American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-12-14
VOLUME 2.
The Presidents Message.
Fellow Citizens Of the Senate
and House ofEsepresenGaiiyes;

And House OF fEsepreseAtisaAsS
Again the blessings ofhealth and abun-
dant harvests claim our profound graft
tude to Almighty God.
The condition of our foreign affairs IS
remarkably satisfactory Mexico contin-
mes to he theatre Of civil war, While
our political relations with that country
haye undergone no change we have at
the same time strictly maintained ner-
traity between the beliigerants.
At the request Of the States eff Costa
Rica and Nicaragua a competent engineer
has been authorized to make a survey OF
the river San Juan and the port OF San
Juan. It is source Of much satisiac-
ton that the difficulties, which for a mo-
ment excited some political apprehen-
sions, an'. caused closing of the inter
ocean, transit route have heen amicably
.aGu ted, and that there is a good pros
ne ct that the routes will soon be re-opcned
with an increase OF capacity and adapta-
ton We could not eSaS&eFa'o e'''i''
the commercial or the political import
ance of that great improvement.
1t would be doing injustice to an i'm
portant South American StaJe, not to ac-
knowledge .ne o'roc,"e'S' iI4"A''19s '''"
eordiaiity win "hi'n 'ne o"''o' o'''''S
OF 'oiumo'a nave eh'eFo' ln'o intimate
relations win TINS government y ', Id MS
Convention mas oech co'S'''"'ou' 70 'o''-
p!ele the u"hnr''eu "o'N % ol Tue one
"hleh ''o'eo Tvs Se7si'''' j." .'''
= he ne" '''e'" 0o"''''',n'" VI cue ~
zueIia' n'''"4 gore '''' '"e'' "',' '"'
universal "'IU's''o"I' VI ''' P0'P''' '''
government o"'o' II '''s o''" ''I's me-
amt olPlom'''' intercourse wiz" n,'
oeen oP'"eo J" " '0''''' ""' = ''D''S
sPlLl' -.
ne io"G oe''''0" avs '''""u v'''''
mas oeen ''',S''''o''S P''' "'' ''''i'
Gu ""'"a' pay '''"'' ".'' 'o'" ''''''
Oh 'he late JONI 'on''"''S'o" io' 'n' ''
tlement OF claims between inc n''0'
States and fer" y" earnest anu 'o'-
dial ir'e"dSn'P continues TO e1''' U''"''"
the TWO countries All" Su'" ''''' - o.
were in my power have been u'ed 10 re-
move misunderstanding ana "yor'a '''''''-
ened war between foFu anu span
our relations are ol l'l' 'N'a' !, ''"'iJ
nature with Chit the Argentine hePuD'
lie, Bolivar, 'osta hea' faFa4uay 0ah
Salvador ana ilayu Dor'hS 'he P'S'
year, no differences OF any k'h' nave
arisen win any OF thes' hePuohc7' anu
on the other mana 'heT y "l''"'e' " l'i'
the United states are eo'''"N!'y eA P''''"''
The clam arising ''0'' ''is 'e'@"'' %
the cargo OF the oris 4'ee''A''' ''' '''' l.
has been Paii ~ io'' 'S '"s -'''e''l"''N.
OF Chit Inc di1ieu''y "''h Tue 3 2l'''''9i
coast OF San 1ommeo rs apparently WIN
GU any P''Sp1e' va '' sea-
e'ai cotFesP'n@enee mas 'esA '''''S open
ed with hioegla' an' 80 gives Us = Pieao-
Ing ylewot INC s'''s' ana Po''''''' 'on''-
ton OF that ..tePaD"c' II Is eAPec'eu 70
derive new yiSor from american i'iii"
ence' imPFoNeu " 'ne '"p'' "''"pp0"'
ahce oi si''eIy ~ '''e "''0'
sollct' your au'ho'''y - 'U' "'''' ''ie
kepupiic a S"hooaO d. d 'i''ue'''' eV''' -
be relheuFsSu 70 'no = ''''o" ''''''0' y
stalmehts' ouch d Nes9e' Is HooNeu lo'
the safety OF that '9'a'e against 'A' an
can race, ana II wouio DC more e"ccOi'e ~
arrestlng the African save tfaae thau d
squadron in our own hands
The possession OF the least organized
naval force should stimulate a generous
ambition in the Republic, and the conf
dence which we should manifest by fur
nishing it would win favor and iorbear-
ancc towards the colony from all civilized