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Il: Tie RI aideat s{1tsa j|I < IS lbs delayed anil
ths :inr the 3 lst ult hls annual communication
60 the Two Houses, ia consequences OF there being
no Organization Of the House; but his convctionl
Of duty win no1 permit him to DELAY longer Civ
ing Congress information to The state Of theiI
Uuion, and recommending such mead1f@ as be ii
deems necessary and expedient.
He commences BY giving history Of Central
American affairs 10 particular.
Herefers to the recent troubles in Kansas, and
says that her people must be protected in the ex
ercise Of their rights Without the interference on
the part Of the people % any othcrs States md
commenis the subject to the early attention Of
Congress.
lie eulogises the doctrine ofpopular sovereign
ty; gives history Of the .Union. and expatiatesI
on State rights with particnlar reference to sla-
very and the Fugitive Save Law. He reg .rds
the agitation Of the subject as dangerous TO the
durability Of the Union and regrets to see States
disobeying their constitutional obligations and
refusing to obey the lawssof Congress. He de-
niesthat the South has obtained any advantages
over the North in the territory Of louisiana. He
illustrates the balance Of power between freedom
and slavery, coming down to the annexation of
Texas, and the repeal Of the Missouri Compro-
mise; and argues that the South feels that no more
belongsto her.
He makes an elaborate defence of the principles
of the Nebraska bill, AMI Indignantly denies that
it was breach of faith. -
He says that grave questions are pending with
some foreign powers, the most important of which
is that with Great Britain, arising out Of the
, Nicaragua affair. Il was the understanding with
us in making the treaty, that all sthe present
r States formerly composing the Central American
, Republics, should thenceforward enjoy complete
{ independence; and that both contracting parties
ngaged equally, for the present and the future,
that if either Of them had any claim or right to
t Central America, such claim was nnreservedly
e relinquished by the conventions; and that no do
minion thereafter should be exercised over any
8 part Of Csatral America, bysGreat Britain or
E the United S1ates This government consented
ere in the same sense obgao0 |at Brit.
% Ain. But for this understanding did never
: have been concluded by the United States.
Great Britain so constructs the convention, as to
y manttn unchanged all her previous pretensions
le over the Mosquito Coast etc. These pretensions
lie are founded on the ASSUMPTION of political re-
4 lation between Great Britain and the remnant Of
!. indians upon that Coast, entered into at time
:, when that whole country was u Colonial posses
ID sion Of Spain. 1t cannot be successfully contro
to verted, that by public law in Europe and Amer;
ca, no possible act of such Indians or their preie
cessors could confer on Great Britain any politi
cal rights. IL however became apparent thnt G.
Britainstill continues in the exercise Of large au
as thority In all that part of America commonly
its called the Mosquito Coast, and Covering the en-
ia tire length of Nicaragua and a part OF Costs
RIGA. This act Of Great Britain being contrar,
to the rights of the State of Central Americl
q as understood by this government has been made
the subject Of negotiation through the America
ell Minister at London. Great Britain has, by re
peated successive treaties, renounced all preten
sions of her own, and recognised the full soves
90 eign rights of Spain the most unequivocal AM
explicit terms. Great Britain now resorts Il
on these rights over this extent Of gulf coast th
m Eastern Coast Of Ncarngua The interferenc
10 Great Britain, though exerted once in theorr
tly ofa military occupation Of the port of SIN tua
p Del Norte, now presents her claim to right q
'v-lprotectorate over the Mosquito Indians.
"a The President adds that this Government stca
M Oily denies that, at the date Of the Treaty Grea
y. Britain had any possession on the coast, othe
M than limited establishment at Balize and III
on President states to the British Government tina
ua he sees no reason for an interruption OF peaceft
intercourse on account of these differences Of Z
m pinion. and hopes for an amicabIc settlement I
The the controversy but adds, there is however
es- son to annrahend that with Great Britain in az