..Uxecutivek. Mansiolil and -from - the :Alert,' tire less than 816,000,W, or ahotit outer,-ilepartmealtt ......I,t itt,illradaptesl, t o ,t 1,000,000 less, henikey Ivetti,:',thtii'itre - Pe- pnrPosa..fiir r siijO•iLia„..itged„l4ns ,not ''"viatts mir.' The' expensea.iblea,thik_com eapacit,y to 4c.orrinietbtte the_ atoll 'yes, i Ititiii4r4tient o f this &sar yeaF, if. i r ilk() Metal is nat.tfk!pliodit i - f,ts - renvite siftfation, JOY •1, •:: she ibr tbe* 'rye mo4tha ~4 .a.e -'• its sleildWellii§ft•tieticiit,i intl - slid -tibtientic ' t'rette 'of . 6vei $5,40,,0QQ.(thm; ,thOsg.. 9f !-Of a,supple of:water:hi the beighbmhood ;Itile : ncil'reAlionding Plootlia, or. laiiti I ear tiok I. leave.but Attie, hope : of .tiufetry for. either , tstilthitcs for the eurreni-:jefflY* - the building or its couteuts in.case of the . 205;071.31. "]'hose for.ne igix . ,. 0,- .a- •nt of lie (I - f l' • la 641 8I ". n'itif R'.i''' '160"" &Ili" id 1' . - aci e o a Tre. es rye lo_it , Awl ,-,• >, . 1 ~ .. ...h.), . fit, IOD l 'iiii•Alt,i;fl , 4 , li.is, :.i.r.A.L. - 1, rat. : : - ' + -:-._—,:: tgi - ess, of the TrliftiriE'ret•orifi iif the' rtc,_ . volntion - and of the' Cor , lfetleyntiou 1 , of k the whole serio" di diplomatic dfid. en I l Sulr'arehivessiii - ce "the ed'Option of the Constitution, and of the mans - other -valuable rechrds and:Paps rs left with that department .wheh it Ives- the principal depository of the governineutid archives.' I recommend as appropriation fur the construction of a building fur the'Depart ment of State.' recomihend to your reconsideration the propriety of referring to r the Depart ment of the Interior, to which they seem more apprvriately to belong, all powers ''and duties In relation to the Territories 14ith which theineparttfieht of State is now charged-by law or *get; ulidl•from the-ll:tenor liepartment t,s 1111,,Witr, De partment the Pension, Bureau, su far as it regulates the payment of soldiers' pensions. I- would further recommend • that the payment of naval pensions be transferred to one of the bureaus of the Navy De ! partmen t. F1N.12 , 7C1A L E ;TIM _1 TES. The estimates of the expcnses of the government for the next fiscal year are *18,214,346,01 less than for the current year, but exceed the appropriations fur the present year for the same items $B,- 971,127,5 G. In this estimate, however, is in'elnded 822,348.278,37 for public works heretofore begun tinder Congres sional provisions, and of which only so much is asked es Congress may choose to give. The . appropriation for . the same works hir the pres.at t !icedyeti! . was *ll,- 984,518.08. sPr.rIT: PA 1 MENTS. The weernre 'Caine of 0614, as eoMpareil ' with MI tionatenrreticy, for the whole of the year:lB6o wns•abimt , lB4;und for.scv- on mouths 0f,117u. the, 64410 Aelativo. yal ue has been 115, • . • The npjirenclt to a Spleie basis lib's been v'erj-'gratitilnk, but the fact -Cannot be denied flint the instability of tha vane of our eurronoy ie prejudicial lo.onr.pros jperity,..aml tendf to keep np pricekto, the . detriment of trnde., „ . • • The evils of ridereeirtteti Asa flnetna tint Currency me Bo great thatk'nbviorhen 'tltg preminm•on gold has falletilsci itmoultl seen - COW. /ha :time has 4rrirctl when by, wise ml 4, prudent., legisintion. ConA•resa Along look, tv ii,which `Air 'etirretinv '^^'" 'n'ar 'lOlll Wonfd place Mir . ctirrette'y 'On' i ty parr day.. r t I respectfully call your attontion cmo r; The in collected ' from ,the: people has abase of gong 'etandinillitqbh;-00:tild !Jeep refined& more 4,bap,Vitgito,oo.o,,per , to sce reraediiiljt t)i,iir,,tankeSs„ It annum. 13)E st,colTNis, i itt, ,opti present to reform inAlie serriCsiertne eoun course, there is 'no reasea wlry,,,inu lbw ,1, wo uld h av e go .b e y on d a t o n e: re ithert'yeare,' thO nit ionitl' 4 titt -gatherer fixing , of the ten urerofolllce epilethe ' ratty' not disappear , fiath therliiml of the employee who do not require the -- adifoo citizen entirely. o ' ,and consent of the Senate to make their reline :iitArug 41i4pepsod appointments oonigele: I would kro postnur,terit In everzyjcinit . y, tax itp?it irgovein not the er liquore'orall sorbl . atitnotalcdd fir MT' its of making altapPoiXiApniti;'• TtitiTO. foYfini;ifo'd brit *isi3'itiljusttnent l of the I .duty w i t i o b so . muc h' en ibeitht:Ez. .tafifficthich,will.pUtrTardlity oil' those. ar-, centivo and heads of de , eoulik aav;ivittt, .or .appfilutinelitS; hOt? s thb 'Vr r itch use fir'iniP " ' ' 1 4 0 4 - ,9 0 iiiere,of than. we prodti,B6, rAyaiie erunigli ! senatora,_on4 lie_preltehfsiim Ga,thaL, of tnight'be'rdsAd'aYter'ti foite l yt3ars' fietict? I finding - places for constittente•E 4the amil-ionikitentartanCtieri-: of, indebted-, present systera-dues: trot secure the best TICION OS, thitill ali:our Orligrsticms:ii ire , Alleuwa nd,otteitzgot.eveu lit Intralosirrib fat,bor rodnctio.th ex.P6m4o§*Akil.-, latnAninflco ditiea 1,9 q4notion of ini . ,,eroo,t,"p.unt, ton atifif distiller/ye:lf Oilitos**o - ent may hafrelipd on.to inalfO,this pratitioa .; . . • Y*. 5t;6404,01:404:11,41ita.,s t ;6 4 04 ,0 1:4 04: 11 ,41 ita ., .. ' • .tret Refonn 1441 in iop=tillin £Lit implies a Cagetiegi.Otetnlk4 ol l ll W :bae*N ilie4 th '.l4t°4 `'antic of lie Napa e ,lishment,asi t3.9,v/ ' `is,-without r ono, tt...rjp ttent• .aPproma.4ft made forth() e . itent'Yearkiterp evidently intended liy . .Q4tigree'S. stifficient only to keel) . The Miry' "cm presetit footiiig Ely thu rgairifigAdip , flitting of our Old Thisliobey.rtli* of course gradtially but snrely,deatreygle ntitT,. and it' ism teself far froth eo):uniti cal;'as cacti o year that it is pttratiedtyje ' necessity fbr more lepairs'ittlibilia and navy-yards bbeomes 'more iMPertitrre aria mtire -costly, and our current expenses/in. 'an di - tatty inereased for the mere repair Of ellips, min of - which must. soen...lle4ge tnufttfe and eyeless. dA r iug :Atka - present sesSion elfCongrssildbe„ able7to submit to a plain, by ut r fcb itiv4;*4- -s els ran be built aria repatis' eader'filils great 'Ravi 11,7'111;5H the' prOeW ,Coti It can hardly he wise staternanshiiin tt i gatl- Oilmen t tr bleb represents coarifil With over five thousand mites of tea-Cost lino on both oceans, erelusive of Alaska, and colon iiiitig forty 'of pregresiiTo I people with relations of every natro with &most every foreign country, to rpat,witll • such inntlerate•menfis of enforOng,,any foreign policy either ofpriott,.9tion' or:::r9- ! dress. Separated by the oteaW.frorn, 'the ''nations of the eastern continent,int : vy is our dilly means of direct pi teetlott to our citizens abroad, or for the enfoi9- moot of any foreign policy. ' POSTAL. The accompanying report of.tho Post inaster-Geueral slioNB a moat satiaractory working of that department With the adoption of the recomrdendatiOns tained therein, particularly. those iclating to a reform iu the freaking. priviledge and the adopting of corresponding! mrds, a self-sustaining postal system May' Speed h"okeU for, and tit no distant a:ftirther rctlhetioa At the 'rate of postago lle,attaiucd. recommend -authorization by Congress to-, the • Ristmasterideneral and -Attorney-General to issnefigl dons to offletals appointed' tbrOugh"their respCdire'depiiimet4 1014e4erlit-th'eff° commissions, iwliere appomtmenta aro Presidential, are issued by 'the Shan De partment. The law "in all 'the depart; .menu of giriernment 'ex&pttliOsibr , lbe and of JUstiee, authOrir,es each to,isstio its own,vornmissiona : • f ittiotor 'Ale vs favOring ,reforms; .~ is 1~.,
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