, 1842-12-24
MESSiGE.
0 Or Senate and House Of


R,prcssaiaHrrs of4te United Sla,tS:
We have continued reason TO express
our profound gratitude to the great Crea-
tor Of all things for npmberleSs benefits
conferred upon lis as a people. Blessed
with genial SEASONS, the husbandman
has his gamers filled with abundance,
and the necessaries ofliie. not TO speak OF
lis luxurics, abound in every direction.
While in some other nations steady and
industrious labor can hardly find the
means of subsistence, The greatest evil
Z which we have 70 encounter is asfrplus
of production beyond the home demand,
which seeks, and with difficulty finds,
a partial market in other regions. The
health ofthc country, with partial cxcep-
tons, has for the past year been well
preserved; and under their free and
wise institutions, the United States are
rapidly advancing towards the consum-
nation of the high destiny which an
everything Providence seems TO have
marked out for them. Exempt from do
nestle convulsion, and at peace with the
world, we are left free TO consult as 10
the best means Of securing and sdvanc-
ing the happiness of the people. Such
are the circumstances under which YOU
now assemble in your respective cham
bers, and which should lead us TO unite
in praise and Thanksgiving to that great
Being who made US, and who preserves
us 4 nation.
| congratulate you, fellow citizens, on
the happy change in the aspect of our
foreign affairs since my last annual mes
sage. Causes Of complaint at that time
existed between the United States and
Great Britain, which, attended by irri-
taiing circumstances, threatened most
seriously the public peace. The diff
Gully of sdjusting amicably the ques-
tons at issue between the two countries,
was in no small degree augmented by
the lapse Of time since they had their
The opinions entertained BY the
on several Of the leading to-
pics in dispute, were frankly set forth in
the Message at your late session. The
appointment of a special minister by
Great Britain to the United States with
power TO negotiate upon most OF the points
Of difference, indicated a desire on her
part, anicably to adjust them, and that
minister was met by the Executive in
he same spirit which had dictated his
mission. The treaty consequent there
On, having been duly ratified by the two
governments, a copy, together with the
correspondence which accompanied it, is
herewith communicated. | trust that
whilst you may see in it nothing objec-
ionable, ii may be the means CT pre-
for an indefinite period, the ami
relations happily existing between
he two governments. The question Of
peace or war between the United States
md Great Britain, is a queation OF the
interest not only to themselves,
,ut TO the civilized world, since 1t scarce
V possible that a war could exist be-
them without c~ndangering the
,eace of Christendom. The immediate
fleet of the Treaty upon ourselves will
re let III inc security hOiu' W AHSA
antile enterprise, which, no longer APP
,rehensive of interruptions, adventure ,
IS speculations III the most distant sea; g..
nd. ireighted with the diversified pro- ,
..uctions Of every land, returns to bless ,
,ur own. :
There is nothing in the Treaty which,
the slightest degree, compromits the :
onor or dignity Of either nation. Next ,
|, the settlement of TIE boundary line, '
,hich must always be a matter Of diff !
ulty between States as between indiyid- q
ais, the question which seemed to threa- |
IN the greatest embarrassment, was ?
rat connected with the African slave L
.ade. S
By the 10th article of the Treaty of p
ihent it was expressly declared that S