New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-01
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE,
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+ WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-The Presidents Mes-
sage was read in the Senate to-day. Preai-
aent fierce states that be has delayed the de-
livery o. ms annual communication to the two
houses until this time, in consequence Of the
non-o rganization Of the House Of Representa-
tiFes, but that his convictions in regard to his
duty Will not permit him to delay any longer Id
giving to Congress information ID regard to the
state Of affairs in the Union, and In recomm mend.
ing such measures as he judges necessary or
expedient. S55
The message comm ences with review Of Gem
trail American affairs, giving o full history OF
the late transactions in Central America in par
tieular. The President next alludes TO the late
troubles in Kansas, and though he refuses to re-
count the difficulties, he says that the people Of
the Territory Of Kansas must be protected in
the exercise Of their rights without any inter
ference on the part Of the people Of any other
State, and recommends the early attention Of
Congress to the subject. y
President Pierce eulogizes popular cove
reignty, giving q cursory history Of the forma-
ton of the Union, and expatiates on State
rights with particular reference to slavery and
the fugitive slave law. He regards the agitation
of the slavery question. as dangerous to the
durability Of the Union, and regrets to see some
of the States idisregarding the constitutional
organization, and refusing to obey the laws Of
Congress.
He denies that the South has obtained ad-
vantages over the North. -
2 H,-s +ho Vaodo,,1= ha
proceeds to refer to the ordinance of 1887, and
also to the acquisition Of Louisiana to illustrate
the balance Of power between freedom and
| slavery; after reviewing which he comes down
to the annexation Of Texas, after short review
Of which he passes to the repealof the Missouri
Compromise and the adherent acts, and goes On
to argue that the South has gained no more
than properly belongs to her. X
/ He; gives an elaborate defense of the princi-
pies Of the Nebraska Bill, and Indignantly de-
MES that it was q breach Of faith on the part
Of the south. a. .. HI
Grave questions are pending, says the Presi.
dent, between ourselves and some foreign pow.
ers, the most important of which is with Great
Britain and arising out of the Nicaragua aues
tion. i$5
4 The President states that it was the under.
standing of the Government of the United
States, in making the treaty, Nhe Clayton and
Bulwer treaty,) that all the States, at that time
and at the present time forming the Central
American Republic, would thenceforth enjoy q
complete independence, and that both the con-
tracting powers engaged equally, and TO the
same effect, for the present and for the future
that if either Of said contracting powers had
at the time of the recognition Of the treaty any
claim or right in Central America, that by sais
J treaty such claim was asunreservedly relinquishee
by the stipulations Of said convention, and tha
no dominion will hereinafter exist in any of tn
J parts of Central America, by either Great Brit
ain OF the United States. %
This country consented to restrictions in re
gard to region of country where we had /.
. specific and peculiar interest, only and entirel
upon the conviction that like restrictions wer
in the same sense obligatory upon Great Brit
ain, and but for this understanding said treat
would never have been completed by the Unite
States.
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