Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-28
1ailp NationaI 4emottat.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

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document in full. We give in a condensed
form the main features of the Message
The President sets out with an attempted
justification of his policy on the Kansas
question, and devotes nearly a quarter of
his message to that object. His arguments
are the same old threadbare arguments used
in the Senate by Green, Bigler ct ed onlne
oeaus lie evidently feels the rebuke of the
late elections and especially the rebuke of
the election in Illinois, and desires to roll
back the tide of popular feeling which has
been setting so strongly against him. Allud-
ing to his recommendation of the admission
ton, he says In the course of my long
public life. have never performed any Off
cial act which, in the retrospect, has afforded
ne more heartfelt satisfaction"
The President has sworn that the horse
was sixte en- feet high, and he intends to
stick to it.
As might very naturally be expected from
such source, the President recommends that
huHsuo bC Db Oub VI blC OulOI, III uCCOEu-
ance with the provisions of the English bill,
until her population amounts to 93,42o He
remarks that it is not likely that she can
frame Constitution, now, and ask for ad-
mission, before she has the amount of popu-
lation specified, but should she happen to do
so, he is quite distinctly in favor of making
her wait, thus verifying what has been
charged against the Lecompton party to.wit;
in as Slave State with a number which was
Objectionable if she came in as Free State.
4Ie recommends that the rule applied to
Kansas by the English bill be applied to all
Territories hereafter, Observing at the same
time, that it would be unfair to make the
rule take Retrospective action; evidently
forgetting, or treating with Indifference the
fact, that Kansas is, by right and justice, as
much excepted from this rule as any other
Territory could possibly be, because she was
offered the privilege of coming in with
slave constitution, in disregard of the rule,
and the rule, in all fair reason, should be en-
President, having argued in favor of the JUS
tice of the general principle upon which the
rule is founded, which no one pretends to
sdeny, says:
'Bor these reasons, | earnestly recommend
the passage of general Act which shall
provide that, upon the application ola Terri
Toria Legislature, declaring their belief that
the Territory contains number of inhabi-
ttants which in n State would entite them to
'elect member of Congress, it should be the
duty of the President to cause a census Of the
Inhabitants to be taken and if found sufii-
'cient then by the terms of this Act to au-
thorize them to proceed "in their own way"
to frame State Constitution, preparatory to
admission into the Union. | also recommend
that an appropriation may be made to ena-
ble the President to take census of the
people of Kansas"
The President next reviews the history of
the Mormon difficulties, congratulates the
country that peace is restored in Utah, COM
mends the good conduct of Gov. Cummings,
pays high tribute to Thos. /. Kane, who
went to that Territory out of pure benevo-
lence and without compensation. in order to
persuade the Mormons to abandon their hos
tile attitude, and winds up with recommen-
.dation that benefits of the land laws and pre-
emption system be extended to the people of
Utah, by the establishment of Land Office
in that Territory.
He alludes to the successful negotiations of
our Ministert to China with that Empire, and
adds
'@'Our Minister has executed his instructions
with eminent skill and ability. In coniunc-
'tion with the Russian Plenipotentiary, he has
Sco-operated with the English and French
Plenipotentiaries, and each of the four pow
,ers has concluded separate treaty with Chi
ma of highly satisfactory character The
treaty concluded by our own PlenipOtentiary
will Immediately be submitted to the Sen
ate"
lie states also that a new treaty has been
made with Japan, which IS Highly favorable
to American commerce
Referring to the Importance of maintaining
friendly relations with England, he declares
that England has distinctly disavowed the
acts of her CT users in the Cuban waters, in
the recent searching of American vessels, and
abandoned her former claim to the right of
forcibly visiting and searching u S. vessels
on the high seas, in times of peace He adds
that, while surrendering this claim, England
is anxious that some mode should be adopted,
by mutual agreement between the two eoun-
tries, by which the nationality Of vessels,
suspected of sailing under false colors can be
verified, and has invited the United States to
propose some such measure. The Secretary
of State has informed the British Govern
ment, that the United States will not make
any proposals, but will respectfully listen to
such as England may have to offer. The
President, however, is of opinion that any
regulation which may interfere with the
freedom of the seas ought to be looked upon
with very serious misgivings.
The President is sorry to inform Congress
that the complications between Great Britain
and the United States, arising from the Clay
ton'Bulwer treaty, are not yet settled. Nego-
tiationS are now pending, he says, upon the
basis of proposal, on the part of Great Bri
tain, that the pending questions should be
settled by separate treaties with the several
Central American powers in accordance with
the general Interpretation given the Clayton
Balwer treaty by the United States, except
ing a few notifications.
Our relations, he says, with all the Govern