Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-12-14
Presidents Mcssnge.

President. Message.
MESSAG OF the President ef the u
/ nited States to both houses Of Con
! gress.
Feilo,o citizens Of the Senate,
! and House Of Representatives..
On your assembling to perform the
hig', trusts which the people Of the u.
States have confded to you, Of les isia-
t..,g for n r common welfare. it gives
me Pl casure to congratulate you upon
the happy condition Of our beloved
countr,. By the favor Of Divine Prov
idence, health is again restored to Us.
peae e reigns wilhin our borders: abun-
dance crowns the labors Of our fields
commerce and domestic industry flour-
ish and increase: and individual hap
plness rewards the private virtues and
enterprise of our citizens.
! Our condition abi Dad is no less hon
oroble than it is prosperous at horne.
Seeking nothing that is not right, and
determined to submit to nothing that
is wrong, but desiring honest friend
ships and liberal intercourse with all
nations, the United States have gained
Throughout the world the confidence
and respect which are due to a pohc y
SO just and SO congenial to the eharac.
ter OF the American people and to the
spirit Of their institutions.
In bringing to your notice the par.
,Icular state Of our Foreign Affairs, il
affords me high Cratic alton to inform
you, that they are in condition which
promise the continuance Of friendsh. p
with all nations.
With Great Britain the interesting
lquestion of our Northeastern Bounda-
~ remains still undecided. 4 Hego.
tIation, however, upon that SUB jeCt y has
been renewed since the close Of the
last Congress; and proposition has
been submitted to tie British Govern
ment with the view Of establishing, in
conformity with the resolution OF the
Senate, the line designated by the trea-
ty of 1888. Thong, no definite an
sser has been received, it may De dal-
~ looked for, and | entcr.a n {, hope
tla. the overture may ultimately lead
to IA satisfactory adjustment oftais iu-
| pOrt;snt matter.
! have the satisfaction to inform you
t'at a negotiation, which, ny desire VI
the House Of Representatives, was o.
hcned some years ago with the British
Government, for the erection OF lignt-
houses on the Bahamas, has been sue
cessful.-Those works, wnen compile
! ted, together with those which the u.
States have Constructed on the west
crn side ofthe gulf OF Florida, will con-
tribute essentially to the safety of nav.
igation in that sea. This joint parti-
/ Cipation in establishments interesting
to humanity and beneficial to com
merce, is worthy Of two enlightened
nations; and indicates feelings which
cannot fail to have a happy influence
upon their political relations. II is
gratifying to the friends fboth to per-
Ceive that the intercourse betw ecu the
two people is becoming daily more
extensive, and that sentiments Of mu.
tual good will have grown up. benefit
ting their common origin and JUSTLY
ing the hope, that bv wise counsel Oh
each side, not only unsettled question:
may be satisfactorily terminated, but
new causes Of misunderstanding pre-.
vented.
/ Notwithstanding that ] continue to
receive the most amic:,ble assurances
from the government OF France, and
that In all other respects the most
friendly relations exist between the
l.. States aud that Government, it Is
to be regretted that the siipulations Of
=! the Convention concluded on tue An
July, 1881, remain, ia some Important
parts, unlulnlled.
| BY the second article Of that con-
ventlon, it was stipulated that the sun
payable 10 the United States Should b
paid at Paris. III SIX annual nstainent:
into the hands OF such person or per
sons as should be authorized by the
Government Of the United States Il
receive it; and, by the same article
the first instalmsnt was payable on the
Isecond day Of February, 1888. b
the act Of Congress Of the 18th July
1881. il was made the duty Of the Sc