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Frsoribe Frita&ttgfc Qfafeuk - .' ,t),w * 'MESSAGE: "• x fopdgrty Mg P|MBtifr|rt m. , , SeKctexfilJ&Mc'britipraent&iiu I'loare again jmmghti toga tber ta delibdral'e for j sft#B<je of tb'e Nation.» tWopyeraigu' Arbiter oftf 1 humarf events,, should s Kb? enmtaeiisinttCo‘ , %ith the v?P(aojbj< '> h leace, plemy> '.and' contentment reign thronglißut jfyriipitleiiJ, gbd tpnm. try presents asutdims>monf>rawetacle td tliei world/‘ 7^ 1J ’ >-‘ u , "}■{ 1 ~ „ i The troubledl'anif unsettled’conditiop,pf some of the principal European powers,' has had a necesiury io check prod ,em-, J harraas trade: and to depress prices, ithropgh oat all commercial but coti^itlutend ing lhnae censes,* tharlfriited Statea,"with {heir abundanrproduita, hays Jett |tadir ’efjecia less aererely than any, other country, ,und all our i great interests are prtisperdua Und successful. In re»ie^ypgtlv6i"great, 1 events of'the ,paßf 1 * year, and contrasting the agitated Sod distur m s bed sipto'of,other countries with our ortn •i . tranqadand liappy conditioo, we may coograt f imT ulnte ourselves that ffawe the, mast favored people on the lacb-bf the earth. the ' - " T>eoiilß- 6f other countries ore struggling- to i / ,*eafull)ish' free institutions Under ,y?hich man -1 i may govera lumself, we are in the actual en .; joyntobtif them—incUioherita®Cß fathers. While‘ enlightened matrons of?Eu .rope ore conybls'ed tftfd districted by civil wars i t ior int»Pt|UQ strife, we.aetlle all pqr ppliliciil - ’controversies by the peaceful exorcist* of the ‘ilghta; of freemen',o_t the 1 ballot i/og,, jThe * great republican maxim so deeply engraven on the hpurta ot’.qur, people, that fcbb 1 will of ! the, majority constitutionally expressed, shall y , preVml, is oursure safeguard against foreo and ~ i .violence;, ( It is. a subject ofjustphde, that our £>me and character as a nation continue rapidly to the estimation oftlteciv, < ilized world. Tcl,ouc wise and free unslilu .tiona it is to be attributed, that while otherna- , . . .i,;Uous iiave,BchmVod glory.nt the price pf the : g'ufferibft distress undiaipoverisbment of their' ..-'people, we baye won our honorable position ' < in the midst of an uninterrupted prosperity. ) , tmd,hf,‘hti 'increasing individual comfort ■ and happipegs., „1 am Imnpy to .inform you that . - i our,relations-with nuFnations ora friendly and ! pddißc. Advantageous treaties of, commerce , ‘lave been concluded, within the fast four ye&rs, with New Grenada, Peru, the Two Sicilies,.Belgium, Hanover, Oldenberg.-and Bfecitlenberg Schwerin.-' , Pqrsumg our example, the restrictive sys tem of Great Britain, our principal foreign pustoraerf has been relaxed: a * more liberal commercial policy haa been adopted by other , Bblighteued natious, and our trade has beep i greatly‘enlarged and extended, Our country stands higher in the respect of the world, - / - tthahat any former period. To cob tin ue to gythis proud position, it is'bnly necessa , ,'ryte preserve pijapeiandfaithfully adberefo life great endfandiimental principle of-onn for ,ii fiign jiohcy, of aop-iaforforeace in the domes. : i- xtic.'concerasof ether nations. Wo recognize inhdt nations the right which we enjoy our solves^the change end reform of their jioliii f, cal institutions, according to their own will pod pleasure,' „. r , ; , "jiepce we ifo.-not'JyqbJiehlpd, existing govern - . Uix ’j. menls,.capable ot nmiuiaimng ibelr own. ambon* , ! ty., We recognize nil such actool goverameoU, out oLjy from the dictates of true policy: but from «;»aoced iogard foe tbq.iudependenco of nations. "• ■u Wlulethisn our,Binlled’pulicy, i: doe» not fot . . iow Hail we can ever he indifferent-spectators' sf' .. the progress of liberal principles. TUe' govern meat and jienplavirtbe tfniua] Stales bailed wiib • enthurisiai end delight the establishment of the ■ - - french ‘Bepnblfc, as we now bail iheaeUbri* in i . i. , progrrsv.to UD\tofba Stales of Germanyjin a con >!. , ,|ed«ratitiaaiuolar in many, respects,: 14/oar own i , federal Uui»n. if the great and enlightened Ger» ..njabSidies/occnpyi'ig, ,as ilicy do, a control; and i .commanding position iu Bqrape. shall tqqceed in , 'ei'aßliibnigauch aoaiifedoraied government, so l-.:j faring bt tba same time to the cmzens'of each <f state; governmentsadaitad to, tbe peculiar j ' , condition o'«a c b; wnb otnestneted trade Sad in- ! tercoursa witb H will be an imponani < ■ <Sr& ii lbehistoiy oUmman evems. Whilst it will CJniolidaW and tbepowerorasmiany, it matt eMCnlially Jiruii-010 tbe canid . Or peace], emmmerce.ctnl.zauimxnd ronsmnuonal.liberty. r tiuonghont'tbe wor d Witb ori t^is •continent' onr: gelations it isbeltevad. are now ona.mmo fttendl • tj footijig than eyeC beon'atii6yfforiner period,, ‘ , £iure,lboexcbangd.ofratificaliotit:of the Xroaty of Peace wiib -MpSlco. - oor interoobrse witb tbe. , Govertj'mqut qrihatfieptiblichiiß beeh oftbe tnosl s,„v Irtendlv. character., i-Xjbe Envoy Bxlraprdinaiy;and 'i At. . minister Piempotdntury. uf.,the United-. Stales to .... -j. ’nxico, baspeon received and accredited 7 nnda 1y0,,-qiUo repteyoiilativo from Mexico, ora stmt.., i ) a j ’’as been received and accredited by this f. ;i,-. relations between the, two leoun-'i . Ibeamicable, .. have been bap- 1 .toes whichbavebo, | (rijst, tube long fly res'ored, and are u M republics, both situat presyrved. Tile two gri. ’’b oolarminoos ierri , ed on this conuoenl, sudswi,; ; , add bf iih - tones have every tnolive of s Jt * terestjpjjfod IbOnj togelhef, in l % B ral*tloii, .Tniagreufjipg coudttion of oar lure :.at!roiiob renders it unnecessary fur me id call you, u :- ,; more specifically to inemi < ! . lthea-been my couslbnt, aim anddesireto p; , : : mote peace add cammetce withall natfobs, Tia i. . , -.qmlityati home aod, peaceable relations abroad, ■--■-I boostitntd tbe trniepermanent'policy ofourhonn -■try.- Visit, tbescoutge of nations, somebmos bor . comes itleviiahlo, bqt .ls always Jo. bo avoided , whenlt eanho done .consistently '.wib the righls and honor of the nation . .Ono'pf.tbe.tyys^-impdrtsnt^results df tt(e war inlowhlof) we_werorepeptly, forqed withayuugb-, ~ ...boring nafion.-ii tliq dq'mptistrahou it bas upprded .- of the military Btronpib 'of, cur cotinlry.. Uefure tbe late war with tnetico; 1 EnropeatiS'and other : foreign powers eijtertaldeil imperfect and erron eous views ot our .pbysicat. streogtb. as a nation ... and of onrahiUly to-provecntowar, aod especial ly a war waged put of odh own country. They saw.lbat onr standmg. orm-y iia peape estab : lisbment did not men. Accoatom* i.’o: tdj.themselves, loinalntaurin peaee,largesiatid. -'ing- atiiiSs' foi' the protection of their thrones a-- gainst thturowpsUhjpcts^jWellesagainstfortngn (. i *WP>l¥r mey^bfltf ibat II wsspos ' iTt - stbleiforia nation.,wiibout;s|facb.an,army:i well dis ciplined,and or long servlo J-, to' wage a war sac - ■- eesflfillyi-.'iTjbay held "in.,! qw.;rCpttie; our millfu, . and were for from .regard’,og, them as au.efipcjive . fbrce.t nolest dl 1 migbto ba . lur f temporary de 'T fensive : operatiniis. WheH mvSded onour qwn soil, n r t ~,,, iTbepveula of lbq la'p.war. wnb'Mexico have ■: , impressions; which, have prevailed tosome extent, evenatnong apart am of oar oe?n coaplry j ■'" meo. - Ttml war-bas demonstratod. thatnpoo the r-^'^brestlbg 1 pit 'pf.hbsKlitiesl'dot'iittttcipatedj and, for.whmbmjprevma.prepmntiou hitdhWa rnsde, i a volunteer army uf cijizeq soldiers, equal Jo ve -■.'-tßrantropptiand.ißnnmbers.eqnal.tpany omor-. 'j geocy,'can ja asbmtpenudbebßradbtintoiibe ■ ,'fceld.,:;Ui>libpiV(.hat would'bWepccqtVprl'iilnuy i„ -otber oonßlry, we were under.no necessity .of re--.; . eortipg ta%afu, Oo thoepntra*- - : - ry. such. Was thoxumber .uf vofunleers . wno pa -; ''tiibtlcaily. tentfertd their, services, that the chief i was 4n mak]ng;selectians,anArEetermio-' ‘' j’ , lpg'etJfPsbeaiabo dWppoiqtedand cOnipdlled tq, 'i.ramaia at i.bpibe,i'.ClatciUzen soldiers dro) ifnlibei > 'those drawn from abe,population of any otheri ! - are composed indiscriminately of i ell prafessions aod parsntts—af farmers, lawym, - /7JTn-V-^r , e jrt , :"(,-; .omen imi .■jiu't.'.'.'.a r' ..j pbyaictane, merchants,_ 1 Diauufu<;tayers ( ,t)m(;lianlc». and laborers—-andjjm not only among the offi-i core, bat th?,pr»iU( solders, (u lfao riltl h 9 }, „ ; ; .Oar. .cilizen 'aoTdters. are unlike the soldiers’ of •SnJ other t* nniVy m 1 Mher respects. They are eifflMti-lanU htrvW baurt ( Bccilsthraoa‘ from' tbair. l:JfOt|tb l ßpiUt:hindlo Jand,-u»n fire ,armtr;ai*d etargpi [lP ropprt ( .m of them. qspt w |ly Wuatoso it d more nowly neit led Statesboro expert., marl; emon. They era men M ho heve a reputation In" ■ iiuiirHut. afhbmabytbeif edOilcuddilci lii'ttiofieid ' They atrointelligenti add theirs hi andodlfiduiduy o! i?haiiector,wb)ehjt»;fmiodjinilhei ranbanf iaiiOtber' .army. Ja Imhlo, ,eaqp priyate mao as,well as PfSg&'- apt only,for .hiscoqntry.fmi. iut glorynn.f dißnnctlon among bhtfelluw citizetfto Wbenhethdl retqfn to-iiWHttb;* 1 ' ‘ 1 , t Men'cobasrienionetrated cut'only, iW,?,iSfitl)|y,Df;bp > gnye W ment ltO:Org,iu«o;a oeme- 1 rutisarqi ju pop a sodden cai!,bul,ujrt-j.Ui pjrovvde It wiln ol! the .monitions and .necessary supplies,, ■ wnlldespaih; add enib.a'ntno direa’ ■ju operations •• oflnniW.otioua haS'Dntinnlyi bean!displayed ip th« : q*alor pud skill.ofnqrlroaps engaged m active st r* *'oo m the held, bat in tbe orgunjzutlonof those erecatii/e branches; whit hwere cVsrgedf'wuti Wife* general direction and condnet oF iPWbilo tqo.g(eat;praiSe dannoi be bestownd inponTihe;of >, beers and the men wbufonghtour bailli s, it would bo utmost: withhold ftom those ellicers lieeejsa. riljrualiop.e&al home who were charged with tbit doty offu/nfshing ll)e army, in proper lime'and pt places, with atflthDi'maiiitfohs'ihf war aud othersoppliei necdsaary to make it eflloiehf, the Commendation to which they are entitled, • The credit duetet: this [chut of our officeral? igrcetgi •wlien it fs considered tint no army in ancient or modern t,im s.was ever.better-appointed or pVpvi ded lhan .eut jhrmy jut Mexico; : 6pwptibg in an art mv’sxountry—renjovdd £OOO miles from the seat of ibe>derulgovarnineur,,;iadiUVreiit carri*‘ .spread oyernyast extent of lerrttory.liandreda and even thousands of miles apart - from each other.) inothingshort of.tbo nntiruig. vigilancoand eitra, ; ordinary energy of these oflicers cOuldihayoena. bled them to provide the army ut oil points, and ip proper seSaoui-withUaUJliat Whsirqninrd for the mos):efficient strvtce. ..,. , It is but an act of justice to declaro thaube tiffi. cerSin ihargo of. l.ho ezocUltvo Kureiiiij, ajl, upder. the immodia o eye ami. supervision ol the Secretaiy. ofWar., performed lltotr respective dunes with ability t energy eud ifiiuem.y Tbev I have reapeifless of tits glory, oft ho war. not luivVl -lagbOiU p i erspilalJy_ ; .exposed toils peril* in bailie I like their companions iu arms; hut wuhqot tlioir l forbcaafi-sulßcleiitald ;and cooperaviulrc-bose in i tbe field ‘would not have been pmv.ilgd w'lh that'' ample menus they pnssessed of acbit'cuijg furtbedi- Selves and; their.: ’country, the; nufiditig' 'hiJriora I .Which (Ifby have wdn f>r both, ; 1 r ’ VVbeltAlflbeso facts are ioustilered, it rosycease ,to he/a mutter ufso much omnzauieutebru'aii hiii/i it heppened.ihal.our whole army in Mexico, re"- olara euii volunteers, weru victorious upon every hatiln 6rld; nowur fearful, the agotest iheirt 1 The war wiih Mexico fuis; thus fully developed : lhe>WpaCily T |if. republ|c;tUi government* M prose cute sucsessluity u just and foreign. w<fcv W ith‘all the vigorlUsipilly.aiiribmedio.niun) arbitrary forms of government.; ,(t Its* been:esual for wruers on putdlo,liiwr:(o)injHiteiyrepubbc»lliowauto)ibal unity. audcoimoulrauun-utpnrjKoo.. sieiv igor of execuu.iq.-wluclt.artf.ganßrjliy.iiJiiiiUed n> belong to Iboinioßarehieateod'artstucratic fiinri,; and this featfire of pppulargivertiftieut ba* bi'un »ujiieiie<i todisplay, iiaetf nwir waflioitlarJy aii.lh d 'conduct ofa war carried on in ancneinj ’s to.'Mtfirt. f t ' Ttia sati >\ .The wfar wilU Mexico fctts. developed itw*t stri* fkitglyand conspicuously number: fenitlrtf in our institutions. It is, tbs: without coat lu ibti gov. : CMlnonl or danger loour 1 iberiu-s, we liave iu the bus-tmof our. society o! freernen.avitiiiibio m a l-just nndnecesstry war, virtually,a stsndmsnrmy -i or 2 000.000 of armed citizen soldiers,? such as 1 ! fa light tbe battles of Mexico (. | 1. 1 But our military strength doe* not consist alone | in our .capacity lor .extended eud uu»uccexsful! Optrtmunsou ;land; .. llitt/liavy, ueti important i ■ m of Ibe uilinttnt dcf-mce. • 11 ibe services of i tbajiaVy ■wernni.i.Mbriiliabt: al tlit>«a<ii' tbe art! ..my in the lata-war in Mexico, >t wasbocanseibey | had no enemy to meet on theirown element I (While ihe-array had opportunity of performing I ' more contptcpuUs service, the navy largely pur-, l. tieipatediulha coudliul or,the wac-i lJu-b branch? I es uf tbesemce performed Ilnur ivintedoiy in I the' country. For the able and , gallant service* .of tue. officers and men ol lilt! navy, aclirgjtnie. peudenlly aa well aai in co-optraiiun;wiLh our i troop* in Ibeconqueslsof the Californiasj taecapi’ I turo of Vera Cruz, and ot tho seizure uitd <>ccu>• i.pauon of (iijjar.-finportant position*, on tbe Gull | and U e higbeal praise udue 1 I ' Tbeir Yigl|aoebi'»ilorgy.aud.skill rendered (lie j tnn|*to2etu«o«er*icei inf excluding milnitldiisoli .war, SBd.oibcr sttpphes.from: the enemy/ while : they seenred a sale entrance lur abundant supplies I for their own army. - Our: extended ■ commerce i Wasnowhere interrupted, end fur tbis Immunity i from the evil* ■•• f. war; oar country is indebted to tbe Navy, !\ - Higb pratse isdue Or the officers oi ihe several executive 'bnrosns. lbe navy yards;sr.d s'aridn* connected withdbo service, all Under tbeimmedi ate direction- id, tbe. Secretary; of tbe .Navy, for .the industry, foresight, rand' energy wldi wl-icu every Uuug was, directed and' furnished, (0 give efficiency/ to tbat:. branch of.ibo.-anrvico. rfjie aim*,vigilanceexisted so directing ibenperaiitm* ■ ofitllrfoavy a* of tbe army. Them wai cuncerL •ofadluri oud ofptl posa between tltbheada'iT tbe ~twjiprwaofilbe,aervice. By the order* which were jrumiirae .i?,nme tuned, one vessels of war on the, I’aoilicaud, tbe,Gulf ofMextco werU star tlobed ifi proper positions toc,>-operate efiiclentlv widt.tbe array, -By,this tneaUstheir combined i poir(!r ; wa*, brunght. tulbear,successfully-on, tbe en >m y -, , . The great result! which have been developed and brought to I’gbtby thi» wwi Will lm onmmSaSara" Jjtejurfporteixi? td thefuturo pqbgress ofnurcountry. i They,will tend powerfully to preserve ai from liir. ,eigtrco|iuiiji)i »nrl to pneble qa toprcseryo umntcr. rapted oureberlsbed policy of pence-witha'inipioni 'entangling alliaoccawilbnono " : Occupying. a*.wo do; a mDrcicommanding poiltlon najorg uuioiu than at any former periodpotirdutlea :: and responsibilities to -oursdlvea and to posterity are eorreipondiflgly lqcreued. This will ba the more flbvtOM iWhau. waponsider the vast addition* which btira been recently mado, to our- territorial fosses. -Vioi, Wjportanc&and value- I •* v. Wup IBM than four years the aongaatl n of • '-11*111: *»;tteUnion ibaa been consummated; alledn seansk 'a to the Oregon territory soutbof the tilth UjCisog 11... . 'hultodobeing all that Was,insisted ion '■'dodesrori ha* been adjusted and with V PP OC California have Been pc. *«>» & * be,e quirdd by treaty. Tbv t oarofoliy prepared by a tones, accordingtoa , • . Land ofiV-n irnm rk.. Stt&SSA > SjffiSS square therolnall tug twenty-nino States. * n< - . ? n to {T 1 'f k r J not yet pigeoned into State* bait »1t,.,® "Mountains codtaiuii, 2 059.513 square 12S;0M acres. i l * i 3 . " These estimate* show, that the territories recently, acquired, or over wbidli ‘our exclusive jurisdiction ordbmioiptt havd bppn.extended, constitoteiMoup* try more than half a* Targe *a all that which waa beta by the United Stakes 'before then* If Oregon be excluded-from the estimate, there Will still remain Witblhihe ltmifaofiTeStai, New Mexico and California, 851538 Rqqarpjnilex or 515,012720 ecrrsi belng aneddUionequnl to more than .one third nfsll the,territory nWDod-pyThe. United States, be forotheir acquisition; >and,i iflclodingOregoo, n&nfly tt groat an-extent ofterntoryus tbo wlio'oof JS,u* S | prope, s - ; 'Russia only excepted. The Mississippi, ,su | lately ffce*/fontier:©ft»ar caQntry,-'jsnow- ooly ft* j ceptrOf the addition of tho fato Acquisitions, ] > the United Btatesrare now estimated to bo n.earlyi&i 1 . Urge nt the Eorope. It js estimated by j . • the aapenuteodant of* tno coast survey, iutho aegom^, 1 fpaQying>repQrts.tbat thoi extent. pf.tha { sea>coatt:of, j -Texas.' oothe gulfor-Mexiconii :iipwprd&:of;fcmr,l handled nritaijf of tho- coait of Upper California, Do | ’ihapecifioof 970'mtles; and of Oregon; including l dio -straits' of Fact of six . hundred aod-fiftyrailesi we*t. maMog the whole extent.of sea coast on the'i Pacific^,COO milea, andtbe wboleextent uh tiofb the i [Eaeiijfjjitf il|B f3air of Mexico 2.020 miles* * -• .; ! r. The^eDgth r Qf*thecout OD the Atlantlo-from tho i .iTprtbern «oi.tS iOf the .United'§tate* aronnd the i Capes of FioiWa.tp*fae/Sobiqe, on th tfsasterifboon-;i estimated to -3100. mites* *a that i th(i : additioaofaeacoa*t,;idclodtng;OregoD.u.very hearlyJlWQ thirds as great u all we possessed be* ; forer-and excltidlng; U; an addition of W?Q : ille#,beipgneariyeqattltooDB half oftbe.cxtent oj= <soast wbiee wepotiOfSed beforo ihoio acquisitions; \Ve bave vow tare* great maritime ports ao the 4t*. i lantic, thegulfof Mexico, and the Pacific—making '''' s'Y s l- ..,;,..' in the wbole-in-extent; ofselloutexceeding -5000 mjlfiXi^Tti^irtlieexUtfciortexedaatil'theUiiite^ tho«D W incltfa«f tha length of ft* shcrelfnoof rout a* ciiimate/Tby-thasaporintendentof thecoait ittri 'vevkjfii UeWOBS mild,, wr-fib wasftbft dlfSqultre calculate itexslno qfthese navjgabletnbatßry waters ofthe hiiMiislppi.and ■estfenilve •el&iatf.' ooulvnat long havkremalrie’din- Uiehspdt pf*iiforeSgQit»Bfer r endangering the peaceof purBaath- westers tronuer. .Hee duett in the vicinity of the tribatarjeacf thefcUsiii* •*pphi -moat ,bavetoagbt a market ihroogb * those; flirtamsTadumg into andthirJagb oar territory; .and : the daDgcriof>irrftMtan andet»Haiod'Oflnteresi r fc and ours, have been : imminent, while • the embaraafmeotr in tho commercial been constant unavoidable. Had Texas faUpn‘ Into t&d [fadtads: or odderihetnfftteDrortndoinbtiliof hayadooe,tb qs?danger would bate faffnatiilmat er. : They hsve been avoided: by hervolontiry’snd' peaceful annexation tothe Uoitedfitater, 1: ' ' ' : .T}-'*M. froni her .position, was a natural, and ak biosk indupensable’-pait' df 'Wk territories'“•Tortus cutely , sun has boon restored to 6cr,'coDctry,andiiQw constitutes o n e.of th y Sts teso fu qr confederacy, Von. | ou an equal (nadog : with tbo original sUls#?' ‘rbe I salubrity of bf Soil peddHitly: Ladapted tptlio prodactluflof aonieofoarrqoit valn, i Sblestepm commodities, Sod Her cntnmerclsl sdvss* " tags*. mustsoon make- her-Oooof oiir rault popdloui states i Now Mexico,: though situated in the interior, ■ aml.'wlthiiuta'Sba fcoast/is hoowtHoeooSldmoch nfelil.e laud,.to übuuudiancli.iniuea.bf ihoipne ; emus metals,nntl to be capable I.fsast aiqipgiplQrgd' populatiou.Frutn.iUp.uiuaniUnho intermediats' . - and ppnnvcimg .territory, between'oor. tottlamom* t «nd out. possessions in Texas, and thosq on tbe Pacific coast. tipper California, irrrapccnrscf the east ihin -1 ,®rql .wealth recently developed there, holds jit this 1 : day, in poiut ol value pad iraportsage'i te the rest ■il (be Union, the same relations tbat Louisiana did ■■'f'beit fhaUiiiß.tecnloiyiWs* acquired from Franco,, forty.fivo years ego Extending pearly groesuf latitude along the Pacific, and embracing tho. only safe nod cotnmodiaua harbour ou the coast r tor many hundred .codes,, to a temperate climate' ; i nud an extensive-interior of fertile lands, it Is i scarcely-possible to eatiinbie liawenllh-umil il shall be brunght utulrr the government of onr law* and L its resources fully devt?lupod 1 From its position, it roust,command tbft ‘rich com m cree nfClnno.nl: A tja. ofthej slandtof the I’acifi , of U’ostern Mexico, of Central America, iTio Sjuih Anericun. Sln'ea. nnd of the Qustian IvPossesaiubs, bordering uu that ocean, A great I emporium will doubtless speedily arise on IhS Cal | ifortna cnastfwliichmay- be‘destined to , rival in' : Orleans :it**lf,.,>The: depot id vibe vusi commerce-which mast exist on tbbTociSc, will probably tie at some point rm the Bay of-San ■ ♦. ransufp, niid.WilUcqupy (liesamorclatiuq to the ss hole, western coast ol that ocean, ns New Or> lams doe* la the Valley iifthe Mississippi aud tbe Gulf of Mt xico.-. To ibis liepm our numerous wttqlo , ships' resortn -wilU.their cargoes to trade, iebl and obluia>upp)iis. vTI):a vF itself will ibvgeryvlio.lpftp.&uitd upaciiy which:wbßld: ? *ddn become the centre of » gmat sud rapidly iatrbai - •ipg commerce.: •si(aa»3 oil'nsale.harbor, soffia: ■ ci.eut.ly: capacious for atl . the navies.aa weltaaibe iiurine ulijhci.wotld. anil: convenient to excellent .umber'fir.-ship. building, owned by the United Sme>,.it must became Cur great Western Naval' Depot. ' 1i sras known tbit nlllei of prcetcu* metals exlitod to > constdcrablocxieni in furat* utbellttebt lt*»p quiOtlon. lleceat d scorerlas render it probsMa tbkr .tnese mmes sre-more'estenslrs sad vniuxbl* jbiti was niitclpsted. • !fha swouots of the absnluee of sold la that unitary era ol such ebsk £kt w Wimldseticely command.beUeh Werashevnot cortobo j rated.ay .lbs sutbentta sepCtts of cfßesrs la the public 1 «inlcc, :wha have yUlied tie miner*! dlitrlci*, *mfde-’'l o TOd o', f “.“ 7“ ch tt JS» If 9“ PsndMl observ*. . dou, Heluctasi la credit the /snort* iaecaenl etncula-1 don,**tetheqautdy ofijotd lb*«me*r cpmaaadlna 1 ouJc tijrccj mX'mllioroU vhu&d ifo &>!&»*) m-■) Jal/iMt fqr.ibo purpoio of pbujfilßg iblbmb'' i Pou on the •übJeet.. iIU itporl to (bif Wnr Oeotfonat. i of,tbe re#ult of hit estoUantlon, ud tbe f 1 .os .tpetuvt, it herewith l*ii tmTore CosirpM- Wb«a he' ’ 1 vltU )d tbe cstiakfy. there were obnut foer ihaan&d toot eog «gcd in coOcettog gold Thera.Ueveryfeuoß i ( to believe .lb o comber of pettooe to eaploted htt'' j. tincp been togmunUd, •Tbe expbrtilou elttaev toedei j thnPeUef ,■thu the tqppi j U *trj large, sod tbit' i. ?PWI> iou&a st Ttrlom pi test is on exieativo «H«yrlct o! couxury >: ilerorouiUo receltod from ui the Hitt «sd ; “tbcMoarc'taihotttfb p?t«n faUud cdtmte. eosflm the •ccpuott of the comm wder ot oar stiUiary lore* ia Ctl-1 lloreic It appeartu «l»o # fromtbeve leoortt, thtlmloet .01 gttlcktlUer ore Hioaila Ihe ridnity of the gold re 1 gtuOw Ooe ot tbem It co« being worked, end It baUermi (0 be smoag the m at pradaetive is the word. -3he eOVcu prodroe<l<b/ th«4l«coTery of theterirb mlaerti depot!«, tod the la&ct tt wblchhMtueadHd the Übort- of thote «rbah«Te retorted to-them bate pro* •dttced a larprttiag chtage Is tbo tuteif efftirt tt CriJ foralt. hatMr.comsw&dft'v price: tod all othor purtuitt but th«t of gewthiftf lor u«Vecioa» m :Ltlt rue abn&donei. Neatly the who *of ion male pop-JiUon oMheconatrjr ba e gone to the geld dtotrtrt. obipii arrirlegoa tbe eumat ore oeterted bf sad ibslr vojiauet toipeodeo for wtotof asllor*. Oqr eumoisodiog officer there eatemlot apprebeotUatthst tnidlen catmot be kept in the public »el vice nithouta . Urgelaereito ef pay. Dot* rUoat in bit command have' becutn* freqaeat. and he recouxineeda tbit ibote who •hall witbtund iba «troD| and remain lilth .fai.ahanbertwardh&» Toit tbandanceofgold. and the all engrailing par •ait of it b»r« already cjioied,ia Cali£afi>ia»*oi ttD»- precedents rite m Uio prlco of tbe occcttarlea of life ihatwemay thoraorc aperdily end folly trail caraelveiofibeon-lcicliij-ed wealthofibcaoraloef, - it Adeemed ofyut imptwince tint a brhach’oftbe •! : mint of the tynltod Staiea be authnnacd to bo eatab.-' Jtititiil, at ycur preaeot aeaitoa, in Cablt-rota. Among otberaignal which wou!dretolt fnmtncfi i an c«lnb.ialiniopt would be that of calling Iba gold to in par value lu that territory. ,A ■ branchmintofl the V' B- at tbe great commercial depot cm the welt j , coiat, would coovert I .to oorotro coio not opty tho : golddefivcd from uur own rich' hiiiiea bUt f too the . ballionaud apccie wbleb our commerce may bring rfrom tbe. whole wait cumt of Central anddoutbAipet* : r} 08 *; vTbo-Weit coaat of America.and- tho adjacent lofeaor embrabe the ricbcatatotf beatmlne, ofUeat- Now Grenada, Central America Chili and Peru. -Too bullion and apecle drawn Irom there eonntriee- j and eapecially from tbo,e or Wnatern Mexico and - r era, to anatnuUntln value of many millibrn of Uol I , .Ijra.,are moHr aorually diverted end: carried by the ' -ahlpa of Srentßrliainto her own porta, to bo colued I nru«eii.to.au«talq,hef NatfoOal'Baoli,‘aodlhot coii I : .tribute, to iohreaad her ability to command an mucb j of lbc-eommerce'of J theworld.’.lfa branch mlotbb eatabjiahed nt tbe great commercial polot oblhXf I coait. availamnuotolbelliosaod a peel e would flow j thither, to bo re,coined, and paaa thence to N- Or-1 loanrlf -York, apd tbeAttantic cltiea ,f))e amount | ,°f oor .conattlatiunal (currency at-home would Jbe | .greatly lncreaacd. whileita cirjrolttino abroad would I be promoted. It lt well known to our merchants trx> I dtog to China tbe treat poaat of America, that I -great, inconvenience and loaaare experienced sfrom | ttbo: fact that oui* coin*; are not current at their pir I • value H-these. countries ' I s.T*>B pA'y«raot; Ku| , t>fio.-far remoted Irom thSl tWtfat coastol E AnieMca,by ilje AtlauLsqOcßSQ, which | and byftjpdluus dud daugefboepqviw: I .gai!9A,.&t > onud,fbe. Southern Capo of tha Cootipeol I ol America, .pan uevtif auccesaiuDycumptJtewilb | ibe United Statesin tho’ neb flodeitmitive com* j tnerco.wbich is opened to;b*rQtso much less cosH by tho acquisition-of Californio, \ 1 1 he v&bi importance iaim commercialadvaota* j gea of Culiforuia have btfretofurerewaioad unde*} veloped by tbe government uftho; country on which It constituted a part,. Now that ibis final province is a part ot this country* all lhe States of] I tbe Union, some, mure immediately and directly } .ihati ; oiherF f aro,:deeply ihtcreited In the *peedy I d&vslnpptqaut ff usx wealth iind jtesourcoa. - Noj I isectioii of oariCountry-is morciinterie-edf or will I be mpre benefited than ihe cnmraotcial, imv ga- j .UOg aDd^iduuufacioHng-iDtcreals l of the Ba-itera j /siaies«- Our pfapung:; and...farming infcrestain I every part of iheUmou wiil bo greatly benefitedl by it. As our' carainerce eqd navigation Breen- I •larged-attd of*gncultaroJ I products acd pi manufactures will be'increased and imbe new markets thus opened, they cannot j vlatl' to command remaneraUug. and r profitable r prices i 1 1 ecqoißitioQ nf,Coliforoiaand New Mexico* I the. settlement uftbe Oregon bonudary» and the 1 annexation of Tokos, combined,* aptruf greater j. consequence*-end. will add m° r * 10 the.'strength | ; and wealth of. the nation: than any wbwh have | preceded them since tho odoption of tbe Cooitita? .] lion 1 1 BuMo.’efiVcV these great retails/oof only - Calt4l : forma, hotNowMesmo mpst be brunght onderthd I conirolof regularly governments, Thd 1 existingcondition of and of tbat part I r of Ne w iVtejttcp lying weatof the Bio Gnmde, * h L a .v i ' V* ' v%■ l[ ■ & i?;, .V •. v .-... 7;v.V witboatthe limits of Texas, imjferioialiridbisatjcf jJwt XJoflgtOM *l»i}l4. ,ft session, 4' SW??« over,them. , ,| - , Upbnlha exchange oT ratifcaiiotu ofih ß treaty l >P peaw with. Mdxtcivon tbe'Sitfi it t,UV rJt, tbetemporarygoireriimeMaWhletilistf beetfestaliw ltlbedoTerNdWjyiexico.had ceasediib .exist. Im- Jipaoed *i)b the necessity, of gatubliabiiig ierr|. , 'onjipveranranuover Jheip,l recommejidedrHe •übjeetto the htforobledoniideralion of Conpreefe, thoAtiB«dtrait)y 'f psattoiof ttmfidiofJaly last, and invoked ibefr «eu«a at thatsession, Cangiow edjunrnreh with, oat making any provision for thejr government. 7 -. Tbeinbabitanta, by th-tramier of their ci.nntrV. if«dbecotne enticed to: tlie’ benefludr(War lavra aodcon»tltatiptf, , andyo«''Werolefttein)nat 1 Bny regulariynrgsnlxedgovornmenti ifiince that time .tbovery.liaiuedpoworpoikeMedbyihaerrfiu* tiTObiw.beenexercUedto preaervo and nrotetjl lhaitf Iha-iioVilaWecooseqdence»df Sstativ ofaaarehy. ■> Tfntanly government which remold edi w«gthateaf*Wiabad by'tbo military authority during the,war. .Begarding tbit to baa 4e facto SoTerptnanf.and ttatby tha presnnTed consent dl iaibHabitant*it:nnghtba eotttluuedterdportiifv. ly, they were mfvltaf to conform and submit to it to* the shm-foteneningr period, before Ooognto *nd; cuold ,legislate,pn the sntf. ’ jett.Theytoviiaefltertaroßd bytbe executive ob that point ate captained in a comlfiildlcdtion dl thdSßerßtaryofState.'datedUiaißVenUidfO'ctd. berlaai.whichwiWlbrwarded.fotpablicaiiai lt> California and Now Mexico, a of vjbicbnfr herewith iran*mftte<J. . ••• ~r~:j ; >V The tmall militu/ibrca lha'Bsgbiar Arad, which waaaerviog withinthaiini'rtabtthb abhiiip. edlemMtl«,aili»cldadofthe!warwiaretdineti and additional force* bave bean ordered there for tha protection of the inhabitants, and to ' preserve and aocaro the right* and interest* of the Uoitsd Btstea, 1 ' ', No revonaa baa bobn or-coold bo‘ collected at fhn porta JnCalihmiiai became,Congree*, failed.to’ B’UbPrlss tbo ettobluhtnantof ctutom houseat apd lor, the appointment of officers for that purpose. l The flecretdrp pf tha Treaaury, by a circular letteraddrourd ta the Oullector of - the Cusmms, on the seventh day of October last, a copy pi Üblcfa t hereby tratumitled.exereisedallfhi power with which ho waa inveaied by the law;-; In pursuance of tbe act pf lb« Utb pf Aogott Inst extending; tbe benefit of oar poet office laws to tbe people - of California,- tbe Posr Hauer-General baa appdot4d::twoageata. who hare proceeded, tbe onh toCaliformt.aml tbeother to Oregon, with author ity to taaketbe necessity arrangement* fotcarrvini it* provlaiooa into effect. ' . ‘ 1 > ' Tbe munthlylmeof mailatf amer. from Panama to .Astoria. ha« been required to "atop, ai d deliver and take malls at San Diego, Monterey and Ban Fran> cisco/*. Tbeae maH smamfeia. coonected by' tbd latbmuo of .Panama with the boe of mail steamer* on the. Atl actio .between New-York and Cbagre*; will establish a regular mail communication with California. -- > , Itiaootaolemndqty to . provide, with tbe" Ini) poialble delay, for Now Mexico,, and California, regularly organized territorialgoierbmenUrThd eanaea of tbe failure to do tiraet the tastcedaiod br Copgroa* are well *nown, and deeply to be regret ted.. With the opening prpapecuof iocreaaed proa penty and natiornd greatneu which'thbaeoniaition .oftheae. rich And, [alrord-hawiiTational U wpnld.bo tofbrego or tore 1 | ject tbeae advaotaget, by tbe agltalioa ol a domeatie queetioowbidri* coeval, WUhtbeeilitibce bfbitf ! r auvcromtestitadtand toeedangtrty interoalmrifeai < geograpbtcai.divuiona, aud heated conteatt forpn i Hdcat podrer, or for any other caaae, lbebarmony"ol r the gkitloot anion oi osrConfederated"Btat**; that l I .Uulop wbkb.sbind* «a together aaooae,people, and : * bleb for ainy yearn, baa been oar thiefd and pro tecllon igaitiar every danger r I “ ft» tbe«ye» of tbo wmld'end of paeleriiy.tiuw i tnnat and lPeigoificopt wilt be pH oar internal I 1 viihim and at toggle* compared iyim tbo presenm-1 .nod of thie Upton t>| tbeae.atate* ip ell ita vigor I and Wilballliaccßlollraa blraiiog*! ■ No patriot > ; Weald foment bed■ exciie geo-ripbical aud *efc.‘ 1 I tiunal divitwi*., NoloVor of bia coooirv woald | deliberately lbp s valdbcf tbe Damp i ‘f 9, S r S^*! o l ß,B 9 n *J ,ri ! u » i look io aatuetpept on 1 t.tbe folly of tach a coone. Other Pallonactthepreaeotdaywooldtouk open na with Pifooiibment; nnd tncbof tbemaidevired f lo mointnio and propagate thronea and: monarchical I of, ortsfooraticel priuciplea; will view it with exnl-H i uturoaod delight, becaoie Jo it they wilt ace ibe : ; elemeoia of faction, which they hope moat ulti mately bvetlara onr*y*tem; Dan It the greater, ample of a proaperoot andfree telf-governed re. public, commanding tbe edmfrniinnaod imitatiupij of all the lover* of freedom thrboghout the world ■ flow aolemn, therefore, u the doty, bow imivea aive tbe call npon qa and opon all parts of iur counuy..ta coluvato n patriotic apirit of harmony, of good, failowibipi: of compromite, aud muluai coacCttionrln tbe edaibiatrattoo ofthe ineompera bio ayatem of government formed by eorfathen in be midatof elmott inaaperablo dießcnUie*, And" . ironamitthd. ,to a*, with .the. iojaocijon that we ihonld enjoy ita bteaaiogaand band itdowoauiin iwiredta tboae wba may come alter ua, . Itview of the high androtponiPiiadoUea wldebw* owe to oarreiretand ta maoUnJ, ! treat you maybe able M J carjpraaeat aaarina to approaeh tiu aitiiutinrat of the only doneade qaeatton." watch aerlaoily threaten* or probably ever can .tbnatan .to dlatorb the heimonv ted aoeeatafol operation of car aysteth. " The tmmanaely viliuhle yotirnimn nf kowMevlea i and CaUfireia *r* already inhabited by neonaldanhle popnlaCon. attracted by their treat (utility, their min > oral wealth, their eoammclal advantage*, and, the aaiu [ bitty t>f the climate, eminaau from tbe older Bute*, in i gieatonmben, are already preparing toaeek n3whome* ■a then Invlttng retleca i Shallthe dlMimllarily of the deaettle lnatlmttoni of the different State* prevent oa fiem provldiße "for them ,tettab!*(arernm*afah Theaa IhalitntlonaeniaUdatihe | alop lon of tha Cenamotlon, hat the obataeiee which | they interpoaed went Overcome by that apMtof Compro" mUe which it nowininked lew conflict of opihlenw I or 01 lntorett*, real crlmaglnary, hetwnendlffereetaec I dona oronreaUDtry. neithrr Can loatly demand all whleh l ltmlahtdeatretoobtalr,. Each,. ln the imvanliliof enr ineUmaene ahoaM eoßeedeeomeihlnff to the other. I. Oor gallant force in the - Muican wnr. by i whoeo palriotum and Unparalleled deeda of arm we obmaed tbeae poueaaion* la an indemony for oar ju*t demand* against Mexico, were com posed of cnisen*: Who belonged to nyane Siaio ror aecuon of our Union. They wrre meo frora i slaveMdmg and noivalavehulding Siaira, from tlhe Nor-h and the South,from ibe Ew and ihe West, They were all companions m arms and fellow.cllfxenaofibd eamecommon couniry.en gaged in , the name common cause. When pro. st culing lhai wnr ihoy wore brethren and friends, and shared alike with each nthcr common toils, : dangers and sufTeringa. . Now. whcn their work is ended,: when peace is restored, and they return again to, their homes, put off the habiliments jof wsr. take their places in society, and resume' their pursuits in oivil life, surely a spirit of liar-1 mony and concession, and of,equal regard fir t p I rights, of all,, and ,ol all section*, of iheifJnion ought to prevail in providing govrrnmenta for the acquired lerrnones—tho froita of their common service. The whole people of the Dulled' S'aiea and of every Siaieicontnbnied lo defray the ex* pensea of that war ; and,ll would not be juat lor anyone areiwn tocxcludq nnothorfrom all purs ticipatiun vin the acquired tcrniory. , q'his would not be. in, consonance,wuh ,lhe just, system,ol government which ,the. framers of the, Coneinu- Mon adopted. t Thequeaiion.iabelievcd. *0 be. rather abstract’ than practical,whether slavery, evercan or would axial in any,portion of ihoacquired territory,even lf ii„were >fi io lha option of the *lave*holdtng States ihernialves.. From .lhanetum.of.ibe cli mate und production, in much; the. larger portion of ft, it is certam it could never exist; antf tn the I remainder the probabilities are .hat it would not: But however this may be, the question, involve tng. a* it does, a principle of equality of rights of Ihe separaie tnd several States; as equal coper* ncrs loihecunfedorncy.ihouldnol be disregard'’- ed. In organising governments oyer these.<erTtfo«- rtssj no duty imposed on Congress by the Can* 'sutution-requires/that they-should- legislate ori' the subjecti Whila theirpower.iodo so ts not on» ly seriously queationod. but denied by., manytof the soundest expounders of thoLanatrument.— Whether Congress shall legislate or not, ibo.peo pte of the acquired terrnoriei, when psseinlilid in coiivonliut) to form 8 ate Constitutions, will possess the Buto.and-exclusive power to'(10101* m;ne for themselves: whether .slavery shatter, Shall-not exist within their limns. If Congress shall gbatsin- brum interfering with the question the peoplo of theae territonea WIH be lelr free to’ adjust it as they,may .think proper .when, thoyvnp: ply for admission as States, into the Union. No enqattg -ot of Opngress oouid; lestram .the peopi e of any of the sovereign States of the Union. old i or new. North or Ssuib.'slavehuldtng'or non* slaveholding; from, determining the eharacterof their own domestic institutions, aa they . may deem wise or proper. Any and «U the States 1 ir:.- *» V v 11 i f - ,* * H - * \ 1 * r * ,-J;> sill v* A -1;.: possess ibis ngbt. and Qangress oaonor deprive ' be. people i? .*VW iid'irropd*? eAdijlfiarjife'cajy , alrrf I toednoii' slavery wirbin its liffitti. Both S afesf the right j though, as 011-ltrioWMi! •*f noLpibbabledbateithetf would •■r.r | r -i* -rf*''‘for *he'peace 1 *ndbormony'ofi >ipe unix»n.that ; tbi& qheetiofcisHn tftf rtarqra tenf f o J^^f r - R n - only oontinueTrtr the brief period} Jv I,c J5 will laieryene pdraiiiecF/tta Bioies/ini.dTjhei; union* ,From fhe.tideorppmilaliannovv dewing!I : in(p.tbei>i r H H highly probable That tbi9 ; wUi 800 UM occur* , f > ” > *»(/, r ' ibe.seyerab&atcsandtheemrena e fl a ®». rights underthe ConsmunoniiMbtfweje a fl engma| ; qapeiion l n.mighv well be insisted op! <b«tif)e principle 0 f nonsnVerftrence is the'irpe. docmne, and could not in me ab -B®nce oi any express grant of power, interfere; jvuh their relative righm. Upon a great tuner 1 hp?ypYer. ! wid wenaeing dangere ip! apcct to Slavery was adopted. Tho same} line was extended farther .West fn sutorvoP -Texas. v Aliet nrr sCQuiescsnco of nearly thirty | yearn w the prihcioJeol recognized* and Acts # hndiohvofdtfiedad-> { ger.tothe Union which mighl if'^uhwdlyi noyf feregayded, I have ; faeretp/bre *hei i optoipn.ihat tbatAlioapr:Con)pfomisp t ahooldji>e( dxiended 35 tjeg. 30 mm. /rom iM boundary ot Texas;) tyhero jt now terminates, to the Pacifij Ocrari/ iJ’flje iMbe middle ground : of Compromise^upoo which 1 the; diflerent Becuana of the Unron may rßeeT.-aB tfiey have hereiofor mot,. If this he done, tt is confi dently.beUovfd a.largeitaajomrofrhfe or every section of-the* country, however widely' opm.ionß.pa Ihojutyec. of. Slavery «!Sy.diiffer,.would,dheerfuily and .patriotically ac* 3dle®?2* lo TL pdxce and.harmony would again fill ohr borders: " The restrict ion "north of the line was only y feltf ,64.4oJDktbe.case, of;MiBfiourr-andTexfi9 r \Qpon a principle ,qf.compromisemade necessary forrhe 1 8 Sb®ipfjpresttwnC;ihe harmony* andipoiathiy the' existence of the Union. , , apo, n . tbese-.c asiderattoPß: ihe cTaseAfypar lasf sessioovXgave tny dancudri' lo the pfiocipJff ,9f iUe .MiSsiuri .C.Jttproralse'lihe,: byapprhving'anddignrog Hie ill **fo establish the lorntorial Uovernment iT Oregoiiy' 1 -^ .®J , « WfleW.ncg,for. tho acts el cessoie.lieli- const rained to yield my hwotea canc» to Ihe Miant to whicS itiey had sane in th& delicate and dangerous r dhes‘ lion. ißut if Congress shall'Adw reverse thd 'dc* cuun by„ which the Mtsioon Compromise -wds :® a 4 ami propotto to -exurrdihe restnc* tlph ov6r the whole territory, Souih. as- welt as N<*rib»«f the parallel of 35 deg. 3 Q mm, it will J 9$ e and, niusi be rcgurded as an original question t ( . b P on Bf c ®?» instead ofubjcrving (he course of ! n °n* , b. ,Bp f® r ®nee-< leaving the adoption of thtirdo- 1 mesiic inatuu i ms lothe people who rtfay inhabit’ l •*•**-' territories? or-if, instead .of extending the ’iinef>rd shalf ®Mbmit.the, {egal.end consuiuuonaJnues JIPJ which rnaytanso jOsiha dccisinp of tie Judin :-k ! 9? fistvas .proposed” h a bUI which i. passed the Sebaie -ai your last.sesaiun, au cdjuai» JP®!! 1 f^ a y b. e egi-cied m tfals mode. If the whole eubi-ct be referred t.* tho Judiciary, all pans of ihe acquiesce final □tfctrlon orthe. tribunal created by he' Cbiuthu* M® n *or tho se lll^ oiemiJ allquesttons whtch may aiise qnger tbe Cansti irtoh; and laws of tboUoiied Staffs Cnngtea « mac?ity invoked, fur Ihe rake . f toe, Union, its ha'fnuny, and «ur continued pro* - e.eaiion. iu,<)ju»i am* present eesauin, ihi», lbe only dadgcuiu. quPS'iun which hes in eor n.t in someone of ihe modeJitigucet «d in lome othei^Wnch may b 4 esiKlectury- : ; - in amicipaiioe nf ihe esiqbnsliinefit of regular CO«rntneot* over iho acquired lerritcrie*, Ihe jnlqt camminion of officer, of tho-Army oni Na- J7< “*• "® en ordered to proceed to the coast o( viiifoniit and Oregon, fur tho purpose of making reconnonaace, and a report as to ihe propcr sues furihaereetionorfuriifiatjonaor otherdefentive workspn land, and of suitable .situations for ha yaf stations.' Tho infurmauon which? may- be pecied fron. a seienhfic and vkilful exahitnaiiotf of thcoasr, wJI be very useful fo Congress when !P°r come,iq ; consider; the propttery, of making i appmprianoM,.f.r..these great natifmal objects. ■ security and prOiCction of our possesstoms ; and *oe tsiabli-hmem of Navy<yatds, and a Dock fpfi the.repair and conrru uon of vessels, will b« imporiapt aJiko to ciirNwy and commercial ma- Wt.houT such esabhshmems every veaaeli 1 wh titer of the Navy or the Murchant aorvice n~ 'i quinug. repair* must, at £rcai .expense; c»me round .Upe Horn, to,one ot;o»ir Ailaniic yards for. that purpose, , .With .such establishments; vesrelt, mi? beh.'ved; may be bafit'or repaired; ascbeaply In Cahfornia as opuu .the AiJaniid coast. They would give employment to many of our iCiUerpTiaing ,ehip builders sad xnd greatly iaciinaio aud enlarge odr Cothmcrce ibe Pacific -Asii isxsesnamedihai-mines of soia;silwfrccjnps'r and quick silver earns m. fie.w Mexico aiid CaTifoniia, ana.iaai nesHy eit the (adds where they ere found be imioagto ibeUn ted iinporiiiaito'ihe pDiiUc lausrcns ibkipnm«on n« mtCe&f « geo’osiesl and amerfclogieal exsmisauoa of these rskions. Aieti i ores should to adopie<i io preserve URrAtmeral Lund>. f especially such - os the pretiodt metals.'fjrthe t uteof the United Miaies i dr,. <ri>roogoi.mto msrkeuio i sepertie »hem trom tbs fanning Uuus, and dispose 6f ibcia In socn a manner a* io secure a large reiort of money to the- end ei ibe samc urae lead to ibedeveloprment ot ibeir wealib b/ uitlivnlizaJ nronrte* iors.and purehattr*. •To do -this ft wit|- be necessary" jo survey and: locatioa-oftae ioi». if. Consrc«< ihuu!d derm it proper to dtstiose or the mi'ierall&ndv, they shonlt. be sold m eunUl (mail- a Gxed miiiiamm iiric’e. r » recqnimcnd.tnai Saiveyor t«m»erais’ Office* he aq» inortsfd to be euaiilished in Newi Mexico and CaJifor- and provisions issue for suiveylpg aaJ: bnoglng tue pubuc Iftudvmtp market at lbs -earuest pracucaf peroJ.fln disposing of.tbesc: lands;: 1 recommend that the right of pre-emption bo secured, eod Jibera- granu iuade.io the emrgrucu who bave settled.or may seiile upon them . Il will he: important to extend oar revenue laws Over loose lemtonesaad especially oset'California;max oarly pem>d.T»ew it already:a com merce .wub.Cahfaraio; asd eiury shad be siablialted ami collectoraappomied, uo reve uQecanbe received If ibeso an l Other necessary; and proper mextureshe adopted for the development of the wc-alih. and resoar cea.ofMew Mexico amt iCaliroraia; and regular territo* rial gove?amcpts be eirftblished over iheio| wiU probably be the rapid enlargement of :our<-commerce- 1 and.nfcngauon, aadsacb.the addition, to the Nat*onol .wonhh, mat the present gennrauoa may live to-wit > nesi tbecoimolmg .commercial aud insneiary nower 1 Qf„too. world transferred pean empo lamaio the ciiv olNew York. ' - ' : ; I .apf t :ebru*lon*'which were .entertained by-some i oroar M!o*mou>in the, earlier-pertodstof tho govern* 1 mevt t that our aysiem was incapable of operating w-th SDtflfiietu cnergy;,and success over lurgety extended I™ ll * anJ lhul *f this were alternated, it would fall to pieces>y ns own weakness, have been *h«appomied ; by'-tjnr espsrlencc .By ihV division of powef ti.etween the State mtd FcdoraLgnvemraents me lattort* found to operate wl b as much energy ti tfif ex-.iemea asln tim cCmra. It: ia aa efficient ni ihe ro ; of the thlhy Staies whiclrjmw enraposa - the uiuon f as.it was,;tai ih« thirteen Bia»ea whith'.formed CpnniUutloa-. indeed: U iiwy "vrell be dOdhifetf / lf popu*a ion had been confined within, the limits ufihe original thirteen Siatta. thethn .dertelcato cemraliMtloii and coiisoiidation wtuid hot i hay® been aneh asto have encrottchtrd' uponihe' essen-' •Ja| reserved nghtsdfthe Siamv.andihiisib bdve ; the Federal tovern%m a widely d fferent one prac , iiealty, freth what it Is in the theory, and was iiuoided' , to oebyiui framer*; ' So far from emertamina opiire. - Pensions or. the safety orour r v* atem'. by th** oii* ■ ofour terntory.:ihe.beiief« cdnfldently entetiohfed that f.aniy fortha.nreaelnraiionorilte Unipn'iuelf- ? ; ' - .U n? Uf ? UD $ ft « 1 r lhß ei° v{ *(®ea V the I3th artitle of the Treaty of Peaee, Friendship, Limits, ajid Seule 1 w«lhijwim;th«'Kepdbiic-pfrMexicoj?'andorthe’- Aeiof . -'dly 'Claims of our cmaens, Which bai been * Mready. ifqaldated.and, decide d agamai the .Me xjssiikaC ,s«P“yfr amoauung, with the tmrest thereon io^ ; 023332310., paidi .Therefb« . main turbo paidd thcße.ciaima; S?J,iOj vfOc- - Congress, gt us |uk wsami, made no nro j vision; ,jar .executing/ the l.aui article of the -Treaty : by .whichtlteyUimed HUaius a-sarae to make satiauic ttonr V liquidated claims" of our citizens ;?S?s?*^-W?.r,99» *o. ‘an, amount not exceeding Si.aSQv :Vr0,.7- Mfc fiinjeci is.njjiun rccommuuded to your favora ble con udera lon 4 : - , fl l ® i S*^h^ngs : pr, i ,aij6ca(iopBrpf;.tbo. Treajy. »-i.-hMcxicnlaqk:plac(>, oftho3oihorMaylB4B VVjihin one year affor thai iinio, .he ; Camnii,iott' ■ er.and SjifVey.QL jvhich.e3ch aiipu* j (atef ;to A appotnti are- required: to meet ;, *ai the Ban PiegQi und.pfoceed .to run add mark i the. add boundary , m ua whole course to the : mou'h qf che Rio Bravo del ■Nuruv ,, Ii .will be stfen fiom ihis provistcn, rthat the;- period wtihm i. which n CommißVioner and SuVve vor of the t6s h • pnciive G.)vernmcr|is ard r quiredto mecrat Stn Diego. wi'Leipiru on. the 30ih of May, 1849. : Coogres?, at the close of its last session, made , - , J w \, *7 \ ' ->,*• i> *■ * r ? t r « >?--r 1 t vy- lin . ju *i i. .■% '-' '•.‘.-'.■Vs".-’ « r , r -»* *. % v r ,' i - 5 * *.-;vi >\. ‘ .■■•.*•' -• •■ -i , < W- . .»;,!# .. •*■. _r-» --- T?-,■*•... c # m- »»—:•■_>“ . •».:_. »■. i •.«-*■■; V .*• • H • •>• *«>.'.l/.t / .-.--? k. r;~-.-< A •rf v.;- •.•».-■ . ** *-u*-*-*y„ *** 2 * *? , - ' .=■ i- '•.*<.• j, !' ,;.- ,\. % •... .v j.>.r., £•;••* .'•*■ v<i - ''V--'"' *'•."■« 'V ■ t>:- !:s : - r .-r-. -»:*;••< •.si-- £ v * tr v ? * i. ¥ i •r-'j •. ■ - A p •••.s.v i-.;: 1 -,-. i r •v v t •*, *1 m - ~, _ (■n appropriation'for “ihe expenses of rbnning audmarkinglhefh6andarylihtf , '.het»ee'nrtEerwo -ernsntriea, bdtdidndt'fit;<hOaihdtint'Of ! -Balir)l ‘Sbsoh «i»o«I4j)6 jiaid ion boryejor ttbpsppniatej qqthe part of,the U, 8, ■ Mesifabla.thst Me amount of' fcotopensaiioo which theyiihall recede ihdiild be'prfeth-ribda bp «ni£pre*eati (: wiha Eiecawre discretion. , ~r u)llt .iueaBureawereadQplgd-atihe.earlie3t practica t’? Pftjod tp .ore»qijr? (( j,:}he.:)Xefriiorwl Garerns .'5 en ' l a f P ,p l op / *» aqtbonVd by the,act,of !5 a AugmJ But. The Governor and MiMhif of the Territory. acCompamVd istnilF miliary escort., left thw frontier tor -Missouri in.' !, a „m£ J iT b,:r last, ,-apd ippk ibp gomhem rout«, Jaumfr thence. 1 M ww'ofbufeeaaeH efwar do titeirdess itoarion. 1 The Govermnent.wia fnllyadviacd-or ifie qjeat importaqpa of,hie early , arrival to, the epaatry, and it ta confidently belayed he may, reach'Oregon in thb larrel fpsrt Of Ihe present .month,or earfy imhe-next 1 . -The, othwiffideta ot iha TerritoryihAVO’RipißedstL by, act , , s j o'.'ifliiM.?.'!m.oft'fl'pfiAley ilaat.iJ <S|tmntunipaied. inf irmatibn to Congreas that an Indian war had broken opt in Oregon, and ■reeumfttobded Ihai jnuihprttjSibe,glrßo;tQraun;an.' r adequatopajrtber pf, eojjintocfa to propped wit)bp«t (iplay rcMhe pay siatanccof par.f' Ilow quiz -ns in.thstTerritorv TbeSuthdrlty tat bavibg belli grahtoA by “Com gteaa. aaMonntd'rhmTfieWfeea cbotd bedupene ed with in Maaifio. orders ware team'd ,to the Regiment of Mourned Riflemen to proceed to lefferaon t j8 l »rraeJkg, i tpi4G?VW(oan4istp prepart 10 Pfpfiop, as ??on at the necessary prdtHioh could 6o blade. Shortly before it was ifeadytomarfcbi’itjlraaSrreated’by the provialdrt' <athe,ecl,pa«Bedrhy : GoDgtesaion4!tbe'la«tday,ofi pf.the^a9t:sc9«ian,;wbichd ,reclc d;hatal)tbepop.*t commissioned officers; musicians and privates of charged. vTheefiectofihis pr*viitoh : «<aadPdi3-'i band tbaranfc;andfi)o.,of,tJie Rrgimeni;dnd'bc»! fore.their places pjnld be filled by reprnus, the. i season had so far advanced, . that it was impractf-' i Wsbte for it to proceed nntif the-opining ‘dfihe -oestSpringj < , , , . , Ip the month of October last, the eccompnny« tng Cpmmupication was received from iho Gav* er/lur i Vthe tempdrary govornminf of OregV u -giving information of the Crintittoknctr'of the’l'niftto fd disturbances,.-and- tbe devtitutioh and defoiicu- Jeas cpnilitiun of the inhabiiantsv Orders : were immediately uauamiltcdUoxUe commander ofour Sqoadruh iu,ihp.i , acific..to.dispatcb-;to.ihejr *8" suianco a pan of the, Navel tureen qa ibat am,, and lo commuß to;gnre ifrera r*ucb, aid umi pri lection as the Navy could aff.rd, until the Army cpuld reach »he country. u, t , , It ta the policy of humanity, and one which baa already been pereqed by the IL-States- to cultivate the good.wifl of-ibosboriginniinbpß of, thisCaqiifieni,, apf iprestraipdbetp from puking war, and indulging m excesses. by mild mepns., cnber than by force. That this could have been dune with the tribes in Oregon, had that ferr toty been under the g-lvernihent of oar laws' at so earlier ponfld, Snd - bid- etMabla'measilreif totnitJ ydqpte ; d by.Cpngtessq such. asJtawicltsit itC purr intercourse with otjjer Indian tribes .wilhi-t par limits, cannot be doubted. Indeed, the imuicdi, ate and ouly caned ol the eimting hoktiliucsof the,lndiana of-Qregon/.iarepresentrd'W have been the long defay of ths United States,in malt.-' ,n ? to.them ,soma trifiing compensation, in eucli -articles Ss .they wauled, lor the country ndwmc* enpted by our,emigrants,■whichjh'elrtdiahhblaiia'i on, and over which ihcy. formcrly Toamedi -Tiits, icpmpeusatmn .had beenpromised to them - by the temporary goveromeMCStsblufjedinOregon.bui t’a lum ment- had-been posipoued from - time to time, for nearly two years, whilst those who . made ir had been anxiously waiting 1 for CongresS' : to establish a -irmionhl-government; overto-hp cpuoiry. ..Tha lndtsnpbecante allcngtbdiairnst. fulofiheir .gp,dfsuh,andeorght s tcdrera bv plunder and massacre, - which fiuplty led *o the present difficulties. A few thousand •uuablo.preaomsi - es-wcompenaailoa -.'fir ihe, coumry, which - had been taiten posaea. sion oT by. our. cttixcna, would have.sausficd the, Indians, and have prevented Ihe' war. A small P™perly.distributed!.it ts.confiiemly, bey , *teyd,; would soon restore quiet.- .To this Indian ; war onr fellotv.dtliens of Oregon have-been com*' pelled to Jake the iicldin tbeirown defence, faave performed yalusbl* imiltiaryt setvicest and been [subjecied to expenses which havo fallen heavily upon them. Justice demands, that- provision should be made by Congreas to compenuie ihem lor tbeir servicoe, and to refnnd to them the ne cessary expenses which they hare incurred, i: j I repeat the rccnmmeudatinn heretofore made to Congreas. ihat prpvmppbo.- madefor me ap pointment. of a vuiiahlo oumber oflodian Agemet .to reside among the tribes of Oregon and that a small snm be appropriated to enablethdse agenis tocaitivatefnendly- relations with-them.. -11-this' bo; done,, the residppt.of .a small-military-force will bo all that u.necssar; Ip keep, them in cbeck and preserve peace. , I recommend; ihsi similar provisions be raid - M regards the tribes inhabiting Northern Texas New Mexico,- Californio,;and the:-extensive veil giplt lying,' between our seuleHienla in Misaaurt eod these possessions,as. the,most effecive means pf preserving ? -ace upnn our wuhiir the recently acquired territories. , _ , „ ■_.Thfi Secretary .oftbi.Treasury, wilf.prescnt;-in hu annual report, * highly 1 astufitetory: statement ol ihe condition oi ,he finances. ~ * , Thuimporis forihefi-csl yoar. endingon ihe 30ih of June^last, were of tb* vrfloa of <154 977 . 978 t o! which ibc smcuni exported tvaa $2l 128 - 010. leaving ? 8133 819.869 in the.coumry for do-; meaiic use.. The value of -he expvtts for tbd siihe period 1 -w»e 0154,032,131, onemting ol domestic pru, nucliotis, amounu g n- $132 104 121‘ and 821» 123,010 of foreign art idea- s "v.'-, -- The,receipts luto ihe Treasury for tbR snme Perifdi.exqlu.ivqof loaos.am.vuinedito 835436- 750 59, of which ihire was derived . from Cuss tome $3l 757 070 96. frem skies bf Public Lands 83,328,642,56, and irom miacella-tcous aad tnci- dental sources,B3sl 037 07. It will be perceived that-'ihe Re venae from Customs for the last fin:at year exceeded by 757- 070 96 theea’imate otthe Secretary of the Trea. eury in his iast annual repotr l and IhaMbeagere-’ gatereceiptadunngthe-vjme'periid fromCns-' ums. LandsandmiScellaneoussoaree's.alsn exJ caeded theoatimate, by tha-sumol $536 750 59 : ' (-including, however, a-very oear app-oach in the os imate, to the actnalireanlt^ , r.Tbe.expenditares'durihg the fiscal year endfogi ,oa the SO-h oT- luno I isi ( iflcitdin? ihitse fur ; tbb‘ war,ondexctosiveofpsymantsnfphnCjpaland : tutnreSt ior:ihs pablic:>debt were'B42ht 1,970 03 '- . It n esumated tbat the receip-s imo ihe-Trea.' suyfor the fiscal year’ endt -gr on the 30ih of lone, 1819 iricludtng the balance in theTrenanry on ihe Ist of Jn'ylaal Willam-mni to the sum' of 857 048 969 90j of-which >833,000 000i ! dt'fs’l es-jntated; will he dehtred I 000-irnm ibe sates of ihe Public Linds and $L* 200 000 from, mi-cellanen <s and*:-iiicidental-s6ur* : cast including ihe premmnttnpun,the loan had ihe smtinni paid-into, the,Treasury on accuunl ofmil itory con nbmipn? in Meptqs-, and Jhp pales of ,drms and.vcB3ciSt,ona aiber-pobiic properly relj* dordd unneCekcnry fir iheiu«e of the government bv iho- lermins-tnn ol the wsrV : ondB2o-6<)5.435 ;30, f'pnt loans already- negonaied includingi Trea; suty nitea funded, which fogother with the bul> anee in iho Treasury nit the first of July' last, make tbeßum estimated ft - i x The expenditures for rhe same period, theluda tog the necessary payment tm account of the principal on I interest ol Ihe public debt, and (ha principal and interest of ibe first instalment das iu Mexico on theSOth of May next and otherex. ponduurea growing out ofthti War, to be paid during me present your, will afutiUn', mclodmg . (hei, : r*in!hntsqniei),i ol .1 reasury. .Noies, tp.'.ihe' t sum ol 854,195,275 06, leaviog- on estimated -balance in the Treasury onihe Ist oi July, 1849 ul-82,855 694'84 < - - i . The Secretary «f ihe Treasury will presept,-ai required hy-tiwi ihe ;eaimaiee:of:;tba receipts and’expenditures foythe-next .fiscafyear.' expenditures,- -as - estimated for i hat 'year, ale -833 913,152 73, including 83.799,162 18 for the ipierest on the- public debii knd 83,540 000' for stne'principa! and intoreit •dae 10.-MeXidQ -oii'ihe 3D, b of MayplB3o; leaving ibO Bumii>HB2s'B74;!i 050,36;;whicb;i[iiB-believod,'WiU heatrinlefor' the otdmaiy peace-cxpcnditulea. - < , The operattuna of Me Tanff-Acf of 1846 have' been.such, during the path yaM. ea fally to meet :the public expectation,.aad toConfirm 1 the opin ton horetofqre expressed-ofuhuuwiadom of ihe chango in our revenue ayetetoewhlchwas efiec ipd by 11. The roceiptsonder tt luto ihe'-Tceasus ..ry fortbe first fiscal year aftertta enactment^ei-- - cccded, by the sum of 85,044,4034)9. tbettmoluit-' BM= liIM coilecred dunneilhe.laiiTfiscai.7car; onderttho,) ' ■■mST* ffFtf?! I VSPj/2 , ' £fO?e.«f the fasV <liiprre?'! / ; on too 30 h of September Insi,-being twetiMMWo 855654,16379-bei n g:a riincb.far;_. ff er .soruth£inwfts etcr bcli.i'u'rf'eeived/rora du-' rite* dailng any equal period undtr iha jspeaYof? 1 highly protective end prohiiiiiary.dajiedi ’(bars**' * - Yeopft-baj ;heeif itwreflacdftbe larcß Onthe.pco* " ;ple hove been diminished. Tfteyhivft: becn-’-rtf- •-- iIISSruSS!? with »Web they ' itCjha' form of., - bonniieepaiff to favored class-.' ;caand pursuits.- - ' . , L Tbe itredfflSjnrff\vhioJfWrB'tnflde; r rt}at the ; lariff Aotof 1846 iwoutd rodues-iUn arrtourfl’ uf' 1 - l™»S a "*' W»* -tto .updor, ,«te Acts dPa f ■, . '1842, and would prostrate the, business, and de-> I otroy wepr4epbrl<y’or , fie'cWnirf , ;'hove notieenV, "I - verified. l ■WithilK-ieahcrfohii incre'asfiigrevenue thyltuancts, ore;! n a highly flourishing condition,.; • “?MS'!‘i'^Pf ! jSP,n|merpe,'andnavioaiiofi,ord„pfq« l 3 nsfoos j ifad price's bfrnannfsaurcd fabrics, end r 441 Pfodiicfs, ; or crunch lesd'iij-jfinusiy oJ.' : jteoied, than was-to have-been antieipaird^ftbm'-' “?P r fp, e .dsnied, reYnleiqp»,.wiiab, ana -.ho present year,-overwhelmed,) he jndurtry ' ana paralysed..!fib', cradtlnmr.cbmmsrccof.cu m ® n Y SlSjiV ?"4 cpjighiqned.iiatioqsjrit ; Eqropa.' i^!JS25 018m ‘ ! ? cm, ‘ i, VuUi o nj abroad havevaiwava:. ‘ d P l,rt > o d a> represamia'aftca to’tifieci diStff ilS^^h*'n*5 l h ,^^ c V >|P^irei^n^aUwes T a * ltf '■ * I?-- 0 ’ 1 - ; .luabeli=val:h sV J»oti c g. l o the-g-real ac-Treraichf'- .-country ( wa* nevermore, at lfie present period, anti never ?£jnneuilr in ?ef lUi and jwmiaii.m \.f , Ihe - cnd fu; wa r- Inwnieft we have been tnyoly loans-wlnch, have ttbbcubtdTO larged nori inJ?(?L.5 r ,e?-J , i rtl iy" t “ e , eom,o ? re raiaevala l ,iplnOr.,, } fi Pii |OT 'Inft'p!irdl*K*oii!retl 1 nft'p!irdl*K*oii!retl t*nd Commerce 11 i[? i , lpYbP''J Motabl* e«eut, any.of me .greai miertsi* oi i~ ri ; ,or “ ,reslodo ' lroawllr(lol!u ' cllto Broatliesf,‘ * jwcaitn, ami power. ■, 1. ~,' . ? j- llad tbs ui.rurbatices In: Europe not-occurred, our- - 3 i Co <nh>eros,l»i>uM'aiidiirabieiilji ‘I ■ 1 V iY*’ unU rvoclUJiavc aJiindrlUinnrs IU the rucon-:, I Bulas'vvduaSas I heae g.«P r,iwCe«. .!lt*‘ r.per«uoaa 61 lherifvailie kv®! •» i ' ’ v * » - * 1 Jem, eWnbl.sbJd by ilieT-viff Aeionsju bayab-enM , 1 u~,Zrd. - V'- general y- beneficial lulhVg.iVerlfintrtt find the W' 1 t %C ’ > V vi , , -i-- iij>at,ot roe cuaniry,jlia ,ii» ebatiKd ui iisprovaeionMa ■- f' • b-r -v. > 1 , V v roo“dl “ "‘ Se M<l »»>» »PP»a»-„ t I, ■' .* r t,V. , X -■ ir-«PS?e™ ,o ; a » r -!!‘Si„Cp^b.u 1 oso) Treasstyenat)- ' '| , -< J ' VI, ’ ‘ ItSbeH by iheAetoi Uic o*a oi August, IS.O 111 i,, * ' * - I <s<■ -, - ctM|«,«»toap, and,d sPurasmsm, oi vx ponlt6'biob=yj ja ,} ‘ t' r„ * ~ v '.e.-vv - > I>-‘’k hays conunusd to be aaee«.ait. t L'njtJrihi.ayajetn , f J -- ', T / >' i *.t> > tbe pfiblie finance*Save been enrr id ttirnoen a for- » ' i -- ' . d " 3 _ et v n tvorpevd.yiogthejicceeiityr.Pieanaiuid-oxtrtorth- ?. ' J. ,‘ ’ y i'l - >' r > j j," dUbui'aetndmsw.ilioateiaoarra t 3innT,liiMuofosjha» , >. - Si , i - S’- S' C necarredof. atiyofthd pabl/c tnancy.dc.wa.u.duider-'l ' i • - - r '~- ,- ' I'aprovis-oi s V\ b Ist a mts nrpven in be Safi:and a-e- , ’"> - <y i ‘c , fill mss.fcenb- r ° 4 j * ! ' ‘- j ' ~ uuatttpon iha Daaiueea pi; tbessafttrv. It lutEUncii , *. ' ’ \ -b powerfnlly to secure an from tliaiinfiat on V jr * - 1 t l audfitnjtitsutDAof ilierfciirreiiiy,fie/njurfons wdaroea- : ,l> ! '”■ ' * „ « ~ * t lbeteatanlit ' 7 a....- ‘ 1 , a ' l arge.y,co) , lnbaeS. to;. .i ' , ' . ~ , e- ■* the cumitry fr.-ra aaerioaicemmamial.. , , "*' - - ■- - . rova'atnn.roiU tubfibb oncutred inddf theUani'lta x V - , * 1 , a —i——.e^-a lloaiiB Byetcni. IntbSyearlH7,ifiepS‘waj dravn'aWif 1 ' V inUtebustnetiofU.eai UiiHio of greittiteninndnfj t - ••'>■< , , V w W ,f(dlow.sd py fatlttre In tint king- .- 1 •, - -'l/ur uiiproiepenißd mnambernndpmouptfl Jocaett—>. . TBaiantllcVcd lobotne fir’annnance waero.«ncbdia. ,5 , t • SUfi~^? fc £ u,,,clM, “ cc “r , ' lb^l,ltlc P ,inu y wi b Which V , a!le<lr carrencj-, wo tuma-n-' n ■ i ~ , t J 'at bit's afincted in pur Money Uailtat,»il>toar Put 1 - ■ t ‘ ... » <. jlMaandindutilry tycra attlt proiperoa»aodpioffrea».'i ( |--- ' , , . - i , Usrin* the present yeaiv near y tbe whole dontfl/eot"" ‘ 1 '-r 'II ' " ‘s , V’’ ‘ rf Mro v -po.baa'beeueimvolsed by etvll war and rcb- ‘ ' \ i , - - . ’ ' ' - oluttons,dtteudcd hy-nuniarou* hanlcrupic eatby'annn- 11 ‘ a a - i prycedejtted,lail to thytrpufibcjbetudues, andtn-an - J i - , . > ' . inortpa'alyawofcoinineree and tudaitey, andyefiat , 4 , - , thnoguour trade am tho priiea oi eur prfldnc.a mSt J , . ' _*<„%' ntcc Cll U > b'Ctecnb- . . i , > \ : loo; "bavaA4*iu»ce<J utd itnnraveU „ « i , I . i/*! 1 i e «nfid« i U/'boli«»e«i Oiai Jiavo been axred * kC ' ' ' ’ ,•* „ , eSect by xlit tsalmacy oporaboa or *be<7on~* « v > f , 1 T Y * j ) U'OrF*pfWjie m.pofiedmtoibecountry diQriinribe £s"iil v & ** I T«ir^msopt^3oacoftJ J i M io,l§i7v haS-gpiieinio 1 - I to lbo absence of ihis kyitern, bavp te&i nJadeibabi! s f v , * * I - ’“rosunt nut loss than sixty oi sevennimiUioia at dot-- t t . , >l*ra, prodnemg, as an luevttabe’eanMquettcea an* I J V .. P ,,ce * fi>f«trole.4itd- 'I ] ' „ t d spssalßliptt, Which mu t diave seen followed,on i ' . ‘besaceeeding year,eras math * • i, r * , of that spec.tvby-ine pres’.rat,(, tpf Iha btnmca* of llui-' - ] ' • ~ coamr/,ibeau<pcnaiunof the bantiana tnoH exien- :. „ - ' ' i ” , > » sive ban«rapie,o- l occdmeg , aath.STVoudhaTO P Stjt‘ w li , - , ' , , ' >;■ alaperiodwhnnihecnnntrywnaaugastld Inafiitetaiene. I - ‘ ' 1 war, wheu coimderabw loausnf »p?Jc'wero .leanS- J - . V cd tor distant Uxburacment, slid wnen the banb*,ibV' ' 1 " . -,‘ v • , fiscal agents of the Oavernmcm, and the depot tarics of,' v I- , ' * » - . ■ ■ J i 1 iU money, were suspended, iqeptin.pcorcti.t mast have , 1 - souk.Jtnd many.mfitmos oCdotiara,'ns- Wniilhe “I f- { , .. - ‘ daring the war ofISU, must have been sacrificed tn I , - . V ->. .: dacoums npon loins and upsnnho depncm.VdMD?;-'' K. „. ' , . ,• « < £!|V 'he government would nave been culiH * '- , , ' S',.-' p9iiea to use -5 \ .Uiidnr the opeVaiioie of'lha Cunsliitiiional ‘ ?< - ft Treasury, not n dollar ban been lost-by ibu *“ s ‘ . -, i - . r '[ ■prepia'ioqof tbo currency. The loans required- . I ' - X ’ :-Yj |dprosacuie the war wnh Mexica were neeouar, 1 i * * '- - n’. /i Jed by the Secretary of the Treasury" vibuvo par, J ■ , - . VJ , - . ■ Si realstng a large premium tu the goverdfnent.— J ‘ J’ “ - •/ - , .‘ J ' The rrstrsmingcffect ofthsaystrmoponihfrlen-' t 1 dqnciea to excessive paper jssuea bjr banks, has , \ - ‘ ' - »'» saved the government from Wy lasses,an,? 1. " * Y-I Vi-", thousanda ol our business men frem bankrupicv ‘ I - ,»*■,,» > J ha wl3do <n uf'hd eysiem bo»'bben-‘ ! f - " , 3 ' iested* byjhe experience of (ho last two vears • t I J ,aqd it la the dictate ol sound policy UiaLit should- - 1 . :■ ‘ mm.m uu.fistiried Tnc niod-fi nt.ons 'n somY ' I. ' ** \ ? I .''{ qfi tfae details ol l tbis mehsore. involving none df 1 ’ I I V J its essential principles, herorafiiro bscomUiended’i " j « . „ , ,v. < >are again presented lor your favorable cotrciddrad- C - ; 1 •. ',’<7, I* lor {• ■* *• jt lo my message of the «tb-of July Ifasi, J " - V-' “ rnit t.‘ n f«' o Con ? rcBa lhe ra,lfi£ ' (l Treaiyot Pcaob- \ - i - -- ."t-f -wuh &wtco, Yreoomihemlcd-'.be of f ‘ , • ,i ' ’l Measoxes for th.e-'tboat- speedy ■ payment' of 1 ‘ * -i el dtu?n W T° d r bU 4 " T CM ' nr '‘ hwP *** ,mmei '-'' ‘ !" ” 1 '' ' 701 1'? ''I 6 con9tt)B rations {ireSent-'! I , " - - -' E ' edta that. Message, In ttasapporf.' > The J d ' t <- . - > r 1 ; f ' debi, including that oulhonaed io be negotiated. ‘■ " ' ? * . "O' 'X'' vY in pursuance ot existing lawa..4nd Includin' I ■ c- ‘ 778 450*41 ° !eS ’ n<noan,e,i at lhat lime of 866.1 ( -t' |' J t , l -- - S' , -fun ed stock of the United States-, omodnt» 1 c i - **" 1 . mg io about half a million of dollars; his been-',. | . ' . purchased, as authorized bylaw, since that pert- it - -> od, and the public dobl uas thus been reduced—| Ihodetailß of which wiUbe presented in tbe'hnr ri . ' - -’l' rtuslieport of the Secretary of tbo TreasUfy. t „ x , S' - - Y-rlS' 1 The estimates ol expenditare&for the next fir. . | ' - ’ 1 L '/- * -' ' > .'• csl year, submi ted by the See.-eiary of the Trra- '** - ? - •> aqrjf, ft is bcltoved will bo ample for all necessary'' ■ i - 'purposes. .If the appropriations made by Con-'- - 5 •. A ... grrBJ shall not exceed the amount estima'ed, tha« i J ~ i’ means in the Treasury .wilt be sufficient to do- , -- - ;'4~ \,- iray a ttbe expenses oi tbe govcrruoeni, to pay 11 ) ' . * ; f '' 'J---' off the next lnsialmCnt of S3.<K)O,<Jiio to Mexico * t . , ’ i\?i '< " which will falialue onihe 30 hot May next, ded 'V 1 1 _ '' * *trl a cooaidcrabla surplus will rem m wbcb- J ' ' " - ’’ annum ba applied to the foriber purchase of tbo S J - \ . publ C slock and reduclun of tho deb —-h .lufd" " S ” ’- r t - enlargedapprupnattons hematic,-the necessary •> , -t-- -z, ' cotisLgucnce wili.be to posrfijbe Iho > r t 3 ~ ,X>/■' the debt. Th .ugh pur debi, ce «pt>rod with, that 4 , of must other naujns, i small, irisour irue pot-' j r , - - i o 4 ■ icy, and in harmony wt hthegjinur ofourm-’' 1 ' ? - ‘ ’ * *.'*»>, v , an uniitl . shat we should proi-nr tu tie’ world * i ' , -- /^ the rare apeciude pf a great R. public, pos ea- , , f ; ' i '-’CV-i sing vast resource* and wealth, wholly exempt | - 1 ’'-A from public indebtedness. This wouid'addßlill j, ' - ‘ more to our arreiigib.-and give to n oettll'more'r , ’ v* . , commanding poriuoo among the nations of.Ula-M,'' H - * ‘t v * J i \ earth, g" . ■ V - ' T•> 11 uj> '1 he public expendiiares should be economical' I ' ' and bo confined in «utJi,neceiisary-ODjßciaaa are | - ■ ’ v cleanly within the powers of Congress, All such. k - , -' , V' . ainrc not absolutely demanded should be posn - , -J?' ponpd, and (he p tymeni oi tbe public debt at ifie & ' " '■'■*** * .<- , 1 Jt eh'lieat'practicable p nod'ehourj be a cardinal' j ' . , ‘ principle of our Publig policy, ' i , > I I ' d^-r' For the reason, assigped in my last annua) mos« ; * I, r " sagej repeal ibe recummeniiat'on ihat a brauch * ” * ' - , .'I hi Jhefnint of the ffni cd S'ate* be eaUibt.hr-d' l > fj ’ 1 , s attneciy orNaw York. Th* imp iiaoce „ if#. ‘ , " - „ ibis measure w,grcajiytiicreai.cd by the nonuiair't fJ , . ' . ’ ’ -I ’'-S F iiiiitil thpncbiumesof-bcprccioua mcuia m ' i Y.S- Nw Mettico uudCalifornia, aid e-pamalin m ‘ - '■> ?, tiro latter. j '.itut , , ~ " - • ■,*',< -a- \ v- ■„ 1 l repeat the TAcoipmendatioit, fiere(ofpro-midu J - > ~ i > -i'l » T f,. tn lavoruif tba and of ifin, ‘ ' Lt - , ’ 1 - ’ I/AV',' • price of aucb olthe pubiip Jatida aa nave boon ■ , E f • ' long offered in the market, and havo remiuned. ,* S' ,» .Y -* -S~£T> Unsold, and nr favor of extending th? riahta ol i prtj-cmptiop to actual scaurs ou the unsS:veyci fl “ , , " * , V'l as well aa the surveyed lands, ' M 'i- 5 -i - - , thi ‘•‘’Thecoijdiuonand-tiparaitonsofthe Army, and -- tf " - - > ’-I r lbsinale or other branches of the pnblio service fs - 1 . tinder tho superviaibn-of the War ftepartment. r» ~ I 'r “ - - r .»*' «ra mialuewnly iffeswued miha accompanying - S • -> w . ' -- - h ", repitfiof he Sepromry of War, , , V'l w ’ n 1 ~r -“'*t - ' V ,On iha retutirof peace oar forces wero -with. ,v J , ' * J ,~ ’ T <*/" ' drawn from Mexico, and the volunteers andrhat 1 --- - A': ' „ tY? portion dt tlm regular armyengagad for the A • , - f weredtabauded. .Order*.havenbeen issued iS ‘ ~~ *t ’ t stationing Che forces of. our nermaneareiuthlah.s H - > , at venous pesitioiu in oar extpaded'contiaj 'u ’ , ‘f ' - *J? ' . - , ~ jx J- * T I " \1 ‘ / V ;^vSb|r v 1 • v p*4 ** a r 'Ji l 1 B >y> . \ \ %J* T v £ ' ‘ ' / 4 v. i, f-.* ' yy * I • t," ' AP"! J-i ' -111,* * l5 _■=>- 1 **x ’ ' j-ys» , 'o'- “*"1 ' J "~>* *■ I, ; . ' * e yy V • •v'J'vt'*.* 'i n :■ v 1 <r s , t ,‘jt ' ’ - 1 /) . * :
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