Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29
Presidents Message.

This document was transmitted to Congress
on Monday, sent to Pittsburgh by telegraph,
and published in the Gazette of Tuesday morn
ing. 1t is short compared with former Mesa
ges, but too long to be published in The Bugle.
We can only present the following brief synop-
sis:
The President says We are at peace with all
the world, and gives a succinct account of the
state of our foreign relations. He alludes to the
Cuba expedition, but states nothing new.
An alteration of the laws in relation to the
Slave Trade E l mean the foreign trade, SIR } is
recommended in order to prevent that trade
from being carried on in vessels built in the u
nited States and owned or navigated by some of
our citizens. 1t is a customary device TO cyade
the penalties of our laws by means of sea letters.
Vessels sold in Brazil, when provided with such
papers by the Consul, proceed at once to the
coast of Africa for slaves. This practice, the
President thinks, should be broken up. He docs
not propose any measure TO check the traffic in
slav cs either at Washington or Baton Rouge
nor does he tell us the result of his last specula-
ton in human flesh. This deficiency may be
supplied in a supplementary message, in which
case our readers shall DO promptly informed.
The various routes to the Pacific, and the
means of intercourse with our possessions in
that quarter, arc commended to the considcra-
ton of Congress.
The President recommends q revision of the
Tariff and the substitution of specific for ad va
loren duties, and expresses himself favorable to
the protection OF domestic manufactures. The
Sub-Treasury, if continued, needs various mod
itications. The establishment of an Agricultu-
raj Bureau in the Homo Department is recon-
mcndcd.
In regard to the new territories the President
holds the following language:
No civil government having been provided by
Congress for California, the people of that ter
ritory, impclled by the necessities of their no.
litical condition, leccntly met in convention for
the purpose of .orming a Constitution and
State Government, which the latest advices
give me reason to suppose, has been accom-
plishcd; and it is believed they will shortly
apply for the admission of California into the
Union, as a Sovereign State. Should such be
the case, and should their constitution be con-
formable to the acquisitions of the Constitution
of the United States, recommend their appli-
cation to the favorable consideration of Con-
gross.
The people of New Mexico will also, it is
believed, at no very distant period, present
themselves for admission into the Union. Pre-
p%aritory to the admission of California and
Now Mexico, the people of each will have in
stitutcd for themselves q republican form of
government, laying its foundations on such
principles, and organizing its powers in such
form as to them shall seem most likely to CT
feet their safety and happiness.
By awaiting their action, all causes of unea-
siness may be avoided, and confidence and kind
feeling be preserved.
With a view of maintaining the harmony
and tranquility so dear to all, we should abstain
from the introduction of those exciting topics
of a sectional character, which have hitherto
produced painful apprehcnsions i'll tho public
mind, and | repeat the solemn warning of the
first and most illustrious of my predecessors,
against 90 furnishing any ground for character
izing parties by geographical discrimination. 4"
Thus the administrator puts itself distinctly
upon the ground of Nom Intervention, and
/ crowns upon the Wilmot Proviso. Very
brave and manly for the only genuine anti-sla-
very party is it not?
? 1t is recommended that a corps of scientific
mon be employed to make explorations and as.
certain the most favorable route fol q railroad
~ IN oNi'AN wv Va NOlAoNl uSblOh, W WV
/ or and Harbor Improvements arc commended
as worthy of liberal appropriations. An in
crcasc-of the Army is called for; also a roorga.
~nization of the Navy. The reduction of Letter
} postage to a uniform rate of five cents, and the
$ plan of defraying from the treasury the expense
| of the matter frankcd by members of Congress
f are recommended. On the subject of the Veto
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. sentiments.
l The message winds up with the followingpa
G triotic eulogium upon the Diana of American
/, idolatry:
But attachment to the union of the State!
c should be habitually fostcred in every American
9 heart. For more than half a century, during
: which Kingdoms and Empires have fallen, thii
e Union has stood mistaken. The patriots whC
framed it have long since descended to TIL
grave, yet still it remains the proudest monu
ment to their memory, and the object of affec
ton and admiration with every one worthy t
!, bear the American name.
= In my Judgment, its dissolution would be tn
@ greatest of calamitics, and to avert that SHOULD
9 be the study of every American. Upon its pres
~ervation must depend our own happiness, anC
Il that of countless generations TO come. Whate
: yer dangers may threaten it, l shall stand by it
= ana mallltdni IL III lIS integrity W ne luu eACel
of the obligations imposed, and the power con
u ferrcd upon me by the Constitution.
HEAR, o HEAVENS "A correspondent o
The North Star tells an affecting story of VII
v liam Smith, formerly a slave of Judge CASTOR
g of Newbern, n. C.-who having worked on
his own freedom and redeemed his mother, i
IS now begging for help to rescue from the Ney
e Orleans shambles a young and beautiful sister
and save her from a fate worse than death. Tn
girl is a member of a church and regarded as
Christian. The man who holds her has been of