Settler And Pennon (Newspaper) - December 16, 1843, Smethport, Pennsylvania VOL 4 Will AND IS WEEKLY BY W 8 0 VI ATT 4 dollar and seventy five cents in Two dollars if not paid within three after subscribing Two and fifty cents not paid within the year Advertisements will he inserted at One Collar per square Long Primer for Hie first three insertions and cents for each subsequent one Figure work double price A discount will be made to I those who advertise by the year paper or advertisement will lie I discontinued until all Arrearages are paid I at the option of the publisher I 03Communications must be post paid to receive PENNON SMETHPORT COUNTY DEC 16 1843 taking from the narrations what is use ful to or valuable to the reader BORN TO CONQUER NEW edition of good and useful books are a blessing all classes of people and although lie cheap publication system which has so generally obtained Ihe has been of much good and we believe is yet destined to work out Important and valuable re sults Tho cheap publications and republications of fictions romances and calculated to excite and pander to the baser qualities of our nat vro have accomplished and are still accomplishing their full scope of evil in vitiating taste and propagating These wore the first fruits of cheap publications and thoy have had their day Another and entirely dif ferent order of books are now finding way into the market at prices which places them within the reach of almost every one who desires to be come possessed of them By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that some of the most interesting and valuable histories civil and eccle with various scientific and political works are now issuing from the press upon the cheap princi ple In such works as these society is benefited beyond calculation while the enterprise of the publishers cannot tail to ba welt rewarded by an exten sive sale of their books Those of our yonng men and ladies who pride themselves in the acquisition of know ledge have now every opportunity at hand for providing themselves with the choicest intellectual fora money and all who would mako themselves familiar with history ancient und modern or would under stand the political history of their country mny do so with but compara little expense of time time or money There are two classes of recent pub which are worthy of particular The first is abridgments of history which arc notable for the a mount of condensed into n much compass than the original text The other is the col and publication of the speeches American statesmen upon the most important topics of national policy We regard each of these clas ses of publications as entitled to attent ion The first because its tendency is to economy in to furnish the great mass of the people with all that is interesting and valuable in histo ry divested of mere and im portant which nono but careful student and man of leisure cares to pore over Tho other for the vast amount of sound practical inform ation which they furnish nnd the light which they cast upon some of the most Important political topics of the day Tho speeches of such men as Clay Webster others of tho samo stamp should bo read by every man in the country and if such col wore more extensively circul and read there would be less nar row minded selfishness and blind big among the generality of meo who I take an active port in politics Their minds would be elevated above the lit tle matters which so often engross the thoughts of those who should give a broader and nobler scope to their minds and energies The purpose is a grand one which would concentrate tho wisdom of all ages in tho knowledge of the present and every effort towards ac this great object must bo regarded with interest Condensation is tho only means by which can be attained and therefore we feel con strained to commend any publication which furnishes an unusual amount of compas without We heard a young man the other day while speaking of some difficulties hat arose in his way exclaim with much energy that he was born to We care not how stupendous the difficulty may bo if he adopts thai mot to and himself in a mannor worthy of the high resolve tho will overcome it Whomsoever has arrived to great eminence in liter ature science or has joined vast MICC to assart in that they were born to conquer in a groat degree their ignorance niv wii dispositions Are we unlearned wo arc born to conquer The channels of learning and wisdom lay open on every ot us go heartily to work and instead of idling and trifling hours let us improve them with let us study with energy and verily we shall have our reward Is any rna n a drunkard He is born to conquer if ho will Let him sign the temper ance pledge and keep away from grog and drinking places nnd from the contaminating society of those who do drink and he assuredly will con quer Is any man ti swearer or a lier He is born to conquer if he but makes the proper exertion Does poverty op press any man He is born to con By patient industry und econo my he may become rich In short no matter how ignorant how poor how degraded a man may be he may con quer the of thou sands prove have all within our personal knowledge instances enough of its truth Let us then go to work and conquer our ignorance our errors our us sow in diligence and we shall reap a rich harvest DOMESTIC the virtues of domestic life are lessons which are taught in the Christian school It is like the sun who though he regulates and loads on the year dispensing life and light to all tho planetary worlds yet disdains not to cherish and beautify the flowers which opens its bosom to his beams so the Christian religion though chiefly intended to tench us the knowledge of salvation and bo our guido to happiness on high yet also regulates our conversation in tho world extends its benign influence to every of society nnd peculiarly dif its blessed fruits in the path of domestic 1ifo A YANKEE ESTIMATE op MARRIAGE snid marrying was furi to be sure When I was a single man the world wagged about well enough It was just like a pas paid my levy and hadnt more to do wilh it than to set down and care not a button for uny thing tho omnibus got upset wolf I walks oft and loaves the man to pick up the But 1 takes a and bo to all very well for a while but plaguy like owning mi up set omnibus What did I gethy it How much fun Why n jawing woman und these Mighty from courting Instead my no my whoo you liko liku what it was in timi i row looks and ly off for soap always darning and mending wasat thai I am larly sober Id be inclined to drink My house aint my own my money aint my own I belong to four people besides the old woman and three children Im a partnership con cern and so many have got their fin gers in that I must Ill break and sign ovor tho trade to Slick Tho St Journal states that there is serious trouble among the Irish laborers along tho Lino of iho Wetland Largo numbers of them are out of employment in eon sequence of tho contractors reducing to a doLLar a day and stopping on iha woks A few days since a between men in which several persons beaten PRESIDENTS MESSAGE To the Senate and House of He of the United If any People ever had cause to re nder up thanks to the Supreme Being for parental care nnd protection ex tended to them in alt tho trials and dif to which they have been from time to time exposed we certainly are that People Prom the first settlement of our forefathers on this continent through tho dangers attendant upon the occupation of a savage wilderness through a long period of Colonial de the war of the Re the wisdom which led to the adoption of tho existing Republican forms of the hazards incident to u war subsequently waged of tho most powerful nations of the tho of our the spread of the arts nnd sciences and in the strength and durability conferred on political in emanating from the People nnd sustained by super intendence of an overruling Providence has been plainly visible As prepara tory therefore to entering onco more upon tho high duties of legislation it becomes us humbly to acknowledge our dependence upon Him as our and protector and to implore a continuance of His parental watchful ness over our beloved country We have now cause for tho expression of our gratitude in the preservation of the health of our fellowcitizens with some partial arrd local exceptions during the past the abundance with which the earth has yielded up it its fruits to the labors of the the renewed activity which lias been imparted to the of trade in all its the increased rewards attendant on the exercise of the mechanic the continued growth of our population and tho rapidly re viving prosperity ol the whole country I shall be permitted to exchange congratulations with you gentlemen of the two Houses of Congress on these auspicious circumstances and to assure you in advance of my ready disposition to concur with you in the adoption of all such measures as Khali be calculated to increase the of our constituents and to advance of our common country Since the last adjournment of Congress the Executive has re no effort to render inde the relations of amity which so happily exist between the United States and other countries The treaty lately with Great Britain has tended to increase the good understanding which a reciprocity of interest is calculated to encourage and it is most ardently to be hoped that nothing may transpire to interrupt the relations of amity which it is so obviously the policy of both na tions to cultivate A question of much importance remains to be adjusted between them The territorial limits of the two countries in to what is commonly known as the Oregon territory remain in dispute The States would boat itll timos indisposed to ng themselves at the expense of any other nation but while they would be restrained by ples of honor which should govern the conduct of nations ns well as that of individuals from selling up a demand for territory which does not belong to them they would as unwillingly consent to a sur render of their rights Alter the most rigid and as far as practica ble unbiassed examination of the subject the United States have always contented thai their rights appertain to the entire region of country lying on the Pacific und embraced the and 40 of North latitude This claim being controverted by Great Britain those who have preceded tho present Executive actuated no doubt oy an earnest desire to adjust the matter upon terms mutually satisfactory to both countries have caused to be submitted to the British Govern ment propositions for settlement and final adjustment which how ever have not proved heretofore acceptable to it Our Minister at London has under instructions again brought the subject to the consideration of that Government and while nothing will be done to the rights or honor of the United States every proper expedient will be to in order to bring the negociation now in the progress of resumption to a speedy and happy In the meantime it is proper to re mark that many of our citizens are either already established in the territory or are on their way thither for the purpose of forming permanent settlements while others are preparing to and in view of these facts I must repeat the recommendation con in previous the establishment of military posts at such places on the line of travel as will furnish security and pro to our hardy adventurers against hostile tribes of Indians inhabiting those extensive regions Our laws should also follow them so modified as the circumstances of the case may seem to require Under the influence of our free system of government new re publics are destined to spring up at no distant day on the shores of the Pacific similar in policy and in feeling to those existing on this side of tho Rocky Mountains and giving a wider and more extensive spread to the principles of civil and religious liberty 1 am happy to inform you that tiie cases which have arisen from time to time of the detention of American vessels by Brit ish cruisers on the coast of Africa under pretence of being engaged in the slave trade have been placed in a fair train of adjustment In the case of ihe William Francis full satisfaction will be In the cases of the and the British Government admits that satisfaction is due In the case of ihe Jones the sum accruing the suit of vessel and will be to the 1 cannot but flatter myself that full will be allowed for oil damages sustained by the detention of the vessel am in the case the Douglass her Government has expressed its determina tion to make indemnification hopes are therefore entertained that most f not a II of will be speedily No new cases have arisen since ihe ratification of the Treaty of Washington and it is confidently anticipated that the slave trade under the operation of the eighth article of tbat treaty will be alto gether suppressed Tlie occasional interruption experienced by our fellow citizens in ihe fisher ies on the neighboring couit of Nova Scotia has not failed to claim the attention of the Representations upon this subject have been made but us yet no definitive answer to those representa tions has been received from the British Government Two other subjects of comparatively minor importance nevertheless of too much consequence to be neglected still to be adjusted between the two count ries By the Treaty between the United Slates and Great Britain of July is provided that no higher duties shall be levied in either country on articles import ed from the other than on the same articles imported from any other place In 1836 rough rice by act of from the coast of Africa into Great Britain on the payment of a duty of one penny a while the same from all other countries including the States was subjected to the pay ment of a duty oft a quarter Our Minister at London has from timo to time brought this subject to the ation of the British Government but so fur without success He ia to renew his representations upon it Some years lince a claim was preferred against the British Government on the part of certain American merchants for the turn uf export duties paid by them on shipment of goods to the United NO 48 after the duty on ex ported to other countries bad been ed and consequently In contravention of the commercial convention between ih two securing to us equality The principle on which Hi claim rests has long lince been virtually ad mitted by Great Britain but obstacles to a settlement have from time been aed eo that a large portion of the amount claimed has not yet been refunded Our minister ia now engaged in the prosecution of be claim and I persuade that the British Government will no longer delay its adjustment I am hippy to say that nothing has oc curred to disturb in any degree the rela tions of amity whice exist between the United Slates and France Austria and Rus sia as well as with the other Powers of the adjournment of Congress Spain has been agitated with internal con for many years from the effect of which it is to be hoped she is destined to recover under a more li beral system of commercial policy part our trade with her maya agin fill its old and so far as her continental possess ions are concerned its almost forsaken channels thereby adding to the of the two countries The Germanic Association of Customs and Commerce which since its establish ment in 1833 has been steadily growing in power and importance and consists at this time of more than twenty German states and embraces a population of twenty seven millions of people united for all the purposes of commercial intercourse with each other and with foreign states offers to the latter the most valuable exchanges on principles more liberal than are offered in the fiscal system of any other European power From its origin the importance of the German Union has never been lost sight of by the United States The indus try morality and other valuable qualities of the German nation have always bean well known and appreciated On I invite the attention of Congress to the report of the Secretary of State from which it will be seen that while our cotton is admitted free of duty and the duty OT rice has been much reduced which h already led to a greatly increased lion a strong disposition has been recently evinced by thai great body certain conditions present duty upon tobacco This being the first intimation of a concession on this interesting subject over made by any European power I can no but regard it as well calculated to re move the only impediment which has so fir existed to the most liberal commercial in between them In this view our Minister at Berlin who has heretofore industriously pursued the been instructed to enter upon the negotiation of a commercial while it open new advantages to the interests of the United States and free and expanded field for will affect injuriously no interests of the Union Should the negu be crowned with success its results will b communicated to both Houses of Congress m 1 communicate herewith despat ones received frum our Minister at Mexico and alo a correspondence which has occurred between the Envoy from that Republic and the Secretary of Stale It must be regarded as not a little that Ihe Government of Mexico in of a publio discussion it hus pleased to infer from per publications as likely to take place in Congress relating to the annexation of Texas to ihe States should have so fur anticipated the result of such discus sion as to have announced its determine lion to visit uny such anticipated decision by a formal declaration of war against ihe United Slates If designed to prevent Congress from introducing that question as a fit subject for calm deliberation fc final judgment the Executive has no on to doubt tha it will entirely fail of its object The Representatives of a brave and patriotic people will suffer no hension of future consequences to embar rass them in the course of their proposed deliberations Nor will the Executive De of ihe Government ail for any such cause to discharge its whole duty to the country The war which haa for 10 long a time between Mexico and Texas the baitle of Sin consisted for the
