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BY CALIFORNIA STATE TELEGRAPH LINE.
Tho Predicate Message On tho Con-
ntitnflonnl AmonAmenlA.


BY CALIFORNIA STATE TELEGRAPH LINE.
The Presideat's Message 81 tho Con.
stitutioual Amenduents.
WAsHIsoroN, June 23d.-The Presi-
dents Message, Of last Friday, June 22d,
is herewith transmitted:
submit to Congress the report Of the
Secretary Of State, to whom was referred
the concurrent resolution Of the 18th
inst, respecting tho submission to the
Legislatures Of the States Of an additional
article for the Constitution Of the United
States. 1t will be seen from this report
that the Secretary had, on the 18th. trans.
mitted to. the Governors Of the several
States certified copies Of the joint resolu-
ton passed on the 18th, proposing an
Amendment to the Constitution.
Even in ordinary times, . question Of
amending the Constitution must be justly
regarded as Of paramount importance.
This Importance is at present enhanced BY
the fact that the joint resolution was not
submitted by the two Houses for the ap-
proval Of the President; and that Of thirty
six States which constitute the United
States. eleven are excluded from represen.
tation in either House Of Congress ; al
though with the single exception Of Texas
they have been entirely restored to their
functions as States in conformity with the
organic law of the land, and have appeared
at the National Capital with Senators and
Representatives who have applied for ad.
mission and been refused their vacant
seats. Nor have the sovereign people Of
the Nation been afforded an opportunity
Of expressing their views upon the impor-
tant question which the Amendment in
volved.
Grave doubts, therefore, may naturally
arise as to whether the action Of Congress
i, in harmony with the sentiment Of the
people, and whether sister Legislatures,
elected without reference to such an issue.
should be called upon BY Congress to de-
eide respecting the ratification Of the pro.
posed amendment.
Waving the question as to the constitu-
tional validity Of the proceedings Of Con-
gress upon the joint resolution proposing
the amendment, or as to the merits Of the
article which 1. submits to them through
the Executive Department, it should be
observed that the steps taken by the Sec
rotary Of State, as detailed in the accom-.
paying report, are to be considered as
purely ministerial, and in no sense what
ever committing the Executive to an
approval or recommendation Of the
amendment to the State Legislatures or
the people.
On the contrary, a proper regard for the
letter and spirit Of the Constitution, as
well as the interest of national order,
harmony and union, q Difference for an
enlightened public Endorsement, may, at
this time, well suggest a doubt whether
any amendment Of the Constitution ought
to be proposed by Congress, and pressed
in the Legislatures Of the several States
for final decision, until after the admission
of such Senators and Representatives Of
the now unrepresented States a. have been
or may hereafter DO chosen in conformity
with the Constitution and laws of the
United S.ates.
[signed1 ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President ;
WV. H. SEWARD, Seo'y Of State.
News from Europe.
New York, June 24.-The steamship
Germania has arrived, with dates to the
18th.
"A communication from the Emperor Of
France, in the Corps Legislatif, after de-
failing his efforts to prevent a conflict,
says, Had q Conference assembled, my
Government would have declared that
France repudiated any idea Of territorial
aggrandisement. AZ long as the European
equilibrium remains undisturbed, France
could only think Of the extension Of her
frontiers in the event Of the map Of Europe
being altered to benefit the Great Powers.
We should have desired for the German
Confederation a position more worthy Of
it's Importance /; for Prussia better geo.
graphical boundaries ; for Austria d main
tenance Of her great position in Europe,
after the cession Of Venitia, and for Italy
an exchange for territorial compensation.
The Conference has failed. Will the
French be led to draw the sword The
French Government thinks not. What
ever may be the result Of the war which
is likely to break out, as. affects US, will
be solved without the consent Of France"
War Movemcnts.
The Austrian troops evacuated Hol-
stein, marching toward Hamburg. The
Prussian troops entered Altoona on the
18th.
A Vienna dispatch says Gen. Won Cob
lenty had originally received orders to
maintain his position at oil hazards; but
it appearing that the Prussisn column was
six times stronger than he was and