The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-16 00:00:00

rt 'of the Un'

xes.
of our citizens
ble to the continued friendly

in the a
thigll

ons w itb that State.
". nrincip9l

of the present year, rendered it iropur

aiptorc

orth a!:j.":tuet,,,iii,

nestm

eeu th,

T was ac

short tim

ti of the tinilei

pOWel.
B existing
vouti
ible govern ai e
But he re©Mffiiro
litical
e beam'
iWe) an

nvolced in

ti uncertainty

confusion

ortieo
h the
- government ; but, Wits Qt:'
ntormation possessed, it was not Possible ttlig
i was the government de facto ;- ad, O I
s, I have refused to receive either.
eel
_0 moat serious uature are pending 198tscola
tes and the republic of New Granad3' to
.at republic undertook, a year since'bat
—0 tonnage duties on foreign vessels in tier Prts'
the purpose was resisted by this gOvernment as beAingg
trary to
.existing treaty stipulation with the Uniteun-itia, ad
and to rights conferred by charter on the Panama itta° it
Company,
.1111 d Ras accordingly relinquished at that tAii—ai'pl
being admitted that our vessels were entitled to:be,A-e.pill'
from tonnage duty in the free ports of Panama an

impede

cide v

.epresentatives from two Conte

urther development

iverunient of th

wall. thev Ps4
But the purpose has been recently revived, an olt
of New Granada, by the enactment of a law to subject ,i.tou:
visiting her ports to the tonnage duty of forty cents P:pl 01°
and, although the law has not been put in,force, J'e be
right to enforce it is still asserted, and may, at any
acted on by the government of that republic, lote
The Congress of New Granada has also enacted 'lOlO
during the last year, which levied a tax of more then ithe
dollars On every pound of mail matter transported '515 of
Isthmus. The sum thus required to be paid 00,(ionsre
the United States would be nearly two millions ei nifscs
annually, in addition to the large sum payable 14i'01
to the Panama railroad company. If the only eb•rcoold
this exaction were the exorbitancy of its amount,
not "
be submitted to by the United-Stites.
The inquisitionof •
t , however, would obviottakt
vene'our treaty with New Granada, and infrin;:e tee,op
tract of,that republic with the Panama Railroad Coto
The law providing for this tax was, by its terms, utcleritiee
effect on the firstuf Sept.,mber last, but the loCal
on the Isthmus have been induced to suspend its ele",o the
and to await further instructions on the subject rf the
'government of the Republic. I am•not yet advisel of
determination of that governMent. If a measure so `treaty
ordinary in its character, and so clearly contra*? tgiiirosa
Stipulations, and the contract rights of the Panama n'hoeid be
Company, composed'mostly of American citivue• e:,,,tes
in, it will be the duty of the United °'"

retist its exec
I re

persisted

IL- invite c"$11„,0
Singly that occasion exists to
-.,:,
attention to a subject of still graver imp,rt ill cur rellati/u°l
withA the republic of New Granada. -0a the ibth ut3.l Of
pril last,, a riotous assemblage of the iabahitol-the
Panama committed a violent and ontrageous attack 13nsaa
s of the railroad company, and the Paisegerlith of
ions in or .near the same, involving the de:00,01
Tens of the United States, the pila? °' erlf
of _llegt.•
the destruction destruction of a large amount P i
-ailroaci company. I catised fall,11100!
vent to be made, and the Vs° area
isibilitY for vidiat °cc
5 Granada

re t exce

other per
srveral cii

attache-a to government o:

torily that c

:e respon;

3 the
th' d•
Al of that govertunent &she ,
wrongs in question should he Pi! ens of
i should be made for the families of itizc fog
with, fall indetlol"J

therefore, demand

perpretators of it

ho were killed,

ed. 00
4 ,Isthmus of Paranisi',,eiog
persons and propertY. P.denti
,u qL, re -
rea serious consideration. Reccnt lit,' 00
hopnr_penthibenlisoio
,wt that the local authorities cannot be relied isst
pnentheaot
f rti- - gdequate of
s or Pr°P tbs
nis, or bl
f a Ppoonr,,,imoa, 0
fantVbipehretoictlitilt,o

operty pillaged or d

condition of, ti

er outra;,,e3,_ without

curity and pro

011 of per
tate of P.

avinz

ken,cht

by the S

i eg
6everilmeil-Zoenns9ooffdotbllearCrs„iatty'
s the Isthmus, ar:d it 11, becci"
weal our Atlantic and Pacific r'sssessioll
'f our citiz?ns and a vast 010
nassing—to the sPcurity
ntin nai,ce of the Ptivt 01
the goverome°

y are c!q

ich, an

the
ble for

to 31,00
a this quarter so imminent as bar
my duty to station a part of our naval forces in the _5Ol
of
an
_Panama and A;pinwall, in order to protect the lito
the recurrence of sen:ll.l,ese°ili
of the citizmas of the United States in.botis,
it would, in my judgmo t
odrtr and to p
And,... to insure to them safe passage across tbe Is", the
he
until,unwas
Epontalleovo
naval force now in th se Por-trq. 'the
action of the republic ' ,G_d
by
otbersvise, 0 o,
adequate arrangementshall hav'er blecen, made for 1 PO
tectionso important
and security of a line of inter-ocean cornnitgeofioll
but
tamportant at this time, not to the United Sato- AP
to all' other maritime states both of 'lr°Pfl
• e to withara" 41

es to be indifferent,

the dar

hp 01
America.
f Meanwhile, negotiations have been instituted -Jos the
indemnity
special commission, to obtain from Now Pprr 00,1.11081
for injuries sustained by our eft"— °re et'
Isthmus, and satisfactory • prat in—r
security for the gen- '
the United States. t oaealisl
In addressing to you my last annual tnessag'er briengratatheie.
seemso to me an appropriate one to express my c-which the
United States now possess and enjoy. To po_intnLt li
of the various departments of the gorer"'Cifil °it,
of all the great branches of the public service,. sad.,..lie
military, in order to speak of the intelligent iaal4,
hinutegrity which pervades the whole, would be coanY'r
and
Ntimperfectly6
at the eeff eeffects
o f administrative
thato
Nor would it suffice to say thatnetl:tenhedniatthit;eolign:fineetill'iialfssieltallicsls
peace at home and abroad ; that its industrial tn.",o Oleo
pn sperous; that the canvas of its mariners wh,lt,,,esteel,t
sea ; and the plough of its husbandmen is marnbZot; `;t.
onward to the bloodless conquest of the cong',;eob.so
meat,
afnrdompotphuelohuossostmateosf aroeusrpwriensgteinrng up, as coif
''''‘i tbPied
courageousnot
at t
be seenh a t
gt energyaeina etth
oiti ball
drewpiutbhloicutofpatshsiengwotrblrdo.
of our people is makinZidoBi °nese-
1111'
c •
through
hese relod Per,lleo
by experience of which, and thus only, nhattir°ll°6l6;s bilr"
; b °iv
into manhood. gli.e 1
Our forefathers ware trained to the wiebni eolreeterb°
ceived, and the courage which achieved indeP,ie tberrr-de
thusth the
n circumstancesmade
eapahlewohficthhe seurerarotfuonndoefd
tthheernr,epeullb).l,oew.osool,
voiced on the next generation to consolidate Par tbegeo
the revolution, to deliver the country entirelY ir;ntiPealA'rif
fluerces of conflicting transatlantic partialities or", bit.„" ol
which attached to our colonial and revol!tiealrolittetiv'rer:
and to organise the practical operation of the "Ai 0155; 0
and legal institutions of the Union. To ne, vi• nine $
ation, remains the not less noble ;ask of raa I° 001
extending the power of the United States.
We have, at length, reached that stage °f ll'
the Ir. ero I
career, in whichl the_daangers to be encountered' Bile° btittit
have
tfromr
weterohei
rgnrei set
het tmo. o
ptbhilerene ms
our
ofea less
e fore
Europe.h re
pgptlinyer einnloacntididoietnnisot
.condition
0 f otb er Tad
0 0 „,, ..
to
America, and to plac • ourselves in the ciela°hlmt:voe vie:lBBrdekt"ti!irelli:efil°ll:ll
dignity of right by I.the side of the greatest en
eifatioreto•
In our doarestic r the ,e,
.to guard against the shock of the disconteu"'herek`b
nd, t" obi()
bitions, the interests and the exhuberant, pa- oti 0, ,ioe,
sometimes irregular impulses of opinion, or cl s iselefil- the
,re the natural product of the present r_llllttieereprise of
the s,lf.reliance and the restless spirit of o oti
st t°
people of the United States • e t" fPre
I shall prepare to surrender the Exectitly
coo tile
successor, and retire to private life with sentiej derieg the
found gratitude to the good Providence whicbr,,, 04,4,
period of my administration has vouchsafed ni forelti
country through many diffiCulties, doweetie:lolft'arniear'r
and to enable me to contemplate the spectee "r go 04
and respectful relations between ours and all 00 order
meats, and the establishment of constitutional
tranquillity throughout the Union.