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I SET thee sill.
Prestsens's Message.
MESSAGE

MESSAGE
vi the President of the United States. IN Oh.
senate and House Of Representatives, a,
the opening of the Second Session of the
Twenty-sccond Congress.
Fellow eiti,eas Of the Senate.
and House Of Representatives..
II gives me pleasure TO congratulate Won
upon your return to the Seat of Goyernmcn,
for the purpose Of discharging your duties ~
tne People Of the United States. Altho,gb
INC residence which had trayersed the ola
"orio mas entered our limits and ex tended its
ravages over much Of our land, il has pleased
600 70 mitigate its severity and les
sen the number Of its victims, compared wi,h
those who have fallen in most oiher go
tries over which il has spread its terrors
Notwithstanding this visitation, our countrv
presents, 90 every side, marks of pro.neri,y
ana happiness, unequalled, PERHAPS. in an
otner portion Of the world. IL we f,IIx ar.
Precfate our comparative condition. existinr
causes OF disconfent will appear unworthy IF
attention, and with hearts of thaukfulness ~,
70 that Divine Being who has filed our eur
ei prosperity, we shall feel our resoluti,n
strengthened to preserve and hand down 20
posterity that liberty, and that union which
NO have received from our Fathers. and
wnien constitutes the sources and the shield
Of all our blessings.
The relations OF our country eoo,;ro. a..
present The same picture Of amicabIe infer.
course that had the satisfaction 10 bold M,
10 your view At the opening OF the last ses-
sioe' The same friendly relations, the same
desire 70 participate in our hourishiny COM
mefce, the same disposition 10 refrain from
injuries Internationally offered are with
Few exceptions, evinced by all Nation. viii
whom We have any intercourse. This desira-
oie state Of things may be mainly attributed
20 our Underwriting practice Of the rule which
nas long guided our national policy, to require
no exclusive privileges in commerce, aud TO
grant none. IL IS daily producing its benefi-
cial effect, 10 the respect shown to onr e..
the protection Of our citizens and their pro.
Perty abroad, and the increase Of cur noy;g.-
lion, and the extension of our mercantile
operations. The returns which have been
made out since we last met, will show an in
crease, during the last preceding year. Of
more than SUOO0 tons ia our sbipoin1 ana
OF near forty millions of dollars in the ar1rc-
gate OF our imports aud exports.
Nor have We less reason 10 ...Iicitate our-
selves on the position Of our political than
oi our commercial concerns. They remain IN
inc state IN which they were when last adj
dressed you-a state Of prosperity and peace,
INC eHeet OF wise attention 60 the parting
advice Of the resered Father Of his country'
on this subject, condensed into maxir- for
The use Of POsteriiy, by one Of his most dis
nnguished successors. to cultivate free com
merce and honest friendship with all nations.
oat TO make entangling alliances with none.
a ssEiet adherence 10 this policy has kept "a
sioos from The perpiexIBg questions that nov
ogitas the European world, aud have morn
than once delugcd those countries with blood
should those scenes unfortunately ree1E, gle
parties TO the contest may count on afanbf,l
performance Of the duties iseumtent on us
as a neutral nation, and our own citizens MAY
equally rely on the firm assertion of their
neatrsl rights.
With the nation that vas our earlie.t
friend and ally IA tho infancy Of our political
existence, the most friendly relation. have
subsisiod through the late revolutions o( rs
GoTernmsnt, and, from the syenis Of the lat
PROMISE permanent duration. u has made
an approximation IN some &c ds political iD-
sutnilons To our own, aud raised a mODareh
20 me throne who preserves Il u said, a
friendly recollection Of the period during
which ne acquired among or citizens tl,e
high confederation that could then have
been produced BY hes personal qualifications
alone.
Our commerce with that nation = gr,S.-
ally assuming mutually beneficial character.
and TIE adlustmont q the claims II our eitt-
Eena he's removed The only obsiscls there
waa, ~ an istercourse not oaly lucrative. bot
psoaaetivs q literary and scisntlfe improve
neat
Fro@ Great Britain, have the satisfaction
10 iaform you hat ] coatinus 20 receive a.
surancss Of the most smicable disposition.
which have, On my part, on ell proper ocea-