Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-01-02

ttges'y sieth Coagres,.
Fellev-Citizens uf Tho Senate and
House Of Representa-, as:
Our deyout gratitude is duo to thu Supreme Il
lag for liRsing gracioueir continued ID otr below
country, through Tho eicissitudes OF another Yea
tie iasaluab'o blessings Of health. plenty, A.
! "e4en. Seldom has this favored land bren
se.tsra'iy exempted Som the taNages of ,liseas
81 sAe Labor IF The hnsbanhtpaa moro amply n
waFaed, end never before have oar felatians wit
other countries Eseii placed On a more iasosabt
hassis than thai which they 81 happily occuty
this critical culjnncturei In the affairs ofths .ottt
A rigid and Ielsceering abstinence from all IL
reference with the domestic aud political fot.
items of other States, alike due 10 the genius al,
IL 4 q eaet4tssa f3 sAt Eevctnlhetft md t. III
principles ty which 1t Is directed; a faithful ol
sarFafte, III The arrangement Of our foreign rpla
tons, Of tl,e practice Of s~peaking plainly, dpaiiA
justly sud g~sqnifihg truth end justice IN return
a. tho best conservatives Of the pence Of nations
a atlitt imfaftislity in our manifestations of friend
chip, in tho commercial pri, ileges we cnncedr
ard those VIC require from others, those accomps
uied by a disposition rs prompt TO maintain, il
every emergency, our own rights, as we are from
principle psefso to the Invasion Of those Of ether
hsvo given 10 our country and Government
standing IN the great family Of nations, Of wirict
we have Just cause 10 hs ptouj, and The Bavarta
gea of Which arc experienced by our citizen,
throughout every portion Of the Garth TO whicl
their entcrptising aud adventurous spirit may car
IS them. Few, If any, remain insensible to fin
value of ouT friendship, or ignorant Of tho terms
on which !, can he acquired, and by which il Car
alone be preserved.
A series Of questions Of long standing, difficult
in their adjustment, and important in their eotse'
quengss, in which lho rights of our citizens and
che honor Of The country were deeply involved
have, in The course Of = few yeare, (the most o.
them during The successful administration Of uui
immediate predeeesFor,) been brought 10 a sntis.
factory conclusion; and tho most important Of
these remaining AFRO, ! nm happy to beliese, in
a fair way Of being speedily aud satisfactorily al.
justed.
With all the powers Of the world our relations
those Of honorable peace. Since your adjourn
nothing serious has occurred 10 interrupt or
this desirable harmony. r. clouds have
shove the other hemisphere, they have
not cast theft poftahtous shadows upon ouf hsppy
shores. Bound by 20 ep,sps!ing alliances, yet
linked by a common nature and interes, with fhc
eihor nations Of mankind, our sspirstions sre for
the ptesetsation of peace, IN whose solid aud civ
liking sttsnpas oil may participate with q gener-
sug emulation. Yet IL behooyes us 10 he rFepar
ed for my event, aud 10 he always ready 10 rain-
those just and enlightened principles of I'M.
lionsl Intercourse. FIR which this Government. has
eeer eontendcd. IN the shock Of contending en-.
il is only by assuming q tesofute bcatiitg,
aud clothing themselves with defensive sElnor, tha.
nations can maintain their independent
The excitement which grew out Of the terrific
rial controversy between the United States and
tireas Britain having In great moa-ure subaid-
ed, il is hoped thu, . favorable period 10 approsch-
ing for its final settlement. Both Governments
must nov be convinced ofthe dangers with which
the question il ftanght. In my last aunual mes
snge you were inftrincd that The proposition for a
commission Of exploration and survey promised
by Great Britain had been received, and that a
counter project, including also a provision for the
and final adjustment of the lirits in din
pu,e, was then before tho British Government,
for its consideration. The answer of that Gov
accompanied by additional propositions
of its own, was received through IFS minister herr,
since your separation. Thee were promptly con-.
siderej; such as were deemed correct in principle,
and consistent with a due regard TO The Just rights
of the United States and Of the State Of Maine,
concnrred I'M; and the reasons for dissenting from
residue, with an additional suggestion ON our
communicated by The Secretary Of State to
Mr. Fox. That. minister, not feeling himself stuff.
GENTLY instructed upon some IF the points raised
in discussion, fell ii 10 be his duty 10 refer the
matter 70 his own Government for its further de-
Having now been for some tims under
its ad%sisement, a speedy answer may be conf
IDENTIFY expected. From the character of the points
in difference, and the uudcuhted disposition
Of both parties to bring The matter to an early
conclusion, I look with entire confidence to a
prompt and satisfactory termination of the rego-
tlai01. ] hlEe GOuiiliissfubtIH wiz dpIfNtfiltu
shortly after the sdjournu ,ent of Congress, under
the act of The last session providing for the explo-
ration and survey of The line which separates the
slatas of Maine and New Hampshire from the
British Provinces; they have been actively EN-
until their progress was interrupted by the
inclemency Of the season, and will resume their
Iabofs as soon az practicable in the ensuing year.
1t is understood that their respective examinations
throw new light upon the subject in contro~
versy. serve to remove any erroneous impression
which may have been made elsewhere prejndicial
to the rights Of the United States. 1t was,
among other reasons, with a view of preventing
the embarrassment which, in our peculiar system
of government, impede and comp'icate negocia-
tons involving the territorial right of State, that
I thought it my duty. as you have been in.
on a previous occasion. to propose to the
British Government, through IFS minister at
Washington, that early steps should he taken 10
adjust the points If difference on the line of bonn>
dairy from the entrance of Lake Superior TO the
most northwestern point of the Lake ofthe Woods
by the arbitration of friendly Power, in confnf~
nifty with the 9TH article of the treaty of Client.
answer has yet been returned by the British
to this proposition.
With Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, and the
remaining Powers of Europe, | am happy to inc
form you, our relations continue TO he of the most
friendly character. With Belgium, q treaty Of
commerce and navigation, based upon liberal
principles of reciprocity and equality, was conc'a-
ied in March last, aud having been ratified by
The Belgian Government. will be duly laid before
the Senate. Il is a subject of congrasulation that
provides fer the satisfactory adjustment Of a long
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