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MESSAGE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. 1899.

~ Nh''tS N'N AAONtpS
of Representatives, of the u. Suites:
We have continued reason to express
our profound gratitude TO the great Gre
ator ofali things for numberless bane-
fits conferred upon US as a people,
Blessed with genial seasons. the hus-
bandman has his garners filed with o.
bundance, and the necessaries of life,
not TO speak Of its Injuries, abound 10
every direction. While in some other
nations steady and industrious labor
hardly finds the means of subsistence,
the greatest evil which we have 10 en-.
counter, a surplus Of production beyond
she home demand, which seeks, g. with
difficulty finds, q partial market in other
regions. The health Of the country,
with partial exceptions, has for the past
year been well preserved; and under
their free and wise Institutions, The q.
States are rapidly advancing towards
the contamination Of The high destiny
which an overriding Providence seems
TO have marked out for them Exempt
from domestic %convulsion, and at peace
with the world, we ere Ief; free 10 con,
fsuIt as 10 the best means OF securing and
advancing the happiness Of the People,
Such are the circumstances under which
you now assemble in your respective
chambers, and which should lead US to
unite in praise and thanksgiving TO the
great Being who made Us, and who pre-.
serves US a nation.
j congratuIare you, fellow citizens, on
the happy change in the aspect Of our
foreign affairs since my last annual mes
asage. Causes Of complaint at that time
existed between the United States ana
Great Britain, which, attended by iri
tating circumstances, threatened most
seriously the public peace. The diff
Gully Of adjusting amicably the ques-
lions al issue between the two countries,
was In no small degree augmented by
the lapse Of time since they had their
origin. The opinions entertained by
the Executive on several Of ,he leading
topics in dispute, were frankly set forth
in the Message at the opening Of your
last session. the appointment Of a spe
ecial minister by Great Britain to the U.
States with power to negotiate upon
most Of the points Of difference, indicat
ed q desire on her part amicnbjy to nd-
Just them, and tho minister was met by
tho Executive in the Same spirit which
had dictated his mission. The treaty
consequent thereon, having been duly
ratified by the two Governments, a co
py. together with tho correspondence
ywhich accompanied it, is, herewith,
communicated. thrust that whilst you
anay ace in it nothing Objectionable. it
may be the means Of preserving, Tor an
indefinite period, tho amicabIe relations
happily existing between the two Gov
sornments. The question OF peace or
war between the United States and
Great Britain, is n question Of the deep
est interest not only to themselves, but
TO tho civilized world, since it is scarce
ly possible that n war could exist be-
tween them without eDdangering the
peace Of Chrislendom. The immediate
effect Of the Treaty upon ourselves will
;bc foltIn the security afforded 10 mer-
camille enterprise, which no longer ap.
prehenslve OF interruption, adventures
in spseuIaiiOns in tho most distant seas;
mua, Igeighted with the diversified pro-
dvotions orevery land, returns TO bless
'our'own, There is nothing in the Urea
ny which, in tho slightest degree. com.
promitS the honor or dignity Of either
nation. Next TO the settlement Of the
boundary line, which must ALWAYS DO a
maaer Of difficulty between States as
between individuals, tho question which
seemed 10 threaten the greatest embnr
Tassmen,, was that connected with the
African slave trade.
by the l0,h article Of the Treaty Of
Client 1t was expressly declared that
"whereas the traffic in slaves is %irtecou,
cileabIe with the principles Of humAni
~ and justice; and whereas both His
Majesty, and the United States nre do
sirous of continuing their efforts 10 pro-
mote It's entire abolition, it is he rebY a
greed that both the contracting parties
should use their best endeavors to ac-
complish so desirable an objecl" Ia
che enforcement of tho laws and treaty
stipuiArions OF Great Britain, q practice
had threatened TO grow up on the part
Of its cruisers Of %subjecting to visitation
ships sailing under the American nag,
which, while II seriously involved our
maritime rights, would subject to vexa-
ton a branch of our trade which was
daily increasing, and which required
tho fostering care Of tho Government,
Ard although Lord Aberdeen, in his
correspondence with the American En
Voys at London, expressly declaImed all
right to detain an American ship on the
high seas, even il found with n cargo Of
slaves on board, and restricted tho Brit.