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; her territory or rightful sovereignty' and jurisdic.: i sand one hundred and thirty-nine dollars
tion. lie %%six also assured that it was the sincere , and siity-eight cents in favor of citizens of
'desire of this government to maintain with thatof•l fate- - -
ti . states afrainsrtlieAlexican govern-
Mexico relations of peace and goon under Standing. I„, . o .
a largo amount of claims un
; That functionary, however, notwithstanding these : ment, leaving
, Of the• latter, the American
'representations and assurances, abrup'ily terin i a ,: t . ! decided.
ted his missiou, and shortly afterwards lett the ' Coriurinissioners had decided-in faver - of our
• • country. Om Envoy Extraordinary and Minister citizens. claims amounting to nine hundred
Fellote-Citizens of !ho StUale ; Plenipotentiary to Mexico Nra4 refused all official and twenty-eight thousand six hundred and
and House of Representatires: intercourse %vial that government, and after re
. tsventy-seven dollars and eighty-eight cents,
It is to me a source of unaffected satisfaction to ' „mining Feveral months by the permission of It's '
meet [Gtr Representatives of the States and the own government, i which were left tweeted on by the umpire
lac returned to the U. States.
People in Congress assembled, as it will be to re- ' Thus, by the acts if Mexico, all diplomatic inter- authorized by the treaty. still -further
eeive the aid of:their combined VlifidOlil in the ad- .
course between the two countries was suspended. ' claims, amounting . to between three and
.
ministration of public affairs. In performing, for , / four millions of dollars, were submitted to
thefirst time, the duty imposed on me by the Con• I Since that. time Mexico has, until recent ,
the board too late to be . considered, and
. stitution, of giving to you information of the ' ly, occupied an attitude of hostility towards
were left undi osed of.
state of the - Union, and recommending to your 'the United Suites—has been marshalling . sp The sum of two
oonsideration such measures as in my judgment i mullions twenty-six thousand one hundred
I and organizing armies; issuing proclania:
are necessary and expt.olitnt, I am happy that I toll•tos and
and thirty-nine( , . •. . „ cents,
: lions, and avowing the intention of making
eau congratulate you on the continued prosperity , •• • decided by the board, was a liquidated and
or our country. Under the Arlessings of Divine ' war on . the United States,
either by an c-
T ex „,. ; ascertained debt due by Mexico to the clai-
Providence and the benign Atfluence of our free ' pen declaration, or by invading
institutions, it stands before the world a spectacle.: Both the Congress and the Convention of .mants, and there was no justifiable reason
of national happiness. ~ j the people of Texas invited this govern- for delayitig its payment according to the
With our unexampled
_advancement in till the !, , term of the treaty. It was not, hoW . ever,
t tosend an truss int tl at te ••t -
men.
... . , . .
elements of national greatness, the Jfeetion of thel, paid, Alexito applied fur further indul
roteet defend them against the me- people is eenlirmed for the union of the States, ,to P • and,• frence • and, in that spirit of and
arid for the doctrines of popular liberty, which ! Paced attack. The moment the terms ot h •
lie at the foundation of our government. ' annextrtion, offered by the United States, 44 mbe"ran ce wbieb has ever marked the
~ It becomes us, in humility, to make our devout ! were iti.:Oe . ted by 'l'exas, the latter became I P°licY of the United Stites towards that
acknowledgements to the !Supreme Ruler of• the I
-so far. a • • four
pa o own county}', as to ,
Republic, the request was granted ; and,
Universe, for the inestimable civil and religious jon the 309 t-of „faintary, 18-13, a new treaty
A make it our d do to afford such protection
blessings. with which we are favored. . , .
, pr 0 . . ,, was concluded. By this treaty it was pro-
In calling the attention of Congress to our rela- , and 'defence. I therefore - deemed it
that the interest due on the awards
tious with foreign Powers, I am gratified to be it- i per,' asap •ccautionary [Madan., to order ! vide'' ,
ble to state that though with some .of them there ; a strong squadron . to the coasts of Mexico,lin favor of claimants under the convention
have existed since your la' t session serious causes'
.and to' concentrate an efficient militai•y l of the 11th of April, 1839, should be paid
of irritation and mistinderstateling, yet no actual !on the 30th of April; 1813 ; and that "the j
force on the western ..
frontier of Texas
hostilitiee have taken phice. Adopting the max.i , Principal of said awards, and the interest
; Our army • was ordered to take position .in
tin in the conduct of our foreign effairs, - to - a sk:,
notliing that i's not right, and sObmit to nothingarising thereon, shall be paid in live
I the country- between the Nucecs and the ; , years,
, 1
that is wrong,” it has been my anxious desire io ' Del Norte, and to repel any invasion of in equal instalments every three months ; i
-presersi peace with all nations', but, at the same . the Texan territory Which-1111010)e . attem lit- ! the said terin.of live years to commence
lime, to be prepared to res , st aggression, and t 3 !ed by the m.• .. for c e s . o . 1 on the 30th day. of April, 18137 as :Libre-
I , exican ur sqii...c ron
said.
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maintain alt our just rights. ' . . in the gulf•WaS ordered to co-operate with ; lbe interest due on the thirtieth j
in pursuance of the joint_resolution of Congress, i
day of A pril, 1813, and the three first of
"for anneFing Texas to the U. States," my prede., ~ •
' the army But though our army and na
eessor, od the . 3d day of March, 1816, elected to yy Were 'placed in a position to defend our , the twenty' instalments, have been paid.
submit, the first and s , ..cond• sections-of that. reso- ; own, and the rights of, Texas, they were , tieventeeen of these instalments remain'
lution to the republic of Texas, as an overture, on , Ordered to commit no act of hostility. a- unprtid, seven of Wiliell Z 1.11: -HOW (WC.
the part of the 'U. States, for" her admission as al • : I The ttlainis wl9ch Were left' imdecided
gain.
st Mexico, unless she declared war, or . . .
State into our Onion. •. , This election I approved, ,
was herself the aggressor by striking the by the . joint comprission amounting to
and accordingly the charge d'aditires of the United
.' Slates in Texas, under ilidiluctions of the 70th of '
i first .bloW. The result! more than three of
has been that Mex- i • ' ' Milliondollars, togeth-
*March, 18A presented these sections or the reso- I ico lists in no aggressive movement, and icr with other clainoi for spoliations on the
laical for the acceptance of that republic.. 'r he I our military and naval commanders Itave i Pr°perty of our citizens, were subsequent-
executivegovernMent, the Congress,. and the peg- I executed their orders with such discretion, ,ly presented to the Mexican government !
pie of Texas in convention , have successively , that the• • •of tl • twohas
peace the republics not; , pa}
'anent, fur payment, and were so far recognized,
complied with all the terms and conditions of the I•
I that a treaty, providing tor their examina
jint -resolution. A constitution - for the ooyern. I been disturbed. -•- . t
joint lion and settlement by a joint commission,
ent of the State of Texas, formed by a (,onven• 'Texas had declared her independence,
lion of deputies,.is herewith laid before Congress. I and maintained. it by• her arms for MO' re . was concluded and signed at Mexico on
It is well known, also, that the people of Texas at! the 20th day 'of November, 18-13. This
I than nine years - . - She has had an organized . ,
the oils have accepted the terms of annexation, : 0 --- • : , . . treaty was ratified by the United States,
and ratified the constitution. , government in successful operation during .
i with certain
_amendments, to, which no -
I communicate to Congress the correspondence i that period. , ~.11er separate existence, as
, just exception could have beets taken ; but
between the Secretary of State. and oureharge ii '_i an independent t State, - had-lieen iiiiiirolized ...
•-' it lins not - yet - Teceived :the ratification of
toraiiiiiir Texas;..and also the correspondence of Iby 'the United' States and the principal
stlthe litter with the authorities'of Texas; together , bowers fr T • f u Abe Alexi= government. _
, o Europe. 'Treaties o 0111111eITC i -
Ailh ifie . ollfeial doctiments transmitted by riini to I
his owii government. ' I and navigation had been concluded with I In the meantime, our citizens wlio suf-
The tertncof annexation which - were offered by 1 her br different - natiOns, and it b ecame ! lured great losses, and, some of whom have
the U-Statelhavine been accepted by Texas, the i manifest to the whole svorld that any thrill- I been reduced front allluence to bookruptcy,
public-faithof both .parties parties is'solemnly pledged ;er attempt thepart ! f Mexicot
1 on p o. con- !
' are Without .remedy, unless their rights be
to the compaCt of their uniatt. Nothing remains , - l • 1 - i • t
, quer ler, or. es ert now ier golernmen , j
i enforced by their government. . Such a
. to coristirnmate_the: event, but the passage of an !
, would be vain Even Mexico herself had ' continued and unprovolied series of wrongs
act by . Congress to admit the State of 'll'exas into
_ i *- -
the Union upon an equal - footing with the original / become satisfied'
of this fact, and whilst the ; eould never have been tolerated by the th -
States. Strong reitsongexist-mhy tins should be question of annexation Was pending States, had they been committed by one of
'done'at an early, period. elite sessien. It :will be i the people of Texas, during the past stun- ; the liriacipal nations of Europe. Mexico
observed that, by the constitution of Texas:llls I mer, the frovernment of Mexico, by • afor-... ,
was' • however, a - neialiboring sister repub
, s,
existing government is only continued temporarily , ' b
, mal act, agreed to recognize the indepen- ' lie, whielt, following our example, had a
till-Congress can act ;* and 9 t at the ffil Monday a l
(fence of Texas !On Conditibn that she Would
chieved her independence, and fur .whose 1
the-present month is, the day appointed for hold- I
er n the first general election. On that day a gov- I not annex herself to any other Power.— ! success and prosperity all our sympathies •
ernor, a lieutenant governor, and both branches of
i The agreement to acknowledge the inde- i were. enlisted. The U. S. wes . e. the
the legislature, will be chosen by the people. The . .t.pendence .of Texas, whether With or with- ; first to recognise her independence, and to
President of Texas is required, iinmediately after out this condition, is conclusive. ag-ainst : receive her into the family of nations, and
the receipt
of
. official information that the new t have ever been desirous of cultivating with
Mexico.Ti ; o f T - -
lie independence exas is a
State has. been admitted into our Union by Con- ; f act
gress, to convene the Legislature ; and, upon its ;. conceded by Mexico herself, and she her a good understanding. We have there
meeting, the existing governthent will be super- I had no right or authority to prescribe re- fore, borne these sated wrongs site has
ceded: 'and the State .government organized.— I strictions •as to the form of government committed, with great patience, inthe hope
Questions deeply interesting to Teicas,in common which-Texas might afterwards choose to • that a returning sense of Justice would ttl
, •
with the other States; the extension of our rave - Itimately guide her councils, and that we
, assinne. : .
nue lawri and judicial system over her people and .
niitrht if Possible honorably avoid an}' lios
territory,!as well as measures of a local character, But though Mekico cannot' complain of I , :' ' • ' " ' '
'tile collision with her.
will claim the early 'attention of Congress: and the United States on account of the annex
therefore, Upon every principle of republican frov
-7 alien of Texas, it.is . to be regretted that se- ' Without the previous authority of Con
ernment, she ought to be represented in that body'
' rious causes of inisunderstandina . between ! gross, the Executive possessed no power
withciut uppecessary delay. I cannot too earnest- I 0
i the two countries continue to exist, grow- I_to 'adopt or enforce adequate' remedies for
.
ly reOemmend prompt . action on this important
subjeet. •As soon' as the actto adroit Texas as a ! ing out of unredressed injures inflicted by the injuries we had suffered, or to do more
State '&11 be pissed; the union of the two upolo ' the Mexican anthorities and'people on the I than be prepared to repel the threatened
lies will be consummated by their own Voluntary I persons and - property of citizens of the U....aggression oyethe part of Mexico. After
consent. - . • ..,: - •. " I States - throthrli a long series of Years.— ! . our army aftd navy 'had remained on the
, This;:acoessiOn to our territory-has been a • ' ° 7 1 frontier• 1 coastsof Mexico .
and for many
1 Mexico has adinitteu these injuries, but ,
blriodless achievement !No urn of force las been
raised toproduce the result. The Sword- has i hag neglected and rdfused to .repair them. weeks, without any hostile movement' on
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no part in the Viet*: - We have not sought to I.Such was the character of the wrongs, and her part, thought her menaces were eontitF
extend our territorial possessions by a! conquest, I such the insults repeatedly offered to Amer- , tied, I deemed it important to put an end,
or our , -republican' institutions over a reluctant ! ;if 'possible, tossthis state of things. With
teen citizens 'and the American flea by
peoples' , 'lt Wari the-deliberate hoinage .of each —•. • ' •• -' •' t} Its 1 Mexico; in palpable violation of the laws It Its view, I caused steps to be taken, in
c '
people rn.the great principle of our federative u- ' !
om. °lf we, conaider the extent of territory in- l of nations and the treaty between the- two i the month of ' September last, to ascertain
volved in the anneiation—its prospective Who • countries of the sth of April, 'lB3l, that '
I distinctly, and in an authentic form, what
ence on America—the means by which it has they haye.been repeatedly brought to tlie-'
1 the designs of the Mexican government
been accomplished, springing purely from the notice of Congress by my predeeessorS.--- ' were; ;whether it was their intention to,
choice of the people, themselves to share the tees-- l'As early as the eighth of February,lB37,
I declare war, or invadec Texas, or whether
. sings of our union—the history of the world' may I President ' i
- be challenged to furnish a parallel, 'the of the United States declared, ; they were disposed to adjust and settle, in
The jtiriadiction et the U. States, Which at the I in a message to Congress, that "the length ; an amicable manner, the pending ditferens
formation of the federal . constitution was bounded . ' of time since some Of the injuries have' acs between the two countries. On the •
by ihs-•St - Maffsian the Atlantic, has passed the' een'committed, the repeated and unavail- I ninth of November an official answer.wa.s
• Capes of Florida, and been peaciffully.extended to li nw : applications for redress, the -
le wa tone
received, that the Mexican governmentcons
the Del Norte. : •In iontemplatinthe
ti m e of t'
character of sonic of the outrages upon the i sented to renew the diplomatic relations
thitieventit is not, to be forgotten that result
waiiehieved in despite of the diplomatic interfe- Persons and property of our citizens, u . on ; wiliell had been suspended iii March lash •
rence of European rtiotrirehres. Even France—:' the officers and flag 'of the U. States, i de- ;•
I • and for that purpose were willing to tic
the country which had been our ancient ally•the pendent of 'recent recent 'insults to this go ern- I credit a minister from the United States.
country orehich'has a common interestwith us in intent and people bythe-late Extraordinary i
I With a sincere desire to preserve peace,
maintaining the of or t h e seas—the country Mexican Minister,
would justify. in the-land restore relations of good understanding
lishich,:lbr:the cessiomor Louisiana, first opened to
tit acceristetheUulf of Makico—the country with eyes of all nations, immediate war." H e i between the two republics, I waived all
.
whieh'sie have
.been eVeiy year drawing inure and did not, however, recommend an immediate
ceremony as to the manner of renewing di
incikeloaely the.bondts or successful commerce— resort to this extreme'ineasure, w I
which, he Plomatic intercourse between them ; and,
mest•nneicpectedly, and:to our infeigned regret, declared, "should-not be used by just and assuming the initiative, on •the tenth of
took part ineri,etfort to prevent annexation, and generous nations, confiding' their
, in strength i
' Now a distinguished citizen of Louisi
to impose ow Texas, as a condition of thereeogni- -t • ••-,
tor injuries committed, if it can be honora- ! arse was appointedLnvoy .Extraordinary St
don' of her..independenee by Mexico, that' she • • • .
Would never jOin herself to the U. States. Wel lily avoided ;" - but, ,in ,a spirit of forbear- I Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico, cloth-
may rejoice `that the tramMil'and pervading influ- I ance, proposed that another dem a nd b e -ed will full powers to adjust, and definitely
!slice attic American principte of sellgovernment made,son Mexico for that redress whichisettle, all pending differences between the
Wailintlieientla defeat the purposes of British andi had been so long and unjustly withheld.—itwo countries, including those of boundary
remelt interferetics, and that the almost unani. ' between Mexico and the State of Texas.
In these views, committees of the two lion
nines voiee. of.the, people of 'Uses has,given to i
that interference a peaceful and effective rebuke.: sus of Congress, in reports made to their ,Theminister•
appointed set out on his mis
-11 Mathis sin pie, EarOpair goVerninents may I respective bodies, concurred. Since these I sion, and is probably by this time near the
learn how vein:diplomatic arts and intrigues must . proceedings inure than eight years have I Mexican capital. lie has been instructed
ever prove upon this against that mays - , elapsed, during which,' in addition to the If to bring the negotiation with which lie, is
- 'KM :0,p13141:1Yel1114ellt. which Seems natural to '
wrongs then complained of, other f
s o ant .
I charged to a conclusion at the earliest prac
toorf_sil,ao ?Aid& will , ever resist fOreign inter- , character -1
• ' -Semis, , TO-m.4: Tina, Ido not doubt that a i aggravated have been' committed ; ticable period; ,which, it is expected; will
11,belar iuid I : ienditstirePirit Will actuate CongresTs I on the persons.and property of our citizens. I be in time to etrable me to communicate the
'in'altititirclaieerns her :intirrests-und-prosperity, ' A: special agent svae , sent to Mexico in t h ei result to Congress during the present. ses
and 'that itioviilnesParhare cause to regret that ' sunnner of 1838, with full authority to I sion.. Until that result is known, I for
sdielptemnite,d.her.slone !star" to our glorious cori";1 make another •
and final demand for redress. ' bear to recommend to Congress such ulte
' • etellition.'. • . , . . , .
• 1-The demand wns made,; theMeXican:gov- rior measures of redress for - the wrongs
• , x i s,: AVg .., ►talerat i na , that our relations with I
iernment promised to repair the,, f
wrongs o , and injuries we have so long borne, as it
swic t soince;iour, last. , slen, have not been of s •
-_ .. tea .
' • Air* le taleiter•Whieti it' id nil* desire to iwhich. we complained.; and after much de- I would have been proper to make had , no
l it i tt ili o s s oisk, lis t ,sot t i•si t i ts 4l. --o f t the „wi t ) lay; a treaty of indemnity- with that view , such negotiation been instituted.
. 9.-I , -
stlay.:olltamltlasttthe Mexican , encoy .extraordi- (was concluded between tho two. Powers Congress
~ appropriated,. at the last 5e5,...-.Z',/toisaailehttecPletlirteteetiary.
,...-.Z',/toisaailehttecPletlirteteetiary. to the,ll.:States !;on the llth of :April, 1839, and . was,duly ; skin,' the -ittrn.-.Of two - hundred acid•seventy >
- -:-! letiMal; 1,14,00 name of his govern- ratified bybo t h - • ' R
.. go,%ernments,. y -this f five thinsavi. 'dollars. for the - payment ot.
s -'-' 11 - • ' - ft • 404' kresolution-Pasied by den
'' ' • - iniaticklif 'f*oi.a.s halite' United -I treaty a joint commission was Created - tO the April and. July instalments of thcf Mess
. .
~..,. ssmisss.sishish ---0764gwreglitd-aihrilftwito-of-04.0_i_OV:_e04...,49eide on ,th , claims of I ken indemnities for. the' year 1844 :- - “Pro-.
the,r4 AintAlikiCO;-andOn'o4eiPience of it, he ,American. eitizens:vn ithe gover f I sided it shall be ascertained to taut satisfaes
'.....••.;"•
6ts'l44llOrtalloiNvitit Wended ' , that i Mexico: • _-,Thecommitssion was organi zed' tion- ! Of the _American government that said
-• . ... 1 W.afitioilla dtatectiui , not conmder r at Washington , on the 25th dayof August,i
. instalments have been pai • ',:y the Alexis
.‘ .:
~,.., ~,- •.• •, , : 4 ,,,;i,, zit ,,,101,1-1. . . 11,. ,ITY .9.f . , 1 , 11 e1.1840. . Their. tilnowas : liniited to eighteen can government to the agent sppointed by
~ ;;,1,r., r .- -. -....1it..W#,:11. • Antouncau" I mouths, .at •the expirationof it" h h the . 11 State sl receivetimel
,-;':1•:-,_ ' , F,;,7, ", ( thik v ie . it ep alia l
.... t _
...Ni io 0 ei
~ - such!
:-. - t u t us ;1 •-,. t ' - s 4:iii... t iiiiiii n o id, I had adjudicated l and' .decided claims .a- manner - 'as to discharge all •elaim'ou the
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to~Mucico, and constituting no part oflamounting to two millions twenty-sik thou- ;*Mexican governmencand said agent to be do
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MESSAGE
of 118
president of the United States.
DECEMBER. 1843
•
linquent in remitting the money ukthe U. S. was the sante offer which had been made
.111 1 8 Unsettled state of our relations with by the British, and rejected by the Ameri-1
Mexico has involved this subject in much , 1 can government in the negotiation of 1826.1
mystery. The lirstinformation, in authen-1 This proposition was properly rejected by.
tic form, from. the agent of the U. States, the American plenipotentiary on the day it
appointed under the administration'of my was submitted. - This was the only pro
predecessor, was received at the State lld- position of compromise offered
. by .the
partment on the ninth of November last.— , British plenipotentiary. Thq proposition
This is contained in a letter, dated the sev- on the part of Oreat Britain having been
enteenth of October, addressed by him to rejected, the British plenipotentiary,
one of our citizens then in Mexico, Avith Attested that a proposal should be made Ityl
the view of having it communicated to that 'the U. States for "an equitable adjustment
deparunent. From. this it appears that :of 'the question."
the agent, on the twentieth OlSeptember,
181.1, gave a receipt to the treasury of Mex
ico for the amount of the April and July
instalments of the indemnity. In the same
communication however, he asserts that he
had not received a single.dollar in cash; but
that he holds such securities as warranted
him at the nine in giving the 'receipt, and
entertains no doubt but that he will even
tually obtain the money. As these instal
ments appear never to have been actually
paid by- the•government of Mexico to the
agent, and as thatgovernment has not there
fore been released so as to discharge the
claim, I do not find myself warranted in di
recting payment to be made to the claimants
out of the treasury without further legisla
tion. Their case is,;inuloubtedly, one of
much hardship ; and it remains for Coti
-,
guess to decide whetlair any, and what, re
lief ought to be granted to them. Our min
ister to. Mexico lets been instructed to as
certain the faCts of the case from the Mex
ican government, in an authentic and offi
cial form, and report the result with as lit
tle delay as Possible.
My• attention was early directed to the
negotiation, which, on the 4th of Mareh
last, I found pending at Washington be
tween the U. States and G. Britain, on the,
subject of the Oregon territory. Three
several attatn beenTre-v-iutislyitutt
to settle 7 the question in dispute between
the two countries, by - negotiation, upon the
principle of compromise ; but each had
proved unsuccessfid.
•
These negotiations teak place at London
in the years 1818, 182 T, and 1826 ; flie
two first under the adminisaation of Mr. !
Monroe, and the last under that of Mr. Ad-
ams. The negotiation of 1818 having
ed to accomplish its object, resulted in the
conveniion of the twentieth of October of
that year. By the third article of that con-
N'ClltiOK'it, was "agreed, that any
,cOuntrxr
that may be claimed by either'party on
the northwest coast of America, westward
of. the Stony mountains, shall, together
With its harbors, bays and creeks, and the
navigation of all rivers within the same, be
free and open for the term of ten years from
the date of the signature of the .present con
vention, to the vessels, citizens, and sub
' jects of the two Powers ; it being well un
derstood that%this agreement is not to - be
construed to the "prejudice of any claim
3v4ie4 either of the two high contracting
parties may have to.any part of the conii
try, nor shall it be taken to affect.the claims
of any other Power or State to any part of
the said country ; the only object of the
high Contracting parties in that respect. he;
ing, to prevent diSputes andilifli;reiices a
mong thenyelves."
The negotiation of 1826, having also
failed to effect an adjustment by comprom
ise, resulted in. the convention of. August
the - sixth, 1827, by whit:flit was .agreea to
continue in force, for an indefinite period,
the provisions 'of the third article of the
convention of the twentieth of October,
1818; and it was furthef pfovided, that "it
shall be competent, however, to either of
the contracting parties,in case either should
think fit, at arty time after the twentieth or
October;
. 1828, on due notice of
twelve months to the other contracting par
ty, to annul and abrogate this convention ;
and It.shall in such ease, be accordingly
entirely annulled and abrogated after the
expiration of the said term of notice." In
these attempts to adjust the controvergy,
the parallel of the forty-ninth degree of
north latitude ; had been ofll:red by the U.
States to. Great' Britain, and in those of
1818 and 1826, with a further coneession.
. of the . free navigation of the Columbia riv-.
or south of that latitude. The parallel of
he — forty-ninth degree, front the Rocky
Mountains to its intersection with the north
. easternmost branch of the. Columbia, and
thence down the channel of that river to
the sea,had been offered by Great Britain,
with an addition of a small detached terri
tory north of the Columbia. Each of these
propositions had been rejected by the par
ties respectively.
In October, 1843, the Envoy Extraordi-.
nary and Minister PlenipotentiarY of the
U. States in London was authorised to
make a similar offer to those made in .1818
and 1826. .Thus stood the question, when
the negotiation was shortly afterwards
transferreil to Washington ; and on the 23d
of August; 1844, iv . a4,l2rmally opened un
der the direction of my immediate prede
cessor. Like all the previous negotiationS,
it was based on principles of
."Compro
mise;" and the avowed purpose of the par
ties was, "to treat of the respective claims.
of the two countries to the Oregon territory
with the view to establish a . ‘ perManent
boundary between . them • westward of the
Rocky mountains to' the Pacific ocean."
Accordingly, on e the 26th of Augnst, 1844,1
the British Plenipotentiary offered to di-1
vide the Oregon territory by the 49th par-1
allel of north latitude, from the Rocky
mountains to the point Of its intersection
with the nortlipasternmost branch of the
Colitinbitv river, and thence down that river
to the sea; leaving the free .navigation of
the river to be enjoyed .incommon by both!
parties-,—the country south of this line to
belong 'to the 'U.'States, and that north ofi
to'Great'Britain. At the same time, he
proposed, in addition, to yield to the U. S.
a detached territory; north of the Comm..
• bia, extending along the • Pacific and .the
Straits .of frorrt.':Bullfinch's harbor
- -inclusiVe„Acr,Hoodis;:;:c:4ntili%and;:to: 'make
free to the V. States' any port -Or ports
- smith of latitude' fortyr.nine degrees, which
they Might-desirei either on the mein land,
oa oh Quadra end Vancouver's - island.--
• With the exceptiOn of :the free. this.
When I c•ime-intooffice, P.found this to be
the state of the negetiatien. 'film:Wl enter
tabling the settled conviction, that :.I.e British
pretensions of title could not be mai 'Pained • to
any portion of the Oregon territory upon any
p!mciple of public I.lw recognized by nations,
deference to w hat had been done by no
predecessors, F., especially in consideiation tuts ,
propositions or compromise had been thr ce
made by Co o preceding administrations, to ad.
just the question on the parallel of 1w •111111:
grVeg. and in two of them yi: tiling to Great
Britain the free navigatiouof the Columbia, and
that the pending negotiation had been commen
ced on the bases of.compromise, 1 tIVCITied it to
be my :fril l y not abrupth to break it tiff. In con•
sideration, tun, that under the cool:collo:15'a
1818 and :827; the citizens and subjects of the'
two Powers held :I joint occupancy of the coon.
try, 1 was induced to make another effort to
settle this long pending controversy in the spirit
or mOderation which had given birth to the re
newed discussion. A proposition etas accord•
ingly made, which was rejected by the British
plenipotentiary, w ho, without submit hug any
other proposition; suffered the negotiation on
Iris part to drop, expressing hi's trust that the
United Slates would offer n hat he saw lit to call
"some further proposal' fur the settlement of
the Oregon gitestion, more consistent - With fair
ness and equit , , and with the reasonable expec
-Imi-tits of the British government." The prop°•
sit ion thus offered and rejected repeated I of
fer of the parallel of forty nine degre_s of north
latitude, m hick had been made by two prece
ding administrations, but without proposing to
the free tlintgation of the Columbia river. The
right - - °rutty rfOreign Power to the free naviga
tion of ally of our rivers, through the heart of
our cuttntry,_was Ante Which W/IS unwilling to
concede. It also.embraced a provisitm to make
free to Great Brit:6n any port or ports on Bic
of Quadra and Vancouver's island, south of
this parallel. Had this been a new question,
corning under discussion for the first tube, this
proposition would not have been made. The
extraordinary and wholly inadmissible demands
(If the British government, and the rejection of
the FropoSition Made in deference .alone to
what had been done byff my predecessors, and
the implied obligation wh'cli their acts seemed.
to implse t afford satisfactory evidence that no'
compromise which the U n ited States ought to
accept can be effected. IVith this convict
lion, the proposition of compromise %hie!: had
been made and rejected, was, by my direction,
I subsequently withdrawn, and our title to the
wlnile Oregon territory asserted, and, as is be
lieved, maintained by_ irrelragable facts and
gnments.
"Floe civilized a'otld will see in these poleca t ,
logs a spirit of liberal concession on the part.a
the United States; and this government will he
relieved from all responsibdity hick may Tut.
low the fa:lure to settle the controversy.
All attempts compromise having failed, it'
becomes the duty of Congress to consider what
measures it may be propi:r t ulopt f ‘ o w yr se
curity and protection of our citiz't ' • what)...
iting-, or who may hereafter inhabit Oregon,and
for the.maintenance of our just. title to that
- territory. In adopting—measures for this Pur
pose, care should be taken that nothing be done
to viotaie the stipulations of the convention of
59.7, is still in frce. The faith of trea
ties, in their letter and spirit, has ever been, and
I trust will ever be. scrupulously - observed by
the United States. -Under• that convention, a
year's potice is r; quire& to be given by eithey
party to the other, before the joint 'occupancy
shall terminate, and before either can rightfully
assert or • exercise exclusive jui•isdiction . over
any portion of - theterritory. This notice it
would, in my judgment, be proper to give; and
I reeinntnend that provision belnade by law for
giving it accordingly, and terminating, in this
manner, the convention of the sixth of August,
1827.
It will become proper for Congress to deter.
mine what legislation they can, in the mean
time, adopt without violatiiig this convention..
Beyond till question, the protection of our laws
and our jurisclictiOn; civil and criminal, ought to
be immedlattly extended over our citizens in
Oregon. They hate had just cause .to,. coin.
plain of tar long neglect in this particular, and
have in Consequence, been compelled, for their
own security and protection,lo establish a prod
visional government lor thermielves. Strong m
their allegiance and ardent in their attachment
to the United States, they have been th'us cast
upon their own resources. They are anxious
that our laws should be extended over them,and
I recommend that this be done by Congress with
as little . delay mi possible, in the Jull extent to
which the British Parliament have proceeded in
regard to 'British subjt.Cts in that territory, by
their act of July the second, 1821, '•for regula•
Ong the fur trade, and establishing, a criminal
and civil jurisdiction witliin certain parts of N.
America." By this act Great Britain extended
her laws and jurisdiction, civil and criminal,ovet
Iher subjects engaged in the fur trade in that
territ , fy.
By it, the coats of the province of Uppe
Canada were empoWered to take cognizanco of
caoses civil and criminal. Justices of the pence'
and other judicial officers were authorixi.d to
be appointed in Oregon, with power to execute
all pocess issuing from the courts of that pro•
and t 9 'sit and IMId courts of record for
the trial of criminal offences and misdemeturva,"
not made the subject et4capitat punishment, d
also of civil cases, ail Ore the cause of action
shall not '''exceed in value the amount or sum
of two hundred pounds."
Subsequent to the date of this, act of Parlia
ment, a:grant was made (ruin' the - "British
'Crown," to the Hudson's Bay Company, of the
exclusive trade with the Indian tribes in, the
Oregon territory, subject to u reservation that it
shall" not operate•to the exclusion “of the sub,
jects Of any foreign StateS who, under or by
force °fatty convention for the time being, be•
tureen and such foreign Spites yeTectiveiy,
may entitled to, and shall be engaged in, the
I said trade.".
b.ll
It is mite obe regretted, that i .svhile under
this act Bri b subjects have enjoyed the pro
tection of .• h laws . .and pritish judicial tri
bunals thapughput the : 011o16 of Oregon, Ameri
can citizehs, in the same territory, have enjoyed
no suchCProtection from their government. At
the•Sarrie - time, the result illustrates the charuc.
ter Jwf our people and their . institutions. '• In
spite of this neglect, they have multiplied, and
their number:is rapidly, increasing in the terri
tory. They have made no appeal tai arms, Ind
have peacefully fortified' . thernselieS hi ' their
new homes, by the adoption of repulilican in
stitutions for theinseires; iiirnishing , unother ex-
ample or th.lnith:'tliat self government:is-lithe:
HA' .e.,nt. nt
in the. Aerieatt, briast, and must prevail:
Ii is due to them that they should heembritced
and_protectecl hy our laws. •
It is deemed important that our Lis regula
ting , trade and intercourse, with tlite Indian
trib4s cast of .the Rock); mountains,' 'should be
. .
extended .to Stich tribes as dwell beyond them.
The increasing croigratidii to Uregim,sind the
care and protection which is doe from the gov•
vrimeiet to its cilizer.s in that distant. region,
make it our ditty, as it is our interest, to culti.
vale amicable . relations with the Indian tribes
or that territory. For this purpose, t recom
m••nd that provision be made for establishing an
lodian agency, and such s•tb•atrcncics as may be
it,enved necessury,M youth the Rocky mountains.
.
For the protection of emigrants whilst on
their way to Oregon, again,t alt cks of the
In.lian tribes occupyit.g the country through
which they psss, l recommend that a suitable
number of stockades and block-lion:7,e forts be
erected along the usual route between our
f ron ti e r settlements on the Mksoori and Rocky
mountainit.and that an adt crime force of mount.
ed riflemen be raised to guard and protect them
olvtlilir journey. Tile immediate adoption of
these recommendations by e ongress will not
violate the provisions Of the existing t re .,ty. It
will be doing !milling more for American citi
z,n.; than British laws have lung since done for
British subject; in the same te-ritory.
It requires several munths to perform the
voyage by sea from the Atlantic States to Ore
gum; and although we love a large number of
whale ships. in the Pacific, butt few of them af
ford ait opportunity of iutterchunging intelli
gence, without great delay, between our ttettle
ments ill that distant region t and the United
States. An overland mail is believed to be en
tirely pr itticable; and the importance or estab-
Ilshing such a mail, at lei st once a tooth, is
submitted to the favorable cm niiderati to of con-
gresm.
It is submitted to the wisdom of
,Con-,
gress to determine whether, at the present
session,and until after the expiratiou of the
year's notice, any other measures may Ira
adopted. consistently with the convention
01'1827, far the security of our rights and
the government anti protection of out cid
z.ins in Oregon. That it will ultimately
be wise and proper to Make 'liberal grants
of-land to the patriotic pioneers who, midst
privations and dangers, lead the way dim'
sivage tribes inhabiting the vast wilderness
iitteryeti.jog be ttc.a.o.u.ricontier.se Walnut ts
-and' Oregon, ' - end" who cultiVale, - afid fuse'
ever reatly to defend the soil, 1 am fully
satisfied. To doubt. whether they will
obtain - such - grants as soon as the ct,nven•
don between thelJ. 3. & G,ll. 'dial cease
to exist. would be to doubt the •jujtice-tif
Congress; but, pending the year's notice, it
is worthy of consideration whether a stip
ulation to this effect may be made,. consis
toothy with, he spirit of that convention.
The recommendations which I have
made, as to the best manner of securing
otir rights in Oregon, are , submitted to Con
gress with great deference. Should they,
intheir, wisdom, devise any other mode
better Calculated to accomplish the !Jame
object,it shall meet ‘vitli my hearty concur
rence.
At the end of the year's notice. shout(
Ctingtas - think it propel to make prom.
ion for giving that notice,' we. shall have
reached .a period %viten the national rights
in Oregon must either be abandoned or firm
ly maintained. That they cannot be aban
doned without a sacrifice of both national
honor and interest,, is too clear to atlinit of
doubt.
Oregon is a part of the North Ainerican
continent, to which it is confidently affir
med, the titleAd the United States is the
best now in_exis ten e _
on wh;ch that title rests, 1 rt r fer you to the
correspondence of the late and present Se
cretary of State with the British plenipo
tentiary during the negotiation. The Britial
proposition of compromise, which would
make the Columbia the live soulh of for
ty nine degrees, with a trifling addition of
detached territory to the United States,
north of-that river, and would leave on the
British side %wo.thirds of the Whole Ore
lon territory, including the free navigation
of the Columbia and all' the valualde har
bors on the -Pacific, can never; for a mo
ment, 'be entertained by the United States.
without au abandonment of their just_ and
clear .territorial rights, their own selfrespeet
and the national, honor. For the informa
tion of Congress, Lcommunicste here-with
the corresvondence which took place be
tween,the two governments. during the late
negotiation.
The rapid extension of our' settlements
over our territories heretofore unoccupied;
the nrldition of new States to our cooled
eracy ; the cx penal on..uf !Tee:principles ,and
our rising greatness as a nation, are attrac
ting the attention of the Powers of Europe;
and lately the - doctrine has been broached
in some of them, of a 'balanot3 of power'
on this continent, to cheek our sdvance
meut. The United Slates, sincerely desi
rous of preserving relations of iptiod under
standing with all nations, cannot in silence
permit any European interference on the
Nonli .Americanscontinent; and should any
such interference be attentpted„ will be rea
dy to resist it at any and all 'hazards.
Wis . tvell known to, the Amercian people
and to:all nations, that This government has
never interfered wth the relations subsist
ing between other governments. We have
- never made ourselves parties to their wars
or their alliances; .we have not sought their
terrinnire by conquest; we have not ming
led with parties iu their domestic struggles;
. it idle ..ng cur own form of government
to be, the best, we have never . attempted to
propagate it by. intrigues, by diplomacy, or
by force. We may clutm oa 'this eonti,
rent a like exemption from European . in
terference. The nations of . America arl
equally sovereign and independent with
those 0.1 Europe, They possebs the same
rights, independent orall . foreign interposi
tion, to make war, tryebnclude peace, and
to regulate their . internal affairs. The peon
ple of-the United States canna*, therefore,
view with indifferenee attempts of Europe
an powers to . interfere .with the independ- .
nut. action of the nations on this continent.
'The Anterican'system of government
.tirely.dtiferent from that of Europe. Jea
lousy among the different sovereigns of
Europe, lest any ono of theanileht become,
•
ten powerful for die rest, has Caused them
anxiously to desire the. establishment-:of
what they term thelaintico,of pnwer,'., It
,erionntite..permittedAoiteve..snyipillicOm•
ett the North 'AMCrico etintjnerit, and es-
pecially tti tlie,Unimil States.: We. must
ever•maintain the ptinciple, that the people
of this continent..alone have the right to
deetile their own destiny. t 3frutild any
portion of them, constituting an independ
ent'state, propose to unite themselves with
our confederacy, this will be a quest* for
them and us to determine, without any for
eign interposition. We can never consent
that European Powers shall interfere to
prevent such a union, because it might dis
turb the 'balance of power' which they
may desire to maintain upon this eontinent
Near a quarter of a century ago, the privet
ple was distinctly announced to the world
in the annual message of one of my prede
cessors, that 'the American continents, by
. the
.free and independent condition which
they have assented and maintained, are
henceforth not to be considered as subjects
for future colonization by any European
Power.' This principle will apply w !tit
greatly increased force„ should any Euro
pean power attempt to, establish any new
colony in North America, In the Existing
circumstances of the world, the present is
deemed a proper occasion to reiterate and
'reaffirm the principle avowed by Ali.. Mon•
roe, and to stale my cordial concurrence in
its wisdom and sound policy. The re-as
sertion of this principle, epecially in re
ference to North America, is at &his day
but the promulgation of a policsyrAich no
European power should cheriPi the dispo
sition to resist. Existing rights of every
European nation' should be respected; but
it is due alike to our safety and our inter
ests, tha,t the efficient protection of our laws
should be emended over our whole terrine._
rid limits, and that it should be distinctly
announced to the world as our settled po
licy, that no future European - colony or
dominion shall with our consent, be plant
ed or-established on any part of the North
...Aintriean continent.
A question has-recently_itrisen Under ihe
- ten th:Tarticie—d-the-subKiating—troaty----bo--
tweet] the United States and ['rum. By
- 11iiratticte7 - the 'consul's of the two. countries--
have the right to sit as judges and arbitra•
tors 'in such differences as may Srise be
. tween the captains and crews, of the vessels
beltinging..to the nation whose interests arc
committed to their charge, uithout the in
terference of the local authorities, unless
the conduct of the crews or of the captain
Should disturb the order or tranquility of
the country; or the said consuls should re
quire their assistance to cause their deeis•
ions to be carried into. efferj or supported,'
Tbe Prussian consul at New Bedford,
in June, 184-1, applied to Mr. Justice Sto
ry to carry into effect a decision made by
him between the captain and crew of the
Prussian ship Borussia; but the ugliest
• was refused on the ground .that, without
previous legislation by Congress, the judi•
ciary did not possess the power togive of
• -feet to, this article of - the treaty.. Th'e
%Prussian government, through their minis•
ter here, have complained of ithia - vtolation
of the treaty, and have asked the_govern
-,!ment of the_ United States.to'adopt the 'ne
cessary measures- to prevent similar viola•
Lions hereafter. Good- faith to Prussia, as
well as .to- other nations with whom we
have similar treaty 'stipulations, requires
. that these should 'be faithfully observed: -I
'have dt eined-it proper, therefore, to lay On
, subF b - e f --- CT
eject befiire C - ongress, and to recommeiiii
snch legislation as may be necessary to'
give effect to , these treaty obligatiims.
BY virtue of an arrangement made be-
tween the Squish government and that of
the United States, in December, 183!, A-
merican vesseo, since the twenty ninth of
April, 1832, have beep admitted to entry
in the port of,Spain, including those of the
13alearie and o:limey is lands, on payment
Of the same tonnage duty of live cents per'
ton, as though they had been Spanish ves
sels; and, this, whether our vessels arrive in,
Spain directly from the United States, or
indirectly from any other country. W hen
Congress. by the act of the thirteenth- of
July, 1832, gaver.ffect to this arrangement
between the two governmeate, they coefi
ned the reduciion of tonnage duty. merely
to Spanish vessels 'coming from a port in
; Spain,' leaving the former discriminating
duty to remain against such vessels coming
front a port in any' other country. It k
manifestly unjust that, wilet Ainerican yes
• eels, arriving in the ports
. oc Spain from
other countries, pay no more duty titan
tipanish vessels, Spanish vessels arriving
in the ports of the United States from oth
• cc countries should be subjected to heavy
discriminating tonnage duties. This is
• neither equality nor reciprocity, and is ,in
violation o 1 the arrangement concluded in
December, 1831, between the- two coun:
tries. TheSpanishgovernment have made
,repeated and earnest remonstrances against
this inequality, and the favorable attention
of Congress has been several times invok
ed to the •subjeet by my predecessors...l
. recommend, as an act of justice to Spain,
- that this inequality be removed by Con
: gress, and that the discriminating duties
which have been levied under. the act of
the thirteenth of July, 1832. on Spanish
vessels coming to the United' States from
. any other foreign country, be refunded.—
This recommendation does not embrace
Spanish vessels arriving in the United
States from Cuba and 'jolt() . which
Will still remain subject to the provisions
. of the act of June thirtienth,•lB34, concer
ning tonnage duty on such vessels.
By the actof the fourteenth ofJuly,lB32,
, . coffee was exempted from duty altogether.
This exemption was universal, without re
' ferenco to the country where it was produ
- ced, or the national character of the vessels
in which it was imperted. , By the tariff
act of the thirtieth ofAugust, 1892, this ex
emption from duty was•reetricted to coffee
imported in American vessels from the place'
of its protlUctien; whilst collbe imported' un
-der all other eiteunfisnmcsis 'wits' subjected
to a duty of twenty per cent. ad valorem:
Under this net,•and our existing treaty.with
the Icing ( pf the Netherlands, Java coffee
imported from the European porta of that
•kingdominkr Ate Dinied,.iStates, pheiher
.
-...4.yutch. or American voisitu lw a la yd
tifetift=tltotyzal.iliaicipmtrratioa*sate
Netherlands complains thatattch a tliacrim 7 l
inatingiluty should have been imposed on
.coffee, the production of one of its.'eolonies,.
• and-which is cluelly.brought trom Java, to
the ports,of that kingdomi and exported
. •
from thence to foreign countries.' Our trade
With - the Netherlands is, highly beneficial to
both countries, and oer relations with them
have ever been of the most friendly charac
ter. Under all „tha circumstances of -the
case, I recommend that this diperimination
should be abolished, and that the coffee of
Java imported from the Netherlands be pla
ced upon the same
: footing with that impor
ted directly from Brazil and other countries
where it is produced.
Under the eighth frection of the tariff ae
of the 30th Avg., 1842, a duty of fifteen
cents per gallon was imposed on Port wine
in casks; while, on the red• wines of sever
al other countries, when imported in casks,
a duty of only six cents per gallon was im
posed. discrimination, - so far as re
garded the Port wine of Portugal, was deem•
ed a violation of our-treaty with that Pow•
er r which provides, that "No higher or oth
'or duties shall he imposed on the importa
tion into the United States of America of
any article the growth, produce, or menu
facture•of the kingdom and, possessions of
Portugal, than such as are or shall be pay•
able on the like article be,ingtthe growth,
produce, or manufacture-of any other for%
cign country." Accordingly, to give ef
fect to the treaty, as well,as to the intention
of Congress, expressed in a proviso to the
tariff act itsdll, that nothing therein contain
ed should be so construed as to interfere
with subsisting treaties with foreign nations,
a treasury circular was issued on the 16th
of July, 1844, whigh among other things,,
declared the duty on the Port o wine of Por
tugal, in casks, under the existing laws and
treaty, to be six cents per gallon, and dirce,
ted that the . excess of duties which had
been - collected on such wine should be re
funded.. By virtue of another
.ame-section-ofthe-act i ll is provided that
all imitations of Port, or any other wines,
”sha If be'. - szt fleet -to . trig duty""-provided- , = for
the genuine article." Imitations of Port
wine, the production of France, are import
ed to some extent into the United States;
and the government of that country now
claims that, under a correct construction of
the act, these imitations Ought not to pay a
higher duty than that imposed upon the o
riginal Port wine . of -Portugal. It appears
to me ufbe unequal and unjust, that,Freoeh.
imitations of Port wine should be Abject
ed to a duty of fifteen cents, while the more
valuable article from Portugal should pay a
duty of six cents only per gallon. I there
fore recommend to Congress such legisla
tion as may lie necessary to correct the in•
&quality.
The late President,ln his annual mes
sage of December last, recommended au
appropriation. to satisfy • tlCe'claims of the
Texan gifYerifinon't against the U. States,
which had been 'previously adjusted, so fas
as the powers of the ExecutiVe extend.=
These claims arose out of • the act of disar
ming a body of Texan troops tinder the
command of Major Shively, by an officer
in the service of the United States; acting
under the orders - of our government; and
the forcible entry into the custom house at
Bryerfyls landing, on Red river. by 'certain
citizens of the United-States,•and taking 'a-
way therefrom the goods seized by the col
lector of the customs as forfeited under the
laws •of Texas. This was a" liquidated
debt, ascertained to be due to Texas when
an independeut.state. Her acceptance of
the terms of annexation proposed by the
United States dues not discharge or invali
date the claim, I recommend that provi
sior. be male for its payment. •
The commissioner appointed to China
during the special session of the Senate in
March last, shortly . afterwards set out on
his Milsion in the United States ship Co
himbus. On arriving at Rio•de Janeiro on
his passage, the state of his health had be.
come so pritical, tliat, by the advice of his
medical attendants, he returned to the Uni
ted States early in the moth of October
last. Commodore Biddle, commanding the
Eastirdia squadron, proceeded on his VON :
age in the Columbus, , and was charged by .
the commis:4°2er with the duty of exchan
ging with the proper authorities the ratifi
cations of the treaty lately concluded with
the Emperor of Cflina. Since the•return
of the commissioner to the United Ptates,
his health has been much iMproved, and he
entertains the contlient belief that ho will
Noon be able to proceed on his mission.
•
Unfortunately,differctices continue to cx•
ist among some of thhe nations of South A•
inerica, whiith, following our example,have
established their independence, . while in
- others internal dissensions prevail. It is
natural - that oursympathies should be warm
ly enlisted for their welfare; that we should
desire that all controversies between them
should be amicably adjusted, and their guy.
ernments'adniinistered in, a manner to pro
tect the rights, and promote the prosperity
of their people. It is contrary, however,
to our settled policy, to interfere in their
Controversies, m 'tether external or internal.
I have this ativerted „to all the subjects
connected with our foreign relations, to
which I deem it necessary to call-your at
tention. Our policy is not only peace with
ell, but good Will towards all - the Powers o 1
the earth. -While we .are just to all, we
require that all Shall be just to us. Except
ing the differences with Mexico and Ureat
Britain, our relations with all civilized na
tions are of the most satisfactory character.
It is hoped that in this enlightened age,
these differences may. be amicably adjust
ed.
The Secretary , of the_ Treasury; in his
annual report to Congress, will communi
cate a full statement of the condition of our
finances. The irnpurts.for the fiscal year
ending on the thirtieth June last, were of
the value of one hundred and seventeen
millions two hundred. and fifty-four thous
and five hundred and sixty-four dollars, of
which the amount exported was fifteen mil
lions three liJndred and forty-six Thousand
eight hundred, and thirty dollars—reeving a
betake of one hundred and 'one .millions
nine hundred - end seven, thouseud seven
litindred and thirty-f Our dollars for' doniesti:
consumption. l'he - iiiierta - fOr -the 'same
year Were'of the valuo of one hundred and
fourteen Millions six hundred and forty-six
thousand Six hundred and six dollars;
whlcb, the amount of do-nestio artiers was.
ninety-nine millions into hundred and nine,
ty-nine thousand seven folhdred and ee yen
ty six dollars. • The receipts into the Trea
sury -during the samd,year were twenty
nine millions seven hundred and sixty nine
thousand one hundred and thirly•three.dol
lars and fifty-six cents, of tvhich,there were
derived from customs, twenty-seven
liens five hundred and twenty-eight theus•
and one hundred 'and' twelve dollars and
seventy cents; - from sales of public lands,
two millions seventy-seven thousand and
twenty-two dollars and' thirty cents; and
from incidental and iniseellancims sources.
one hundred and sixty-three thousand nine
hundred and ninety -4 ight dollars and fifty•
six cents,., The expenditures for the same
period were twenty-nine millions nine hun
dred and sixty-eight thousand two hundred
and six dollars and ninety eight cents; of
which, eight five hundred ann
eighty•eight thousand one hundred and fif
! ty-stiven dollars and sixty-two cents were
applied to the
_payment of the public debt,/
The balance in the Treasury on the fast of
July.last, was seven millions six hundred
and fifty , eight thousand three hundred and
six dollars and twenty-two cents.
The amount-of the public debt remaining
unpaid on the first of October last, was sev
enteen millions seventy•five thousand, four
hundred and forty five dollars awl fifty-two
cents: Further: payments of the public debt
would haVe been made, in anticipation of
the period of its 'reimbursement under the
authority conferred upon the Secretary of
the Treasury by the acts of July twenty
-first, 1841, and of April fifteenth, 1842, &
March third, 1843, had .not the unsettled
state of our relations.with Mexico menaced
lid (its collistoifilt -- tharpower. In view
of such a contingency, it was deemed ptu
dent to retain in the Treasury an ameinkt
unusually Jarg.eAor..orlinory purposes.
A few years ago, our whole national. debt
growing out of the Reiolution and the war
of 1812 with Great Britain was extingosh•
ed, and we prestmted to the world the rate .
' and noble spectacle of a great and growing
people who had fully discharged every ob•
ligation. Since that time, the existing debt
has been contracted; and small as it is, in
sotrlparisee_wjth the similar burdens of
most
ed to the eat lit pra.ttieable pe..iod, Should
the state of the country oormit, and, espe
daily, if our foreign relations interpos.e no
obstacle, it is contemplated to apply all the
moneys in the treasury as they accrue be
-
- 3 - ?ond what is reqeired for the appropria••
tions by Congrose. to its liquidation. I
cherish the hope of soon being able to con
gratulate the colours- on ‘
os recovering once
more the lofty position which it so recent
ly occupied. Our country, which exhibits
ta.the would the benefits ofself e gov:trnment,
in developing all the sources of national
prosperity, owes to mankind the permanent
example 'of a station free (tom the blighting.
influence of a public debt.
The attention of Congress. is • invited-to
the importance of,, making suitable mod fi
catiens and reductions of the rates of duty
_imposed by our resent tariff laws. -Tim
_
() a bject of imposing duties on imports should
be to raise revenue to pay the necessary ex
penses of government. Congress may un
doubtedly, in the exercise of sound discre
tion, discriminate in arranging the rates of
duty on different articles; but the discrimi
nations should be within the revenue stan•
lard, and be made with a view to raise
money for the support of gevernment...
It becomes important to understand dis
tinCtly what •is meant by a revenue stan-
dard, the maximum of whiclohould not be
exceeded by time rates of duty impoSed. It
is 6Onee‘ded; , . and experience proves, that
duties may be laid so high as to.diminish,
- or prohibit altogether, the importation of
•any given article, and thereby lessen or
destroy-the revenue which, at lower rates,
would be derived. from its , importation,
Such duties exceed . the revenue rates, and
are not • I'snposed to raise money fur the sup
port of government.
If Congress levy a duty for revenue of
one per cent. on a given article, it will pro
duce a given amount of money to the trees
ney,,and will incidentally and necessarily
afforil protection, or advantage, to the. a
mount of one per cent,. to the home manu
facture of a similar or like article over the
importer. If ,the duty . be raised to ten per
cent., it will produce a greater amount of
money, and afford greater protection. lin
be still raised to twenty, twenty-five, or
thirty per cent., and if, as it is raised, the
revenue derived Isom it is found to be in•
creased, the protection or advantage will
also be increased; .but if it be_rais,ed to thir
ty one per cent., and it is found lleatethe
revenue produced arthat rate is lesss than
at thirty per cent., it ceases to be Creveuue
duty.
The precise point in the ascending scale
of duties at which it is ascertained from ex
perience that the revenue is greatest, is the
nfaximnm rate of duty which can be laid
for the bona fide purpose of collecting mo
ney for the serpent of goveinment. To
raise the dutieti higher than that point, and
thereby diminish the ainoutit collected, is
to levy them for protection merely, and not
for revenue. As long, then, as .Congress
may gradually inerease the'rate of duty on
a given article, and the revenue is increased
by such increase of duty, they are with
in the revenue standard. When they go
beyond that point, and,as they increase the
duties, the revenue is:liminished or de
•stroyed-, the act ceases to have for its ob
ject the raising of money to support g
eminent, but is for protection merely.
It does not follow that congress Should
leyy.the highest duty on all articles of im
port .which they will bear within the reve
nue standard; for such rates, will probably
produce .a , much larger amount than the
sconouakcii thninistraffin
. of the govern;
meoC mo uld require. Nor noes it follow
that the, duties on all •articles should be at,
the - same, or a horizontal rate.! ,•Noine ar 3
bear a much higher revenue dui
ty than others. ! ; iltalow the Maximum:el
ate revenue staltdard• congresi may and
ought) discriminate itt the rates imposed,
,taliintare *i=t) 144,adjust them on tlyferent;:
articles as to produce in_ the aggregate the
aniount which, when added to the proceeds
of sales of public (ands, may
, be needed to
pay the economical expe vies of the gov•
ernment.
In levying a tariff of duties, Congress
may exercise the taxing power, and fin
purposes of revenue may select the of jeets
of taxation. They may exempt certain ar
ticles-altogether, and permit their importa•
tion free of dyy. Ou others they
pose low duties. In theso classes should
be embraced such articles of necessity as
are in general use, and especially such as
are consumed by the laborer and the poor.
as well as by the wealthy' citizen. -Care
should he taken that all the great interest
of the country, including manufactures, ag:r
riculture, commerce, navigation, and the
mechanic arts, should as far as may be
practicable, derive:tried advantages from
the incideMal protection which a just sys
tem of revenue ditties may afford. Tuxn
tion, direct or indirect, is . a burden, and it
should so impoSed as to operate as e
•qually as may he, on all classes, in the
proportion of their ability to bear it.
.To make the . taxing pot% er an :venal
benefit to one class, necessarily' Encreare s
the burden of. the others beyond their pro-
portion, curl would he manifestly' it!) just.
The terms 'protection todomestie industry'
are of popular import; but they should iip• •
ply under a - just system to all the various
branches of.industry in our country. The
farmer or planter who toils yearly in hisl
fields, is engaged in 'deinestie ite!o4iry.' •
and is as much entitled to have his labor'
'protected,' as the manufacturer, the man
of dommerce, the navigator, or . the median.,
ic, wbe are er caged a'so_ in 'domestic in•
-dustry' in their different pursuits, The
joint labors of all these classe's constitute
the egg egate el the 'domestic industry' of •
the nation, and they are eqeally-entitled to
the nation's '.protection.' • No one of them
can justly claim to be exclusive recipients
of `protection,' which can only be afforded o
by increasing burdens n the 'domestic in •
dustry' of the others.
If these views be correct, it remains to
inquire how far the tariff act of 1842., Is
rionsistent with - them. That many of the
, provisions of that act are in violatiou of the
conceik The rates of duty imposed it
on some articles are prohibitory,'and . on
others•so high as greatly .to dinumsb im-
Pertations, and to produce a less amount of
revenue, than would be derived limn lower
rates. They operate as 'protection mere
ly,' to one branch of `dolitestic industry,'
by taxing-other--branches. •
By the introduction of minimums, or as
sumed Aid false values, and by the smite.
sitiOn of spairie duties, the injustice - :and
iniqualuies of the act of 1812, iii•fts prac
tical operati_ous on •.diff'rent Classes and
pursuits, are seen and itl'. Many of the
oppressive duties imposed by it unier the
operation of these principles, range from
one per cent., to
.more than two hundred
per emu. They . prohibitory •on some
articles, partially so on (Alters, and bear
most heavily on articles of common neees•
sity, and but lightly on articles of luxury.
It is so framed that much the greatest bur
den which it imposes is thrown on labor
and the poorerelassas who are least able
to bear it, while its•protects capital and ter•
erupts the rich from paying- their just pro
portion of the taxation required for the sup
port of government. While it protee.a the
capital of the., wealthy manufacturer, and
increases his profits, in does not benefit the
operatives or lataorers -in his employment,
Whose wages have not been increased by, it.
Articles of prime_necessity or'of coarse
• quality and low 'price, used by the masses
of the people, are,. -in many instaik.ds;
jected by it to, heavy taxes, while articles
of flier quality and higher pride, or ()Cies-.
.ury, which can b.e used only by 'the opti.
lent, are lightly taxed. impoSes heavy
and unjust burdens . on the farmer; the
commercial man, and those of ; all
pursuits except the capitalist who That made
his investsmerits hrinanufaetures. All the
great interests of the country ale not, as
nearly as may be practicable, equally 'pro•
tested by it.
The •government in theory knows no
distinction of person . , or classes, and should
bestow upon some favors anti privile
ges which all others may not enjoy: It
was the purpose of its illustrious' foun
ders to base the institutions which they
reared upon the great and unchanging 'prin
ciples of justice and equity, conscious that
if administered in the spirit in which they
were conceived, they would be felt only
by•the benefits which they diffused. and
Would secure for themselves a - defence in
the heartslof the people, more powerltil
than standing armies, and al( • the means .
and appliances invented to . sustain govern
ments Irmnile'd in injustice and oppression;,
The- well-known fact that the tariff act
of
.1842 was passed by a majority of one
vote in the Senate, and two in the [louse
of Repreaentatives, and that some of those
who-felt themselves constrained; under the
peculiar circumstances existing at the•time,
to'vote in its favor, proclaimed its' defects,
and expressed their deterMination to aid in
its modification on the first opportunity,
affords strong•and conclusive- evidence that
it was not intended to he permanent, and
of the expediency and neces. ity of its• tho
rough revision. , •
In recommending to Congress a reduc•
lion of the 'present rates of duty, and a re
vision and modifications of the act of 1842,
I am far from entertaining opinions un
friendly i-to.„,ilie• manufacturers. On the
contrary, I desiritto see them - prosperous,
as far as tliev can be so, without imposing
utieqnal burdens on other interests. The,
advaittitg,e . •under any: system•-of indirect
taxation, even within the revenue standard,
muiflaii in favor of the manufacturing, in
terest; :and of this no Other interest Will
complain.
in thepplement ucconipa laying toilay's
, 'Su
Pox. About hie hundred eases
of this drendfui disease have Occurred iu
and around Pittsburg einee May .last._
Till 3VAII 7113 J Dllll4
GETTYSBURG:
Friday Erenine Dec, 5, 1845.
11. - /"The lion. Moss McCLEAN will please ac
cept our thanks for an early the Presi
dent's Message. -
IrrWe have thought it due to the Postmaster
of this place to state that the article in the last
"Star" in regard to the irregular deliVering of our
paper to subscribers, had reference to the conduct
of several offices in the manly, of which we have
had frequent complaints. We have no reason to
doubt the assurance given us that all our packa
ges "are regularly and promptly mailed at the
Gettysburg otlieo." Our remarks had special ref
erence to another (muter and will be understood
by those for whom they were intended.
117 - on monday last me,4;rs Kuwrz : COIICAN,
and IListtr,Ttei, elected to the offices of Prothon
otary, Register and Recorder, and Clerk of the
Courts, entered upon the &charge of the duties of
•
their respective offices. • - _
11:7 - Tho Lutheran Observer states that the Rev.
S. D. ALLEMAii, late of Gettysburg, has taken
charge of the Lutheran Church at Schellsburg,
Bedford, County, Pa.
Presiticutlai Message.
.lITTIte President's Message will be founsl in
to-day's issue—and a "shocking" long one 1t is.
With the view of giving it to our readers entire,
we have accompanied our paper with a Supple
ment, containing that portion 'of the
,message
which could not be thrown into the "STA a." The
larze space occupied by the Message has exchi
ded all variety, and leaves no room_ for - extendeil
comment. it will be seen that strong ground is
taken upon the Oregon question-H4he early admis
sion of Texas into the Union as-a State is warmly
urged—the difficulties with Mexico represented as
,being in c. thir way' of an amicable adjustment—
the establishment of a Sub-treasury, l'ipon which
Mr. Van Buren wrecked his - political fortune, re
commended—a modification of the late Postup,
law suggested, &c. The President's views upon
the Tariff are explicit, and deadly hostile to Penn
sylvania interests. He discards and ridicules the
doctrine of Protection, recommends a repeal of
the present Tariff laws, and proposes a reduCtion
of duties to a purely revenue stanAnd. Of course
all will bu endorsed by the I.,ocofoco leaders and
presses throughout Pennsylvania, and by none
more warmly than 'such:as most lustily shouted
during the last campaign for "Polk and the Tariff
of 184 !" The rank and file, too, will be called
upon to follow' in the .wake of their leaders—how
the summons will be responded to, rentains. to be
seen.
As to the tone and style .of the Message, and
the arguments adduced in , supportorifs-positipris,
We can simply remark that they are such that
no one farniliar . with Mr. Poles political history
will for one moment Inisitate_ to give him the full
benefit oraeknoWledged authorship, -The puerile
'style, demagogue tune, and unblushing array of
harlimm slang and deelamatmn, are wholly un
worthy the dignity that :shOuld attach to the in
cumbent of the Presidential office, and ton charm:-
teristie.of the man to suppose: it to have been pen
ned by any other individual-than JA:itrs.K. Petit
of TennesseC,
Congreme.
The fiat session-of the twenty-ninth Con
gicss.commenced at Washington on Monday last
a quorum of member appearing in both lionse.
nt 12 o'clock.
The Senate was called to order by Vice Presi
dent Dallas, and 13 members answered to their
names. The new Senators from Tennessee, Mis
sissippi, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and
Florida, presented their credentials and: received
the prescribed oath of office. After the adoption
of thvustomany resolution to inform the President
and House of Representatives of theirorganization,
the Setia•e adjourned.
At 12 o'clock, the }rouge was - calleifTo — order
by Mr. Fnesicn, the clerk, when upon calling the
roll 212 members Were foffnd to be present; 8 ab
sent and 4 vacancies—the whole House consisting
of 221 Representatives. Jous B. bAvis, the .Lo !
cofoco eauctis candidate, was elected Speaker on
the first ballot, havirig Jeeeived 120 out - of .211
votes cakt.SAMUEL F. x•rox ,of Ohio, (Whig)
received 72 votes-10 scattering. Being conduct
ed to the Speakers chair by Messrs. Vinton and
M'Kay, Mr. Davis madelhe usual acknowledge)
ments to the House for the honor conferred upoh
him: The oath -of office tilts administered by
Mr.' Adams to the Speaker, who in turn adminis
tered the requisite oath to each ,of the members
present. •
A motion to adopt the rifles and orders of the
last House gave rise to a lengthy discussion. Mr.
Hamlin moved to amend by excepting the one
hoar rule, which was lost—yeas 62, nays 143.
Mr.Chaptrum, of Alabama. moved to amend so as
to re enact the famous 21st Rule, prohibiting the
reception of Abolition petitions, which had been
abolished in the latter part of last session, reading.
as follows: •
.No petition, memorial, resolution, or oth
er paper praying the abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia or any State or Territory, or
the slave tntde between the States or Territories
of the 'U. States in which it now exists, shall be
receired by this House, or entertained in any way
whateVer."
The amendment was negatived .by n decided,
vote : yeas 81, nays 121—the name of Mr. Me-
CLEAN, the representive from this distlict; we re
gret to say, appearing among the B , l,.side.by side
with the blindest advocates of the Slave Ifistitu
tion and the most inveterate opponents of the first
great proviSion of Freedom's Charter, the right of
petitioning for a redress of grievances.
The original motion to ndopt the rules and reg
ulations of the last House of Repres , -ntatives, was
then after some discussion adopted.
The customary resolutions appointing .a com
mittee to wait upon the President and Senate, hav- .
ing been adopted, the House adjourned.
TussnAr, December 2, 18.15:
But little of interest was done in Senaterexcept
ing the classification of the new Senators from
Florida, Messrs Westcott and Levy—the former's
term of service expiring in 18.19, and the latter in
1,851. Mr. Crittenden introduced a bill for the
improvement of the navigation of the rivers, Ohio,
Mississipp4 and Arkansas. The Message of the
President having been received, the .reading of it
was commenced and continued for some time by
the Secretary of the Senate, but its length was too
much for the patience of even grave Senators, and
on motion of Mr. Sevier its further reading was
dispensed with; 3300 copies were ordered to be
printed. , : -
In the House -Mr. C. J. Ingerseil presented n
memorial from "citizens of the U. States residing
in Oregon," praying the establishment of a Terri
torial Government, Sze.' Pending a motion to pro-.
reed to the election of a Public Printer, Garret
'.l.)avis moved a propAition for the letting out of
the Printiiig to the lowkst bidder, liteupon which
a•langthy. debate arose, and continued until the
adjournment of
.the House :During - the discus
sion, the President's Mes•tage was. received and
read,by the Clerk, and. 3:5,000 copies ordered to
be printed. • • ' '
W•ctirraseir, Dee.- 4. •
• In the Senate, on Motion, of Mr. A11en,25,600
additional copies Of the Presldent's message%arrit
accompanying documents relating to Oregon, were
ordered to be, piiuterl..! , •
In the‘House,apumber
.of communications froth
the i tlitreteht departments .were received end ante,.
, .
ed tolbe printed. :Among - diem the . annn +Terre
of the Secremry, of the Treeing, thawing the t -
tal receipts into the NetiOnit Treeing dniing tI
past year to bititif'hion.so,/op,AA tic, and ti.4>
penditurel 820;d55,306 21, • .• .
The Post-master Geneve! recommends the adn?-
tion of the old plan of charging by the sheet,ic
stead of by the weight
The consideration of Mr. 11)evis' matron to go
the public printing to the lowest 'bidder War, -
stinted, and after some discussion, thopropositi•
was negatived—yeas fsB, nays 113. 1 Upon -
ceeding. to au election for Printerto. the } You. .
. .1..
the rote stood as follows:
,Messrs. Ritchie and Heim,
' Dow & Flak
• Gales & Simon
" Jefferson & Co.
Dr. Lana was re-ejected Strgeant-at-Artroi--t'.
S. Whitney, Door-kedper, and Alr..rohnson,. Pere..
muster. French was uniuthuously to-glee:al
Clefk of the House.
rnglixti Potatoes.
117 The New York papers seem to be irrator
the impression that the late accounts from Euro!
in regard to a lanai° Tirearlstuffs, Acc. were rue: , •
ly exaggerated, and designed to influence Briti•-•
politics. At all wen's, the following item ,frf.m
the N. Y. Journal of Commerce of Saturday, •d,,•• „
not look Much like.lionine" in England:
. "The Saint Patrick packet shiNto writ ,
soon from Liverpool, has on board-1500
bushels -of potatoes, purchased at Is, thi.
sterling (34 cents) a bushel. The park':
of the same line which loft -Liverpool a'
the same time last yearibroughta-simila:-
quantity of potatoes, which cost 2s. pe ; ,
bushel. In both cases we are assured the
potatoeS were bought .at the fair mark._t
price,"
ICr The Whigs of Philadelphia ha)"
caused to-.be • prepared a brilliant braCelet,
studded with diamonds, with • appropriati
accompanyings completing ti set ; all placeil•
in a rich .casket, intended as a present to
the ladrAllENav CLAY, The names of
•all the "subscribers to the "memorial," old
and young, male and' female, -were-. trans
cribed, formed into a volume, and beam'.
fully pyinted. A copy has been bound in
red velvet,, with gold clasps = &c. and in
scribed with Mr. CIAY's namc-4esigned
as a tokerifOr the great Stntesinan hiMself.
11 - -" During a Professional visit of Ow
Eon: JAMES COOPER to Harrisburg last
week the compliment of a Public Dinner
was tendered him by the' citizens of that
place, but declined in consequence of prior
engagements, - _
. ' Otr Some curious developenients..as 1 ,,
the working 'of the Odd Fellow. Itistitutio;i
were made lathe progress of a Trltit 'at 411 t,
Lancaster Court last week. Pattii3ular.;
next week,. , - .
Ba. The Mihyaukie (Wisconsin) Cour
ier is opt for immediate •measuresSar 11w
orgatiiiatign ofa State.l4fivernment
Territory of Wisconsin. .
10=.The Grand•Jnry in N. York•havi,
refused to indict M'KENZIE for the publi
eationof the lloyt letters. .; .
- BALTIMORE .MARKET.
ECORRECTED ivEkktr.]
.
Fr.oon.—The Flour, Market is still uwettled
acid rather dull. Holders of City .Iklills flour ap:
firm in asking $6.12- a $6 25. IXOwartl:strevt
FlOur, no operations worth . noting,iiles, makii4;
at $6 00 as 6 123-. Rye flour ss' po:
on AiN.—Pennsylvania , mixed ,red - and what!
Wheat $1 25 asl 20. Penn: red wheat . ,st 2;,.
New white Marpland Corn is telling at 07 a 6s,
!.
yellow 60 a 70. Nis' 39 a 4 .cents,„and Rye 7,c
a 75 cents per bushel. ,
Ban. CATTitc.-1100 head offered at the scales
on Tuesday, of which 180 ly, re sold at price..
ranging from $3 00 'to $4 75, , or 100 lba:aecord•
fug to,qUality. The demand -
oil.
Hoos.—A fair supply of. live lon' ° s -iri: marke!,
with a brisk demand. Sales at ssl2i ass 37
per'loo lbs for ordinary, and $5 . 50 for choice.
Pnovistoss.—The demand for, Jlccj.and Pork
not active an/ sales made only in, small parcel,.
Mess Pork $l3 75 a 14, Prime $ll. ix $ll 25
anv Mess Boef $lO 00 a SIQ-50 ;: No. L i $8 50 a
$0 00; Prime $6:37 a $6 .50:,,..-Sates,of.,Baron iu
limited quantitios—S4ofilders 61 a, Qicepts; Side's
7i a7i ; assorted n
,7 a ; . and Hems 484'83 ct:...
Lard isin active reipiest,at Si a qi ;cents for
No. .1 Western, in . kegs ; and- 84 . a Si inis
bld.
.
MARRIED,
'On Wednlsday lust.by, the Rev..Mr..Gracy, flu>
Rev. Mr. lone*, of York county, to. MO Laura,
daughter of John Garvin, Esti: of this Pace.
• • .
•
,•
On Friday lust; in Casktonifq phiwiii . towi
ship, Capt. Peter Mark aged ?1 • 7 '
.
LAW PARTNERSHIP;
•
TIIE undersigned, 40ying;,,assisciateil
themselves in the Prettied- of the
Law under thei firm. of IVITLEAN and
M'OONAUGHT, respectfulliptider their
professional services 10 the public.,,;
: Their
Office is in the `room eof Moiies:-M-'elea»,
in South Baltimore street, iffivv doors front
the Public Square.
MOSES "IVI'CLEAN,
DAVID 1V1T0.1!141r,G.8.Y. •
•
, .
.-krgz. 'The PrefesSioual business, beret( -
fore entrusted to. the subscriberNill be at
tended to by Mr—M'CONAUGH,r; who
will be in frequent correspondense with the
subscriber. 'll'44 i ,
•
MOSES Argl o 44N.
Dec. 5, 1845. 6t
DissolutiOn of- raitiAlp
IrrIIE Partnership, .herstpfure:- existing
under the nanito WASI3EN &
CO, has this day been l{xedby . mutual
consent. All person to indebted to the into
Firm are hereby requeated to` g` make'
settlement. Any NirlAci"h4e - elubm
,against
the firm will, please,
~presen,,,,them:lbr set
tlement. The bookswill, xerpaia , the
bauda• of T. IYarrau, at thi3' Foundry,
til the' first day;.ot. Fuhruary„? l nfpft.
lto* that all 'will' call 'prortotut. In that
time r sls it is deSilleor Atit•ibel? . rbres be
eloseu. ,• , - :-.;:k).).„=••=41 .
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