Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-11
INDIANAPOLIS, DECEMBER IL, rs45.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

meet the Representatives OF the States and people i'm
Congress assembled, it will be to receive the aid
of their combined wisdom in the administration of
public affairs. In performing for the first time the
duty imposed on me by the constitution, OF giving to
information Of the state of the Union and recon.
mending to your consideration such measures as in
my judgment are necessary and expedient. am hap
~ that can congratulate you the continued pros
perity of country Under the blessings Of Divine
Providence, and the benign influence of our free in
stitutons it stands before the world spectacle of
national happiness
With our unexampled advancement in all the eIe-
mens Of national greatness, the affection of the peo-
pie is confirmed for the union of the States and for
the doctrines of popular liberty, which lie at the foun
datlon of our government.
1t becomes u.s. in humility, TO make our devout
acknowledgements to the Supreme Ruler of the Uni
verse for the nesmabe civil and religious blessings
with which favored.
In calling the attention of Congress to relations
with foreign powers am gratfed to be able to state
that though with some of them there have existed
since your last session serious of irritation
and misunderstanding. yet actual hostilites have
taken place. Adopting the maxim in the conduct of
our foreign affairs, to task nothing that is not right,
and submit to nothing that wrong" it has been my
anxious desire to preSeIAe peace with all naions but
al the time, TO be prepared to resist aggression,
and to maintain all our Just rights.
In pursuance of the joint resolution Of Congress,
''fJr annexing Texas TO the United States" my pre-
decessor on the Sd day of March, 1915, elected TO
submit the first and second sections of that resolution
to the republic of Texas as an overture, the part
of the United States, for her admission State in
TO Union. This election | approved, and accord
ngly the charge d'afaires of the United States in
Texas under instructions Of the 10th of March, 1915
presented these sections of the resolution for the
ceptance of that republic. The executive govern
mont, the Congress, and the people of Texas in con-
yenton have successvey complied with all the terms
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for tie government of the State of Texas, formed by
convention Of deputies Is herewith laid before Con-
gress. 1t is well known, Also that the people of Tex
at the polls have accepted the terms of annexation
and ratified the constitution.
| communicate to Congress the correspondence
between the Secretary of State and charge daft
fares in Texas and also the correspondence of the
latter TO the authorities of Texas together with the
Official documents transmitted by him TO his gov
eminent.
The terms of annexation which were offered by the
United States having been accepted by Texas, the
public faith of both parties is solemny pdeged to the
compact Of their union. Nothing remains to cOnsum-
mate the event. the passage of act by Congress
to admit the State of Texas into the Union upon an
equal footing with the original States Strong reasons
exist why this should he done at early period of the
session. 1t will be observed that, by the constitution
of Texas the existing government is only continued
temporarily till Congress act and that the third
Monday of the present month is the day appointed for
holding the first general election. On that day GO
vernon a lieutenant governor, and both branches of
the legislature, will be chosen by the people. The
President Of Texas is required Immediately after the
receipt of Official information that the new State has
been admitted into our Union by Congress, to con-
vene the legislature; and upon its meeting, the
listing government will be superseded, and the State
government organized Questions deeply interesting
to Texas in common with the other States the ex-
tension of our revenue laws and judicial system
over her people and territory, as well as measures
of local character viii claim the early attention of
Congress- and, therefore, upon every principle of re-
publican government she ought to be represented IN
that body without unnecessary delay. | cannot too
earnestly recommend prompt action on this imPor-
tant subject.
As soon as the act to admit Texas as State shall
be passed, the union of the two republics will be
summated by their own voluntary consent.
This accession to territory has been bloodless
achievement. No arm of force has been raised to
produce the result The sword has had no part in
the victory. We have not sought to extend our ter
rtoral possessions by conquest, or our republican IN
sttutions over reluctant people. 1t was the DELHI
homage of each people the great principle of
our federatlve union.
If we consider the extent Of territory involved in
the annexation-its prospective influence America
the means By which 1t has been accomplished
sprnging purely from the choice of the people them
selves, share the blessings of unon.-the his
tory of the world may be challenged to furnish par
allel.
The Jurisdiction of the United States which the
formation of the federal constitution was bounded by
the ST. Marys on the Atlantic has passed the Capes
of Florida, and been peacefully extended to the Del
Norte. In contemplating the grandeur of this event.
it not TO be forgotten that the result achieved
in despite of the diplomatic interference of European
monarchies. Even France-the country which had
been an ancient ally-tho country which has a COM
N the freedOm of the
seas-the country which, by the cesson of Louisi-
ana, first opened to access to the Gulf of Mexico
the country with which we have been every year
drawing and more closely the bonds Of success
fnl commerce-most Unexpectedly, and TO our I'M
feirned regret took part in effort prevent an.
nexaton, and to impose on Texas, as condition of
the recognition of her independence by Mexico that
she would never Join herself to the United States
We may rejoice that the tranquil and pervading in
1uence of the American principle of selfgovernmeut
sufficient to defeat the purposes of British and
French interference and that the almost unanimous
voice of the people of Texas has given to that inter-
ference a peaceful and effective rebuke. From this
example, European governments may learn how vain
diplomatic arts and intrgues must ever prove upon
this continent, against that system of selfgovern-
ment which seems natural to our soil, and which will
forever resist foreign interference.
Towards Texas, do not doubt that liberal and
generous spirit will actuate Congress in all that con-
Germs her interest and prosperity. and that she will
never have to regret that she has united her
'lone STAR to our glorious constellation.
l regret to inform you that relations with Mex
ico since your last session. have been of the
cable character which IT is our desire to cultivate
with all foreign nations. On the sixth day of March
last the Mexican envoy extraordinary and minister
plenpotentiary to the United States made formal
protest. in The name of his government against the
joint resolution passed by Congress, "for the
ton of Texas to the United Sates," which he chose
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