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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Feuo,O Cili.ens Of ths Senate,

close Of youl last session, has been marked by
no extraordinary political event. The qOadren.
nia election OF Chief Magistrate has passed of
wilh less Ihsn the usual excitement. However
individuals and parties may have been disaP
poinIed 10 the result. IL is nevertheless subject
Of national eoagralulaiion THAI the choice has
been effected by the free sUffrages Of free peo
pie, undisturbed by those influences which in
other countries have 100 ofien affected the puri.
ty Of popular elections.
Oor grateful thanks are due to an All.Merci.
ful Providence, no, only for smying the pesIi
ience ahich IN different forms has desolaIrd
some Of our eiues. bu, for crownIng the laburs
OF the husbandman with an abundant harvest.
and the naiion generally with the blessings Of
Peses AID Pacsperiiy.
Within a l.sw wprks the public mind has been
deeply affected by he dra,h Of DInirl Webster.
filling Of his decease Ihe ollIre of Secretary Of
zSmIs. His associates in Ihs Executive govern
'mrut have sincerely sympaIhiE % with h' ia'n-
lily and the public gauerallv On this mourniul
occasion. Has commanding talents, his great
political aud professional eminrnce. his we'll
yred paToIsms Hnd his long aud faithful ser.
vices in the mOsI important public trusts, have
caused his death To be lamenrd throughout the
country. and have earned for him lasting place
in o0F history. ....'
In Ihe course nf the last summer conSdeTh
BILE anxiety waA caused fnr a short time bv an
official intiinaiion from the government Of Great
Brllain that orders had been Tor the protection
of The fisheries upon the coast OF The BRUSH
Provinces in NoUh America. against the alleged
encroachmeni Of the fishing vessels Of the Unt.
Ted States and France. The shounesS Of this
nuliee, and the season Of the year. seemed To
make il mater Of urgent importance. 1t was
III FIRST apprehendrd that an Increased naval
force had been ordered To the fishing grounds
70 carry into effect ihe BRUSH Interpretation Of
those provisions ia the convention OF 1918. ia
reference To the true intent OF which The two
governments diff r. Il was soon discovered
Iha, such was nnl the design of Great Britain,
and satisfactory explanations of the real objects
Of Ibe measure have been given both here aud
in London.
The adjusted difference. however, between
the two governments ~ to the Interpretation of
The first article of the convention OF 1918 is still
a matter Of Importance. American fishing YES.
sells within nine or ten years have been exclu.
ded from waINrs ~ which they had free access
FOR Iwsnir five wears afler the negotiation of the
ueaIy. ln I845 this pxrusion was relaxed 80
far as conceras the Bay of Fundv, but lhe just
and liberalscmsi1ac Of the Home govern
meni, in compliance with what we Ihuk the
true construction Of the convention, III open all
the other outer bays to oar fishermen. was aban
dOned, in consequences Of Inc opposition of the
colonies. NnIwuhsianiOg "lhs, lhe uui'ed
States have si0ce the Bav uf Fuody .as r..
opeued 90 our fishermen 10 1916 pursued the
most liberal course toward ,hc c"innla fishing
iuIeress. By the revenue IaN of 1914, the do.
ties on colonial fish enler:ng Our ports were We.
~ greatly reduced. aud BY the waTehOusing act
il is allnwed 70 be entered in bond without pay.
menI nf duly, IN this wav Colonial fish has
acquired The monopoly Ti The export trade in
our market, and is e'nering 10 some extent into
the homo consumption. These facts were
among those which increased the senslbiIuy of
our fishing interest, a, the movement iD ques
tlou. ...
These circumstances, and The incidents above
alluded to, have led me /" Ihlnk the moment
favorable for reconsideration Of ;hr rntir SIb
iec. of tbe fisheries On the coast of the BrIlish
Provinces. with a view 10 place 'h.m IN more
liberal looung Of reciprocal privilege "'l.
hngness 10 meet Us 10 some aTang n this
kidd is understood i1tX's'. on the par at Great
Rfi,ain: win desire un h,r part to iUrlul ~
Que comprehensive SrulrmenI. as WelI this sub
.cl ~ the commercial intercourse heITerm the
UAi,ed Safes andthn BulSh provinces. have
thought lnat wRhrsv-r auang .mrnIs nav be
maia on ,hasaIIwI sun 'clS. il ~ HXIadem that
they shnu'd h. pmhr Upd ~ Srpa'atn cHVen'
.ians. The illness and d atm 1T The lat S.cre
tarv prevented me coInnencr'nenI Of Iha con.
templa,ed neg II nj N. Pms ~" b'en taken
10 collect The ,hI'rmaron required ::'r The de-
tails ~ such an arrangement The su'l ri -
attended Wnh cIslj, rabe difficulty, u II Is
found praGlicable to come IN c"'nA III M agrtr'
mrnI mutually acceptable iO Ihe I~n parties.
conventions may be cnnclu1ed in ha course ut
the preSenI nIer. The control of Congress
over al! The provisions Of such an arrange
ment. afisclDg the revenue, will oi course, be
reserved.
The offlirs OF Cuba formed prominent top.
&c in my last annual message. They remain
in an uneasy cOndiIIon. and feeling of alarm
.and Irritation on the pan of The Cuban auIhori.
ties appears 10 exist. This feeling has inter.
fered with the regular commercial intercourse
Se,ween the United States and the island. aud
led 10 soma acts of which we have u Tighg-tu
complain. But the Captain General Ii Cuba Is
clolAsd with no power 10 treat with inFegn
governments, nor is he in any degree und r Ihr
contrut Of the Spanish Minister Al Washington.
Auy communicaIlon which hs may hold with an
agent Of foreign power is Informal. and mat
leE Of courtesy. n
Anxious TO put an end TO the existing ineon'
yeniences, (which seemed to rest On mlscnn'
cepIon,) directed the newly appointed Minis
Ter 30 Mexico to Havana. on his way to Vera
Ctuz. He was respectfully received by The
Captain General, who conferred with him Tree
ly on The recent occuIrenres, but no pennunen'
arrangement. was effecIpd.
a. In The mean time The refusal Of The Captain
General 10 allow passengers and The mail to b.