The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-12-15
II EsSAGE
President OF the U. States,
TO THE TWO HOUSES on cokoREss.
December Z. 1884

II @a.
To ihs Ssaals and ..1.s~n-~ @~..,
House n Representatives.: a~
We have continued reason 10 express
our profound gratitude 10 the great { reai-
or Of all things for numberlessbensiIs con-
lerred upon US as people. Blessed with
genial seasons, the husbandman has his
gamers filled with abundance, and the ne
eessaries Of life, not TO speak Of Injuries,
abound in every direction. While in como
other nations steady and industrious labor
can hardly find the means Of Subsistence,
the greatest evil which we have 10 en-.
counter. is surplus production beyond
the home demand, which seeks and wi,h
difficulty finds, a 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 United States
are rapidly advancing towards the con
summation Of the high destiny which IN
overriding Providence seems 70 have mar
ked out for iheR. Exempt from dcmes-
TIC CONFUSION, and at peace with the
world, we are left free 10 consult as 10 the
best means Of securing and advancing the
happiness Of the people. Such are the
circumstances under which You now as
semble in your respective chambers, and
which should lead US 20 unite in praise
and thanksgiving TO that great Being who
made US. and who preserves Us nation.
1 congratulate you, fellow citizens, on
the happy change in the aspect Of our To-
reign affairs since my last annual message.
Causes Of complaint ut that time existed
between the United States and Great Bril-
tain, which, attended by irritating cirsum-
stances, threatened most seriously the
public peace. The difficulty OF adjusting
amicably the questions at issue between
the two countries, was In no small degree
augmented by the lapse Of time since they
had their origin. The opinions entertain
ed BY the Executive on several of the
leading topics in dispute. were frankly
set forth in the message AT the opening 0f
your late session. The appointment Of a
special minister BY Great Britain 10 tho
United States with power 10 negotiate
upon most of the points Of difference, in.
dicsted desire on her part amicably to
adjust them. and that minister was met
by the Executive in the same spirit which
had dictated his mission. Tho treaty
consequent thereon, having been duly ra-
tined by the Two governments. copy.
together with the correspondence which
accompanied il, is herewith, coMnunicat.
ed. ] trust that whilst you may see in
ii nothing objectionable, it may be The
means of preserving, for an indefinite pc
Rod, the amicahle relations happily exist
ing between the two governments. The
question Of peace or war between tho
United States and Great Britain, is a
question Of the deepest interest not only
to themselves, but 10 The civilized world,
since it is scarcely possible that war
could exist between them without endan-
gertRg the peace Of Christendom. The
immediate effec, of the treaty upon our
selves will be felt in the security afforded
to mercantile enterprise, which, no long
er apprehensive of interruption, adsen-
lures its speculations in the most distant
sea; and, freighied with the diversified
productions Of every land, returns TO bless
our own. There is nothing in the treaty
which in the slightest degree compromiis
the honor or dignity of either nation.
Next to the settlement OF the boundary
line, which must always be matter Of
difficulty between states as between indi-
Fiduals, The question which seemed TO
threaten the greatest embarrassment, was
hat connected with the African slave
rade.
BY the 10Th article Of the treaty Chen
t was expressly declared that whereas
he traffic in slaves is irreccnciable with
he principles Of humanity and justice,
md whereas both his Majesty and the
United States are DESTROYS Of continuing
heir efforts to promote its entire 2boli-
ion, it lis hereby agreed that both tho
Extracting parties shall use their best
ndeavors to accomplish so desirable IN
beet" In the enforcement of the laws
nd treaty s,ipulations Of Great Britain,
practice had threatened to grow up on
he part of its cruizers Of subjecting 10 vi
itation ships sailing under the American
lag, which, while it seriously involved
'ur maritime rights, would subject TO
'exation branch Of our trade which was
Iaily increasing. and which required the
ostering care Of the government. And
Though Lord Aberdeen, in his cores
'ondencs with the American ENJOYS at
london, expressly diselained all right TO
etain an American ship on the high seas,
ven il found with a cargo of slaves OH
'oard, and restricted the British preten-
ion to mere claim to visit and inquire,
ret it csuld not we'll be discerned by the
executive Of the United States how such