American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-12-04
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w ASHINGTON SITYs
Tuesday, Dec 4, 1897.
The President Of the United States transmitted,
his day, to both Houses Of Congress, the follow
ing Message:
10 he Senate and House of Representatives of
the United STATES:
Fellow citizens of The Senate,
and of The ionse of Representatives
revolution Of the seasons has nearly been
completed since the Representatives of the Peo-
ole and States of this Union we're last assembled
ut this place, to deliberate and to act upon the
common important interests ct their constituents.
In that interval, the never sumbering eye of a
wise and beneEccnt Providence has continued its
guardian care over the welfare Of our beloved
country The blessing Of health has continued
generally to prevail throughout the land The
blessing of peace with our brethren OF the human
race has been enjoyed without interruption; inter-
nal quiet has left our feliow-ctixens in the full
enjoyment of all their rights, and in the free ex
ercise Of all their faculties. to pursue the impulse
of their nature. and the obligation OF their duty,
in the Improvement of their own condition. The
productions Of the soil. the exchanges of commerce.
the vivitying labors Of human industry, have com
blned to minse in our cup "a portion Of enjoyment
As large and liberal as the lndulgeD OF Heaven
has perhaps ever granted to the imperfect state OF
man upon earth and as the purest ct human e-
lcity consists in its participation with others, It
Is no small addition to the sum OF our national
happiness. at this time, that peace and prosperity
prevail 70 degree seldom experienced, over the
whole habitable globe; presenting, though as yet
with painful exceptions. foreaste OF that blessed
pe,iod of promise when the lion shall lie down
with the lamb, and wars shall be no more. TO
preserve, to improve, and to perpetuate the sour
ccs, and to direct. in their most effective channels
the streams, which contrbute to the public veal
is the purpose for which Government was instltu-
ted. Objects of deep Importance 70 the welfare
Of the Union constantly recurring, 50 demand
the attention of the Federal Legislature; and
they call with accumulated interest, at the first
meeting Of the two Houses, after their periodical
renovation, To present to their consideration,
from time to time, subjects in which the interests
OF the nation are most deeply involved, and for
the regulation Of which the legislative will is alone
competent, is a duty prescribed by the Constitu
ton to the performance Of which the first meeting
Of the new Congress is a period eminently appro
pirate, and which it is now my purpose to dis
charge.
Our relations of friendship with the other ma
lions Of the earth, political and commercially have
been preserved unimpaired +; ard the opportunities
to improve them have been cultivated with anxious
and unremtting attention. negotiation, upon
subjects Of high and delicate interest, with the go
sernnlent of Great Britain, has terminated in the
adjustment Of some OF the questions at issue, upon
satisfactory terms, and the postponement OF others
for future discussion and agreement. The pur-
poses of the Convention, concluded at st Peters,
burg. on the 18th day of July, 1922, under the med
sat;on Of the late Emperor Alexander, have been
carried into effect by subsequent Convention.
concluded al London on the 18th OF November,
1895, the ratificaiions of which were exchanged at
that place on the 9Th day Of February last. A copy
Ut the proclamation issued on the nineteenth day
vt March last. publishing this Convention, Is here
with communicated to Congress. The sum OF
twelve hundred and four thousand nine hundred
and sixty dollars, therein stipulated to be paid to
The claimants OF indemnity under the trst Article
OF the Treaty of Client, has been duly received.
and the Commission instituted conformably to the
act of Congress of the Cd OF March last, for the
distribution of the indemnity to the persons cnt-
tied to receive it, arc now IN session, and approach
ing the contamination of their labnrs. This final
disposal Of one of the most painful topics Of COLI
sion between the United States and Great Britain,
not only affords an occasion of graduation to our
selves but has had the happiest effect in promoting
friendly disposition, ard in soltenmg aspertics
upon other objects of discussion. Nor ought 1t to
pass without the tribute OF a frank and cordial &C
acknowledgement Of the magnanlmity with which an
honorable nation, by the reparat,nn OF their own
wrongs, achieves triumph more glorious than any
hed Of blood can ever bestow.
Tie Conventions Of Sd July, 1915. and of Goth
October, 1878, will expire BY their cwn limitation
on the Goth October 1928. These have regulated
the direct commercial intercourse between the
United States and Great Britain upon terms OF
the most perfect reciprocity; and they elected a
temporary compromise Of the respective rights and
claims to territory Westward of the Rocky Noun
Vains These arrangements have been continued
10Y an indeinits period Of time, after the eSplra