The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-12-16
rREsxDENT's MESSAGE.
WAsHrscroN Cry. Dec. 2. 1875

Oh congress, the following Message
FeAo'o Citizens Of the Senate,
and House Of Representatives.
1t affords me pleasure to tender nv friendl
greetings to you on the occasion of YOUR assem-
bling at the Seat of Government, TO enter upol
the important duties to which you have beer
called by the voice of our countrymen. Th
task deVolves on me, under a provision of tn,
Constitution, to present to YOU as the Fedora
Legislature oftwenty- four sovereign States, anc
twelve millions of happy people, view of ou
AFFAIRS; and to propose such measures as, in the
discharge of my official functions, have suggest
&c themselves as necessary to promote the OBJ
jects Of our Union
4 In communicating with you for the first time
i 1t is, % me, source of unfeigned satisfaction
calling for mutual graduation and devout thanks
to benign Providence, that we are at peace
with all mankind and that our country exhibits
the most cheering evidence of general welfare
and progressive improvement Turning our
eyes to other nations, our great desire is to see
| our brethren of the human race secured in the
blessings enjoyed by ourselves, and advancing
IN knowledge, in freedom, and in social happi,
ness.
| Our foreign relations, although in their gen.
eral character pacific and friendly, present sub
| Jects of difference between US and other Pow
ers, of deep interest, as we'll to the country at
large, as tb many of our citizens. To effect an
adjustment of these, shall continue to be the
object of my earnest endeavors; and notwth-
standing the difficulties of the task, do not
allow myself to apprehend unfavorable results
Blessed as our country is with every thing
which constitutes national strength she is fully
| adequate 10 the maintenance of all her interests
In discharging the responsible trust confided to
the Executive in this respect, it is my settled
purpose toask nothing that is not clearly right,
| and to submit to nothing that is wrong and
Halter myself, that, supported by the other
| branches OF the Government, and by the intel
llgence and patriotism of the people, we shall
be able, under the protection of Providence, to
cause all our just rights to be respected.
Of the unsettled matters between the United
States and other Powers, the most prominent
are those which have, for years, been the sub
Ject of negotiation with England, France, and
Spain. The late periods at which our Minis
tiers to those Governments left the United
States, render it impossible, at this early day.
to inform you of what has been done on the
subjects with which they have bee" respectively
charged Relying upon the in ice of our views
IN relation to the points committed to negotia-
ton, and the reciprocal good feeling which
characteriZes our intercourse with .hose nations.
we have the best reason to hope for satisfac-
tory adjustment of existing differences
peace and war, we may look forward to years
OF peaceful, honorable, and elevated COMPETE
ton. Every thing in the condition and history
OF the two nations, is calculated to inspire SEN
tlments of mutual respect, and to carry convic-
ton to the minds of both that it is their policy
to preserve the most cordial relations such
are my own views, and it is not to be doubted
that such are also the prevailing sentiments of
our constituents. Although neither time nor
opportunity has been afforded for full devel-
opment of the policy which the present cabinet
OF Great Britain designs to pursue towards this
country, indulge the hope that it viii be of a
just and pacific character, and if this anticipa-
ton be realized, we may look with confidence
to a speedy and acceptable adjustment of our
affairs.
Under the Convention for regulating the re-
ference to arbitration of the disputed points
of boundary under the fifth article of the treaty
of Client, the proceedings have hitherto been
conducted i'll that spirit of candor and liberaty
which ought ever to characterize the acts OF
sovereign States, seeking to adjust, by the most
unexceptionabe means, important and delicate
subjects of contention. The first statements OF
the parties have been exchanged, and the final
repLcatlon on our part, is in a course of prepar-
alton. This subject has received the attention
demanded by its great and peculiar Importance
to patriotic member of this Coafederacy The
Exposition of our rights already made, is such
as, from the high reputation of the commission
ers by whom it has been prepared, we had q
1 right to expect Our interests at the court OF
! the Sovereign who has evinced his friendly dis
position, by assuming the delicate task of arbi-
tration, have been committed TO a citizen OF
the State of Maine, whose character, talents
and intimate acquaintance with the subject, en-
inently qualify him for SO responsible trust
full IN l,o &C.
and in the probity, intelligence, and uncompro-
missing independence of the illustrious arbitra-
tor, we can have nothing to apprehend from the
result.
From France, our ancient ally, we have q
right to expect that Justice which becomes the
Sovereign of powerful, intelligent, and mag
unanimous people. The beneficial effects pro
duced by the commercial convention of 1922
limited are its provisions, are too obvious moi
TO make a solitary impression upon the minds
of those who are charged with the administra-
ton of her Government. Should this result in
duce disposition to embrace, to their full ex-
tent, the wholesome principles which constitute
our commercial policy, our Minister to that
court will be found instructed to cherish such
disposition, and to aid in conducting it TO use
tul practical conclusions. The claims of our
citizens for depredations upon their property
long since committed under the authority, and
in many instances, by the express direction, Of
the then existing Government of France, re.
main unsatisfed; and must, therefore, continue
TO furnish subject of unpleasant discussion
and possible collision, between the two Gov
ernments. cherish, however, lively hope
founded as well on the validity of those claims
and the established policy of all enlightened
Governments, as on the known integrity of thC
French monarch, that the Injurious delays o.
the past, will find redress in the equity of the
future. Our Minister has been instructed tC
press these demands on the French Govern
ment with all the earnestness which is called
for by their importance and rrefutable justice
and in spirit that will evince the respect which
is due to the feelings of those from whom the
satisfaction is required
Our Minister, recently appointed TO Spain
has been authorized TO assist in removing OWL:
alike injurious to both countries, either by con