Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-12-23

! daily more common, and makes
L desirable I'd obtain fuel and other nt
. cessary supplies at convenient point
0 on the route between Asia and on
n Pacific shores.
: Our unfor ortuuate countrymen VIII
from time TO time suffer sbipwrecl
S on the coasts of the eastern seas ar
e entitled to protection. Besides thes
specific objects, the general prosper
ity Of our States ON the Pacific re
quires that an attempt should b
} made to open the opposite regions 0
Asia to a mutually beneficial inter
course. .lItIis obvious that this at
tempt could be made by no power t.
so great an advantage as by the u
States. whose constitutional system
excludes EVERY idea Of distant colo.
nial depend encies. / have accord
ingly been led to order an appropri-
ate naval fo fce to Japan, under the
command Of a discreet and inteli-
gent egicet of the highest rank
known to- our service. He is in
structed to endeavor to obtain from
the govern ment of that country
some relaxation of the inhospitable
and anti-socsal system which it has
pursued for about two centuries. ~
He has been directed particularly to
remonstrate in the strongest Ian
guage against the cruel treatment to
which our shipwrceked marines have
often been subjected, and to insist
that they slIall be treated with hu-
manity.
He is instructed, however, at the
same time, TO give that government
the amplest assurance that the OBJ
jects Of the ~. S. are such, and such
only, as ! llaye Indicated: and that
the expedit Jpn is friendly and peace
ful. Notwi outstanding the jealousy
with which 4be government of East
ern Asia regard all ov ertures from
foreigners, l am not without hopes
of beneficial result of the expedi-
ton. Should it be crowned with
success, the advantages will not be
confined to the Z. S., but, as in the
case of Cbiha, will be equally en-
joyed by all the other maritime
powers. | have much sat;sfactionin in
stating that in all the steps prepara-
tory to this expedition, the govern
ment of the United States has been
materially allied by the good offices
Of the King of the Netherlands, the
only European power having any
commercial n blations with Japan.
In passing from this survey of our
Ioreign relations, / invite the atten-
tion of Congress to the condition Of
that department. TO which this branch !
Of the public business is entrusted /
Our intercourFe Fe with foreign powers /
has of late YEARS greatly increased, /
both in consequence of our own I
growth and tt he introduction Of many
new States int the family Of nations.
In this way the Department of State
has become pverburdened. 1t has,
by the recent establishment Of the +
Department + the Interior, been re-
lieyed of some porto IN Of the domes-
tic business. II the residue of the
business of THAT kin d., such as the
distribution Of Congressional doc
uments, the keeping, publishing,
and distributib bn Of the laws of the
United States, the execution Of the
law, the subject of re-
prieves and pd rdons, and some other
subjects relating to interior admins
tration, should be transferred from
the Department. of State, it would
unquestionabl4 be for the benefit Of
the public service. II
] would alsd suggest that the bull
ding appropriated to the State De 1
partment is not freproof; that there
IS reason to think there are defects
IN the constrgEtio and that the ar
,hives Of the government in charge
IF the departnIf Ifnt, with the precious
Of Nhc manuscript papers I
IF Washington Jefferson, Hamilton,
Madison and Monroe, are exposed to
destruction by fire. A similar re-
mark may be made Of the buildings
appropriated I'd the War and Navy I
Departments.
The condition Of the Treasury is
exhibited in THE annual report from I
hat Department. !
The cash receipts into the Treas {
Try for the FISCAL year ending the !
}0th June last, exclusive of trust
uhds, we're fortB-nine millions seven I