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,i: ' t , j '-j 4 ' ' ' - J, i" . , , . t '7" -""" T mm.-5;fe p ?FH5f it SALEMj NORTH; GARbLIHAv-.FRDAI HORNING, "DECEMBER 17, 1858. NO. 39. i ji . f . i I : "3 He PUBLISHED, WJSMLI BY L YcBitJM; t raiCfcTtfo fcrjllara n Year; IST1 No. paper will be) diseopunueQjuntjJ bU atearsges are paid, except at the option of the S fx Copies for 1 Ten .i. : Twenty " $25 iK : An t ueraon BrodtnriBe jltx new-aubioribera acid remitting Ten Dollars, will be entitled to a i TERMS OF ADVERTISING. One square, (fifteen lines or less,) first inser tion One Dollar, and iweny-nve cents wr every subsequent insertion. Deductions made in fa Tor of standing advertisements, tor a square, ag follows : , For tbreet montbsj - : . : - 3 50 ; Forif miontbsi i : $5 50 For Welvo months, I ' .: I s A 88 00 Professional or Business Cards, not exceed ing five lines in length Five Dol'ars a year, . i? X Jonger ones in proponion &eap. llBoous. , TILL on hand, a few Books which will le 1 sold cheap, to wit : . - ? 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A TTITGTIT ATT1 THTTR" AT' I ttat res5aUnco 10 lewful authority, under our eoed in what baa been called the English Com 'PJ2JilU;llJD XJU rAftXtJ U UAri AJJ I form of government, cannot fail in the eod to promise, and approved the "Act for the adais w in iiuf:'"ppByai 'e fije. prove disastrous to iu authors. Had the peo- sion of the Suta of Kansas into the Union" .: . - .' ' ipieoime itmwry yieweo. ooeaienoe to tb o can now be seen at Hall I uwmvut w uc lwivu. fji uii fcrcst, i u wbww u u uu taugivu ucimou hi hue v for a short time only Ithe.slatery .'question would. ere this hxvs ' been I question of iu admission noder the Lecomptoa hereheaded, New Features finally settled, according td the legally express-1 constitution. Surely it is" tot unreasonable to IPresidBrits Hefesage, uoeiiizent of the' Senate j .f and Moute qf Representative: V Wten vi tcaipara the oondlQon of tte coun try at tbe(present dat: with -.what- it was one year ago; at tho'meetiiig'Of Congress, we have math: reaion : fof gratitude to that Almighty Providence, which has . never failed to inter pose for our jeiefat the most critical periods of our history, ' One year ago, the sectional strife between the Nrth and the South onUhe dangerous subject of slavery, had again become so intense, as to threaten the peace-and perpe- Jimty of tb CQuedertcy. The application for me admissions of iina& as-a State into the Union, fostered this, unhappy agitation, and Drougot tne wneie subject once mora belote Uongress. It was the desire of very patriot that itich measures of " legislation might be a dopted, as would remove the excitement from the States, and confine it to the Territory where u legmmaieiy Deiongea. Diuctt nu Deen done, I am happy. to say, towards the accom.l the trust of framing a constitution, withont re piishment of thia object, during the last session I quiring them to subject their eonatituenU to of Con press. -r ? . I I The bopreme Court of the United States had I previously deqded ttnat all American citizens I have aequ&l right to take into the Territories I whatever is helq.as pioperty under toe laws ot any. of the States, an i to x hold such property there under the- guardranihip- of - the federal constitutroB-so long-as the territorial condition shall remain. This is now a well-established . position, and the proceedings of the last session were alone wanting to give it praotical effeot. - The prin. flame of excitement throughout the country. ciple has been recognised, in some form or oth- This reflection may pro to to be a lesson of wis er, by an almost unanimous vote of both houses dom and of warning for our future guidance. .v-4 - rr k. . j.ii . t .s.ii i i - . ui vuugrew, ku m jlciiiivij uma m uguk hj come into the Union either at a free or a slave State, according to the will of a majority of its people. . The just equality of all the States has wqus Deen vinaicaiea, ana a iruiuui sonroe oi i toemseives, or accomplish tte very same ob dan'gerous dissension among them has been Meet by remaining out of the Union and fram. removed. I Whilst 'such has been the beneficial tenden I cy of your legislative proceedings outside of jxansaa, ineir inuuence nas nowoere Deen o happy aa within that Territory itself. 'Left to wr i. a l , manage and control its own affairs in its own way, without the pressure of external iofloeoco I the revolutionary Topeka organization and all resistance to the territorial government estab lished by Congress, have been folly abandoned. As a natural consequence, that fine Territory I now appears xo oe iranquu ana prosperous, and - . . t . . ! , 'I. . .. W is attracting increasing tbousands of emigrants t0 "alte ' v. W0"8-. j.ne pan unioriuuaie experience ot ivansas has enforced the lesson so often already taught laws enacted oy ineir legislature, it would at the present moment hive contained a large ad ditional population of industrious and enter. prising citizens, who have been deterred from entering its borders by the existence of civil strife and organized rebsllion. It was the resistance to rightful authority and the persevering attempts to establish a re volutionary government under the Topes a con stitution, which caused the ' people of Kansas to commit the grave error of refusing , to vote I ior ueiegaies 10 mo convention to name a con stitution, under a law not denied to be fair and just in ii provisions. This refusal to vote has been he prolific source of all the evils which navJ toliowed. in their hostility to the terri . . . , PvAl government, they -disregarded the princi yfnlA km ntl 1 ...I. , m pic, uuauiukcijr smcuhw me woraiog oi our form of government, that a majority of those who vote not the majority who may remain at home, from whatever cause must dcrMn tne result ot an election. ' For this reaann. - . . seeking to Uke advantage of their own error. I . .. . . .!..... " "eJ aful? lQ tulDOnlJ 'ne convention S,CEU ,"i,fu" cooeiuunon. i inn nnnrpniinn nnTttirhfit..itn m . . . j I I to adobt a constitution naeTMntinnhlA In general features, and providing for the submis sion oi the slavery ' question to a vote of a vote of the people, which, in my opinion, they were bound! to do, under the Kansas and .Nebraska act This was the all important question which had alone convulsed the Territory; and yctTtbe opponents ot the lawful government, persisting in their first error, refrained from exercising . 1 1 . . . . . . OI ineir ngni to vote, ana preierred that slavery should continue, rather than surrender their revolutionary Topeka ofgahizationr " A wiser and better spiht seemed to prevail m m . Atm ' t aw m. betore the nrst Monday of January last, when an election was held under tho constitution.: A majority of the people then voted for a" gov ernor and other State officers, for a member of Congress and members of the Stato legislature. I This election was warmly contested by the two political parties in Kansas, and a preater t was polled than at any previous election. A ' . p large majority of the members of the legisla tnrerWt hrlonpwl tn th&t xm mwX 4 previously refused to vote. The anti slavery party' were thus placed in the ascendant, and the political power of the State was in their own hands. . Had Congress admitted Kansas! into the Union under the Leoomptoo eoostita I tion, the legislature might, at its very first sei-Tteeond day of August latt, and it resulted in sion, have submitted the question to a vote of I the rejection, by a large majority, of the propo- ' - . a . " the people, wnei&er they would or would notl"ou suomutea to the people by congress. uavc a conveuwon 10 imcoa .tncir consuiuuon either on the slavery or any other question, and have adopted all necessary; means for giv ing speedy eCect to the will of the maiontv. mi . . r . I inns the Kansas : auestion would have been immediately settled. " . J .under tneso. circumstances, I submitted to I Congress the constitution thus framed, with all the officers already elected necessary to put the btate government into operation, accompanied J. strong ; recommendation in favor i of the admission of Kansas aS a State. . In the course of my: long public life 1 bave never performed any official act wbieh'in the" retrospect,''' has afforded me tnoTe heartfelt' satisfaction. v;Its ry on any human being," whilst it would with. in a brief period, have restored peace to Kansas I . l f . . K . I I . f. 4. . . . I ,k. . i. .1. .r.V. 1... . I J ..J .w. ed will of a majority of. tie to .'and popa- lar sovertifoty would the have T m. en'vtadict ed in a constitutional manner. ,''." rr ' With my deep eoovictions of datv I could have pursued so other eoarsa. It la trua. that aa an individual, I had expressed an opinion, both before and doriog the teation of the eon vention, ia faror of suDmitting the remainiog clauses of the oonsututioo, as well as tnat con cerning sfavery, to the people. . - But, "acting in an official character, neither myself nor any human authority had the power to rejudge the proceeding of the convention, and declare the constitution which it had fram ed to be a nullity. Jo have, done this would have been a -violation of the Kansas and Ne braska at. whieh left tha people of the Terri tory "perfectly free te. form and reculate their domestie initiiutba in their own way, subject It would eouallv have violated the great trin eiple of popular sovereign'?, at the foandatlon of our institutions, to deprive the people of the , power, if they thought preper to exercise It. of confiding to delegates elected by themselrea tha trouble, exrjense. and delav of a second election. It would have been in, opposition to many precedents in our history, commencing m the very best age of the republic, of the ad mis- sion of Territories aa Bute iato tb Uoioo, without a previous vote of the people approving constitution. ' It is to be lamented that a question so in- significant when viewed in iu practical effects on tho people of Kansas, whether, decided one way or the other, should, have kindled each a xrrkciicaijj coouacreu, luc qaesuoa is Bimpij whether the people of that Territory should first come into the Union and then chance an t provision in their constitution not amcable to mg another constitution in accordance, with their will ? In either case the result would be precisely the same. The only difference in point Of fact is, that tie object would have been much sooner attained, and the pacifica tion of Kansas more f peedilv effected, had it been admitted as a State daring the last ses sion of Congress. My recommendation, however, for the im mediate admission of Kansas, failed to meet the approbation of Coogrcee. Thev deemed it wlaer to adopt a different measure for the set tlenient of the Question. For m? own urt I 8oald h rillio to f" my assent u almoat anv couatitotional mcianro to imn plish this object. 1, therefore, cordially aequi pon ttia terms toe rein prescribed Under the ordinance which aotmnauied the Lecompton constitution, the people of Kansas had claimed double the quantity of ublio lauds for tne support of common schools, which bad ever been previously granted to any Stato upon enteriag the Union : and also the alternate seo- "ui ui mbu ior tweire mues on cacn aiae oi two railroads, proposed to be constructed from the northern to the southern boundary,' and from the eastern to the western boundary of the State. Congrea, deeming these claim uurea sonable, provided, by the act of May 4, 1853, to which i have jnst referred, for the admission of the State on an equal footing with the orig mat states, Dot "upon -tho fundamental condt- Ujn precedent that a majority of the people thereof, at an election to b held for that pur i - "jv I .. . . . . pose, snouid, in place of the very large grants of public lands which they had demanded un- dcr the ordinance, acwpt such grants as Lad beoa mad tn M!nnsut and mtVr now Rtala I ..-Mvvf.-.v. - - " i Ucdfer thU t lUnM . r.Ur.'i if,. I Proposition offered tham. 4it ahall be deemed and beU that the people of Kansas do not de- i sire aamissin into the Union with said coosti- i . n ... j .1.. 1 - - . m . 1 - . .. tution noder the conditions set forth in said proposition." In that event, the act authoriz es the people of the Territory to elect delegates to torni a constitution and State government for themselves, "whenever and not before, itb ascertained by a census, duly and legally taken that the population of said Territory equals or exceeds the ratio of representation required for a member of the House of Representatives oi the Congress of the Vol ted States." The del egates thus assembled "shall first determine by a vote whether it is the with of the people of the proposed State to be admitted into the Uni on at that time, aad, if so, shall proceed to form a constitution, and take all necessary stps for .the establishment of a State government in conformity with , the federal constitution." After this constitution shall have been formed, Congress, carrying out tho principle! of popu lar sovereignty and non-interveotion, have left "the mode and manner of its approval or rati- ncaupn by the people of the proposed stale t0 "ii prescribed bylaw," and they "shall 1 len be admitted into, the Union as a oute 0D,er ucn co'totton thus fairly and legally with or without slavery, as said consu- taton may prcecribo." A election waa held throughout Kansas, in pursuance of the provisioos of this act, on the . m. a -a m " wk m case. ocw are now iumnc to form another constitution, preparatory to ad mission into the Union, but not until their number, as ascertained by a census, shall equal or exceed the ratio required to elect a member to the liouse oi iteprcseotatives. It is not probable, in the present taU of the case, that a third constitution can be lawfully framed and presented to Coogreae by Kaoa, before it population shall bave reached the I deal rusted number. Nor is it to be presumed I that, after their aad experience in rcsisUog the 1 territorial laws. they, will attempt to adopt a I eonstitutSoJi in.xpresi violation yf 'the provis I ions ( anact'of Congrtas. -Dariog the aewioo 1 cu pied on the queation of adotittiog Kansas an ( der the Topeka : eonstitution. , Again, nearly require the people of hanaat to wait, beforw making third attempt, uatutha number of their InhabiUnU ahall amount to ninety-three thousand four hundred and twenty, baring this brief period the harmony of the Slate, as well as the great btnlaeaa intemUof the conn ry, demand that the people of the Union shall not for a third time be convulsed by aoother agitation on the Kansas question. By waitiog for a short time, and acting in obedienoe to law Kansas will glide into the Union without the slightest Impediment. This excellent provision, whilh Ccsgrta have applied to Kansas, ought to be extended and rendered applicable to aJU Territorial which may hereafter seek admission into the Union. Whilst Ccngreas possess the unJoubtad power oz almltuor a new SUM into the Union, ho eversmXU may. be the somber of ill Inhabi tants, ytt this power ought bol la m ccfuion. to be exercised before the pcpulalloa shall a mount to the ratio required by the act for the admiatlon of Kansas. Had this been trtvi- ouslr the rule, the country wsold have escap ed all the evils and misfortunes to which it has been exposed by the Kansas question. ji course, i wouia v unjust to give this rule a retrospective at plication, and exclude a rt i. til . . . ... Sute which, actiog upon the post practice of the government, bis already formed iu consti tution, elected its legislature and other cEccrs and is now prepared to enter the Uoioo. The rule ought to be adopted, whether we consider its bearing on the people of the Terri- wiica ur uwu ui people ox ui CXUUSg SUUL Many of the serious distensions which have prevailed io Coo frets and throughout the coun try, would have been avoided, had this rule been esubiished at an earlier period of the government. Immediately upon the formation of a new Territory, people from different Stales and from foreign countries rush into it, for the lau dable purpose of improving theix condition. Their first doty to themidres is to opes and eultivau farms, to construct roads, toceUbUsb schools, to'erect places of religious worshiped to devote their energies generally to reclaim the wilderness and to lay the looudauous of a flourishing and prosperous commonwealth. If. in this incipient condition, with a population of a lew thousand, they should prematurely eater the Union, they are oppressed by the burden of Sute taxation, and the means necessary for the improrement of the Territory, and the ad. vancement of their own interesU are thus di verted to very differeat purposes. The federal government his ever been a liberal parent to the Territories, and a generous contributor to the useful enterprises ot the ear ly settlers. It his paid the expenaes of their got ernmenU and Ifzulauro assemblies out of the common treasury, and thus relieved them e i , , . .. . irons s oeavy coarra. uader these eircum- lUoces, notbiog can be better cateulated to rt Urd thtir maUnal pmgresa.than to divert them inra ineir useiai employment, oy prematurely cxeiucg angry political oontesu among them selves, for the benefit of aiptnor leaders. It is sorely no hardship for. embryo governor, senators, and members of Coogrvaa, to wait nntd the namberof tnhabiuou shall equal tboee of a siogle coogreasiooal district. Thev sorely ought not to be permitted to rush iato the Unioo, with a population leas than ooe half or several of the large counties io the interior of some of the States. This was the condition of Kansas when it made application to be admitted noder the Topeka eonstitution. Be sides, it requires some time to reoder the mass of a population collected in a new Territory, at an nomeogeneous, and to nmte them on aoy thing like a Died policy. Establish tha rule. and all will look forward to it and govern them selves accordingly. But justice to the people of tre several Sutes requires that this rule should be published by Congress. Kaeh Sute is entitled to two sens tors and at least oae rrpreaeouuve' io Co ogres. Should the people of the Slates fail to elect a Vice President, the power d voltes upon the Senate to select this oScer from the two high est candidates on the list. In case of the death of tho President, the Vice President thus elect ed by the Senate, becomes-President of the U. butes. On all questions of legislation, the senators from the smallest Sutes of the Union have an epual vote with those from the largest Tbe same may be said ic regard to the ratifica tion oi treau ej, and of hxecuute appointments. All this has worked sdmitablv in craeiie. whilst it conforms in principle with the charac ter ol a govern meat , instituted by sovereign Sutes. I presume no American cuisen would desire the slightest chango in the arrangement cuu, is it not unjust snd unequal to the exist ing States to intct some forty or fifty thous and people collected io a Territory with the attributes of sovereignty, and place them on an equal footing with Virgioia and New York In tbe Senate of tbe Uo.ted States 7 ior these reasons. I earnestly recommend aV a . a too passage oi a general act, -srtnea shall pro viae tost upon tne application of a territorial legislature, declariog their belief that the Tor ritory cooums a number of inbabiuoU whieh, it in a btate, would entitle them to elect member of Congress, it shall be tbe dot v otthe President to cause a census of the bhabiunu to bo ukeo, and if found sufficient, then by the forms of this act to authorise them to proceed "in their own! way to frame a bute cent U la tion preparatory to admission into th TJoioo. I also recommend that an srtrorrution mat be made, to enable the President to take a cen sus of the people ot Kansas. Tha present condition of the Territory of Utah, when contrasted with what it wis one year ago, is a subject for congratulation. It was then in a sUU of open rebellion, and, cost what it might, the character of the government required, that this rebe.hoo should be suppress ed and the Mormons compelled to yield obedi ence to tbe constitution snd the lews. In Jtyder to accomplish this object, as I' informed tru in my but annual message, I arpototed a new governor instead of Urigham loo eg, and other federal oQcers to uke the place) of those who, consulting their personal safety, had found It necea ary to withdraw from tho Territory. To protect these civil officers, and to aid them, as a vcUt comttotms. la the executiott of the laws in case of need,' I Ordered a deathmen ot the army to eoeeapaay them 14 Uuh.' Tht necessity tor adoplisg there taeinrts is now oemoost rated. ' Oa the 15th EecUaber. 1857. G uter no Young issued his rroelamatis. In tha attla mf an independenl srrverelgu, aanoaadag hs pur- posej so rtsui py lares of arms if entry of the United Sutes troops iato our own territory of w ibu nei required au Lia loreca in the Territory, to "hold themselves ia readies to march at a moment's notice to repel aay and all such Invulou." and eauhliih martial law from Us daU throughout the Territory. These proved to be so idle thrtaU. Forts Brid gtr and Supply were vacated and burnt down by the JloTrnouSj ta deprive our trocpe ef a -Iter after their leer aad faliraisr earth. Urtsfi were iwaed by Uaaiel U. WaJs, sty. ling himself "IisukBsnt General, 2?aavoo La- rioo," to aUapeda tht animals cf the United Sutea troops on thtir march, to set fire to their trains, to turn the grass and the whole ecus try before tbea aad on their facts U kttp thca froa slnpisg by nlhl turtrlaea, aad to blockade the road by falliag trees, aad dsttrsT legthe fcrds ef rivers, (ts., Aa., loese cnseri were proneUy aad erutaally obeyed. Oa the 4ih October, 1537, the Mcr. mons captured and burned cu Green IUttr, three of our supply trains, coaiiatin &f ittts. ty-fira wagons baied with rrotisions aad leau for the army, and drote awsy several huadrtd soimtls. This diminished the supply cf pro visions materially that Gt&eral Johnson was obliged to reduce the ration, and even with this precaution, there was only su5eieat reft to subsist the troops until the first cf Jaoe. Uar litue army behaved admirably in their cacampmsat at Port Bridget, noder these try log privations. Ia the midst of the moaaulas, la a dreary, ucsetlled. aad iahcspiuhle rtgioa more than a thousand miles from home, thev passed the severe and iaelement winter without a murmur. Thty locked forward with etofi deuce for relief froa their country ia dae sea soo, aad ia this ihey were cot disappointed. The Secreury of war employed aa his ener gies to forward them the necessary tarptks, aad to masur aad sead such a military free to Utah as would reader reaisuace on the part of the Mormons hcpelej, aad thus tcrmiaau the war without the efaaioa of blood. Ia his efforts he was ceieatly sustained by Coorrtas. They granted appropriations rucicut to cater the oehcieoey that Dceessaruy created, aad also prorided for raising two rvgimeaU of vol unteers, "for the 'purpose of quelliog disturb ances ia the Terriury cf Uuh, for tat pxoteo tion of supply snd emigrant trains, and the suppression of Indian hostilities on the fron tiers." Iisrpily there was no occasion to call these regimeau into service. If there had beta, I should have felt serious embarrassment ia se lecting them, so great 'was the cumber of cur brave aad pairiouo ciuxens anxious to serve their country ia this d'utsct aad arpare&tly dangerous expedition. Thus it bis ever been aad thus may it ever be 1 THe wisdom aad economy of sea dlar su5 tueot mafrttemeau to Uuh are esUbUehrd cot caly by the event, but ia the opinta of tnoee wno,iroa t&rir petition aad eppcrtaniutt are the most capable cf form'cr a comet lair meat. General Johnston, the commaadrr of the forces, ia addrtsaiag the Secretary of War froa Fort Bridgtr, uadcr daU cf October 19, 1S57, u presses the opinion that uales a large force is seat here, froa the nature of the country, a protracted war on their (the Mcr. moas) part is beviubls." This ho considered necessary to terminate the war Mspoedily. aad more economically than If atUmpted by insuf ficient means." In the mean time, It was my anxious desire that the Mormons should yield obedience to the constitution snd the lews' without render, tog it necessary to resort to military force. To aid ia accomplhiog this object, I deemed advisable ia April last, to despatch two dis tinguished ciUttns cf the United Sutes, Mes srs. rowell aad McCulIoch, to Uuh. McCulloeh. to Uuh. Thev I bora with thea a proclamation addressed by If to the iahabtuau ? Uuh, dated oo the mysc sixth dsy of that moolb, warning thca cf their true condition, and how cope'tss it was oa their part to persist ia rebellion szaiait the United Sutes, aad offering all thoa who should submit to the laws a fall pardon for their past seditions aad treasons. At the aaas time, I assured those who should persist ia rebellion against the United Stales, that they must expect no runner leotty, hut look to be I togt cr the country, aal ts require the laterpo rirurously dealt with according to thtir deeerts. I siuou cf the rovemma&L VntiynZ The instructions to these sreau. as well at a copy of the proclamation, aad thtirutports, I against thes vioUtbas cf our righu of sorer sre herewith submitUd- It wUl be seen by I eiraty. aad'a natal foa waa at ta imi lJ-- their report of the 2d ef July but, tha thty have fuUy eoalrmed Us opinion cspreeaed by General Johnston la the prtthas October, ssl to ths necessity cf seeding reinf sreemeau to Uuh. Ia this they sute, that they are firmly imprtted with the belief that the prtseace of I the army here an! the large additional foroel taatcaaoeeu croerca wish lemtory, wtrei theehief iadocemeaU tha caused the Mormons to abandon the Idea cf resisting the authority I of the United Sutes. A less decime policy would probably have resulted ia a long, bloody and eipensive wsr. These gentlemen conducted themselves to my entire ratisfactiou and rtadered useful set vices in executing t&e humane iaunuoas of government. It also afiorus me grral satalacUoa to sUU that Governor Cummiog has performed his da- tyinaa abla aad coaciUatory maaatr, aadl with tht happiest effect I caaaoc la this coo ncctioo, refrain from menUoulog tht valuable services' of CoL Thomas L. Kane, who froca motives of pure bensvolcaoe, aad wiihout aay oDaal character cr pecuniary coapcasatioo. tisited Uuh during the last iaelement wiaur, for the he purpose of contribuUag to the pafia- of the Territory. uon I am hsrpy to lafora you. tha ths rovem or and other citil cSccrt of Uuh, are now per- forming thtir apprspriate faocUoas r . m. . a aw a muuace. x ae authority oi the eoostita lioa aad the laws has beea filly restored, aad peace prevaiia throughout tae Tcmtovy. A' portion cf tht trocpe scat to Utah art bow encaaped ia Cedar vailty, fjrty-f.-r miles southwest cf Salt Lake City; aad tht rt main der have beea ordered to Oreg-ja to sup press ladiaa costuiues. Tht march ef tht army to Salt Lais Cilr.lcaiwa. is aa svd Ur lets Io U dteaosJr.i. thaj through the Iadisa Territory, hat had apow.lwoull b the asuUUhctat cf aay rvralaucaj enai eecs ta resvaiaicg tae bcauie , tccixagt against The Uaited tuUe, whkh cxlsU aa car the Indians la that rrgoa, aad la secsrirg etairraau to the Far artst sraiast thtir drrre- daliocs. This will also be the esaas of esub liahicg military poaU aad prom &tisg stuls racau alosg the rcrsta, I rccommead that the Wat Sis cf ocr laad laws aad preesptioa syttea be cxtraied to the people cf Utah, by the esUKUhmeat of a land ciLoe ia that Territory. I have eceasioo, also, to congratulate you ca' the result cf our aerrnisuoot with Chlna- You were laforaed by ov last anneal mee sagt, that cur miiUler hal Veta iatrded to occupy a esatral posiUoa- ia ths hottiliUM ccad acted bv Grrat Briula aai France avl-it Caatou. lie waa, howtvtr, at the same time directed to co eerau cordially with the Brit ish aad French mlsiiUrs la all paatfal eeas urrs to ttsurs by trtaty those Jast eoaeaiisaj to forsln ecamerte wkkh the catiaas of the world had a right to deaaad. It waa IspoatiV tie tcr evra aat kirr power. limn extlasively toCcarrtsa. Beasdee, afltr a earefal exasiaaUa ef tha nature aal cxUatcx cur grieraaaea, I did cot believe they were cf such a preis aad ag rravaud character, as vouli bars jaatil! Cia- gress ia declaring war egaiaxt the Chiaese to pi re, without first oakiag aasihcr earaeat attempt to adjust thea by peaatfal tegoCatiai. i was the more inciiat-d to tats ct.aica, be- Am m m . - - - cause cl tit severe ciuucatat wtl-h Lad thea but recently beta lakted cpaa ths CU oese by our aaadroo, ia te capisre aad dea tracuoa cf the turner forts, to arasre aa alls ged lasult to our fiag. Thsevtathas provai tis triaica cf czx - ceutrality. Our amuur has exrtutal his la strecliocs with esiaeat skill aal ability. Ia eonjuaetiou with the Baesiaa p!eaipo4aaary he has peaeefally, but effectual Jyf oe7eraUd r.h the Z-agush and I reach rleaipotrauants aad each cf the four powers has coadaici a seperaU treaty with Chias, cf a highly aaiis- lactcry charatter. Tho treaty coaela'ed by our own t " jct-nuary wUl iamcdiauly be subaitud to the Stasia. I a hs;py to aaaouae thai, through the eatrgetii ytt ccariliatory affsru of cur coarul cyaeral in Japiaa cew treaty has beta coeds dad with that Eapirt, which may bs crpctcd a sierially to aagatat our trait and ister course j a that quarter, aad remove froa cur coualrymea the disutilities which hate herttv for bea I a posed o pou the axcrdwe cf their rrUgtou. The trtaty shall be submitted to the Senate for arrraval wiihcat delay. It is my earnest desire that every mlraalcr standing with the grvtrnmtat. cf Grtai Brit, aia. should be aaicatly aal tred2y afjattesi. It Las beta the mufrrtase ct Voth couslrirs, siaoet ever siac the period cf the rtt&Isliou, t-s cava been annoyed by a easseatioa cf im ta li eg aal daagvrcus quteliout, thrtauaisg thtir intadiy raiatiAS 1 tu Las piruaUy prrTts ted the fall dtvtlcpa tut cf those fee-icrtcf autaal frieaiahip betwtea ths peep's cf the two coaatriee, so natural ia themselves aad so coedseiv to thtir eomacu laterest. Aay se rious iaterruptica cf the coaaere betsreu tht United Sutes aad Great Briuln. wauli be equally lajarmt to both, la fact co two na tions hate ever emud ca the face of the earth which could ds each other so each rl cr soaachLsrn. Katmaiaiar thet eatiataU. I aa rrx'J- fied to laf jra you that the long pending ?a troversy between the two gwtraaeats, ia rtUtioa to the qatstioa cf visiutba aad aearch has beea eakabJy adjaated. TLscIaiaoa the part f Great Bnuia, fovtilly ts vitit A ta er ica a veseels ca ths high seas ia tiae cf riae C7ul J cot be sasuioed uadtr the law ef na. tioai, ahd it bad beta overruled by her otra a cut eatseat laruU. This eatiiin I acU of British ctuuers, ia boarding aal scar. I ehior our merchant vraaels ia the Calf cf ?iti;co aad the adjacent seas. Thrse acts were the more bjotsous aad aanajicg, as the waters are travrrVcd by a Urge roruca ef the coamerce and aarigaUoa ef tho United uk. aad thtir free aad unrestricted ess is t7rMi Us the security of the coast viae trade Uttara differeat Sutea cf tha Union. PaV nl'wa I ietfrrupticus ecuVi cot fail to excite ths feel- I were adireeaed to the Hn-JA -t I ordered to the Cebea water, with di recti rts l'to rrotcct all varwla of tha ITbIl! ths high seas, froa search or dithM v. .t. I vessels of war cf aay ether natioe These) I tneaxures rtcelrad the aoaa!lad mi thusiaeOe sppmbatioa cf tht Aarricaa ptole. Most fortaaauly, however, bo eoUiooa lock puce, sal the British rrrrraaeat rroarUy avowed iu rtoguUioa tithe priactiesefk. Uraati)cal law uroa this iW aa t.;s: I bv tht rowrnme at eftbe UbIiaI J?i.fjM t I the cou of the Secretary of uu La tk t,i. hi, mi a ister al Waahinrten. ef Afl in I l&SS. which secure tht vtW.s ef lim tTBI4 I Sutes upon the high seas froa viaiu&a cr I search ia tiae cf peace, uaier aay eirruartao. I ccs whauver. Tbe ciaia has beta abaadsud I ia a aaaner rtfiectisr honor co the Rt .s nvtramtat, sad triadsg a jast rrgtrd far the Uw cf catiocs, and caaaot fail to atrrarthea the amicable relali?as between the two coca. trie. The Briuh go vera meat, al the same time. pre po tad to tht Uaited Sutes tha scat cade should be adpud by a a taxi arraarrtieat u u (m1 tfeeiivt without being e.ff.adve I fn, .:f-. ,v. -,.,;..,.. . r twtta tat two coca tote, cf a character - l - j ' ,r ' r. i It.-, v... .t.. .ti n.r.jc,.,!.. I I weaeay mm I nswa itefj j eWer4 tW-e-eVt-ajB U this purpiso. Whiia ietlluiag to its s so grave a rewpOBatUluy, Lhs Secretary cf Stale has taloracd tae jwiuaa - gTvrrasacat Uat art tre ready to rtceivt aay prrpoaalj whkh thry rtpoaau wh) , iaviag I hi csy feci disposed to efftr, this cbjaet in vitw, aad to oocsurr thca la aa arairablt rpuil. JL acrocg cptaioei as, however, axrrca aed tha tht ccwiMiacal abuse cf the tag cf aay I whied as rat be taocapautU wius the fraedri I cf lis seas. This rrrmrt has rttraotirei me to proeeei fume Uaa this, ca my ion tr. viiacut zrsrz&t tie war-ma which, under the ccrsiluiba. be-
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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Dec. 17, 1858, edition 1
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