Southern telegraph., 1838-12-15

ihe date OF my last annual message, Mex
CO was the only nation which could rot be
included ia SO CRAFTY ing a re(sEencelO our
foreign relations.
j am happy mhe now able 70 infTm you
that an advance has been nude toward the
adjustment Of our difficulties with that Re
public, and the restoration ofthe customary
good feeling between the two na,iors. This
important change has been effected by con.
ciliaiory negotiations, that have resulted in
the conclusion of treaty between lhe two
governments, which, when ratified, will re-
fer to the arbiirament Of friendly power
all the subjects of controversy between US
growing oat Of injuries to individuals
There Is, at present, also, reason to believe
that an equitable settlement OF all disputed
points will be attained without any further
difficulty or unnecessary delay, and thus
authorize the free resumption oi diplomatic
intercourse with our sister Republic.
With respect toi the northeastern bounda-
ry of the United States, no official CORES
pondence between this government AMI u.
Britain has'passod sincei tLat communicated
10 Congress towards the closeIoflh the last SEES
sion. The offer to negotiate convention
for the appointment, Of joint commission
Of survey and exploration, anu, however,
assured will be met by her Majesty'S Go
vernmeut in conciliatoiy and friendly spi-
rit, and instructions to enable tho British
minister here to conclude such an arrange
ment will be transmitted 20 him without de-
lay Ii is hoped and expected thai these
instructions will be of liberal character,
and that this negotiation, if successful, will
prove to be an important step towards lie
satisfactory aud final adjustment Of lie con-
troversy.
| had hoped that the respect for the laws
and regard for the peace and honor Of their
own country, which has ever characterized
the citizens Of the United;Staies would have
prevented any portion of them from using
any means TO promote instruction in The
territory Of power with which we are at
peace, and with which the U. States desires
to maintain the most friendly relations.
regret deeply, however, to be obliged TO in
form you thai ths has not been the case.
Information has been given to me, derived
from official and other sources, that many
OF our citizens have associated together 70
make hostile incursions from our territory
into Canada, and to aid and abot insurrec-
ton there, in violation Of the obligations and
laws Of the U. States, and 10 disregard of
their own duties as citizens. This nf,rma-
ton has boon IN part confirmed by hostile
lxr hx,t ha ~ &c
the U, States, in conjunction with Canadi-
ans and others, accompanied by forcible
seizure Of the property of our citizens, and
an application thereof to the prosecution of
military operations against the authorities
and people of Canada.
The results Of these criminal assaults
upon the peace and order Of neigbouring
country have been, as was to expected, "a
tally destructive to the misguided or delud-
ed persons engaged in them, and highly in
curious TO those IN whose behalf they pro
tossed 10 have been undertaken. The au.
thorilies in Canada, from intelligence re-
ceived of sudh intended movements among
our citizens, have felt themselves obliged to
take precautionary measures against them
A state of feeling on both sides of the from
tier has thus been produced, which called
for prompt and vigorous interference. Ii
an inSurrectlon existed in Canada, the ami
cable disposition Of the United States to-
wards Great Britain, as well as their duty
to themselves, would lead them to maintain
a strict neutrality, and to restrain their Cit
izens from all violations of the laws which
have been passed for its enforcement But
this Government recognises a still higher
obligation 10 repress all attempts on the
part Of its citizens to disturb the peace of a
country where order prevails, or has been
re-estabished. Depredations by our citi-
zens upon nations at peace with the United
States, or combinations for committing
them, have at all times been regarded by
The American Government and people with
The greatest adherence. Military incur
sions by our citizens into countries so situat-
ed, and the commission of acts of violence
IN the members thereof in order TO effect a
.hange IN its government, or under any
oretext whatever, have, from the commence
neDt, been held oquully criminal on the
'art OF those engaged lie them, and as much
deserving of punishment, as would be the
disturbance IF lha public peace by the per-
,etrators OF similar acts within our own ter
itOry.
By no country or persons have these in
principles of the international law
the strict observance of which
s so Indispensable to the preservation of So
,ial order in the world-heen more earnest
y cherished or sacredly respected than by
hose great and god men who first deciar-
ID, and finally established, the independ-
nee of our own country. They promul-
ated and maintained them at an early aud
ritical period in our history; they were
ubsequently embodied in Legislative enact