Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-13
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Fsllow Citizens of the Senate
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cal troubles we have cause of great graf
itude to God for unusual good hesltI
and most abundant harrests.
ANXIETY ABOUT OUR FOREIGN RRLA
T1oNs. a5ss..5
You will not be surprised to learr
that in the peculiar exigencies of tht
times our intercourse with foreign ma.
tions has been attended with. profound
solicitude, chiefly turning upon our do
mestic affairs. EF5G
A disloyal portion Of the American
people. .haye, during the who'll year, beer
engaged in an attempt to divide and de,
stroy the Union. A nation which en-.
dures factions and domestic insurreetions
is exposed to disrespect abroad, and one
party, or both, is sure, sooner or later
to invoke foreign intervention. Nations
thus tempted to interfere. are not always
able to resist the counsels of seeming
expediency and ungenerous ambition,
although measures adopted under such
influences seldom fail to be unfortunate
and injurious to those adopting them.
REBELS RECEIVE LESS ENCOURAGEMENT
ABROAD THAN WAS EXPECTED.
The disloyal citizens of the United
States who have offered the ruin of their
country in reward for the aid and com
fort which they have invoked abroad,
have received less patronage and en-
eouragepent than they probably expec-
ted. If it were just to suppose, as the
insurgents seem to have assumed, that
foreign nations in this case disregard
ing all moral, social and treaty obliga-
tions, would act solely and selfshly for
the most speedy restoration of com
merce, those nations appear not yet to
have seen their way to their object more
directly or clearly through the destruc-
tion than through the preservation of
the Union.
INTEREST OF FOREIGN NATIONS TO HELP
CRUSH THE REBELLION.
If we could dare to believe that for
eign nations are actuated by no higher
principle than this, | am quite sure a
second argument could be made to show
them that they could reach their aim
more readily and easily by aiding to
crush this rebellion than giving encour-
.agement to the principal Lever relied on
by the exciting of foreign nations to
hostility against US, as already intima-
ted in the EN- barrassment of commerce.
Those nations, however, not improbably
saw from the first that it was the Union
which made as we'll our foreign as our
domestic commerce. They can scarcely
fail to perceive that the effort for dis
union produces the existing difficulty,
and that one strong nation promises
more durable peace, and IA more exten-
sive, valuable and reliable commerce
than can the same nation broken into
hostile fragments.
RECOMMENDS MEASURES FOR COAST
LINE AND LAKE DEFENsEs.
1t is not my purpose to review our
discussions with foreign States, because
whatever might be their wishes or dis
positions, the integrity Of our country
and the stability of our Government
mainly depends, not upon them, but
upon the loyalty, patriotism, virtue and
intelligence Of the American people
The correspondence itself, with the
usual reservations is herewith submitted.
| venture to hope it will appear that we
have practiced prudence and liberality
toward foreign powers, averting causes
of irritation, and with frmness main
tanning our own rights and honor
Since, however, it is apparent that here
as in every other State, foreign dangers
necessarily attend domestic difficulties
l recommend that adequate and ample
measures be adopted for maintaining
the public defenses on every side, while
under this general recommendation pro
vision for defending our coast line
readily occurs to the mind.
I also, in the same connection, ask
the attention of Congress to our great
lakes and rivers. 1t is believed that
some Notifications and depots of arms
and munit ons, with harbor and naviga,
zion i'm provements, at well selected
points upon these, would be of great i'm
portance to the national defeuse ano
preservation. [ ask attention to the
views of the Secretary of War, expressed
in his report, upon the same genera
| subject.
RECOMMENDS CONSTRUCTION OF RAIL
ROAD CONNECTING NORTHERN LINES
WITH EAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.
/ deem it of Importance that the loya
regions Of East Tennessee and Western
North Carolina should be connected
with Kentucky, and other faithful parts
of the Union, by railroad. l, therefore
recommend, as military measure, tina
Congress provide for the construction o
such a road as speedily as possible
Kentucky will no doubt cooperate
and through her Legislature, make th
most judicious selection of the line
The Northern terminus must connec
with some existing railroad, ant
whether the route shall be from Lex
ington or Nicholasville to Cumberlanc
Gap, or from Lebanon to the Tennessee
line in the direction of Knoxville, o
some still different line, can easily b.
determined
Kentucky and the General Govern
ment operating, the work can be com
pleted in very short time, and whel
done it will not only be of vast presen
usefulness, but also an available perma
nent improvement, worth its cost in al
the future.
TREATIES.
Some treaties, designed chiefly 70
the interests Of commerce, and havin
no grave political importance, hav
been negotiated, and will be submitte
to the Senate for their consideration -
Although we have failed to induce som
! Of the commercial noMers to adont