Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1842-12-13
Presidents Message.
I'o The Senate and Ilouse 4

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tude 70 The Creator OF all T
iefed upon people Blessed with genial seasons
hn'oandman has h filed with abundance, and
necesslfies # lie. speak Of uxues, Around il
every direction While in other nations steady AMI
Industrious labor hardly find Of subsistence
the create. evil which We have L encounter sntin az
production demand which seeks and Wit
difficulty fluids patal masket ID other regions The health
been wei pfeesve and under their free and nstfu-
tons me United States rapidly advancing towards
ooasunnaton 81 the high destiny which ruling Provi-
fenee seems 10 have marked for them. Exempt from
Goh,sdc 'enFl.silns, and at peace with tie li,
LEFT free y consult the of securing
vanong the happiness Of tie People such he crcu-
stances under winch you bow assemble IN your respective
chambers and which should lead IN parse aud
Thanksgiving - that Great Beng who made Us, lni Who pre-
serves a rafiln.
congratulate you fellow citizens on tic happy change
IA the aspect 81 oar ioi-n Aims annual
sage Causes Of compliant ~ that time tod le,ecn tic
United >iaes and Great Britain which attended b. i-ritat-
inS circumstances. threatened seriously public
pece. The difficulty oi aiiutn- amicaby the questions al
issue between The two countries IN NJ srn. degree
augmented oy NE lapse - TINE Sce they hal Their oiisin
The oPsnJn entertained ~ the Executive on srye of the
leading tics ~ dispute fanky forth in Mes
sage al the opening II you late session. The appointment
CT special minister b. Great Britain Jaitel States
with power 10 tate upon points Of difference. nd
eatd desire on her part amcably adjust them and that
minister wa. met bv the Executive IN the same saiit
which had dictated his The Treaty consequent there
on, having been duly ratified by the Governments COPY
together with tie correspondence which accompanied
herewith communicated trust that whilst You nav sec
IN nothing Objectionable, may be the Of pTeeTv
existing between the two governments. The question Of
peace between the United States ard Great Btan,
IS question Of The deepest interest only u themselves
bot u the civilized world, since scarcely possible that
could exit between them without onllngering the
peace Of Chri-tetdom. The immediate Of Treaty
Upon ourselves will be ie IN the security aioTded 4 mer-
camille enterprise, which, longer arpehonve Il inter
Tupton, adventures rs spcculaions tie distant
aud, ireehed with The diversified productions o. land
bl,s, There Is nothing n Treaty
which the slightest degree, comports the honor d,-
nitv either nation Next Z, the settlement If bound
be tier If - lo-
tween States VEL ivduals, The question which
seemed threaten he greatest embarrassment that
connected with The AfiIoaa Slave t,ale.
BY The loh alce OF the treaty OF Ghcut expressly
declared Eat whereas the traffic IN slaves ifrcc'eila
with the principles e hum nifty and Justice anl whei
both Ilis Majesty AMI the United states OF
tnuing their eiiots to promote its entire abolition il i
hereby agreed that both the contracting parfic shall
ther be>t etdeaVots 10 accomplish so desirable an Jct
In tie enforcement Of the laws treaty siipulatons
Great Btit,in practice had hrcateucl 10 grow up h
part OF lis ciuleis Of shhceng 30 visitation, ships sa
under the American hlg which, while usly involve
maaiine rights, would subject % vexaiian branch a
trade which daily increasing and which required
the fostering Of the Government And alh ugh L,d
Abe deem, his pondcnce with the American Envoy
London, expressly ~c mei all right dctlin Amer
ship the high seas II found with cargo o
slaves board, and restricted the British potcnian %
mere CHM 70 visit and enlre yet it could not well be d.
and enquiry could be without detention the voyage
and 'nsequont interruption the trade 1t ie-idcd
right Of search, presented only fn, and
pressed III different words and the clc felt it to be my
duty distinctly 20 declare annual message 10 Congress
could be made, and that the
Siales hid both the Will and he atS - onlce Their owl
laws aud protect their flag from beins used fO purp
wholly forbidden by those laws and obnoxious the
OF the world Taxing the Message A. his letter oil
instructions then Minister Paris felt himself relu
assume the ground in emou,ancc which lie Eel
4 be his duty 10 PRESENT 70 " Quiet aud through HIM
the King Of the French, against whit had been called th
)untuple uelty; Ia, conduct this respect will
tho approval II this government In close conformity viii
these views, the eighth article Of The Treaty framed
which pr1S ies that e-Ch shall keep aduat IA th
the Ah'en seas force not les 'h'n eighty guns u ac
separately and apart under instructions from Their respective
oveinuents. FIR the enforcement # their respectis
laws AMI obIieaors this il will 10 that th
ground sumel IN the Message ha, been fully maintained
the time thai the -i'p"iaton< ct the Treaty oi ''"en
eied out good faith ~ the two countries, an
that all pleence /, removed IN interference with our con-
While therefore United have been slatdn- ~
or the freedom # the seas they have not thought popr
make that pietcxt avoiding ful6mcn Of their Treaty
-,ipuaiions gtouni giving countenance 10 tad'
rcpobatcd BY laws similar arrangement by the other
powers could rot fl sweep from toe ocean the slas,
ta,e the llatl0n 81 any principle INTO
the code. We may be permitted TO hofc that the
example thu, will be followed by some. II not all OF
then thereby also ailrd suitable protection 10 The
fair trader those thus fulfilling at TIE time the
dictates OF 'ound policy, and complying with the claims d
Gstice and humanity.
II would have furnished additional for ccnsaula-
ton 1.-THE treaty could have embraced all >u lccS oaeu'a
ed IN lead TO milun icr-trdn5 between The tWe
governments The Ieftto y OF the United Stat efon-
y called the Oregon ctuiny. bins the PaclHc
moth 49l degree Of latitude. t. r' OF which
Bn lays claim, begins TO att aci The attention OF
citizens and the tide u population which has reclaue
what lately an unbioken wilderness, IN more con-
regions. preparing to How over 'hse va >'et
winch stretch the Rocky mountains & the Pacific cc m
In advance OF the requirement Of Individual ish 90 The 81
Isuls sound policy dicttes III I ctcy cor hluld BE- ff
10y the governments T. s,c their rccv'
claims II became manifest, al curly hour It The late Ne
goations any attempt for the time being satisfactorily
10 determine those rights would c a m iaciei ID Gus
which might embrace in II, iuic ohcl more pressing
matters aud the ENecutte dh regard luicr {,
all The advantages of IN honorable adjustment o 9th
CT difficulties a great magnitude and impplt becans'
This Immediately pressing stood IN the way Atho
the difficulty ICcGei 90 not Tor several years II come
involve he peace of the two countries yet shall net della.
Geat Britain the importance OF rs carly settle
mcnf Nor will ether tiers OF Commercial! imp rtance L
the Countries be overlooked; and have ol ieas n Il
believe hat At " ~ com,rt policy OF "a ianl
Of the United Siaes - seize upon tis mo-
meni -hen of the Of irritation have laSse,
away the and unity OF the two countries
all grounds 81 p!orcbic lntue 'otl>'oh
With the other powers OF Europe cur relations continue
On the most amIcablc footing Treaties existing wit
risriy o-~efvcd. ND eVe'N opportunity
compatible with the interests of the ntCd States should h
seized upon enlarge the bass Of Commercial intercourse
world tie true fundltion 81 our poli
cv which only be rendered mncut ~ the pacil
of equal and impartial justice all Our great desire shou
enter that rivalry which looks 4 the genera
good the # tho sciences the enlargement 81
the field for the exercise OF the mchan al al AMI th'
spread of great civzer-to every lad ans
Carefully abstaning from interference IN all questions
exclusively referring themselves 10 the political interests 81
Eurore we may be permitted hope equal nP'I'F
the interference Of European governments IN what ie
Il'es u the Stlte If the American continent
On the sd II April last thc mmi,'HeIS on inc faTt o
the United under the convention with The McKee," i'e
public Of the lth Of Ap, 1889. made 10 The proper de-
paIlment hual report relaen to the n eir Of the
this II appears that ihc total amount
awarded 70 the claimants by the commissioner tle
pge appointed under that convention Two million TWEEN
ty-Six Thousand and seventy dollars ard sNtych
cents aTbtes having hat his functions
required by the convention l. INMATE the Time VIII