Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-08

property in slaves in the States where it now
exists or may hereafter exist
The duty OF protecting this right in all
the common territories throughout their ter
rtorial existence, and until they shaIl tie al
mitted as States into the Uni a. with u with
out slavery, their Constitutions inay me
| scribe.
3 A like recognition Of the night Of the
master to have his slave, who has escaped from
one State to another, restored aud delivered
up to him, and OF the validity Of the fugitive
| slave law enacted for this purpose together
with r declaration that all State laws impIiriug
or defeating this right are violations ul the
Constitution, aud are consequently null and
| void
| Ii may be objected that this constitution OF
the Constitution has already been settled hy the
| Supreme Court of the United States and what
| more ought 70 be required. The answer j..
| that very large proportion OF the people ot
the United States still contest the G. rr,cturss OF
thi' decision, and never will cease fiom aciti
| ton and admit its binding force until Clrulv
| established by the people o. the several states
| III their sovereign character. Such au rxI lana
| tony amendment would, it is believed. iuiry,T
terminate the existing disseusious aui I,. tore
| peace aud harmony among the States
| IL ought not to be doubted that such an az
| pal to the arbitrayment established hy the
Constitution itself would lie received witn favor
| by all the States OF the COufcirIaCy. Iu auy
event it ought to be tried in a spirit of culciI-
liitiOn beOIc any OF those States shall s,.i.Iute
| themselves from the Union.
| When entered upon the duti,s of th- Pei
| Dental Office the aspect Of neither cur fpr-
ei;n nor domestic affairs was at all sutist .ctDry.
| We we've involved in dangerous compile ttions
with several nations ani two Of our i,rrtori,s
were in state Of revolution against the Govern
| mvut.
| restoration of the African slave ttlI. had
| numerous and powerful advocates Unlsiwful
| military expeditions were CJuutcnaugrl by
maLy of our citizens, and were suffered, in he
| tance of the efforts of the Government TOT
cape from shores, for the pGIPo,e of max
in war upon the unOicnding peppi- 81 u.i.h
| boring republics with whom W. wer.' at pace.
| In addition to these and other dIiiIcI.tlg-. Eg
experienced a TeyulsiOn in MONETARY ni,iIs,
soon after my advent to power OF uurNemplri
sevrrt" aud OF ruiuous consequence. To- a.i the
| great interests of the country. When take
a retrospect OF what was then our c uGitiun,
and contrast this with its material prosperity at
| the time of the late Presidential election We
have abundant reason to return our E'ajciul
thanks to that mercifu Providence which has
never forsaken Us as a nation in all CUR pest
| trials
| OUR FOREIGN RELATION
| GREAT BRITAIN.
| Our relations with Gr.at Britain are Of tho
most friendly character Since the CONN, nee
| mcnt Of my administration, the twh dangerous
Questions arising from the Clay ton and I'ui.seI
| treaty and from the right Of arch claimed Iy
the British gov,rlmeLt, hove been aimabiy
| AMI honorably adjusted.
| The discoTdaut construction OF tn G. aytOu
and BuIwer treaty between the two govern
| a.
| sion, bore threatening asI cCt, have resulted
i'll final settlement entirely satisfactory t. this
| Government In my annual mt ,-.i-c inform
cd CUnLIcSs that the British government with
the republics OF Honduras and NicaraguI in
pursuance OF the understanding between the
two governments. Ii i nevertheless tDiiI!tut-
" expected that this good work will cIc lie uC-
compshed." This confident cNl,c;ati has
siEce been fulfilled. Her Britauic Ilsjc-ty con
cludei treaty with Honduras On IA. 2ilh No
vember, 1859, and with Nicaragua IN the 18th
August, 1860 rtliuquishiug the VI :, ,UjtO pIo-
tectoratc. Besides, 10y the furm.r. tie I.y
lslasds are recognized a. a part Il tine republic
Of Honduras. 1t my i. observed that the
styulatiOus Of those treaties Csui,g.u In every
important particular 10 the am -udn4, II, adopt
ed 10y the Senate Of the United States tn the
treaty concluded at London "u tlc 18th of
{, O,tOber lSJG, between the twp-g IvgIiIucut>-
Ii will be rrCol'c-tel that this tIylty u j-Ct-
ed 10y the British government because uf g., or
lection to the just and important ,.,n,u I'm. ut
| OF the Senate to the arti,l, relating t. lju,ttn
and the other Islands in the EIy ut Honduras
| Ii must he a source Of sincere satisfaction to
all classes of our fellow citizens. and specially
to those engaged in forciLn c.mmrg.c tat the
claim on the part ct Great Bitaiu fpIc,hly to
visit and search Am rcIn mtrth Iut v,s-c.S on
the hig IN seas in time ot peace has been abtu-
douci. This vas by fsT the most dangerous
question 10 the Es'lcc uf the two countries which
has existed since The war of l~l2- Whilst
il remained open. they might at any moment
have been precivitatci into a war. This waS
rendered manifest by the exlsprritci state OF
public fc ling throughout our entire country,
produced 10y the forCble search OF American
, merchant vessels by British cruisers On the
coast OF Cuba. in the spring ut l>JS. The Anne
riCan people hailed with general acclaim the
orders of the Secretary Of the Navy 10 our
naval force i'll the Gulf OF Mexico, Ito protect
all vessels of the United States on tia h-h
| seas from search or detention 10y the vessels OF
war of any other nation.
These orders might have produced IA imme-
date collision between the naval fvIc OF .hc
two countries This was most FORUM itrly pre-
vented by an appeal to the Justice OF Great
Britain and to the law Of nations Is eNpouudci
by her own most eminent juTist--
The only question Of any Importance which
still remains open Is the dispute! tltie between
the two governments to the island OF SIn Juan,
in the vicinity of Washington Territory AS
this question is still under negotiation, it Is not
deemed advisable at the PRESENT moment 10
make any other allusion TO the subject
| The recent visit OF the Prince OF Walks, in
private character, to the people Of this country
has proved TO be most auSpicicus event. In
its consequences, it cannot fail to increase the
kindred and kindly feelings which | trl!,t may
ever actuate the government and people of
both countries in their political and social in
| tercOurse with each other.
FRANCE.
| With France our ancient and powerful ally,
| our relations continue to be of the most friend
ly character. A decision has recently been
made by u French judicial tribunal, with the
appreciation OF the Imperial Government
which cannot fail to foster the sentiments of
mutual regard that have 50 long existed he
| tween the two countries. Under the FrcrCh
law no person can serve in the armit : uI France
| unless he be a French citizen
The law of France recognizing tie natural
viybt of aypafriatinn f,ll,vs ~ n pn..--,