g will be displa

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losed until after the funeral of the illustrious deceased, and that they, as well as the Executive Mansion, be placed i

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ident of the United States, the Senate, sharing in the general sorrow which this melancholy

may be appointed on the part of the House of Representatives to consider and report what measures it may be deemed proper to adopt to sh

hirty-first Congress,

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of the United States, the House of Representatives, sharing in the general sorrow which this me

appointed on the part of the Senate to consider and report what measures it may be deemed proper to adopt in order to show the r

Bissell, of Illinois; Duer, of New York; Orr, of South Carolina; Breck, of Kentucky; Strong, of Pennsylvani

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th of July, at 12 o'clock; the religious services to be performed by the Rev. Dr. Pyne at the Executive Mansion, according to the usage of the Episcopal Church, in which church the deceased most usu

tt, the General Commanding in Chief of the Army of the United States, an

l officer now in the city, to have th

of Columbia to have the dire

ment, the clergy of the District and elsewhere, all association

the officers of the Government that

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angements of the two

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nthrop, Hon. Linn Boyd, Hon. James McDowell, Hon. S.F. Vinton, Hon. Hugh White, Hon. Isaac E. Holmes, G.W.P. Custis, esq., Hon. R.J. Wal

y General Taylor

atives of the

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preceded by their respective chief clerks, a

strict of Columb

soldiers of t

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students of the colleges o

the procession, to report to the marshal of the Dist

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he funeral ceremonies of the late President of the United States, the Secretary of War directs that the Commanding General of the Army give the necessary orders and ins

the Secret

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ngress with the military preparations for the funeral honors to be paid to the illustrious statesman, soldier

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troops from other States; battalion of

Washington; two companies of volunteers from Baltimore; battalion of United States marines;

teers, Marine Corps, Navy, a

ers, Marine Corps, Navy, an

Jones, commanding the

d Scott, commanding t

, precisely at 11 o'clock a.m., Saturday, the 13th instant, with the right (Breve

will be fired by detachments of artillery stationed near St

sisting of the firing party, facing the cemetery and 30 paces from it; the second composed of the rest of the infantry,

om the military stations in the vicinity of Washington, minute guns betwe

will be worn on the left arm

ts of the day, aided by the Assistant Adjutants-General on duty at Washington, by Breve

been charged with the direction of the civic procession, the

of Major-Ge

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e arrival of the General in Chief. For that purpose he thinks it expedient to appoint a general rendezvous where all the corps and companies of militia, including all who may march from any of the States with those of this District, may assemble at an early hour in the morning of Saturday, the 13th instant, and there receive final orders for being formed and posted. They are therefore requested to take notice that such rendez

them is in the personal suite of the General in Chief. The major-general knows of no more honorable or more interesting post that he could

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a copy of the proceedings of the two Houses on the 10th instant in relation to the death of the late President of the United States to Mrs. Margaret S. Taylor, and to ass

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selor before the supreme court. In 1830 removed to Buffalo and became a successful lawyer. His political career began and ended with the birth and extinction of the Whig party. Was elected to the legislature of his State in 1828, and served three terms; while there he was distinguished by his advocacy of the act to abolish imprisonment for debt, which passed in 1831. In 1832 was elected to Congress, and after serving one term retired till 1836, when he was reelected, and again returned in 1838 and 1840, declining a renomination in 1842. Was the author of the tariff of 1842. He retired from Congress in 1843. Was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice-President before the Whig convention at Baltimore in 1844. Was nominated by acclamation for governor of New York in the following September, but was defeated by Silas Wright. In 1847 was elected comptroller of the State. In 1848 was nominated by the Whigs for Vice-President on the ticket with General Taylor and was elected

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the Senate and Hous

hole country is called to an occasion of

great and affectionate regard of the American people for the memory of one whose life has been devoted to the public service, whose career in arms has not been surpassed in usefulness or brilliancy, who has been so recently raised by the u

ng circumstances which surround me, in the discharge of the duties from which, however much I may be oppressed by them, I dare not shrink; and I rely upon Him who holds in His han

res the wisdom of the two Houses may suggest

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the Republic of Peru, signed in this city on the 13th instant by the plenipotentiaries of the parties. A report from

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ry officer commanding in New Mexico and other matters, I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of War, communic

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eutenant J.D. Webster, Corps of Topographical Engineers, of a survey of the Gulf coast at the mouth of the Rio Grande and its vicinity,"

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epresentatives of

ertain proceedings of the British Government in the forcible seizure and occupation of the island of Tigre; also all the "facts, circumstances, and communications within the knowledge of the Executive relat

not aware of the existence of any such island in that State, and presume that the resolut

ority of the late Administration or under the auspices of the present Administration," so far as it has reference to treaties negotiated with any of those States by instructions from this Government, can not be complied with, inasmu

rd to a ship canal across the Isthmus, negotiated by Elijah Hise, our late chargé d'affaires in Guatemala, with the Government of Ni

r it shall be compatible with the public interest to make the communication. For the present I communicate herewith a copy of the treaty with Great Britain and of the correspondence be

ution of the House was referred, and who conducted the negotiations rel

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or, and was signed this day by John M. Clayton, Secretary of State, on the part of the United States, and by Senor Don Luis de la Rosa, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Mexico, on the part of that Republic. The length of the bo

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cluded in the city of Washington on the 1st day of April, 1850, by and between Ardavan S. Loughe

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ed upon the high seas and searched by a British ship of war," the accompanying copies of papers. The Government has no knowledge of any alleged stopping or searching on the high seas of American vessels by British ships of war except in the cases therei

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he Senate passed on the 8th of July last, calling for information in relation to the removal of Fort P

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June last, addressed to the late President of the United States, which, not having been answered by him, came to my hands on hi

tate he dispatched a special commissioner with full power and instructions to extend the civil jurisdiction of the

e establishment of a separate State government east of the Rio Grande, and within the rightful limits of the State of Texas. These four counties, which Texas thus proposes to establish and organize as being within her own jurisdiction, extend over the whole of the

e, as is understood, of maintaining her claim to the territory east of the Rio G

ress is yet in session. It is, I fear, far from being impossible that, in consequence of these proceedings of Texas, a crisis may be brought on which shall su

the several States when called into the actual service of the United States. The Constitution declares also that he shall take care

and appropriate acts of Congress have been passed as well for providing for calling forth the militia as for placing other su

n obstructed in any State by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or the power vested in the ma

or Territory, where it is lawful for the President to call forth the militia for the purpose of causing the laws to be duly executed, it sh

orities it becomes a case in which it is the duty of the President either to call out the militia or to employ the military and naval force of the United States, or to do both if in his judgment the exigency of the o

ws, and treaties of the United States; to suppress insurrections against her authority, and to punish those wh

limits of Texas herself. She can possibly confer no authori

o longer under the protection of any lawful authority, and are to be regarded merely as intruders; and if within such State or Territory they obstruct any law of the United States, either by power of arms or mere power of numbers, constituting such a combination as is

h intent to seize individuals, to be carried elsewhere for trial for alleged offenses, and this posse be too powerful to be resisted

any existing law of the United States opposition to which or the obstruction of which woul

of the United Sta

in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, unde

y treaty stipulation be in force therein, such treaty stipulation is the

same boundaries which belonged to it while in the actual possession of the Republic of Mexico, and before the late war. In the early part of that war both Calif

or departments separated from Mexico forever, and by the same treaty certain importan

le of the treaty i

l where it has more than one, to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico; thence westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to its western termination; thence northward along the western line of New Mexico until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila (or, if it should

of the treaty is in

ntribution, tax, or charge whatever. Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories may either retain the title, and rights of Mexican citizens or acquire those of citizens of the United States; but they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty; and those who shall remain in the said territories after the expiration of that year without having declared their inte

e of the treaty

the Union of the United States and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States) to the enjoyment of all the rights of citizens of the United States according to the p

es to them perfect security in the free enjoyment of their liberty and property, as well as in the free exercise of their religion; and this supreme law of the land, being thus in actual force over this territory, is to be maintained until it shall be displaced or superseded by other legal provisions; and if it be obstructed or

the State of Texas may be necessary, or by some appropriate mode of legal adjudication; but in the meantime, if disturbances or collisions arise or should be threatened, it is absolutely incumbent on the executive government, however painful the duty, to take care that the laws be faithfully maintained; and he can regard only the actual state of things as it existed at the date of the treaty, and is bound to protect all inhabitan

inst Texan laws, does not at all include any claim of power on the part of the Executive to establish any civil or military government within that Territory. Th

nce of treaties already in force and the protection of all the people of the Uni

y the Constitution and the laws. With whatever mildness those powers might be executed, or however clear the case of ne

rmed, I hope I shall not be regarded as stepping aside from the line of my duty, notwithstanding that I am aware that the subject is now before both Houses, if I express my deep and earnest conviction of the importance of an immediate decision or arrangement or settlement of the question of boundary between Tex

y Congress with the assent of the government of Texas. In the first place, this seems by far the most prompt mode of proceeding by which the end can be accomplished. If judicial proceedings were resorted to, such proceedings would necessarily be slow, and years would pass by, in all probability, before the controversy could be ended. So great a delay in this case is to be avoided if possible. Such delay w

Texas appears to Congress to be well founded in whole or in part, it is in the competency of Congress to offer her an indemnity for the surrender of that claim. In a case like this, surrounded, as it is, by many cogent considerations, all calling for

n the amicable adjustment of questions of difficulty which have now for a long time agitated th

nsideration of the public interest manifests the necessity of a provision by Congress for the settlement of this boundary question before the present session be brought to a close. The settlement of other questions connected with the same subject within the same period is greatly to

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th instant may convey the idea that Governor Bell's letter to my predecessor was received by him before his death.

to accompany the message a

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igations by Henry R. Schoolcraft, esq., under the provisions of an act of Congress approved March 3, 1847, requiring the Secretary of War "to collect and

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was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 3ist July last, requesting to be furnished with

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cal Engineers, with accompanying papers, which he requests may be taken as a supplement to the "report and map of Lieutenant J.D. Webster, Corps of Topographic

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companied by copies of the correspondence relating to the resignation of Edward C. Anderson, a lieutenan

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the honor to transmit to the Senate herewith a copy of the constitution recently adopted

government for New Mexico, I do not deem it advisable to su

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unicate the full and exact cost of each of the lines of mail steamers now in service, etc., I have the honor to t

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ing information in reference to the nomination of John Howard Payne as consul to Tunis, I hav

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desirous of manifesting the most sincere and profound respect for the character of the deceased, in which I doubt not Congress will fully concur, I have felt it to be my duty to make known t

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esignation of Lieutenant Anderson, of the Navy, I have the honor herewith to transmit a report f

the whole correspondence they are unanimously of opinion that Lieutenant Anderson tendered his resignation, which was duly accepted, and that he was therefore rightfully dropped from the Register. I concur fully in this opinion. With these

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ied in the ports of the said nation upon vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the United States, or upon the produce, manufactures, or merchandise imported in the same from the United States or from any foreign country, the President is thereby authorized to issue his proclamation declaring that the foreign discriminating duties of tonnage and impost within the United States are and shall be suspended and discontinued so far as respects the vessels of the sai

er plenipotentiary of that Republic, under date of the 31st of October, 1850, that no other or higher duties of tonnage and impost are imposed or levied in the ports of Chile upon vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the United Sta

ontinued so far as respects the vessels of Chile and the produce, manufactures, and merchandise imported into the United States in the same from Chile and from any other foreign country whatever, the said suspension to take effect from the day above mention

his 1st day of November, A.D. 1850, and the seven

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ef Magistrate and all hearts were penetrated with grief. Neither the time nor the occasion appeared to require or to justify on my part any general expression of political opinions or any announcement of the principles which would govern me in the discharge of the duties to the performance of which I had been so unexpectedly called. I trus

d unavoidable relations; which rights and duties there is no common human authority to protect and enforce. Still, they are rights and duties, binding in morals, in conscie

r struggles for freedom, our principles forbid us from taking any part in such foreign contests. We make no wars to promote or to prevent successions to thrones, to maintain any theory of a balance of power, or to suppress the actual government which any country chooses to establish for itself. We instigate no revolutions, nor suffer any hostile military expeditions to be fitted out in the United States to invade the territory or provinces of a friendly nation. The great law of morality ought to have a national as well as a personal and individual application. We should act toward other nations as we wis

s parts it is the will of the people expressed in the most solemn form, and the constituted authorities are but agents to carry that will into effect. Every power which it has granted is to be exercised for the public good; but no pretense of utility, no honest conviction, even, of what might be expedient, can justify the assumption of a

islative power. I shall comply with my duty in laying before you from time to time any information calcula

partments, or with provisions hastily adopted and likely to produce consequences injurious and unforeseen, I should not shrink from the duty of returning it to you, with my reasons, for your further consideration. Beyond the due performance of these con

is supreme. But here that authority ceases, and every citizen who truly loves the Constitution and desires the continuance of its existence and its blessings will resolutely and firmly resist any interference in those domestic affairs which the Constitution has clearly and unequivocally left to the exclusive authority of the States. And every such citizen will also deprecate use

es rendering a law odious in one part which is not so in another, and that the thoughtless and inconsiderate, misled by their passions or their imaginations, may be induced madly to resist such laws as they disapprove. Such persons should recollect that without law there can be no real practical liberty; that when law is trampled under foot tyranny rules, whether it appears in the form of a military despotism or of popular violence. The law is the only sure protection of the weak and the only efficient restraint upon the strong. When impartial

for places of importance individuals fitted for the posts to which they are assigned by their known integrity, talents, and virtues. In so extensive a country, with so great a population, and where few persons appointed to office can be known to the appointing power, mistakes will sometimes

inent degree the blessings of that peace in a prosperous and growing commerce and in all the forms of amicable national intercourse. The unexampled growth of the country, the present amount of its population, and its amp

struction of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and for other purposes. The instrument has since been ratif

this convention, two other objects remain to

establishment of a free por

from the shore within which belligerent m

doubt that the two Governments

e 19th of April last, above referred to, being now in operation, it is to be hoped that the guaranties which it offers will be sufficient to secure the completion of the work with all practicable expedition. It is obvious that this result would be indefinitely postponed if any other than peaceful measures

gence has just been received of the appointment of an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of that Government to reside at Washington, whose a

prosecuted with characteristic energy, especially when that Government shall have consented to such stipulations with the Government of the United States as may be necessary to impart a feeling of security to those who may embark their property in the enterprise. Negotiations are pending for the accomplishment of that object, and a hope is confident

which the parties concerned in the project of the railroad deem necessary for their protection and security. Further consideration, it

minister of the United States in Mexico, who is p

he Government of Portugal for the final adjustment and payment of those claims, has recently been accepted on the part of the United States. It gives me pleasure to say that Mr. Clay, to whom t

be immediately negotiated for carrying the agr

in the time which it prescribes. The documents, however, which the Imperial Government, by the third article of the convention, stipulates to furnish to the Government of the United States have not yet been received. As it is presumed that those documents will be

he provisions of the act of Congress of the 24th of May, 1828. It is to be hoped that this measure will impart a fresh impulse to the commerce between

pose of causing that article to be imported into the country at a reasonable price. Nothing will be omitted on my part toward accomplishing this desirable end. I am persuaded that in removing any

aiian Islands, which has recently been made public, will, it is believed

le that it should be permanently and speedily adjusted. The interests of humanity and of general commerce also demand this; and as intimations of the same sentiment have been received from other governments, it is hoped that some plan may soon be devised to effect the object in a manner likely to giv

Secretary of the Treasury for a d

asury for the year ending 30th

during the same perio

ince the last annual report from t

ary bounties will, it is believed, very nearly supply the public demand for several years to come, and but little reliance can, therefore, be placed on that hitherto fruitful source of revenue. Aside from the permanent annual expenditures, whic

s imported. The power to lay these duties is unquestionable, and its chief object, of course, is to replenish the Treasury. But if in doing t

the foreign article, and the importer is thus compelled to reduce his price to that at which the domestic article can be sold, thereby throwing a part of the duty upon the producer of the foreign article. The continuance of this process creates the skill and invites the capital which finally enable us to produce the article much cheaper than it could have been pro

be altered, but that the duty should not fluctuate. To effect this all duties should be specific wherever the nature of the article is such as to admit of it. Ad valorem duties fluctuate with the price and offer strong temptations to fraud and perjury. Specific duties, on the contrary, are equal and uniform in all ports and at all times, and offer a strong inducement to the importer to bring the best article, as he pays no more duty upon that than upon one of inferior quality. I therefore strongly recommend a modification of the pre

that similar impositions not discovered, to a large amount, have been successfully practiced since the enactment of the law now in force. This state of things has already had a prejudicial influence upon those engaged in foreign commerce. It has a tendency to drive the honest trader from the business of importing and to throw that important branch of employment into the hands of unscrupulous and dishonest men, who are alike regardless of law and the obligations of an oath. By these

respectfully to recommend that instead of taking the invoice of the article abroad as a means of determining its value here, the correctness of which invoice it is in many cases impo

y the establishment of a mint. In the meantime, as an assayer's office is established there, I would respectfully submit for your consideration the propriety of authorizing gold bullion which has been assayed and stamped to be received in payment of Government dues. I can not conceive that the Treasury would suffer any loss by such a provision, which wi

ly recommend the establishment of an agricultural bureau, to be charged with the duty of giving to this leading branch of American industry the encouragement which it so well deserves. In view of the immense mineral resources of our country, provision should also be made for the employment of a competent mineralogist and chemist, who should be required, under the direction of the head of the bureau, to collect specimens of the various minerals of our country and to ascertain by careful an

ary to insure the prompt and faithful performance of that duty. The appropriation already made will, it is believed, be sufficient to defray the whole expense of the work, but further legislation may be necessary in reg

ional power to improve the means of intercourse with them. The importance of opening "a line of communication, the best and most expeditious of which the nature of the country will admit," between the Valley of the Mississippi and the Pacific was

thority of the Spanish and Mexican Governments. Many of these have not been perfected, others have been revoked, and some are believed to be fraudulent. But until they shall have been judicially investigated they will continu

irst inclined to favor the system of leasing, as it seemed to promise the largest revenue to the Government and to afford the best security against monopolies; but further reflection and our experience in leasing the lead mines and selling lands upon credit have brought my mind to the conclusion that there would be great difficulty in collecting the rents, and that the relation of debtor and creditor betw

ased importance to our Indian relations. The various tribes brought under our jurisdictio

reat roads leading into the country are infested with them, whereby traveling is rendered extremely dangerous and immigration is almost entirely arrested. The Mexican frontier, which by the eleventh article of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo we are bound to protect against the Indians within our border, is exposed to these incursions equally with our own. The military forc

domestic interests and the defense of our frontier, I refer you to the

hief relative to the establishment of an asylum for the relief of disabled and destitute soldiers. This subject appeals so strongly to you

the different quarters of the globe, and, with the exception of a single steamer on th

ng the past year. It is a source of gratification that, while they have been constantly prepared for any hostile emergency, they have e

eed to the Arctic Seas in quest of the British commander Sir John Franklin and his companions, in compliance with the act of Congress approved in

r its improvement, together with the naval policy recommended for the security of our Pacific Coast and the protection and extension of our commerce with eastern Asia. Our fa

ice, presented to the Executive by certain resolutions of the House of Representatives at the last session of Congress, h

e who have faithfully served their country and awarding distinctions by retaining in appropriate commands those who have been particularly conspicuous for gallantry and good conduct. While the obligation of the country to m

000 than those of the present, excepting the appropriation which may become necessary for the construction of a dock on the coast of t

be separated from those for fixed and permanent objects, such as building docks and navy-yards and the fixtures attached

ough its defects have been often and ably pointed out; and the abolition of a particular species of corporal punishment, which then took place, without providing any substitute, has left the service in a state of defec

eneral presents a satisfactory view of the

tes (not embracing the service in Oregon and California) was 178,672 miles, the annual tran

er that of the preceding year was 3,997,354

on the 1st day of July last was 18,417, being

552,971.48, including the annual appropriation of $200,000 for the franked matter of the Depar

re $5,212,953.43, leaving a balance of

epaid. He also recommends that the prepaid rate shall be reduced to 2 cents whenever the revenues of the Department, after the reduction, shall exceed its expenditures by more than 5 per cent for two consecutive years; that the post

either by abolishing the existing privileges of sending free matter through the mails or by paying out of the Treasury to the Post-Office Department a sum equivalent to the postage of which it is deprived by such privileges. The las

d at very great expense. And this construction of the Constitution appears the more reasonable from the consideration that if these works, of such evident importance and utility, are not to be accomplished by Congress they can not be accomplished at all. By the adoption of the Constitution the several States voluntarily parted with the power of collecting duties of imposts in their own ports, and it is not to be expected that they should raise money by internal taxation, direct or indirect, for the benefit of that commerce the revenues derived from which do not, either in whole or in part, go into their own treasuries. Nor do I perceive any difference between the power of Congress to make appropriations for objects of this kind on the ocean and the power to make appropriations for similar objects on lakes and rivers, wherever they are large enough to bear on their waters an extensive traffic. The magnificent Mississippi and its tributaries and the vast lakes of the North and Northwest appear to me to fall within the exercise of the power as justly and as clearly as the ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. It is a mistake to regard expenditures judiciously made for these objects as expenditures for local purposes. The posi

rs conferred by the Constitution, we should consider ourselves as deliberating and acting for one and the same count

works as have been already begun and for commencing such others as may

ted whether Congress, from the nature of its organization, is properly constituted to decide upon such cases. It is impossible that each member should examine the merits of every claim on which he is compelled to vote, and it is preposterous to ask a judge to decide a case which he has never heard. Such decisions may, and frequently must, do injustice either to the claimant or the Government, and I perceive no better remedy for this growing evil than the establishment of some tribunal to adjudicate up

mblem of our Union and the symbol of our greatness. Here also are situated all the public buildings necessary for the use of the Government, and all these are exempt from taxation. It should be the pride of Americans to render this place attractive to the people of the whole Republic and convenient and safe for the transaction of the public business and the preservation of the public records. The G

by express to the governor of Texas, to be laid by him before the general assembly for its agreement thereto. Its receipt was duly acknowledged, but no official information has yet been received of the ac

discussion and deliberation to secure the concurrence of a majority of Congress in their favor. It would be strange if they had been received with immediate approbation by people and States prejudiced and heated by the exciting controversies of their representatives. I believe those measures to have been required by the circumstances and condition of the country. I believe they were necessary to allay asperities and animosities that were rapidly alienating one section of the country from another and destroying those fraternal sentiments which are the strongest supports of the Constitution. They were

are beyond your reach, as the legislation which disposed of them was in its character final and irrevocable. It may be presumed from the opposition which they all encountered that none of those measures was free from imp

shed by those measures until time and experience shall demonstrate t

al ground to rest upon. And the occasion, I trust, will justify me in exhorting my countrymen to rally upon and maintain that ground

the Great Ruler of Nations for the multiplied blessings which He has graciously bestowed upon us. His hand, so often visible in our p

r than have fallen to the lot of any other nation. And while deeply penetrated with gratitude for the past, let us hope that His all-wise providence will so guide our counsels

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day of September last, entitled "An act proposing to the State of Texas the establishment of her northern and western boundaries, the relinquishment by the said Sta

, 1850. An authenticated transcript of a law passed by the legislature of Texas on the 25th day of November, agreeing to and accepting the propositions conta

cording to their true import and meaning. Second. That the governor of this State be, and is hereby, requested to cause a copy of this act, authenticated under the seal of the State, to be furnished to the President of the United