The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-12-16
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Esllols cili.ens cfMs Senate !

cnsion, # the duty p,posed upon a new
Presike eni, "f the best evidences of llieir
capacity TO real re the hopes ofthe fund.
ers ofa political system, at ono ecompl' x
aud symmetrical While the dffeIent
-brunclrs -ol the -government-ate To a Ger.
,ain extent, independent, Of each other,
tie duties of all, alike. have direct refer
.cnce tolbe source of power. Fnrinn-
alely, under This system, no man is 50
high, and noue 50 humble, in tho scale
Of public station as To escape from the
scrutiny, or 40 be exempt from the re
sponsibili,y, which oil effical functions
imply. eaia seqSi .!s easi3,8 !S5 hHaE
Upon the justice and intelligence of,hr
masses, in y government 'hus organ'zed,
is the sole reliance OF the conlcderacy,
and the only security for honest and ear
nrs, devotion to its interests, against the
usurpaiions and crcroachmen1s of power
IN The one band, and the assauIts uf per
sonal ambition on the oher. 3.
i The interest, nf which. ! havo spoken.
is inseparahlo from aa lnqnlring, sell gov
-ernlEg community ,-bul stimulated, doubt
less, al the present time, by the unsettled
condition Of opr country with several Tot
,eiau powers; BY the new obligations re-
suI,ing from Sudden extension oi 'ht
field of enterprise; by the spifll will
which that field has hetn entered, and
Tho ampzing energy with which its Iesour
cos Tor meeting the demands Of bumanily
have bt en- developed. rra5 8t .a.H gi|
Although distase, assuming at one time
The characteristics of a wide spresd aud
deyssing peslilence. hnslet lis sad traces
upon some portions Of our counIry, we
have still the most abundant cause for
reveren, thankfnlness 10 God for an ac-
cumula,inu OF signal, mel cies showeted
upun us as n neton. 1t is well that
.cousc ciousness Of rapid advancement, and
increasing strength be habiiually asocia-
Jed with an abiding serse of dependence
upun HIM no holds in his hands the dss
liny Of men ami and Of NATIONS. a.a.
Recognizing the wisdom osihe ptinci-
pies Of absolute religious liberation pros
claimed in our fundamental law, and re-
ioicing in the benign influence which it
has exertcd upon cur social and political
cond,iun. | should shrink froT a clear
,luiy did | lail to express my deepest con-
vic,inn, ,hM we can place no secure re-
lance npon Pny appireni proars' lite
no, sustained b, integrity. resting
upon the great truths affirmed and illns'ra,
ted by divine revelation. In the midst Of
our sorrow for the ,fficted and suffering.
il has been consniing TO see how prnmp'-
" ,lisaser made true nrighbors m districts
and cites separated widely from each
other, and cheering 10 watch the strength
Of thai common bond Of brotherhood,
.,1.;~l. ..-;.rsa,.H l.-a-is. in ali rar,s ''f
this Union, when danger threatens from
abroad, or calamity impends over US at
hurhe.
Our diplomatic relations with foreign
powers have undergone no essential
change since the adiunmeni Of tho LAS,
Coneress. With some Of hem, qnes
tons oe disturbing character are still
pending, hut there arc good reasons 10
believe ,ha, these may all be amicabl5
adjusted. a.
For some years post Great Britain has
so construed the frs, article Of Tho cons
vcn,on Of The 20lh of April. 1918, IN re-
gard To the fisheries Oh The Northeastern
coast, as TO exclude our citizens from some
Of the fishing grounds. TO which they re-
sorted for nearly aqnarier ola century sub
s.zueul TO the date Of that treaty. The
United States have never ,ecqu:esced in
this construction, but have alway claimed
for their fishermen all The rights Which
they had so long enjoyed without molrs.
lalion. With view to remove all diff
cnliies on the subject, TO extend the
rights Of our fishermen beyond the limits
Fixed by ths convention of 1918, and to
regulate trade between the United States
and The British North American proyin
ces negotiation hss been opened, with
a fair prospect Of a favorable resnlt. II"
pfo,eci our fishermen in the eujoymenIs
uf their tights, and pre,ent collision be>
tween them and British fishermen, !
deemed i, expedien, 10 station naval
force in iha, quarter during the fishing
season. , as-.... ra....' ,.-e Jt.t.,.
Embarrassing questions have also arisen
between ne two governments in regard
To Central America. Great Britain has
proposed 10 settle them BY an nmicabe
arrangement, aud our minister at London
is instructed to enter into regulations on
,hA, sul jeci. aH
A commission for adjusting the claims
of our CT, zees agains, Great Bi'ain, and
those Of the British subj cIs against tho
United States, organized under the con
vcn,ion of the 8,h Of February last, is
now sitting in London for the Transaction
OF business. B5
4 is in many raspec,s desirable, thai
The boundary line between the United
States and the British provinces in Me
nor,bwes, as d. siensied in the conven.
ton Of the 18th Of June, 1916, and espe-
cislly 'hn, port which separates the ierri-
tory Of Washington from The Brlishpn
sessions On the moth, should De traced aud
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