, 1862-12-03
The PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

Z 4
Third Session of the Thirty
Seventh Congress, De-
cenlNer Ist, 1861.
Fellow Citizens Of the Senate and House Of Rep
1esentattfea:
Since your last assembling another year Of
health and bouptiful haryests has passed. aud
while It has 1ot pleased the Almighty to bless
us with return OF peace, We cannot out press
On, guarded by the best light he gives n,
trusting that ID his own good time and wise
way, al will be well.
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS. i
The correspondence touching foreign atfllrs
which has .:ken place curing the lass yea',
is herewith submitted, in virtual compliance
With request to that effect. made ~ tae
House Of Representatives near the close OF the
past session Of Congress: It the condition OF
our relations with other nations Is Less
gratifying than it has usually been o. other
periods i has certainly been more sah stactory |
Than nation 80 unEappi!y distracted as We |
are, might have reasonably apprehended.
In the month Of June last there we're some
grounds to expect that the maritime 20 weEs
which at the beginning Of our domestic diff
| culties go unWisely aud so unsuccessiuay
] as ne think, recognized the insurgents as
belligerent powers, would sooa recede from
| that position which has proved only less 1uJn-
l
but the temporary reyerses which after wards
| 1,efel the national arms and which were e2ag-
| tzerated by our pWn di5lOyal citizens abroad,
have hitherto delayed that set OF simple
The cIyal war which has SO radically chang
] ed for the moment the occupations aud habits
of the American people, has necessarily dis-
turhed the socil condition and Affected very
deeply the prosperity OF the nations with
~hirh we have carried Oh commerce that
has been steadily increasing gthroughous peri
Cd Of half century. It has al tue same time
excited political ambitions and apprehenslons
which have produced a profound agitation
= throughout the civilized World.
In this nuusual agitation we have forbo-nc
1asirg rart in any controversy between par~
| tits and factions in any such States we nave
attempted no propaganti=m aud acknowledge
Cd no revolution, but we have left to every
h Of its own aff4:rs. Our struggle has been OF
n | course contemplated by foreign nations with
| refeleace less TO its own merits tran to 1t5
= supposed ard often exaggerated effects and
e lue Consequences resulting TO THOSE natlons
II THEMSELVES. Nevertheless, complaint on the
L part Of this government, even if it were just
II would certainly be unwise.
IL SUPPRESSION OF TIE Slave TRADE.
II The treaty with Great Britain for the sup
preston Of the slave trade has been put mt
1e operation with good prospect Of conpteI
r. SUCCESS. It is IN occasion Of especial pleasur
- part OF H.r Majesty's government has bee;
marked with Jealous respect for the author
ties of the United States, and the rights {
their moral and loya citizens.
The convention with Hanover tor tne aot 40.
E,a lit;on of the State dues has been carried int
ue full effect under the act OF Congress for tbs
n purpose.
al. THE COAST BLOCKADE.
lc- 4 blockade OF {, 3,G00 miles Of Eea coast cou
MS not be established and vigorously enforced
.vs seaeon Of great commercial activity Ike II
present ~ithout committing occaslonA III?
take6, and irilicting unintentional lpjurl
upon foreign nations and their subjects.
in civil var, occurring in country where Il
hat eigners reside and carry On trade under trt
4, t. stipuiatione, is necessarily 3faaeIut OF GO
lere AL such collisions tend to excite nisapp
I:h- hersians and possibly to produce nas!oi
=, rec,anlatjops between nations which naVs
:" common interest in preserving peace
iea. friendship.
the In clear cases ot these ENDS ! nave, So
,,,1 es possible, heard aua red.essed coElp1nl
'A~ which have been preferred By friendly poWs
ecfe There is, however, large and Augment
zen. number OF doubtful cases upon which
Till Government is unable. to :s:agres, =
that IS demanded by the claimants. tt
,, he arc. moreover, many cases in which
least United States OF their citizens suffer wro
;rad 11om Laval or military suthorlsies OF fort
|
lehss a:c not prepared to redress.
hing An INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION.
ID al I haye proposed to some Of the for
the Statse thus Interested mutual convention
vious exa1nlnc and au3ust sucn sogli,,n.s. - T.,
al Of ~, Eranca - ssnain md "a Pru
sup IL tach case il has been kindly received,
.Cle1- | has not yet been formally adopted.
ut in TIE CASE OF NORWEGIAN BARK.
deem it my dnty to recommend an a.
prcn. y-.ation in behalf Of thS oWnsr5 Of the
;reek, vetS.l was in Nav 1861, prevented b1
be Sd, commander Of the blocSsdlng Iorce
;omac Charleston, from leaving that port with :
60, notwithstanding q similar privilege
ai"y shortly before been E1anted to an II
,rhaps yesstl Lsve directed Tie Secretary of
in and to cause the papers in tho case to be COZ
'ound- ilea'eo 70 1nc plops1 eoaa
The ; @a. ~ .,,o ,,x
u eno free Americans Of African descent to
spuf55, their emigration, with view to such
Of Oc- xa,iou Us Was contemplated in recent q
q of 81 Congress. Olher parties, ut home and al
oe, aud a,r;ntic 1rinc;nles and still others idu
/ yig- b. philantbropic sentiments, hare sug!
disap similar measured; while On the ot9er +
laye protested against the sending 0
Ha9u colonies to their respective territories.
Of the Under theee circumstances have ds
fnrWard | to move any such colony to any State "
TBS OF nss :st ~ "a nsrf tn recri
n from ,'ratcct sHch cmIrrants in ali their ri.
N Of his freemeu, and have, st the same time,
to the several States situated in the tro
bsyipg colonies there to negotiate With
en' to1 subject to the adEice and consent OF t
aornlng, ate, to favor the voluntary emigration
reason, tions Of that clsss to their respective
der and Ees' nioh h,,tnane Gunu ''on7 "1AeA SA1
le Of the IiIeria and Hayti are get the only CT
led some to which colonists Of African desee
mt de- here could 20 with q certainty OF being
t and adopted as cisizens, and l tegrei
that such persons, contemplating 9
A1exau- tion. do not seem 30 willing to emi
whole these countries as to some others, no
ono Of .ias IS 1a.-a4ar +hst the nnnion ia ian
ing &C. and that, ere long, there will be an at!
reditabie and considerable emigration TO bot
engaged countries 1'ona the o1''eo o1e-es'
very, but ooh fohh4eN i*sA-s. -
United States aud the Sultan OF Iu
oluaIaEny been carried into execution a col
C psro1ed and consular treaty has been ncSotia
iect to the Senate's consent, with Lib
-.. ! q similar negotiation is now pending
Ne1e VA Republic Of Hayti a considerable
Western 1nent Of the national commerce is ex
reeu1t from these measures: Our
os Pone,s with Great Britain, France, Spain,
Russia PRUSSIA, Denmark, S"e
fope, III Austria, the Netherlands, Italy, Rom
as wholly other European Stateg remain unt
Yery favorable relations also contil
a,en,s;. maintained with Turkey, Morocco,
Japan.
IcClsllan's oun NhAonpou - -. Ios
!. "eA' been no change Of our previous rela
le sa9s 10 the independent States of our Cont
gn has get more friendly sentiments than
,o1,3oe +h;a | herptnfpre existing are believed to
ms troops tansa " az ,p so inti1ate1v connecte
rebel army nEr. This statement especially
md perhap. Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua,
Perm and Chill. The commission
convention With the Republic Of Ne
tory OF inc closed its session without having d
es the sur paseed upon all the claims which
implicitly lnitted TO Il. Rtophpsttiion ph 1s S
n complains A. rrore comniefe Justice. The c
he face Of q between the United States and the
utterly iguo- Costa Rica has completed a1s 4a0of'
ign Was, as aoat1e"' "'te lepo -
no reports LsAhn>A se.s. - s~-
direct. x~1tu uasS atasos 80 @;th tEn1cna hu
s campaign, telegraph, and similar project to
ordered to telegraph from San Francisco TO
L.. ;,,1,ro,,or Pacific Telegraph wire with the
loW. 0eA1@ ~, 1r,n,r,p7es
'e9n sAu@ The Territories OF the United
en5 o1 Gnu1- upimportant exceptions, have r
disturbed bJ the civil var, and
Us are sketch hibiting such evidence OF p1ospe
| ...x. ~ r. d condition Tn ha