Mobile register and journal., 1845-12-12

care ana protection which due Irom Inc governs menI to it's ciIzeas in that distant regInu, make il oOr duty, as it IS our interest, to cultivate amcabe relations with the Indian tribes of that territory - For this purpose l recommend that provision be made for establishing an Indian agency, and suci sub-agences as may lie deemed necessary. beyond ! The Rocky mountains.
 For the profession of emigrants whilst on their way to oiegon, against the attacks of he Indian tribes occupying the country through which they pass, recommend thai n suitable nunher of stock aes and boc k-hoase iors be ereeled along the al route between our frontier settlements the M s- souri and the Rocky mountains; and that m ade- quaIe force of mounted ri1emen be raised guard and protect them on tlie journey. The immediate adoption o these recommendations by Congress will not violate the provisions of the existing treaty. IL will be doing nothing more for American citizens than British laws have ong since done for British subjects in the same territory.
 IL requires several months 10 per the yoyag ge by sea from the Atlantic .SaIesto Oregon; and al though we have a large number Of whale ships in tke Pacific, bu lew of lhem afford an opportunity ot inlerchangug intelligence, without great delay, be- tween our settlements in that distant reg ion and the United States. An overland mail is believed to be entirely practicable, and he importance of eslabsh- ing such mail, al least month, IS submitted 10 the favorable consideration of Congress.
 It is submitted to the wisdom of Congress to de- iermine whether hcIr present session, and until after the years expiration of the notice, any other measures may be adopted consistently with the ventOn of lS27, for the secu ity ol rights and the government aud protection of citizens in Or egon. That it will ultimately be wse and proper 10 make liberal grants of lands to the patriotic pioneers, who, amidst privalions and dangers, lead the way through savage rihes nhabng the vast wilderness intervening between uur frontier settlements and Dr. egon, and who cultivate and nre ever ready to de- fend the soil, am fully satisfied. To doubt wheth. CT they will obtain such grants Ihe con venlion between the United States and Great Rr- haVa ed fn exiR ba in tice of Congress but, pending the years notice, 1t is worthy Ui consideration whether stipulation fo ihis effect may be made consistently wiI the spirl of that convention.
 The recommendations which have made as 10 the best manner of securing our rights in Oregon. me submitted to Congrf ss with great deierence - Should they, in theIr wisdom, devise any other mode better calculated to accomplish the same object, Il shall meet with my hearty concurrence.
 Al the end of lhe years notice, should Congress think it proper make prov isonlor giving that mo- tce, we shall have reached perbd when the na- . tona rights in Oregon must either be abandoned or firmly maintained. That they cannot he abandoned without sacrifice of both aional honot and inter- est, is too clear to admit of doubt.
 1 Oregon is part of the North American continent, to which, it is confidently affirmed, he lte of the | United States is the best in existence. For the grounds which that title resis, refer you to the correspondence of the late and present Secrea- l " of State with the British pleniporeniiary during
  | pt omise, which would make the Columbia the line south of iorly-nine degrees. with triiing addition | of detached territory tn the United States, north of that river, and would leave the British side two-
 thirds of the whole Oregon territory, including the
 rae navigation of the Columbia and all the valuable | larhuis on the Pacific, never, for moment be entertained by the United States, without an aban- doument ol their just and clear territorial rights, l heir self respect and the national honor. For
 hc Information of Congress, communicate here with the correspondence which took place between | the two governments during the late negotiation. | The rap,d extension of our settlements over our tprrilories heretofore unncCupied; the addition oi | new States to our confederacy; the expansion ol free principles, and ou rising greatness as nation, attracting the attention of the Powers of Europe and lately the doctrine has been broached in o them. ofa "baInce of power' thls continent, to check our advancement. The United States, sim ceielv desiruus of preserving relations of goed nn standing with all nations, cannot m silence permit | any European interference the North American continent; and should any such interference be at- l tempted, will be ready 10 resist It at any and all | hazards.
 l Itis well known to the American people and to all natons that this government has never interler
 ed with the relations subsistiug between other gov ernnents We have made ourselves parties to their their alliances; we have not songh, | their territories by conquest; we have not mingled with parties in their domestic struggles; and beliey l ing form of government 10 be the best, we | have attempted to propagate 1t by intrigues | by diplomacy, or by force. We may clan on this | continent a like exemption from European Interier | ence The nations of America are equally soye- | eign and independent with those of Europe. They possess the rights, independent of all foreign interposition, to make war, conclude peace, and to regulate their internal affairs. The people of the l United States cannot, therefore, view with indifer ence attempts of European powers to interfere with the independent action Oi the nations this conti- nent. The American system of government is en- tirely different from that of Europe. Jealousy among the different sovereigns of Europe, lest any one them might become too powerful for the test, has caused them anxousy 10 desire the establish l ment of what they term the "baance of power.''- IL cannot be permitted 10 have any application on the North American continent, and especially 10 the | United States. We must maintain the princi- pie, that the people of this continent alone have the righl to decide their own destiny. Should any por-
 ton of them constituting an independent Stale, pro- pose 10 unite themselves to confederacy this wi | be a question for them and us to determine, without any foreign interpretation. We never can consent
 that European Powers shall interfere to prevent such Il union, because it might disturb the ''baance of power' winch they may desire to maintain npon this continent. Near quarter of a century ago,
 the principle distinctly announced tn the worl Id | in the annual message of one of my predecessors, that "the American continents, by the free and inde pendent condition winch they have assumed and mainan hencelorih not to be considered as sub jecs ior future colonization by any European power. This priacipe will apply with greatly increased force, should any European power attempt to estab- fish any colony in North America. In the ex- | isiing circumstances of the world the present is deemed a proper occasion to reerae and reafiirnl the principle nvowed by Mr. Monroe, and to state my cordial concurrence in it's wisdom and sound policy. The reassertion of this principe especially in reference to North America, is this day but the | promug gation of policy winch no European power | should cherish the disposition 10 resist. Existing rights of every European nation should he respected but it is due alike 10 safety and interests, that the efficient protection of laws should be extended ever the whole territorial limits. and that l it should be distinctly announced to the world as our settled policy, that no future European colony or dominion shall, with our consent, be planted or es. tablished any part of the North American conti- nent. -. question has recently under the tenth ar tcle of the subsising> treaty between the United States and PrussIa. By this article the consus oi the two countries have he right ts sit judges md arbitraors Gin such differences may arise between the capiains and crews of the vessels belonging 10 the nation whose interests committed t0 their charge, without Ihe interference of the local author ites, unless the conduct of the of the cap- tain should disturb the order Iranquillit, of the country; or the sand consus should require their sislance to cause their decsions 10 be carried into effect or supported" -.--- The Prussian consul at New Bedfdrd in June. 1844, applied to Mr. Justice Story carry into ef- feet decision made by him between the capan and crew of he Prussan ship Borussia but the re- quest was refused on the ground that. without pre-. vious legislation by Congress, the judiciary did not possess ihe power give effect 10 this article of the treaty. The Prussian government, through lher minister here, have complained of ihs violation oi the treaty. and have asked the government of the U. States 10 adopt the necessary measures to prevent olt ttlrp haea E.tih