St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-01-05
The Presidents Message.

We arc in receipt of the Presidents
Message, but the late hour Of its re-
ceipt, just before putting our paper to
press, precludcs the possibility of
printing it entire this week. We are
therefore obliged to content ourselves
with giving synopsis Of the Mes
sage, as follows:
The President, after expressing graf.
itude to the Almighty for blessings
RECEIVED throughout the year, refers
to the recent bloody occurrence at
Harper's Ferry. These events, bad
and cruel in themselves, derive their
chief importance from the apprehen-
sions that they were hut symptoms of
an incurable disease in the public
mind, which may break out in still
more dangerous outrages and termin-
aA at last in open wsr ny the North
to abolish slavery" While he,'MM
self, entertains no such approximations,
they ought to afford solemn waru-
ing to us all to be ready for the APP
proach of danger. Hessays: =" Let
me implore my countrymcn, North
and South, to cultivate the ancient
feeling of mutual forbearance and
good will toward each other, and
strive to allay the demon spirit of Sec
tional hatred and strife now alive in
our land" This advice proceeds from
the heart of an old public fuDctionary,
whose service commenced in the last
generation of the wise and conserva-
tive statesmen Of that day but he
INDUCES in no gloomy forebodings.
He thinks the affair of Harper's Ferry
will be the means of allaying the ex-
citemcnt and prevent further out
breaks.
He cordially congratulates Congress
on the final settlement by the Supreme
Court of the question of slavery in
the Territories. The right has been
established for every citizen to take
his property of every kind, including
slaves, into the Territories, which be.
long equally to the whole Confedera.
cy. and to have it protected there un-
der the Federal Constitution. Meth.
- Congress nor the Territorial Legis.
lature, nor any-humap power, has any
power to annul or impxir this vested
right. Thus has the state Of Ter
ritory, during the intermediate period,
from its first settlement until it be-
comes State, been irrevocably fixed
by the final decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
He then describes the mode of adj
mission of Territory as a State into
the Union. 1t may be admitted with
Or without slavery, as their Constitu-
ton may prescribe. This principle
has been recognized in some form by
the almost unanimous vote of both
Houses of the last Congress.
All lawful means at his command
had been employed, and will continue
to be employed against the slave trade.
Our history proves that the fathers of
the Republic, in advance of all other
nations, condemned the slave trade.
Notifications of the Chinese treaty
have been exchanged. Two supple
hnSnUs' SouSChSsOuo 0SCt 0OWcVcT,
pending, relating to the rights Of
Americans in China, and transit du.
ties. Our difficulties with Paraguay
are satisfactorily adjusted. Our rela-
tions with France, Russia, and all the
continental governments of Europe
Spain perhaps exceptel-continues to
be most friendly.
The President recommends that an
appropriation be made to meet the de-
mands of the Amistead claimants.
His opinion in favor Of the acquisition
of Cuba, by fair means, remains IN
changed. Therefore he again invites
the serious attention of Congress to
this important subject.
He had good reason to believe uu.
til recently that he would have been
able to announce our difficulties with
Great Britain az finally adjusted, in a
manner honora6ly satisfactory to both
parties. From causes, however, which