Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-01-10

petent to deal with the great international prin-
ciple involved which affects the right in other
cases of navigation and commercial freedom. as
well as that of access to the Baltic. Above
ALL by the express terms of the proposition. il
is contemplated that the consideration of the
Sound Dues shall be commingled with and
made subordinate to matter wholly extrane-
Gus, viz the balance of power among the Gov.
ernments of Europe.
While, however, rejecting this proposition,
and insisting on the right of free transit into
and from the Baltic, | have expressed to Dem
mark a willingness on the part Of the United
States to share literally with other powers in
her for any advantages which
commerce shall hereafter derive from expendl-
lures made by her for the improvement and
safety of the navigation of the Sound or Belts.
| lay before you herewith sundry documents on
the subject, in which my views are more fully
disclosed. Should no satisfactory arrangement
be soon concluded, l shall again cail your at
tention to the subject, with rec lnig4a3a ation of
SUCH meas,srcs -urcy uppedr tg~oe ~ &alred in
order to assert and secure the rights of the Uni
ted States, so far as they are affected by the
pretension ofpenmark.
FRANCE.
announce with much qualification that since
the adjournment of the last Congress the ques
tion then existing between this government and
that OF France respecting the French consul at
San francisco has been satisfactorily determin-
ed, and that the relation Of the two governments
continues to be of the most friendly nature.
GREECE.
A question which has been pending for seve-
Al. Al II.
Greece, growing out of the sequestration by the
public authorities Of that country Of property
belonging to the present American Consul at
Athens, and which had been the subject Of very
earnest discussion heretofore, has recently been
settled to the satisfaction OF the party interest
cd and OF both governments.
SPAIN
With Spain, peaceful relations are still main
tained, and some progress has been made in Sc
curing the redress of wrongs complained of by
this government. Spain has not only disavow-
cd and disapproved the conduct Of the officers
who illegally seized and detained the steamer
Black Warrior at Havana, but has also paid
the sum claimed as indemnity for the loss there
by inflicted on the citizens Of the United States.
In consequence of destructive hurricane
which visited Cuba In 1874, the supreme au-
thority of that island issued decree admitting
the importation, for the period ofsix months, Of
certain building materials and provisions free of
duty but revoked it when about half the pc
riod only had elapsed to the injury of the citi-
zens of the United States who had proceeded to
act on the faith of that decree. The Spanish
government refused indemni6cation to the par
ties aggAeved until recently, when it was as
sented to, payment being promised to be made
so soon as the amount due can be ascertained.
Satisfaction for claim for the arrest and
search of the steamer FL Dorado has not vet
been accorded, but there is reason to believe
that case, with others, continues to be urged
on the attention Of the Spanish government
| do not abandon the hope of concluding with
Spain some general arrangement which, It'll do
not wholly prevent the recurrenss VI diih6diNies
in Cuba, will render them less frequent, and
whenever they shall occur, to facilitate their
speedy settlement.
The interposltion of this Government ha'
been invoked by many of its citizens on accoun
OF injuries done to their persons and their pro
perty, for which the Mexican Republic is re
sponsble. The unhappy situation of tina
country for some time past has not allowed it
Government to give due consideration to claim,
of private reparation, and has appeared to cal
for and justify some forbearance in such matters
on the part of the Government, But if the rev
olutionary movements which have lately occur
red in that Republic, result in the organization
ola stable government, urgent appeals to it
justice will then be made, and it may be hopec
with success, and to the redress of all com
plants -four citizenzs.
CENTRAL AMERICA.
In regard to the central American Republic.
which, from their proximity and other conside
rations, from peculiar relations to this Govern
ment, while it has been my constant aim to oh
serve all the obligations of political friendship
and Of good neighborhood, obstacles to this hav
arisen in some Of them from their own INSULT
cient power to check lawless cruptions, whcl
in effect throws most Of the task on the Unite,
States, Thus it is that the distracted intcrna
condition of the State of Nicaragua has made i
incumbent on me to appeal to the good faith 0
our citizens to abstain from unlawful nterven
ton in it affairs, and to adopt preventive meas
ures to the same end, which on similar occa
sion had the best results in reassurug the peac
of the Mexican States Of Sonora and Lower Gal
iforna.
TREATIES.
Since the last session Of Congress, treaty c
amity, commerce and navigation, and for th
surrender Of fugitive criminals, with the King
= dom oil the Two Settles O treaty of friendship
commerce and navigation with Nicaragua an
a convention of commercial reciprocity with tn
Hawaiian Kingdom, have been negotiated. Th
latter Kingdom and the State of Nicaragua hav
also acceded co declaration recognizing as il
ternationa rights the principles contained
the convention between the United States an
: Russia OF tho 22d of July, 1884 yhese tres
ties and conventions will be laid before the Ser
t ate for ratification.
4 TREASURY.
Q The statements made in my last annual me-
8 sage respecting the anticipated receipts and e!
0 penditures of the Treasury have been substal
8 TALLY verified 1t appears from the report
: the Treasury, that the receipts during tn
9 last fiscal year, ending July, 1855, from a
r sources, were sixty-five million three thousau
: nine hundred and thirty dollars, and that Il
r public expenditures for the same, exclusive
: payments on account of the public debt, amour
: ed to ffty-six million three hundred and sixt
E FIVE thousand three hundred and ninety-thr,
t dollars. During the same PERIOD the same pa
Q ments made in the redemption OF the publ
i, debt, including the interest and premium
r amounted to nine million eight hundred and 70
q ty-four thousand five hundred and twenty-eig
, dollars. The balance in the treasury at the b
: ginning of the present fiscal year, July |, 1856
t was eighteen million nine hundred and thirt
one thousand nine hundred and seventy-six dc
c lars. The receipts for the first quarter, and IL
: estimated receipts for the remaining three qua
+ ters, amount, together, to sixty-seven millil
= nine hundred and eighteen thousand seven hu
$ dred and thirty-four dollars, thus aiording,
e all, as the available resources Of the current 4
a cal year, the sum of eighty-six million Gig
r hundred and fifty six thousand seven hundr
o and ten dollars.
$ If to the actual expenditures of the first qua
/ ter of the current fiscal year be added the pro
+ able expenditures for the remaining three qua
9 ters, as estimated by the Secretary Of the Urea
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