New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1861-12-13

Fello1r Citizens Of The Sena'c and House q

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abundant harvests ycu viii not be .snI
prised to learn that IN tic peculiar o,,i1en
cies Of the times our intercourse with for.
eign nations has been attended with pro
found Solctude, chiefly turning upGn our
own domestic affairs, u disloyal portion ot
the American people having during the
whole year been engaged in an attempt tc
divide and destroy the Union 4 nation
which endnrss factions and domestic divis,
ions is exposed to disrespeet abroad and one
party Or both is sure sooner or later to evoke
foreign intervention. Nations thus tempt
ed to interfere are not always able to resist
the counsels of seeming cxpediency and un-
generous ambition, although measures ad-
opted under such influence seldom fail to be
unfortunate and ungracous to those adopt
ing then
The disleyal citizens of the United States
who have offered the ruin OF our country in
reward for the aid and comfort winch they
have invoked, have received less patrona &c
and encouragement than they expected. II
1t were just to suppose, as the insurgent,
have seemed to assume. that foreign nations
in this ease, disregardpg all moral, social
and treaty obligations, would act solely and
se!tshly for the most speedy restoration OF
commerce. Including specially the acqui-
Stion OF cotton those nations appear as yet
not to have seen their way to their object
more directly, or clearly through the destiuc-
ton than through the preservation of the
Union. If We could dare to believe that for
cign nations arc actuated by no igner prin-
clple than this, ! am quite sure a second ar.
gunlcnt could be made to show them that
they could reach their aim more readily and
easily by aiding to crush this rebellion. than
by giving encouragement to the principal
letter relied on by the exciting of'foregn na-
tons to hostility against US as already init
mated in the embarrassment of commerce.
Those nations, however, not inlprobabv saw
from the first that it was the onion which
made as well ,ur foreign as eur domestic
| commerce. They can scarcely fail to per
ce.ve that the effort for disunion produces the
existing difficulty and that one strong nation
promises more durable peace and a more ex.
tensive, valuable and rciiable comnlcrc?
than can the same nation broken into hos
tile fragments. 1t is not my purpose to re-
view our discussions with foreign states, be-
cause whatever might be their wishes or
dispositions, the integrity Of our country ana
the stability Of our government mainly de-
y
patriotism. virtue and intelligence OF tile
American people. The correspondence it.
self with the usual reservations. is herewith
submitted. venture to hope it Will appear
that we have practiced prudence and lib
crafty towards foreign powers, ayerting
cause Of irritation. and with frmnc.s main
tanning our own rights and honor.
Since, however, it is apparent that here.
as in every other State, foreign dangers
necessary attend domestic difficulties, | rec
onmend that adequate and ample measures
he adopted for maintaining tn. public de-
ienscs on every side, while under this scner
a recommendation provision for defending
our coast line readily occurs to the mind. |
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 arnls and munitions, with harbor
and navigation improvements at we'll select
ed poiats upon these, would bc of great i'm
portance to the national defence and pres.
ervation. ask attention to the views CT tho
Secretary Of War expressed la his report upon
the same general subject deen, it o! i'm
portance that the loyal portions Of east Ten
nessec and western North Carolina be con
nected with Kentucky and other faithful
parts of the Union by Rail Road therefore
recommend as a military measure that Con-
gress provide for the construction Of such 4
road as speedily rs possible. kentucky viii
no doubt cooperate; and her Legislature can
make the most .judicious selection OF the line
The northern terminus mast connect with
some existing railroad, and whether the
route shall be from Lexington or Nicholas
vile to Cumberland Gap, or from Lebanon
TO the Tennessee line in the direction O.
Knoxville or some still different line can
easily be determined. Kentucky and the
| General Government cooperating, the work
can be completed in q very short time, and
when done it wiz be not only OK vast present
usefulness, but also an available permanent
improvement with its cost in all the future.
Some treaties, designed chiefly for the in
tnrests OF commerce and having no grave
political Importance, have been negotiated
and will be submitted to the Senate ior con
sdcration. Although we have failed to induce
some OF the commercial powers to adopt a
desirable moderation ior the rigor of mara
time war, we have far removed all the ol)sta-
oies from the way Of their humaa reform
except such as are merely OF temporary and
accidental occmrrcnce. ! invited your a5tcl-
! tS'' W INC correspondence UctN ecA ueE
Brittanic Alajesty's Miaistcr accredited to
this Government, and the Secretary of
State, relative to the detention of the BriJ-
tish ship Perthshire lii June last by the Uni
ted States steamer Massachusetts for sup
posed breach tie blockade AS this detention
was occasioned by an obvious misapprehen-
sion of the facts, and as justice requires that
we should commit no bellgerent act not
founded in strict right as sanctioned by pub.
lie law, Recommend that an appropriation
be made to satisfy the demand Of the owners
OF the vessel for her detention
repeat the recommendation of my prede.
cessor in his annual message to Congress in
December last, in regard to the disposition OF
the surplus which will probably remain after
satisfyings the claims of American citizens
against China, pursuant to the awards OF the
commissioners under the act of the 3rd O.
| March, 1853. If, however, it should not b'