The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-01-09
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
EtHor CiH<ens Of the S nate and Of /
House Of Representatives.

ffOWN ~ fltDftStHuttCtS:
Tie Constitution of the United States
| provides that Congress shall assemble
annually on the frst Monday of Decem-
her. aud it has teen usual for the Presi-
| dent TO make no communication of pub
lie character to the Senate and House of
| Representatives. until advised Of thcir
! readiness TO receive it, have deferred
to this usage until the close of the first
month Of the season, but my convictions
Of duty will not permit me longer to
( postpone the discharge of the obligation
cnjoiued BY the Constitution Oh the Pres
+ idcnt to give to Congress information on
/ the state Of he Union, and recommend
to their consideration measures as he
shall judge necessary and expedient. 1t
is n matter Of oongratulation that the
republic is TRANQUILITY advancing in ca
rctr Of prosperity aud peace.
FOREIGN EELA1loNs-cENTRAL AMERICA
Whilst relations Of unity continue 20
exist between the United States and all
foreign powers, with sone Of them grave
questions ore depending, which may re-
| quiro the consideration of Congress OF
such questions the most important is
that which has arisen out of the ucgOta-
tions with Great Britain. in reference to
Central America. BY the convention
concluded between two governments on
the 10Th of April. 1850 both parties
covenantcd that neither viii ever occu.
py, fortify, coloniZc, assume or exercise
any domirion over Nicaragua, Costa
Rica. TIE Mosquito Coast, or any part uf
Central America. 1t was the undoubt.
I'd understanding Of the United States
i'll making this treaty that all the pres
cnt states of the former republic of Gem
trail America and the entire Territory Of
each would ,Lenccfolth enjoy complete
independence. and that both contracting
parties engaged equally and to the same
extent for the present and for the future;
that if either then had any claim or ri .ht
i'll Central America. such claim and all
occupation or authority under it were un-
lescrvcdly re!iqushcd hy the .tipulations
of the convention and that no dominion
was thereafter to he exercised or assum-
cd i'll any part uf Genital America by
Great Britain or the United States
This government cuuSrutcd to rpstric.
,ious in regard To- rcrion Of coun,ry
wherein we had specific and peculiar IL.
tcrests only upon the convention that
the like restrictions were in the same
sense obligatory on Great Britain But
for this understanding of the force aud
effect of the convention it would never
have been concluded by Us. 50 clear
was is understanding on tho rnrt of th.
United States. that in corrcspopdence
contcmporaneous with the ratification Of
the convention it was distinctly xprc,s.
cd that the mutual covenants Of non.nc.
cularion were not intended to apply to
the British establishment at the B lin,
Thi, qualification is to be described to
the fact that. in virtue Of successive
treaties with previous soverei.ns Of this
country. Great Britain had obtained .,
concession Of the right to cut malo,nuv
or dye woods at the .}a.izchnt with nos.
tive exclusion of all domain ar saver.
e'S",S' "." mus II conn ms we hainra!
.p''''' u.'''" ""' "u''' S'""" i"'Por' "i
."o 'eu'y' "' 70 an '"c est o' 'ne reS'o"
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nD"e'.', uo''','' '!i aren't a. hh carry
r1S "'''' 'r'''le q" Tue u'Sc"nrge oi
~? i'e'on' iuto''o',S' '""' u''at brI'alh
'''' 0ci'''uu'u ~ ''i' eAc'c'Se or asSer
,,o" VI ,Se "u'"or'y W al parts 81
e"''"' a ue''c'' co'hhho''y caIie" the
,"oai'''o Eo"s'' anu c,Ee'''s the eh'lr'
'e"e'" " '"e s'',e oi y icaragua' ana
paw ., Oos'a h'ca' ,ha' sue regarded
',"a ,ne oa''1o 5'1I a. ner aoso'u.e DOMAIN ana
m"' s'a'uai'y eA'ehu'"g It's UNITS at the
Np.",o VI ,"e S'"'e oi honduras, qua
r, 9"c ""' i0''na'y co'on'z'u consid'
Io'J I''',j '''","' s'o'P hno"n as 'he pay
,,a'n All ,b '"s oy r's"' 10 mat
1,"'o ". -i'' '"I'e "''S VI pre'enSlons OF
u'I"' ~ ''"'" pv'"s oon'Fa'y 10 the rights
~ ~ W. ''as0' y. o'n'' a. "A "''''c"' anu 10
~. ;., '"1"',r'. 'I"o. Vi "er s''Pu'a'Ions
NV w." o-., w.. o"a'eu sues t u' UNDERSTOOD ny
'",G 60 "'h'n;' nave p'ch maze 'no
su' J'o' y, NJ hvso'l''.oIS 'nrousn tue "A
'"e''o'" ''i1iS'ei a' l-o"u'n'
transmit herewith the instructions
to him on tie subject aud the CORES.
poudeuce between him and the British
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