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 measure foreign from the United States in its causes, character and objects The attempt was undeIstoF-- be made in sympathy with an insurgent fDUin Ireland, and by striking at British pff tshce on ths continent, was designed to aid in obtaining redress for polit- ical grievances which it was assumed the pe0- pie of Ireland have suffered at the hands ol the British Government during period of several centuries. The persons engaged m It were chiefly natives of that country, some of whom had, while others had not, become cit izens of the United States, under our general laws of naturalization. Complaints ofmisgoy- ernment in Ireland continually engage the at tention of the British nation; and so great an agitation is now prevailing in Ireland that the British Government have deemed it necessa- " to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in that country. These circumstances must ne cessarily modify opinions which might other wise have obtained in regard Co an expedition expressly prohibited by our naturalization laws. So long as these laws remain upon our statute books, they should be faithfully exc cuted and if they operate harsbly, uniustly, or oppressively, ongress alone can apply the remedy by their modification. Political and commercial interests of the United States are not unlikely to be affected in some degree by events which are transpiring in the eastern region of Europe, and the time seems to have come when our Government ought Co have a proper diplomatic representation in Greece.
 RIGHT or REPATRIATION.
 This Government has claimed for all per sons, not convicted or accused. or suspected of crime, an absolute political right of sell-ex- patriation and a choice of new national allegi- ance. Most Of the European States have dis sented from this principle, and have claimed right tO hold such of their subjects as have emigrated to, and have afterwards been nat urslized in, the United States, and atterward returned on transient vessels to their native countries, to the performance of military ser vice in like manner as resident subjects
 Complaints arising from the claim in this respect made by foreign States, have hereto fore been matters Of controversy between the United States and some of the European pow CTS, and their action consequent upon the failure to settle this question, increased dur ing the war in which Prussia. Italy and Aus tria were engaged while Great Britain has never acknowledged the right of expatriatIon she has not practically insisted uponit. France has been equally forbearing and Prussia has proposed q compromise, which, although eyincing increased liberality, had not been accepted by the United States. Peace s now prevailing every where in Europe. and the present seems Co be favorable time for an as ertioH by Congress of thc principle maintained by the Executive Department that naturaliz. ation by one State fully exempts the native born subject of any other State from the pcr formance of military service under any foreign Government so long as he does not yoluntari- ly renounce its rights and benefits.
 In the performance of duty imposed upon me by the Constitution, l have thus submit ted to the Representatives of the States and of the people such information of our domestic and foreign affairs as the public interest seems to require. Our Government Is now under going it's most trying ordeal, and my earnest prayer is that the ordeal may be success fully and finally passed without mparing its original strength and symmetry. The inter ests Of the nation are best promoted by a re- yiyal of fraternal relations, complete Oblitera- ton of our past differences, and the reinaugu- ration of all pursuits of peace. Directing our efforts to the early accomplishment of these great ends, let Us endeavor to preserve iaf- mony between the co ordinate departments of the Government, so that each in its proper sphere may cordially cooperate with the oth- CTS in securing the maintenance of the Con stitution, the preservation of the Union, and the perpetuity of our free institutions
 ANDREW JOHNSON.