Weekly Reveille, Volume 39, Number 50, Vevay, Switzerland County, 10 December 1856 — Page 2

Jvriorprescnts facts and views In relation ! to ; internal affairs'ovcV which the superyisiou of his deportment' extends, of. much interest and import a nee. ‘ I MTre aggregate sale* of tho public lands, during the past fiscal year amount to nine niilltan two hundred and twenty-seven! thousomL eight hundred and tcventy-eighV ane*; fur which has ‘ been received the! sum of eight million eight bundled and twenty-one thousand four hundred and fourteen During the period there havo been located with military scrip and land warrants, and lor other, purposes, thirty million', one hundred thousand ttvo hundred ami thirty acres, thus making a total aggregate of thirty* nine million three hundred and twentyeight' thousand ono hundred amlorghl acres, j On: the.30th of Seplcidber last, surveys had been nindeof sixteen million eight .hundred and severity-three thousand six hundred and hrncty-muCncrts/a largo portion pf which is ready, for market. r Tim suggestions in this' report in ftgnrd lo thc complication and progressive expansion of tho business of the different bureaux of the department; to the colonization of Indian tribes, and the recommendations in relation to lire various improvements in tho District of Columbia me especially commended to yourcou--idorntion.

mg the means to which it was necessary to have recourse for the attainment of the * cn*l, namely, the employment .of a part of the military t'liuc uf the United States The withdrawal of that force from its properdoty of defending the country apnist foreign foes or tlio savages of the frontier, to employ it for (Ire .biippret-Mun of domestic insurrection, is, when the exigency occurs, a nraUwuoX the most ear nc.it solicitude. On this occasion pf. imperative necessity it bus with the results, aud-uiy sali-factiui) in the attainment of Mich .results by such means is greatly on* baho?»l by tie consideration, that, through the wisdom and energy of the present Executive of Kansas, and the prudence, firmness, and vigilance of the military ollicers. on duly there, trampiility hashten restored without emo drop ot blood haviiig hcfii slied in its accomplishment by tha/Zorces of the United States.^ TWrestoration of‘comparative tranquility in that- Territory furnishes the means of observing calmly, and appreciating at ilicirjnst value, the events which have pecunod there, and the disciiHfiious of which.the goVei mnent of the Territory 1ms bocu the subject. ■' ‘ : Wo pcrcjivo tirat controversy concerning its future domestic institutions was inevitably: that, no human prudence, no form of legislation, no' wisdom. on the part of Congress, could have prevented this. ■ v - • It is idle to suppose that the particular provisions of their orgntrielaw wore the cause of agitation. f l hose provisions, or were but lto£pcca.«ld»,- or the pretext of «n agitation, whieli was inherent in the nature of things. Congress legislated upon the 8 ibjcct in such terms ru. were most consonant with the principle.of popular sovereignty winch underlies bur govern* merit. It could not have legislated otherwise without doing violence to another great-, .principle of our the impresoriptlble tiglu of equality of . the several States. ' •.

account havina 'arrioiintcd to ■ twelve, million seven hundred an<l seventy six thousand three hundred and nineiy dollars., 1 On the 4th nf.Mnrch,lW3,1 he amount of the public debt was sixty nine million one hundred and twenty 1 nine thousand nine hundred 1 *iul thirty seven donors. There wos> siil-re- [ (juenl inetej/e of two. million seven hundred and fifty lUoujonddollBrB for the debt of; Tex-.! i os—making »■ tula I of- tevenly-ouC million ; eight hundred aiidierenly-ninc’lhousniid nine ■ hundred and thi.iy-scvf ndollars. , • I Of this the riihr of forty-five million five I hundred and twenty five thousand three hundred and rineleeti dullats, includi ng premiu m, bos been discharged, reducing the debt to thirty million seven hundred aim Ihiily-seyen thour sand one hundred and twenty-nine dollars; all which mitfht bej'paid wilhin a year without fintarrassing Ihepiiblic itrvije, but being not yet due, etid only,; redeemable at .the option of the tiulikr, cannot be pressed lo payment by the government. | ‘ ! ; . On : expenditure* of the last five years it will fte seen ihat.the average,'deducting iiaymcnts'oii aco.unlj of piibjic debt and Unmii lions paid by treaty, to Mexico,, has bceii about iVrly-eight mil I toil dollars, ■ i I is; believed Ihnv'ntidei'aii econbmicid adininis--trnlinn of. tl.c- Oovi rnmcnl, the average cxiitn-; ditnre for the, ensuing ,five years will not.excctd thirl sum, ujikss eslraoidiiisry occasion for its increase should occur.. The acis granting bounty lands will*roon have bteii execiH led, while the exleiisiufl of pur frontier,FettleHleills will cause a evutinui demand for lauds, and iiiignitnted 'receipts, probably, from tha\ source. .These con. 1 iJuraiions w11I Josti fy ■» reduction of ihe ri*vcnue from ciistorni, so as not to exceed;foriy-eight or fifty million’ dob tars. 1 think ‘.hfc eiigci.cy for sucb reduction is imperative, and again urge-it upon the consiilerutioii of Cutigryss/ V; The amount of; tcduclionj os well ns lie mannly of tfftcling it, are ijneslicma of great u nil gtntral interest; it being essential lo in iliJslriat : enterprise niid.the public prosperity, .is'.’veil os the dictate of obvious justice, that the burden' of taxation .bei, made to rest as ccpially as possible upon, all classes, and all sections and interests of the country,* , ■ 1 have heretofore recommended to your uont-idcntlion The reviHp i of tire revenue laws prepared; under the direction of tile fcvcnno hiivs prepared under the‘direction of the Secretory of tiro Treasury, ami also legislation Upon .soifio special quqstioiis affecting lire, business of. that Department , in ore especially enactment of a lajv Ip

tire, so inadequate to the accomplishment of the proposed object, and so unequal in its operation, would receive the assent of all maritime : powers. Private property would be still left to the depredation* of the public armed cruisers. , I have expressed a readiness, on tbe > part of this government to accede to all the principles contained in the declaration of .the conference in Parra, provided that’ relating to the abandonment of privateer-; rug can be so amended as to effect tlia ub-; je«t for which, rut is presumed, it was in- ! tended, the immunity of private property j ’ pa tho ocean from hostile capture,. Tol effect this object, it is proposed to add to! tlic declaration that ‘'privateering is and ; remains abolished/’ the following amend“And that the private property of subjects; and citizens of abclligerent on tho high seas, shall be exempt from seiziiro.by the public armed, vessels of the other belligerent, except it be cont raband.” This amendment has been presented not only to the powers which hive .asked our assent to tha declaration to cstahiish-pri-vatcoring, but to nil other maritime Stales. Thus far. it has not own rejected by any; and is favorably entertained by all which have made any communication in reply. ScvGnil of the governments, regarding with favor tho preposition of the United Siiitcs, haye delayed definite action upon it, only for ths purpose of consulting with others, parties to tbeconferencc of Paris. I have tho satisfaction of slating, however that (ho L’mperbr .of ItiiMiin has .entirely and explicitly npproveti of that modi(|cji* (ion, amt will co-operate in endeavoring to obtorn tho asseal of other powers; and that assurances of a similar purport have been received in relation to the tlhposi--tion of tbe Emperof of The. French. The present aspect of.this .important Mihjebt altowp .us lb cherish the hope that a principle so humane in its character,; so jrist and cqualidita operation, soessenrial to the prosperity of commercial a*, lions, and. so consonant to the Kchtimonts! of this enlightened period of the world, I will command (ho - approbation of all | maritime powers, and limn bo ’incorpomted into the code of international law. My Views on the subject arc more fully set forth in tho reply of tbo fiocrctary of State, d copy of which is herewith transmitted,- to the communications on the subject made.to ibis govcrnriiont, cspeciidlyto: the commuurcation of Franco. ' The government of The United Sintbs has ntall times.regarded with frided. With friendly interest the other. States of Auiericn/formerly j like this country, Kurapcan colonies, and now independent mem: bets of? the groat.faraily of nal ions. '.Cut the unrotlled coadiribji of-some; of them, distracted by. frequent revolutions, - odd tlms ineapablc of tcgidar.aud firm: internal ndtiiiniseralionVlms tended to embarrass occasionally- bar .public intercourse, by reason of wrongs which onr citizens suffer at their hands, and which they are e|ow to redress.. ? / ... . - Unfortunately it is against the Hepatite of Mexico, with which it is birr special desire to maintain a good understanding, that such complaint* are most' numerous; and., although earnestly, urged-upon its attention, illcy have not as yet received the consideration which this government had a right to expect. Wliilcrepnrnlion for Em>t injuries has been withheld, others rave been added; The poliiKal.comlition of/hat countryv however, bus been’ sufh - as to-demnnd forbearance on-the part of; the United States. ,1 shall coiitinnc iiiy t efforts to procure for tho Wrongs of .our. citiztns that.redress which'is indispensable to tire continued friendly aksoviatiun of the two republics. /, '• The pecnliarcondilfan . of affairs'is Nicaragua in the early, pnrtofThapresent ■year rendered it important that this Government should have diplomatic relations with that Slate.. Through its territory had been opened one;of the principal tho'r-1 onghfares across' the isthmus couricsting j North .South America, on which a, 1 . Vast amount of property'was transported, and to-, which our citizens,roorfed. in great mini hers, in passing between the Atlantic arid Pacific, coast of the United Stares.

The report of the Post mas tor General preumts fully the condition of that department of the Government. It* expenditure. for the last fiscal mar were ten million four hundred ntul seven.thousand eight hum I red and' sixty* eight dol (are/and its gross, receipts seven million six hundred ami twenty ihonsnnd eight hundred and one dollars—making an excess ore's* pemliturcs over receipts of two million seven hundred ntul oigtily-scveu.thousand and forty-six dollars. /The deficiency of this department is: thus seven hundred and forlydonr thousariil dollars greater than for the )car ending June 30, 1S53. Of this deficiency, thrto hundred and thirty

IgMiatiens by au immediate adjustment of the question w ith the United State?. This request has been acceded to, upon the condition that the sums collected: of the 10th of dime lait, apd until the IGlh of dune dox , Trotu ycsfals arid {cargoes Ihclonging toonr'mereliant.v ore to be |considered ns paid riiiftcr protest, and subject to. future .adjustment.;-There,'is .reason to ‘ believe that an arrangement, between Denmark arid the maratiirie powers of Kuropo will >odn be. concluded, and that the pending .negotiation. with the United States rimy bo.jysrimed.and terminal odin a satis factory manner. .. With Spain ito. mnv difficulties have

thousand dollars is to; be attributed to the additional compensation allmvHl post*, masters by the act" of June *J2, 1$54.—■ Tho mail facilities in every part of the country have been much increased in' that period, and the large addition of railroad service/ amounting td - seven ' thousand nine hundred and .eight, miles,; 1ms added largely tp.llic cost of trftnppoitation. The iticonMcIeraie augmentation of the income of thoPoslofiico Depnitmont un* der tlio reduced fatc£t of postage, and' its increasing* expenditures, musli for ..the present, make it dependent to some extent upon the treasury for suppott. 'The re* commend ations of the- Poslnmst er‘ Gen* oral, in relation:' to the abolition of the franking privilege, and his views on tho establishment of mail steam* slnp Hiick, deserve the consideration of Congress. 1 also call the. special attention of Congress to the statement of tho Postmaster General respecting the sums now paid for the transportation’of mails to the Panama Railroad Compaityj and commend to their early and favorable consideration the suggestions of that officer in relation to now contracts for mail transportation upon (hat tonic, and also upon iha Tehuantepec and Nicaragua routes,.

arisen,, nor hits much progress been made in the adjust men l ; of -pending-'ones, . Negotiations entered into for the purpose of relicving our com mercial. intercourse with tlio Island of Cuba of some of its burden*, and, providing for tho more speedy soUlement ol local disputes growing out of that intefcourso, liaye’ not yet been attended wilh.any results. . Soon after tho com nienccmoht of the late war in Europe, tins government snhmit: led to the consideration of all nations, two principles for. the security of neutral commerce: one, that the. neutral flags should cover inumiie# giioils^cx'ccpt articles con-, traband or; war; .and tho other,-that ne« : . tral properly oh board, merchant vessels of belligerent a should:,, bo/exempt from couilomnolion; with tho except fim of contraband, arlidcs. . These were not pro-! seated as rnlcs of iutotnational law; having been generally dairaed by neutrals, though not always ndmilted by belligerents. One of tho parties to/’the war— Russia—os well as : several neutral powers, prom ntlyacc eded/to these propositions; and the I we other principal belligerents, Great Britain and Franco, having consented to observe thcm : for the present occasion, a favorable opportunity scorned to be presented forobtaining a general, re-

puniiin me aobiraction pi onicmi unohs or papers from the lilcs of the government, and rrqni i iug; such books and arpi all other public property, to Tc.lurucd over by the out going ofticer- to his Hie* cosor; of u Ifivv rcqiiil iug disbursing officers to ileposito all,public money’ in the vatilts of .tlie;Trcnsi»ry.oniu other legal depositaries, ? Avherc the same ore conyehionllyoccesSibic; anti a law to extend existing penal provisions to all pcre.ons who may ofpubllc, money by dsp.osit or - otherwise, I and f who shbll refuse or neglect,- ond«m dehiant), to- pay tho same into the Treasury. I invite your attention onew toxacli of thoscrebjcclH. \ : ’ ’ : Tho army during the past.;year, has ,bccn so constantly employed against hostile Indians'in various that it ban scarcely be said, with propriety of language, to have been a peace establishment. its duties have been satisfactorily performed, and we have reason to expect, ns d result of the year’s operations, greater security to the frontier inhabitants than

Wo perceive, alto, that sectional intee* csts aiidparty passions have been the groat impediment to the snlutaiy operation' ol the ofganjc principles adopted, and the clilcf cause of the in Kansas. The assumption, that, because in .the organization of tnc Territories of Nebraska and Kansas,'Congress abstained from imposing restraints upon them to which certain ‘ oilier Territories had been subject, therefore, disorders oc'enrred in the in the latter Territory, is craphatlcallp contradicted by the fact that none have occurred in the former, , Those disorders were not the consequence, in Kansas, of the freedom of selfgovernment concovlcd to that Territory by Congress, but of unjust inletfercueo on the part of persons not inhabitants of the Territory Such interference, wherever it has exhibited Itself, by acts of jnrarrectionaty character, or of obstruction to processes of law, has been repelled or suppresscd, Jby all the means which tho Constitution and the laws place in tho hands of tho Executive. .

has been hitherto enjoyed. Extensive 1 combinations among the hostile .Indians of tho Territories of Washington and Oregon at the time threatened tho.devastation of thb newly formed BOlllemeuU of that remote portion of the country.: From , recent in formation, wo are permitted to hope that the energetic and successful [operations conducted there will present such combinations in future', and: seen re 1 those Territoiies on make ■ steady progress in the • development of ' their agricultural and:,mineral resources. ; Legislation has been^'recommended by 1 me pu previons' occasions to.increase tho 1 efficiency of the army, and further olser- ' ration has but served to confirm me in tbo views then expressed, and to enforce' on my mind the conviotion that such measures arc not only proper but necessary. * i have, in addition, to invito the attention of Congress to a change of policy in tin) ''distribution of troops, and to the necessity of providing rt more rapid increase of - the military armament. For details of these and other subjects [relating to the army, I refer to the report of tho Secretary of War, ;■'

. Thu United States- continue in the enjoyment of amicable relations with all foreign’powers; - When my lust annual message was liaiiMniiled to Cong rcEs,' two subjects of etmlroverfiy, one relating to the enlist 1 - ment of soldiers in this country, for .foreign service, anti the other to Central America, threatened to dislnrb good understanding- between the Unit&l States and Great Britain. Of the progress'and termination of tho former question yon were informed at'tho time: arid .the other is now in-the way of satisfactory adjustment.

cognition of-them both in Europe and America, . • But Great Crituln and France, in common with mrtst of the Slates of Europe, while forbearing to reject, did hot affirmatively act upon the overtures of the L*mted States. . ’ White Jhe question was in this position, tho representatives of Ritssia, Franco, Great Britain, Austria,. Prussia, Sardinia and Turkey, assembled.at Paris, took into consideration tbo subject ofmaratimo lights, and put forth a declaration containing the two principles which this government had submitted nearly two years

The. object of the convention between the United States ami ■ Great Britain of the 19th of April, .1850, was to. secure, for the-benefit of nil/nations, the nenlnliity and tho common use of any transit way, or inter-oceanic comuuiu lent inn, acro.-s the isthmus of Panama, which might bo opened within the limits of Central America,. Tito pretensions subsequently asserted by Great Britain, to dominion or control over Territories, in,-or near, .two pf the routes, thoseof Kicara-, gna and.Honduras, were deemed by the United States, not merely incompatible ryith the main, object of the' trenty, but opposed .even to its express slipjilations. Occasion- of controversy on_t|)fts point has been rent oveil by an additional treaty, which our minister at London has con; * chided, and which will bo immediately -submitted to the Senate for its cbnstdora- | lion. Should the proposed supplemental jorrangemeut bo concurred in by all the parties to. bo effected by it, tho objects icoptcmplatcd by. the - original convention will-have been fully attaincd. : .

before, to the coiuidosalion of maratimc powers, and adding thereto the following propositions: "Privateering is and remains abolished,*’ and "Blockades, in order to bo binding, must be effective; that is to say, maintained by a-force sufficient really to - prcreiit access to the coast of the enemy;’', and to the declaration thus composed, of four point-v two of which had’ulready been proposed by the United States, this Government has been invited to nccecd by all tho powers represented at Pam, except Great Britain ami Turkey.To theiast of tho two additionalprppositiotiB—that in relation to blockades—there.can certainly bo no objection. It is merely the definition of what shall constb tnle the effectual t-iiiyestment of a blockaded place, a'definition to which this government has at ways/coqtcnded, claiming idemnity for losses where a psactical violation of-the rule thus defined has been injurious; to our coinmcree.- As to thpro* mainingartjeloof the declaration of tho conference of Paris; /tbal ‘privateering is and remains abolished;’. I certainly cannot

/ Tin*. protection of. hot h; require, I b at tbc existing power in that State ‘ should be regarded ns a responsible ‘ government, and its minister was accordingly received. But he remained hero only a short time. Soon thereafter .the political affairs of Nicaragua nmlcnvont tmfavorn blc change and beentno involved, in-mneji uncertainly and confusion.,*I Diplomatic, representai ives from two contending parties have been recently sent to this government but with the imperfect', information - possessed, it was not possible to decide which was the government (Ufaclo/ and awaiting, further developments I have refused - to receive cither,; ■ . '•

propiiato.ono to express my congratulations jn view of the peace, greatness and felicity which the-United States now posseas and enjoy. To point yon to the state of variousdeportments of tho government ami of all* the great branches of tho pub* lie service,- civil and military, in order to speak of .the intelligence and the integrity which pervades the whole, would bo to in* dicate bnt iinperfoctly the administrative condition of the country, and., the beneficiol effects ol that on the general welfare, Nor would it suffice to say that the nation is actually at peace nt;homo and abroad; that its industrial interests aro prosperous; that tho canvas' of its mariners whiter

every sea; and the plow of its hpsband* men is marching steadily onward to Ha bloodless’conquest of tho continent; that cities and populous States are springing up;- as if by enchantment, from tho bosom ofoqr Western wilds, and that the courageous energy; of onr people V is ‘ making of these United Stales , the great republic of the; world., ; These . mulls hftvo riot been 'attained without passing trials jand perils, by experience of. which, and jhns only nations can hardpp into manhood. . Oor forefathers hrerp traijiaj to the' wisdppiwhich ppnoeiyed, tpd jthp cop rage whi.ch .achieyed fpdopopdanco, py the circumstances which jsjmpaud fhenj, auid they .werp jthns madp papa.blp of th# creation of ,lho republic,.; ; *Tt dovolvied on Ihonoxt'geiieraUop p) consolidate the work of the revolution, t# deliver the .country entirely from the influences of conflicting transatlantic partialities or antipathies, which attached tp onr colonial and rcvolntionary history, and to organize tho practical operotionojf the constitutional and legal institutions of the jJniou. To us, of this geperatjop, remains the not loss notable task of nmiri.taining fljjd extending tho power of tpe JJ, S. Wo have, ot length, reached that stage of the national career, in which the dangers to tor encountered, and the tier? lions to be mndo, are the incidents, not of . weakrieM,’; but of strength. ouj foreign relations we have to attemper our power to thj» less happy condition of pthey

Questions of the most serious nature are ponding between film United States and the Republic of New Granada, Tiio government of that Republic undertook, a year since, to impbEO tonnage dnties on foreign Vessels'in her ports,* but the, pur; pose was! insisted by -this government, as being contrary to existing treaty sttpulationwiththo United States/ anddo rights conferred by charter upon tho Panqraa Railroad Company, and was accordingly reli,nqnishcdatihattimo,it’boiDgtidrait. ted that opr Vessels were entitled to bp exempt from, lonnagd duty in ( tho frWpprti of Panama and A spin wall. Butths purpose has . been'.recently ' revived; 'on ; the part of New Granadp. by /tho enactmoht of a Isw to. subject. .vessels visiting her ports to the tonnage : duly f of forty cepts per ton; and/ although the-. law hap not beenput in .force, yetlho right to oj\fdrcb it is still assorted, apd may; at; any lijne, bo acted ;bja by; tho; gbvcrnnicnt.of that Republic. 1 ; / -V, ; c . t' f: The Congress of New .Granada has also enacted a law, during: the/last year/ which lovicB a tax of niore thamihreo dollars on every pound of mail maUer transported ( across . tho; Isthmus/’: 1 The sum thus required to bo paid on the mails of the United Stales would bo nearly I wo millions of dollars to'iha largo aiini payflbld ljy to the Panama IjtailroaH If the only objef lions to this "exaction‘were tho exorbitancy pf itB' fljnonhti it ' could ijbJt

The treaty between the United Stoles anil-Great Britain, of the 5th of June, 1S54, which went into effective operation in lS55,vput on end to causes of irritation between the two conn tries, by scour5ng (o' the United State's the right of fishoty .on the coast of tho British North American provinces, with advantages equal tothoso enjoyed by British sahjeds. Besides the signal benefits of this treaty to a largo ejass of onr citizens engaged in opnrsnitconnectcd to no inconsidera- ■ bio degree with onr national prosperity and strength, it has had a favorable effect upon other interests in tho provision I it made-for reciprocal freedom of trade ! between tho United States ond the British \ provinces ib America. t i Tho* exports of domestic articles to 'those provinces during the last year, ’ amounted to more than twenty-two milliens of dollars; exceeding those of tho j preceding year by nearly seven millions: I of dollurs; and the imports from there, during tho same period, aroonnlcd to more than twenty-one millions—an increase of six millions upon those of the previous year. The improved condition of thi&.branch of onr commerce is mainly attributable to tho above-mentioned treaty. Provision was made, in th* first article of that .treaty, for a commission to dcsig-

ascribe to the powers represented in the conference of Paris, any but liberal and philanthropic views, in the attempt to change the unquestionable rale of- maritime law in regard to privateering. . Their proposition was doubtless intended to imply approval of the -principle that private properly upon thoocean, although it might belong m the ■ citizens of a belligerent State, should boexempted from capture; and bad ‘ that proposition been so -framed os to giro full effect to the principle,* it would bare received my ready assent on behojf of the United States. But the measure proposed to that purpose. It is tine .that if adopted, private property upon the ocentuvould be.wilhdrawn fropi one modo of plunder but left exposed, jncanwhile, to 'another which coulj be nsed wUKdncreased offectironesa.. The aggressive capacity of great hayal powers would bo thereby augmented, while the defensive ability of others would " be reduced. ; Though the snrr.endcr of the means of prosecuting hostilities by employing privateers, as proposed by tho conference, of | Paris, is mutual la tornvs, yet, in practical Uffest, it'yvonjd. bo Jhe relinquishment of | a right ot A little value to one class of j States, bpl of essential importance to another and a far larger class. / }t ought not to have been anticipated that areas'-

□alt) the mouths of rivers to which the common right of Hshsry, on' the coa*t of the United States' and! the British Providences was not to extcpil,- 'This commission has, been employed a part of two reasons, hot. without much progress in accomplishing the object for which U was instituted, in consequence ’ of Eeriohs difference of opinion between the commissioners, not ouljraa lot he precise point where the rivers tcrminate.bnt in many instance* as to-’-what constitutes a river. These difficulties, honevef, may bo overcome by resort to the umpirage provided for by the treaty. ; ' ’ Tho efforts pehmvenngly. prosecuted since the commencement'of my wlmini»*‘ trolion, to relicvo diir trade to the Baltic from the exaction of-Komid dues by Hen* mark, have hot -yet; been attended with- ■ Other.' goycrniiiantA have also Bought to obtain a like relief to their commerce, hnil Honmark-wasibus induced to propose an arrangement to all tlio European Powers interested in the subject; ami the manner in which her proposition was received,'warranting her to believe that a rat is factory arrangement with them .could soon ho conclui1eJ f ' i>ho made a «IrOngappeal to tlm government Tor temporary Mispeiihion of defmilo action oh Us pari, in consideration df tho embarrassment which might resultUo bur European no-

• la those part's of tha United Slates, where, by reason of the inflamed State of tho public mind, false rumors and misrepresentation* have the greatest currency, it boa‘been assmn d that it was the duty of the Executive, not only to suppress ineur.' rcctionary movements in Kansas, bat also to see to tbo regularity of local elec-, lions. It needs little argument to show that the President'has no such power. All government.in the United States rests substantially nppn popular elect ion - The freedom of elcclioh is liable to be impaired by the intrusion of unlawful votes, or thb exclusion of-lawful opes, by improper influences, by violence,.or by fraud. i Silt thd people of tbo United States are thcmnelycs tho all-sufficient guardian*.of their own rights, and .to suppose that (ticey will not remedy, in duo season, any. such incidents of civil freedom, is to suppose them to have ceased to be capable of selfgo vernihent. The President of the United States has not power to interpose in elections! to see to their freedom, to canvass their votes, or to pass upon their legality ’in tho 'territories any more than in the States.' If ho' had such power tho government might be republican in form, but it wotild bo a monarchy in fact; and if he bad undertaken to exercise it in the case of Kansas, ho would have bceu Justly subject to’ the charge of osiirplion', and of viblation'oif tho dearest rights of the people of the United Stales.

Unwi.c/aws, equally with irregularities at •elections, ire, in periods of great excitement I ihe occasional incideuts of even the freest mid; T»etlpolitical ioalUutions. -But oil experience; dctnoasftales tbitIn a country like ours, where; the rights ‘ of self constitution exists in the ’ completest form ; the'attempt to remedy unwise: legislation by resort to jevotution, is toialiy out j jjf place; inasmuch as existing legal- institutions mtjre prompt and efficacious means' •for the redrewof wrong. >■' ' 1 confidently trust that now, .when the pence-) .Tul condition of: Kansnsaffords opportunity for, •calm reflection' and wise legislation, either the legislative,assembly of .the Territory, 7 or Con- , gtessj‘will scetfral ndjact shall remain o.i tire | statute book violative of the provisions of the Constiiution/or subversive of the great objects ■ tfor vbich that was ordained and established, ■ and will take a I other necessary steps to assure to ilsinhabilohls !lhe cnjjymenj, without -oh-' slrocUifn arabndgment.ofall LhcconstituUon- 1 •al rigbU/ privitegeii and immunities of citizens ’-of the Untied Slates, u contemplated by the organic laWj of the Territory. . full information in relation to recent events an lhisTe’rril6ry will be found iiitlicdocumc-nts ■communicated herewith from the Departments ■of Slate and War. 1 ' • > I refer you to the report of the Secretory of Jhe Treasury; for particular information concerning the financial condition of the Govern- ’ merit and the various brand,es of tin.- public service connected with the. Treasury Ueparlment. During the last fiscal year the receipts fxojji ■customs were for the first lime, more Ihao sjxlyfour millions dollars, and from all source.':, seventy three mitlioh-nmc hundred and eighteen ■thousand one hundred and forty one d lla/s; weicli with the la lance on hand up io the Ijst, of July, 185A, made the total resources of the year amount to uiuety two million eight hundred aad fifty thousand one hundred and seventeen dollars: The expenditures, including ■ .three-million dellais; m. execution of the treaty with .Mexico, and excluding .sums paid on ac- 1 count of the public debt; amounted to sixty; millioll’pne hundred and seventy two thousand I four hotfdftd and ode' dollars; and, inbluding: Ihe JatVer, Co Gcreitly t«i, million nine huge-' died and forty eight thousand seven hundred pjid mncly two dollars, the payment mi this

■ The condition of the navy is not merely satisfactory, but exhibits the most'gratifying evidences of increased vigor. As" it is comparatively small, it is more important should be as complete ns possible midi the elements .-of strength; that it should be cflieieat in the character of. Us ofliccnt, in the zeal and discipline of ils' men, in the reliability of ilft ordnance, and in" tho capacity of its ship*.! In nil tidac various qualities the navy lias j mndegrent progress, within The Inst few! years. Theexcicnlion.nf the low of Con-] gross;; of. February 28,'1855, il to promote. the efficiency of the’ navy/' has been at* | (eiidcH] by the most ad vent ngeojis results. Tho law for promoting disciplmcomqng the men ix found convenient and salutary. | The system of granting nn honorable d i sc hn'rget o,fo I th fa I aeamen on the expiration of the period of their .'enlistment, and permitting them to ro-cnlist j after a. Iedvopfab!-ericcofafewmonihB,uith-1 out ccsiatioii of-pay, \s highly .beneficial inTts'inllnencc. The apprentice;:system recently adopted is evidently destined to ' inco'ipbrale into the service a largo nnm* Lor of our countrymen hitherto so diffi- . cult to procure. Several hundred; Amcr.- ’ lean hoys arc now on it three years* cruise in our, national vessels, and, will return ] well trained teamen. In the ordnance deportment there is a decided and gratifying indication of progress crcdifoblolo it end the countiy. The suggestion of the Secretary of 1 no Npvy, in icgard to fur- ’ liter improvement in that bnmch of the service, 1 commend to your favorable ] action. j The new frigates oidercd by Congress are now afloat nnd two of them in active service. Th&y am superior models of naval architecture, and with their formidable battery add largely'to public strength land security. ! I concur in the views expressed by tho ] Secretary of ihe department in favor of a still further:increase of nor naval force.' ’lT5e report of the Secretary o,f t.bc In*

bo submitted to by the United -States. Tlic Imposition of it, however, wonld obviously contravene mir treaty with New Granada, and infringe the contract of that republic with the Panama Railroad Company. 'Ihe law providing for this tax was, by its terms, lb take 'c-ficct on the first ot September last, but tbo local authorities on tbo isthmus have boon inr duced to snspcml its'execution, and, to await further instructions on the subjoota from, the government “of the republic. j am not jot advised of tbo determination of that government. If a measure so extraordinary in its character, end so clearly contrary to treaty stipulations, and the contract rights of the Panama Railroad Company, composed mostly of American citizens, should be persisted in, it willbd the duty of the United States to resistfita execution. ‘ ( • ‘ I regret exceedingly that occaeion exists to invite your attention to 'a subject of still graver import incur relations with the Republic of-New Grnnndn. On lha loth day of April lost,.a riotous assemblage of the inhabitants of Panama cort* milled a violent and outrageous attack on the premises! of the railroad company,jand the passengers and other persons .in and* near the same, involving the death of several citizens of the United States, tho’pillage of many others,, and the destruction of a large amount of properly belonging, to. the railroad company, , I caused fnll iiivesligalion of that even! to be made, and (ho result shows satisfactorily that complete responsibility for what occurred m tm-bcs to the government of New Granada, I have,- therefore, demanded of that government that the perpetrators of the wrongs in question should be pimished; (but provisions should bo made for the families of citizens of tho United Stales who woio killed, with folk idcmmty for thepropeily pillaged or destroyed. The present' condition of the IslBrau* jof Panama, in so far as regards the seeni j iiy of persons and properly passing over lit, requires serious consideration. Recent incidents tend to.tdidw that (he local authorities cannot lie solied on to .maintain the public peace of Panama, and there ia just ground for apprehension that a portion of the inhabitants are meditating farther outrages,.without adequate measure* for the seemity and protection of persona of property having hcen cither by the State of Panama! or ; by the general government of New Granada. Under the guaranties of treaty, citizens of the United *Sta(os/have, by the outlay of several millions of dollars, constructed a railroad'across the Isthmus, and it haa become the main route between onr AtIdhlic ahd Pacific p<|8-csttions, over which multitudes id onr .citizens, am! a-vasi amount of properly! are constantly pAismg;lo the 'mitrity : [and protection of all which, .and the caniiilnnnce of'the public advantages involved, it is iinuesribli for the government of the United Siates u be indifferent. . , , -1 hard defined the danger of .the recurrence of scenes of lawless violence ta tide quarter so' Imminent as to make it m/ duty to station a part of our naval foroaj in the harbors of Panam and Aepinwatv in order to protect the persons and property of tho citizens of the United States in these port*, and to asanre to them safe paKsageacros.stlioislhmus. Andit would in my judgment, bo nmvisc to withdraw ihe nav*I force now in those parts until ■ by spontaneous action of tbo Republic of ■Now Granada,-or otherwise, some adequate arrangement shall have "been raadp fur the protection and security of a Uao of inter.oceanic cnmmanicnMon loiwportant at this time, not to the United Btatee only, but to all other maritime Btatea both of Europe and America. Meanwhile negotiatiuiis .have beoa instituted by means, of a special formats*ion, ,tb obtain from Now Grenada, foil ulcmmty for injuries. sustained by our citizens on the Isthmus, and satisfactory security for the general interest of the United Stales. : In'addrossiiig to yon my lost annual message, the occasion seems to me an np-