GAPE MAY COUNTY OC^AN WAVE, CAPE ISLAND, NEW JERSEY.

FEESIDENTS MESSAGE.

t Ob of lart week Preridest BortuMun Bent l>ia anoBal metr*pc to boih Iiobms of CoogreM. la tba'SeoaU it was mo; but the Homo of Beprcoantauvea Mt ha Ting yet orgsaiXad, the raeaaage waa laid on the tabfo. * 1 ha nwaaage h written in cood atyla, bainjt a claar, ydain of^oaitioa of the wriUr’a kiewa on the aarioai topics befode Iba political world. There it nothing mystified shoot if. an that -every reader may"well onteralaod iU maaoiup. The docunanl ia mi mry prolix. tV« shall give aome of the parti moat ia* lereatiog to oar reader*, ip fall, and a more srM sketch of the real. After a brief in'.rodnction, tha Preeidenl roniea at oace to the Harper's Parry allair.

M follows:

Whilst it h the doty of tha President from time to time to pi*# Cougrew infernation of the state of the Union,*’ I shall lotrefcr in Setail to the recent sad and g^fcriy oacomruces at Harper's Ferry lull it la proTwr to obiarre that these prents, however bad end croc) in tiirm* wWes, derive their chief importauco from ha apprehension that they am hot symploma of an incurable discam in tha public Bind, which may break out in Still more longeroas catrages and terminate at Iasi in in open war by thu Sdrlh to abolish slavery in Ibe Bonlb. Wiila*; for myself, I entertain no anch upprebeoijon, they oasht U> aCi>nl a solemn warning to na all to be. ware of tha approach of danger. Oar Union it a slake of each ioestunnbl* value as to demand onr constant and watchful vigilance for its praaervatictr. In this viow, at ms implore my countrymen, North and doath. to cultivale the ancient feelings of mutual forbearance and good will towards each olhar, and strive to allay tba demon spirit of aecfional Strife now alive in onr fhnd. This advice proceeds from the heart

excilettn-nt. and prevetiting future outbreak« of a similar character. They will rwaolre that the Constitution and tha Udion shall not be endangered by rash counsels. knowing that, should •the silver cord be loosed or the golden bowl be broken • * at the fountain." human power could nevdr reunite tha scattered and hostile fragments. The oexl subject treated of. is that of slavery in tba territories, which w# giva in

lull.

1 cordially eongratolnU you epon tbs final settlement by the Supreme Couit of the United States of the question of slavery in the Territories, which, hod presented ao as peel *o troly formidable at the conimenc*. ment of me admioistratiou. The right ha« been established of every citizen to lake his property .of any kind, including alav-a into the common Territories belonging equally to all the Stales of the Confederacy, and to have it protected there onder the Federal t’nnslilntion. Neither Con press nor a t- rritcrial legislator* j)or any human power ha« any authority in annul or impair this vetted right. The supreme judiiial tribunal of the country, which is a co-ordinate branch of the Government, has

Sf in old pubTIcTuCTnOnary whose service that .ither Congrrts

cull to determine whether the affect would be wore deleterious oo the ioteresU of the master nr on tfcnao of tba native born slave Of the evils to the master, the one most to be dreaded would be tha introduction of wild heathen, and i room ant bartiarians among the sober, orderly and quiet slaves, whose ancestors have been on the soil for several generations. This might lend p© barbarize, demordlixe. an-1 exasperate the whole mass.anu produce most deplorable

consequences.

The effect upon the existing slave wonld if possible, l>e still more deplorable. At present he is treated with kindness and hu. mainly. ILj i* -»W fed. well clothed, anti jiM overworked. Uis.cnnditujh i* incowpaiably, better *thao ibat of thu loolies which modern nations of lush cirilizatioo liaee emph-yeii a> a »ut*»lilnle fur African slaves Both the pbilanthrophs and the self interest of the master have combined to produce this humane result. Bnt fet this trade he reopened, and what will be tha effect T The same, to u considerable extern, as on a neighboring island—the «>n

. ly spot now ou earth where the African Wswswtya.. i, op ,„,, lo |.„ ud . „a .hi, in

of the niesoog* is the firiluwing ; ■ cause some tKHSculty, though eoch ant alt i* R..,»n lie idO. ."J H .~U to SIS. » ** 1 J" •*»,

are imporun: j-arta of the Cuunirj can enforce an obedience. Gan.

maintains bimslelfat the capital; and In soma of the distant provinces there are military govarnors who pay lilUe respect to

the derrors of either government. In the meantime the escassM which al.

way* attend on civil 'war, especially la Mexico, are constantly rvcorring. Outragra of the worst description are committed both npon persona and property. 'I here is scarcely any form of injury which has not been suffered by onr citizens in Mexico during the last few years. We

Congress of Mexico, i bw ‘ n no «'“ n 7 * l P*** wilh Hie IHh of February | republic, bnt -so far os the interest of our i-t'tution and provided I v® n,m, rce or of our citizens who have vi«jtook place in ' ** ,e country as merchants, shipmasters,

e" f. ll.-al'p J.dy. [itoV.] «i.d General | or '“ olhtr c »P» c ' li ^- are concerned, w. *.‘una>iib.rt was chosen I’residenl •"<»•*» K "'> »* • r *

jVilhonl rnpositiou. At the same

t e opinion of the President, demands ee

rious attention.

The message next refers to the unhappy state of affairs in .Mexico, and our complicity of interest -in the same, in reference to j

ahich the I’ret id*-si says:

I regret to inform you that there ha* been no improvement in the affairs of Mexico since my lost annual message, and 1 am obliged to ask the earnest attention of Congress to-the onupppy condition of

that repoblic. The constilO< ahich B«tjnort*c

liifu. adopted a eon*t tutio popular • lection. Thi

constitutional law. so manifestly just

tbcmeelvus, and so well calculated to pro. mote peace and harmony among the Stales It is a sinking proof of the sense of juslice which is inherent in our people, that the property in slaves has never been disturbed to my knowl-ge. in any of the Ter rilerfes. Even throughout the late Ironhies tn Ranrrs there has not been any attempt, as I am credibly informed, to inter, fere, iu treingle instance, wilh the right of the master. Had any such attempt been made, the Judiciary would doolies* have afforded an adequate remedy. Slhmld they fail to-d« this hereafter, U will then be

igh to strengthen their hands by

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) By the < •ntiai lerm * ‘"■ri P 1 *' ] On that ■

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^•n. abuse first sesIGiltof Sepi«-n4to-r. mtion of Igil tbe begin tbe 1st of con'mue fur four

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aopeutcil lw fore tbe SS thw-city o r Mexico, top»rt ll-e i-e<e ronstiti iiiaugnrkted os Pr.-sidei

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further legislation. Had it been decided

r the territorial leg-

islature*possese the power to annul or im pair the right to , property in slave*, the evil would bo intolerable. In the laher event, there would be n struggle for a majority of the member* of the legislator* at ]

»l Hal. end a milli ligliid Ihe mgreme (. tJeneral Zu'ougu. j Tided H at i: the r.b ! his office should de | Justice of the Supn ‘ Cumonfort bav.ng functionary. Genera! j form, at Guansjualo.

Before tbii

r rrhellion h

d«iapce of «o!emu treaties with

abundant!j able ut any moment to enforce their execution. There the master, intent upon present gain, extort* from the slave os much labor as lit* pbye cal powers aqi c»-

|ia&n of enduring—knowing Ibat, when

death comet to his relief. h:a place can be supplied al a price reduced to the lowest

point by the competition of rival African

slave-traders. Should thi* ever be the cote in our country—-<»hicb 1 do not deem possi-

ble the present useful character of the

domestic iostiluli.9Jtj_ wherein those too old however, st the capital, the government of

republic |

uarez. proceeded to constitutional gov

officially kuowi

and to. joans l» aork ... prorid.d for I Znlo.pt laid |.,,a r.cr.u.d hv tl.a .atit.1.1, cm and baia.ailj. and th.„ c.p.bl, t Ji.-lan-aUd -.-ra.. i.clud,. C ,h- a'

of Uto, oat ovcrla-k.d. -o.ld ..fcrto ] O. Unil.d Suit.. „ * /arto

an anfartaaot, ohaaf. Tl. froliaf n, n •' ''-.ic Tho coo«i.atioa.l 1 m- ■ lllllinl attncbnieo. .biol, ! »''»'■ a,.in,...nod U. ptoWto ao.UUl. bo:W--i iniT., .»ra...-.anfdi”U,r,no.,and ... ,oon -.1.1,1,.bod

(— oonyorbabinto a.ul.al di.ln.,1 .ad bo.-i " h '■» *' Y * r “ C "“

I " ’ j a bile, the government of Zualoaga was

,d a, a Chtirtini, ,,d ,« ...n, par,, allb. ro-

•««...> - .- r-- - , . . . , , _ _i. . i imblic. otid even :n the capital, a portion each euceosslv* election, and tba sacred | m “ r * n * lloB ® co "‘' lf . . .. j „f (h e armr bariug prutiuunced agsjtui it-

r«bt« orpo.,|.r,j bold nod.r 1I» Fod.nd -Hocl apon aTOappy Af-o. „.olf - j ^

Gonstitoltoo would depend for tbe tijne be- f “ l ' 0 r °l* " 1 " . , , | and an Assembly of citizen* aas invited for lit. Th« apiut.an -«oold | -a" 1 ' 1 «•» <V-"f “ “ lb, o.-a.o, of a FWl.-aU TM. to inevaat, .hil.t thotor.i -eoa-.on .b.ob ,1 ba. a,.,, to*. ^ btj ra nian. bal ibat

_ maai^. aol iu balofol | I-i-'"'- ■‘■I* | Vk. ™. I aC , r , ,b, pl .„ , pto.lio» tbafl.oai.'y af nT. Tho, ... WW-ff p.^, ,w,. Za.lo.p. a

j monium, for which thi* couutry would be p I held retponsible in tbe eywa both of God

. v , _ . ! and man. lie petty tribes would then be

lap tha intonnod.nl. pon.d^frain 6 " 1 j i„ p „o.,.r; ..r.

against each other lor the purpose of seising slaves to supply the American market All hopes of African civilisation would

in the lost generation, among

the wise and conservative statesmen of that da?, now oearl) all passed away, and whose

1 deareet earthly wish is to leave

country tranquil, proeperions, united

■BUkSHT

We ought to reflect that in this age, and eepecially iu this country, there is an inre*-

flux apd reflux of public opinion- ^g on the result. Th* agitatiau

which in their day a*aumed. a tt^jcrrndrred '

. threatening eapect. bare now nearly, torisl

*v era tnfinence woulo i ciirmcnt among ibe^hople

Slates.

Thu* bos Uie »telo* of a Territory, dur- i

f harm out, and on the lave and i and squalid see rue of old eruption*

grow tho peaceful olive, the cheering vine, and tho east sin lug corn.’' Such, in my wpioion, will provo to ho the fete of the pretest eeclional excitement, should tboee who wieely feck to apply the rooiodj, cobttnoe alwoy* to cooflue their efforte within tM pale of tbe Coothstion. If tbe coone be panned, the eziitiug ngitation on lb« •object of domenUc slarery, like every

i to other end lees threatening contro

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might as well have been at war." Life be* been insecure, property ur-prolected, end trade impossible except at a risk of loss which prudent men cannot be expected to im or. Important contracts, involving laTe cijrwwiilures, entered into by the central government, have been Suddenly expelled the couutry, in defiance of treaties. and by the mere force of arbitrary poaer. % Even the course of justice 1iaii not been - ra-'a from control, ard a recent decree of Miramon permits th# intervention of gov. en met-t in nil mils where either party is a foreigner. Vessels of the United Stales Insve been seized aill.oct law, and a consu-

wsident - le r officer «ho protested agniiiit such sai- - I'liie^ * * or, ‘- '’vrn fin-<! and imprisoned for die ■1 Gen ' re *P ccl ,0 '* ie authorities. Military cou^ tv tbii ^‘kuuuns have been levied in violation op

every principle of right, and tbe American who resisted the lawless demand lies bad> bis property forcibly taken away, and has been himself banished. From a conflict of authority iu different parts oT the country tanfl duties which have been paid in one place have been exacted over again inanother place. Large cumbers of our citizens here been arretted and imprisoned withont any form of exauioetiou or noy opportunity for a hearing, end cveo when reb-a»i tl have only obtained their liberty after much sufferii g and injury, aud with-

out any hope of redress.

After enumerating other wrong* and o*t rages committed on our citizens in that country, and speaking of the constant and taithfu! efforts of our minisiers to obtaio n-dreea. but to oo«ff»ct, owing to tba daplorable coodiitonof that country, coiieton*-

im ii ne | - llVO | rc j i D bloody civil war, end their own

i restor . .. . ' . ,

assumed l "‘ ‘ l ' ll l r 10 tw^tore order and peace among it und ' without loreign a-sinaoc*. 1 ‘ s | and tbe iitiportani relation of Mexico to

appoint' 1

place to other end lees tl

varMOdTTuldiL upiuioa iu thia country !* 1 p^,, er i v best adapted, in their o*n opinion

«“ 1 ***" 1 "*!' “ -k ;" Tr', ’ "*“• i „o. o.hor lor <h. pnrpow b... ln.ror.bll t„d b, lb. tbJ doc. oo to A „ r , c „

of tho Sopreme Court. Fortunate bat this been for the proepsrity of the Territoriee at well as tho traaqsiliiy of the States. Now. emigrants from th* North and the South, the .East and th* West, will meet in the Territoriee on a common platform, hav. jng brought with litem that epeefea-ot-

all powerful. ur.d when it reachee a dangerone excess upon any question, the good e«uta of tbo poop!* will furnieh the correc. live and bring it b*ck within eW* limit* Still, to beet** this tuepiciooe result, at the preient crieie, wo ought to remember HM milj suliniill.rrtetnre must be pro earned in intend the netural consequence <-r hie own teackiugs. Those who ennoaac* abstract doctrinas enbveiaive o^ the tfeuuitution and the Union, must not be surpneadolMuli tWr boated pertieane ad. vanoe ooo step further, end attempt by vioUoMa to oarry these doctrines into prac.

tivwl effect.

In this view of tho subject Ii ought n»v_ •r to U forgotten thnt, however great may hav* been th* political advantages iwulliorfrosa the Union to every portion of our oooatry. tboee w'oaW all prove as obwuld the time ever arrive when bo oojoyed without serious dan.

safely of the people of

ibor* of tho confederacy, if jtm pooco of tho domestic fireside throughiwt liill Bum ■kniiULsyer t if tho toothors pf femllie* vrithlh Thi*

triielre region shoald not bo able to retire

it without eoffering dreadful of what may b* their own

Iwm nwd that of their children before »b* iiMiraiag—it would bo vain to recount to etscfc a p*oplo th* poUUeal benefiu which — ^ thorn from the Union. Solf-p ro-

le dm fint incline! of nature:

wid therefore any^Ule of aociety in which thv sword it all tho time ewtp*rtided over Tbw head of th* poopfe. mast at feet be. fetoferebfe. Bot I indalga in no each gfeoxty'forvhodingi. On tho conlre*J. I »ho wwnu nt Har-

ymroFanw.bg

to promote their welfare. From cauees. the slavery question will ih each cate eoon virtually ecttl* lleell; and before

thu* bee’nde d.

On tbe other hand, when ,a mnrket for African tlavcs *hal! no longer be fumithed in Cuba, and thus all the world closed against thi* trade.'we may then indul/e -

Unite J State*, and tbe fontequout duty of the Utter toward the former, the President very strongly intimate* lb* propriety of sending an armed lores to that distracted country, to aid in bringing order out of confnsioo. To warrant him in theme suggosUont, he quotas the opinions and sag-

lb, T.-ritory I, p—paretl for .a.iUlto “ | b. d.„Utol b, lb. b,»J. .►wawltoUtob IlMjMMM. .ffortodMbjKU tar U,l „ lb- ^»r.ArMb~. . <»«.«». „d 1 cmni.n,.

condo ion Meanwhile tha scttlemeni of ThsHfT w * q, ‘" :i,,i r w |n Pf^W'd withoet aerioos intorruption. and iu progress”and' prosperity will no} bo endengared or r*Ur-

dad by violent political straggles. When in tbe progress of evenU th* in-

habitant* of any Territory ahall bare reached the number required to form a Stste. they will thea proceed, in a^regufer roaniyr and in thowxorcises of tbe right* of popu Ur sovereignty, to form a constitntiup pzeparstury to admiseioii into theTJufeh. Af-

ter this has bevn dune, to employ tha Ian

gnage of the Kansas and Nebraska act. they ••shall b* received into the Union with •of wi bout elevory, aa their coaetitotion may prokcrib* at the lime of their admis«on.“ Tbii eound principfe has hapily bjan recognised, in some form or other, -by an almost unanimous edie of both bowses

■wf tho fell Ui

tiniate foreign end domastic commerce In thie manner Christianity and' civilixaHtoo may gradually iivueuate (he exieliug

gioom.

Tbe message next speaks in favorable term* of the treaty wilh the grant empire of China, through onr minister—Hon. John E. Ward—which eecnres, among other thing*, the satisfaction of the cUimsof ou r citizen*, and fixes the tariff oo imports and expor^. and regulates the transit duties and trade oT our tncrcltoa a milh that coun-

try.

The satiefeclory aetriemenl of onr difli cuities wilh Paragney are then briefly ro-^ fared to, followed by a statement tf our’ peaceful relation* with all the powers of Europe. *xc<-pi Spain, qgolnxt which soqucomplaints are enterod. for th* ooiipajment af th* claim* of our citizens, even th* “Cu ban claim*," though that government ha* acknowledged their jasiocis, and ascertain

ed their amount.

Tbe President refer* his recommendstion in his last message, tt reference to en ap. propriation for th# pwrehare of Coho, upon which he bee not eran fit to change hi* opinion, and again argie tb« importance of

the matter.

The dittcultfe# arising out of tba Clty- ... ton and Bulwer treaty with Great Britiao

-.i.«l.i™u .lllb.i».»««..-7 r« k.T. 001 tort tortr oo;.M^f b.l U. lb. mipr™!.!. .1.1 o.toi.« U J c .:i.-oollJtoUj.«|toltolob.uco» P l,.l.rf. TV. t <m . MU n o.i^. orU,i.- -Uil-o,. diBcolly. Ttor. h.M'.r,..laltoo otoo Ibio .okj.ct fr.0. Ito f.no^oo .Itor d-Bcolly .ilk itol yrtol 0.U00, of the^onstiUtion to the preoeM -timn, oot of the adverre cUime of parties o and tho «xitUag acts pf Congress in refer- tho two eountrfes. to tho Islbnd of «*■

ma <M va* ■ mm onco to It, are rewanfed as constitxtiooal an, ondor tho Oregon treaty of tbo 16lb of aadet frerfflcBra, o( alfevh* tho oxktfr-g j end valid : Toward tbo close of this pm * Jtreo IM«, wb«cl» » •"

ed to hi* previous position, ii. however, only to withdraw fron Mirampn. having Ucome. by hi*

menl, “ Prendent Substitute." continae*. with that title, st the head oT the iutur

gent i-arty.

In my last sonant metaege I Alnmai-ica ted to Congre** the circumstence* onder which the late Minister of the Coiled

bletes suspended bis oftciol relation* with i g . |UoM of 0 , r ai ol . Urt . Aft«'purine central goveinment. and w. hdrew from (iu|ng nuttn for a time be odds: Hie country. It we* impossible to msintetn Th# wrongi which wa bar# suff.rad from

liTiiintHc hfiffll fli I I 1 r l - 1 i, "p*T*w-1 (r ' rt,d ^ inlerronrso with »government, like 8re tie ft, re tbe world, end must ment of Afeice. The chief motive ot war 1 * ,ial *fMfev_ako*e nrJUp^ j^e,4yImprou every Americsn citizen. A emoeg the tribe, wiltcrere whenever there -«• con.un.lycommitted poV , ininel which it either anohU of un.iU-

■ —- bufVrvur redresred. Had tins been ar.es jir a^chwrongs. It dare I it t to TabHolmd^ororotnent. with it* power ex ll( i.^hrat duties. The difficulty mJEUm lending, by the cmisefillif vhe |•oop^c. over . m w ,d enforcing the remwiij.— tbe whole of Mexico, a resort to hostilities! ^y a mjl y TB j 0 ,pj,|j to the cuosUtntionai against it would have been quite justifiahlr, goreni|n4nl ct Vera Cruz, 'although it i* and indeed ire«-sary. But the country j Wal , d „ |w#e a lD do ut justice, for adequate was a prey to civil war ; ond it was hoped i dreM Whilst it# authority is ookaowl- ~ ” .that the » occrM of ,l * e constitutional I’res-1 r(JgF j j(| b11 t hj important ports, and idem might lead to a conditfea Xhing* ! tbrouglioof lt,, ‘ *** of tha republic. 1 i-* “ *“ •*“ cTuti«*t Kiaiea i p(, mer does not extend to the -city of

longer any demand fo> **a v «S- Xh“ resources of that fertil* but miserable conn

ajns».!L.

Th# wriur next diecoureeei at considerable Irogth. upon tba re-opening of tbo African slave-1 rad*, ou ahich hie view# ora generally well known, as uaeqairocally condamning It, which view* correspond with those of thmaotire north, and a very large majority of the south. Th# 1‘residuBtdoe* not Know that aay slaves have been landed <-n our c ast, except aome four bnndred, by the Wanderer ; »«d he considers tbe Uwa

less injurious to the United btstce.

Thie surcvM became so proable thet, in January Ian. 1 employed a reliable agent to so Mexico, and report to mo the actual condition and pros pec's of the contending per. ties. .In consequence of thi* report, and fri-m'faforni*tion which reached me from other eonrews, ferotabUto thejrwpects of

the constitutional cause, I fell justified in appointing n new {hieeelee'Ib JUrxlco, who mtrbt embrace the earliest suitable opportanitv of restoring our Jlplomeiic relotinm with that republic. For thi i purpose e uie

Mexico end the Stalee in iu vigmity, where nearly All the recent onlregec have been commuted 'bo American cilisen* We mntt penetrate into tbe ieterinr be So re we cao reach the offender*, and this eon only be done by passing through tho territory in the occupation of thu eoulitukioanl gov B

tir.cni'hed cilixen of Maryltnd waa eefeclod. who proceeded on his mission oa the nth of March daet, with discretionary anthorny, io recognize the government of /'resident Juurex, if on hie arrival in Mexico h* should find it entitled to such recog niliuo, according ;io tbo latablUhed prac-

tice of tho United Slat**.'

Ob the 7th of April following. Mr. Me Lac* presented hi* credential# to President Jaur> x, having no hesitation -in pronouncing tl.e government of Jxorex to he tbe only government of the republic." He wee cordfeily received by the authorities at Vera Crat. aud they have ever since manifested the most friendly disposition towards (be United Slates; aohappily, however; Hre coostituGonal goveranent has not been able to establish iu powar over the whole republic. It i* ewpporied by a large mnjorUr of tho people and the States, bit there

erameat.

Tbe most acceptable and leaot difficult mode of accomplishing tha object will bw to act in concert with that gexeumecL Their consent and their aid might. I believe, be obtained ; Wat if sot, mt ohlu gallons to protect oar own citizens in their just rights, secured by treaty would nut be the lets imperative. For these reason, I recommend to Congress

to puss a lav authorizing tbe President, under such condition os they may deem expedient, to employ a suffiejeot military force to enUr Mexico for the purpose of obtaining indemnity for tha past and security fur the future. J purpoely roetrain from any suggestion ns to whether this force shall consist of regular troops or volunteers, or both. This question may be most appropriately left to tba decision ot Congress. 1 would merely obwrre that, should volunteers be selfc^.. ted, such a force could be easily raised in this country among those who sympathise with the suffering* of onr unfortunate fellow cittxeas in Mexico, and with the unhappy conditloa af that republic. Such tn terretiow to tha