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Pacers tment ft); the h : 'The File ter rogemdnts ffifieqn‘ugngerest dud & odflvgxll 4A : s heleq34wea—the suh’reetrJccnnhmhun Mi. political ' digcrission, ance syudeep griven.line. oB div | stated wreat ability - F t -constrhe's of all Vowels dele/‘Tutgd by the “hates Mid nQ United States,. I ¢ memxthvhofly Wlthurthe limits of hd 'a thuy Aczctutc the lawq suppr Oss. msuwecm rpct ”IVLLBJUHH HHH r ALWALulw dre subject- Numeroiis applications hay figensesoi he depgra two million f ty-t \land at the same time the substantial m- n | teregis- 'of all the other States, 'by:enhane- ing the- 'value and «promoting the rapid sale -of: the. public: domgin, I refer you to fir epmyh 1h the h \9pm : 1, | strnefion of. the I 1798, gud . maxked dt _ plootvtwtheneussxty of - gum-dug, tliat litstrument against tlie authority. of precedents which as lfiEfir‘Fb'fi) p c vaé‘tly nmltlphed As, mm spensabte: for-the- with «sleepless. . vigilance, > t ’;_=_u audépuualb n set up in} an admonitory } few titlckffss desexts betweénv ass points-alld a -patrintic people ever leto protect them. mocessary Ii ks, the enter glmcr to supply All '¢xperic that flvhexfcvex pnvate- - avail, it 1s. niost: wise fort 3 the xeport 'of the becletm yof the Inte- intion: imd 'not the sanction of : its most plainly clefined nmvm's: 2 \ernment . to leave\ to flm u'd]: Watahfnh at] bow fifln! HO: ‘T‘v‘ *) 1101. ixwux Ulul » UAu-Lulua-uluu’ to leave but, G in consequences of the provisions £- l'mltatlon in the existing laws. © lapeflthesemlmms, the ; sult of a just- discrimination, and: mil be treckless or maiswmluate extensxou of the will show that. this e&périeuce is the re- fat - affording encoumoemcnt to a. principle. - —I—e¢{mmcnd to yom‘ favm able consuls- mtmnihmenfif gening of: our cotifitry, | who by their inventions anmd-discoveries unltmfl ao Te'th ~13115\- Wmfiée . hundretLand sxxty—thre _ [thwame period, ex- (Tl . housand eight hu ' surplus Qty—rheeamwthwsu ject:-0 fon -atiw very early.period: te 1 revenue :ta the discharge of th - elhsses;-way, on the Ath. of Aforoir 1953 T sflxtyanfne mllhbn one hundred and ninety - uqam as -it couid-fudie} Administration, and the path of. duty egard to it séemed to me obvious and plus l’ubhc eand-twent: ,. to: dewse meanfit'rrfifty-sevenf acres..___ ~] 1 refer you to the ghproprmte re- “m scxeuco and mt have coutubuted laru e- -Our. «mvunmeut exists under a writ ten compact between sovereigh - states, for specific objects, and w1th specific grants to their general dflentfl\ If, then, in the.progress of usadmmmn'a- tion; fliers have been ~Aepartute I: tering aud:sintent of , tlie compact, and will ever. be; proper to- refer back to \the fixed standard . which our fathers'left ns nut] to n|n| e-a-stern tawny Aa tn nnnf’nLnl the. if. 18, tiom -of lt means of commuux The surfeys before alluded signed to- ascer tamhlhewmostr and UCOUUUXHRH route WI EIT ad the river MlSalSSlppl to the Pacig ac Paxhea are now in the: field ankmg plomtlons, Wllcm‘ previous- exummfitx had not sup hell sufiwmrt dat st ren ject mnwht mxwhr \le found. .‘ \ R lb flaw, w Av}. out m many instances sécuruw 'for them- es anything like an afiaquutcfimmxd fiat many I pogts, andxspeuallv urge upon your car- ly sttonuign.. thu A munfluhwht: buf! n of Cuufrress in xehmon our £10440“ 'to it; Team swm that, fhe. fact of. a prihciple having beat resisted from the first by many of \the wisest -and most patriotic mien of the Republic and 'a policy having provoked constant strife, Fwnhouhmrrwmw at a counclausign \w inch [can be regzudedms satisfactory to. .us 'most earnest advocates, should sug ' the -ing w kether-tire plan likely to be crowned y happm‘ re-] anlie amfi‘xmc bemg boty limited; be expectt 'd that'gll the: aAecurate edge\ desired wilt -begbt u hupud that. much and import 'tidun will be added ly pGSSES§€d nud—fimt tid reports -offthe.s ceived, i e: mgy not WWW smo lfllfiblfi“ “fix“, -have a the State ds swamp lands, Sixteen mtlhon six frandred and eighty-four thousand” two hundred and fifty-three acres; select- rmkfer—rmlroachd-othelaobjeets—‘md 'acts of Congress, one. million four hundred, adieu—hanged; 'Thélpless and afflicted class of sufferers, and titipated; \and there is the 'best reasomto {believe, from the plan and contemplated arrapgements which haye been devised, with the large experience furnished with: in tho last few years m lelumon to the na- [will q prove an asylum indeed to this most |I nmnd as a noble. monument of wxsdom yee Mires whefher it 'ma got. 'be sufely anticipated that, if. the policy- were once settled agmust upploprmuous by tho General ~Governprent for inml—mrpmfamwmfior the benefit of contrmerce, localxtxes lequu- the fund necessm'v for such (must: ucuou Tay, and, at times, fatafi Cy attending tra el by either of the istlimas- route 'demofistrated the advantage, whic result from interritorial 'communfcation sach safe 'and rapid means. ag- a r w. | would 'st ipply. These¢ixfl10ultxcs \which have been D countéred in 'a period of. peace,; would' ho as. the safettholhemeterests of then commerce-might require; . _-_ [time of war- Bat whilst t of ”tfébirhfififihm 16, Negroe ~higlily s - of lands disposed of with- ~ lin 'the fiscal year, twenty-hm millions J f ty-si MUCH '|thousand and thxrty-sevewdollars, pay- '\ ments off fl [-s yafi‘ord induéemnnt and opportumtftmuoust 3, mifffony Two Hundred and thi made, gince-flirt period, to the amount of fond and- third quarters -of 1852, t- twelve million seren hiandred-and three : vtho sand three Hundred and_twenty-nife dollars, leaving unpaid, - and if the 'con- ourse 6f liquidation, the sumrof sand eight hundred,. and- eighteen actes oven the fiscal immediately 'preceding.- 1The quanfity of land fot & c- for tho-cities pf W nshmgton \and Georgian)“ an abundant supply of voodfed the- publi rholesome water, it became my duty character“ a settled penny—n hich, tho' i need some. works of wncedul engineer who had charge of the surveys lxnportnuce his been attended with an under the , get first named. 'The best, if expenditure quite disproportionate to not the enly plan, calculated to gecure; their value-and has resulted in squander- uuu --- \Under the acts of Congress of Aug. 31, 1852, and of March 8, 1853, designed to gd \' caraine-the report which, fifié‘flfie |.-If-that can be re garded as a system in_ the expér ience of: more than thxfl-y-yeara, has at po time $0 commuutr ments already encountered, and others u der new contingencies to 'be anticipate way serve str] & nor all considerations combined, can Hive ° fun- dpprecialle value, when weighed - against the obligntion strickly. to adliere to the ooustxtunou, and faithfully m Exe-, _ cute the powers it corifers. ~Wifkih tb was three hundred and thirty-four ' thousand four and. fifty-one acres, The amount receive therefore was six hundred and twenty- [threb' thousand'six hundred. and eighty-| ; compreliensive \sad line- of policy-and 40 great materxgl interests whethor regar connéction with the powers. world., - ates have contmued grad eadfl‘ expand, through ac- {winch how much olicy,...) ; gwatelemmm the ient of our country, and with it, of Alie hama s t freeflom, in pros- ho thirteen ‘ befiimtysoue with caching to on one side, r to themstsmt réalms of m d epiysénsrmo fifths m- psibility which the present magnitude epflhiic, and tha. mgrsmm mul- cld in - them-] Afty-six. payments, 'at the market price of the respecti es of stocks, have been effected “duly, and to the general. advantage.-of the Treasary, -and havo at \the same time proved of—fitgnal utility in the relief they havé mcidentally afforded to the money million four hundred and eighty- -tsix thousand seven hundred and, eight fihmde‘ ve class- seven dollars. \Lhe quantity sold the see- ond and third ' \quarters. :of the year 1853, was one million six-hundred and nine thonsand ning» hundred and nineteen acres; and the amount received therefore; |. two million two hundred and twenty- 5m thousand eight Imndred and seventy-six dollars. 'The whole number of land warrants [market and to thcr industrial and. com- A mereial pursuits of theconntry. . . portance,. and te plan suggested by the of the Treasury, whichis to re- duce the duties on certain articles, and to add to the free lists many articles now taxed, aug especially such as enter in manufactures and are not largely, or at produced in the country, is commend ed. 'to your canard and carefal considera- tion.. o ~\ -The second of the abovg inentioned ob- jL‘Lt-‘S, that of the tariff, < is of great im- You will Bod in thémgart of the Sec-fcight UL HHS MHE tary of War. permanently the object sought, was that: ing large sums upon objects which \have? which contemplates taking the water from answorld no valuable wartime-the inter-] the government involved, it. would, [|| the Great Falls of the Potomac, mud con-pests of all thsmetes leqmm It to- he‘lwlh flpédwllt ami-proper, if an ecouom- sequently ‘I—ffivfit—my approval. 7 fiabandw For the progress and present cond[tfon for the future which find no warrant 1mm to md by all Cbmntuuoxml means, in {he timt and to me extent of ths luterfiSfi‘Qf—r“ ila in le routo'shall be found,, issued under existing , law , prior to :the Embof—Septembcr last, was. tivo handred aud sixty-six thousand and forty-two; of which there. were outstanding, at that dato, sixty-six thousand nine hundred ard forty-seven, The quantity of landrequir- ed to satisfy these outstanding warrants is four millions seven hundred and seven- ty-eightithousand_ one hnadred and $won- ty acres, -. Warrants have been maxed, to 30th September last, under the act of 11th February, 1847 califag for t twelve million bandred- andsmreuty nine thogsand tion of the Cot -work; -and for-tts de- mm punt, mands,so fares upproprxuttons arg concern-, wunouuxbwu of a luau, which WflFfllfi \ With an anxious desrre for the comple-] by speedy transit, the populations: of the adupt it to tho dncressed .extént, popula- thing beff as and (mm-11mm and di struts of other meat of harbors, or ao 228. &_ Ro levmtmn of whxeh, so far as re- conduct of\ the public. business is- first, in imy reliagce on _ 'the wisdom and pnmntzsm of the two retary of the Treasury, also, abundant ropf of the entire adequacy of the pres- ent fiscal system to meet-all the:require- ments of the public service, and that, while properly administered, it operates of congress; and secondly, m_ the to ns afforded me by the. principles c polity, affirged by our fathers] . £ 1498, .shfictioned by 10m- ted unuow by if»: e Simplé 'of ghee an : duties of this Fm Gnvarnment - in, og entrusted to, three great de- t3, the legigigtive, execntive-and , yfei the su {fitgzfitve power, the} Ahe advantage of the community i in or- diurnbssmesgreiatmus - J respectfully. ask your attention to sundry sugfestions of improvements in! thesettlement of gccounts, especially as regards the large sams of-oststanding ar- rears due to the Government, and of oth- it hin department, -which are-indicated. by Sithe Secretary; as also to the: progress made in the construction of Marine Hos- pitais, Castom Houses, and of a new Mint in California, and Assay Office in the City of New ~York, heremfnre provided for by Cosgress; and also to the erainent- er reforms in the admzmamnve action of |- two handred and eighty acres; under acts of September 28, 1850, and March 22, 1859, calling for 'twelve million five han-]. dfed and five thousand three bundred and sixty acres-making a total of twen- ty-five million three-hundred and eighty four thousand six Hundred, and forty acres. It is believed that expeneuce has veri fied that wisdom and justice of the pre- sept system, with regard to thepnhhc do- isto, in most essential particalars, You wil} perceive, from the Report, of the Rectstary of the Imam}: .that opin fons, which bare Offer rsssed in| _ States, or parts of States. . - due regard to justice requires that all the States of the Union should be piseed on the same 100tNg 111 PP“!!! tribunals. of the Rtatu _and general. etl, L refer you to the report of the Seere-tion. of the -works whicle are regarded by Iqu ife and Atluirtic States;-- To- - git <> | mu good citizens with Ir sincere interest, 1, wgainst. misconception, it should be re- | magmned and still further increaged in '- krrrgty to the' im- portance -of_snch_a., work, muhguiwger e rmturing a plau, whichi ap-: doubtful pom-r and more than doubtfal only bé in_ those particulars which may , plied to this'subject, [My prolaise some- propriety, even within the limits of atetri- thau congtant strife, the sus- tory, for the general gnuqrnment to un- tion and legal bfisiness of the. United / pension df the posvers of local enterprise, | dcrmke to administer the affairs of a rail- States. _ In this relation, the organiza-) the exciting of vain hopes 'and the dis- ; {road, a canal, or other similar construc- s is now confessedlly xxx-lappmnnmnt of cherishg adequate to the duties to be performed; expections. Jn expending the appropriations made ' with a work of this character shopld' bo .. by them; in coksequenice .of which, the by theYhst Congress, several cases have inchental rather than primary: »I will . States of Florida, Wircousin, lows, Tex arisen jn relation to warkse Tor the improve-, only add,\ at present, that, f If appre- Vs hich involve question ciating the magnitude of the Subject, gm States, are infeffect excluded from the as to the right of\.soil and jurisdiction, solicitous that the Atlantic and Pacific full benefits of the general system, by the and bave threatened\conflict between the shores gf the republic may . be bound {d- functions of the Cireait Comit being de-. authority voived-on the District 'in att those ernments. The Fight to construct A. break- 'térest, as well as of common fealty afid - { water, jetty, of gags) would seem, neces- attichmient to the Union, 1 shall be dis- The spirit of the Constitution and avsanly, to carry with it the power to pro- posed, so far as my own action is concern- tect and preserve such 'constructions.- ed, to follow the lights of. the-constito- ' rhis can only be effectually done by hav- tion, as 'espounded and fllastrated By - gor-:gether by inseparable ties of The preset Judxcnfl system of the Unit-. have deemed it my duty to ask At your, \marked that, a [Hiough the power to con- ed. States has naw been in opuatlon for: Hands a deliberate reconsideration of the |struct, or aid f the construction of ia - so long a +period of, thine, and has, in its aurnon withe hops that, animated by 'road within the limits of a territory is not. general theory and wuch of its detmls be-\ a desire to proirute the permanent and embarrassed by that question of jurisdi¢- jeome so- fmnihm‘tofixe comrtt) anid ac substantial interests of the cmmtry, your tion which - wouklmqse—wfihflrthe limite --- OPiL (AA tlhut if modfiul in xmv recpecb it-strould.\ dcvxsm\ at non,,and., Lhuafure that ity\ connéoxion common In- in- Te-;{Soil relation to the operation of the land $5- tem, as not being a source of revenue to Tie lands w June 30, 18538, amounfied to the-sam of fity:three millions iwo Emil-ad ica mm. The fisdérai Gm?- 3 1m3€ed§bw§ 3 Confer- ie Uonstita mm; ds ; affinity iy Enecessial progress orthe was; Sawfly. Wmmmanda ¢. 1 am fo ixsatssfiedfizat fifie Navy ates is fol * T mum fig eximsmuag aftmar anfies S mamas not faving fakes pixel? it: Tike mH be A seemed to me proper r should be. {ma from $686me af Warand Ni- Nand system over the Territones of Uml W without dictay.- Tiisthas been and the meny i and Xew Mexico, with sach mafifiwgm 1501121; 2;de an occasion was thereby pre-, imam policy . eated for Inspootfine the bow o. & Ts 0 £ ers: atron {fimgzh gad Mamas mmmm With tag mmgmmae of 3m mmmerm _ HIRE: GZ bcs “5.1.3 ha 5 v, m Nary. ~I respeotinlly sahmzxtimifie o freardinary | amny, which, under our systera, mics al termion pike; regarded with the nighest miss WM volun- 3 Lew washer 223 the Ba ECH ; $3;an f mifiayz‘m m frontier retations of ‘essama of its Beng ard mmkfifiemfifi aod the of tie In |ry {den tribests the fiemfifiafi» for elorg of yes k “Q; $3,3ng pus ¢ sitesfioa mfifiafififig-W mums? aay mush: i‘fii its in‘a cf g? 3‘wfimm, was“ mfamraf themi fem , mfiagex. € ire-empfimpm 33mm? tan a??? far? 58337093 mfifipgxfimgs which be folly developed in the reports tom; imébfiié ea, _> *, tar 3, ard é§*fi‘gfi% Wfiwwwémflmfm sf 3&9 mm fa} (al iof a local charecter to twenty the thirty-one Stsms, $130qu 'to Serena trazdred f sand Eve sumdred defiars, Mirna, miter; auntaims. whisk {game so | That the goreroment m max m Tits C son . pasdentfiy of the grosnds film} beer: orsed acaust the Rs teral revenas zmwefizsaf tire: gmgmaréuimsafiméefi, firm wmam itequality with consequent in c fsp [& consternation for the ex One | wr' Ma'mvm the United States, fos Mmfimg justice is in the ratare of the: g‘fi’fifi fnsd Maya & the chifet pog Mg\? # spsifion ert became ike wisn. feqaate to the sceom- . ax. which [ am prepared to recommend, for' the constitation. the enlargement and modification'of the whether, imsafl cases where nonstruaz juééxizealsgstgm, tous e (A se l Wanembggzetiedby... ue Jnauicinl ing juris iiction over the soul. I therefore commend to your clause of the constitution is found, on constituie the standard of'm cousiderationt this importast subject, which, in 'my judgment, demands the, speedv action of Copgress. 1 will Bat no those, whose Ooptmions and axpositious yfihtxéfil which to rest the claim of the Lmied faith in regard to the powersof thefederal States to exercise jurisliction over the govermusent. of a State, execpt. that egnferred b by :1i0 sa5, that 10 grandeur of enterpme, and | sent to you, if deemed desirable, a plan, the eighth 'section of the.first article of 0. present urgent inducement promising It is, then, submitted, popular favor, will lead me to disregard - It is, 1 trust, not necessary tens : those lights, or to damn from that j the genetaLmuvem-fwhzch magnum mithsonian Institution providedthat the lohtamed, and leglaiame proflscn be [prosperity sad lemmute wasmnuoml resident of the United States, ard oth- . made 40 cover gll such _rases.. the Federal Treasury, were erroutous.__| 6 persons therein desiggated, should con- | progress. We can afford to wait, but we, For the progress made in the construc-. cannot afferd to- overlook the ark of oar Git , K ppeiep 50.529 s #4 Its mt R fop for msl The net profits from the sale of the pab- {stitute an \ establishment\ by that name, ° tion of roads within the territories, as pro-\ 'secaority. and that the mefabers shoald hold stated | vided for in the appropriations of the last umaa nertings for the saperviston , Lmflraag, I refer you to the rem“ of the Tsxsem is one sxflageet o a domestic an; thedeliberate mdgmexx Of fife 1350111 which, from fts intrinsic Hagan-tang r pable {Tam flm%mme§zg mmfiwmfi rreans of mmmnmmtmm min te w mafia res far the was, flagrfi fimfiw asd ? g It is no- i P fifthfiaa qaestfons \o id which & mmiveb, mnmimxsd mfiseéfirem?or the exewzse aim} e inte : by: ut sate-{fl {éfi a?!” whith figment par? of the mfie expanse; Comine Topetiy G $3.5!!!“an [But while tiie present -is bright - wi promise, asdigis fotere- tra mew? ix 1 3 3 cdnsertl F hmmheé ma’fir Wfivm‘e connetion for 33mm both of defence | of works afd commeresal Interedurse, ands ssren of: m3 sechas apperiain to t flew» Emmi” may; MW «hmmwsm fizz 8 i c wwaim’fi‘xfifi s mmm 24 mafiafi mm. ' stow. A ”afflimkafigw hag-w hwmgwpea Bow eaéww to meet $11 of duty, the Féar 1850 will bewfizxseafa * sith anvtions appreher up; i’wsza wmna 533“ 3mm cise paramdfm MM? wt} mwfivgsfr the comet “$5 mafia}: rs mmfikw . o wicks dow 6f--i
