The true Democrat., 1856-01-08
Synopsis of the Presidents s
 Message.
Kansas affairs --Nicaca-ul Question--Bri.
 tish Enlistment.

Kansas ahairs--N Nlcacasul Question: Bri-
 tish Enlistment.
 Washington, December 31-The President re- fers to recent troubles in Kansas, and says her people must be protected in the exercise of their rights, without interference on the pant of the people of the States; and comments the subject to the early attention of Congress.
 He euoszes popular sovereignty-gives a history of the Union LII expatiatcs on State rights, with particular reference to slavery, and the fugitive slave law; he regards agitation of the subject dangerous to the durability of the Union, and regrets to see States disregard con- stitutional obligations, in refusing to obey the laws of Congress; he denies that the south has obtained any advantages over the north in the federal government; he refers to the ordinance of 1787, and acquisition of Louisiana; he llns- trates the balance of power between freedom and slavery, coming down to the annexation of Texas, the repeal of the Missouri compromise, etc., and argues that the south get no more than belongs to her; he makes an elaborate defense of the principles of the Nebraska bill. He indignantly denies that it was a breach of faith.
 He says that grave questions are pending be- tween our government and some foreign pow ers-that with Great Britain, growing out of the Nicaragua affair. It was the understanding with the United States in making a treaty with Great Britain, that all the present States form ing the Central American republic would thenceforward enjoy complete independence; and that both contracting parties engaged equal ly for the present and the future; that if either of them had any claim or rghtin Central Ame- rica, such claim was unrescrvedly relinquished by stipuatlons of convention, and that no do- minion thereafter should be exercised in any part of Central America by Great Britain or the United States. This movement consented to certain restrictions in a region of country wherein we had specific and peculiar interest only upon condition that like restrictions were, in some sense, obligatory upon Great Britain; that, but for this misunderstanding 1t would never have been concluded by the United States government. Great Britain so construes convention as to maintain unchanged all her previous pretensons over the Musquito court. etc.
 These pretensions, founded on the assump- ton of political relations between Great Britain and the remanant of Indians on that coast, en- tered into at a time when the whole country was colonial possessions of Spain. It cannot be successfully controverted that by public law in Europe or America, by any possible act, such Indians or their predecessors could confer on Great Britain any political rights.
 It, however, became apparent that Great Bri- tain continued to exercise great authority in all that part of the American community called Mosquito Coast, and covering the entire length of Nicaragua and part of Costa Rica; this act of Great Britain being contrary to the wishes of eight States of Central America, as understood by this government, it has been made the sub- Ject Of negotiation through the American minis ter at London.