Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-07-14
=@5gEs1DENT's MESSAGE.

L. IF ReDresentGtiUeS OF the United o10'C'
1IO Ssfore Congress copies of treaty OF peace
,, t'sy limits and settlement, between 'ne
TT.oJ States and the Mexican republic tne la'.-
s,a,ons of which were duly exchange a. Tue clI
IN oF Oneretaro, in Mexico, on the JUN uay Oh
Nay, ls4s. .rv u.s reluc,or.,v
The war in which our country was le,uC'an'y
..,oIved. in the necessary VlndlCaIloh Oh tne ma
nal rights and honor has oeeh mus terminated )
Ill congratulate Congress- and our common
.oDstituents, upon the restoration OF an honorable
peace. o,,,,LIo .or-;4or;o. oo1oJ bv
nv ~ the United States constitute indemnity
,ost and the brilliant achievements and sig
'O' ocosses of our arms will be guaranty ofsecu-
na g., tho fpture by convincing all nations that
NY ;-h,o r,ust he respected The results of the
oO' S;,h Moxco have given to the United States
Wal ,:or,oi character abroad which our country
"0,' toc,re enioyed Our power and our resour-
~ 100 become known, and are respected thrO'-
~. ,be world; and we shall probably be saved
C Cur the necessity of engaging in another foreign
'ror fora long series of years. II is subject OF
.,noratuIation that we have passed through a
,rar Of more than two years duration, with the
Snsnrss of the country uninterrupted, with our
..sources unexhausted, and the public credit un-
impaired
communicate for the information of Congress
tho accompanying documents and correspondence
Glazing to the negotiation and ratification of the
treaty.
Before the treaty can he fully executed on the
,.rt of the United States legislation will he re-
onred It Will be proper to make the necessary ap-
n,oDriatOns for the payment of the twelve millions
pfdol,rs. stipulated by the twelfth article, to be
in
Three millions of dollars were appropriated by the
.ct Of March Sd, Is47, and that sum was paid to
the Mexican government after the exchange of the
affiliations Of the treaty.
The fifth article of the treaty provides, that " in
order to designate the boundary line with due pre-
csion upon authoritative maps, and to establish
upon the ground landmarks which shall show the
limits Of both republics as described in the pres
pnt article, the two governments shall each ap-
Doirt commissioner and a surveyor, who, before
the expiration of one year from the date of the ex-
change of ratifcations Of this treaty, shall meet at
The port of San Diego, and proceed to run and
mark the said boundary in its whole course to the
mouth of the Rio Bravo del Norte" 1t will be
necessary that provisions should be made by law
for the appointment of commissioner and sur
ypyOt on the part of the United States, to act in
pointed by Mexico, in executing the stipuIatlons
Of this article.
It will be proper also to provide by law for the
appointment of board Of commissioners to
nljudicate and decide upon all claims of our citi-
1tns against the Mexican government, which, by
The treaty, have been assumed by the United
States.
New Mexico and Upper California have been
ceded by Mexico to the United States, and now
constitute part of our country. Embracing near
" ten degrees of latitude lying adjacent to the Or
cgOn Territory and extending from the Pacific
ocean to the Rio Grande, meaG distance of near.
" thousand miles, it would be difficult to esti
nate the value OF these possessions to the United
States. They constitute of themselves a country
urge enough for great empire, and their acqu
sItOn Is second only in importance to that o.
louisiana in 1903. Rich in mineral and agricu
ura resources, with climate of great salubrty
they embrace the most important ports on thu
whole Pacific coast of the continent Of North A
menca. The possession of the ports of San Die
CO. Monterey, and the bay of San Francisco. vii
enable the United >tates to command the ALREADY
valuable and rapidly increasing commerce of the
Pacific. The number of our whale-ships alone
now employed in that sea, exceeds seven hundred
requiring more than twenty thousand seamen t
navigate them; while the capital invested in thi
PARTICULAR branch OF commerce is estimated at no
less than forty millions of dollars. The excel'en
harbOrs of Upper California will, under our flag
afford security and repose to our commercial ma
nne; and American mechanics will soon furnish
ready means of ship-buiIding and repair, which
lrr now so much wanted in that distant sea.
BY the acquisition of these possessions we arr
brought into immediate proximity with the ives
coast Of America from Cape Horn to the Russian
possessions north of Oregon with the islands o
the Pacific ocean; and, by direct voyage II
steamers, we will be in less than thirty days o
Canton and other parts of China
In this vast region, whose rich resources ar
soon to be developed by American energy and en-
erPrlse, great must be the augmentation of Ou
commerce; and with it, new and profitable de
mands for mechanic labor in all its branches, ant
new and valuable markets for our manufacture
and agricultural products.
While the war has been conducted with grea
humanity and forbearance, and with complete sue
cess on our part the peace has been concluded OF
terms the most liberal and magnanimous to Mex
co' In her hands. the territories now coded ha
remained, and, it is believed, would have contin
Jed to remain, almost unOccupied. and of it'll
value to her or to any other nation; whilst
part Of our Union, they will be productive of vas
benefits to the United States, to the commercis
world, and to the general interests of mankind.
The immediate establishment of Territorial GOV
''nments, and the extension of our laws over thes
valuable possessions, are deemed to be not onl
important but Indispensable, to preserve order an
he due administration Of Justice within their lin
u.s. to afford protection to the inhabitants, and I
facilitate the development of the vast resource
and wealth which their acquisition has added I
our country
The war with Mexico having terminated, h
power Of the Executive to establish or to continU
temporary civil governments over these Terrlt
1e' which existed under the laws of nation
RhllSt they were regarded conquered province
IN our military occupation, has ceased. BY the
cgsSlOn to the United States, Mexico has no Ior
ger any power over them and until Congre
shall act, the inhabitants will be without any o
Ganlzed government Should they he left in th
condition, confusion and anarchy will be likely
Prevail.
Foreign commerce to a considerable amount
now carried on in the ports of Upper CaIiforni
Which will require to be regulated by our laws
As soon as our system shall be extended over tn
commerce, revenue of considerable amount wi
be at once collected and it is not doubted that
Will he annually increased. For these and otht
obvious reasons, deem it to be nv duty earnes
to recommend the action of Congress on tn
subject at the present session.
In organizing governments over these Territ
nes' traught with such vast advantages to ever
portion of our Union, invoke that spirit of col
S''lon, Cancellation, and compromise in your j
VIBRATIONS, III which the constitution was frame
which it should be administered, and which
20 indispensable to preserve and Perpetuatc Il
uaFmonv and union of the States. We shou
never FORGET that this Union of cOnfederatcd Stat