Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1851-12-10
s.rrRDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1851.
RAJ Ell G. H:
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.


10 are indebted to the Postmaster in this City for
~, If the Presidents Message, which was sent
'H ,ho too Houses on Tuesday last at IL o'clock.
r,;. document would make fourteen columns in
. ,.ns, and it is, therefore, out of our power to
..trsb It at length. We shall, however, present to
:, readers the substance of it. reserving such COM
n.0 mon it as we may desire to make for some tu-
u,e issue. . -.
Tho Message opens with the usual congratulations
,,oo the prosperity of the country; and the Pfes'-
3s,t then takes up the Cuban expedition, gives his
,,couo of it, and states, tina. although those who
sosaped in this expedition forfeited all claim TO the
protection of their country, yet he has interPosed with
the SPANISH government in their behalf. and will
snare no proper exertions to procure their release
H. mentions the execution of Crittenden and his men
on the 18th of August, speaks of their fate as mel
arboy one, but says nothing Of the mut'iatlon OF
their bodies or of the barbarous manner in which
thew were treated before or after death. Speaking OF
the duties Of this government in relation to foreign
Countries, and OF the action Of France and England
in REGARD to Cuba, th,. President says:
sces with none, has long been maxim win u.s.
Ou true mission is not to propagate our opinions, or
jnpose upon o;her countries form OF government
b, ar6ce or force but to teach by example, and by
o success moderation and justice, the blessings OF
seigovepment, and the advantages OF free lnsfitu-
lions. Let every people choose for itself. and make
and alter its political institutions to suit Its own con-
tidon and convenience. But, while we avow and
maintain i,hs neutral policy ourselves, we are anx
uus see the same orbearance on the part OF other
aaions, whose forms of Government are different
fi,m our own. The deep interest which we feel IN
tn. spread of liberal principles and the establishment
Of fee governments, and the sympathy with which
witness every struggle against oPpresson tofoid
tu We should be Indifferent to case in which the
srong arm Of foreign power is invoked to stifie
public sentiment and repress the spirit OF freedom In
any country.
The governments of Great Britain and France have
issued orders to their naval commanders on the w es
India station to preven, by force, if necessary, the
anng of adventurers from any nation on the Island
Of Cuba with hostile intent. The copy of a memo
nudum of conversation on this subject between the
Charge deaiaires of her Britannia Majesty and the
Acting Secretary of State, and of subsequent note
Of the former to the Department Of State, are here
with submitted, together with note OF the Acting
Secretary of State to the Minister Of the French re-
tblc and the reply of the latter. on the same sub
sel This paper will acquaint you with the grounds
Of this interposition of the two leading commercial
powers Of Europe, and with the apprehensions which
ibis gosernment could not fail to entertain. that sucf
asrposition, if carried into effect, might lead Il
abuses in derogaton of the maritime rights OF th'
United States. These rights are founded on firm
secure and well defined basis; they stand upon tn
ground Of National Independence and public law
will bemaintaiaed in all their full and just extent
Iho h0o hoYof nfnP
"enny announced it still adheres to, and WILL man
aa under all circumstances aud at all hazards. Iha
p'ncple is, that in every regularly documented mel
saan vessel, the crew who navigate it, and those
ad Of it, will find their protection in the flag wh'c
so7et them. No American ship can be allowed I
visited or searched for the purpose OF ascertan'n
'ae Character of the individuals on board, nor ca
@ee be allowed any watch BY the vessels OF an
s'sisn nation over American vessels on the coast
as sn United States or the seas adjacent thereto:
~. Se seen by the last communication from the br'
Image d'Afairs to the Department OF STATE tns
authorized to assure the Secretary Of State ts'
s''y care will be taken that, in executing the pr
T TTaa'e measures against the expeditions, when IN
~. ua!ed States Government itself has denounced
N.Y. eeng entitled to the protection of any govef'
81 al no Interference shall take place with the Law
1s I1s0mmetce Of any nation.
eaal''on 70 the correspondence on this saoJes
.s'1 S"h submitted, official information has been =
ss p at the Department of State, Of assurances
ts tench government that, in the orders given
I'D ieoch naval forces they were expressly instru
oss, - any operations they might engage in, to re-
aan.. ne lag Of the United States wherever it mig
,ssssa' and to commit no act Of hostility upon an
S.' ~ Of armament under its protection.'
H. '"s President next alludes in becoming terms
N. ''aage upon the Spanish Consul by the mob
Il. o''eans, and suggests additional legislation f
ny, projection or punishment of foreign Consuls. +
s ''0des to the sssect of reciprocal trade be,wst
A. '0on''y and Canada, and then to the fixing.
sqaest OF Great Britain, the true boundary lii
n,. esa Oregon and The British possessions. +
n.-s @e following allasion to the Turkish Cover
.a' am and Louis Kossuth: ...-... 70.
S,Dt.a tae Turkish Govesnnent has expressed
,.a, s' iOt The kind reception given to The Sultan
10 hs f n@in bey, On the occasion Of his recent vi,
desn,,'v, united States. On the 2s,h February last