, 1861-12-04

Free Institutions in. Danger.
WHAT TO DO WITH THE NEGROES.
Coast and Lake 'Defences.
PROPOSED COLONIZATION,
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Condition of the Government.
TREASuRY..WAR.rNAVY.

REASuRYssw WAR; NAVY,
n.,.4. scr mn oaa
keteipts year ending June sO, S66,H0.fD
E1penditures. ss g e S4,000,09Q
n..o,n.. = ,.,+he ~ o.+ ma noa naa
Aoee'PtS = A1'ntn7 " W.T. - A"o'ooo'oov
Expenditures, " 96,NV,VD0
--
p.1o..a M hand fe-+oha~ a. ana rye
o'''AAeo e1 A"Ao' "'lo"of y '~s''"
WASHINGTON Decemhez ., 1851.
The tNo Houses being called to order, at II
o,e7oc1z Nom. the Presidents Messare vas
t,.a-.,,,;tt.5 ~ ,,,,,,,eor;,t os f,1,o1~,,
alan7lnt.t.u .1 !" uanasst4pt' % .o1ao"s'
doass @ o<1''ese'tS'..1sts 80, :,
In the midst Of unprecedented pontleal
troubles nc have cause q great gratitude TO
GOD tor unusual eooa Aea4la atsa Uosb aoan-
oa1t nar1gsts: T.. r., =. ,o
1ou VII not oe suIpllse4 - learn tnal III
WI natons Sl has es oal
with profound sohcltude, chiefly turning upon
or :. own domeStlc auaars. a oasloyal portion
OF tle American people nave, during the
Mhoie year, peen engaged IN an attempt TO
df1dc and Destroy the ohlon. a na1lon
which endures 1actlons uomestlc divisions Is
exposed 70 ulsfespeet ABROAD, anu one party
Or both IS sure, sooner or later, to invoke
foreign intervention Nations thus tempted
to interfere arc not always able TO resist the
counEels OF seeming c2pedlency and ungener-
ots ambition, although measures adopted
under sueh influences seldom 1al 70 pc un-
fortunate and n}uf1ous 70 tn0scaaopIlng lac;n.
The diEloyal citizens Of the United States who
have offered tile ruin Of our country in reward
for the aid and comfort which they nave i'll
voked abroad, have received less patronage
and encouragement: than they probably ex-
rectcd. IF it were just to suppose, as the in
surgents have seemed to assume, that foreign
nations III this case disregarding all moral, So
cial and treaty obligations, would act solely
and scltsh1F for the most speedy restoration
Of commerce, including specially the aequlsl-
ticn Of cotton, those nations appear as yet not
to have seen their way to their object more
u4ceiiiy Va elGa1s tu1ouSn tnI 4Sett McttoA
Two cou1T dore "a bs1icvr fiat fore;nn not;ons @
arc ectustcd 11r M ~ fighcr 7,rncinIc INN th;s
IN, .,s;to erra ~ saenJ 1rc,,,1;e,,+ lo,7d ~,
r,ada a.L 44te' - sho1S ,hnt. tiat Ihor % nonid
11s. r.,c1, 3bcir o" aim more reality nad
a,s;l, Nv a;3;ru tn cr,sb t1;s rehal. ~
1;nn +1,on he sr;1;2o cnconraaen,cnt to H.
1o1or sa;a3 ~, h1. 41,a aro;t;n- ~
plnclp! lestr IelaeG ~ ~ te eaeitls ~ ag.-
clgn naLo4s y y nosl1li.y asast ~ a. allsslis
asllateu! u. enI Ienip4iasslue.t w.
1hose na1lons, however, not luiltooaply saw
uotn INC niS1 tnat 4 was Lug CiAon WmGn
nl'lac as VEL QUIZ iolclsh Us UT aol1esl:e
tflat me eHort lot 11sunlon proa1ces Inc eXisl'
lng anneultf, anu lnae one st5ong natlon
promises ino1S uuIao1e pGace auu nlost ~
can fl,n samn nation hTnlrI ;nto host;1r frnT.
uacnts. It is not MY purpose to review on
discussions with foreign States, because, what
| ever might be their wishes or disposition, the
| integrity Of our country aud the stability o1
our Government mainly depends, not npon
| them, but upon the loyalty, patriotism, virtue
| correspondence itself with the usual reserya
! tions, is herewith submitted. ! venture tc
| hope it will appear that We have practiced
prudence and l0erality towards foreign pow
| ers, ayerting causes of irritation, and Witl
| frnlncss maintaining our own rights ane
honor.
| COAST AND LAKE DEFEscEs.
| c;o 1,or-a--au - ;-a,,,,o.n,,+ +,,n+ ,,o,o -
:. elnce, %AG"efSI, % II = appsrcaa LII nese, a.
u ete!5 va1el a'taae, Ha4Ssas nseeosss
15 as.snn t11a1e ~ aaa1
ae . tn W u@upe
"a n;,a r,r,fr TX. s1a,.o,.,1
i 49, a4osa - ,st ~.
readily occurs to the mind. also, in the
| same connection, ask tue attention OF Con
Eress 70 % our great Mkss ana fsers: II Is DC
! Hcfca iaaL somc lorllncationS ana acpot5 O.
! an? aims anu munitions WIN haID9r ana navlsa
Ion improvements " ee1eeleu points upoi
laeee, Houlu w y, eteat A1poltinGG ~ tue E ~ ~
I!onal uelenct anu plgsersauon. ;'sh asten
| tioh 10 Tue VIEWS VI LIZ neeleta11 " haf, cA
F.ist Faiissstt IL Ills lepoit' "pon eoc s'.he oelet1
bup3cet'
| MILITARY RAILROAD TO EAST TENNESSEE.
| dcem IL OF importance that the loyal re
g gons OF East tennessee and western MORT
Ca5onna snoeia pe connecte9 WIN M henlneh::
| ana otAer 1uIMu paris ol tne tnloA ".
| FaliIoao. l, tneIe3ofC, recommend as
mh1aft measure, shat congress pfoFiae 10
inc cons1r1etlon OF such foaa as specaly q
possible. Kentucky Will no doubt o-opefatc
and through her Legislature MAKE M the mos
1udlclous ee1ccllon VI the Hne. ihe mortimer
terminus must connect with some existing
Ta1lfOad, anu #aelncr INC Ton1c siiall Dc HOE
LeAlEG1on Or Nlcholassulc e tumper!an
Gap, or from Lebanon to the Tennessee lin
II tue direction OF hnoxSule, or some SILL du
tslJ1r I ai, ~ Sit essm5 -
linz. thc work can be compIcted in a YER
ehort time. and wien dour it Win be not onl
Of vast nresent usefulness but also an ayailabI
ncr,nanent NJ ma ;1nnroyr1nrnt Worth fhc fl cost
I'll tic future.
COMMERCIAL TREATIES.
! Some treaties, designed chiefly for the inte]
cal Importance, have been negotiated aud wi
be submitted to the Senate for their consider
alton, Although we have fuiled to Undue
some of the commercial powers to aaont
desirable meioration for the rigor Of maratinl
war, we hare far removed ali the obstacle
from the way Of their humane reform, exeeI
such rs arc merely Of temporary and accidents
oeeu11ehee'
THE BRITISH SHIP rERTHsHIRE.
invite your attention to the correspond
cncc between Her Britannia Majesty's Ministe
accredited to this Government and the Seer
| tary Of State, relative to the detention OF ii
British ship Pcrthsl,irc, in June last, by til
United States steamer Massachusetts,, for
supposed breach OF the blockade. As this d,
tention was oecasioned by an obvious nisappr
hcnsion of the facts. and rs iustice renuirs
; that we should commit no bellieerent act M
| founded in strict right rs sanctioned by publ
law, I recommend that an annropriation /
| made. 10 satisfy the reasonable demand nf Il
owners of the yrssel. for her detention.
THE sETr1ryrST WITT cu1<A
Ircpcat the recommendation of nr nrcd
| cessor in his Animal Messore to CnnHress
| December last. in rerari to the disnnSitinn
| tie eurnins Which viii nrohah1T remain 49,
| | against China. pursuant to HE awards of ii
! Commissioners under tile act of the ri
March, 1859 II, however it should not
deemed advisable to carry that recommend
! ton into effect, would suggest that autfori
| be given for investing the principal over ii
surplus referred to il good securities, with
! view to the satisfaction of such other just clai
o. our cltlzenS agalnst Gnlna, as are nos
= Akeiy 70 af1se ne1eaiteF N tne course OF O
/ extensive tfaoe Will that empire.
, PIRATES IN EASTERN SEAS.
/ RI thc art of the 9Th of Auoust last Co
Inc asse 70 1nstrqes 4n s
tna,aa1nas masis o;t " eplsapag kesss.s ~ 9eita
, ;n:a dGAsei,es aSast, auu ~ GaPlu.!e iHstts