The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-12-29
WEEKLY ALMANAC.
The Presidents Message.
tCon'inued from iasi REX
TeN.n. ciiistus Of TIE .Ssaq.c

6"" " We iiVESt ~ ne n SStWsHCts :.
The epprehensions which were en'er.
tanned by some Of our statesmen, 10 the
earlier periods Ct the government, that our
system vas Incapable Of olefaung with
.uiii;ieH, energy and success over largely
Cuended territorial limits, and lhs, Il this
pete attempted, II would fall 10 pieces b.
is osn weakness, hase 5eau d,sspated by
cur experience. D. the division OF power
Between he States aud eIeral g0yeTameni,
tie latter i, iouud 10 operate aiih 40 much
eaefsy N tie * remes as n tie cen'fc. =
lll, as iiltient 10 lha remoicst O. the 80
SAFES which now compo'e The unlor, as II
was N the ID Safes Which lotmed our con.
suu'loo. lldCed. II may well he doubted.
saeiher, If cur present population had been
confined within The limi.s oil he origina; 3
S a'es, She tendencies TO cenlfalzitlon and
Consolidation would uoI have been such as
TO have encroaeaed upon the essential re
served rights &C the States, aud thus 20
have made The federal government 4 widely
different one, practically, from what ii is n
theory, aad was lu,cudcd 10 be by It's fra.
mers. 81 far from entertaining appfehen
s,Gas Ct The sl!eiy OF our slslem by The
extension OF our Territory, the balIef IS COZ.
fIeuly entertained that each new State
gives strength aud an additional guaranty
lgr The preservation OF the Union ITSELF
In pursuance OF the provisions of the
- b article OF the treaty Of peace, friend.
snip. limits, and settlement, wnh the rcpub
nc Il nexlco. and Of The act Of July the
twenty .malh, 1918 claims OF our cllz2as
sMch bod b,en already lqIdated aud
dec drI against the Mrxcin republic,
amounting, With the interest thereon, 10
tso niihoo tsenly three Thousand eight
L1lItrd aud thifiy.tw dollars and fifty one
ccn.sl,a, been Iiqujaied aud paid. There
remain 10 be PAID OF these claus, s7i.'
1925.
Congress at its last session having made
M PROVISION for executing the ljh article
Of the treaty, by which the United States
assume To make satisfaction for the "uu.
Iql.daed claims" OF cur cltZsn9 ag1'nsi
Mexico, to an amount DOT exceelin. three
and quarter millions OF dollars" The sub
Jet again recommended 10 your lasosa.
bo consl4eEatlon
The exchange Of IA fi,aiions Of lie
treaty wlih Metlco iosk place Oh the Goth
Of May, 1873. Wnhin sue year after that
tine, the cgll .;.sioner and .uryeyor which
each gov fEeut s,pulaies 10 appoint, nre
required TO nee, "a, the POI, Of San Diego,
bnd 1rogeed to run an1 mark the said baun
tifg IN lts whole course 10 the mouth OF
TIE RIO Bravo del Nlffe." twill BIO seen
tun this provision, that the peHcd wlhlo
~ach commissioner aud survey or OF the
respective governments are to meet al Sin
Diego, viii expire on tho sob of May,
1919. Congress, a, the close Of rs last
session, made an appropriation for =" the es.
peGsss of running and marking the bounda.
~ line" botwecn thet countries, but did
nj fix the amount OF salary, winch should /
We pad TO the com missioner ard surveyor
b b appointed on the part Of the United
Sa'e.. Il Is desirable that the amount OF
Compensation which they shall receive (
should be prescribed by law, and not left, as
/! crescent, to Executive discretion.
Measures we're adopted at the earliest
p'scticable period to organize the 4" Terri.
iora government Of Oregon" as author.
ri by The act Of the l4Ih Of August last.
Ia governor aud marshal Of the Terrro.
Y accompanied by a small military escort,
titthe frontier Of Missouri 10 September
las, and took the southern route, by the
We Of Santa Fe and The river Glls, TO
CtfoTnis, with the intention OF proceeding
Irnce IN one Of our vessels of war 10 their
tsima'I1n. The governor was fully ad.
'sed Of the great imporlapcc OF hrs early
rival in The country, end il ia cor lidenlly
'Ieyed he may reach Oregon 10 the latter
ait OF tho present. month, or early IN the
ext. The officers for the Territory have
'oceeded by sea.
10 the month f'May last, communI.
4'ed Information to Congress that an 10.
nan war had broken out 10 Oregon, and ,
'ecommendeJ that authority be given to I