Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-01-09
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congratulate you mat tne past year mas
been one of unalloyed prosperity. The
ravages Of the fire aud disease hive pain
fullv afflicted otherwise hourishug portions
of our country, u serious elnbarrassments
yet derange the trade of many ofou:. Cities
But, lw;thstanding these adverse cirrum-
stances. ,ha, general prosperity which has
been heretofore so bountifnlly bestowed
upon US by the Author Of all good, still
continues to call for our war'ness graf
i,ude. Especially have we reason to re-
ioice in the exuherant harvestS which have
Iavishly recompensetl we'll directed indus
,ry. and given To ii that sure reward which
is vainlv sought in visionary SpecnlaIions.
Icannot indeed view without peculiar sat
is(aclion. the evidences afforded by the
past season Of the benefits that spring from
The steady devotion of The husbaudman 10
his honorable pursuit. No means OF in
lividual comfort is more certain, and no
source of national prosperity is so sure
Nothing can compensate people i0r
dependence upon others for the bread they
cal: and that cheerful abundance on which
the happiness of every one so much de-
pends. is TO he looked for nowhere with
So sure reliance as in the industry Of the
agriculturst and the bounties OF the earth.
With foreign countries, our relations cx-
hihit The same favorable aspect which was
presented in my last annual message, and
afford continued proof Of the wisdom "i
the pacific. just, and forhearing policy adop
ted bv the first Administration of the Fed
cral Government, and pursued by its sue
cessors. The extraordinary powers yes
ted in me by an act of Congress, for the
defence of the country III an emergency,
considered so far probable rs to require
that the Executive should possess ample
means TO meet it. have not beeu exerted.
They have, TN ,refDre, been attended with
no other result than to increase, by the
confidence thus reposed in me, my OBJ
legations 10 maintain, with religious cx-
aetness, the cardinal principles that 60
veru our intercourse with other nations.
Happily, in onr pending questions with
Greal Brilian, out of which this unusual
grant of authority arose, nnlhing has oc.
CURED to require its exerlion: ani as 1t is
about 10 return to The Legislature. trust
that no future necessity may call Tor lis
exercise by them, orits delegation to ano'll
cr department Of the Government.
For',he settlement Of our North Eas.
tern houudery. the proposition promised
by Great Britain for Il commission Of *
ploration and survey, has been received,
and counter pmJec'. including also a
provision for The certain aud fual adjust
merit of the limits in dispnle. is now before
the British Government for its cOnsidera'
lion. A just regard TO the delicate state
of this question, and aproper respect for
the natural impaticnce Of the State of
Maine, no, less than conviction that The
negotiation has leen already protracled
longer than is prudent on the part of either
Government.hav led me to believe that the
present favorable moment should on no
account be suffered to pass without put
ting the question forever at rest. | feel
confident that tho Government Of her
Brirannic Majesty will lake the same view
of this subject. as | am persuaded it is
governed by desires equally strong and
sincere for the anlicable termination 0itle
controversy.
To the intrinsic difficulties of questions
of boundary lines, especially those deScrib-
ed in regions unoccupieti. and but partially
known, is to he added in our country The
embarrassment necessarily arising out OF
our Constitution, by which the General
Government, is made the organ ofnegocia-
ting, aud deciding upon the particular in
,erests of the States on whose frontiers
these lines are to he traced. To avoid
another controversy in which State
Government might rishtfully claim TO
have her wishes consulted, previously To
the conclusion Of conventional arrange
merits concerning her rights Of jurisdiction
or territory, have thought it necessary 10
call the attention of the Government Oi
Great Britain to another portion of our
conrermonous dominion, oi which the iii
vision still remains to I've adjusted. | refer
10 the liue from The entrance of Lake Su-
peror Ia The most northwestern point of
the Lake Of the Wonts, StipulatiOns for
the settlement Of which are to be found in
the seventh article of the treaty Of Ghent
The commissioners appointed under that
article bv the two Governments having DIFF
fered in their opinions. made separate re-
ports, according 10 its siipulatons, upon
the points of disagreement. and these dlt.
ferences are now 10 he submitted to the
arbitration of some friendly sovereign or
State. The disputed points should be
settled, and the line designated. before The
Territorial Government. Of which il is ono
Of rlle boundaries, takes lis place in The
Union as State, and rely upon rhr cor
dial co cooperation Of the British Govern
ment TO effect hat object.
There is every reason 10 believe
that disturbances like those which late
ly aeita'ed the neishaori'o British Pro-
vinces will MI, agnin prove the sources
Of border contentious, or inerpose obsta-
cles TO the continuance of that good unoe"-
standing which il is the mutual interest I"
Great Britain and the Unilcd States Ia
x,ree eeerya onJ m, ripf.,in