:, ( gi,tiliiiiiik.'; - o,safift.
all its disastrous consetelletel4 It is truly won
derfarlhactliefahonld bailie° loig continued
to preserve their - - eraeat-Aitken a demand for the
paymeneof one Seventh of their Immediate lia
bilities would lutee driven them into ingolemsey.
And this is the condition of the banks, notwitii:
slandingthat four hundred millions of gold from
California have flowed is upon us within the last
eight years, and the tide still continues to flow .
Indeed, snob•has been the extravagance of bank
credits &hat the banks now hold a considerably
less amount of specie, either in proportion to
_--r-- their capital or to their circulation and deposal es
combined, !Len they del before the discovery of
Republican City Convention.
in California.
TUE REPLEGICANS of the city of Pittsburgh, gold
Whilst in the year 1848 their specie in proper
are
:meted to meet m their resWtire Wards. at the ...c..1
piece, for bolding Delegate ElectlonS.otaßLlTitnst rut li o n to their capital was more than equal to one
I ern DAY OP DECEIII36II,IBi7, and caters hi b‘ll't eve dollar for four and a half, in 18, - 47 it does not
persons from each want to reprment theta in a Convention
amount to one dollar fur every FIX Dollarsand
to he Lehi at the Court Mese, as NVEDs.t.DAY, Dec. 4.l, ,
at 10 o'clock a. 3.1 toe the maw, ar nominating e..ndi thirty-three cants of their capital is the year
deer.for. city ofricela, t o t e , e , 3np ,.,,,,d „, th„„,, ! , of, 1848 the specie was equal within a very email
non. Th e meetings in each yr .. .a Will open at . di. 1.: e
Ai , and time atT oeltch P Al rc fraction to one dollar in five of their circulation
Th e w ur d meeti ng . ...also recommend, Ito nominate and depositor ; in 1857 it is net Nitta! to one dol.
tbelr candidate:lcor ward °tome and Councils at the woe lir In seven and a half of their eirenlation and
time, maw s °Morel-Ws directed by the Ward Committees
depositea
By order of the City Precutire Committee
,14.1 E_P- DABLINGTON,Chatimm From this statement it is easy to account for
---- our financial history for the last forty years. It
has been a histoiy of extravagant expansions In
the business of the country,-followed by ruinous
contractions. At successive intervals the best
and most enterprising men have been tempted to
their ruin by excessive bank loans of mere pa
per credit, exciting them to extravagant impor
tations of foreign geode, wild speculationa, and
ruinous and demoralizing stock gambling. When
the crisis arrives, as arrive it must, the banks
can extend no relief to the people In a vain
struggle to redeem tbeirliabßitles in specie they
are compelled to contract their !cane and their
issues; and at last, in the hour of distress, when
their assistance is niost needed, they and their
debtors together sink into insolvency .
It is this paper system of extravagant expan
sion, raising the , nominal price of every article
far beyond its real value, when compared with
the cost of eicallar articles in countries whose
circulation is wisely regulated, which has pre
vented us from competing in our own markets
with foreign manufacturers, has produced ex
travagent importations and has counteracted the
effect of the large incidental protection afford
ed to our domestic manufactures by the present
revenue tariff. But for this the branches of our
manufactures composed of raw materials, the
producgion of our own country-such as cot
ton, iron and woolen fabrics-would not only
have acquired almost exclusive possession of
the home market bet would have created for
themselves a foreign market throughout the
world.
Deplorable, however, as may be our present
financial condition, we may yet indulge in
bright hopes for the future. No other nation
has ever existed which could have endured such
violent expansions and contractions of paper
__ a -. ; credit without lasting injury; yet the buoyancy Pala ,- q v ens Otto lof youth, tnevnergies of our population, and
; the spirit which never quails before diffictil-
Senate and House cf Reprornidtl,“ 1 ties, will enable us soon to recover from our
In obedience to the command of the consiitu present finanoial embarrassment, and may even
non, it has now become my duty "to give to occasion us speedily to forget the lesson which -
ContreaS information of the state of the U they dare taught . nion,
end recommend to their . consideration mnsideration such ln the meagtime, it le the ditty of the gov
measures" as I judge to be 'necessary and ex
ernment by aim proper means within its power,
Pedient•"
to aid in alleviating the sufferings of the people
occasioned by the suspension of the banks, and
Bat first, and Above all, our thanks tiro due to
Almighty God for the numerous b enefits which to provide against a recurrence of the same cal-
He has bestowed Upon this people, and our uni- amity. Unfortunately, in either aspect of the
ease, it can do but little. Thanks to the irides
ted prayers ought to ascend to Him that He
would continue to bless our great republic in Pendent treasury, the government has not sus
.$ time to come as He has blessed it in time past pended payment, as it was compelled to do by
Since the adjournment of the lien Congress our the fa ilure of the b anks in 1831 - Ii will eea
tintle to discharge its liabilities to the peoplelin
,_9finsLituents - have enjoyed an nnusal degree of
'health. The earth has yielded her fruits abun- gold and silver. Its disbursements in coin will
pass into circulation, and materially assist in
huffy, and has bountifully rewarded the toil of /
restoring a sound currency . From its high
the husbandman . Our great staples have eons- ;
mended high prices, and, up to within a brief I credit, should we be compelled to make a tem
porary loan, it can be effected on advantageous
period, our manufacturing, mineral, and me -
chanical occupations have largely partaken of terms This, however, shad, if possible, be
the general prosperity. We have possessed all avoided;but, if not, then the amount shall be
We have
the elements of material wealth, in rich abun. limited to the lowest practicuble sum
I hove therefore determined that while no nse
dance, and yet, notwithstanding all these advan
y ~dg overnment wo r ths already In progress shall be
rages, our country, in its monetary interests , is
1 :s iii,..tpeonende7fwtebil.e.
e xt be al d r o eu . d e y ,, r , o th m , in . ezi, will
atthe present moment in a deplorable condition .
In the midst of unsurpassed plenty in all the th e country rhos° necessary tar its defeat: t ali:ll
productions of agriculture and in all the ele- I proceed as though thEre hail been no t•nat.+ In our
meats of national wealth, we and our menu- Itlt netall. Sault',
factures suspended, our publig. work, retarded, ; But the Federal Government cannot do much to
OUT private enterprises of different kinds abtui- t provide again -t a recurrence of
ex
evils Even
doned, and thousands of useful laborers thrown if insurmaumaLle constitutional objections did not
out of employment and reduced to want. The exist against the creation of a National Bank, this
I would furnish no adequate Preventive security The
revenue Orate government, which is chiefly de
blitory ot the last Bank of the United .SLides abund
rived in:aide/les on imports from abroad, has
been greatly reduced, whilst the appropriations apt ly l4 tr o u i ‘e , .;
, t t lii: n tzt i lt ,
ro of thisl:Z7 ll dames q a " l 'c' L e ak'
ei. nde - by Congress at its last session for the 'or- / of fourteen hundred Stat gu e ba s oks in such am o win n er as
rent fiscal year are very large in amount. lea prevent the ruinous expansions and Contractions
Under these circumstances a Loan may be re- I in our currency whirl; relined throughout the exist
quired before the close of your present session ; l epee of the Late bank, nr secure us against future
but this, although to be deeply regretted, would I salensione In 1e25 .in enort was made by the
prove to be only a slight misfortune when cone- i Bank of England to curtail the issues of the country
pared with - the suffering and distress prevailing hanks under the most favorable circumstances.
among the people. With this the government I The paper currency had been expanded to a ruin
eaunot faiLdeeply to sympathise, though it may , ens extent and the Bank put forth all its power to
contract it in order to reduce proms arid roster., the
1.. without the power to extend relief. ;
r equillihnunt of foreign exchanges It accordingly
It is our duty to inquire what has produced ly cermanineed i ',item of eurtadment of its loans
each unfortunate results, and whether their re- '"slid i MM.!. to the solo hope that the Joint steel and
currence can be prevented' In all former revul- I private hanks of the kingdom would be compelled to
dons the blame might have been fairly attri- I follow its el ireple It found, homier, that an it son
buted to a `variety of ca-operating canoe. , h ot iu'octo.t they expanded, and at the end of the process
not so upon the present occasion. It is apps- to employ the language of a very high officLal autho.
!ray, rh t atlrer
th reduetion
oorf
England
paper circulation
rent that our existing misfortunes have proceed
ed solely from our extravagant and vicious syn. I w m a ol:lf . a: ma l l 4 B ry k th ' .'"
“' S2')
v''
e issues of the country
tom of paper currency and bank credits, excl. I hem ...
Gag the people to wild speculations and gam- : But - the Bank of the United states would not, t
a e
Wing in stoCks These rerulsions mast continue I could, restrain the issues and loans of the Stt
to recur at successive intervals so long as the banks, because its duty as a regulator of the careen
amount of the paper currency and bank loans cy most often be in direct confliet with tbo inenedi
and discomfits of the country shall be left to the ate interests cf its stockholders. If we expert one
discretion of fourteen hundred irresponsible agent to restrain or control another, their interests
banking institutions which from the very law_ must, at least in some degree, be antagonistic. But
/ the directors of a Bank of the United States would
of their nature will consult the interest of their
feel the same interest and the same inclination with
stockholders rather than the pnblic welfare
the directors of the tstate banks to expand the car-
The framers of the constitution, when they gave to thuey, to turommodste their favorites and friends
Congress the power "to coin money and to regulate with loans mid to declarelame divid ds S h t
the value thereof," and prohibited the States from boon our eCperienee in regard - to the
lost
bank! I"
coming money, emthing bills of credit, or making ev-
After all, we must mainly rely upon the pat
erything but gold and silver coln a tonder.in pay
nein' m and wisdom of the States for the pre
ment of debts, supposed they had protected the pen -
'ninon add redress of the evil. If they will
pie against the evils of-an excessive au liredeenatille
paper currency. They are not responsible for the afford us a real specie basis for our paper circu
existing anomaly-that a government endowed with tenon by increasing the dedomination of bank
the sovereign attribute of coining money and mole notes, first to twenty, and afterwards to fifty
nog the value thereof should have no power to pre dollars, if they will requirethat the banks shall
vent othere from driving this coin oat of the country at all times keep on hand at least one dollar of
end filling op the channels of =column with paper gold and silver for every three dollars of their
which does not represent gold and adver.
circulation and deposits; and if they will pro
ties
ta one of the highest and most responsible du id l e •
v ebya se i-executing enactment, wh ich oath
ties of the government to insure to the people a sound
lug can arrest, that the moment they suspend
eniculating medium, the amount of which ought to be I
adapted wtth the utmost possible wisdom and skill they shall go into
a dliquiation, I believe that
to the wants of internal trade and fo rei gn exchanges such provisions, with weekly publication by
litho be either greatly above or greatly below the eso h bank ,oGet statement of its condition,
proper standard, the marketable value of every man's would go far to secure us against future sus
property is increased os diminished in the same pro. pensions of specie payment
portion, and injustice so individuals as well as meal Congress, in my opinion, possess the power
‘olable evils to the community are the Coo9e inenne. to pass a uniform bankrupt law applicable roved
Unfortunately, under the construction of the fed banking institutions throughout the United
oral constitution, which has now prevailed too lun States and I strongly recommend its exercise
to bo changed, dim important and delicate duty ha s ' .
This would make it the irreversible organic law
been &revered from the coming power and virtually
of each bank's existence, that a suspension of
transferred to more then fourteen hundred State
hanks, acting independently of each other, and rag specie payment. shall produce its civil death.-
abating their paper issues almost exclusively by , The instinct of self-preservation would then
regard to the present interest of their stockholders compel it to perform its duties in such' a manner
Exerciaing the sovereign power of providing a paper as to escape the penalty and preserve its life.
currency, Insad of coin, for the country, the first ; The existence of banks and the circulation of
duty whlch there banks owe to the public is to keep I bank paper are so , identified
_with the habits of
in their vaults a sufficient amount of gold and stiver cum people, that they cannot at this day be sad
to Wawa the convertibility of their notes into coin at
much immediate i
I to den abolished without
injury
all times and under all cut aniatances. B' 'bank
the country. If we could confine them to
ought ever to be chartered without such restrictions
on we business es to secure this result All other re their appropriate sphere, and prevent them from
striations are comparatively vain• administering to the epirit of wild"and reckless
This is the only true touchstone, the ouly efficient speculation by extravagant loans and issues,
razudator of a paper currency-the only one which they might tie continued with advantage to the
can guard the public against over nis i and bank public.
suspensions. As &collateral and er e I { l reeurlty But this 1 say,after long and much reflection;
it is doubtless wise, and in all cases ea ht to be re- if experience than prove il to be impossible to
quire& that banks ehall hold an amount of United I enjoy the facilithis which welbtegnlated banks
Steno or State seaurities equal to their dotes in cur- i might afford, without at the same time suffering
ciliation and pledged for then redemption. This, I
the calamities which the excesses of the banks
hemmer, furnishes no adequate seeuray against over I
Lewes. ' On the contrary, it may be perverted to in - I have hitherto indicted upon the country" it
gate the ctursecy. Indeed, It is possible by this would then be for the lesser evil to deprive them
means to convert all the debts of the United States altogether of the power to issue a paper eurren
end Stale Governments into beak notes, without • cy and confine them to the functions of banks
reference to the specie required to redeem them of deposit and discount .
HOWeVeritlanablo these securities be in them -Our relations with foreign goverments are,
selves, they cannot be converted into gold and I upon the whole, in a satisfactory condition
silver at the moment of pressure, as our expe- 1 The diplomatic difficulties which existed be
nears teaches, in sufficient tame to Prevent bank , tween the Government of the United States and I
suspensions and the depreciation of bank notes. ' that of Great Britain at the adjournment of the
In England, which is to a considerable extent a last Congress have- been happily terminated by
paper-money country, though vasty behind our I the appointment of a British minister to this
own in tale respect, it was deemed adeisable, I country, who has been cordially received
_ anterior to the act of Parliament of 1814, which , white ti ei yearly - to the intewst.l sin convinced Is Is
wisely separated the issue of notes f rom t h e the sincere drie r s or the governments and people of the two
banking department, for the Batik of England fZenctit= a " o n ,,,, i 7:;ol,,,, thU T ate fri „ r' b e t7,2 ea ` a o
always to keep on hand gold and silver equal to I Irritatin g; it uot danperoti+ outstro3tud ° I h eielliou with
one-third of its combined circulation and de- ' Gr''m aelhun
posites. ----. Mac. the ori g i n of the govertdoent We Lai's - been etu•
pl o yed In Antal/Ilio n treating with that power, awl
in
this proportion Malan-more than BUITICICIA stroll In discnealu s their true intent and tuemaino in Mk
to secure the convertibility of its notes, with the f t vri c r. y t i lrtye t t , t u i l io we or Aprit Ph MA, rtnnmonli can e d
whole of Great Britian, and to some extent the imsate . of all, ' listausu tri,, ( 71:.? :o"“vernton' rho
I '''''''
' r: l 'i r y
continent of Europe as a field for its circulation opposite and rostrealirtory conuenction, n ' ttn P u s a d m i t LI
rendering, It almost impossible that a sudden ! ae.l I.P.Utn ...Cele
immediate run to a dangerous amount should be I Whilst, in the Lolled Staten, we believed that this Inuit )
would place both path" upon an eiatt fonallty h• t h
- "made upon it, the same proportion would car- al polaUen that neithe r will el sr . acpy, or fortify . ;
talialy be insufficient under our banking system ..loons, er assume or corm . . any donal o t oo ” u ser eu , pen
Each of our fourteen hundred banks has but a 1 em Concur*!
the
.inseam, It le mikado.) by the British ge, em
limited circumference for its circulation, and in I teem to the rretintr ar" 7 l; or
i, l a h lt . th l s=on l l7 e'lt , 1
the codrse of ovary few days the depositors ind Snort. whiter we e in their oecupaucy at the date of
and not holders might demand - from each a tio trim ,. mix;
o in feu, that the treaty h a virtual remgultion
bank a sufficient amount in specie to compel td n I,h par t es ' o t 4 u nited
sutra
g 1 I right g et h Igo Overt
nit
It to suspend, even although it bad coin in its scant of Centnil amerim, sweeping
on
free( the Ina
vaults
cool to one-third of Its i mmediate ,;„_ ifondo to the port end harbor of dau Joao del Maages,
s.- together with the adjacent nay Islands, except We nd rn
billties
Mindy tonall Ourllon of this between [be tarstoon a Cp.
And yeti= not aware, with the exception of Tiolo o rac r.
th. trerding, to their constrnetion the treaty does
th e betas of Louisiana, that any State bank !p i nC.' 0. to Ce=tl= 057%170 remlitilL th dr
throughout the Union has been required by Its ' It le not too ninth Co assert that ir in th e p e it. e f St acy the
:lit , tT t had ..
. bee r n rgis t treLsmoeptUde of n such a mre i t roc .
charter to keep this or any other proportion of
gold and' silver comnared with the amount of me Preneeet,norivevidniri:r 117,1T.'::r.:
its combined eirculatlon and depoeites. What t a ttoo or the Senate. The universal aonsletlen In the. Llni
has been the - Conequence In a recent report =re. +er e thaLe i rbea ord. ovum/end consented to elo•
made tijr the Treasury Department on the con- with a torque got an d
Pak.7 12 c 7,2V:::,
dltion of the banks ilfrOugliont the different torn In the (usual 4:we i r:ma n or our own continent,
States, aecortinel to returns dated nearest to L''r7=,... k t 1. 11 4.
ki ttpiellt Britain
January, 1851' ,, : the aggregate amount ot actual 1 with .„,.1 . ,„ . •an 5ti ...,,,,,
tit 4
n o ht to doubt tha l aite
specie in their vaults is $58,849,838, of their verity et the British GorertiMent In t r construction of
, eokentlitaoll $214,7f8,822, and of their deposites = l ,/' it h ",27.7::_th.....`r slrgberete cenvtetlan that
prou on both to Its letter and its
-4280 WI Ka srtinsit appears that. these banks sgirit
', ttithe aggregate have considerably less than one Under the late adminiatration Negotiate:au wereinstitated
mowing Owl e=eettler, awl a tir e,,
on r e rem i s 7, dollar In seven of gold and ver compared with b ""' the te. M....et. for We
their cleculetion and deposites. Ida °beet In .1011/ Cull at Lonelon on the 17 rte ktobe
it Was palpable, theeefou,tbat the very first 1&50, mut was submitted by the Preeldout to the &Wee;
° pressure must 'drive them to suspenalen, and de- 1 h :P ri , ll 71 ,112:1,%2Vnw 'th.
ldrotrmi ,21::=;igria,
Flee the people of 0 COSlVOrtille CUTOU9' With u ft blectlatailded without girth tem to new lad 'whet,.
L. Hros.-.J.=mu.—.lcm - ca nazi;
8. RIDDLE & Co.,
zDzrons and PROPRIETORS
• PITTI333I7P.CiI-X:
. THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. to, 18.57
ft Wing of the County Convention.
The delegates to the late County Republican
Convention, will reassemble at. the Court Room
on WEDNUDAV the 6th of January, 1858, to put
in nomination a candidate for Assembly, to sup
ply the vacancy occasioned by the death of J.
B. Bachhouse.
The MUSage.
We present to our readers this morning the
ponderous message of Mr. James Buchanan,
President of the United States, it being his first
Annual Message to Congress. .We have no time
Slow for comments. We beg all citizens to read
the message if they can command the requisite
time and then ask themselves if , it Is in its most
Important feature, honest, patriotic, statesman
like or Democratic as Democracy goes even now.
Sir Our readers will find on the firstpage
of this paper, 13 . poem written by a former Pres-.
Went of the United States. Compare its.chaste
and beautiful utterances with any thing that
, emanates from the Presidential mansions in
these days, when the support and extension of
the infernal curse of slavery absorbs all the
efforts- of 4xecutive incumbents.
1 - w
. 0 )1
ZariVe are under obligaticinsto Mr. Forsyth,
of Adams' Erpresi for-n copy of (he Ides
sage in advance of the mail.
President's Mesas
By order of the Er. C. Com.
_
Lrr,
~. . .
~
ing complication between t
the he two govern=nts, mar per •-_-_lVjulerour minister bass heen metructed to., form and regulate their domestic institutions in
haps be well unestiAlltn ft WClAlweverdigarari! ~ - ' .c.-!-I •'• -, .e ' 1, ij; hs- - - is es • • s '. • -
mitk.t.to math ii„.
ottimitt . tiwit ~y s L eh.• di4 ,, A ,.. ,Er
. ..r., idil... a , tin TibettiOn akroArence to t.a i t eir ownwery. , I dies ti hur,ll, when ed
ilitiam:mime& ei It by cles Setudeb; me treaty as adienderti,s'e.gistinshOstilkleila Cnnldgi; hillill gorilla
• lig I ItililetlAN State” aa9 lo —be received Into the
sew ratified by me enthie mar 11.2tCh. 1857, and - eas- , . - TL. • t h L I • - es • .• • ' s.: ,m,-• • • - t o i, , . . ,
•I
IL leprltian sou r nee= roil)) st- t. L el,! . .itn or wi!.iteis •tov,.ry. as their consti
namittoo ei lerteloa for ratline/ion by Methods astv i i d ''''P e ravo-in
ironset. That ern - winks.' .wrereassiss its willingnes. to I.et,' t aneaeeful . inne,nres to secure Ly treaty I tiUi4u irTy prreeithe s , IL, 1. me of their ad .
coact:, to at the amendments made by the Senate with the ,tipulati,,,,,,tho„.o„,, ~.,,,s i o n., I , '
~ ,i n. , ~, , 5 i,..• •
Weigle exuepti. of the dame relating to Rant. and the .
: whieh the natimse of the world hate a right to Did Cogress mean by tide language that the
delegates elected to frame a constitution should
ether Islands In the NY of lloisSurn- 11 . enter. 1 . the
origil treaty, as
t h e i r cle t o n ui Se na t e , eft, mit.: expel[ and which China satutot toes , 1,,• t.er
that these Islands and hi hosehieutts soots-tug heee by a
mined to withhold. • - ' have entherity finally to decide dm question of
p -l e tv l erz, Eli o a r d th id e tphLypilnetio.nfd
K lie n - t.. leasin th g e i ms t t 0 the
cnovention bearing date the 27th day of Angara. IRS.% • „
1 between bar Brititanic Megan, mul the rep u bli c o r Ben... r font 11 ... 1 rallees receiied I elltertallt !bit it
roe. constituted and d e cl are d g y re , 3 kerma -, aa d er steam, I &Wild {lntl Ille three minister, will net itt har •
eo,tii t a lii: ei Tbjet. , t i I c i onfess I had never entertain
, et - strati-a tie, [aid republic of Eloreleraa," stipulated that . L • •• ;
L. .. , should decide thes question by a direct vote
1 'clhe two cootracting Woven do hereby mutually engage to ! ItrolltOlts. t idt,ert to obtain similar 0 1 1orliera..11
recogal. and respect to all frame tune We lodepandence treaties for ~ a elt of the jeswers•thes represeet
... ens en it, end. thereVre. in imp in
, am l rights of the ash/ free ter times! as a pan of the rspublic
I of Iloodunts." We teitinot fail to feel a sleep hit ere , t in eII
. .
loaf. I merely said that when -a constitution
structieus to Gov. Waller of t 0 :Seth Mardi
shall be submitted to the people oldie Territory;
I . Upon examination e t trio comet... between [treat that coneents the welfare ol the independent
Britain and Iloodnr aa :gib, AIL a a gggcl• Ism, it was reouldi e t, our own continent a: nett us .4 . the
:!rind that , whilst decLaringthollay /stand ta ben -tree r .
erup/te of Brazil.
territory nude, the sovereignty of the Republic of Ibuide
1 they mutt be protected in the exercise of their
dos" a dresino tiro icesaitte or risible v. 1, hout a tt i , , , , t ch it+ deur difficultie s nMt 'Ser.' a f climb. n hid. u right of not Mg_ fur or against that instrument,
.te " eiVit Y telr ' st r m a Tit "' retet7en ittitdest's, L td
mit i ! . :short time sinee wor e et, threateninil an aepeot, ' and the fair 'd r epression of the popular will must
s, th e i r eoa t ea se t e a setter-as esocrontoet of thuir ou a i are. it is ts , bo,ll..peil, in a fei r nem .1 , eltie - .abbe interrupted by fraud or oiot ee „...
; wlin leghtleate, essenti '.., do'''''. l '""' A" " t ' , ' , meet in ti [winner just and honorable ti. both I e etpresilog this opinion. it was far front tuy ;n
tlieruselvec
Iparties, tentim to inteelerc with the derision ol the people of
, have al Vre, • rtrefully abstansed. Intrusted with he
/t deprived the governmeut of Honduras Otto taxing
W fu leery form, and exempt./ the people of the mimed , The i5ti,..,,f12„,,,..„1 m iser i es, ieelosling . l'on'es. cube , far or aguiti,i sinner. From thi s , I
duty of taking •lease that the lows be fsithfullY exe
rt.. tbe performance of military duty wept for their eon I ~, „ e v ,„ •. _
nr .
L s.d.i scluff n ;o rr, de rt f r e n n , c ot e. to ll o also poo p t ro u li m ibg i a , l ,l , au t vo re t.rc pu , b ro lt.2 t r o o , m r, 1
t l i l ; r ' A o t , la r n a ti , e m a l
r : i . I p s a tl e i j e fi, gr ., c o a v t e h r ig w it h w i a e ,V h i n 'etw 6 e r e g o o , .
, coned," iny only desire Cron that the people of *IS le
leaving them open to Invasion frotn any qtutter; Oel, !Mal , ~
1 portent of the couuuere of die world is deetinee son clountil furnish to Congress the et idenee required
ly. It provided "that vlastry shall oat et .y time hereafter ;
bi t peruin I tiel to thereto" ;to pass. 131‘. United Stairs iire more deeply by the orgenie act, whether fur or against elm cry.
slot itendonts Wilted tide unuotiott. oho luta , hal 1 interexted than any nation in preeening the ond in this manner smooth their passage into the
denende race •to t ' • ' ' their
hat of a sot erelgti State, was
i,leti a ,t ' ,, b 7rei e t i e 4 s h e m „7,l o ,%t e !,,„ s ,n Y te l V,t 6 ,:jr i l in t freedom and security of all the CommuLlie, yowl). In emerging from the condition of territorial
sublet: to British Wim. and coital. Moreover, had dings fltrOßS Ulla IStintlns. If di our duty, there- • . n 'n . .
i d ho t3 s . :it ' te s m o
Tth: P iTajo n ri it's conk.
knownil - question h
w!
will
he!
the united States ratified the treaty with Greet Britain in
its original forro. we should have been hound sto recog forota take tare that they shall not• be inter-(duty,
this important domestic institution should or
Mused reeriect In all future Unreel' th.... stspoldUons to rupted-eittier by invasions from our own coon
the prejedfce of Bonder. Bein g its direct opposition to try or by years between the independent staffs should not continue to exist- Indeed, this was the
the spirit end teeming of the Clayton and Brasier treaty i s r
understand lo the United kat., the Sr to rejected Be of Central America. , only posslie mode M which their will could he en
snare Manse, and anbstituted In Its stead a simple recog. Under our treaty with New I irenada of Des thentieally ascertained.
In the following language: -The contracting parties du cirri ./1. ...• • ,we are h otted ~ t, • -
eeee
, o sarily take place in separate districts. From
.lure of the tt°fltrttirn right °I. n " d "" to tit°° t ' d ' tmtt .i 1 -7;1 0 1046 s t 'lntrust's - the The election of delegates to a Convention must
hereby mutually engage to recognise nod respect the neutrality of the iothutu , of Panama, flirougst „ tit ctiust , it
may
islands of neaten: Bonne*, Inns , Barbaratta, Helena and which the Panama railroad passees 'led Well 11l the case. that oln . ' readily
• 'l r ' " i
f " !a "n
storm, tritium In the Bay of Honduras. and off the roast of , • , i
Non ty of
the
peup.e b. a Mate I.a .
Ilw ..I.lllle °Monde:as, as under lie ~,,,,,,,j,nfy .„I ~ tn. , rights of stwer.•iglity end property avhieli Territory nor on ono side of a ratestion, whilst a too
part °toward,/ republic of Mod... New lingul. has and poseeises ~) er the vu id jocity of the representatives from the several districts
Great Britain rejected this amendment, „ssigeing territory '' Tnis obligation is founded upon r into which It is divided may be upon the other side.
as the only reason, !het the ratifications , of the eon- (1111V:tient,. tenanted by the treats. lit the peopli. This arises from the fact that in 3u1.130 districts &M
-elina. of the 27th August, 1850, between her and 1 ~. ~ ' • • United f3 t ,,,, t „ , gates may be elected by email majorities, whilst in
tire ei,s trnment oh' the
Medina% had not been o exchangd, owing to the • Under , ,
°aims those of different eentiments may rereive ma
hesitation of that guverament." Had this been done, these eircuntstant.es I ree . otunienti li i !
Jr.,.iiro.,
rnrinorootly
groat trot
only
to
over.
the
it is stated that .. her Majesty ' s government would Coogress the peseage of till eel auttionoing tho cotes gin. for the former, lett 10 le.lVe a large 1:1111.
hare had little difficulty in agreeing to the modifica. President , in case Of necessity. to employ the juritt ..I the ...inure peuple in direct opposition to u
lion prbposed by the Senate, which th an would have laud and naval forces of the United Stat.. tin ussjurily of the delegate.. Beside., our htstory proves
had in effect the same signification 'as the original carry into effect this guaranty of neutrality and toot influence s may So brought to Lear ou the repre
wording." Whether this would have Leen the ellien.
untutive sudiciently puwerfol t o ;mime him to die
whether the mere circumstance of the exchange of •. -.- . . ii „,,,
Protection. I alsorecommendi similar legisla
regard the will of his constitnent•. The truth is, that
Lon for the security of any tinter route a ..-
the ratifications of the British convention with Hon
, no other authentic and satisfectory mode exists of
domes prior In point o f ti mo to t h e m clg eg c laa or our the Isthmus in which we may acquire an irate- ascertaining the will of a majority of the people of
treaty with Great Britain would, 'tin effect," have rest lay treaty. . any Stata or Territory tin an important and exciting
.
had "the same signification en the original wording," -AWitlfthe independent republics on [has; con- question like that or slavery in K. 93.2, except by
and thus nullified the amendment of the Senate, may talent it is both our duty and our intereet to loaning it to aiiirect vote. How wise, then, was it
well be doubted. It 1,, perhaps, fortunate that the
for Congress fe'pass over elbsuburdinate and inter
questien hoe serer 163E41, cultivate the most friendly relations. We can
mekiate agencies, and proceed dietly , to the source
of an legitimate power under .r Institutions !
. ' The British government immediately after reiect- never feel indifferent to their fate, and must al
lien vain would any other principle prove in ric
ing.the treaty as amended. proposed to enter into a
u.' ' .
wets i rejoicein their prosperity. Unfortunate -
ly, ,oth for them and fa us, our example on nee . Thu may Le illustrated Ly the case of an
new treaty with the United States, similar in all re.
advice have best conch of their influence in eon- ea, Should she be admitted into the L rdon, wind a
epoets to the treaty which they had just refaced to
ratify, if the United States would consent to add to
the Senates clear and unqualified recognitioniof the been fitted sot against some of them within the against the sentiment of the people, this could have
sequence of the lawless expeditions which have constitution either maintaining or abolishing slavery,
sovereignty of Honduras over the Bay Ishinds the limits of our country. Nothing is better cal- .. no tabor . effect than to conta oil to ceesperate .
the exciting agituLtunduring the brie period , retp.r .
cal
following conditional stipulation: "Whenever and so
ed to make the consunation conform to the irrestati
soon as the republic of Honduras shall have concha- • •
culated toretard our steady material progress,
Or
ded and ratified a treaty with Great Britain, by which
toleration of each enterprises. in violation of The friend, and supporters of the Nebraska and
impair our character as a nation, than . the_ hie will of the
a nd
c o p
Orem Britain shell have ceded, and the, republic of
Honduras shall have accepted, the said ialmads, sub the law of nations. The
act, when struggling en a recent occ.ion to.
jest to tho provisions and conditions enntbincd In It is One of the first end highest duties of it- sustain its Wise provisions before the great tribunal
such treaty."
meaning
the . American . people . , twee,: differed about its true
mining on this sbjec. liverywhore throughout
This prOpOldthel was, of course, rejected. Altar ra ny in in i te r p s e i n ,f dent elate, in its relations with the
thegreat family of nations, to re-
the Union they publicly pledged their faith and their
the Senate had refused to recognise the British eon- strain its people from ads of hostile aggreseion honor, that they would cheerfully submit tho ques
vention with Honduras of the 27th August, ISA, agninst their citizens or subjects. The Wilsl lion of slavery to the decision of the toorri people
'with full knowledge of its contents, it GO, impossible eminent writer's .es'et public law do nothesitate of Kangas, indium env restriction or imalitleation
for me, necessarily ignorant of " the provisions and
conditions" which might to contained in u future
doctrine of popular so, ereigniy, which is the vital
conventitm between the same parties, to --unction to denouneesueli hostile - arts as robbery and whatever . All were co - tenuity unitedpit the great
murder.
of (i ititra i principle of our tree institutions. Had it then heen
them in advance.
Week and feeble states, like th(cle
tristinatou from any quarter that it would be a Siff&
The fact is, that who, tau nations like Ineat Brit- Ameritm may not feel [noon-Nes able to assert cleat compliance with the requiiths fur the organic
ant and the United States, mutually desirous as they and vindicate their rights. The etteeecould be law for the members of a convention. thereafter to be
are. ...1 I trust cent may be, of maintaining the moot far different if expeditions were set on foot elected, to withhold the qiiestion of slavery from the
friend!) relations iiith each other, have usfestunitte within our own territories to make private war peeple, and to substitute their ownll for that of a
ly concluded a treaty which they understand in ten
gainst a werful nation. Usual expeditions legally ascertained majority of all tunic constituents,
acs directly opposite, the tel course is to ahroget• a s- ,
, portion this would have berm instantly rejected. Every
.such a treaty by mutual consens, and to commence Al ere L.1 . ..fr..... nt...m_.l againB: out
where they remained true to the resolution adopted
Every
anew. Had this been done promptly, all difecultiee of our own Country, to burn (tenon cities and .
en a celebrated occasion recognising "the right of the
in Central .America woul Most probably, ere this, murder and plunder our people, end usurp our people of all the Territorioa—ineludin g banana and
have been adjusted no she d aetioa of both ponies , governMent, we should roll any power on earth Nebraska— aefing through the legality and fairly-
The time spent in discussing the meaning of the to the stricteet scoount for not preventing • itch expreseed will of a majority of actual residents, and
Clayton and Bulwer treaty would have bean dot oted moormitio.. whenever the number id' their inhabitants jutifies it,
I to this praiseworthy purpose, mad the task would .
to ion,
have been the more easily accoruplished because the Ever share the admieietration of tied Wash
be admitted into form a constitut
the with or without slavery, and
Union upon term. of perfect
interests of the two eountries in Conned America is ington, nets of Congress have been in force to equality with tho other Ststes.••
I identical, being confined to securing safe tran.it-. see, potions severely the crime of setting on foul- n The Colt V enlloll iv home li , unit it O i ;At for I: obi,
all thermals-, across the Isthmus . military expedition within the limits Of the IJ• wet on the first Mande of S4,tember tied. They
\yhir,, entertaining these sentiments, I chats no, State,: to proceed from thence against a nation were called together by ti,tne el au act of the terrl.
enrol. .s not refuse to contribute to any reasonable or State with whom we are at peach. The pre- tonal Jegielotare. who, lawful existence had, been
ed,o• n emu! of the Central American uestions which sent neutrality act of April 2G, le.l li, is but lit- recognised by Congre , s in different forrns and liY'dif
is ii-i prartically inconsistent with the American In- Ile more than a collection of pre-existing lawe Urfull ommquellf , . A large Proportion ot the rinse..
terpr , o_ition of the treaty. Overture, forthis purpo.e
~f Kansas did not think proper to register their
Under th• act the President is empowered to
hale been recently made by the British government ~I 9 and , ,
and the e on . names and to rate at the election, for delegates; but
iu a friendly spirit, which I cordially reciprocate, but employ toe land naval "'rem a n .
an oliportupity to do this having been fairly afferd
whether this crooned effort will result in success I tin ofor the purpose of preventing the carrying
et!, their refusal lu avail themselves of their right
am not yet prepared to express an opinion. A brief On of troy such expedition or enterprise from
could in no manner effect the legality of the con
period will determine. the territories and jurisdiction of the U. States," „ w i ne.
With France, oar InetUni relations of friend,hip and the collectors of customs are authorised and This convention proceeded to frame Ft consti
-still eontitsue to exist. Th e French govern ment have require,' to detain any vessel in port when there This
for Kansas, and finally adjourned on the
In several recent instances, which need not In. eau- is reoson to believe she is idiom to take part in 7th day , of November But little difficulty Ue
merated, evinced a spirit of good will and kindness each lawless enterprises .
curved in the convention, except on the subject
towards our country, which I heartily reciprocate. wh en :
.1. was (Wet rendered patellae that an of s l ayer 1 •
y. The trot I le, that the generalpro-
It is, notwitlisLanding, mach to be regretted that two
would In . to t
attempt e mom ,
.ge up another tin- visions of our recent State consthutions are so
nations, whose produMions are of niche character as
lawful expedition against Nicaragua, the Secre- • sitnilar—tuni, I may add, so excelleut—t hat the
to invite the must extensive exchanges and freest
commercial intercourse, should continue to enforce terry of State issued instructions to the marshals differenee between them i 4 nab essential. tinder
eneient and obsol e t e reatri c ti on s ~f t ra d e a go i n g cec h and district attorneys, which were directed by t h e eer p er
i practice of the Government, no con
other. our rommercial treaty with France is, in this. theSecreterlea of War and the Navy to Ito °P . stilution framed by the convention of a Terri
respeet, an exception from our treaties with all other propriate army and navy officers,rermiring thou tory preparatory to its adrubmion into the Union
commercial nations. It jealously lei beg dlscrituina. to be vigilant,. and to nee their best exertion, in s , e 0 ,,, t , liej I,„,et, m i tte o t o th e peopl e .—
Ong ditties both im 1111 l nag!. sad ~ artiebax, 11. egreilitg irat,, arraaLrn provisions of Itil b.-- I trust, however, the example set by the last
growth, prodare. or Lesoulaoture of th e 0 ,,„ ~,,,, tn.. Notwithstandin g &Irene precautione, the expedii (t ea l ,
'h o t 'the Contittition of
when orris ing it, vesottes be/onging to the other. Hoechsts escaped-teem our ethers. Swels enters : 111 11 ' ne3M:a - cleurrld be subject. to ' the approval
Afore thou forty yen ace., on tiro 3il of March .
" prises can do no possible good to the revisit
9'. and !edification of the people of the people of
tali, Congress passed . Act offering to all nations
but have alread • i ill tad much inions both on the - ' l
to admit their vessels laden with their national pro 3n n - -.. proposed State f or be fo lowed on feture
auctions into the ports of the United States upon the its interests and its eharlecter. They have pre- occasions. Iss as it for granted that the con
same terms with our own vessel, provided they would vented peaceable emigration from the United 'mitten of Kans would act In accordance with
reciprocate to us similar advantages. This art eon. Slated! to the States of Central America, which this example,-founded as it me, on Correct prio r the reciprocity to the productions of the romper- could not fail to be highly beneficial to all the ciples; and hence my instructions to Governor
tire foreign nations who might enter into the prof. parties concerned. - In a peuniaay point of .Walker, in favor of etihmllling the constitution
cud arrangement with the United e tales.: The Act new alone, our ciliten2 have sustained ' , env!' 'to the people were expreetsed in general and
of May 24, 1020, removed this restriction, and offered losses from the seizure and clueing of the •„I '
unqualiffe terms.
• similar renprocity to all such teasels without ref. transit route by the San Junta het ween it, two
°relate to the origin of their cargoes. 1:pon theseln the Kansas-Nebraska It:i ac h t, however , this re
have
principle', our controetultal treaties and arningements
n e
n s i t t i t o u n -
The leader of the recent expedition WAY Or- ' i l l i r e h rn a d e a n ' : been aP inserted, and :od e the e con " v
have been founded, except with France: and let 11,1
rested at New Orleans„ but but was discharged on
hope that this exception may not long exist.
Our relations with Ituseis remain al they have giving bail for his appearance in the ins were not bound by its terms to submit any other
ever portion of-the instrument Wan election, except
ever been,—on the most friendly . footing. The sum of $ 2l- - 11 . 4 ' ,
that which relates 10 the "domestic institution”
present Emperor, no well as his predeceasors, 'commend the whale =Wen to the serious at- o r oloireq. This will be rendered clear by a
have never failed, when the occasion offered, to tention of Cohgresn, believing that our duty and simple reference to its language It was '"not.
maintain their good will, to our country; and our interest, se well as our national character, to legislate slavery into any Territory or State,
their friendship lass always been highly appre- require tint we ehonld adopt such measures ae nor to exclude It therefrom, but to leave the
elated by the government and people of the will be effectual is restraining nor citizens from people thereof perfectly free to form and regu-
United Stains , committing such outrages,
late their domestic Institutions in their. own
With all of leer European govettnnente, except I regret to inform you. that Ike President Of way.•• According to the plain construction of
' that of Spain, nor relations are as peaceful as 'sample toss refuses! to ratify the treaty between the sentence, the words •`domestic tenth
do
Iwe could desire. I regret to say that no prog- the United Stalin and that Stale as amended by h en e di rect es they have an appropriate refer
, ress whatever has been made, since the adjourn- the Senate, the signature of which was mention- epee to slavery. “Domestic
instil
are
' meat of Congress, towards the eettlement of ed in the message of toy, predecessor to Con- limited to the family. The relation between
, any of the numerous claims of 0, citizens grees at the opening of its session in December, muter and slave and a few others are “dontest
-185:1. The reasons assigned for their refusal '
i against the Spanish government Besides, the
lc Institutions," and are entirely distinct from
I outrage committed ou our flag by the Spanish will appear in the correspondence herewith cubs institution of apolitical cbarcter. Besides, '
' war-frigate Perrolana on the high evs, 01l the e ll!ted•
,there was no question then before Congress, nor
I coast of Cuba, In March, 18fdi, by firing into
r indeed, has there niece been any Berions goes
the American mail steamer El Dorado, and de
lion before the people of Kansas or tho country,
taining and searching her, remains uuacknowl
except that which relates to the -domestic
Is
edged and unrearessed. The general tone and
Mitt/lion" of slevery.
temper of the Spanish government towards that
The cooyention, after an angry and excited,
of the Hulled States are much to be regretted.
debate,"finally determined, by a majority of
Our present evoy extraorditutry •and minister
only two, to submit the question of slavery to
plenipotentiary to Madrid, hos milted to be re
the people, though at the last, forty-three of the
called ; and it it my purpose to send out a new
50 - delegates affixed their signatures to the con
minister to Spain, with special instructions on
all questions pending between the two -govern-
stitution.
mento, and with a determination to have them
speedily and amicably adjusted, if this be
possible. In the mean time, whenever our
minister urges the just °lakes of our citizens on
our notice to the Spanish government, be is met
with the objection that Congress hive never
made the appropriation reccommended by Pre,-
Went Polk, in his annual message of December,
11347, "io be paid to the Spanish government
fee the purpose of distribution antong the claim
ants ho the Amistad case." A siinilar receoni - -
mendation was made by hie immediate prede
decessor in his message of December, 1853; and
entirely concurring with both the opinion that
this indemnity Is 'only duo under the treaty
With Hpain on the 27th October, 1795, I ear
neatly reccommend an appropriation to the
„favorable consideration of Congress.
' A treaty of friendship and commerce was con
: eluded at Constantinople on the 13th December,
/856, between the United States and Persia, the
ratifications of which were exchanged at Con.
stantinople on the 13th of June, 1857, and the
treaty was proclaimed by the President abate
18th of August 1857. , This treaty it is believed,
will prove beneficial to American Commerce.
The Shah has manifested an earnest disposition
to cultivate friendly relations with our country,
and has expressed a strong wish that we should
be represented at Teheran by a Minister Pleni
potentiary. and I recommend that an appropri
ation be made for this purpose.
-Recept occurrences in China have been un
favorable to a revision of the treaty with that
empire of the 3rd of July, 1849, with a view to
the security and extension of our commerce.—
.The 24th article of this treaty stipulated for a
revision of it, in case experience should prove
ON to be requieite; "in which case this two gov
ernments will, at the expiration of twelve years
from the dale of said convention treat amicably
concerning the same, by means of suitable per
sons appointed to conduct fetch negotiations."
These twelve years expired on the 3d °fluty,
185fi; but long before that period it was, ascer
tained that important changes in the treaty were
necessary; and several fruitless attempts were
made bythe commissioner of Ilse United States to
effect these changes.
Anothe
1 .- effort was about to be made for the
same purpose by our commissioner, in conjenc
ilea with the ministers of England and Fnmee,
but this was suspended by the occurrence of hoes
Glides in the Canton river between (treat Britain
and the Chinese Empire.
These hostilities have necessarily interrupted
the trade of all nations with Canton, which is
-now in a state of blockade, and lave occasioned
A.Berious loss of life and proPerly. Meanwhile
the .Ansurrection within the empire against the
existing imperial dynasty atilt continues, and it
di difficult to anticipate what will be the result.
, tinder these circumstances, I bare deemed it
'advisable to appoint a disiinguishcci 'citizen of
Pennsylvania Envoy skixtraorainary nod Minh,-
ter Plenipotentiary to proceed to China, and to
1401 himself of any opportunities which may
offer to effect changes in the exlisting—tresity
Utterable to American commerce. lie left the
United States for the place - Of his destination in
July last,' in the war stetimerblinnesola. Special
Ministers to Chino have also been appointed by
the governments of Gress Britain and France.
being desirable to. ascertain the 'fitness of
he river La Plata and its tributaries for nevi.
gallon by steam, the - United States steamer Wa
ter Witch was sent thither for that purpose in
I , "sri.:: This enterprise gas successfully carried
on until February, lB.Ci, when, whilst, in the
peaceful prosecution of her voyage up the Para
na river, the steamer was fired neon by a Porn
guayan fort. Tho fire was returned; but as the
Water Wirh was of-small force, and-not design.
ed foeolieusive open:dices, she retired from the
centlict. The'pretext upon which the attack
was tuatlitt was .a decree of the Presideut of Par.
agony of pctaber, 1854, prohibiting foreign yes.
sels-pf-wdr...from navigating the rivers of that
State. As. Paraguay, however, was the owner
of hut one - bank of the river of that name, the
other belonging to Corrientes, a Stole of the
Argentine CortreJetation. the HO( of it s go,
ernmeht in raper: that such a Decree would be
obeyed cannot b e acknowledged. But the Wa
ter Witch was not, properly speaking, a versed.
of.war. She tan a small steamer engaged in a
scientific enterprise intended for the advantage
of commercial States generally. Crider these
circumstanees,' 1 arn constrained to conside r
the attack upnn her as unjust ifiable,•and as eel
ling for satisfaction from the Paraguayan goy
ernment.
Citizens of the United States, also, alto were
established in business in Paraguay, have had
their property seized and taken from them, and
have otherwise been treated by the authorities
in an insulting and arbitrary manner. which re
quires redress ij
A demand Mr these purposes will be wade iu
a lima but conciliatory spirit. This will _the
more probably be granted if the Etecutive stall
have authority to, use other means in the evenyrf
a refusal. Thirla accordingly reeenamendedo
It is unnecessary to slam in detail the alarm
ing
,condition of the Territory-of -Kansas at 61
time of my inauguration. The opposing parties
then stood in hostile array against each other,
and any accident might have relighted the flames
of civil war. Beside . s , al this critical moment,
Kansas was left without a governor by the resig
notion of Gov. Geary..
Op the 19111 of February. previous, the -terri
torial legislature had passed a law providing for
the election of delegates on the third Monday of
June, to a convention to meet on the first Men
dayaf September, 'for the purpose of framing a
eonstitntion preParatory to admission Into the
Union. This law wad in the main 'fair and just; .
and! it is to
-be regretted that all the qualified
electors had not registered themselves and voted
under its provisions.
At the lime of the eleCtion for delegates, an ex
tensive organization existed in the Territory,
whose avowed object iL was, if need be, topm
down the lawful government by force, and to es
tablish a government of their own tinder the so
called Topeka constitution. ' The persons attach
ed to this revolutionary organization abstained
from taking any.part lo theelection.
The act of the terriloriallegislature had omit
ted :10 provide fox submitting to the people the
constitution which might be framed by the con
vendee; and in the excited.state of rime feel
ing ihroughoin K 1111519 nn apprehension eaten.
stuely prevailed that a design existed to force
upon theme constitution in relation to slavery
against their will in this emergency IL became
my duty, as it was my unqnestionable right,
having in , view the union of all good citizens in
suppost of the territorial 111 W; to express an
opinion on the true constvuction of the provis
lonsconeerning slavery contained in the organic
act bt Congress of the Stith May, 1844, C on _
greets dechund It to bo "the true intent and mean
ing :of this act not to legislate slavery Into any
Tereitery or. *ate, nor to exclude iftherefrom,
but to leave the people thereof'perfectly free to
A largo majority of the convention were in favor of
stablishing slovery In Kmses. They accordingly
inserted an article in the Constitution for that per
po3e, similar in form to those whirh bad Imen adopted
be other territorial conventions. In the schedule,
horse% er, prot Wing for thu transition from a territo
rial to a .tote government, the question has been fair
ly and explicitly referred to the people, whether they,
will have a constitution "with or without slavery."
ft declares that, before the constitution adopted by
the con Venlinn “,hat be sent to emigres, for adenis
sien into the Union as ts. State." un election shall be
held to decide this queetion, at %Think all the white
male inhabitants of the Territory. above the age of
21 are entitled to vote. They are to vote by ballot;
and ••the ballots rag at sold election shall be 'enclor
u.,l 'Conti with slavery,' anal 'constitution with
no slaver . " If there be a majority' in favor of the
iitlit ion with slavery," then it is to bo tra
ted to Congress by the ['resident of the COnve n nti m on
iu it, original form, If, on the contrary, there shall
be u majority in toyer of the "constitnUon with no
slavery," 'then the article providing for shivery Abell
l e stricken from the constioaton by the- president of
this convention:" and kb expressly declared tiiiit'ito
slavery shall exist in the State of Kansas, except that
the right of property In Slaves, now in the Territory,
shall
. in 'no manner be Interfered with;' that
event, it is made his dozy to have the constitution
time ratified, transmitted to the Congress of the lot
ted States bar the admission of the7Siate into the
tnion.
At this election, every rinren will have an oppor- 1
really of expressing his opinion by his rote, "whether
Kansas shall be received into the Union with or with
out slavery," and thus this exciting question may be
peacefully settled in the very mode required by the
organk law. The election will be held under legit
imate authority, and if nay portion of the Inhabitants
shall reface to vote, a fair opportunity to do so hav
ing been presented, this will he their own voluntary
art, and they alone will be responsible for the range
quences.
Whether Kansas shall he a free or a slave State,
most eventually, under soma authority. be decided by
an election; and the question ran never be Merl clear
ly or distinctly presented to the people, than it is at
the present moment. Should thin opportunity be re
jected, she may he involved for years In domestic die.
cord, and possibly, in civil war, before ahem again
make up the 19111 e now so fortunately tendered, and
again roach the point she. has already attained.
Kansas has for some years occupied too much
of the public attention. It .is high' time this
should be directed to far more Important objects.
When ones admitted into .the Union, whether
with or without.slavery, the excitement beyond
her own Whits will -speedily pass away, and she
will Cheri for the first time be lea, as she ought
to have been long since, 10 manage bar own a
fairs in her own way. If Ler constitution on
the subject of slavery, or any other subject, be
displeasing to a majority of this people, no hu
man power can prevent them from changing it
within a brief period. Under these circumeau
eel, it may well bo questioned whether the peace
and quiet of the whole country-are not of greater
importance than the mere temporary triumph
of either of the potiljesi parties in Kansas.
Should the emanation without slavery be
adopted by the votes of thermjority, the rights
of property in slaves now in the Territory are
reserved. The tuttober of these is very small;
but If it were greater the provision -would be
equally just and reasonable; These 'llexes were.
brought into the territory noilerthe constitntlim
of the United States, and are now the property
of their masters.
• This point hap tit jangth be44ytually decidAl .
•
we
iby the highest judicial tribunal of the country thirteen dollars and sixty-seven cents, 568,631,-
"---ana this upon the plain principle that when a 518,137,) - which amonnt, with the balance of
Canfederacy of sovereign State s acquire a new t nineteen million' nine hundred anti one thons
territory at their joint expense, both equality end then hmtdrid and tWenty-five dollars and
and justice demand that the citizens of one and forty.five
at (19,901,325,45,) remaining in
all of thetn shall have the right to tote into it the treasury at the coMmencement of the year,
whatsoever is recognized as property by the made an aggregate for the service of the year of
common constitution.To have summarily con- eighty-eight million fore hundred and thirty-two
&mated the property in eleven already in the Command eieht hundred anti thirty nine s dollart
and twelve cents, ($88,512.)
Teitory, would hose been an act of grass, in
(Justice, and cents ars to ihe practice of the older
of the The public expenditures for the fiscal year
States Union which have abolished slavery June, 15,117, easounted to seventy
A territorial government woo established for minion eight hundred and twetay-two thousand
Utah by act of Congreoo appro•ed the 'oh Sept- seven hundred and twenty-tour dollars and
i (ember, loath and the Constitution and laws of eighty fire eents i $70,t52'2,72-I,Sts)
of whicli .l
I the United States were thereby extended over it Lye million nine hundred and forty th ree tho us- "so far as the same , or any provisions thereof, and eight hundred and ninety -six dollars anti`
1 may be applicable rids act provided far the ainety one cents , S 5 , 1 43,890,f 1 1,) were applied
appointment ly the Presideut, by and with the to the redemption of the public debt, including
I advice and consented' the Senate, of a gosertior, interest and premium, leaving in the treaanty
I who was to he ex officio superintendent oflndian ; at the commencement of the present year on the
Affairs, a Seeretary. three Judges of the Su- ; let July, 'los:, -eventeen million seven hundred
preme (ourt, a Marshal ands tiistriet Attorney and feu thousand one hundred and fourteen
Subsequent acts provided fort he appointment dollars an I twenty seven rents, (517,710 111,-
of the officers necessary to extend our land and 2: i
our Indian system over the Territory. Brigham The receipts into the treasury , for the first
Young was appointed the first governor on the quarter of the present fiscal year, commencing
20th of September, lb'), and has held the okiee ' urn J Or, 1457, were twenty million nine bun
ever since. Whilst Governor :Young'has been tired aud twenty-nine thousand eight hundred
both governor and superintendent of Indian A f and nineteen dollars and eighty-one cents,
fairs throughout this pet io,l, he has been at the I is:2o,4S') sls al ) and the estimated receipts of
mime lime the hood 01 the church called the ' the remaining three quartera to the 30th June,
Latter Day Saints, and profesees to govern its 1 1 , 3 -, b. are thirty-six millionaeven hundred and
members ,and dispose of their properly by direct ', fifty thouenvil dollars, f5. 3 f , ,i5 1 1,000,] making
inspiration and authority from the Almighty.- 1 with the balance befOre stated an aggregate of
His power has been, therefore, •ibeoluie over 1 seventy-five million three hundred and eighty
both Church and State
nine thoneand nine hundred and thirty-four
The people of Utah, almost exi lusts-say, eelung dollars and eight cents, [75,330,93.1,08,) for
to this church, and believing with a fanatical ' service 61 the present fiscal year.
spirit that hu is governor of the Territory by
The annual expendirine during the trot quarter
divine appointment, they obey his commands as ~f the present h.cel year nore iirl.rity three millions
if these were cheep. revelations from heaven.lf. , s en hundred and fourteen thourend aye hundred
therefore, he chooses that his government shall • and twenty-eight dollars and thirty-seecn cents,
come into collision with the government of Ihe (523,711,';'5 37.) of which three million eight hen-
United States, the 'lumbers of the Mormon ; dr...1 aqd meet) file thousand two hubdred and
church will yield implicit obedieece fo his will. ; thirty two dollars and thirty.nino rents, (53,511.5,-
Unfortunately, existing facts leave but little 233 L ui, ' 'ere °P ' lied t° ' he " 4m P ti°fl of the Fab
doubt that such. is his determination 'Without i lie debt, meleduigi 'ffircre't ' 'd Premien ' The Prab. s -
ails expenditures of the remaining three gnom onenteriug upon a minute history of occurrences, 1 to 30th June, 18;i5, are aRy-one milli& two bun
it is su ffi cient to say that all the officers of the deed and f a t, , g .h, thowjand firs I, un d ee d ~,,,d
United States, j udicial and executive , with the thirty dollars sal four cents (551,248,530 01) la
eingle exception of two Indian agents, hero ; eluding interest on the labile dobt, making an ag -
found it nsceseory for Cher own personal safety i gregato of seventy-four million nine hundred and
to withdraw from the Territory , and there no 1 sixty-three thousand fifty-eight dollars and forty
longer remains any government in Utah but the 1 one cents, (574,9e3,0cia 41,) leaving an estimated
despotism of Brigham 'bung.This being oh o beton, in the treason , at the chose of the pent
condition of affairs in the Territory, I could fiseal year of lour hundred and minty-six thousand
cents, (5
p r d , :re 6 irtt? five dollars and abity
not mistake the path of duty . As Chief Exec- I ' o 'g n. h en t
ulive Magistrate I was bound to restore the en- I ° The amount the subtle debt at the commence.
premacy of the constitution and laws within its me, sixths present decal 3 e ,„. we , twenty
rana
wit
/11/11)8 In order to_ effect this purpose, I ap- lionti sixty thousaqa three hundred and eighly.sic
pointed a new Governor and other federal offi- dollars end ninety tents, 1520,080,38 i es.)
sere for Utah, and eent with them a military Thu amount redtemed since the Ist of July was
force for their protection , and to aid as a poses three million eight hundred and ninety-else thous
conneres, in case of need, in the execution of and two handrail and thirty-two dollars and 2 thirty_
flee cents, I $ 1,59.,33 ;lel—leaving a lialanee un
the laws.• „ .
redeemed at Lut.4 11M0 of twenty- fi ve Million are'
With the religious opinions of the Mormons
' red and sexte tire thousand one hundred and
as long as they remained mere opinions, bower-
hund fits-four dollars and fifty one recta, ($25,165,-
er deplorable In themselves and revolting to the moral and religious sentiments of all Christen- it , t
,1t
amount aq u atated expenditures for the re
does, I had no right to interfere - Actions tdone, mewing three rters of the present fiscal year
when in violation of the constitution and laws will, in all probability, Le increased from the mums o
of the United States, become the legitimate set forth in the report of the Secretary. His swam
subjects for the jurisdiction of the civil magic- Hon, therefore, that authority should.--ho given to
trate My instructions to Governor Cumming supply any temporary deficiency by the issue of a
limited amount of treasury notte,,is approved, and r
have therefore been framed in strict accordance
with these principles .11 their date a hope was "e,e,vditilgtila vnemreendoribteollit`eLec%;Tehlefatlitr
indulged that no necessity might exlit for em- '''
of March a, 1837, has p been in operation r ? r or so short
playing the military in restoring and maintain- e period of time, and under circumstance+ eo unfit,-
mg the authority of the. law; but this hope has arab le lo a twit slot elopment of its resorts as a rase
now vanished . (toy . Young has by proclania- nne measure, that I "'lonia reard it aS Inexpedient,
Goo, declared his determination to maintain his at iced for the pre.ent, to un it e rtelie its revision.
power by force, and has already committed acts ' 1 transmit herewith the reports models me by the
of hostility against the United st a t es _ ; szecreteriet uf War nail of the Navy, of the Interior
Unless he should retrace his elope the Territory ; and .1 its Postai. ites tienend. They all contain
yalnuble and important information and suggestions
of Utah will les in a state of open rebellion. Ile
has eommitted these arts of hostility notwith- which I "'mewed to the f°vervide eiluideveil°i° of.
standing Major ran Pliet an officer of the Congress
1 lints already ree laillA naed the termer of four
army, sent to l tab by the (smium:ALT general i n a ttatono; r , 0 . 0e0t ,. ; end the „ poet
,„ r „,. stt .,
to purchase provisions for the troops, had given „I'M Sr preents strong reasons proving this increase
Lim the etrongest assurances of the peaceful in- I ot the army, under ...tang rarcumstences, to bit ins
tentiotts of the go ernment, and that the troops I dbpen.eblis
would only be employed as a 1.,, , , r‘oraatz ft, ' I would roll the peri.al at t eotloa ot Congress to
when called on by the 'it'll nut b,„ sy h a 0-,1 ~,1 the recommendation id the Secretary the Naryin
the execution of the laws , favor et the construction of f ten small of
war thumpers
draught Fier , attie yearstho Govsnintent• •
There It tel... 1. , belies that t, .t. 1 ~,11,,, , 1,.. long .... I ',. 1 ti g ht
to:ea/nom to hire each -
kraplat,•d the result . Ile knows that the i outinuarire of I "‘“ be '''' "I'P‘i n '' 'T''''" , '
his de-putt: power b-irate upon the excl.. ii, et 01 a ttinrs , staanier• from indli ideals to supply its or armed
from the t ml• y exsept Moss she will thanowledeie be , I wants At the present me we
have no armed
divine tra.unon and implicitly obey Ins trill. and that au I i easel in the Nary which can penetrate the mere ol
anitithlt ued public opinion them would .... proatnits in
China We hav e but few which can enter any of the
etitntions at war s.ath Goth the laws of bled and nun 11,
ham, tberehire, for several years , in order to maintain his Loners math of Norfolk, although many millions of
independence, been industriously eruptcqed to soll,lisa,l foreign and domestic commerce annually-pass in and
and Libritanur. arms and mu ra l tone of war, end theraplhe out of these harbors. Some of our most valuable in
let tho Mormon, for military sere are. Is heperinteadent
!erect: and must s itinerate. points ere ante left oft ex-
Winn Affairs lie has had en opportunity et tampering ,
ti ad This class of yes els nil tight drought,neat ,
with the India u wit.. slid er,Ung their hostile feelings • '''' • ', , . - , 1
agairrit the Urdted State, This, eneordlng to our Infor speed anal beery guns. would be formidable in coast
19/1111, ho has sccompliatud In r eg ard to sonic of the.ei defence. The Cost of their constrnetron will not be
Irtbsv, oldie others hose ...tied Iron to 'hen ollegtaia•-ei great, and they will require lint a comparatively
slid have communicated lila intrigues to our Indian Agents of p
Mano
lle has la small expenditure to keep them
cin commission. In
id nor rorismas fat three ran. which
time of peace they will prove as effective as mob
i pre of nocestity, as he Wormed Major ion Plant , he will
cu sae
“ui then cake to the Mountains and Lid Inlay's larger vessels, and often more useful. One of them' ,
b. all the powers of the government should be at every enamel, nhore we tosintain:Oese.r
A groat part of all this may be idle I , stati.r. 1.1 Jet 0 . 1 squadron, and three or form should to emistattly on '
aim g" ererm e r trill U t hn, .r.U..usu h° effort. whic h our Atlantie and Paeifie roasts_ Ze s eei o Y;nellityluid '
may be Inspired by emit phrensted fanatielsm as exists
efficiency combine to recommend them as 'ramekin
among the siormoasin Mato Musts tite feat rebellion
alai, le by es,sted in onr Territories and humanity 1t5..11 dispensable. Tin of these small vessels would hoof 1-
neseireei that we should you it down to e ra h • trutuncr that haettlettlldde inks/gage to the naval service, . nth . ,'
it oltallt , e rho last. To trine with IL would be to 'Aro., whole cost of their construction would nut mewed '
ere at anal render 'I mere r 'reii"w” We "eei" '" e" two million thr hundre d th -d d Itar ot -
tiler. with su.L au trapping foree ea le eouNIIICe. Ws do- .„,,„ „
..„, ee °ft-a n ' I , -- -
laded peopl e that realstanca. avoid Le In waist, and anis , "-- ,,, D •-•-...- - ' • t
epees Me rapt. a of blood. We eau in this manner tea The report of tLe Secaetery _of the Interlei ,
coy, auto theta that wi. ve their friends, not their uni cal. 15 worthy of grave consideration. it treats of --•
1 In order ea acroropli.b this olJeet It will be nerxersar,, at
cording to the estimate of the liar Departutent, . raver the numerous, important and diverttieti brtute`h•• ,
foot additional n.eitnents ; and this I ...nutty ncommeno es of domestic administration iutrusted to hint' 1
to Congress At thopresont moment f.or depress.° In the
thesethe most prominent
ceramics cid,. country lam sorry to bo obliged to rive., by law.• Among - are:,:-;
or
c0.p.,.....i.
.b.
hi
may,,.
etmpeeheeg
the
Itteerree.,
dthigett7blic lands and our relations with , the Iti- „
mend meth • measure, but I feel confident of the support
Poo and le msfentse eest Melereinine Itiv .tayorvidntS ••r Our system for the disposal of the pall
the constitution and laws orar the Territory of I • van
I recommend to Congress the establishment of
a lerritortal government over Arizona, incorp
rating with it such portions of New Mexico as mode,originating withlhe fathers of the re- ,
blie, has been impro — ved as experience
Id the way, and gradually adapted to the growth
and settlem ent
thof
worked
weaken . States and Ter-, ~
they may deem expedient . I need scarcely ad- ready ell in practice. Al-"S
duce arguments in support of this recommends- ready thsr . feen aB Statesnn w d seven Territorieshave
lion. We are bound to protect the lives and been carved out of these lands and still more
property of our citizens inhabiting Arizona, and than a thousand Shoe of acres ' remain unsold,
these are now without efficient protection,— What a boundles s m
prospect thin presents to qur
Their present number is already considerable, country of full power
and he rapidly increasing, notwithetanding the lVe . e heretofore "d
e disposed of 363,8G2,401 -,
dieadeatitages under which they labor. Besides,
-- A
public land
the proposed Territory is believed to be rich in acres of the p publie Inds as a source of revenue
mineral and agricultural resources, especially in D'hilet the -
axe of great importance, their importance is far
silver and capper . The mails of the United . .
treater as furnish ing - homes fora hardy and in-
States to California are now carried over it ' dependent race of hottest and i n d u stri v ous till-
throughout its whole extent, and this route is
rens, Who desire to subdue and cultivate the Seib '
known to be the nearest, and believed to he the They ought to be administered mainly with a •
best to the Parific
view of promoting this SP/30 tint! benevoleim pol- .
Long experience has deeply conaioced me that iey. To appropriating them for any o th er par- '
I strict construction of the powers granted to pose, we ought to use even greater economy then
Congress is the only true, as well as the only if they had been converted into money and ttte
safe, theory of the constitution Whilst 'this P roceeds were already in the obi'
principle shall guide my public conduct, I eon- To ceder away this richest an w il ( a r :blest rn- -
eider it clear that under the war -making power be 't
- ce which any people have ever enjoyed
Congress may appropriate money for the con- u p o n o bjectsof doubtful constitutionalit Cres t struction of a military road through the Territo- d* nc would Le to viola u t t e e sine of peop le
ries of the United States, when this is absolutely r at e i o e tta itt tr „, 0
necessary for the defence of any of the atale2 i „lfilst Ido not deep c aim '
d to
any
uy to Congress the power,
against foreign invasion The constituti n has when acting 6.na ede as a proprietor, to give
conferred upon Congress power to ‘declar r,' away portions of them for the purpose of ut
'to raise and support armies,' provide nd
value of the remainder, yet, con-
maintain a navy," and to call forth the militia to
~1 / 4
enng the great temptation lo abuse this pow- • '
.c i r d easing th e'
'repel invasions.' These high foreign powers ' er we cannot be too cautions in its exercise.
necessarily involve important and resp)nsibe Actual settlers under existing laws are pro- '
public duties, and among them there is none so
.Salted against other purchas e r s at the public
sacreel s end so imperative as that of preserving Sales, in their right of P pretoptio to the ex.- 1 ,
'our, soil from the invasion of a foreign enemy tent of a quarter-section, on 160 Acres of lead. .
The constitution has therefore, left nothing on The remainder nifty then be disposed of at
ettis point to construction, but expre,sely requires public or entered at prigitle sale in - unlimited
that "the United States shall protect each of quantities s 's \
=them_ [the States] against invasion." Now, if a _
Speculation has 61 late gee). Invaded to a great
mijitary road over our own Territories be indis exZent in the public lands.'s,' 44 'The coneequeoce tree
,yeatiably necessary to enable 119 to meet end re- been that large portions orfleta have become the
pet the 'evader, it follows as a necessary cense- property of individuals and eimpanies, end thee the ,
quence not only that we possess the power, but price I. greatly enhanced to !hops rt e
to to par- ' t
it is our imperativ e duty to construct such a chase fee actual tettlement. r;Tir order to limit the
road. It would be anwbaunlity to invest a goy- area of speculation as much res-poesible, theattlues
duct
eminent with unlimiteii power-tie-Mike and con- Son of the Indian title and the exteneion of the pub
war, and , rikothe same lime deny to it only his surveys aught only to keep
. °bee
with
the
tide
Of
mulgratton.
the means of rett6fiing and defeating the enemy s: .
at the ronter, Without such a frond it's quite If Congrese should hereafter want alternate see- , g
evident we car ,.
California and our aeons to Statea ur companin, al,they have dot:ashen, arj,
tofore, I recommend that the iffiennediate sections - '
Pacific -possessions "against invasion." We retained by the government should be subject to pre-
cannot by any other means transport men and emption by actual settlers_
munitions of war from the Atlantic State+ in It ought ever to Le our cardinal policy to reserve
sufficient time successfully to'defend those re the public Janda as much as may be for atunal set- S , 7
mote and distant portions of the republic tier; and this at moderate prices. Worthen thus cot . t
Uiperience has proved that the routes lICRII. , the only best promote the prosperity of the new States
Isthmus efiCentral America are at best but a s cry snit Territories, and the power of the Union, bat
uncertain and unreliable mode of rummunication. shlll secure homes for our posterity for many weer-
But even IF this were not the rase. they would at once anee°
be closed against us In the event of war with a besot The extension of our limits has brought within
power so much stropeer than our OWL, as to enable it l
our Jurisdiction many additional and Populous Woo . to t° b l oc ked. the Pert , at either end of these route*. of iudiae " lar g e l'"Pein" of 'bid' are wild, en-
After all, thereforeswe can only rely upon a military tractable, and diffieult to control. Predatory and *
Mal through uneaten territories; and ever since the warlike is their disposition and habit., it isle:want
on& of the gehnitenent. Coagresa has beet, in the tile altogether to restrain them from committing ag
practice of apinapriatlng money from the iiehlis greesion2 on each other, as well llf open oar frontier
treasury for t hW ' construction of such roads • citizens and thoso emigrating to our distant States 1
The difficulties and the expense of constructive' a and Territories. Ilence expensive.military expedi ...
military rail road to connect our Atlantic and Pacific, ti°l " are frequently necessary
to overawe
anti
chit
States, hare been greatly exaggerated. The des- tire the more lawless and hostile. '
time* 00 the Arizona route near the 32d parallel of The present system of makLog them valttable pros
north limited°, between the western boundary or ears , to influence them toremeln at peace burred
Tents on the Rio Grande and the eastern boundary meifeeleiel-• It le believed to be th e better Pe y te
-
of California on the Colorado, from the best explore- colonize them in suitable loealitlest, where they ean
Bons now within our knowledge, does not exceed receive the nidiments of education, dad be gradually
„, .'
four hundred and seventy miles, and the face of the Induce," to adopt habits of Indust:v.Se as ex- - ;
country Is, in the main, favorable. For obvious roe_ P eri reenr b." halo tried it bas worked .
we ld lllll Pre& -:'
eons the government ought not to undertake the lice, and it will doubtlessprove to be less expansive
work itself by means slits own agents. This ought than the present system. -P
might assiskeither by granta of land or money, or
to be committed to other agencies, which Congrese The whole number of 'edema within orir_serri_ M-
vial limit), is believed to be, from the best data fa the
both, upon such terse. and condition. as they may Interior departffient, about 325,000. -
deora most beneficial fur the country. Proldolon Tie tribes of Chsrokees, CU.... , Cb°k """ ant
might thus be made not only frt. the safe, rapid, and Cretks, settled In the territory aft spa. fn theta west er
Arkansas are rapidly ed r atictial l e" . '"'" . sud il , ell rbe
economical transportation of troop, and munitions of et i t;e r e 4 tittettett . 0 , 1 e ee tte ,,,,,menha n d ire day a dpu. '
war, Lat also of the public mails. The commercial (beeves-obis mticlpation
mot
st no very dLitent.day they
Interests of the whole country, both East and Wen, will ha Incorporated he m
the rure l lltan ...of ilettllOVerefe _
would be greatly ptomoted by such a road; and, Mat..
abase all, It would be a powerful additions] band of , wilt to secure,. the leportanf thaPostm viranerst ',
1.21 trio P t Oth.D.partonent still continues to di d _ ' -
union. And although advantages of this kind, who- the 't on, ea it lass been compelled to do far meat '
then postal, eonimerelal, or political, cannot confer years tam at ea leffiedent Penton of the means ffianstehre, ... - , s
ronstltotional power, yet they may furnish auxiliary log son eatendigs nereratlone.. Their nqdd grdifti mall i.," °* ; 1
, arguments la favor of expediting a work which , in ee,, ... re''', o " ,q ` ,.„, " 7„,iL a „,t o e r,,,, wel ,,etetet , , ,, etit of ih ,...,.. „0 - nesti• , '
Imy Judgment, is ctearly embraced within the war- :,'„'"in, -- ree'ye a r Isffi b i ti,:i - y e e ",,,M °— ',, ~e l e , ?2, De II
making power.
vela, in it. 30.11,177; In 1.047 15,14 th Lila 1847theyniunt . i
For these Maar. I commend to the friendly eon- her '.. P - . ASC - In thle Jeer ii . Z . Politt Office' have beta estate r
aideration of Conk:remit the subject oi the Pacific nil ,/ged , 0tt . 11 . 784 dircootioni 4, leering a sat Imams of Icds..
mad, without finally committing myself to any Pal- d e nt " 9 Y ra of '''' °ilk ' are e l'P eiut ed b Y the Ps "' ! s
tinder route.
- lbw length or teot roads in LOST was 14,..1:,15' reflex, fa
The re2ort of the Secretary of the Treasury 1834141,2 m man. in 1 1 , 47,11•4115 natter: andlnth• year
will furnish a detailed statement of fits condi- /8 • 57 tobero eau 241, c0l uidiei of Peet road, taeladhig .4530
rnialroad,oa ntach the mars are treasuorted.
feeneelive The upeitoiturewor m ka nil caul
tion el the public finances and of t he
branches of the public service, devolved upon oanite oo the nathJons, e lB3 .es wllestod ny thoan&tva
that
deportment
of
the government, By I kis ;U: ri 01111:ej
~..,t o t
h t 1167 I C . 4) To defray tbais t ..._a_ast!
report it aPp43831 that that the = cunt Of rave -. 1956, tbe eura ot tsseitAlietiee I ' i:rc e'' :e l 1 o h fre sesir ef' de ef'
ease received front all sources Into thifeausu ry otanice the 000 00 l - 11 °...... ro, tt.aoottoototioordPe•
di:mi .,. the fiscal
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