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, Tart Passinsn-r’s Mssssce to Congress was communicated on the 24th ultimo, three weeks lfter the meeting of both Houses. It is dated on- the 2d, at which time it was no doubt ready hr delivery. We give that part ofthis lengthy document, which relates to the relations of the United States with foreign countries, being about one-sixth part of it.

‘ Fellow Citizens of the Senate, and

[loan of Representative: ;-

I regret that I cannoton this Occasion congra- tulate you that the past year has been one of un- alloyed prosperity. The ravages of fire and dis- ease have painfully afflicted otherwise flourish- ing portions of Our country. and serious embar- rassments yet deraiige the trade of many of our cities. But notwithstanding these adverse cir- curnstances, that general prosperity which has been heretofore so bountifully bestowed upon us by the Author of all good, still continues to call for our warmest gratitude. Especially have ‘we reason to rejoice in the exuberant harvests which have lavishly recompensed Well directed indus- try, and given to it that sure reward which is vainly sought in visionary speculations: I can- not indeed riew without peculiar satisfaction, the evidences afforded by the past season of the benefits that spring from the steady devotion of the husbandman to his honorable pursuit. No means ofindividnal comfort is more certain, and no source of national prosperity is so sure—No- thing can compensate a people for a dependence u n others for the bread they eat ; and that chZerful abundance on which the happiness of every one so much depends, is to be looked for no where with such sure reliance as in the iii~ dustry of the agriculturist and the bounties of the earth.

With foreign countries our relations exhibit the same favourable aspect which was presented in my last annual message, and afford continual proof of the wisdom of the pacific, just and for- bearing policy adopted by the first Administra- tion of the Federal Government, and pursued by its successors.—The extraordinary powers vest- ed in me by an act of Congress, for the defence of the country in an emergency considered so far probable as to require that the Executive should possess ample means to meet it, have not been exerted. They have, therefore, been attended with no other result than to increase, by the con- fidence thus reposed in me, my obligations to maintain, with religious exactness, the cardinal principles that govern our intercourse with other nations. Happily, in our pending questions with Great Britain, out of which this unusual grantof authority arose, nothing has occurred to require its exertion ; and, as it is about to return to the Legislature, I trust that no future necessity may call for its exercise by them or its delegation to another department ofthe Government.

For the settlement of our North Eastern Boun- dary, the proposition promised by Great Britain for a commission of exploration and survey, has been'receivcd, and a counter project, including also a provision for a certain and final adjud- ment of the limits in dispute, is now before the British Government for its consideration. A just regard to the delicate state of this question, and a proper respect fbr the natural impatience ofthe State of Maine, not less than a conviction that the negociation has been already protracted lon- ger than is prudent on the part of either Govern- ment, have led me to believe that the present fa- vourable moment should on no account be suf- fered to pass without putting the question for- ever to rest. I feel confident that the Govern- ment of Her Britannic Majesty will take the same view of this subject, as I am persuaded it is

verned by desires equally strong and sincere, or the amicable termination of the controversy.

To the intrinsic difficulties ofquestions ofboun- dary lines, especially those described in regions unoccupied and but partially known, is to be ad- ded in our country the embarrassment necessari- ly arising out ofour Constitution, by which the General Government is made the organ of nego- listing, and deciding upon the particular inter- ests of the States on whose frontiers these lines are to be traced. To avoid another controversy, in which‘a State Government might rightfully claim to.have her wishes consulted, previously to the conclusion of the conventional arrange- ments concerning her right ofjurisdiction or ter- ritory,I have thought it necessary to call the at- tention of the Government of Great Britain to another portion of our conterminous dominion, of which the division still remains to be adjust- ed. I refer to the line from the entrance of Lake Superior to the moat north-western point of the Lake of the Woods, stipulations for the settle- ment of which are to be found in the 7th article of the Treaty of Ghent. The commissioners ap- pointed under that article by the two Govern- ments having difi‘ered in their opinions, made se- parate reports, according to its stipulations, upon the points ofdisagreement, and these differences are now to be submitted to the arbitration of some friendly Sovereign or State. The disputed points should be settled and the line designated, before the Territorial Governmenf, of which it is one of the boundaries, takes its place in the Union as a State ; and I rely upon the cordial co-operation of the British Government to effect that object.

There is every reason to believe that distur- bances like those which‘latelyagitated the neigh- bouring British Provinces will not again prove the sources of border contention, or interpose the obstacles to the continuance of that good under- standing which it is the mutual interest of Great

_ Britain and the United States to preserve and

maintain.

Within the Provinces themselves tranquillity is restored, and on our frontier that misguided sympathy in favour of what was presumed to be a general efl'ort in behalf of popular rights, and which in some instances misled a few of our more lnexperienced citizens, his subsided into a ra-

V I i ' ' ' termed- ’ ‘W m" rarefied!!! iillliii: i‘i‘iiifithe irit‘ernagllafi’airs of our neghbqurs.

pod they always will, a. warm soligitude :1: success of all who are sincerely 3“ cam" '" im rovethe litic _ v geiierous failing they cherish towards ghe git distant nations, and it wasnatural, t el'e : that it should be awakened with more than colm' inon warmth in behalf of immediate neighb" “' But it does not belong to their character as In community to seek the gratification of those fee" ings in acts which violate _their duty as ctllziln‘», endanger the peace of their Wilmva {‘"d ten do bring upon it the stain of a Violated faith town!“i S foreign nations. If, zealous to confer belle ls upon others, they appeariforft Inomem ‘0 lose sight of the permanent obligations imposed FPO" them as citizens, they are seldom long m‘SIed' From all the information I receive, confirmed to some extent by personal observation, I am satis- fied that no one can now hope to engage In Sitch enterprises, without encountering public indig- nation, in addition to the severest penalties Oflhe law.

Recent information also leads me to hope that the emigrants from Her Majesty’s Provinces who have sought refuge within our boundaries are disposed to become peaceable residents. and to abstain from all attempts to endanger the peace of that country which has afforded them an asy- lum. On a review of the occurrences on both sides ofthe line, it is satisfactory to reflect that in almost every complaint against our country, the offence may be traced to emigrants from the Provinces who have sought refuge here. In the few instances in which they were aided by Citi- zens of the United States, the acts of these mis- guided men were not only in direct contravention of the laws and well known wishes of their own Government, but met with the decided disappro- bation of the people of the United States.

I regret to state the appearance of a different spirit among Her Majesty’s subjects in the Cana- das. The sentiments of hostility to our people and institutions, which have been so frequently ex- pressed tliere, and the disregard of our rights which have been manifested on some occastons, have, I am sorry to say, been applauded and en- couraged by the people, and even by some of the subordinate authorities of the Provinces. The chief officers in Canada fortunately have not en- tertained the same feeling, and have probably prevented excesses, that must have been fatal to the peace ofthe two countries.

I look forward anxiously to a period when all the transactions which have grown out of this condition of our affairs, and which have been made the subjects of complaints and remort- strance by the Governments respectively, shall be fully examined, and the proper satisfaction given where it is due from either side.

Nothing has occurred to disturb the harmony of our intercourse with Austria, Belgium, Den- mark, France, Naples, Portugal, Prussia, Russia or Sweden. The internal state of Spain has sensibly improved, and a well grotinded hope ex- ists that the return of peace will restore to the people of that country their former prosperity, and enable the Government to fulfil all its obliga- tions at home and abroad. The Government of Portugal, I have the satisfaction to state, has paid in full the eleventh and lad! instalment due to our citizens for the claim braced in the settlement made with it on tb~ ,3d of March, 1837. ,

I lay before you treaties ofcommerce negocia- ted, the ratifications of which have been ex- changed with the Kings of Sardinia and the Netherlands, since the adjournment of Congress. The liberal principles of the treaties will recom- niend them to your approbation. That with Sardinia is the first treaty of commerce formed with that kingdom, and it will, I trust, answer the expectations of the present Sovereign, by aiding the developement of the resources of his country, and stimulating the enterprise of his people. That with the Netherlands happily terminates a. long existing subject of dispute, and removes from our future commercial intercourse all ap- prehension of embarrassment. The King of the Netherlands has also, in future illustration of his character for justice, and of his desire to remove every cause of dissatisfaction, made compensa- tion for an American vessel captured in 1800 by a French privateer, and carried into Cnracoa, where the proceeds were appropriated to the use of the Colony, then, and for a short time after, under the dominion of Holland.

The death ofthe Sultan has produced no alter- ation in our relations with Turkey. Our newly appointed Minister Resident has reached Cori- stantinople, and I have received assurances from the present Ruler that the obligations ofour trea- ty, and those of friendship, will be fulfilled by himself in the same spirit that actuated his illus- trious father.

I regret to be obliged to inform you that no convention for the settlement ofthe claims of our citizens upon MeXico has yet been ratified by the Government of that. country. The first conven- tion formed_for that purpose was not, presented. by the President of Mexico for the approbation of its Congress, from the beliefthat the King of Prussia, the arbitrator in case of disagreement in the 1mm commtsston to be appointed by the Uni- ted States and Mexico, would not consent to take upon himselftbat friendly office. Although not; entirely satisfied with the course pursued by MEXICO. I .felt no hesitation in receiving in the gfilalzgzfilteartgfi spiritthe explanation offered, , _ y consented to a new conven- iboriie iiiacifgetbtguarmpge theyaymems Promised while e uall 'usti (flilzens’ m a manner Which’ rous and inzdnveni’e tent], has {seemed less one- men: Relyin n o t e lexican Govern.

- g confidently upon the intentions of that G°V9mmenh Ellis was directed to fizzlrralfiexgcgépnd diplomatic intercourse has V weenthe two countries. The

The panic ofthe United states reel. as, it '3 h” '

al condition of-mankind. This '

M “were ' bmitte '1 ‘ I} "p 3min Cowgirls-knocks; circumstance! promise .a speedy imtfifiuflii a ""13 “'4 ° ‘ ' L... - r _ . ., cannot allow myself My . __ p 7 _ 3 Instructions have beentgtM‘ the Gommzsltn oners of the .Unitedetates undeyfurgortiyznlilple ' Texas, for Ltlte-dernarc‘at) ii- '- I separates ,us from :tbat‘MpuNltfl: git; Commissioners of bothGovernmenta met. in_ Him Orleans, in August last. The jotnt contort: me was organized, and adjourned to convene at a, same place on the 12th of October. Tt as pres - med to be now in the performance of its duties: The new government of Texas has sltewn its desire to cultivate friendly relations With us, by a

the case of two vessels of the United States. With Central America a convention has been concluded for the renewal of its former treaty with the United States. This was not ratified before the departure of our late Charge d Af- faires from that country, and the copy of it brought by him was not received before the ad-

‘ journment of the Senate at the last session. In

the meanwhile, the period limited for the ex- change of ratific'ations having expired, I deemed it expedient, in consequence of the death of the Charge d’Affaires, to send a special agent to Central America, to close the affairs of our mis- sion there, and to arrange with the Government an extension of the time for the exchange of a ions. , rat’llfilibtcommission created by the States which formerly composed the republic ofColunibia, for adjusting the claims against that Government, has. by a very unexpected construction ofthe treaty un- der which it acts, decided that no provision was made for those claims of citizens of the United States which arose from captures by Colombian privateers and were adjudged against the. claim- ants in the judicial tribunals. This decis:on wrll compel the United States to apply to the several Governments formerly united for redress. With all these—New Grenada, Venezuela, and Ecli— ador, a perfectly good understanding exists. Onr treaty with Venezuela is faithfully carried into execution, and that country, in the enjoy- ment of tranquillity, is ad-w icing in prosperity under the guidance ofits ' % sent distinguished President. General Paez. ith Ecuador, a lib- eral commercial convention has been lately con- cluded, which will be transmitted to'the Senate at an early day.

With the great American Empire of Brazil our relations continue unchanged, as does our friendly intercourse with the other Governments of South America—the Argentine Republic, and the Republics of Uraguay, Chili, Peru, and Bo- livia. The dissolution ofthe Peru Bolivian Con- federation may occasion some temporary incon- venience to our citizens in that quarter, but the obligations on the new Governments which have arisen out of that Confederation to observe its treaty stipulations, will no doubt be soon under- stood, and it is presumed no indisposition will exist to fulfil those which it contracted with the United States. "“ " "" i . The present condition of the defences of our principal seaports and navy’yards, as represented by the accompanying report of the Secretary of War, calls for the early and serious attention of Congress; anti, as connecting itself intimately with this subject, I cannot recommend too strongly to your consideration the plan submitted by that officer for the organization of the militia ofthe United States. ., * “‘ "‘

The leading topics of the remaining part of the Message are Banking and the Sub-Treasury.

The financial operations of the year are stated to have been very successful. The expenditure, it is computed, will not exceed twenty-six mil- mions. No estimate is given ofthe produce of the revenue. ’

The Message alludes briefly to the continu-

ance of hostilities in Florida, and recommends to the cuiiSideraiion of Congress a plan submit- ted by the Secretary of War for putting an end to them. It recommends a revision of the laws relating to the the transfer of American vessels, and such an alteration of that law that when vessels are sold abroad. to foreigners, advantage may not be taken Iof their apparent American character for carrying on the slave trade under that disguise. - ' The Post Ql’fice Department is represented as in a flourishing condition-“the routes having been extended during the year, and the revenue increased by the sum of $241,560. The ex- penditures of the Departrrient, however, which amountjo $4.6?4,l'l7, exceeded the revenue by $147,649. This excess was defrayed our of we previously accumulated surplus 0f resources,

In the Senate, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, a EfiifggeSYSchcajfied from the President of the

r en, on motion, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of Executive busmessr and after some time spent therein the doors were again opened, when ,

Mr. Linn introduced the following resolutions;

1395013". That it is the opinion of the Senate that the title of the United States to the Territo-

fimqlfignrggon is indisputable, and never will be

Resolved, That the Pr States he requested to gi Eiso2vernment that the conventions of 1818 and ih awhich gave the right to useand occupy

e regon Territory, its bays, rivers harbours &c. to both parties indiscriminately shall ce ’ In twelve months after such notification ase

Resolved, That it is both expedien'tiand ro pjer to extend such portions of the laws ofpth-

nited States over the Territory of Ore on a: may be necessary to secure the lives‘, libefy and‘

may reside in said

esident of the United vs notice to the British

property of our citizens who Territory. 4 adgasolvrled, That=it1 is expedient to 'raise an ona regiment of infantry (rifle) for th “purpose of o ' e.

verawiug and keeping in check

prompt reparation for injuries complained of in-

“ is! Indian tri ~ gait-be in said Tern » at the, saute time . tl’Q- citizens engagedfn kgithlte oc , _ .,.lep¢d, That serene! l. granted to every white male inhabitant , Territory, of the age of eighteen firs, who ‘ cultivate and use the same I can , w years, and to his heirs at law in ‘-

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The Resolutions in favour of unhi Provinces were brought forward in LB , , tive council on the “ith December, by the H z; "I Mr. Sullivan. They are five in number.

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{0 Resolved; 1.-—That the events which her already marked the history of Lower Canada the consequent necessity for a suspension of r ; constitution, and the inadequacy of the pm":

of government existing there, for the .enactrne of permanent laws, such as are requtred for th benefit of the people, present a state of publi affairs in the Sister Province, deeply to . deplored by this House, as well from a dist terested anxiety for the welfare of a people . nearly connected with Upper Canada, as in co sideration of the injurious consequences result ing to this community, from 'a continuance o the unsettled political condition of the Lowe Province. ,

Resolved, 2.,—-That the present dcrang , of the Finances of Upper Canada—the. y _ suspension of her public improvements—t paralyzed condition of private enterprise—t. cessation of immigration, and the apparentj, , possibility of the removal of these evils, wiihdu: the united efforts ofboth the Canadian Provin ’3 ——make the adoption of some great measure n cessary, which will restore prosperity to t Caiiadas, and renew confidence at home an abroad in the stability of their political iristitn tions. ' _

Resolved, S—Tliat considering the hopeless ness, arising from past experience, and from I view ofthe political condition of Lower Canada 1 of ever realizing, in separate Legislatures, th unity of feeling or actiOn in matters affecting equally the interests of both Provinces, on which the prosperity or safety of either may especiall depend, a re-uuion ofthe Provinces ofUpper ant Lower Canada has, in the opinion oftliis House become indispensable for the restoration; of g r - Government within these Colonies, and forth preservation of their institutions in connection with the Parent State.

Resolved, 4~That for these urgent reasons the assent of thisVHriuse be expressed to the: enactment of the important measure of re-ulii of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada recommended by Her Majesty to both Houseso Parliament, and to the Houses of the Provincial Legislature'by His Excellency the Governor General; and that-such assent, on the part - this House, be given on the following terms: ' v 3

First—That there be an «1:er ‘ J v ' ofeach Province in the United Legislature.’ ' ’

Secondly—That a sufficient permanent List be granted to Her Majesty, to enable ‘ Majestyto render the Judicial 'Bench indepe ' dent alike of Executive power and populj influence, and to carry on the indispensa : services ofGovernment. )

Thirdly—That the public debt of this vince, contracted for public works of a gene» nature, shall, after the union, be charged t ‘ joint revenue of the United Province. ' ,7

Resolved—That in yielding this ready can », rence to the measure of re-union of the. Prii'vi' . ces,'strongly recommended by Her Majesty, , Legislative Council of Upper Canada rely iii the Wisdom and justice of their most ‘ " Sovereign, and Her Majesty’s Parliamezié devismg the details of a plan of re-nnion," for the establishment of such a system of t. vernment in the United Province, as will ten, to the deyelopement of its, natural resoiirces,an' enable it, With the blessings of Divine Provi dcnce, to pursue steadily, and free from t . ‘ distractions by which the country has lately been diVided, the course of prosperity and’he2 . piness, which the best interests of the people.