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we have eonsissea reason q express sosr
1folsuaa efAiilaas 70 lhe great cIesiofei .ll.s
s6,nts fhr nariberless h<sesss eonfkrTsd npon
s. Il peocle. Blessed silh genial seasons,
ths haseanasnan has lis gamers tiie1 vian agol-
xsce. nnd fhe necessaEies ~ LIE, net y SPEAK q
IA gasatlis sbound 10 esfFy direction. Uahs
- k3see her nait5ns steady and Industrious Ia
~ az, l.ssf ire means 81 SubsisirncE, The
1gfessrgt Evil shieh we have 10 encounter, IS
strrl Is 81 prsSuction Beyond the home demand,
rhsch Seeks, and Win difficulty hads. partial
sasslsss IL oibef rrgians The health Of me /
.eosa,ry, u ib partial pifcns has fof he past
wear teen wrgt ttssefyedi and 1nter rtheif Tee
ID Use inssiia hons 1.-the Uniiff States are r5-
pld!g sssapcjng io@z5fs he eousummaiicn Of
~ hixh aeeisHy ahich sn oseFraling Providence
seems . have mAsze3 OF EoF them. Exempt
from aoinkssc caAvhisioas sad a. peace viih tte
world. Es are Iess free % consult asslo ihe best
means 81 securing and advancing he happiness
N The People Sseh ere tie eifcuSnxtances nm
ar 9kseh yog aja assemble ID your respective
citanbers ard 4hirh should lead q 10 unite H.
prai-e and thanksgiving 70 that great Berg who
made d, and Niss preNerves asa nsiien.
congratulate you, leilow-eilizens, 90 The hsp-
81 ehAase 10 the aspect ef cor fo4eign afaifs
SINGS ny fsst ANNUAL message. Gauss o. com
pssiaf II thar LIMB existed between the Y: States
sad Great BfRalh ahithss attended by Irritating
eifessissances, Threatened most seriously The
rasiir pace Tho dsiienlsy of adiesling aaliea-
hir l4s ngsstians ii issne brtweenstas iwo cdun--
: 1ieS, assin nosmaf degfeezns fsrs6ie5 by The
la2se II 'ume sinee they bad Ihsffofsih The
opfnions etiertaissd rs the Executive on several
Af illelesding ierics 70 e1egRle, were fsanky set
forth ID he MeEfa@e.a AZ III 5spcnsng 81 yaaT late
.essians The afpoiusmsnl-pf a seeci4l minister
byG4sas gfiiaia u The UaiIed States ailh power
Il 10 IL k0iiste D u mpssoi The poiniso aietence,
InaIfaled desife % hes part afDicabiy % adjust
lhrm aHd that minister was met ty he EKreu-
tive ID he same spirit aheh had dictated his mis-
aion The Tsasty consequent thereon, having
been aAy ratified by the Two H5refamenlS, a
copY, togeshcf eth The correspondence which
ecomranied It's, herexiib, Communicated !
trust thai whilst 700 may see in1ituoIhing Oh
{ jeesienablss ii nay r. The means df preserving,
lif.aa Gdelingc pefloty the smieshie relations
hsppiiY exisiFt z sei9een- The EsFo governments.
Tie dlesii5n Of peace or war between the Uniged
states snd Great Britain, is question Of The
deepest lhicres not emily 10 Themselves 10 lie
cirillx3a world. snee il IS scarcely possible that
Wal e1trj exist h-tWeen them wilboul endan.
eeringIhe peaes ~ chris,ead6rn. The imme.
.sii4se effect efthe TfeatySnFph ourselves Will be
fit ID lie seclrty afforded 10 mefeaniEle enicr-
ptlse, which, ne longer appreaensive ofinierIup-
I'M SEA and, frelehied with lha diversified pro
Ascflans Of every iasd. feiarns ID bless our own!
Thsfc Is nothing IN The Treaty which, ir the
Siisiisestdeg compfomits The hsnor II dignii
II lit r4ghef nalion. Next ID Me settlement az
tie boundary line, which must always be a mat
tenb( difficulty between States as between ihdi.
tidnals, tie Question which seemed 70 threaten
The esfatesl embarrassment, was that connected
with thssAfrieen slave 4Fades
b. IasEl articles fsiho Treaty Of, Client it
was expressly deelsfed that svhereasihe trait
AZ III slaves il i4econoilsble with the princi1
flis ofIhumanily and lasifeesarsl whereas both
His sfsicsiy and The United States are DESTROYS
Of continuing their efforts 10 promote lis entire
abplitldn, Il Is hAreby agreed that both the CON
tfaesihgsparlics shall use their best endesVors
TO accomplish so desirable en- object In the
enfsrcementof thelaws and treaty Stirulations
s.of Great Britain, practice had threatened 70
grow upon the part Of its crrasefs Of subject
ing 10 visitation ships1saiilng sundsr the Amer
icandlE, which, while itseriQnsty iavofved our
maritime rights, would subject 10 Yexaton .
branch or our trade which Wss daily increasing,
and which required the fostering care efthe
IGoYeg1ment. And although bofd Aberdeen, in
. hixcefFesponderae with the American Envoys
At London, expressly dEsclaimed ali right to De-
tain an American ship on tile high yeas eKen
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feslrirted the British pfeien,lon 10 amere claim
10 visitsapd enquire, yet III could not well be
diseerned the Executive Of the Omitted States
how such VISA and enquiry could be made with
: nt.detentien On the yoyage, and consequent in
tarrnpiioa 20 the trade. u &as regarded as
The right az selrah, presented only in a new
form, and expresNd 10 different words; and |
therefore felt il to be MY duty distinctly 10 de-
elafe, In NJ annual message % Congress, that
no sncfNxoReession could be made, and that the
Gated States had both the wilt aEd the ability
to.esforcs thsSr own laws, and 10 protect their
y x from cling used for purposes holly forbid
Den ey lh5sa laws, and obnoxi ous to the moral
esEsigre OF the world. Takng the Message as
bis lester OF Instructions, our then Minister at
Paris felt himself required to assume the same
ground 10 i Fcm0Rstranee which he felt Il 10 be
hiss duty torpresentio NJ. Gaizot, and through
hin 70 the King Of tho French, against Whist has
been called The Qaiatuple treaty; aud his con.
! dact, Ii this respect. met with thei?provat4 81
! this Government IL close conformity With
khesn views, the eighth article Of tbs Treaty
wasIframe1, which provides that each nation
: saall keep all ,at ii theAfrican seas force
not less than eigaty gunA,Jto act separately and
aparE aads= Instructions from Ihgir respective
Governments, AID fox the enforcement of theiI
respective laws aad Obligations, Y From this
i,will he. stenthat The ground assumed in the
Message has beenlally naintaiHsd, at the sans
time thai llhe sIipqistiepS Of tie Treaty of
Giant arctic he.eatriel out in GOOD faith BY iht
-txo eaanlFies, and that all prcience is removed
foF thlsegefSpee will eur commerce. for any
!. propose whatever By foreign Government =
WDlle. therefore, he United States haye been
,.Saniias up Tor the freedosi Of The seas, they
kave not thought proper to make that pre-.
iext for AyoidiHs= a fulhlment or their Treaty
siipalalioas, Of ground for giving counisHanee
50 a trade rerrobated by our laws. : A similar
arrangeMentay The other great powers could
moi fallto sweepfrota the ocean The slave trade
without he interpolation Of any new principle
4atofAe mltiiims code. we maY be permitted
ID hope lhatthe example thus set viii be fol-
lowed 81 somesif not all Of them We THERE'S
BY alAo aIord suitable protection to The fair ira
der IN those seas, thus fai6lliag at the same
, gims Tho dictstes Of sound policy. and com
plsiag wiib1he claims Of justice ana humanity.
i 1Eoafl have furnished additional cause for
coagsasalatios, il the Treaty could have en-,
brace1 all subjects caleul4tea il future TO lead
10 4 Misunderstanding between The two Co
Nsrameats. This territory of4he United States
commonly called tbs Oregon TERRITORY, lying on
lhe Pacific ocean, north of the f2d degree o
latitude, to 4 portion of which Great Britain
lays claim, begins 10 attract tbs attention d
car feliow-eitixeas, and the tide Of population
which has reclaimed what was 80 lately an IN
broken wilderness, ia more contiguous regions
{ Is preparing to f9w over those vast districts
which stretch from the Rocky mountains to tho
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