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The .President's. Message.
JuaaaQatias
FrOra the President of the United States to both
Houses of Congress. at the First Session of the
2.2 d Congress, delivered on Tuesday last:
Fellow-Citizens of the Senate
:;
- and - House of Representatives
The representation of the people has been re
newed for the twonty.socond Limo since the con
stitution they formed has been in force. For near
half a century, the chief magistrates, who have
been successively chosen have made their annual
communications of the state of the nation to its
representatives. Conerally, these cominunica
tiona have been of the most gratifying nature, tits
tilting an advance in all the improvements of so.
cial, and all the securities of political life. But
frequently,lnd justly, as you have been called on
to be grateful for the bounties of Providence, at
firw periods have they been more abundantly or
extensively bestowed than at the present; rarely,
Weyer, have we had greater reason to congratu
hte each other on the continued and increasing
prosperity of our beloved couptry.
Agriculture, the first and most important occu
pation annul, has compensated the labors of, the
husbandman with plentiful crops of all the varied
froducte of our-extensive country. -Manuflictures
have been established, in which the funds of the
capitalist find a profitable investment, and which
'vet employment arid sid,a,teoec to a numerous
and increasing body 01 industrious and dexterous
mechanics. The laborer is rewarded by high
wages, in the construction of works of mternul
improvement, which are extending with•unproco.
dented rapidity. Science is steadily penetrating
the recessei of nature and disclosing her secrets,
while the ingenuity of free minds is subjecting
the elements to the power ut man, and snaking
each new conquest auxiliary to his comfort. By I
out mails, whose speed is rPgUlarly increased,and
and whose routes are every year extended, the
communication of public intelligence and private
business is wudered frequent and safb—the inter.
((burs°. betweed4ilpiat cities, which it.lbrmerly
required weeks to acicomplish, is now effected in
afew days; and in the construction of rail-roa •
end the application - of steam power, we have a
treasonable urospect that the extreme parts of our
*Ciuntry will be so much approximated, and- those
imst isolated by the obstacles of nature, rendered
a t ouccrnisible as to remove an apprehension some.
titniiiiotertained,Aliat the great extent of the U.
oion*buld endanger its permanent existence.
If, t'Oin the satisfactory view of our agriculture,
manufactures and internal improvements, we turn
Laths sips*" our navigation and trade with fur.
sign ruitionli'.,aud - between the States, we shall
scarcely aid less cause for gratulation. A bene
ficent PCPViIIOEICO has provided, for their exorcise
and encopragement, an extensive coast indented
by capachnis bays, noble rivers, inland seas, with
a country prodnctive of every material for ship
building; and every commodity for gainful corn_
mercy, and filled with a ptipulation, active, intals
ligent, well informed, and fearless of danger.—
These advantages are nut neglected; and an im.
pulse has lately been given to commercial enter-
P •
rise which fills our ship yards with new con.
atructions, encourages all the anti and branches
of industry connected with them, crowds the
wharves of our cities with vessels, and covers the
sliest distant seas with our canvass.
Let us he grateful for these blessings to the be.
neticent Beim , b who has conferred them, and who
coffers us to indulge a reasonable hope oftheir con
tinuance and extension, while we neglect not the
means by which they may be preserved. If we
rimy dare to judge of His future designs by the
manner in which his past favors have been be
stowed, ho has made our national prosperity to
depend on the preservation of our liberties—our
national force on our tbderal union—and our in
dividual happiness on the maintenance of our
State rights and wise institutions. If we are pros
kierous at home, and respected abroad, it is be
cause we aro free, united, industrious and obedi
ent to the laws. While we continue so, we shall,
by.the blessing of !forwent - go on in the happy ca.
seer wo have begun, and whiCh as brought us,
in the short period of our politipuLexistence, fl . Olll
o 'illation of three to thirteen millions—frow
thirteen 'opera u o onus - • tad
States—ifourweakness-to strength—from-a-rur
--acarcelymarkea in the scale of Nations to a.:high
.n the ir
prAcei respect
The last Ha - vantage is one thtit lifts resulted, ins
a groat degree, fronillie grinciples which have
juided our intercourse with Foreign Powers,
"ince 'we have assumed an equal station among
thorn: and hence, the annual account which the
in which that brunch of lii.i duties have been ful
filled, proves instructive and salutary.
The pacific and wise policy ofourGoverninent
.kept os in a state of neutrality during the wars
that have, at different periods since our political
existence, been carried on by other powers : but
this policy while it gave activity and extent to our
commerce, exposed it in the same proportion to
injuries from belligerent nations. Hence have a
risen delimit:if indemnity for those injuries. Eng
land, France, Spain, Holland, Sweden, Denmark,
Naples, and lately . Portugal, had all in a greater
or less degree intringed our neutral rights. De
mends' for reparation were made upon all: They
have bad in all, and Continue to have in some oa
ses, a leading influence on the nature of our rela
tions with the powers on whom they are made.
Of the claims upon England it is unnecessary
•lo speak, further then to say, that the state of
things to which - their prosecution and denial ave
sise, has bait succeeded by arresgeineets,WX
duedire of mutual good feeling and amicableriela-
Cons between the two countries, which it is hoped
Lenif not be interrupted. Ono of these arrange
ts is that relating 'to the colonial trade, which
communicated to Congress at the last session;
and although the short period during whrelt it has
been in game will not enable use to form an seed: -
tote fudgment.of its operation, there is every rea
son to believe that it will prove highly bebeficlal.
The tradetherebv authorized has employed, to the
30th September Zest, upwards of 30,000 toils of A
mericen, and 10,000 tons of Foreign vitipping in
the outward voyages; and; in the inward, nearly
snivel amount' of American, and 20,000 only of
foretgn tonnage. Advantages, too, have resulted
%o our agricultural interests tibia the state of the
trade between Canada and our Territories and
Moles bordering on the St. La w relics and the
lakesaltich may prove more Oran eqpivident to
the loss sustained by the - diserlintitatiliff pilule to
favor the trade of the Noithern celonies with the ;
I West Indiell, . .
, Alter our transition from the state of co
lonlue to ;Ina of nn independent nation, ma
ny points were round necossary tope settled
between Ats and .th Us itailL .i\ntojnf them,
were the demereAtion Of boundaries; nOt'4l, l
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Whole Number, 86.
Ity of Peace. • Some of the lines that divide
(the States and Territories of The IT. S. from
the British Provinces, have been definitive.
ly fixed. That, s however, which separates
us . from thirPriVinces of Cariada `and New
Brunswick to the North & the East,vyaii
in dispute when I came into office. Wit '1
found arrangements - made for-its settlement,
over which I had no control. The com
missioners who had been appointed under
the provisions of the Treaty of Ghent, hav
ing been unable to agree, a convention was
made 'with Vreat Britain by my immediate
predecessor in office, with 'the advice and
consent of the Senate, by which it was a
greed "that the points of difference which
have arisen in the settlement of the bounda
ry line between the American and British
dominions, as described in the sth Article
of the Treaty of Ghent, shall be referred as
therein kovided, to sorte friendly sovereign
or state, who shall be invited to investigate
and inak'e a decision upon such points of dif
ference:'' and the King of the Netherlands
having, by the
,late President iiial his Bri
tannic Majesty, been designated as such I
friendly sovereign, it liecaine illy-duty- to
carry, with good litith, the agreement so
To_this_endkcauseil_
all the measures to be taken which were
no
ccssary to a full exposition of our case to
the Sovereign Arbiter; and nominated a Mi
nister Plenipotentiary to hiS court, a distin
guished citizen of the State n interested
in the question, and who haNteen one of
the agents previously employed for settling
the controversy. On the 10th day of Jan
uary last, His Majesty the King of the Ne
therlands, delivered to the Plenipotentiaries
of the U. States, and ofG. Britain, tiis writ
ten opinion on the case referred to him.—
The papers in relation to the subject, will
ire communicated, by a special messenger,
to the proper brand . ; of the Government,
with the perfect Confidence that its wisdom
will adopt such measures as will secure an
amicable settlement of the controversy,
without infringing any constitution right of
the States immediately interested.
Itaffords me satisfaction to inform you
that suggestions, made by my direction, to
the Charge d'Affaires of His Britannic . Ma
jesty, to this Government, have had their
desired effect in producing the release of
certain American citizens, who were impri
soned for setting up the authority of the
State of Maine, at a place in the disputed
Territory under the actual jurisdiction of
His B - ritannic Majesty. Fronithis, and thel
assurances I have received, of the desire of
the local authorities - to avoid any cause of
collision, I have the best hopes that a good
understandin4 will btokillPt up until it is con
firmed by the final disposition of the subject:
The amicable relatinns which now sub
sist between the United States . and Great
Britain, the increasing intercourse befween
their citizens, and the rapid obliteration of
•, unfriendly prejudices to which former events
naturally gave rise---concurred to presept
this us a fit period for renewing our endea
vors to provide against the recurrence of
causes of irritation, which, in the event of
war between Great Britain and any other
power, would inevitably endanger our peace.
Animated by Cie sincerest desire to avoid
such a state 'of things, add peacefully secure'
under all possible circumstances, the rights
arid honor of' the country, I have given such
he Slinister lately sent to ilre
Court of London, as will evince that desire;
and if met by' a correspondent disposition,
ivtiicli we -cannot doirbt,..4l put an end to
causes of collision, which, without advan
tage to either, tend to 'estrange from each
other, two, nations who have every motive
of duly 'Ram but an inter-
instructions to
course of the most amicable nature.
In my Message at the opening of the fast
Session of Congress, I expressed a confident
hope that the justice of our claims upon
France, urged as they were with persever
ance and signal ability by our Minister there
would finally be acknowledged. This hope
has been realized. A Treaty hati been sign
ed which will immediately be laid before
the Senate for probation; and which
containing stipula that require -Legisla
tive acts, must have the concurrence of both
houses before it 'can be carried into effect.
By it, the French: Govemmont enga,ge", to
pay a sum 1y.i4,11, if not quite equal to that
which may biilbund• due to our citizens, will
-yet, it is believed, under all circnmstanceri;
be deenied satisfactory by those interested.
The offer of a gross sum, instead of the sit.
isfaction of . each , individual claim, was ac- .
cepted, because the only altertnitiles were a
rigorous exaction of the whole, amount sta
ted to be due on each claim, which might,
in some instances, be exaggerated by design
in others overrated, through error, and
which therefore it would have been both un
gracious and unjust to have insisted on; or a
settlement by a mixed commission, to whic h- 'the French negotiators were very averse,
and which experience in other cases had
shown to be dilatory, and often wholly inad
equate to the end. A comparatively small
sum is stipulated on l our part, to go to the
extinction of all claims by .Frencli citizens
• mon! Government.: and- a reduction: of du
onr Cotton and their haa been
agreed on;;as a consideration Ter the renun
ciation of- an important claim -for eemmer
, cial privileges; adder- the construotioit.tbey
gave to the Treaty for the cessiitsraf Zion-
M
Should this Treaty , receive -the. proper
sanction, .a source of irritation will be stop:
ped, that has for so many years, in some
degree alienated.from eacliother tweins
whoiroin interest well as the `l•emem
brar4et early iifooeititions, omglitto cherish
.the most friendly , relatiims,—an encourage
menewill be- given-for-perseverance in-the
demands of justice, by this new proof, that,
if steadily pursued, they will be listened to
—and admonition will be oared to those
Powers, if any, which may be inclined. Co
evade them, that they will never be aband
oned. Above all, a just confidence will be
inspired ,mir fellow citizens, that their
Government will exert all the powers with
which they have invested it, in support of
their just claims upon Foreign nations; at
the same time hat the frank acknowledg 7
merit and provisibn fin• the payment of those
which were addressed-hour equity, altho'
unsupported by legal proof, alliirds a practi
cal illustration of our submission to the di
vine rule of doing to others what we desire
they siirtdd do unto us.
Sweden and Denmark having made com
pensation Abr. the - liiTegularities committed
bv their vessels, or in titbitports, to the per
fect satisfaction of 'die parties concerned•
and having renewed the Treutes of coin
merce entered into with them, our political
and commercial relations with those Powers
continue on the most friendly tooting. -
With Spatfi, our diftilrenees up to the 22d
of February 0.81 9, were settled by the Trea t .
ty of Washington of that date: but at a sub
sequent perio;7,mir commerce with the States
6ffmeriv Colon ies of Spain; on the continent
of America, was annoyed wid fiequently
interrupted by her publid mid private armed
ships. They captured many of our vessels
prosecuting a lawful commerce, and sold
them and their cargoes; and at one time, to
oar demands for restoration an,i indemnity,
opposed the allegation, that they were taken
in the violation of a blockade of all the ports
of those States. This bloCkade was declu
tory Only, and the inadequacy of the force
to maintain it, was so manifest, that this
allegation was varied to a charge of trade
in contraband of war. This, in its turn,
was also found untenable; and the Minister
whom I :writ with instructions to press for
the reparation that was due to our injured.
fellow citizens, has transmitted an answer
to his demand, by which the captures are
declared to have been legal, and are justified
because the independence of the States of
America never having been acknowledged
by spain, she had a right to prohibit trade
with them under her old colonial laws. This
ground of defence was contradictory, not
only to those which had formerly alleged,
but to the uniform practice and established
laws of nations; and had been aba:aloned by
Spain herself in the convention which gran
ted indemnity to British subjects for captures I
made at the same time, under the same cir
cumstances, and for the same afitgations
with those of which we complain.
I however indulge the hope that further
reflection will lead to other views.' and feel
confident that when His Catholic Majesty
shall be conVinced of the justice, of the 'claim
his desire to preserve friendly relations be
tween the two countries, which it is my
earnest endeavor to maintain; will induce
him to accede our demand. I have there
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fore despatche a special messenger with
inStructions - te our Minister to .liring the
case once more to his consideration; -to-the,-
end that ii; which - _ . I cannot bring myself to
- :believe;:the7same - dscisiow that cannot-but
be deemed an unfriendly denial of justice,
should be persisted in, the matter may, be
fore your adjournment, be laid before you,
the constitutional 'irdires -- of what is. to r
to be done when negotiation for redress ° of
injury fails.
The conclusion of a Treaty for indemni
ty with France seemed to present a• favora
ble opportunity to renew our claims of a
similar nature on other powers; and partic
ularly in the case of those upon Naples,
more especially, as in the course of former
negotiations with that power, our failure
induce France to render us justice,
was used
as an argument against us. The desires of
the merchants who were the principal suf
ferers have therefore been acceded to, and
a mission. has been instituted for the special
purpose of obtaining for them a reparation
already to long , delayed. This . ; measure
having bedwreSolved onf, it jtvas exe
rcuti(in waiting for the meeting of Congress,
heeause the state of Europe created an spy
prehension of events that might have rem
dered our application ineffectual. -
Our demands upon tht Goverrunent of
the Two Sicilies at e. of a peculiar nature:
'The injuries on wkich they are founded are
net denied, nor are the atrocity and_ perfidy
under which those injuries were perpetra
ted attempted to be - extenuated. The sole
ground on which indemnity hafbeen refirsed
is the alleged - illegality of the tenure by
which the monarch, who made the seizures
hold his crown. This defence, always un
founded in any principle of ihe.lauf of
,na
tions--now. universally abandoned , Bien by
powersbtliose .. upon when] the responsibility
for acts of past rulers bore the most heavily,
will unquestionably besiven up - by Hid Si
6ilian Majesty; whose camisole will i ece fie
tut impulse from that hightiense - of 'honor.
And regtra cirjusticq whieliarestiid to char•
idolize him ;. and I feel the thlhset confi
dence. 'that th; ,tatents 00140 cirm,
missioned for that purposwill place be'fOre
him the just claims of injured citizena,
in such a light as will enable me, before
your adjournment, to announce that, they
.have Keen adjusted and secured. Preciieitk %
structkins, to the effect tk*bringino the ne
gotiation to a speedy issue, have been given
and will be obeyed.
' In the late blockade of Terceira, some of
the Portuguese fleet captured several of our
vessels and committed other excesses for
Which reparation was demanded; and I was
on the point of despatching an armed- force,
to prevent any recurrence of a similar vio
lence and protect our• h citizens in the prose
cution of, their lawful commerce, when offi
cial assurances on which I relied, made the
sailing of the ships unnecessary. Since that
period frequent prprnises have been. made
that full indemnity shall he given for the
injuries inflicted and the losses sustained. In
the performance there has been some, per
haps unavoidable, delay;' but I have the full
est' confidence that my earnest desire that
this - business may at once be closed, which
our Minister has been instructed strongly to
_express, „will.very.soon be gratified. I.lave
the better ground for this . hope, from the
evidence . ofa disiosition which that
Government has shewn by an actual reduc
tion in the duty on rice, the produce of our
Southern States, authorising the anticipation
that this important article' of our export will
soon be admitted on the same footing with
that produced by the most favored nation.
With the otherkfioners of Europe, we
have fortunately had no cause of discussions
for the redress of injuries. With the Em
pire of the Russias, our political connexion
is of the most friendly, and our commercial
of the most liberal kind. We enjoy the ad \
vantages of navigation and trade, given to
the most favored notion : but it has not yet
suited their policy, or perhaps has not been
found convenient from other considerations,
to give stabilitygand reciprocity to those
privileges, by a commercial Treaty. The
ill'health of the Minister hist year charged
with making a proposition for that arrange
ment, did not permit him to remain at St.
Petersburgh; and the attention of that Gov=-
ernment, during the whole of the period
since his departure, having been occupied
by the war in which it was engaged, we
have been assured that nothing could have
been effected by his presence. A Minister
will soon be nominated, as well to effect
this important object, as to keel) up Ole rela
tions of amity and good undpirstandii f ig of
which we have received so'many aseurances
and proofs from His Imperiat, Majesty and
the Emperor his predecessor:
The Treaty with Austrir is opening to
us an important trade with!the hereditary
dominions of the Emperor, the value of
which has been hitherto little known, and
of course not sufficiently; appreciated.--
While our commence finds an c •ce in
to the South of Germany by means .f this
Treaty, those we have formed with the
Hanseatic Towns-and-Prussia, and others,
now in negotiation, will open that vast coun
try to the enterprising of our merchants on
the North; a country abounding in all the
materials 'for a mutually beneficial corn
merce, filled with enlightened and industri
ous inhabitants, holding an important place
in the polities - of - Europe, and to which we
owe so.many valuable citizens. The rati
fication of the Treaty with the Porte was
sent to be exchanged -by the gentleman t.ti
pointed our Charm d'Affaires to that Court.
Soule difficulties occurred' on dos arrtuatft
but the at date of his last official despalch,he
(~supposed they had been obviated, attg 'that
there was every prospect of the exchange
heirs s ieedit effected.
This finishes the connected view I have
thought it proper to give of our political
and commercial relations in Europe. Ev
ery ell:eft in my power will be continued to
strengthen and extend theni by Treaties
founded on principle of the most perfect -re
ciprocity of interest, neither askingnor con
ceding any exclusive advantage, but libera
ting as far as it lies in my power the activ
ity and industry of our fellow citizens from
the shackles which foreign restrictions may
impose.
To China-and the East Tribes, our corn . -
merce continues in its usual extent and with
increased facilities, which the credit and
capital of our
. merr.hants-afford, by substifu
tinebllwforfayments in specie. A daring
outrage j haVing been committed in those
seas brthe plunder, of one of our merchant.
men engaged in the pepper trade at a port
in Sumatra, , and 'the piratical perpetrators
belonging to tribes in such a state of society,
that the usual Course of proceedings between
civilized nations could not' be pursued, I.
forthwith despatched a Frigate with orders
to require immediate satisfaction for the in
jitry, and indemnity to the sufferers.
Few ehanges have
,taken place in our con
nexions with the independent States of . A
merica since my last communication to Con
gress. The ratification of a Coprnercial
Treaty with,the United Republies of Mexico
has been for Some tiro ' underdeliberation
in their' Congress,. but was still undecided at,
the date of , our last despittehes. ',The un
happy civil. commotions that hake prevailed
there; - were undoubtedly tide cause of the. de
laY; ,but as the goverment is now said to
be titquilized, we , hope tote) to receive tlie
ratification nf tbo Treaty, arid an arrange:
fttr ih‘; m areat ion of Op . houniiarks
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between us. - Inlhe 'mean tillitratiltrifxm—
tant trade has been opened, with. mutuht
benefit, from Wit. Louis in the State of Mis
souri, by caravans, to the interior provinces
lof Mexico. This commerce is protected in,
I its progress through the Indian countriesby
the troops of the. United States, which haws
been permitted to escort the eamvans, -be
yond our boundaries to the settled part' or .
the Mexican territory.
From Central America I have received
assurances of the most friendly kind, and a
giutifying application for our good offices to •
remove -a supposed indisposition towards
that Government in a neighboring State:
this application was immediately- -and suc
cessfully complied with. They gave us al-
so the pleasing intelligence that differences
which had pVevailed in their-internal a , ire
had been peaceably adjusted. Our Treaty
with this Republic continues to be faithfully
observed and prothises a great and beneficial
commerce between the two countries: • a
commerce of the greatest importance, if the
magnificent project of a ship canal through:
the dominions of that State, from tilt!' Atlan
tic to_the_Pacific Ocean, now-in- seriousnen-----
templation, shall be executed.
I have greatsatisfactionin_commtufica,-
ting the success which has attended theex. •
ertions of our Minister in Colombi to pro
cure a very considerable reduction in the
duties of our flour in that Republic. In•
demnity also, has been stipulated for injuries
received by our merchants fror~e - eit- •
urea; and renewed assurances are given that
tliftTreaty between the two countries *Will
be faithfully observed.
• Chili and Peru seem to be still tluelitenea - -
with civil commotions; and until they shall
be settled disorders may naturally be appre.-
hended, requiring the_constant presencenfa
Naval force in the Pacific Ocean, to protect
our fisheries and guard our commerce.
The disturbances that took place in the
Empire of Brazil, previously to, arid imme
diately consequent upon, the abdication CI
the late Emperor;riecessarilyerispen4ediey
eflectual (Application for the redress of some
past injuries sufferedly our citizens front
that Government, while they have been the
cause o 1 others, in which all #areigners scent
to have participated. Instructions have
been given to our Minister there, to prep
for indemnity due for lows 'occasioned by
these irregularities: and to take care that
our fellow-citizens shall enjoy all the prlil
leges stipulated in their favor, by thel'reaty
lately made between the two powers, au.
which, the good intelligence that prevails
between our Minister at Rio Janeiro and the
Regency, gives us the best reason to expect.
I should have placed Buenos Ayres in the
list of South American powers in respect to.
which nothing of importance affecting NUI
was to be communicated, but for occurrence*
which have. latelftaken place at the Falk
land Islands, in which the name of that m
public has been used to cover with ashottot
authority, acts injurious to our commerce,
and to the property and liberty of our M-
I low-citizens. In the course of the present
year, one of our vessels engaged in the pur
suit ofa trade'which we have always enjoy
ed, without molestation, has been captured
by a band acting, as they pretend, under the
authority of the Government of Buenos Ay--
ten . . have therefore given order(' for the
despatch of an armed • vessel, to join our-
squadron in those seas, and aid in affording
all lawfutonaection to otirtrade which shall
be necssary; and iluifi
of them- -
cumstances, and also of the claim, if soy,
that it rot up by that Government, to those
islands. In , the mean
,rime I submit the
case to the consideration of Co , • ress to the
irermspirwo - Demmitor-vuisft
payable' in adsitti*Attoillir
scriptionstakeg for gesthiiiot "pd
none discontinued until all arrea4m are ptid.
—A failure to notify a diseontintuume o -nilt
be considered a new engagement and , #t!)
paper forwarded accoMingly. ,
end that they may clothe the Executive with
such authority and means as they play deem
necessary for providing a force adequate to
the complete protection of our fellow-citizens •
fishing and trading in 'those seas.
This rapid sketch of our foreign relations
it is hoped, fellow-citizens, may be of UMW
use in so much of your legislation asmay
bear on that important subject; while it af
fords to the country at large a source of high
gratification in the contemplation of our 00.
litical and commercial connexion with the
rest of the world. At peace with
ing subjects of More difference with few,
and those susceptible of easy adjustment--
extending our commerce gradually on all
sides, and on none by any but the most lib
eral and mutually beneficial means we rimy',
by the blessing'of Providence, hope kor all
that national prosperity which can be deriv
ed from an intercourse with foreign nations,
guided by those eternal principls”f luetice
and reciprocarttrod will, which are landing
as well upon • States, es the individuals of
whom they are composed.
I have great satisfaction in making this
'statement of our gifairs, because the course
of our national policy enables me kid* it '
without any indiscreet exposure of what in •
other governments is usually concealed from
The people. Having none but-a straight
forward open course to pursue—,guided by -
a single principle that will pear the stront•
est light—we have happily no political cam.)
binations -to form, no ethane" to, entangle
us, no complicated interests tokroisprilt;
in eiibjectiexWorchave done tir the tome.
Citizens, and to the
oftlei world, we give TM advantags tw'Otbece.,). •
nation', and lay moved oyes' too *ON
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