The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-12-11
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Fellorc- Ciiisens Of &e Senate and
House Of Representatives

| Fetl0iC- Jtii-enS 0I Me INndfe anu
House Of Representatives
Since yoar last annual assembling,
another year of health and bountiful
harvests has passed, And while it has
not pleased the Almighty to bless us with
return of peace, we can but press on,
! guided by the best right he gives US
trusting in His own good time, and wise
way, all viii yet he we'll,
The CORES poudencc touching foreign
affairs which has taken place during the
last year is herewith submitted, in virtu-
al compliance with a request to the af.
feet, made by The House of Representa-
,ives near the close Of the last session
Of Congress,
| If the conditions OF our relations with
other nations is less gratifying than it
has usually been Mt former periods, it is
certainly more satisfactory than a nation
so unhuppily distracted as We are, might
reasonably have npprehended. Ia the
month Of June last, there ware some
grounds to expect that the moririme
powers which, al the beginning Of our
dorest difficulties, so unwi1ely and un.
necessarily as we lh'nk, Recognized | the
insurgents as bellg~reSt would soon
receae from that position, which has
proved only less injurious to themselves
than to our own country. But the TEN
pcrary rsyerses which Ofterwerl beleiI
the national arms, and which were sx
aggerted by our own disloyal citizens
abroad, have hitherto delayed that act of
simple justice,
The civil war, which h,s 50 radical.
! " changed, for the moment, the occu-
pn,ions and habits the American peo-
pie, has necessarily disturbed the social
condition, and affected very deeply the
prosperity Of the nations with which we
have carried on a commerce that has
been steadily iocrsa'ing throughout a
pefol Of halfa century. II has a, the
same time, excited political smbi'ions
and npprehensions which have produced
profound agitation throughout the civ
nizcd world Inthis unusual agitation
we h,ve forboroe from taking mart in any
cor,royrr.v bltweon foreign States, and
bstwson nortios or factions in Such
States. We have attempted no propa
candism and sckpowled sed no revoIu.
ton. Butwe havs left to every nation
be e,clusive conduct and management
of i,s own olF,ir, Onr ,t'urrle has
hesn Of course contemplated by foreign
nations With fereuce.less to its own
merits than TO its supposed, and often
rr,gperatoI effects and consequences
kr6salliat q. .,hose naiiaos sihsmselvqs
se,s,s eon36lsint "a me psn oil
! t6is Government, even il il were lust,
would certainly be unwise.
The treaty. With Great Britain for the
surpression of the slave crele has been
ont into operation with good prospect,
OF complete success 1t is an occasion
Of special pleasure TO acknowledge that
the execution otit, on the part Of her
Mnicsry's Government, has been mark
ed with Jealous respect for the author
Iity Of The United sta.os. AMI the rights
Of thait moral aud loyal citizens.
The convention with Hanover for the
abolition Of the stadt dues has been car.
ried into full effect, under the act Of
Congress for that purpose.
A blockade of 5 600 miles of seacoast
couII moi be established. and vigorously
enforced in q season Of great CONNER.
ciol activity like the present without
committing occasional mistakes and in.
Aic,inr pnin,ep,ional injuries upon for.
sisn nations and their subjects.
A civil war occurring in country
whrr. foreigners reside and carry on
trade under treaty s,ipula,ions i, neces.
,srily fruitful of complaints Of the viola
ton Of neutral risb;h. All such coils.
ions tend TO excite misapprehsnsions,