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" eDol!kcIuut pOWoE hk1lnbL MoxlCOs mas DooO
ne net by the goyernnsnt of France win propo-
s!tion 70 defer settlement until mutual convel-
tion for the adjustmsntof all claims Of citizens
anu subjects OF both countries. arising quito the
y x. Sa w. ~ A: .so :: ,sS
not deemed snssasonsSis. but Il S.iSnS iSS q SSn.
Eisss 70 direct the manner 10 which c1aims ior
Indemnity By foreigners, ns Wen = y citizens u
e sse 81 fSssSs@lss n ss ss:
VII engage your attentlon,at = convenient and
Itis a matter Of regret that no considerable
advance has been msds towards an adjustmsnt
81 ths differences bctwssn the United States and
Great Britain. arising out Of the dsprsdations
upon our national commerce and other tEsspss-
Soss SHsSs Of spi ss g:s y ln Sa asa
treaty obliEations. Tho delay. however. may 30
eelievcd to have resulted in po ANAL de9rss
rom the domestic sitsation of Great. Britain.
SSantry during the last session a Parliament.
Hne attention Of tho new ministry VA called to
!oes3n to expect that q viii nov Be considered
tancs of an early disposition Of tho question can
not DO exaggerated. Whatever might bs the
wishes Of the two Governments, It u manifest
that goodwill and friendship between the two
Y, IN the practice Of good faith and neutrality,
shsll be restored between the respective nj.
| ti0ns. F..s ua,l---. . -, .I'itlT
On the 9Th Of June last, in violation Of our
Prise sssn. tho Brsi.S NortR Amsrean sn 'GHp Goio
nies vas projected and attempted to be carried
On within the territory and jurisdiction of tho
United Ststes., In obedience to the obligation
tion, to see that laws ers faithfully executed iii
citizens were warned, BY proclamation. against
taking part In or aiding such unlawful proceed.
ins.. and the propsr, civil, military. and naval
TS,s *. 70 taae FL
petition isilsd, but Il bss rot been Without i.
painful consequences. 6sme Of our citizens whe,
Mas altered. were engssed IN tho sx.
aii,Gn; wsrs s espsSrsd and A.ys been bbrogIht
sf canada. Judgment. and scncs Of death have
have Bsea soauIt.sd. Ysny bslisvins n S'rIss IL
msHi% ;In Of sSvernnsat th.t severity Of civil
gagged in revolutionary attempts which have dis
astrously failed, ID unsound and anwise, suoh
representations have been ltnane to tho British
Government, in behalf Of the convicted persons,
m,inc judgment. will Il Is hoped. in,iuce in
their cases an exercise Of clcrnency, and AUDI
eions amnesty, TO al! who werc engaged in thc
movement. Counsel hss been employed by the
Government TO defend citisons of the United
States on. trial FOR capital offenses in Canda and
q discontinuaneo of the prosecutions which were
instituted in the courts OF the United States
against those who took part In the expedition.
only yhpSfitfesr RI ils !, nature, but as also in
great measure foreign from the United
States in its ca,,ses, character and objects.
The attempt was understood 70 be made in
sympathy with an insursent party In Ire
land, and, by striking at British Province
on this Continent, was designed to aid in
obtaining redress for political grievances
which, it was assumed, the people of Ire.
land had suffered at the hands Of the
British Goverpmeut during period Of
several centuries. The persons engaged
in il were chiefly natives Of that country,
some of whom had, while others had not.
become citizens of the United States under
our general laws Of naturalization. Com
plants of misgovernment in Ireland con-
tinually engaged the attention Of the British
nation; no great an agitation nisnowprevailing
in Ireland that the British Government have
deemed it necessary 10 suspend the writ of
habeas corpus in that country. These cir
cumstances must necessarily modify the
opinion which we might otherwise have
entertained in regard to an e1pidition e1-
,pressly prohibited by our neutrality laws.
80 long AZ those laws remain upon our
statute-books, they should be faithfully exc
cuted, and II they operate harshly, unjustly,
or oppressively, Congress alone can apply
the remedy, by their modification or repeal.
political and commercial interests of the
United States are not unlikely to be affect
ed in some degree by events which are
transpiring in the eastern regions Of Eu.
rope, and the time seems to have come
when our Government ought to have a
proper diplomatic representation in Greece.
This Government has claimed for all
persons not convicted, or accused, or s,ls-
pected Of crime, an absolute political right
Of selfexpatriation, and choice Of new
national allegiance. Most Of the European
States have dissented from this principle,
and have claimed the right to hold such Of
their subjects ~ have emigrated 10 and
been naturalized in the United States, and
afterwards returned on transient visits to
their native countries to the performance
of military service in like manner as res
ident subject. Complaints arising from the
claim in this respect madeby foreign States
have heretofore been matters of contrOver.
sy between the United States and some
Of the European Powers, and the irritation
consequent upon the failure to settle thi,
question increased during the war in which
Prussia, Italy, and Austria were recently
engaged. While Great Britain has never
Acknowledged the right of expatriation,
she has not practically insisted upon it
France has been eqAally forbsaring; and
Prussia has proposed compromise
which, although evincing increased liber.
ality, has not been accepted by the united
States. Peace is now prevailing every
where in Europe, and the present seems d
be favorable time for IN assertion by Con
gress Of the principle, 30 long maintained
by the Executive Department, that natur
alization by one State fully exempts tn
native.born subject Of any other State from
the performance Of military service unde
any foreign Government, so long as he doe
not voluntarily renounce its rights and beu
e6ts. .G.r '.t.i al
In tho performance Of q duty imposed vpo
me- BY tho Constitution, have thus sakmitts
to tho Representatives Of the People sech info
tho public interests soen to require. o,
Govcr9ment IL. now snderseins It post r.
peril may DO successfully. aud finally pnssc
shs. 1aSs,y mDA,fPS: fS:s IL s.s. Sas ;ig.sss s.i +,
Of fraternai relations. the complsts o
liberation of our past differences. and the T
inauguration Of all the pursuits Of peac
Directing our efforts to the early aceompls
msnt Of these great S: ends. lss v :sas.yor W
. partments OF tho governmcut that each 10 !.
|. proper sphere may cordially CO. opAgstc With q