Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-12-17
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE,
FezOm Citizens Of the Senate and

N'N . 49, fitA1ttOH mas UfApI
recently renewed, andehat the consti,u
tionai term OF its service will expire with
my own. heightens the solicitude with
which ! shall attempt 10 lay before i. the
state oil our national concerns, and The
devout hope which | cherish, that its Ia,
bors 10 improve them may be crowned
with success.
You are assembled at a pc Rod OF pro.
found interest TO the American patriot
Ihe unexampled growth and prosperity
oil our country, having given US a rank in
the scale Of nations which removes all
approximations Of danger 10 our integrity
anu independence from external foes, The
career OF freedom is before us, and with
an earnest from the past, that. if true 10
ourselves, there can be no formidable OBJ.
stacle IN the future, TO It's peaceful and un
interrupted pursuit. Yet in proportion 10
Inc disappearance Of those approximations
which attended our weakness, as once con
trasted with the power of some Of the
states OF the old world, should we now be
solicitous as 10 those which belong 10 the
conviction, that il is TO our own conduct
we must look for the presei walton of those
%canses, on which depend the excellence
and the duration Of our happy system of
Government.
In The example Of ether systems, found
cd on The will of the people, We trace 10
internal dlssensions the Influences which
have so often blasted the hopes of the
friends CT freedom. The so :iai elements,
which were strong and snccessfu, when
united against external danger, failed in
The more difficult task of properly adjust
ing their internal organization, and
thus gave away the great principle OF sell
government. Let us trust thai this admo-
nl'ion viii never tie forgotten by the Co.
Vefnnent or People Of the Quilted States:
and that the testimony which our expert.
enee thus lar holds ont 60 the human IA
mily, of Tie practicabili,y and the blessings
OF Tree government will be confirmed in
all time 10 come,
We have bot 10 lock al the state of our
agriculture, manufactures, and commerce,
and Tie ~unexanIpled increase of our n
iation, to feel the magnitude Of the trust
committed TO us Never, in any former
period of our history, have we had great.
er reason than We now have. 10 he thank
full 10 Divine Providence for the blessings
ofhcalth and general prosperity. Every
bra2ch OF labor we sec crowned with the
most abundant rewards in every ele-
ment of national resources and wca!.h,
and of individual comfort, we witness the
most rapid and solid Improvements
with no interruptions to this pleasing
prospect at home, which will not yield to
the spirit OF harmony and good will that
so %s,1kingly pervades the mass Of tbe peo-
pie in every quarter, amidst all The diver
sity OF interes, aud pursuits TO which they
are attached ; and with no cause of soil.
ciiudc in regard 10 our external affairs,
which will not, it is hoped, disappear he.
fore the principles OF strict justice and the
torbnarance that mark our intercourse
with foreign powers, we have every reason
to feel proud Of our beloved country.
The general state of our Foreign Rela.
tons has not materially changed since my
last annual message.
In the settlement Of the question oil
the Northeastern boundary, little prog
ross has been made. Great Britain has
declined acceding to the proposition Of the
United States, presented in accordance
with the resolution Of the Senate, unless
certain preliminary conditions were admit
ted, which | deemed incompatible with
satisfactory and rishtful adjustment Of The
controversy. Waiting for some distinc
proposal from the Government Of Grea.
Britain. which has been 10, tied, lean on
" repeat the expressions Of my copiicenc,
that wiki the strong mutual disposition
which | believe there exists, TO make /;
just arrangement, this perpIexing question
can be settled with due regard TO the wei
founded pretenslons and pacific policy O
all parties TO it. Events are frequently
occurring on the Northeastern frontier, o
a character TO impress upon all the neces,
sity of a speedy and definite termination
of the dispute. Jbi. consideration, addec
10 the desire common TO both, 10 relieve
the friendly and liberal relations so hsppi
ly existing between the two countries Il on
all embarrassment, Will, no doubt, have
its just influence upon both.
Our diplomatic intercourse with Portu
gal has been renewed, and il is expected
that the claims of our citizens, PARTIAL,
paid, will be fully satisfied as soon as ID,
condition Of the Queen's Government vii
fetmu Inc proper attention 10 The subject
ofthcm. That government has, | am hap
ny 10 Inform you, maaileated a Getcrmina
lion to act upon the liberal principles which
have marked our commercial policy til,
happiest effects upon the trade of the Uni
led States and Portugal, are anticipated
from Il, and the time is not thought TO b.
remote when a system of perfect recipto
city VIII he pstaIHsbpI
The instalneDts due under the Convcn
ton with The King Of the Two Sicilie.
have been paid with that s~crupuIous fdel
ity by which his whole conduct has beer
Characterized, and The hope is indnlged
that the adjustment Of the yexed question
Of our CLAIMS will I've followed by a more
extended and mutually beneficial inter
course between the two countries.
The internal contest still continues il
| Snaln. Dlstinpuished as this struoule ha