Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-01-14

Dsnt ead their cid might, I believe, b. Oh.
laissdl but Il Got, our oblieasioa 10 pro
sscs our own cisissns In their juss rights,
.scsrsd b treaty, weld sos b shs lee
Foe thsss rsaseas I rscomnsad 10 Con.
grsss y Psss lev sssAorising he Prssi.
esnt ssdse such eoaditioas o shsy may
desm expsdisst, to employ . sufficient mi.
litary !bece 10 enter MEXICO fos The pue.
pose q o0,sisinG idemnisy tor the past
sad security fos the future. ] psrpossly
rsfrais from any suggsstioa - TO whsthsr
this force shall consist Of regulss troops
OF soluasssts, or both. This question may
b moss appropriately left 70 the decision
Of Congress. ] would merely observe that
should voluatsers Be selected. sucba force
could 10 easily raised in this country
among those who synpathiss with the sui
fsrings OF our unfortunate fellow citizens
in MEXICO, aad with the unhappy condi.
lion Of that republic. Such an sccessiop
70 The forces Of the constitutional govern.
ment would enable il soon = reach The ci.
y Of MEXICO and extend its power over
The whole republic. In that event there 10
10 reason 70 doubt that shs Just claims Of
our citissns would b satisfied aud ads-
quats redrsss obtained for the injuries in.
6icssd upon them. The constitutional
government have ever sviaesd . strong
desire 70 do 10 jsstica, aad ttis might 30
secured in advance BY preliminary treaty.
It may b said that these measures will
st least Indirectly. be inconsistent with our
wise and settled policy not % interfere 10
the domestic concerns Of foreign nations.
But dOes not the present case fairly con
stitate an exception An adjoining re-.
public 10 in state Of anarchy and confu-
sion from which she has proved wholly
unable 10 sxtricats herself? She 10 entire
y destitute Of tho power to maiutaio
peace up N her borders, OF to prevent the
iacussions Of bsnditti into our territory.
In her fats and ia her fortune-in her
power to establish aud msintain settled
xuvsrnm 'nt-we have . far deeper inter
est, socially. commercially, sad politically,
than any other nation. She is now wreck
upon the ocean. drifting about ~ she 10
compelled BY different fractions. Az q
good ns.ghbos, shall We not extend to her
. helping hand to save herr II We do
not. i, would not be surprising should
come other nation undertake the task, aud
thus force 10 to interfere at last, under cir.
cumstances of increased difficulty, for the
maintenance Of our established policy.
! repeat the recomendation cpassined in
my last annual message that authority
may be given TO the President to establish
one o. more TEN porary military posts across
the Mexican line in Sonora and Chihuahua,
where these may be necessary to protect
the lives and property Of American and
Mexican citizens against the incursions
and depredstions Of the Indians, % well
~ Of lawless Towers on that remote region.
The establishment Of one such pos. II
point called Auisps, ia Son ora, in coun.
try now almost depopulated BY the hostile
inroads Of the Indians from our side Of
the line, would, it 10 believed, have pre-.
vented much injury and many sruei,iea
during the past season. A state If law
lsssnsss and violence prevails on that dis
tant frontier. Life aud property are there
wholly insecure. The population Of Ari.
zons, now numbering more than ten Il Gus
and souls, are practically destitute Of gov.
eminent, Of laws, or Of any regular admin
istrstion Of justice. Murder, rapins and
other crimes are committed with impunity
l, therefore, again call the attention Of
Congress 70 the necessity for establishing
. territorial government over Arizona.
The treaty with Nicaragua Of the 10Th
February, 1857, to which referred in my
last annual message, failed to receive the
ratification OF the government of that Re
public, for reasons which l need not emu
msrate. A similar treaty has been since
concluded between the parties, bearing
date on the 10th March, 1859, which ha,
already been ratified BY the Ncarguau
Congress. This vill be Immediately sub.
nittsd to the Senate for their ratification
I,s provisi"as, cannot, / think, fail to b.
acceptable to the people Of both countries
Our claims against tho governments Of
Costa RIGA and Nicaraugus remain unre
dresssd, though they are pressed in %
earnest manner, and not without hope OIL
success.
! deem it 10 be my duty once more
earnestly to recommend to Congress the
passage Of law authorizing the Presi.
dent to employ the naval force At his com
mand for the purpose Of protecting the
lives and properly Of American citizen.
passing in transit across the Psaams, Mic.
sragua and Tshuantepec routes agsins,
sudden and lawless outbreaks aod depra.
dation. shall not repeat the arguments
employed in former messages ia supper.
Of this measure. Suffice it to say that the
lives Of many Of our people, and the secu-
rity Of vast amounts Of treasure passing
aud repassing over one or more Of these
routes between the Atlantic and Pacific.
may be deeply involved in the actiln Of
Congres, on this subject.
would, also, again recommend to Con
gress that authority be given to the Presi.
dent to employ the naval force 10 pro,ec,
American merchant vessels, their crews
and cargoes, against violent and lawless
seizure and con6scalion in the ports OF
Mexico and the Spanish American States
when the countries may be ia disturbed
and revolutionary cosdition. The mere
knowledge that such an authority has been
conferred. ~ | have already stated, would
OF itself, in = great degree prevent the
evil. Neither would this require any sd-
ditional appropriation for the national ser.
vice.
The chief objection urged against the
grant Of this authority is, that Congress,
BY comforting It, would violate the Cons,i
tution--tbat it would be transfer OF the
war-making, or, strictly speaking, the war
declaring power to the Executive. If this
we're we'll founded, it would of course, be
conclusive. A very brief examination,
however, will place this objection At rest
Congress possess the sole and exclusive
power, under the Constitution. ITO declar,
war; They alone can "raiss and sup
port armies" aud "provids and maiataiu
. navy" But after Congress shall have
declared war, and provided the force nee.
sssary 70 carry it on, the President, q
Commander.in.C Chief Of the army and
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