Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-01-05


able the two governments to overcome oil OBJ
slacles TO a satisfactory adjustment Of the SUB
ject.
Assured of the correctness Of the consirne-
ton Of the treaty constantly adhered TO by THIS
government, and resolved to insist on the rights
Of the United States. yet aciuatcd also by the
same desire, which is ayowed by the British
Government, to remove all causes Of serious
misunderstanding between two nations associai-
ed by so many ties Of interest and kindred, II
has appeared to me proper not TO consider an
amicable solution of the controversy hopeless.
There is, however, reason to apPrehend'
that, with Great Britain in the actual occupa-
ton Of the disputed territories, and the treaty
therefore practically null, 50 far as regards our
rights, this international dfiul,y cannot long
remain undetermined, without involving in Sc
rious dangcrthe friendly relations, which it 10
the interest as well as the duty Of both coun-
tries to cherish and preserve. 1t will afford
me sincere qualification. il future efforts shall
result, in the success, anticipated heretofore with
more confidence than the aspect Of the case
permits me now to entertain
The enlistment case next follows il is
treated at lengtI, and our rights are Inserted
/ in as decided a manner as in the Central
Amcricanqucstion. Preparations Of the wrong
done in the Infringement of our laws have
been demanded, hut the subject is still under
discussion The appointment Of Commits
sioncr is again recommended TO establish the
boundary line which divides the Territory
of Washington from the contiguous British
Provinces, where, il seems, there has been i'm
minent danger Of collisions.
On the subject of the Danish Sound Dues,
the President still alhcres TO his former opin-
ion--that the United States ought not to sub
nit to their payment.
Our relations with other European Powers
are of satisfactory nature. Mexico aud
Nicaragua are dispatched in few lines.
/ The receipts during the fiscal year, ending
June 80, 1885, from all sources were s65,-
sos $50; the expenditures during the same
period, exclusive Of payments on account OF
the public debt, were S56, sos, 1913 The pay
ments on account of the public debt, princi-
( pal, interest aud premium, amounted TO 50,
s44,52s. The balance in the Treasury, at
the beginning Of the present fiscal year, was
sls,a3i, 976; the receipts Of the first quarter,
and the estimated receipts Of the remaining
three quarters, amount, together, 10 $685.
1874; thus alfording in all, as the available re-
sources Of the current fiscal year, the sum OF
s6,sj0,7l0. The actual expenses of the
first quarter and the estimated expenditures OF
the remaining three quarters, together amount
TO S7l ,226, SAC, leaving an estimated balance
in the Treasury, on July !, 1856, of sl5,62S,-
sG5,il. In these expenditures are included
$4,000, 900 to meet the last instalmcni due
Mexico under the Gadsden treaty, and ST.
100000 on account Of the debt due to Texas,
reducing the estimated expenditures for ord-
nary objects to the sum of SEQ, l76, 900. The
whole OF the public debt of the United States
is now a little less than siO,o00,000.
The existing system of receiving, keeping
AIfaddiaBf'iRsF siHsr EVkbad,S 8SBasfh -SSGM-
ciple that all moneysn not required for the cur
rent expenses of the Government, should re-
main for active employment among the peo-
pie" The President recommends an early
revision and reduction Of the Tariff of Duties
on Imports, without the departure from the
principles of the existing law.
/ The condition of the Army and Navy is
briefly alluded to, aud the decision of the
Retiring Board We infer, is not to be disturb
ed.
! The subject of the recent disturbances in
I Kansas, and the forays of the Missourians is
thus tcnderly dispatehed:-
"ln the territory Of Kansas, there have been
acts prejudicial to good order, but as yet none
have occurred under circumstances to Justify the
I inerposiiion Of the federal executive. That
could ouly be in case of obstruction 10 federal
law, or N organized resistance to territorial
law, assuming the character of instruction,
which, if it should occur, ii would be my duty
| promptly to overcome aud suppress. | cherish
the hope, however, that the occurrence of any
such unioward event will be prevented by the
sound sense of the people of the territory, who,
by It's organic law, possessing the right TO de-
termihe their own domestic institutions, are en-
titled, while deporting themselves peacefully
10 the free exercise of that right, and must be
protected in the enjoyment of it, without the
interference on the part Of the citizens of any
Of the States
Thus far, with the exception ofthe lasttop.
ic, the message is full and very satisfactory
expose of the condition of public affairs and
its tone and temper, particularly upon the sub
ject of our Foreign relations, will strike a
sympathetic chord in the heart of every true
American citizen. The feeling with which
that branch of the message was received by
the Senate, and the co-ncdent views there
expressed, may be gathered from an outline
OF the debate we publish elsewhere.
The President closes with an elaborate
and partizan discussion of the constitutional
theory of government, in which the origin OF
our republic is reviewed and federal and state
rights respectively considered. He thus payes
the way for labored examination of the sub.
ject of slavery n its constitutional relations.
Here the President leaves the province of his
duties as Chief Magistrate of the Union, aud