4 1 -mjjj uu. uuivnrm The whom: art ok Government consists in the art of reino honest. Jefferson. TniZirr ,...3 ifi rilri J&'&i&r 7tsi Bk. V en m lie m I Will' IP . K VOL. 4. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 184 No. 36 i-itiiuini.uiiLauuiu.iii laimu.miaaa TERMS. Two dollars per annum in uilvnnce Two dollars and a quarter, half yearly anil if not j.uid before the end of Oic year, Two dollar nrui a half. Thotr "ht receive tlieir pipers by a carrier or stage drivers employed by the proprie tor!;, will be charged 37 1-2 t. per year, extra. No papers discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of thr Editors. IE? Advertisements not exceeding one square (sixtrcn lines) will be inserted three weeks for one dollar : twenty-five cents lor every subsequent insertion : larger ones in proportion. A liberal discount will be made to yearly advertisers lETAll letters addressed to tie Editor? must be post paid. VP E ?J.T rP Air Having a general assortment of large elegant plain and orna mental Type, we are prepared to execute every description of Cards, Circulars BilS fc;iIs, XotC5. Blank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER PAMPHLETS, &c. Pi inte l with neatness and despatch, on reasonable trms AT THE OFFICE OF THE Icfrersoziiasi 5cju3Iioass. no distant day, on the shores of the Pacific, simi lar in policy and in feeling to those existing on this side of the Rocky Mountains, and giving a wider and more extensive spread to the principles of civil and religious liberty. I am happy to inform vou that thn .spi whir-h have arisen, from time to time, of the detention of American vessels by British cruisers on the coast of Africa; under pretence of being engaged in the slave trade, have been placed in a fair train of adjustment. In the case of the William & Fran cis, full satisfaction will be allowed. In the ca ses of the Tygris and Seamew, the British Gov ernment admits that satisfaction is due. In the case of the Jones, the sum accruing from the sale as likely to take place in Congress, relating to the annexation of Texas to the United States, should have so far anticipated the result of such discus sion as to have announced its determination to visit any such anticipated decision by a formal declaration of war against the United States. If designed to prevent Congress from introducing that question, as a fit subject for iis calm deliber ation and final judgment, the Executive has no reason to doubt that it will entirely fail of its ob ject. I he Representatives of a brave arid patriot ic people will suffer no apprehension of future con sequences to embarrass them in the course of their proposed deliberations. Nor will the Executive Department of l he Government fail, for any such ot that vessel and cargo will be paid to the own-cause, to discharge its whole dutv to the country, ers-whilo J cannot but fiatter myself that full in- j The war whicIl has Rxisted for"so , a t demmficauon will be allowed lor all damages sus- between Mexico and Texas has, since the battle tamed by the detention of the vessel-and m the I of San JacilJt0f C(U!siste(1 for the most partof pred case of Uie JJouclass, her Maiestv s Government i ..t,. ;.,, .!... ' has expressed its determination to make indem-1 ,ended with much ofsuJlering to individuals, and mhcation. Snong hopes are therefore entertained, livQ kont th bnnW (tf tl. t Mmniri..s i up that most, if not all these cases will be speedily adjusted. No new cases have arisen since the ratification of the Treaty of Washington; and, it is confidently anticipated, that the slave trade, un der the operation of the eighth article of that trea ty, will be altogether suppressed. The occasional interruption experienced by our fellow citizens enoajred in the fisheries on the as yet no definitive answer to thsse rcprcsenta tions has been received from the Uritish Govern mem. Two other subjects of comparatively minor im- ERI2S DEIST'S MESSAGE. 7 the Senate and House of Representatives of the U. S. Tf any People ever had cause to render thanks to the Supreme Ueing for parental care and protection extended to them in all the trials and difficulties to which they have been from time to time exposed, we certainly are that Peo ple. From the first settlement of our forefathers on this continent through the dangers attendant upon the occupation of a savage wilderness thro' a long period of Colonial dependence through the war of the Revolution in the wisdom which led to ihc adoption of th eexisting Republican forms of Government in the hazards incident to,a war sub sequently waged with one of the most powerful nations of the earth in the increase of our popu lation in the spread of the arts and sciences, and in the strength and durability conferred on polit ical mstilutions emanating foin the People and sustained by their will the superintendence of an overruling Providence has been plainly visible. As pteparatory. therefore, to entering once more upon the high duties of legislation, it be comes us humbly to acknowledge our dependence upon Him as our guide and protecter, and to im plore a continuance of His parental watchfulness over our beloved counUy. We have new cause for the expression of our gratitude in the preser vation of the health of our fellow citizens, wth some partial and local exceptions, during the past season lor the abundance with which the earth has yialded up its fruits to the labors of the hus bandmanfor the renewed activity which has been imparted to commerce for the revival of iraae in au us departments lor the increased re- j commercial convention between -warns attendant on tne exercise ol the mechanic . securing to us equality in su 1 r-T I f lin si t t . 4 I I - . - - state of constant alarm, have failed to approach . to anv definitive result. Mexico has fitted out no formidable armament by land or by sea for the sub jugation of Texas. Eight years have now elapsed since Texas declared her independence of Mexi co, and during that time she lias been recognized policy which the course persevered in by Mexico will have mainly contributed to produce; and the Executive in such a contingency, will with confi dence throw itself upon the patriotism of the peo ple to sustain the Government in its course of ac tion. Measures of an unusual character have recent ly been adopted by the Mexican Government cal culated in no small degree to affect the trade of other nations with Mexico, and to operate injuri ously to the United States. All foreigners by a decree of the 23d day of September, and after six months from the day of its promulgation, are for bidden to carry on the business of selling by re tai anv goods within the confines of Mexico. A- gainst this decree our Minister has not laueu to remonstrate. The trade heretofore carried on by our citizens with Sante Fe, in which much capital was already ; invested, and which was becoming of daily in creasing importance, has suddenly been arrested by a decree of virtual prohibition on the part of the Mexican Government. Whatever may be the right of Mexico to prohibit any particular course of trade, to the citizens or subjects of foreign pow ers, this late procedure, to say the least of it, wears a harsh and unfriendly aspect. The instalments on the claims recently settled ..-.j,.... v,.. . a,VJ, t jouu.i, j... iiuii.iiiuu j veres m iier plans ol conquest, and refuses to re to claim the attention ol the .Executive. Repre- j cognize her independence. The predatorv incur sentations upon this subject have been made, but , sj0ns l0 wi,icn i ,,ave anU(eci have been 'attend- as a sovereign power by several of the principal i b.v ,!ie Convention with Mexico have been punctu civilized States. ed, in one instance, with the breaking up of the courts of justice by the seizing upon the persons of the judges, jury anu oliicers of the court, and j dragging them along with unarmed, and therefore purmnce, out nevertneiess ot too much conse- , noncomhntant ntivrn intn :. ,a1 r,ml nnmcc;rn quence to be neglected, remain still to be adjust- ! hondao. thus tanvina nrlm tn or. nn.inichwT o,i ed between the two countries. By the Treaty immorality to pass unreproved. A border warfare between the United States and Great Britain, of; js evermore to be deprecated, and over such a war July, 18Io. it is provided that no higher duties ; as has existed for so manv vears between these shall be levied in either country on articles im-. two States, humanity has' had great cause to la. ported from the other, than on the same articles I ment. Nor is such a condition of things to be de imported from any other place. In 1830, rough j piored only because of the individual sufferino at nce, by act of Parliament, was admitted from the , tendant upon it. The effects are far more exten coast of A frica into Great Britain on the payment j sjve. The Creator of the Universe has given man ol a duty of one penny a quarter, while the same! the Earth for his resting place, and its fruits for articles from all other countries, including the U. ! his subsistence. Whatever, therefore, shall make States, was subjected to the payment of a duty ol j the first or any part of it a scene of desolation, af twenty shillings a quarter. Our Minister at Lon- fects injuriously his heritage, and may be regard don has from time to time brought this subject to ed as a general calamity. Wars may some times the consideration of the British Government, but j be necessary ; but all nations have common inter so lar without success. He is instructed to re- J est in bringing them speedily to a close. The U. new his representations upon it. States have an immediate interest in secin an Some years since a claim was preferred against end put to the state of hostilities existing between m ij.iuMi government on the part ol certain Mexico and Texas. They are our neighbors, of Aiucuuau iiierciiams, ioi me return 01 export uu- the same continent, with whom we are not only ties paid by them on shipments of woollen goods desirous of cultivating the relations of amity, but to the United States, after the duty on similar ar- 0f the most extended commercial intercourse, and tides exported to other countries had been re- l tn nr.ir.ticp :ill thr r!nlit t , peated, and consequently in contravention of the ; talitv. Our own interests are dceplv involved in itral may be our pe to escape the ef- ally paid as they have fallen due, and our Minis ter is engaged in urging the establishment of a new commission in pursuance of the Convention for the settlement of unadjusted claims. With the other American States our relations of amity and gnod will have remained uninterrupted. Our Minister near the Republic of New Grenada, has succeeded in effecting an adjustment of the claim upon that Goverment for the schooner By Chance," which had been pending for many years. The claim for the brig "Morris," which had its origin during the existence of the Republic of Co lumbia, and indemnification for which, since the dissolution of that Republic, has devolved on its severai members, will be urged with renewed zeal. I have much pleasure in saying thatthe Govern- ment of Brazil has adjusted the claim upon that Government in the case of the schooner "John S. Bryan," and that sanguine hopes are entertained happily succeeded by the substitution of the pre cious metals and paper promptly redeemable i.i specie, and thus lalse values have disappeared, and a sounder condition of things has been intro duced. This transition, although intimately con nected with the prosperity of the country, hasr nevertheless been attended with much embarrass ment to the Governmeut, in its financial concerns. So long as the foreign importers could receive payment for their cargoes in a currency of greatly less value than that in Euiope, but fully available here in the purchase of our agricultural produc tions, their profits being immeasurably augmente.l by the operation, tiie shipments were large and thy revenues of the Government became superabu id ant. Hut the chance in the character of the cir culation from a nominal and apparently real value, in the first stages of its existence, to att obviously depieciated value in its second, so that it-no lon ger answered the purposes of exchange or barter, and its ultimate substitution by a sound metalk; and paper circulation combined, has been attend -ed by diminished importations, and a consequent falling off in the revenue. This has induced Con gress, from 1837, to resort to the expedient of is suing Treasury notes, and finally of lunding them, in order to supply deficiencies. I cannot Jiowei er, withhold the remark that it is in no way com patible with the dignity of the Government that a. public debt should be created in time of peace to meet the current expenses of the Government, or that temporary expedients should be resorted to an hour longer than it is possible to avoid them. The Executive can do no more than apply the means which Congress places in its hands for the support ol" Government; and happily for the good of the country and for the preservation of its lib erties, it possesses no power to levy exactions on. the people, or to force from them contributions to the public revenue in any form. It can only re commend such measures as may, in its opinion, be called for by the wants of the public service, to Congress, with whom alone rests the power to "lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and evci ses." This duty has upon 3everal occasions heretofore been performed. The present condi tion of things gives a flattering promise that trade and commerce are rapidly reviving, and fortunate- that the same spirit of justice will influence its t y ll" l'ie country, the sources of revenue have on- cuuncils in arriving at an early decision upon the ,v toue opened, m order to prove abundant, remaining claims ; thereby removing all cause of While we can anticipate no considerable in dissension between two powers, whose interests create in the proceeds of the sales of the public ate to some extent interwoven with each other. lands for reasons perfectly obvious to all, for sev- Our Minister at Chili has succeeded in inducing' eral years to come, yet the public lands cannot a recognition bv that Government, of the adjust- otherwise than be regarded as the foundation of veen the two nations j the h.atter, since, however neu ch cases. The prin- ' course of policy, we cannot hope ment effected by his predecessor of the first claims i the public credit. With so large a body of the in the case of the " Macedonian." The first in- most fertile lands in the world under the control stalment has been received by the claimants in the United States. Notice of the exchange of ratifications of the treaty with Peru, which will take place at Lima, has not yet reached this country, but is shortly ex pected to be received, when the claims upon that Republic will douotless be liquidated and paid T r i i i md tbp ranidlr rerivinw mnUf;tv "r ',i, " i "T" V, j - "W"1"" ims lu"o ueu Jecls ol a spirt ol jealousy on the pait o both of I 1,1 ""!ui oi a misunoersianaing oeuveen count ? 1. shall be S Xlt i vmualldmied b3' Great Britain, but obstacles the powers! Nor can tins Government be indif- Government and that of Buenos Ayres, oc i f.h.?u blli? edl e:xc,han?Te con-1 to a settlement have from time to time been in- ferent to the fact that a warfare, such as is wal curring several years ago, this Government has r,r. : .1r"reno! uie Jlouses terposed, so that a large portion of the amount i between those two nations, is calr,,h,tPH tn Wpnk.i remained unrepresented at that court, while a min- I am happy to be able to say that nothing has! their oi uoiigress, on these auspicious circumstances, claimed has not vet been refunded. Our Minister and to assure you, in advance of my ready dis- is now engaged 'in the prosecution of the claim, position to concur with you in the adoption oi all and I cannot but persuade myself that the Biitish hncii measures as shall be calculated to increase Government will nn lnrmr rloi.,- Iio h n itilnptc ti out niiticlittim.t.-. J .1 It i . ' - J . i r ' i iu giory oi our common country mce the last adjournment j Executive has relaxed no effort s.urtible the relations of amity i ..st between the United States li s. lha treatv lately concluded en both powers, and finally to render them, and js,ter from il ,ms neen constantly resident here. especially the weaker ol the two, the subjects of Tne causes of irritation have, in a great measure, interference on the part of the stronger and more ! Passed" awa'; arm" it is in contemplation, in view powerful tuitions, which, intent only on advancing ! o1 important interests, which have grown up in and at the disposal of the Government, no one can reasonably doubt the entire ability of the Go vernment to meet its engagements under every emergency. In seasons of trial and difficulty sim ilar to those through which we are passing, the capitalist makes 'his investment in the Govern ment stocks with tho most assured confidence of ultimate reimbursement; and whatever may be said of a period of gieat financial prosperity, such as existed for some years after 1833, 1 should re gard it as suicidal in a season of financial embar rassment, either to alienate the lands themselves, or the proceeds arising from their sales. The first and paramount duty of those to whom may be entrusted the administration of public affairs, or later at-1 tnat country, at some early period duringthe pres- ; is t0 guard the public credit In re-establishinjr own nftcnhnr virks. msiu armiipr utLmmu iu uiiuru in anv .decree tne relations o i mmni t,v .,ii . ent session o ( Jntiorns. with t hp r-nnnm-rptirp nf me creuuoi mis central government, the. rp.irlipst f ('nnrrr.rr. I,n -. i . , .D ------ --n-uii iu win." uuuui UdliUlimiui; tVJlll lUIIIIb, .lb 1 . o ' - : . . - Ul vOIItirCSS, Hie ttRlltV Wllicn fiVISt hptu-ppn thn llmiari Kinno I .!.- ).... r. ... ..i i . ilm nnotu ir. ni-inrn i;l..moii' .nkilrmr. Ui.n.. am ITinct nhvinn mm o ia tr,L-oti tn mc-tnm j., ,, uiMi.,u umiw uuu i conuiuoii oi liieir luicrpositiou, aiiKe oerotralo-1 "' " iss it uijjiuinuiib iciuiiuna ucmcuu w . ., .h-.. m ilowiu to render inde- . r rnncpj Austria ntir) Pnocio -o ,..;,t, ... . ., .. ... h . : tim rrrprlitnf tlm Stitoo Tho oTinm;ii'in.nn i.. i. wh:i, c i.o.,;i,r ; .1 f r-A . , c, r 10 11)0 "anon granting mem, and detrimental to "; " u'' , WHICH SO haunilV , other l'owpr nrKiirniio mitim t m n.,mnn. f . .1 . r.V t- , ' t TTI ,1,,. ;;.. r . r n r u 1 mirlp niinii Uv nmJn nir o hnolihir :n .1... . . .t, mi, utjjwui imitm uu me interests 01 me uniied otatcs. c could not i umici mc puiiaiun ui ii dtiui vjuiijjicsa ui mu - inuum,! u. houium uwuu m uic and other coun- ; Concress. Spain has been afitatp.fi with imprnril i. ..;,i . : " : ...r 1 lnt spssinn. a nu'niiitpr ivnc rlocMntr-liofl Cmny tUc Central Government, and the hfstnrv nf thp nmo. llll Urreai 1 COnVUlSKinS fnr mnnv Viwrc rrrwn ihn fTr.lo . ... .... .1." - , . r.. . I TTntlol t.l.f in Plii.m i.. A ( POt dnV fllllv PCtohlmllOQ tllO foot that nn mn.n..n . ! . ' j' io, ikiiii L111.1U ui, 1 ir 1 an v:5 nin'rp. .rinoitptirirr mat I nvoo ie i - mn.v inii.o iu umim, 111 aunu.it ui uiu ui uaciii "j .".".i. iu, tuai, uu iui.icii.iu J.i.tain has tended greatly to increase the good ! which it is to be hoped she is destined speedily Zpd from rf.e Pn u.i lerstajiuinii wnicn a reciprocity of interest is I to . 1 .. . ""um, uiriii a uiuik uutiai v sic 111 ijm 'Trpniurnl imp l int hpr ? .-.tlf mated to encourarrp. and if ic timet u j .r V 1 .,vV uimiicu-iai puncy on ner part, our trade with her manv formed a nortion t 1 Oe hoDed that nothino-mav imnnirp tr. inter-! mo,, j:ii . .... .. i t - k , ,'), iwrmeu a pouion . 1 , - '. , . .11. auu mi us uiu, uuu so iar as ner contmeu- ted States that it is r ipt tne relations ot amity which it is so obvious- 1 tal lj the policy of both nations to cultivate. A question of much importance still remains to be adjusted between them. The territorial limits ,m wuuuies in iiiia.uo;i 10 wnai is com-! merce in only known as the Oregon territory, still remain ! bee llnnllln 11. II I L ' IT .. . w w 1 I - . jil uisuuic. me uniiea OiaieS WOUId HP at 3 .anrininuiils nt iMi,n( .-.1 .... " !.,..:..!. 11... r . . . , n inJio-.-oJ , j. , 7 "k "'i "iiic wt iHuiu lurui iwtiiiiy oer- is uuuiio ov every cousiueraiioii oi interest times indisposed to aggrandize themselves at the ! man States, and embraces a population of 27,000,-' hs well as .sympathy, to see that she shall be left expense ol any other nation; but while they would i 000 of people united for the purposes of eommer-1 free .to act. especially in regard to her domestic oe restrained by principles of honor, which should I cial intercourse with each other and with foreign ' affairs, unawed by force, and unrestrained by the govern the conduct of nations as we 1 as that of! states, offers to the latter the most valuable ex-. policy or views of other countries. In full view i iiiividuais, irom setting up a demand for territo- i eha . .. 1 L1 , , , O r-.w iwui ilUfUU VU'lil I1U lUiCl- UU bllUdU UUlldlUUJ UIUli3, itiU 1 i. Uv.ll ti V t; I1UI v j ' 111 r i ffoo nnT nQIinn 1 T I t i . i - 1 i, inii uui. iik ""uug iu iiiBin. mey would as unwiiiingiy consent to a surrender of their rights. . i .1 . J 3 - C . ted States by a mere treo- vear who' rom th0 Ia,est accounts, we havo from n l,ie vaie of the stocks of this Government will. erntory, in the opinion of ,1,U1 'U3 ut ii lypi., on me xoui tn oep- "jn- nroum.ua, uc uuunucu vy uu in- ot the territory of the Uni-i IuniUer Jast' on n,s route tu China. crea&e in uie vaiueoi tne stocus ot the States. Jt liomoffcnous in its population I tn regard to the Indian tribes residing within uiuruioru, oe a matter ot general congratu- IlOlIllIill otates inakCS COn-1 J U5' l ltJ Hru"tust v's'"l'll-u I I . """uoi uu mc cuiuuiiaaaiiicma aiiaiilg mi me uvu tuumr es. oi ..,:i . .1 i .i . . ..c -. . ; ouiiiu anitlCft nun IIIUI1I, illKl lililt UIDSl Ol 11CT ill- t J he Germanic Association of Customs and Com- habitants have been citizens of the United States. ' v,'lln ,eengs of confidence in the , which, since its eBtablisbmnnt in t R'i-t hne , sneak thn s:imn lnnfrnnoo nnfl lirP tm,w cimilnr i Government, and to cultivate Jnend n steadily crowing in power and imnortanm. i political institutions with onrselvt's. this Gnvprn. bonier inhabitants. This has happ i Alter the most rigid, and as far as nracticablp. unbiassed examination of the subject, the United Mates have always contended that their rights appertain to the entire region of country lying on tiie Pacific, and embraced within the 4Jd and jllh40' of North latitude. This claim bein controverted by Great Britain, those who have preceded the present Executive, actuated, no duty, and the duty on rice has been much reduced uouui, uy an earnest aesire to adjust the matter which has already led to a greatly increased ron ton terms mutually satisfactory to both coun- f sumption, a strong disposition has been recently tries, nave caused to be submitted to the British ' evinced by that great bodv to reduce, upon certain Government, propositions for settlement and final , conditions, their present "duly on tobacco. This adjustment, which, however, have not proved, being the first intimation of a concession on this Heretofore acceptable to it. Our Minister at Lon-j interesting subject ever made bv any European uon has, under instructions, again brought the power, I cannot but regard it as well 'calculated to subject to the consideration of that Government; remove the only impediment which has so far ex and while nothing will be done to compromit the isted to the iiimt lil.r:il mmmprri,! ipnr i..- i f .1.. ii..:...i- . " in's, or nuiiwr ui uie uimeu oiaies, every pro-1 oetwceti us and them rr fxpeuieni wui oe resorteu to in order to uring the negociation now in the progress of resump tion, to a speedy and happy termination. In the ,jneautime u is proper to remark, that many of our cituens are either already established in the ter ritory., or are on their way thither for the purpose .of forming permanent settlements, while others .are preparing to follow and in view of these ifaius, 1 must repeat the recommendation con tained iu previous messages, for the establish ment of miutary posts, at sucn places, on the line of travel, as will furnish security and protection, to our hardy .adyemureis against hostile tribes of Jn-Jians inhabiting thoseexiensive regions". Our Jaws should also follow them, so modftiecFas the I nrr-umstances of the case may seem to' require. lTnder the influence of our free' system of trovern- lb?!!1! "V republiosvare .destined, to spring up, at b - , uuu jiuiiiuiii) im nivi .llijwilllliy oi-.tlUft, IJIitnUb LUI1- ' h w- ".- cnanneis, thereby adding to the mutual prosperity tributions to the commerce of the world in tl!e I tlie Government has been exerted to preserve them it peace among themselves, and to inspire them justice of this ship with the ily succeeded to a great extent ; but it is a subject of regret that they suffer themselves iu some instances to be im posed upon by artful and designing men and this notwithstanding all the efforts ol the Government lo prevent it. The receipts into the Treasury for the calendar year 1813, exclusive of loans, ware little more than eighteen millions of dollars; and the expenditures, exclusive of payments oh the public debt, will have been about twenty-three millions of dollars. By the act of 1812, a new arrangement of the fis cal year was made, so that it should commence on the 1st day of July, in each year, The accounts and estimates for the current fiscal year, will show that the loans and I reasury notes made and issued eo m the power. I fiscal system of any otiier European hoitated to express to the Government of Mexico .'Vom its origin, the importance of the i how deenlv it den'recated n continuance of the 11 TT . " . . ' . . - ' 1 . . uerman union has never been lost sigutof by the. war, and how anxiously it desired to witness ijs United Slates. The industry, morality, and other i termination. valuable qualities of the German nation, have al cannot bm lnink t!m it i,ecoines ti,e United ways been well known and appreciated. On this : Stales, as the oldest of American Republics, to subject invite the attention of Congress to the ; ilold ., language to Mexico upon this subject of an report ot the Secretary oi Sttuo, from which it will i j be seen that while our cotton is admitted free of! had ceased. Tiere InlJ,t hc a limit t0 all wars; and if the parent State, after an ei"ht years strug gle has failed to reduce to submission a portion of its suojects standing out in revolt against it. and who have not only proclaimed themselves to be independent, but have been -recognised as such by other Powers, she ought not to expect that other nations will quietly look on, to their obvious inju ry, upon a protraction of hostilities. These Uni ted States threw off their colonial dependence, and established independent Governments; and Great Britain, after having wasted her energies in the attempt to subdue them for a le.-s period than Mex ico has attempted to subjugate Texas, .had the wis dom and justice to acknowledge their indepen dence, thereby recognizing the obligation which rested on her as one of the family of nations. An example thus set by one of the proudest as well as most powerful nations of the earth, it could in no u av disparage Mexico to imitate. While, there- fore, the Executive would deplore any collision from surrounding circumstances, the credit of the Government should havo been so fully restored that it has been enabled to effect a loan of seven millions of dollars to redeem that amount of Trea sury notes, on terms more favorable than any that have been offered for many years. And the G per cent, stock which was created in 1842, has ad vanced in the hands of the holders nearly twen ty per cent, above its par value. The confidence of the people in tho integrity of their Government, has thus been signally manifested. These opin ions relative to the public lands do not in any man ner conflict with the observance of the most liber al policy towards those of our fellow-cttizena who press forward into the wilderness and are the pi oneers in the work of its reclamation. In secur ing to all such their rights of pre-emption, the Go vernment performs but an act of retributive ius- ttce for sufferings encountered and hardships ert dured, and finds ample remuneration in the com- Iti this view, our Minister at Berlin, who has heretofore industriously put- sueu me suoject, lias been instructed to enter upon the negotiation of a commercial treaty, which, While it will, open new advantages to the agricul tural interests of the United States, and a more free and expanded field for commercial operations, will affect injuriously no existing intcre&t of the Union. Should the negociation be crowned with success, its restrhs will . be communicated to both Houses of Congress. ;I communicate herewith certain despatches re ceived from our Minister at Mexico, and also -a cortespondence which has recently occurred be tween the Envoy from that Republic and the Sec- relary of Slate. It must lie regarded as not a lit tle extiaoidinary that the Oovernme'nYof Mexico, iu anticipation ol1 a public dfscusStonVluch it has een pleased iu infer from iiewsftfpVr pubfiauiotts. Jt;u in. . . , .. .. 4 . . . . Iipfiirp. ilm r-lno nf ti.p liict Pn.Km. t mom ti, luris wnicn its policy ensures and the happtaess anticipated deficiency, have not been entirely ad- ! wm?n "imparts. eciuate. Althmmii nn th istof Or.tnhpr lnt tl,p, I nud a revision of the tariff, with a view to was a balance in the Treasury in conseouenc.n nfiVenuo become necessary in the estimation of the provision thus made of Su,914,0S2 77, yet the appropriations already made by Congress will ab sorb that balance, and leave a probable deficiency of two millions of dollars at the close of the pres ent fiscal year. There are Outstanding Treasury notes to about the amount of four millions six hun dred thousand dollars; and should they be return ed upon the Treasury 'luiing tho fiscal year, they will require provision for their redemption. I do not, however, regard this as probable, since they have obviously entered into the currency of the country, and will continue to form a portion of it, if the system now adopted be continued. The loan of 1841. nmmintmn ,. S.T, n7.!)7n flfi. falls 1 w v., and must be pro- loan. And un due op the 1st of January, 1815, a vided. foe, or postponed by a new tvitli Movi.n n'p .111,1 il it 1 1 rh:i itcf nl'tlip iVinmHv rp. ' IcsR'the re snnrppa nf thp. rpvcnuo should be mate- , . ! i ' . . - .1 . . - . ... : rinllv 1 i i ,.,;ll i.ui unions wnicn exist oeuveen uie two countries, u , ""Jtaeu oy you, mem viu uc a numme cannot permit that Government to control its pol icy, whatever, it may bp. towards Texas ; but will treat her as by the recognition of her independence the United Slates have long Miiru declared t'-.ey wt.uld do, a,s entirely indepphdent ol Mexico, 'h'a high obligation's of public duly mav etTorcri Tram tut- cniMVftilftTiiuh6nfisVjrUv'1'ii2l' 36iih a , J J "T - 1 "fitcioncy for the service of the fiscal year ending .1 n.l. ..r , rni.,. rn....n:n;n.. ".uuu oijiii, lolO.Ul llJ ivaitio ui auuui iuui iiiutiuiia of dollars. The delusion incident tn an enormously exces sive paper circulation, which gave a fictitious val uo to every thing, and stimulated adventure and speculation to an extravagant extent, has been, Congress, 1 doubt not you will approach the sub- jectwith a just and enlightened regard to the inter ests of the whole Union. The principles andviews which I have heretofore had occasion to submit, remain unchanged. It can, however, never bu too often repeated, that the prominent interest of every important pursuit of life, requires for suc cess, permanency and stability in legislation. These can only bo attained by adopting as the ba sis of action, moderation in all things, which is as indispensably necessary to secure the harmo nious action of tho political as of the animal sys tem. In our political organization, no one section of the country should desire to have its supposed, interests advanced at the sacrifice of all others j but Union being the great interest, equally pre cious lo all, should bo fostered and sustained by mutual concessions and Uie cultivation of that spirit of conipromisu from which the Con stitution itself proceeded. You will he informed, by the report from iho Tieaaiuy Department, of the measures !aku under the att of iha last session authorizing the re-issue of Treasury uutes iu lieu uftlute m
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