The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-01-18
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.


Ia. that Congress shall assemble annually on
'ha first Monday Of Dec, aodsit has been usual
~. ,bs President not to make communications
ora p15lic character 10 the Senate and House
" rPaprrs7niatvrs until advised Of their read
gsss IN receive il. have deferred 70 this usage
,.o,;l the close of the first month OF the session,
-, nv convictions of duty will not permit long
-. - nostpone the discharge Of the obligation
.nioineI by the Constitution upon the President
,.o ciya 10 the Congress information Of the state
,f,bp Union, and recommend TO their consider
,,ion such measures as he shall Judge necessary
and expedrnt.'
II is matter ofcongratu!at,on that the Repub-
lie Is TRANQUILITY advancing in a career OF pros
prrity aud peace
FOREIGN RELA~loNs-csNTRAL AMERICA.
Whilst relations Of amity continue 10 exist
byIvprn the United States in all foreign powers,
With some Of them grave questions are depend
inc. which NAV require the consideration Of
Congress.
Ofsucb questions, the most important IS that
which has arisen out OF the negotiations with
Great Britain in reference TO Central America.
By the conyeniions concluded between the
hath hartips covrnanted that ssnrIthrr viii ever"
occupy, or fortify, or coloni2e, or assume or
eyprcs, any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa
Rica The Mosquito coast, or any part OF Central
America"
Il was the undoubted understanding Of the
I'nrd States, making TINS trratv, that all the
present States of the former republic Of Genital
America, and the entire territory OF each, would
hrncelorIh enjoy c1mdetr Independence; and
that both contracting parties, engaged equally,
ard to tbe same extent, for the present and for
the future, that il either of them had any claim
otight IN Central America, sGch claim, and all
occupation or authority under ii. We're uareserv-
ejIy rplinquish-dbv the stipulaionS OF the CON
ypulion: and that no dominion was thereafter
20 b. exercised or assumed IN any part OF Cen
tai America, by great Britain or The United
States.
This Government consented ia restrictions in
regard 10 region OF country, wherein we had
specific and peculiar Interests, only upon the
conviction that the like restrictions were in the
sams seuse obligatory on Great Britain. But
for this understanding Of the force and effect Of
the Convention, il would nrvsgi have been con-
codld bV-us..- $500 - -n4s@ ----s =
So rlpar wos his understanding on the par Of
80 - .'''S 80; -, ~ ~,
,smporaneous with the ratification OF the convrn-
finn !, was distinctly exors,s+d tla, the mutual
covenants NJ non occurnlion wpre~oot intended
70 apply to the British establishment al the Ba-
ll2e. This qualification is To be ascribed 70 the
grt that. in virtue of successive treaties with
previous sovereignS OF the country, Great Bri-
tam had oh,ain.d concession of the RIGHT TO cut
uaboganv or woods af The Ralz4. hut with
ra>;t,ys svclus,1n &C all damain or sovereignty.
and TINS # confirms fE.. natural construction
and understood ,nport Of the tr-aty as to all The
fpst of the rsoion 70 which the stiImlatiors an
tlmd
II. however. became apparart. at an ear'y
DAY after entering upon Tie discharge Of ny
present functions. that Great Britain still cor
tnup in the exercise or assertion Of large au-
,bortv in all that part Of Central America com
monty called the MOSQUITO Coast. and towering
The entire length of the State Of Nicaragua, and
part Of Costa Rca: that she regarded the Ba-
Ize as her absolute domain, and vas gradually
extending its limits at the expense of the State
Of Honduras: and that she had formally coloniz-
ed a considerable insuiar group, known as the
Bay Islands, and belonging OF right to that
State
All these facts or prctensions ofGrpat Britain,
being contrary to the rights OF the States ofCen-
irai America, and 10 the manifest tenor Of si-
lu.aiionS with the United States as understood
~ this government, have been made the sutlect
o! negoiaton through the American Minister
81 London. transmit herewith thr Instructions
70 him on The subject, and the correspondence
between bim and the British Secretary on For
+lsn Affairs, by which YOU will perceive that
N"two governments differ widely and irrecon-
ci-a5Iy as to the construction Of the conven-
iion, and its effect on their respective relations
10 CrutraI America
Great Britain so constrnes The convention.
as to maintain all her previous prefensions un-