Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-12-09
TIle Presidents Message.
WAsHINaToN, Monday, December6.


| The President, in his annual message,
"opens by congratalating the country on
the contrast of the agitation which exis-
ted in Kansas a year ago with the peace
and quiet which now prevails. He re-
fers to the Lccempton Constitution, aud
reafirms his position on that subject,
and thinks that if Kansas had been ad-
mitted with the Lecompton Constitution
the same quiet would have been secured
at an earlier day. Being perfectly will
ing to acquiesce in any other constitu-
tional mode of settlement, he signed the
English Bill, and probably when Kan
sas again applies for admission she will
have the population required by that
bill. He goes at length into the sub
iect, and recommends the passage ola
general law, so that no new State shall
be admitted:unless she has a population
sufficient to entitle her to one represen-
tative. He congratulates Congress on
the settlement of the Utah affair with
out the efusion of blood. He compli-
ments the officers Of the army there, and
expresses satisfaction with the course Of
Governor Camnling,and honorably men
tions. Colonel Lane. He refers to the
Importance of the treaties recently neg
otiated with China and Japan,a and thinks
the result in the former case justified
our neutrality. He congratulates the
country on the abandonment ofthe right
of search by ,Grea at Britain, and, in ref
%erence 10 Central America, says, that ne
gotta tons are still progressing, and he
has not yet abandoped the hope of sue
cess. He refers to what was stated at
the last session ofCongress in that con-
nection, and that his views on tie sub
ject of the isthmus routes accord with
the policy heretofore announced by Mr..
Cass. His only desire is to keep the
routes open, and be desires no other.
n~:egee i%or the United States .I,an we
expect otEEor nations to enjoy, but will
not consent hat they are caused blythe
imbecility of nations which reside near
there. He regrets that the Nicaragua
routes has been closed. He speaks of
the necessity of enforcing our claims
against Costa Rica and Nicaragua. He
speaks of Mexico as in a condition of
civil war, with scarcely any hope of Il.
restoration to a permanent government
re refers to the cause which Leo to a
rupture ofthe diplomatic relations there,
and speaks well of Mr.. Forsyth's eff
forts. If not for the hope of obtaining
justice from the Liberal party, which
appears now to be approaching to4pbH-
er, he would recommend the taking pos
session of a portion of Mexico, sufficient
to indemnify us for all our claims and
grievances. In the North of Mexico
bordering our territories there are other
considerations, which claim attention.
We are interested in the peace of the
neighborhood lawless Indians enter
our settlements in Arizona, and there
seems no other way that this difficulty
can be removed than in establishing
military posts in Sonora and Chihuahun.
He recommends that this be done re-
sarding Mexico as in a state of imbe-
cility and anarchy. a'H "-H
AS to Spain, he refers TO the-eauses
which delayed the appointment eta sue
cessor to MIR. Dodge, and says that Mr..
Preston will go out with powers to settle
the difficulties with that country ifposs-
ible. He says that Cuba ought to be-
long to US, and recommends that steps
be taken for, it's purchase. As W. ae-
quire all new territory by honorable ne
collation. this should not be an cxcep-
ton. He reafirms his former opinion
in favor # specific duties on certain ar
ticles, and submits the whole tariff ques-
ton to Congress. He calls attention to
the Pacific Railroad and refers to the
overland mails as showing the practical.
bility of the route. Among other sub.
jects he reiterates the recommendation
to establish a Territorial government in
Arizona.
On the subject of the tariff the Pres
ident says when Congress met in De
cember last the business of the country
had Just been crushed by one of those
periodical revulsions, which are the in
evitable consequence of our unsound
and extravagant system of bank credits
and inflated currency. With all the
elements of rational wealth in abund-
aucc our manufactures were suspended,
our useful public. and private enter
prises were arrested, and thousands of
laborcrs were deprived Of employment
and reduced to want, and universal dis
tress prevailed among the commercial,
manufacturing and mechanical classes.
Our manufactures every where suffered
severely; not because of the recent re-
duction of the tariff of duties on imports,
but because there was no demand at any
price for their productions. The PEG
Pile were obliged to restrict themselves
in their purchases to articles of prime
necessity. In the general prostration
of business the iron manufactures in
different States probably suffered more
than any other class, and much destitu
ton was the inevitable consequence
Among the great number of workmen
who had been employed in this useful
branch of our industry there could be
no supply where there was no demand
To present an example, there could
be no demand for railroad iron after our
muniiccnt system of railroads, extend !,
ing its benefit to 2rery portion of the
Union, had been brought to a dead
pause. The same consequences have
resulted from similar auses to many
other branches of useful manufactures.
No government, and especially a gov
nme of such limited powers as that
of the United States, could have pre-
vented the late revulsion. The whole
commercial world seemed to have beer