The Arkansas advocate., 1833-01-02

1aIoof from the perplexing questions
 whichnow agitate the European world.
 and have moro than once deluged those
 countries with blood. Should those
 scenes unfortunately recur, the parties
 to tine contest my count ou faithful
 performance ot the duties s.;iiss;ssl, ;;iisss;s II
 eu US as | neutral nation, aud eur own
 eitlzensnay equally rely oa the iiFm as lssertion ot their neutral rights.
 With the nation that was our earliest friend and atty il the iuiancy of our political existence, the most friendly re lislons have sabsisted tfroagi. the laie
 fevolations of it's Govefnnlent, and, from the events of the lasf, promise a
 peEalaAeul duration. Il has made an approximation in some of its political institutions to our own, and raised a monarch tothe throne who preserves, 1t 1 IS said, q friendly recollection Of the pc riod during which be acquired among oar citizens the nigh consideration that could then have been produced by his personal qualifications alone.
 Our commerce with that nation is gradually assuming a mutually benell- elal character, and the adjustment of the elaims of our citizens las removed the only obstacle there was, to an inter. course not only lucrative, but produc. tive of literary and scientific improve meHt.
 ! From Great Britain have the satis- faetion 10 inform yosistha continue to rec eiye assaFssess f !!4ae;.aisss
 ble position, which have, on my part, lon all proper occasions, been promptly Iand sincerely feoipfocated. 1'ae at- ttenion ot that Government ltiys lately hheen 50 much enarossea by matters of q. deeply interesting domestic character, tilitt NC could not press uponIt sthe re aewal of negotiations which had been unfortunately broken of by tie unex pectel reesll of our minister, wllo had
 commenced them with some hopes Of success. Ny great object was the set
 tlemeat of the questions which, though t.aew dormant, might hereafter be reviv-
 ed under circumstances that would en-
 danger The good understanding which it is the interest of both parties to pre- serve insiolate, cenented as 1t Is by q commaaity of laagaage, manners. and
 social habits, and by inc high obliga- lions we owe to our British ancestors
 for many of our most valuable instit9- tions, and fer that system Of representa- tive Government which has enabled us to preserve and improve them.
 The question of our nofttleastefn boundary still remains unsettled in my last annnalmessage, I explained 10 you the situation in which l found that bisi- ness on my coming into office, and the.
 measures ] thought itmy duty to pur- sue for asserting the rights Of the Unfit ed States before the Sovereign who had. been chosen by. my predecessor 10 de stermine tho question; and also the man lner in which he disposed of il. A spe- Ieial message to the Senate in their Ex- ecutive capacity, afterwards brought before them the question, whether they would advise a submission to the opia- lion of the Sovereign al'biter. That bo- ! iy having considered the award asnot obligatory, and advised me to open q further negotiation, the proposition was immediately made to the British Go. yefnment; but the circumstances to
 which have alluded, have hitherto pre-
 vented any answer being given to the
 overture. Early attention, however,
 has been promised to the subject, and
 every effort on my part will be made
 for satisfactory settlement of thlsques-
 tion, interesting to the Union general
 ly, and particularly so to one of it's mem
 bers.
 The claims of our citizens on Spain
 are not vet acknowledged. Ona closer investigation of them than appears to have heretofore taken place, it was dis
 covered that some of these demands,
 however strong they might be upon the
 equity of that Government, were not such as could be made the subject oi national interference. And faithful to
 the principle ofaskipg nothing but what
 was clearly right, additional insifnc- lions have been sent to modify eur de mands so as to embrace those only or
 which, according to tue laws of nations
 we had a strict right to insist. An in
 evitable delay in procuring the docu ments necessary for this review of the
 merits of tfiee claims retarded this op
 eration, until an unfortunate rnaladls
 which has afflicted his Catholic Majesty \ prevented m examination of them.- Being now for the first time presented in an unexceptionable form, 1t is conf