Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1856-12-10
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;;on to this exacton the exorbancy Of its amount
!. could not be submitted to by the United States.
.ne our treaty with New Granada and infringe the con-
tract that republic with the Panama Railroad Company.
The on aT % first Of as b the aahoes
n the isthmus have been induced suspend it's execution
ud to further instructions the subject from the
of the republic yet advised of the
determination OF that government If extra
puations and the contract rights of the Panama Rail-
road Company composed mostly of American citizens:
should be persisted in it will be the duty Of the United
States to resist its execution
regret exceedingly that occasion exists to invite your at
tenon subject Of still graver import in relations with
che Republic of New Granada On the fifteenth day of
last asemblage Of the inhabitants of Panama
med violent and outrageous attack on the premises
railroad company and the and other
near same involving the death Of several citizens the
United Sae the page many others, the destruction
O,nv caused full CATION of thai event to be made,
and the result shows satisfactorily that complete responsible
y for what occurred attaches to the Of New
Granada have therefore, demanded Of that
that the perpetrators Of the in question should be
punished provision should be made for the families of
citizens Of the United States who killed. with full in
demnty for the property pillased or destroyed
The present condition of the lshnas of Panama. in
far regards the security and property passing
over it, equires serious consideration Receu incidents
tend to show local authorities be relied
to maintain public peace of Panama. and there is just
ground for apprehension that portion of the inhabitants
are medtatng further ourges, without adequate
ures for security and protection of persons property
having been TAKEN either by the State of Panama. by
the general government of New Granada.
Under the guarantees of treaty, citizens of the United
States have by the outlay of several millions of dollars
constructed railroad the Isthmus, and it has be-
come the main route between Atlantic Pacific pos
sessions which multitudes of citizens and vast
and of all which and the CONTINUANCE Of the pub
advantages involved it impossible for the government
of the United States to be indifferent.
deemed the danger of the of of
lawles violence in this qnarter imminent as to me it
my p.s @ ~ and asnnwa in order to project the persons
and property of the citizens of the United States in those
and insure to them safe passage across the s'hm9s
Indp hp u draw
naval force now in those rS until oy the SPONTANEOUS
ADEQUATE hall have been made for the proec
ton and security of line of neroceanic communication
important at this time not TO the United States only
but TO all other maritime States both OF Europe and
America.
of special commission, to obtain from New Granada full
indemnity for injuries sustained by citizens the
1sthmu and satisfactory security for the general interests
In addressing you my last annual message the
sion seems to me an appropriate one express congra
the United States possess enjoy. To point you
the state Of the various departments of the and
ary in order speak of the intelligence and the integrity
which pervades the whole would be to indicate but nper-
fectIy the administrative condition of the country and the
beneficial effects of that the general welfare.
Nor would it suffice TO say that the nation is actually at
peace home and abroad that its industrial interests
prosperous that the canvas OF its mariners whtens every
and the plough of its husbandmen marching stead-
E onward to the boodless conquest Of the continen that
cities and populous States springng II by
chanment from the bosom of western wlds and that
the courageous energy of people making of these
United States the great repubi the world These
suits have been attained without passing through trials
and per by experience of which, and thus only nations
can harden into manhood.
Our forefthers trained to the wisdom which
ceived and the courage which achieved independence by
the circumstances which surrounded them, and they
thus made capable of the creation Of the republic 1t de
voved the next generation to consolidate the work
the revelation, to deliver the country entirely from the in
ucnceS of conflicting transatlantic partiaties antpa
hics which attached colonial and revolutionary his
and 10 organize the practical operation of the consti
utiona and legal institutions of the Union To of this
generation remains the less noble task of maintaining
and extending the p"wer of the United States
We have, LENGTH reached that stage of the nationa
which the dangers be encountered and the
orions be made the Incidents of weakness, but
strength In foreign relations have TO attempcr
power the less happy condition of other republics Amer
and place ourselves the calmncss and dig
nifty of right by the side of the greatest and wcahcst tn
empires of Europe. In domestic relations, have
guard against the shock of the dconen the ambitions III
interests and the exuberant and therefore, sometimes
lar impulses of opinion, of action, which the
product OF the political elevation the serelianc
and the restless spirit of enterprise of the people of til
United States.
shall prepare to surrender the Executive trust to IN
and retire to private life with sentiments of prt
found gratitude the good Providence which, during tb
period of administration has voucsated to carry tn
country through difficulties domestic and foreign
and to enable to contemplate the spectacle of ancab
and respectful relations between and all other
ments, and the establishment of constitutional order
tranquility throughout the Union
FRANKLIN PIERCE
WASHINGTON December 2, 1856.