Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-12-13
MESS A GE
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

A ID ~ y II a VI l. IN OUL N
Fesowetisons Of the ssHsie and HOuso Of Represent
Since your last annual assembling anoihe
year Of heslth aud bOuntiiul hsTyests has passed
and Hhilst it has not pleased the Almighty &
bless rs Hiih return Of peace, we can bu
press On, guided by the besg light BE gives Us
trusting that in His good time and wise way 81
viii yet be well.
The correspondence touching foreign affair.
which has taken place during the LAST year il
beEswts submitted. in virtual eomplisnee with
\ TseRsst TO thst effect made by the House O
sseAtstves near the close Of he last session
Of Congress- ....-. -....
II the condition Of our relations with other
nations is less gratifying than il has usually
keGa Al former periods, 1t is certainly satis-
factory tkan q nation Sc anhappily distracted as
we are, might reasonably have apprskendeJ
In the month Of June last there were some
grounds 10 expect that tke maritime pswers
which, at the beginning Of our dsoestie difficult
ties 50 unwisely and unnecessarily, as we think,
ssSegnizsd the insurgents a. belligorsEt, weuld
ssOn receds from that position, which has proved
only sss iHjuroHs 70 themselves, than 10 eur
own country. But the temporary rsTsTsss which
afterwards befeH tbs rational arms, and which
were exaggerated by 0nr OWE disloyR eitissBs
sbrfsd, kaYs hitherto delayed that act Of simple
jastisa.
The civil war, which bas so radically changed
for the memsnt the occupations and habits Of
the American people, has necessarily disturbed
ths social condition and Affected very deeply the
prosperity Of ths nations with which we have
carried on q commerce that has been steadily
Increasing throughout period Of half cen
tsry u has st the same tine excited political
ambitions and spPrshensioBs which have pro-
lzeed a profound agitation throughout the
civilized world. In this unusual agitstisR We
have forborBe from taking sny part IN sRy con
1tvsTsV between foreign States. We have a.
tempted no Tropsgsndism, aid acknowledged
no revelation. Bet we have left 70 every ma
ton the exclusive caRduot and management Of
its own aHzirs- Oar struggle has been. of cOuTss
contemplated By iereign nstons, With refefones
lees Is its oER Eserits than 70 its supposed aEd
oftsH exaggerated effects and consequences re-
sailing 10 those nations lhsmselves Nsvsrihe-
less, complaint on the part Of this government
even il il weTs just would certainly be unwise
The treaty with Crest Britain fer the sap
preston Of tha slave trade has bean put into
operation with good prospect Of complets sue
cess. IL is an occasion Of special pleasure to
acknowledge that the sxssu6sR Of it, en- lac part
Of keT Msissty's government, has been marked
with jesloUs respect for the authority of the
United Stsles, and the rights Of their moral and
loyal citizens.
The esnTsntisn with Hanover fer the absli-
son Of the State dues has been carried inte fu Il
effect undsr-the act Of Congress for that purpose.
A blockade Of three Thousand miles Of scs-
coast eoald not be established, and vigorously
enforced in q seRssn Of great commercial activity
ike the prssent, uithouf committing occasional
mistakes, ard iuAicting unintsRtORal injuries
uson foreign nations and their subjects
A evil war occurring in . esuzTy whece fer
agRers reside and carry on trade nader treaty
sEpUlations, is necessarily fruiifHl Of complaints
sf1he violsEOn Of neutral rights. All sHch col
hsious tend to excite misrepresentation, and
possibly to produce mutual reclsmstoBs between
aatoHs which have 8 SOssrasn interest in pre-
serving peace and hisnoskip. In clear cases Of
6ssss kinds hsye, 50 far ss possible, heard azd
redrasssd complaints which have beea presented
lsy friendly powers There is STILL however, a
large sAd an sugmeuting number Of doubtful
sasss upon which the gOEcrnments is unable to
agree with tbe government whose protection is
demanded by the claimants There are, more
over. many eases in which the United States. OF
tseir citizsRs suffer WroBgE from the naval or
rzilitsTy autboritiss Of foreign Hasens, which
the governments Of those States are not at once
prepared 10 redress. I have proposed to some Of
he loYeigH States, thus interested, mutusl con
vsntiens 70 examine and adjust sHch conpIsIAts.
This Bropositisn has been msds especially to
sia In zach ease il has been kindly received
but has rot yet been formally adopted.
I deem it my duty to recommend an Gppfe-
tfiation in behalf OF the owners Of the EorWe-
nan bark Admiral p. TordeBskiold, which vessel
Fss IN Nay, 1851 pre- vented by the commander
OF the blocksding fcEee eff Charleston from
leaving that pors with cargo, notwithstanding
similar privilege had, shortly before, been
GRANTED 20 an English vessel. / have directed
n A. a
esss 70 be communicated TO the proper commit
tees.
Applicstions have beeE made TO me By many
free Americans Of Afriesn descent 70 favor their
emigration with vieW 70 such colonization a.
was contemplated in recent acts Of Congress.
Other parties, at hsme and abr0ad-some from
interested motives, others uPen patriotic consid-
erafions, ssd stin ethers Influenced by philsn-
ihIopie sentiments = have suggested similar
measures while, on the other hsnd, several OF
the Spanish American republics have protested
szginst the sen6ing Of such colonies 10 their
rsspsetve territories. Under these eTcum-
stances, hsys declined 10 move any such col
ony TO any State without frst ObtaiHiug the con
sent O. its government, with an agreement on
its Bsrt 10 rscsive ana protect sdah smigTGnts in
an the rights Of freeH w and ! hsYs, 81 the
same Time, offered 70 th Neveral States situated
,sfthia the tropics, OF ht 80 colonies there, ts
neRstiGts ssith thems subl the advice and
consent Of the 6snste, % isa The voluntary
emig1stioa Of persons Of th- to tneir res
peetivs territories, Upon cops Which shall
be equal, just and huaxRh.
L6beyiR and Hsyti are, IS yer eOHn
tries to which eslonists Of Africa from
hnEs, esuld 90 Eitb certainty Of wed
and adopted IS ciEzensi and ] ~
such persons, contemplating eolopis Aoy
seem as willing TO migrate to those COT asto
sene ethsTs-not 50 willing as think tnsir in
tsrest demands 1 believe, hoBsVer, opinion
among them in this respect is improving and
ihat ere lcng theIs viii be augmented and con-
siderable migration te both these countries hom
the United States.
EEs new eemneTeisl treaty betFeen the Uni,
tsd States and the Sultan Of Turkey has been
esrTfed INTO execution.
a eoEmnycial and consular treaty has been ne.
gotiAted, subject 70 the SeAales consent, with
LibsEiR; and . similar negotiation is now pend
ing with the Tep05iic Of Hsyti. A considers
BE improvement OF the neEional commerce Is
expected to result from these measures
Or IelEtions with Great Britain, France,