The Litchfield County post., 1827-12-13
MESSAGE
OF THE PRESIDENT OE THE UNITED
STATES, TRANSMITTED DEC. 4, 1927.
To the Senate and House Of Representa-
tees of the United States:

Il U CNC oCICtGcC UCtb 4AUOoS " A%tP' SSC"c"-
tees Of the United States:
l1ellov-citiseas of the Senate
and Of the House Of Representatives
A revolution of the season has nearly
been completed since the representatives
of the People and States of this Union
were last assembled at this place, to DELHI
crate and to act upon the common impor-
tant interests of their constitution. In
that interval, the never-slumbering eye of
wise and benefcient Providence has con-
tinued 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 interrupt
ton internal quiet has left our fellow-ci-
tizens, in the full enjoyment of all their
rights, and in the free exercise 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 vivifying labors Of hui
man industry, have combined to mingle in
our cup portion of enjoyment as large
and liberal as the indulgence of Heaven
has perhaps ever granted to the imperfect
state of man upon earth; and as the pur-
est of human felicity consists in its partici-
patton with others, itIiis no small addition
to the sum of our national happiness, al
this time, that peace and prosperity prevail
to degree seldom experienced over the
whole habitable globe; presenting, though
as yet with painful exceptions, foretaste
Of that blessed period of promise, when
the lion shall lie down with the lamb, and
wars shall be no more. To preserve, to
improve, and to perpctuate, the sources,
andto direct, in the most effective chan
nels, the streams which contribute to the
public veal, is the purpose for which Gov
eminent was instituted. Objects of deep
importance to the welfare of the Union are
constantly recurring, to demand the attcn-
ton of the Federal Legislature and they
call with accumulated interest, at the first
meeting of the two Houses, after their Pc
riodical 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 regula-
ton of which the legislative will is alone
competent, is duty prescribed by the
Constitution, to the performance of which
the first meeting Of the Congress is pc
Rod eminently appropriate, and which it
is now my purpose to discharge.
Our relations of friendship with the
other nations of the earth, political and
commercial, have been preserved unim-
paired and the opportunities to improve
them have been cultivated with anxious Il
unremitting attention. A negotiation up
on subjects of high and delicate interest,
with the Government Of Great Britain,
has terminated in the adjustment of some
Of the questions at issue upon satisfactory
terms, and the postponment Of others for
future discussion and agreement. The
purpose Of the Convention, concluded at
St. Petersburgh, on the 18th day of July,
1922, under the mediation Of the late En-
peror Alexander, have been carried into
effect by subsequent Convention, conclu-
ded at London on the 18th of November,
1926, the ratification Of which was ex-
changed at that place ON the 9th day OF
February last. A copy Of the proclama
ton issued on the nineteenth day of 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 Stip-
ulated TO be paid to the claimants of in
demnity under the first Article of the