The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1844-12-27
VOL. 9, No. 25.-WhoIe No. 432.


In exchange for which highly important
concessions, reduction Of duties imposed |
by the laws of the United States on vars
ETY. of articles, most Of which were admit.
ted free OF all duty under the act Cf Con. |
gress commonly known as the compromise
law, and but fs which were produced
in the United 81 was stipulated on our
part. This treaty was communicated 10 the !
Senate at an early day Of its last session,
but not acted upon until near its close;when
for the want, as am hound to presume, of |
full time to consider it, il was laid upon
the table. This procedure had the effect of
virtually rejecting it, in consequence Of a
stipulation confirmed in the treaty. that its
ratification should be exchanged on or be-
fore day which has already passed. The
Executive acting upon the fair inference
that the Senate did not intend its absolute
rejection, gave instructions to our Minister
at Berlin to reopen the negotiation so far
as to obtain an extension Of the time for
exchange of ratifcations. ] regret, how>
ever, to say that his efforts in this respect
have been -unsucc essful. am nevertheless
not without hope that the great advantages
which were intended TO be secured BY the
treaty may yet be realized.
am happy to inform you that Belgium
has, by an "arrete royale," issued in July
last, assmilated the flag of the United States
10 her own, SO far as the direct trade between
the two countries is concerned. This mea-
sure will prove of great service to our ships
ping interest; the trade having heretofore
II - a.,
l llatter myself that she will speedily resort
TO modification of her system relating to
the tobacco trade, which would decidedly
benefit the agriculture Of the United States,
and operate to the mutual advantages Of
: both countries.
No definite intelligence has yet been re-
ceiVed from our Minister, Of the conclusion
Of treaty with the Chinese Empire; but
; enough is known to induce The strongest
hopes that the mission has been crowned
with success.
With Brazil our relations cnntinne On thi
! most friendly footing. The commercial in
! tercourse between that growing Empire an,
the United States is becoming daily Of great
er Importance to both; and it is the interes
of both that the frmest relations of amitl
> waited between them.
The Republic of New Grenada still with
holds, and Notwithstanding the most perse
!. vering efforts have been employed by on
6 Charge d'Afairs, Mr.. Blackboard, to pioduc,
:. different result, indemnity in the case O
the brig "Moris." And the Congress @
:. Venezuela, although an arrangement ha
4 been effected between our Minister and tn
Minister Of Foreign Affairs of that Govern
: ment, for the payment of SIS, 900, in dis
. charge of its liabilities in the same case, ha
d altogether neglected to make provision 70
,r its payment. 1t is to be hoped that sens
Of iustise will soon induce a settlement c
70 these claims.
le Our late Minister to Chill, Mr.. Pendle
II ton, has returned to the United States, witt
to out having effected an adjustment in tn
or second claim of the Macedonian, which
nj delayed on grounds altogether frivolous an
s. untenable. Mr.. Pendlelon's successor i;
h. been directefto urge the claim in the stron!
er est terms; and, in the event of a failure
ID obtain permanent adjustment, TO repo
e, the fact to the Executive, at as early df
n, as possible, so that the whole matter m;
tie be communicated 10 Congress.
At our last session, submitted to the a
he tenton of Congress, the Convention vi
so the Republic of Parue, on the 18th Marc
lie l84l, providing for the adj istment of Il
M claims of citizens of the United Stat
On against that Republic; but no definite a
zee ton was taken upon the subject. | aga
u invite to it your attention and prompt q
l1 ton.
o"f In my last Annual Message, felt it
1'' be my duty to make known to Congress,
= terms both plain and emphatic, my opini
IA in regard to the war which has so long
'l listed between Mexico and Texas; whit
'e s since the battle of San Jacinto, has consl
ed altogether of predatory incursions
- tended by circumstances revolving to hum
=" ity. repeat now, what / then said, 4
~ after eight years of feeble and inetiect
Ou' efforts to recover Texas, it was time t
~ the war should have ceased. The Uni
We States had direct interest in the quest;
80 The contiguity of the two nations to
ny" nj territory was but two we'll calculated to
80, volve our peace. Unjust suspicious "
-. engendered in the mind of one or the OF
Ied Of the beligerents against US; and as a
,reI cessary consequence, American inter,
IN were made to suffer, and our peace beca
,t;n~ daily endangered.
free In addition to which, it must have b
obvious to all, that the exhaustion prod