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(NO. 32.
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themselves a country large enough for a great em-
square, (12 lines or less,) first pre an(i lQujr acquisition is second ortfy in impor-
-each subsequent inscrUon, one Q t f Louisana in m Rich in mincral
e deduction made on yearly . ... , ' ... .. .
would be difficult to estimate the value of these pos-
One opy, per annum, (in advance,) three dollars sessions to the United States. They constitute 4)f
and fifty cents, cashfor six months, two dollars. themsch
Advertising. tacn
insertion, two dollars-
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advertisements agnuuiiurui iusuiuto, iuuu cumaiu ui great
, Currency and produce taken ot their cash vulue. salubrity, they embrace the most important ports
on me wnoie I'aciuc coasi oi me conuneni oi jonn
America. The possession of the ports oC San Diego,
Monterey, and Ihe Bay of San Franciscox wili enable
us to command the already -valuable and rapidly in
creasing commerce of the Pacific. The number
V IX R S ii) KiVr S ME S SA d E.
From the message of the President, relative to the
ratification of the irealy.of peace with Mexico, we
make the subjoined extract:
of
our vhale-shipi alone, now employed in itbat sea,
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Unlove life reaty( can be fully executed on excce(i scven hundred, requiring more than twenty
the part of 'the United States, legislation will thousand seamen to navigate them; while ike -cap-he
required. U will be proper to make the tal invested in this particular branch of commerce
nccefcssiry appropriations for the payment of S estimated at not less than forty miliums of doi
the twelve millions of dollars, stipulated by lars. The excellent harbors of Upper Californea will,
the twelTtli a wide to be paid to Mexico in four under our flag, afford security and repose to our corn
equal instalments. Three millions of dollars mercial marine; and American mechanics will sooa
v ere appropriate'! by the act of March 3, 1547, furnish ready means ofship-building and repair, which
and that sum was paid to the Mexican Govern- are now so much wanted in that distant sea.
ment after the exchange of the ratification-of The immediate establishment of Territorial Govcrn
ihc treaty. ments, and the cxlention of our laws over these
The fifth artical of the treaty provide!'' that valuable possessions, are deemed to be not only im
"in order to designate the'boundary fine with portant, but indispensable to preserve order and the due
due precision upon authoritative maps, and to administration of justice within their limits, to afford
establish upon fhe ground land marks which protection to the inhabitants, and to facilitate the de
t ii u u r r DnnKi;flD oc rm velopment of the vast resources and wealth which
sha I show he limits of both Republics, as pre- I .&mQn hag ad(ied to our country.
scribed in he present article, the two Govern- fuo ?TOP w!lD Mexic0 having terminated, the
ments shall each appoint a commissioner and f Qf Execulive l0 establisb. or to continue
a surveyor, who, before the expiration of one tcmporary civil governments over these territories,
year irom the dac of exchang of ratifications which cxisted under the laws of nations whilst they
of this treaty, shall meet at the port San Die- wcrc regarded as conquered provinces in our milita
te, and proceed to run and mark the said noun- ry occupalion, has ceased. By their cession to the
dary in its vhole course to the mouth of Uni(ed States, Mexico has no longer any power over
the JKofaivo del Norte." It will be necessary lncm and until Congress shall act, the inhabitants
that provisions should be made by law for the ap- will bo without any organized government. Should
pointment of a commissioner ano surveyor on they be left in this condition, confusion and anarchy
the part of the lmtefl, .Suites, to act in con- will be likely to prevail.
junction with the commissioner and surveyor an- with a view to encourage the early settlement of
pointed by Mexico, in executing the stipulations of these distant possessions, I recommend that liberal
this article. , grants of Itv public lauds bo secured to all our
It will be proper also to provide by lawfdr the citizens who have settled, or may in a limited period
appointment of a "hoard of commissioners" to ad- settle within their limits,
judicate and decide upon all claims against the Mex- , Besides making the necessary legislative provis
ican Government, which by the treaty have been ions for the execution of the treaty, and the estab
assnined by the United States. lisbmcnt of territorial governments in the ceeded
Tfcw Mexico and Upper California have been ceded country, we have, upon the restoration of peace oln
by Mexico to the United States, and now constitute cr duties to perform. Among these, I regard none
a part of our country .Embracing nearly ten degrees of as more important than the adoption oi proper meas
lalilude, lying adjacent to Oregon Territory, and ex- ures for the speedy extinguishment of the national
tending from the Pacific Ocean.to the Rip Grande, debt. It is against sound policy and tho genious
a. mean distance oi nearly aV thousand miles, it of our institutions that a public debt should be per-
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