The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-12-13
RESIDENTS MESSAGE.
r, lie Senate and House Of
Re1reseataiives of The United States:

We have continued reason 10 express ou'
-,,crn3 gratitude 10 the great Creator oil ah
,s;ocs for numberless benefits conferred "
on n, as People. blessed with genial sea
cons. the husbandman has his gamers hli"d
yith abundance. and the necessaries oil me-
70, 10 speak of lis luxuric-, abound IN every
direction. While in sone other nation,
s,cedy and Industrious labor can hardly IND
tho means Of subsistence. the greatest evil
v.I;cb We have 10 encounter is a surplus oil
n,nduc,ion beyond the Ioma demand. winch
seeks,and With difficulty finds, partial mar
ket in other regions. The health OF The
country, with partial exceptions, hns tor the
nast year been wall preserved aud under
their free aud wise institutions. the United
Safes are rapidly advancing towards The
cons u,,a-ion Of the high destiny which an
ovcrrulirg Providcrce seems to have mark
ed GU; for them. Exempt from domestic
coavulsions. and at peace with all the world,
We are left fee 10 consult as 20 the hest
means of securing and advancing the harpi-
meas of tie People. Such ARE the circusi-
stances under W. i,h you now assemble IN
your respective chambers, and which should
lead us TO unite praise and thank giving
10 that great Beng who made US, and who
preserves ns a atop.
congratulate v al. fellow ci''z"ns, on tire
happy change III the aspect of our ioTc'en
affairs since ms last annual message. Ca"-
ses of cnmrlaint Ct that line exi>'rd be-
tween he United States and Great Britain.
which. attended by Irritating circumstances,
Threatened most seriously C public peace.
The difficulty Of adjusting amicab'v tie
questions al issue between the TWO coun
tries. WIS in 70 snail degree augment by
the Ian - uf line SIT ce Ihev had their c.igin.
The opinions entertained hy the Executive
on several of the leading topics in dispute.
were frankly set firth in the Message at the
opening OF Sour late sessinn. The appoint
ment Of y special minister by Great Britain
10 the United Staics, with power 10 negorI-
ale upon most Of the points of difference,
Indicated IL desire on her part anicahy To
adjust them, and that minister was mel by
the Executive in the same spirit which had
dictated the mission. The Treaty conse.
ouent thereon. having been duly ratified by
the two Governments, a copy, together with
The correspondence which accompanied II.
il. herewith, communicated. ! trust that
whilst you may see in il nothing nblectiona-
bic, it may b. the T ems of preserving. for
an indefinite periud, the amicable relations
happily existing between the two Govern.
men,s. The question Of peace or war be-
tween the United States and Great Britain.
is question Ct the deepest inleres, not Only
10 themselves, but 10 the civilized world,
since i, is scarcely possible that war could
exist between Them wilhou; endangering the
acacr of Cbristcndom. The immediate ef-
feet of the Treaty upon ourselves will be
fell in the security afforded 10 mercantile
enierpris", WHICH, no longer apprchensye
of interruption, adventures lis specula;ions
in the most distant seas and. frrighled with
the diversified productions Of every land, re
turns 10 bless our own. There is rothiug
in TIE Treaty which, in the slightest deg,er,
compromits the honor or dignity CT either
nation. Next 10 The settlement of the boun-
d-rv line, which must always he a matter of
difficulty between States rs between indi-
vidunls III question which seemed 10 ihrea.
ten the nrel'es, emharrassmt Mt, was that
eounecit with the African slave trade.
By the 10Th article OF The Treaty OF Client
/, vas expressly declared that "wierras The
traffic in slaves is irGeconciable with the
prime ?lrs of humanity and j lsice; aud
wir-rcas both lis Majesty and the United
S ates are DESTROYS Of continuing their ef
f,ris TO promote its entire abolition. it is
hereby agreed that both tie contracting par
ties shall USE their bcsi rndeavors 10 accom-
plish 50 desirable an Object" Ia the en-
forcemen of the laws and treaty siipulaiions
Of Great Britain. practice had threatened
10 grow up on The part of its cruisers of SUBJ
jeciing 10 visitation ships sailing under lhe
American flag, which, while it seriously in
volvel our maritime rights, would sublec,
to vuxaiion branch of our trade which was
daily increasing. and which required the
fostering care ofihe Government. And al
lhonah Lord Aberdeen. in his correspond.
cncc with the American ENJOYS at London.
expressly disclamed all right 10 Jelain an
American ship on the high sens. even il
f,lr viii. cargo Of slaves on boari. and
restricted the British prciension 10 mere
r:ai - % visit and inquire, vet il could not
wei lie discafncd BY the Executive Of the
Uniird States how such visit and inquiry
ccud be made without detention on the voy'
age. and consequent interruption 10 the
trade. II was regarded as The right of
search, presented only in new form, and
expressed in different words and there
fore fell il 10 be ms duty distinctly 10 de-
clare, in my annual message 10 Congress,
that no such concess on cnuli be made. and
that the United States had both the will and
The ability TO enforce their own laws, and TO
pro;ec, their flag IRON, being used for purpo.
scs wholly forbidden by those laws, and oh.
uoxious 10 the moral censurc of the world.
Tnking The message "a his letter of in
s,.Gc;ions. our then minister At Paris Eel,
hn,s"if required TO assume the same ground
IA ,cman.,rance which he fli il To be his
dul, o present 10 NJ. Guizor, and through
him l., the King Of The French. against win,
HAS been called the Qnintuple treaty; and
his conduct. in this respect, met with the ap-
rrnyal Of this Government. ia close confor.
nifty 10 those views the eighth article Of lie
T.. ,.ae ~, ,ror,f.S thai