Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-01-09
The President represents the 70 reigl

10 De IN pTOpltiouS cOhuiiOH. Sute
the last adjournment Of Congress, trea-
ties of amity, navigation, and COM
merce, have been exchanged with sew
eral of the German States. That por-
ton Of the message which relates to
this country, Great Britain, and France,
is interesting and important. The
message says:
"The governments Of Great Britain
and France still maintain towards us
those sentiments of friendship and good
feeling which have ever marked their
Intercourse with us, and which it should
continue TO be our stuGious care, by
every proper manifestation on our part,
to strengthen andreciprocate. There
| is no ground to suspect that the late
agitation of international questions be-
tween this republic and that Of the u
nited States, has in any degree, abated
their desire for our continued prospect
! ty and independence, or caused them
to relax their good Offices to bring a.
bout the speedy. and honorable ADJUST
ment Of our difficulties with Mexico.
That they should evince anxiety for
our seperate existence, and permanent
independence as a nation, is not only
natural, but entirely commendable.-
They will never require of US, l am
fully assured, any sacrifice of honor or
interest; and if they did, we should be
quite free, as | am certain we should
be ready to refuse it. They are too
well acquainted with the history of our
origin and progress to suppose, for an
instant, that we should, under any cir
cumstances, surrender one jot or title
of that liberty and right to self-govern-
ment which we achieved in the san
culinary conflicts of revolution, or give
up single privilege secured to US by
our laws and constition. They will
not ask it-they do not expect tive
will not yield it.
"Our relations with the United States
remain in the same condition as at the
time of my last annual communication.
We are still without any treaty stlpula-
tons between the two Countries
Within the two last years all attempts
at their establishment have been mega
lived by the ratifying power of that
government. That any effort for the
same purpose will meet with better
success, for some time to come, / am
wholly unable to determine.
''ln all but the name, we will still
continue atpeace with Mexico. Since
the autumn of 1912, no incursion has
been made within our borders. The
moral effect ofpublic opinion through
out the enlightened world, if not the
decided Intervention of powers mutu-
ally friendly, seems to have arrested
that course of conduct heretofore prac-
tised against US. on the part of our en-
envy, and SO plainly subversiye of eve
ny rule ofhonorable warfare.
Those of our citizens who surrender
ed to the officers of Mexico, under
pledges Of the treatment usually accor-
detl to prisoners of war, have all been
released from the captivity in which
they were so perGdlously retained
and permitted to return home, with
the exception of Mr.. Jose Antonio
Navarro, one of the Inflated number
|'composingthe Santa .Fe expedition,
who alone remains to bear the ven
geance ola government which delights
In inflicting upon helpless individual
those wrongs and cruelties which
would degrade the head of any other
nation to le,el with the rudest say
age.
"The subsequent manifesto of the
Mexican government in relation to this
subject, disregarding as it did every or
binary courtesy, even between beliig-
erents, and descending into the West
and most unmerited abuse of the peo-
pie Of Texas, forced upon the President
the necessity of a response"
The Indian affairs of the republic
are represented to be in as satisfactory
state as could have been hoped from
the difficulties and necessary delays at
tending negotiations with hostile tribes
ofsavages..
l.. The finances of the government are
in healthy and prosperous condition.
The current receipts Of thetreasury for
the year, it is thought; will more than
meet the current expenses of the ad-
mlnlstratlon. More stringent meas
ures are recommended to secure the
treasury against loss from smuggling
and defalcations.
The Texian commissioners appoin-
ted to confer with the commissioners
on the part of Mexico in relation to an
a,mlstice between The two republics,
concluded their labors in February last.
President Houston disapprored other
proceedings.