Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-12-10
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

Stree your lasl assembling mother year
NJ health aud b uu e. have T. has pas.
Sed; and Wine il ho7 OF p .. led the Al
mighty :. Dies, %. " Oh u r..uln OF yracc
we can but prr,s' on, guided 10y the best
HgHt lie gl,cs a., uust ~ tbir in His own
good time aud vie WAY all M be we'll.
Poa,hr' 2. Eoeyn Iyo,,s.
The correspouience touching foreign
affairs which b - taken place during last
year is herewith ,ubmt,rd ia virtual corn.
pliance with u request ln that effect made
10y the llorse Of R'prrsenwriv"s near the
close OF the LIST sesslou ol Congress. If
the condition OF oar relations with other
nutious is less gatlfy ing than il has usual.
ly been at lUrmer periods, il is certainly
more Satisfactory than a nation so unhap-
lily distracted as We are, might reasonably
have apprehcnded. In the month of June
last there were ON, grounds to expect I'll o.
the maritime Powers wh,c at the tegnS
ming Of our domestic difficulties so un'
wisely. aGG unreCCsa,iy, as we think, re.
cognizeu the INSURGENTS ia beligerent,
would soon re-e e from thai position,
which has proved only less INJURIOUS 10
themselves lhau 10 our own c)nutIy.-
But the temporary reverses which after.
wards bcfel The national arms, and which
were exaggerated by our own disloyal cits
liens abroad, have hitherto delayed that
act Of simplejust The civil war, " hich
has so radically changed for the moment
ihe occupations ard habits Of the Amer-
can people, has necessarily disturbed the
social conditions and affected very deeply
the prosperity Of the nations with which
we have carried on q commerce that has
been steadily increasing throughout pes
riod Of hall century, it has, at the same
time, excited political ambitions and ap.
prehensions, which have produced a Pro-
found agitation throughout the civilized
world. In this usual agitation we have
iorborne from taking part IN any contro>
ver5y between foreign States and between
parties or factions in such Stgtes. We have
attempted no propagandism and ackno"l>
edged no revolution; but we have left TO
every nation the exclusive con Duct and
management of its own affairs Our strug-
gle has Isen, of course, contemplated by
other nations with reference less to is own
merits than TO lis supposed and often ex-
agerated effects, and the consequences re
Sulting to those relations themselveF.-
Nevertheless, complaint on the part o:
this government, even !; 1t wero just,
would certainly be unwi,e.
THE African Stare 75uis-- The treaty 'riM
Grta! BraQiu.
Tho treaty with Great Britain for the
fuppression Of the African slave trade has
been put into operation With good pros~
pect Of compile success. 1t is an occasion
of spec:al pleasure to aclnow ledge that
the execution of 1t on the part of her
Magesiy's government as leen made
with Jealous respect for the authority Of.
the United States and the right Of their
moral and loyal citizens.
H"o't'"" o'"'' O"e''
The convention with Hanover for the
abolition OF the State dues has been car
RED INTO iuI. effect under tue act Oi Cons
gress Tor that purpose.
TIE E'ociuie
lloclo5a or ,brno tbousord miles of
.socoost couId mai be esiablised and VIZ.
orcnsIv enforced in A season of rreat com.
me,ciol activity Ike tho n,osent Vitbout
con,,ni,,ing occgsi,r,l n,is,akae and in.
A,c,,r, un7rtertiopoi ,rin,ias uror for.
oi,n n7,,;ons and ,hnir .1biocts civil
war ocGYrring in n country ,ybere f,r. =
oi,,nors r,,ido and oorr,, nn a ,roJ,' nrdar ,
trso,y s,;nnIaI,oms IL noooss,r;Iy rrnitG,I oF
o,,ni ,o','
Ioin ~ leu''o ., :'' az S'oH coz
ao'JuS i' III - oA.j'o ''oheIioloiIS
"uu PIo1.u'y W pton",o i'n'n". L 'ee'alila'
' n.on' Ge,"eei, ;, '"'ions miil:i nave COM
n; pon 'nae'est IN preserving peace ana
iitemus"lP' La In o'ea. GaSe' " tn'''e kInu'
5l - 80 's i;' - az"
son,eJ ~ Fr;onJIy Pow Powers ~ TLorap TIo" r.
however, large and augmenling number
Of doubtful cases npon which tue gov.
ernment is unable to agree with the govA
ernments whose protection is demanded
by The claimants here are moreover,
many cases IN winch the United States or
the'r Glt'zehs suner wrongs from the naYal
or miltary authorities OF torelsn nations
whlch the governments oi ihese states are
not al once prepared 10 redress nave
proposed TO some OF the ioTeisn states
tnus interested. mutual conventions 10 e&-