Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-12-02
STAR AND CHRONICLE.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

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Since your last annual assembling another
year of health aud bOunt full harvests has passed.
And while il has not pleased the Almighty 10
bless with a return OF peace, we can but press
on, guided by the best light lie gives us, trust
ing that in his own good time, and wire way,
all will Yet tie we'll.
The correspondence touching foreign affairs
which has taken place during the last year Is
herewith submitted, IN virtual compliance with
u request to that effect made by the House OF
Representatives near the close of the last Sos
sion ot Congress
Ii the condition of our relations with other
nations rs less gratifying than il has usually
been al former periods, it is certainly more
satisfactory than nation so unhappily distract
ed as are, might reasonably have appre
hended In the month of J June last there were
some grounds to expect that the maritime pow
els which, AT the beginning OF our domestic
difficulties, 70 unwiseiy and unnecessarily, as
We think, recognized the insurgents As u eilig-
erent. would soon IeCode from that position,
winch now proved only less III urious to them
seiv, than to our own country. But the tenn
poIary reyerses which afterwards beiell the
national arms and which we've exaggerated by
our own disloyal citizens abroad, have hitherto
delayei thai act Of simple justice
The ,iyil war which has radically changed,
for tn moment. the occupations and habits ci
the American people has necessarily disturbed
the social con iton, and affected very deeply
the prosperity OF the nations with which We
have carried a commence that has been
steadily increasing Throughout period of half
century. 1t has, at the same time, excited
political ambitious and apprehensions which
hiy i'foduceda a profound agitation throughout
the civilized world IL. this unusual agitation
We have turbuIne from taking paIt in any con
uoversy between ioreIgn states, and between
parties OF factions Ill such states. We have at
tempted To piopagandism, and acknowledged
no revolution. But We have left to every ma
tlon tue exclusive conduct and management of
its own affairs Our struggle has been, Of
course contemplated by foreign nations with
Reference less to its Own merits, than to It's sup
posed, and often exaggerated effects and conse-
quences resulting to those nations themselves.
Never theless, complaint on the part OF this
government, even if it were just, would Ger
tainly be unwise.
The treaty with Great Blitain for the sup
preston OF the slave trade has been put into
operation with good prospect of complete
success. 1t is an occasion of special pleasure to
acknowiedge that the execution of it, on the
part of her Majesty's government has been
mark d with jealous respect for the authority
of the United States, and the rights OF their
moral and loyal citizens.
The convention with Hanover for the aboli-
tion OF the state dues has been carried into full
effect, under the act Of Congress for that pur-
pose.
A blockade of three thousand miles Of Sea
coast could not he established, and vigorously
enforced, in a season Of great commercial ac-
tiyity, like the present, without committing
occasional mistakes, and iufiicting uuinten-
tional injuries upon foreign nations aud their
subjects.
A civil war occurring in q country where
foreigners reside ami carry on trade under
treaty stipulations, is necessarily fruitful OF
complaints Of the violation of neutral rights
All such collisions tend To excite misapprehen-
slons, and possibly TO produce mutual reclana
tions between nations which have common
interest in preserving peace and friendship
In clear Cases OF tht sc kinds l have, SO far As
possible, heard and redressed complaints which
have been presented by friendly powers There
lis still, however, a large and aua uamentiug num-
Der Of doubtful cases upon which the govern
ment is unable To agree with the government
whose protection is demanded by the claimants
There arc. moreover, many scases in which the
United States, or their citizens, suffer wrongs
from tine naval OF military authorities of for
eign nations, which the governments of those
states are hot at once prepared to redress. 1
have proposed 10 some OF the foreign states,
interested, mutual conventions TO examine and
ADJUST such complaints. This proposition has
been made especially To Great Britain to France,
TO SPAN aud To Prussia la each care 1t has
been kindly received, but has not yet been for
maily adopted
deem it my dut, to recommend an appTo-
prlation III behalf OF the owners uI the Nofwe-
gan bark Admiral z. 1ordeuskiOld which ves-
Sci was, III May, 1861, prevented by the CON
ulandei oi the bockadng force on Charle stun
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standing 4 similar privilege had, before, peen
GRANTED 10 an English vessel | have directed
the Secretary OF State To cause the papers in
The case 10 be communicated to the proper
committees
Applications have been made to me by many
free Americans of African descent to favor their
emigIaiiOD, with a view to such colonization as
contemplated in recent acts of Congress.
Other parties al home and abroad some from
interested motives. others upon patriotic con-
siderations, aud still Others Influenced by phil
anthropic sentments-have suggested simil
measures, while, on the other hand several of
the Spanish Ameri, an republics have protested
against the sending of such colonies tO their
respective territories. DDi,r these ciTCum-
stances, ] have declined 10 move any such
colony 10 any state, without tirst obtaining the
consent Of its government, with an agreement
on lis part 10 receive and protect such emigranis
III all the rights of freemen and l have at
uie same time, offered to the several states
situated within the tropics, or having colonies
.heie' 10 negotiate with them subject to the
I've, ~. and consent of the Senate, to favor the
voluntary emigration OF persons of that class to
tnelt r,specnve territories, upon conditions
winch Shall lie equal, Just and humane. Ii
eeila ana hayil are, as yet, the only countries
70 which colonists of African descent from here
oouid go with certainty of being received and
adopted as citizens; and regret to saw such
persons, contemplating colonization, do not
seem SO willing to migrate to those countries
as 10 some Others, nor so willing as think
their interest demands. ! believe, however.
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