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      ,- *""" £ Zr £ SI SSWB FJJOK JiEXICO . ^ a for the FHiMKwm Satotpai Cowiib ' jfgiito , ia thy lonely bower , Drive away thfct t « ar and sigh ; Soils , for this U grory ' e hour , — here ' s the story , will yoa buy ! Thoug h taint eyes may dun ' mtr shine , And thy Cheeky last ro * es wane , Y « t thy lover ' s more thaa thine Dimmed and waned upon the plain ! jot , remember , fame sublimes Every torture he could know ; Eitra Le $ g « r , Sun , and Times , L & tertitws from Mexico ' . fTrinkled sire and matron grey , Let your gladdist looks be on ; CUp jeer palsied hands to-day ,

      HereYa battle fooght and woa . Qisp your hands and shout for joy-Take the paper—read and see g 0 ir your noble hearted boy Fought and fell for victory ! gat remembsx , famo imblimes Etiry terture ho could know ; jjttrs Ledger , Sun , and Times , latest news from Mexico ! ¦ VTomen , working , pale and sad , With your children round vour kaee , prop the needle aad be glad , Stop and read the victoryf jlssp J onr orphans close and well , Take the paper—read his name , flow in foreign climes he

      fell—Tought » nd fell , and all for fame I Tfcer will tell you this tublimes £ tery torture jou cau know ; Siua Ledger , Sun , and Tim « iite ' st news from Mexico ! Oh , my country J ii it well That you wear the mark of Cain ? Iheywho ' gainst tht oppressor feU ' Dia . not say * Oppress again . ' . or each blow of yours which ftlte- » It may fail or may sacceed—Is oar hovsls and our halls Countless hearts at home mutt bleed ! Bu t luccecs you say sublime * Every torture we cau know ; Extra Ledger , Sun , and Times , latest news frem Mexico J AHiKEJ

      Ltfsny Of Our Friends Will Remember 'The...

      ltfsnY of our friends will remember 'the Irish pi' whose poetry we introduced te our readers j £ -t fte time of the « Bums Festival . * Miss Par-Vais at preset in the metropolis , and has favoured awth ft e following original lines . ] ADDRESS TO THE SEW YEAS .

      By Sabas Passe*, «The Irish Girl .* J A ...

      By Sabas Passe * , « The Irish Girl . * j A jsjooi welcome to thea , infant year—Iet , ' & s 1 greet thee , oh ! thou shrouded one , I p & nse to dash away a starting tear VTbick falls a tribute to the year that ' s gone ; I k = ow its geerets—thins ire unreveal'd .

      la mercy hiuuenfrom the human aye ; Its mig hty ruler of treats higth sealed , The fstare . Tet we'H meet it truitingly . Shea , Ut me take another liag ' ring gsse Upon put scenes—ictnes to this bosom dear ; rt « , i 3 retracing now each ehsqnered m & xa , Ihromh which I ' ve wauder'd in theby-goae year , I skI with many a dear familiar brow , . fTfcicb gladden'd oft this heart to gazs upon , inth whem I meet not , save ia visioa ' now , Por £ oae are distant—seme , alas ! are gone

      Itawn to the glare ; but those I hope are blest , BelesiaJ for ever from a world of ears , Falsehooa can sting bo more the trusting breast ; Kor disappointment ' * canker worm live there . And tbe deer abtent , oh ! how oft I dwell AoonEst them—meet each smile as they once imiltd , ¦ - "" Until reality dusolves the spell , "Which from the present , hsd my spirit wiled , FsreweH , old year ! yet even should I £ nd In thy successor joys ia thee uafound , 3 fj tearful gaie shall lister oft behind ; O ' er many a bright spot on thy shadowy ground .

      ' 5 > ju tme , the eup I drank with thee was fraught With aany a bilter drop , jst oft the taste § A honied potisn in that chalice caught , H Which all remembrance of the gall efiaced . g Parewell ! and now all hail to thee , young yeary "What hast thou for me in thy mystic store ? GraM I upraise the veil bow would appear , Tbe paths my feet are fated to explore i | Perchance a rugged steep with thorns o ' er grown , i Or thoumaj ' st hold a sanny vale for me ; ?! Or br ing a grava : those secrets are unknown , ; * Yet jojoQi in each hope , we welcome thee . ' i We ' re spared to tee thy birth young USIiSaite wi = dom shall direst the rest ; ; - | Bat , oh ! may those who ' ve been the sport of fate , 5 la ties forget their sorrows and be blest , : - | An 3 mnch of happiness bring thou to those , ; 5 Hj- os-n esteemed ones , be they far or near . I To all I love , bring joy—to frieuds and foes , ? 1 ¥ uh all my heart , I wish a happy year .

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      |She Labourer, A Jzmudy Magazini Of Pozi...

      | SHE LABOURER , A JZmUdy Magazini of PoZi g U ' -iMt'ratxre , Poetry , d-e . Edited by Feargus g O'Csnnor , Esq ., M . P ~ .. andErnest Jones , Esq ., Lon-§ fen : Jorihem Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill-H nreet , IlsTmarket . H The comber for January is tho first of the third g rime of this Magazine for the Millians ; and an pbirable number it is . The contents ^ are aU of ^ Eir'iag staff , ' and a fine democratic spirit pervades IfTST page , from first to last . As usual , tbe number gjCtBEd with a poem by Ernest Jones , entitled * The pani ( f the year ( 1847 ) , and its Epitaph . ' We exl § 3 Ji the ' Epitaph , ' which is something like a Hsfch grace , rather of the lengthiest , but which we gsr : say will not be deemed too long by moat of oar § * THE EPITAPH .

      isslies entombed ano . her Christian year , hu to monopoly , to ruin dear ; Sirs riot ran—and far corruption spread ; 5 i weeps her saints , and freedom counts his dead ; fead caught her dupes , and fiery . handed strife f jiMd the purple saactuary of life : fefer America—on Asia ' s plain , "fesre Sntlej fits his monarch for the main—Jstli Atlas foot—on steppes of Galilee—Atf Sid thine Isles , no more Paelfe Sea ! trough aslds of Sp ain—on Lusitanla ' s Strand , ^ t = re min ' s unworthy of so fair a land ;—\ ^ iere Italy beneath hsr sun turns cold , j ijaach our modern Neros pass the old ;•—* iae rough freebooters hold the wrested cape , ^ 3 colonies their parents' vices ape ; ^ 'tre men indignant at subjection dwell isidthe mountain ' monnments of Tell ; ^ h re Poland proves bsneath oppression's length , -tyrant ' s weakness and a people ' s strength ; ' Hire ' er their anker's livisg image trod , ! i -sr = Ciiristlans have re-crucified their God ,

      fti year ! old year ! thy sins are grave and deep , fara iu thy tomb , unquiet ghost ! and sleep . ^ i there , where tyrannies so longer dare ^ strike ia daylight , yet refuse to sparefr :: * , as Hahomet bade heaven ' s host descend , Isrsard the fields that man could not defend : h u the Lord ' s vast angel came to smite ^ Assjriaas , trembling Israelfesred to fight : ^ He modern statesmen , with infernal spell , ^ jare th eblack-fiBged armaments of hell , ^ i , where they fail with reddestruction ' s hand , 'Kir plague and famine oa a ravished land ; ^ a , rich ia ruia , factioa ' s rampant tlaves , ^ irpen their baygnsU on Ireland's f rates ! ^ g her strenc heart to death , and—eaey strife I

      * i £ h the dead foa they dared not face in life ; -. from the Highlands drive the starving clan , k- & send the red-deer through the homes of man ; s'iea his veins are drained by Mammon dry , ; -R the " ' free Briton' on the streets to die ! ^ fcfft ' erright tlnks 'aeath power's relentless bate , if-re view the Christian work of church and state , ^ stiuman strikes the blow in cunning ' s prime , *^ lvtnal churchmen consecrate the crime . ^ I * M ! old year ! thy sins ' are grave and deep . •^ in th y tomb , unquiet ghost ? and sleep . " j ^ jnshave fattened on corruption ' s pay , ^ fcope-tick clients slowly pine away ; *< -: asa hara featked in ministerial grace

      ^ iathmentV proved another name for' place 1 ' . N « she poor mau ' fgold their luxury fed , 0 Uvea upon the dying and the dead . : ^ 'ols are full of criminals— of those jj ' ^ wk the wrong means to defeat their foes ; |'] £ " ^ J' « t their punishment , no laws can reach Ji . " 12611 "hose evil statute * evil teach . iN' ^ of P 0 , T < : r i whO Steals the poor man's m ' sal , sl-vt" Iaa 8 ht the hungry slave to steal ; 1 : 1 , - oaet > reQ with legal murder's stain . j ^ T yfic , in g wakes rtveupe to strike again . V :. * } of what the people ' s wrath has done : j ^ skill a thousand to the People ' s one . ^ oi of anarchv ]— TThen hontet toil > , ' ^ bnt ftatidlprif-. c TiiHr veon « hp tnnil

      , ^ ttjt —r ' J ' iMp EtKrfc , t ' aTVSarc not allowed to pass , ' llif i < £ ' turnE ° fie 5 ert * o the masski * . n : e anarchy—the rule of kings , , Ii ,. " "" ' £ afl soldivrs , and all crafty things . i Cri f fctJd plead in human nature ' s cause ! f j j" ' " •« iffipcing of unequal laws . ' Jtt ! t £ - ° , tremble - Pr 0 Bd oppressors ! pale 1 ^ li le

      |She Labourer, A Jzmudy Magazini Of Pozi...

      So to the ej ^ on , whee ^ . the poor ara thronged , ' And kiwelfor pardosfo ^ the . mon yoa Trrqngea . Go to tho gravis wnere 6 oW y » nr victftnr lie , * And kaeel for pardeh to your ^ rod- on hfgfe . Again twelve months of anarchy ' hare psited , Too foul to bear ,-aud thenca too foul tu lost , Old year ! old yiar ! thy einsare grave and deep Down in thy tomb , unquietghos ^ and sleep . ' Pause , reader 1 . pause :. Vust side tha shadow lies Bat turn on tins as well thin * ' equal oyes ' ' This year has stirred the nations far . and ' wide - And woke in slavery ' s heart a manly prids '

      Hark to the clank of chains , es jet nntora But not as erst in tarns suplnsneit worn ' As break the rivers at the thaw-Winds' call Tho icy bandsre of their wintry thrall Aad daih their waves in volume * vast ' along , Sounding through many lands tho self . seme song—So one great pulte in natioa ** hearts bat wrought Beating harmonious to the s ' elf . iame' thought . Old rivals now no longer look askance , Bnt England holds tfeeoilve branch to Prance . The Teuton walk * the Rhine ' s contested strand , Nor fears the Lurlei ' a swan-eclipsing hand : The Celt and Saxon meet no more as foes

      But twine tha hardy shamrock round the rose ; And bigotry , oppression ' s bitterest wd , Sinks fast before the ennobling thought of God . * All-men ar « brethren 5 ' how the watchwords run ! And when menoet ' as such , then freedom ' s won . Old year ! old year ; sleep peaceful in thy grave , Thou earnest to taaeh , to puaith , and to save . The many claims upon our columns prevent us Siting the tery excellent « New Year ' s Address * of the editors to their readers . The ninth chapter of the

      . 'InsurreetioaBo'F the Working Classes , * details the . straggles of the : men of Kent and Essex , and presents t graphic picture of Wat Tyler ' s insurrection . We trust to see the day when the municipal goYerama ' nt'bf London , shall be elected , by the people of the city , when of coarse the democratic municipality will tear Walffgrth ' s bloody dagger from the city shield . . Wa hava no doubt , too , that the time will oome , when a fitting monument will rear its head in Smithfield , to commemorate the heroic patriotism and martyrdom of the braye YTst Tyler

      An excellent article on the Land Plan , in reply to certain stupid strictures of the Messrs Chambers , by * Fro Patria * of Aberdeen , is well north reading . The article was sent to us ' . for publication in the Stab , but not baring room for if we handed it o ? er to Mr Jones , who hasjfo und a niche for it in the Lt-B 9 U & E 3 . Poland is vrell represented in the 'Romance of a People , ' and the royiaw of . Krasmski ' s " extraordinary work 'The Infernal Comedy . ' Tho '? Poor Man's Legal Manual ' explains the 'Law relating to-voters for Members of Parliament . ' Lastly we must express our approval of a well-timed and well-written articlfifnmx which we quote the author ' s suggestiona , for reorganising and establishing

      Ooa Natiosai . Defehobb . I . Restore to tie People the Lahd . Wise was the fable of ' Hercules and the Giant . ' Wh « n the latter embraced the soil , he wis stresg—when separated from it , weak . Thus a people is ever weak , when it is deprived of its inheritance—the Land . Every ' man who'has a cottage and land of his own to defend , will maka a good toldisr to meat an invasion . Give him a musket , over his fireplace , and make his country—to him—worth defending , be assured he will defend it , II . Take the working-man out of the clutches of a

      task-masker—not . alons by opening the resources of ths lahd—but by destroying the unconstitutional power of factory despots ; by punishing , in reality , the frauds practised by the truck-ayitem , which still exists , despite law ; and , by repealing other messtrotities , op « n an opportunity ftr the independent industry of the working-man , abrogating those monopolies ef trade which have so long existed , and which mis-named free-trade has consecrated anew .. Secure a fair day ' s wegefora fair day ' s work , * - by thus relieving the labour market from its competitive reserve , and jou will restore strength to the ' frame , and vigour to-the intellect of our national defences . Ilj . Give the people the franchise : give them their right . A slave never makes a good soldkr , he only makes a good raaehint . They will then feel their dig . nity as Engiiih citirens , their thoughts will be raised , and you will restore that gallant spirit , the loss of which yoa have affected to deplore .

      IT . Train tbe people to tha use of arms . This you fear ; but yoa need never have dreaded the people had you never injured them . Do these these things , we ear to government , aad yoa will have such an army , as would terrify the invaders from eur shores . * . * ; * The approaching Congress of Nations , by ratifying the League of the people against the conspiracy of kings , will prove the best safeguard of international peace . This magazine should be the monthly visitor to the home of erery ZdJourcr .

      Somite's Journal, Part Xii. London: W. L...

      Somite ' s Journal , Part XII . London : W . Lovett , 174 , Strand . This part concludes the second -volume of this Journal , which though containing some things we do not greatly admire , contains also much that warrants ns wishing the proprietors success in their efforts to instruct , entertain , and advance the interests of the millions . The present partcontains several interesting articles by the editors and f heir assistant contributors . A criticism on ' Emerson ' s Lectures' is accompanied by a portrait of that celebrated character . The projected ^ emigration of the Icjirian Commanists is noticed in one of the numbers of this part . From an address by M . Cabet to his disciples , we give the following extract ;—

      This is not to be a partial essay , nor a small emigra . tion , for if our calculation does not deceive us , we may count on from 10 to 20 , 000 Icarisus able to go and desirous of going , as an army of workmen of all professions , who will establish a people asda nation . It will not be a . mob without ideas , induced by misery and the wish ef bettering their personal condition ; they will be workmen full of heart , intelligence , and iastructioa , men chosen , examined , and proved , guided by one faith , warmed by one devotion and one enthusiasm . During the time necessary for the preparations far the first departure we will examine the necessary questions , and having called to our assistance the council and experience of all the friends of humanity , we shall go with a plan prepared and perfected beforehand .

      Nothing will be the result of chance—each for all , all for each , from every one according to his means , to every one according to his need—first , that which is necessary , next that which is useful , afterwards that which is agreeable , without other limits thaq those of reason , equality , and possibility . The strangest objection made to our plan is—how can you graft a nen sta te of society upon the old one , resisting all that is opposed to its prejudices and customs 1 This objection will not exist with us ; there will not be any obstacle to our commencing everything on the meat perfect system which modern seUnee can offer to us ; the plaas aad positions ef our roads , towns , and manufactories , will be laid outfrom the beginning in the most advantageous manner ; we shall aim at perfection in our workshops , our ^ wettings , furniture , clothing—in fact in everything .

      For the instruction of the adults , there will be perfect liberty of meeting and of discussion ; all the professors , books , and journals necessary ; as to the education of the children , we shall prove what can bo done with the intelligence and heart of man by communist teachers , having the best methods of teaching-, and all possible means of rendering study agreeable and education per . feet . Our opponents tell us , that without inequality of fortunes , withoutindividual properly , unlimit : d and herei ditary , without emulation , a state of communism would be a state of servitude , misery , and barbarism . 7 ? e deny it ; it is re-esserted—the denial is repeated . This might go on for ever , hut for the future we will not have assertions , denials , or discussions , vfe will prove and manifest the truth by experiment . Let those she are doubtful wait the result .

      In Icaiie the domestic ties , and first of all marriage , exist ia all their purity and all their force , which will be self derived , and not depending on extraneous aid ; there will not be any marriage portions , nor any forced celibacy . Woman will be established in all her rights and dignity . There will uot exist either slavery « r domestic servitude ; perfect democracy , with universal suffrage . The Icarians will not on any pretext carrv war into their neighbour ' s home , consequently they will not know or need to know anything of the military servitude . Tbe love of their independence , institutions , and country will cause them to he prepared to defend themselves from any aggression ; that this defence may bs the be » t possible , all the male citizens will be armed and disciplined . There , mac hinery will be tbe frieed of the worktrs : labour Will by all possible means be divested of danger end excessive fatyne , and rendered attractive ; the fine arts carried to the greatest degree of perfection .

      Thoush we have the highest respect for the motives of M . Cabet , vre must express oar unqualified dissent from his emigration scheme . Sheuid he remove ten , twenty , fifty or a hundred thousand lndividuals from France , aad should all his calculations prore to have been well founded , and all his hopes be realised , what will he have done for the masses ot France who cannot fly from their country ? We assert it to be the dutvofall honest reformers to stay at borne and fight out the battle of labour ' s eraancjpation . Ii is treason for a few to selfishlv seek their own happiness , leaving millions to remain m hopeless misery and despairing slavery . We say to the real Reformers of'France , stay at home and releem your country . IftUre must be emiaratioD . make the robbers ' and idlers emigrate . Drive out the drones and the bees will thrive .

      On T7iereduction Of Wages: Its Cause Dnd...

      On t 7 ieReduction of Wages : Its cause dnd effects . By Robert Burrell . Londoo : J . Watson , 3 , Queen s Hetd Passage , Paternoster-row . Mr Burrell is well and favourably kno wn as one of the most clear-headed and sound-thinking of the souls of l ' i hour .- lie has before now done good service in labour ' s cause , and the tract before us form ? an addition to his claims on the gratitude of bis order . We heartily recommend this tract to the

      On T7iereduction Of Wages: Its Cause Dnd...

      jrorkjpg classes , and trust Mi Burrell will b » encou-J ^ tfl ! WM ptoe the ' seriea m which he proposes to untowtne -rarioua causes' wiioh-ara : continually ia operation to-impoysrish and-degrade tho producers orwealth . . ••> : -, i ; " ; . r . .... .

      Thi Ahmax Slack Book And Political Mrmmc...

      Thi AhmaX Slack Book and Political Mrmmckfor 1848 . , By , E ; J . Richardson . , ' TheBhe Booh of the Commons . \ By R . J . Richardami . London Watson '; Quean ' s' Head ' Passage , Pateriiostar . row . Manchester : Hcj ' wood , Oldham-sfcteet . . ' . : . ¦ ¦; ¦ .. ' -i '• '' ..- ¦ : ¦/;> - <¦» .- •¦ The first of these publications ' contains ( a addition to the usual contents of an Almanack ., an account of the aalaries . ' ^ ensSoBs , sinecures , emoluments , places , annuities . privUeEes , and pewera ^ of the Army , Navy , Church , Law Courts , Civil List ; Courts of Commission . - . & o ., ; the ' Debt , ' ' & . Every page teems with information which every tax-payer should be acquainted with . . Tho second , of these publications is an analysis of the members returned . at tha general election in 1847 : and . exposes the placemen , pensioners , officers of the army , navy , courts Of lafr , and the law church , with their political classification , family connexions , and amount of money received by them out of the public taxes .. This is a very useful little book . .

      The Purgatory Of Suicides, A Prison Rhym...

      The Purgatory of Suicides , a Prison Rhyme . By fhomas Cooper , the Chartist ; London : J . Watson , 3 , tjuaen a Head Passage , Paternoster-row . Parts 2 andS of Mr Cooper ' s well-known poem , very neatly and cheaply got up .

      The Republican . We Have Received Nos. 2...

      The Republican . We have received Nos . 2 and 3 of this publication ; will the editor send No . 1 ?

      United States, , " ; The President's Mes...

      UNITED STATES , , " THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

      The following are the most important passages ef the President ' s Message , delivered to both Houses ot Congress , on Tuesday , 7 th December : — Fatww Citizens of . ihb Sjsate , ' inn 01 THB HoOSS OS REraESBHTAtlYEB . The Annual meeting of Congrces is always an interesting ; event . The representatives of the States find of the people come freih from their . constituents to take counsel together for the common good , After an exijtshoe of near three-fourths of c century as a free and in . dependent Eepablie , the problem remains no longer to

      bs solved , whether a man is capable of self-government . Tho success of our admirable syattm is a conclusive refutation of the theories 0 f those in other countries who maintain that ' a favoured few * ara born to rule , and that the mass Of mankind must be governed by force , Subject to no arbitrary or hereditary authority , the people are theoaly sorereigD ! recognised by our constitution , Hasierous emigrants of every lineage and language , attracted by the civil aad religious freedom we enjoy , and by our happy condition , annually crowd to our shores , and transfer thsir heart , not lets than their allegiance , to the country wheee dominion aloae belongs to the ptople .

      . During the past year the most gratifying proofs are presented that our country has been bleated with a wide spread . and mtversal prosperity . There had been no period tince the government wa ' » fennded , when all the iuduitrial pursuits , of our people have baen aore . ' successful , or when labour in oil branches ofbusincsibaare . celred a fairer or better . raward . From our abundance we have been enabled to . perform the pleasing duty of furnishing food for the starving millions of less favoured countritg . In the enjoyment of the bounties of Providence at home , such as have rarely fallen to the lot of any people , it is cause of congratulation , that our intercourse with all tbe powers of the earth , except Mexico , continues to be ef an amicable character . It has ever been our cherished policy to cultivate peace and good-will with all nations ; and this policy has been steadily pursues " by me ,

      THE WAS IN MEXICO . No change has taken place iu our relations . with Mexico since the adjeurnmeat of the last Congress , The war in which the United States were forced to en . gage with the government of that country stUl continue ! . I deem it unnecessary , after the full exposition of them contained ia my message of the eleventh of Hay , 1846 , eed in my [ annual message at the commencement of tha session of Congress in December last , to reiterate tbe serious causes of complaint which wa had against Kexiso before she commenced hostilities .

      The rapid and brilliant success ef our arms , and the vast extent of the enemy ' s territory which has been overrun and conquered , before tbe close of the . last session of Congress , were fully known to that body . Since that time , tho war has been prosecuted with increased energy , aad I am gratified to state with a success which commands universal admiration . HUtory presents no parallel of so many glorious victories achieved by any nation within so short a period . Our army , regulars and volunteers , have covered themselves with imperishable honours . Whenever and wherever ourforces have encountered the eaemy , though he was in vastly superior numbers , and often entrenched in fortified positions of his own selection ' , and of great strength , he has been defeated . Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon our officers and men , regulars and volunteers , for their gallantry , discipline , and indomitable courage and perseverance , all seeking the post of danger , and vieing with each other in deeds of noble daring .

      It is well-known that the only indemnity which it is in the power of Mexico to mate , in satisfaction of the just and long deferred claims of our citizens against her , and the only means by which she can reimburse the United State * is by a portion of hsr territory . Mexico has no money to pay , and . no other means of making therequired indemnity , If we refuse this , wecanobtain nothing else . To rr j ' . ct indemnity , by refusing to accept a lession of territory , would be to abandon all our just demands , and to wage the war , bearing all its expenses , without a purpose or definita object .

      That Congress contemplated the acquisition of territorial indemnity when that body made provision for the prosecution of the war , is obvious . Congress could not nave meant—when ,, in Maj , 1816 , they appropriated ten millions of . dollars , and authorised the President to cm . ploy tbe militia and naval and military forces of the United States , and to accept the services of fifty thou , send volunteers , to enable him to prosecute the war , and when , at their last session , and after our army had invaded Mexico , they made additional appropriations and authorised the raising of additional troops for the same purpose—that no indemnity was to be obtained from lUxlco at the conclusion of the war ; and yet it was cer . tain that , if no Mexican territory was acquired , no indemnity could be obtained .

      It isfurtber manifest that Congress contemplated territorial indemnity , from the fact that at their last session , aa act was passed , upon the executive recommendation , appropriating three millions ef dollars with that express object . * ' * * . Tho doctrine of no territory Is the doctrine of no indemnity ; and , if sanctioned , would be a public acknowledgment that our country was wrong , and that the war declared by Congress with extraordinary unanimity ^ wa * unjust , and should be abandoned ; an admission un . founded in fact , and degrading to the national character . The terms of the treaty proposed b y the United States were not only just to Mexico , but considering the character and amount of our claims , the unjustifiable and Unprovoked commencement of hostilities b y her , the expenses of tbe war to which we have been subjected , and the success which had attended our arms , were deemad to be of a most liberal character .

      The Commissioner of the United States was authorised to agree to the establishment of the Bio Grande as the beundary , from its entrance into the Gulf to its intersection with the southern boundary of New Mexico , in north latitude about thirty-two degrees , and to obtain a cession to the United States of the provinces of New Mexico and the Callfornias , and the privilege of the right of way across the isthmus of Tehuantepeo . The boundary of the Hio Grande , and the cession to tho United States of New Mexico and Upper Califovdia , con - stituted an ultimatum which our Commissioner was , under no circumstances , to yield .

      That It might be manifest not only to Mexico , to but all other nations , that the United States were not disponed to take advantage of a feeble power by insisting upon wresting from . her all the other provinces , including many of her principal towns and cities , which we had conquered and held in our military occupation , but were willing to conclude a treaty in a spirit of liberality , our Commissioner was authorised to stipulate for the restoration to Mexico of all our other conquests . As the territory to be acquired by the boundary proposed may be estimated to be of greater value than a fair equivalent to your just demands , our Commissioner was authorised to stipulate for the payment of such additional pecuniary consideration as was deemed reasonable .

      It is manifest to all who have observed the actual condition of tho Mexican government for some years past , and at present , that if . those provinces should be retained by her , she could not long continue to hold and govern them . Mexico is too fetble a power to govern these provinces , lying as they do at a distance of more than a thousand miles from her capital , and if attempted to be retained by her , they will constitute even but for a short time , even nominally , a part of bar dominions . This would be especially the case with Upper California . The sagacity of powerful European nations , haR , lon er jincc , directed their attention to the commercial

      Importance of that province , and there can be little doubt that the moment the United States shall relinau's ' i their present occupation of it and their claim to it as indemnity , an effort would be made by some foreign , power to possess it , either i ? y conquest or by purchase . If no foreign government should acquire it in either of these modes , an independent revolutionary governmen t would probably be established by « be inhabitants , and such foreigners as may remain in or remove to tbe coun . try as soon as it shall be known that the . United States have abandoned it . Such a government would be too feeble long to maintain its separate independent eais-

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      % • ' ¦¦¦¦ - < . ¦ . ; : - ; rrr~—— ;——« ne > , and Would flaally become annejtod . to , or . bo a . dcpendent colony of > some moire powerful State , ; - . Should any forei gn government attempt ito possess It a ^' eolOnyyc * otherwise to . incorporate It with Itself , tbe principle avowed by the President Munroe , in 1824 , and reaffirmed in my first annual massage , that no foreign power . shall , rwlthour consent , be permitted to plant or establish a new . colony or dominion en any part of the North . American sbntloeht , must he malataiaed . In maintaining this prlnelple , and In resisting its Inva . sion by any foreign power , we might be Involved la othw wars , more expensive , and more difficult than that in which we are now engaged . ... . . The provinces of . Saw Mexico and the , Callfornias ore contiguous to the territories of vho . United : States , and if brought under the goytramsut of our laws , thair rasonrcos—mineral , agricultural , manufacturing , ond commercial—would soon be developed .

      Upper California is bounded on the north by our Oregon possessions , and if held by the Unltod States , wonld goon be settled by a hardy , enterprising , and intelligent portion of our population . Tho bay of St Francisco and other harbours along the Californlan coast , would afford shelter for our navy , for our numerous whale ships ; and other merchant vessels employed in the Pacific ocean , and w » uld in a short period become the marts of an extensive and profitable commerce with China , and other countries oftheEast . These advantages , in which the whole commercial world would participate , would at onee be secured to the United States by the cession of this territory ; while it ia certain that , as long as it remains a part » f the Mexican doraions , tbey can be enjoyed npithw by Mexico herself , nor any othernatlon .

      New Mexico is a frontier province , and has never been of any considerable valuo to Meaico , From its locallty £ t is naturally Connected with eur western settlements . The territorial limits of the State of Tesae , too , as defined by her laws , before her admission-into our Union , embrace all that portion of TXqvi Mexico lying eastof the Rio Grande , while Mexico : still claims to held this territory as a part of her dominions . The adjustment of this questienof boundary , is important . * ¦ * * . . These were the leading considerations which induced me to authorise the terras of . peace which wera proposed to Mexico . They wers rejected , and negotiations being at an end , hostilities were renewed . An assault was mode by our gallant army upon the strongly Certified places near the gates , of tho city of Moalco , and upon the city itself , and , after several days of severe conflict , the Mexican forces , vastly superior in number to our own , were' driven from the city , aad it was eccnpied by our troops .

      Since tho liberal proposition of the United States was authorised to be made in April lust , lajge expenditures have been incurred , and the precious blood of many of our patriotic fellow citizens has been shed in tbe prosecution of the war . This consideration , and the obstinate perseverance of Mexico in protracting ( he war , must influence the terms of pence which It may bo deemed proper hereafter to accept . Our armies having been everywhere victorious , having subjected to our military occupation a large portion of the enemy ' s country , Including his capital , and

      negotiations for peace having failed , the important questions arise—in . what manner the war Is to be prosecuted ; and what should be onr future policy I I cannot doubt that we should secure and render available the conquests which we have already made ; and that , with this view , we should hold and occupy , by our naval and military forces , all the ports , towns , cities , and provinces sow la our occupation , or which may hereafter foil into our possession ; . that we should press forward our military occupations , and levy such military contributions on the enemy as may , as far as practicable , defray the future expenses of the war .

      Had thego \ ernraeatef Mexico acceded to the equitable and liberal terms proposed ,, that mode of adjustment would have been ' preferred . Mexico having declined to do this , and failed to offer any other terms which could be accepted by the United States , national honour , no less than the public interests , requires that the war should be prosecuted with Increased energy and power until a just and satisfactory pence can be obtained , In the meantime , as Mexico refutes oil indemnity , wo should adopt measures to indemnify ourselves , by appropriating permanently a portion of her territory . Early after tbe commencement of the war , New Mexico and tbe Californias were taken possession of by pur forces . Our military and naval commanders were ordered to conquer end hold them , subject to be disposed of by a treaty of peace .

      These provinces are now in our undisputed oocupa . tion , and have been so for many months ; all resistance on the part of Mexico having ceased within their limits . I am satisfied that they should never be surrendered to Mexico . Should Congress concur with me in this opinion , and that they should be retained by the United States as indemnity , I can perceive no good reason why the civil jurisdiction and laws of the United States should net at oncobe extended over them . To wait for a treaty of peace , such as we are willing to make , by which our relations towards them would not be changed , cannot be good policy ; whilst onr . own interest , and that of the people inhabiting thera , require that a stable , responsible ,

      and free government under our authority should as soon as possible be established over them . Sheuid Congress , therefore , determine to bold these provinces permanently , and that they shall hereafter be considered as constituent parts of our ' country , the early establishment of territorial governments over them will he important for the more perfect protection of persons and property ; and I recommend that such territorial gevernmente be established . It will promote peace and tranquillity among the inhabitants by allaying all apprehension that the ; may still entertain of being again subjected to tho jurisdiction of Mexico , I invito the early and favourable consideration of Congress to this Important subject .

      Besides New Mexico and the Californias , there are other Mexican provinces which have been reduced to our possession by conquest . These other Mexican provinces are now governed by our military and naval commanders , under the general authority which is conferred upon a conqueror by the laws of war . They should continue to be held as a means of coercing Mexico to accede to just terms of peace . Civil as well ns military officers are required to conduct such a government . Adequate compensation to be drawn from contributions levied on the enemy should be fixed by law for such officers as msy be thus employed . What further provision may become Reeesiary , and what final disposition it may be proper to make of them , mu < t depend on the future progress of the war , and the course which Mexico may think proper hereafter to pursue .

      With tbe views I entertain , I cannot . favour the policy which baa been suggested , either to withdraw our army altogether , or to retire to a designated line , and simply hold and defend it . To withdraw our army altogether from the conquests they have made by deeds of unparalleled bravery , and at the expense of so much Wood and treasure , in a just war on our part , and one which , by the act of the enemy , we could not honourably have avoided , would be to degrade the nation in its own estimation , and in that of the world . To retire to a line , and simply hold and defend it , would not terminate the war . On the contrary , it would encourage Mexico to persevere , and tend to protract it indefinitely . It is not to be expected that Mexico , after refusing to establish such aline as a permanent boundary , when our victorious army are in possession of her capital , and in theheart of her country , would permit us

      to hold it without resistance , That she would continue the war and in the mostharassing and annoying farms , there can be no doubt . A border warfare ef the most savage character , extending over a long line would be unceasingly waged . It would rtqaire a large army te be kept constantly in tho field , stationed at posts and garrisons along such a line to protect and defend it . The enimy , relieved from the pressure of our arms on bis coasts and ja the populous parts of the interior , ' would direct his attention to this line , and selecting nn isolated post for attack , would concentrate his forces ' upon it . This would be a condition of affairs which the Mexicans , pursuing their favourite system of guerilla war . fare , would probably prefer to any other . Were we te assume a defensive attitude on such a line , all the advantages of such a state of war would be on . tbe side of the enemy .

      I am persuaded that the best means of vindicating the national honour and interest , and of bringing the war to nn honourable closo , will bo to prosecute it with increased energy and power in the vital parts of the enemy ' s country . e * # It has never been contemplated by me , as an object of the war , to make a permanent conqueet of the republic of Mexico , or to annihilate her . separate existence as an independent nation , On the contrary , it has ever been my desire that she should maintain her nationality , and , under a good government , adapted to her condition , be a free ,, independent , and prosperous republic . The

      United States were the first among the nations to recngnise her independence , and have always desired to bo on terms of amity and good neighbourhood with her . This she would not suffer , By her pwn conduct we have been compelled to engage in the present war . In its prosecution we seek not her overthrow as a nation ; but , in vindicating our natioH & l honour , we seek to obtain redross for tho wrongs she has done us , and indemnity for our just demands against her . We demand nn honour , able peace ; and that ' peace must bring with it indemnity for the past , and security for tho future . Hitherto Mexico has refused all accommodation by which such a peace could be obtaimd .

      There can bono doubt _ that the peaceable and w elldisposed inhabitants of Mexico are convinced that it is the true interest of their country to conclude an honourable peace with the United States ; but tho apprehension of becoming the victims of some military faction or usurper may have prevented them from manifesting their feelings by any public apt , fhe removal of any such apprehension ' would probably cause them to speak their sentiments freely , and to adopt the measures necessary for the restoration ' of peace . With a people distracted and divided , by . contending factions , and a government subject to . constant changes ,, by successive revolutions , tho continued successes of eur arms may fail to si-cure a satisfactory peace . In such an event , it may become proper for our commanding generals in the field to give encouragement und-assurances of protection to the friends of peace in Mexico in the establishment ond maintenance of a free Republican Government of

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      —~—— - . —^— : '"' .. ' ' '' " ' * ' tholr pwn choice , able and willing to conclude o peaoe which would be'just to theni ,. and secure to us the indemnity we demand . This may become the only mode ef obtaining such a peace ! Should such be . the rosult , the war which Mexico has forced upon us , would thus be converted into an enduring- blessing to herself . After finding her . torn ' and'distracted by factions , and ruled by military usurpers , we should then leave her with a republican government , in the enjoyment of real indspendancej sad domestic peace and prosperity , performing all relative duties in the groat family of nations , and promoting her own happiness by wise laws and their faithful exscution ; ' : . " " ' . '¦ . ¦ a * . ' - ¦ ¦ ' ••

      - Besides , there is danger , ; If our ^ troops were withdrawn bftfore a peace is concluded , that the Mexican people ; wearied with successive revolutions , and deprived of protection for their persons and property , might at length be inclined to yield to foreign : I ' nnaenees , and to oa » 4 themselves into the arms of some' Boropein monarch for protection from the'charchy and : suffering which would ensue . This , for our own ' safety , and - in pursu . ance of our established policy ; -we ' should be compelled to resist . Wo could never consent that Mexico should be thus converted into a monarchy governed b a foreign prince . It is deemed important that Congress should , at an early period of their session , confer the authority to raise an additional regular force to serve during the war with Mexico , and to be discharged upon the con . elusion and ratification of a treaty of peace , I -invite . the attention of Congress to the views presented by the Secretary of War in bis report npon this suHeot .

      I recommend , also , that authority be given ; by law to call for and accept the services of an additional number of volunteers to be exercised at such times and to such extent as the emergenclss of the service may require . In prosscntlng the war with Mexico , whilst the utmost care has been taken to avoid every just cause of complaint on the part of the neutral nation ' s , and none has been given , liberal privileges have been granted to tholr commerce In the ports of the enemy in our military occupation .

      FINANCE . A detailed statement of the condition of the finances will be presented in the annual report of the Secretary oi the Treasury . The Imports for the last fiscal year , ending on the 80 th of June , 1847 , were of ths value of MO fixfi . 088 dollars , of which the amount exported was 8 , 011 , 1 ( 8 dots ., leaving 138 534 , 480 dols . In theeountryfor domestic use , Tbe value of the exports for the same period , Was 159 , 018 , 622 dole . ; of which 160 , 637 , 401 dols . consisted <» fdomeslie productions , and 8 , 011 , 158 dols ., of foreign articles . The receipts into the treasury for the same period amounted to 26 , 346 , 798 dols . 37 c , of which there was de . rived from cuatomg-23 , 747 , 864 dols . 66 c . ; from sales of public lands , 2 , 499 , 335 dols . 28 c , ; and from incidental and miscellaneous sources , 100 , 570 drils . Sic . ' .

      Tho expenditures during tbe fiscal year ending oa the 18 th of June . last were 69 , 451 , 177 dola . 05 c . ; of which 8 , 532 , 082 dols . 87 c . were on account of payment of prin . cipal and Interest of the public debt , including treasury notes redeemed and not funded , . The expenditures , exclusive of payment of publle debt , , wero 55 , 939 , 035 dole . 28 o . ; tt ¦ ¦ 9 ' ' # ' On the 1 st of the present month , the amount of the public debt actually incurred , including treasury notes , was 45 , 659 , 669 dols . 40 c . The . public debt due on the 4 th of March , 1845 , including treasury notes , ms 17 , 788 , 799 dols . 62 c ; and consequently . the addition- made to the public debt since that time is 27 , 870 , 859 dels . 78 c .

      To meet the expenditures for the remainder of the present and for the next fiscal year , ending on tbe 30 th of June 1849 , a further loan In aid Of the ordinary revenues of the government will b « necessary . ' Retaining a sumcleat surplus in the treasury , the loan required for the remainder of the present fiscal year will be about 18 , 500 , 600 dols . If the duty on tea end coffee be imposed , and the graduation of the price of the public lands shall be made at an early period of your session ) as recom . mended , the loan for the present fiscal year may be reduced to 17 , 000 , 000 of dols . The loan maybe further reduced by whatever amount of expenditure can be saved by military contributions collected in Mexico .

      Should the war with Mexico be continued until the SOih of June , 1819 , it is estimated that a further loon of 20 , 500 , 000 dollars will bo required for . the fiscal year ending on that day , in case no duty be imposed on tea and coffee , and the public lands be not reduced and graduated ia price ^ and no military contributions thai ! be collected in Mexico , If tbe duty on tea and coffee be Imposed , and the lands be reduced and graduated in price , as proposed , tbe loan may be reduced to 17 , 000 , 000 of dollars , and will be subject to be still farther reduced : by the amount of the military contributions which may be collected in Mexico .

      THE NSW TAKIFF , The act of the thirtieth of July , 1846 , ' reducing the duties on imports , ' has been in force since the first of December last ; and I am gratified to state that ell tho beneficial effects which were anticipated from its opera , tions have been fully realised . - The public revenue derived from customs during tbe year ending on the 1 st of December , 1847 , exceedsby more than eight mlllionsof dols . the amount received in the preceding year under tha operation ef the act of 1842 , which was superseded and repealed by it , Its effects are visible in the great and almost unexampled prosperity which prevails in every branch of business .

      . While the repeal of the prohibitory and restrictive duties of the act of 1842 , and the substitution in their place of reaionable revenue rates levied on articles imported according to their actual value , has increased the revenue and augmented our foreign trade , all tbe great interests of the country have been advanced and promoted , # * # The toiling millions , whose daily labour furnishes the supply of food and raiment , and all the necessaries and comforts of life , are receivisg higher wages , and more steady and permanent employment than in any other country , or at any previous period of our own history . So successful have been all branches of our industry , that a foreign war , which generally . diminishes the resources of a nation , has in no essential degree retarded our onward progress , or checked our general prosperity .

      With such gratifying evidences of prosperity , and of the successful operation of the revenue act of 1345 , every consideration of public policy recommends that it should remain unchanged .

      NEW TAXES . For the purpose of increasing tho revenue , and without changing the rates imposed by tbe act of 1846 on the dutiable articles embraced by its provisions , I again recommend to jourfavourable consideration the expediency of levying a revenue duty on tea and coffde . The policy which exempted these articles from duty during peace , and when the revenue to be derived from them was not needed , ceases to exist when the country is engaged in war , and requires the use of all its available resources . It is a tax which would bo so generally diffused among the people , that it would be felt oppressively by none . It is believed that there are not , ih the list of imported articles , any which . are more properly the subject of war duties than tea or ceffee . - It is estimated that three millions of dollars would be derived annuall y by a moderate duty imposed on these articles ; TUB SOB TBEiSUKT LAW . —BANEIKG .

      By the act to ' provide for the better organisation of the treasury , and for the collection , safe keeping , and disbursement ef the public revenue , ' - all banks were discontinued as fiscal agents of the government , and the paper currency issued by them was no longer permitted to be rectived in payment of public dues . The constitutional treasury created by this not went into operation ou the 1 st of January last . Under thi > system ' established by it , the public monies hare been collected , safely kept , and disbursed by the direct agency Of officers of the government in gold and silver ; and transfers of large amounts have been made from points of collection to points of disbursement , without any loss to the treasury , or injury or inconvenience to the trade of the country .

      While the fiscal operations of the , government have been conducted with regularity and ease , under this ays . tern , it has had a salutary effect in chocking and preventing an undue inflation of the paper currency issued by the banks which exist under state charters . Require ing , as it does , all dues to tho government to be paid in gold and silver , its effect is to restrain excessire issues of bank paper by tho banks disproportionedto the speciu in their vaults , for the reason that they . are at all times liable to be called on by " the holders of their notes for their redemption , in order to obtain specie for the payment of . duties and other public dues . The banks , therefore , must keep iheii < business within prudent limits , and be always in a condition ' to meet such calls , or run the hazard of being compelled to suspend specie payments , and be thereby discredited . Tho amount of specie im .

      ported iato the United States during the last fiical year was 34 , 121 , 389 dols ., of which there was retained In the country 22 , 276 , 170 dols . Had theformer financial system prevailed , and tbe public moneys been placed on deposits inbanks , nearly the whole of this amount would have gone into their vaults , not to bo thrown into circu . lation . by them , but to be withheld from tbe hands of the people as a currency , and made the basis of new and enormous issues of bank paper . A large proportion of the specie imported , has . been paid into the treasury for public dues ; and after having been to a great : ex . tent , rpcelned at tbe Mint , has been paid out to the public creditors , and gone into circulation as . 11 currency among the people . Tho amount of gold mid silver Cain now in circulation in the country ie . larger than at any former period .

      The financial system established by the conetitu ' . icnal treasury has been , thus far , eminently successful in its operations ; anil I recommend an adherence to all its essential provisions , ' and especially to that vital provision which wholly separates the government from all connexion with banks , and excludes ban . k ' p . aper from all revenue receipts . . . ¦ THE ' PUBUC LANDS . All tho public lands which had been surveyed and were ready for market have been proclaimed for sale during the past year . The quantity offered and to be offered for sale under proclamations issued since the let of January last amounts to 9 , 138 , 531 acres . ¦ The pros p-. rity of tho western states and territories in which these lands lie , WiU be advanced by tholr speedy sale .

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      By withholding them from market , thtlr growth and increase of ' population would be retarded , while thousands of oor enterprising and meritorious frontier population would bo deprived of the opportunity of securing freeholds for themselves and their families , But in addition to tho general considerstians which rendered the early sale of these lands proper , it was a leading object at tbia time to derive as large a sum as possible from this sourcev-and-thus-dlffliulsb , by that " ombunt . ' tbe public lo » n rendered necessary by the existence of a foreign oar . . ... It is estimated that not less than tin millions of acres of the puMic lands will be surveyed shd beln a condition to be proclaimed forsalff dprlng the year 1848 . HtrOBTANo ' B OF . ' * . LANDED , DEMOCEACT .

      Iracommend that tho witting law * on the subject of preemption rights ha amended and modified bo as ta operate prospectively , ' and to embrace' all who may settle upon the public lends and make improvements Upon thsm beforo they are surveyed , as well as after , wards , in all cases where such settlements may be made after the Iadian title shall have been extinguished . If tha right of pra-emption be thus extended it wltt embrace a largo and meritorious class of our citizens . It will increase the . number : of small freeholders upon our borders , who will be enabled thereby to educate their children , a * d otherwise improve thsir condition , while they will bo found at all times , as thovbavo eve

      proved themselves : to bo , in the hour of danger t » their country , among our hardiest and best volunteer soldiers , ever ready to render their services in cases of emergency , and among the last to leave the field , as long os an enemy remains to be encountered . Such a policy will also-impress these pstrioticpioneeremigranta with deeper feelings of gratitude for the Paternal core of their government , when they find their dearest interests secured to them by the permanent-laws of the land , and that they are no longer in danger : of losing their homes and hard-earned improvements by-baing brought into competition with a moro wealthy class of purchasers at the land sales ,

      ? na watt . The aocompanying report of tho Secretary of the Navy presents a satisfactory and gratifying account of the condition and operations of the naval service daring the past year . Our commerce has been pursued with increased activity , and with safety and success , m every quarter of the globe under the protection of oar flag , widen the navy has caused to be respected in the most distant sens , * . * * « While other maritlms powers are adding to their navies largo numbers of war steamers , it was a wise po < licy on our part to motto similar additions to ournavy , The four war steamers authorised "by tho act of tbe 3 rd Of March , 1847 , are in course of construction .

      In addition to the four war steamers authorised by this act , the Secretary ofthe Navy has in pursuance oi its provisions , entered into contracts ' for the conatrbctioaoffive steamers , to be employed ia the transports ^ . tion of the Waited States mail ' from New York to Nan Orleans , touching at Charleston , Savannah , and Havana , and from Havana toOhagrcs ; for three , steamers to be employed in like mnnatr from Panama to Oregon , so as to . connect with the mail from Havana to Chagres , across the isthmus ;' and for . Ave . steamers to be era . ployod In like manner from Now York to Liverpool . These steamers will be the property ofthe contractors , but are to bs built' under the superintendence and diraction of a naval constructor in the employ of the Navy Department , and to ba so constructed as to rendu them eonvertlblo at the least possible expense into war steam , era of tbe f rat class /

      CONCLUSIOH , . In view of the existing state of our country , I trust it may not be inappropriate , in closing this communication , to call to mind tbe words of wisdom and admonition of the first and most illustrious of my predecessors , in bis farewell address to his countrymen , .... Thatgreatest and bast of men , who served his country so long , and loved It so much , foresaw , with ' serious concern , ' the danger to our Union ' . of characterising parties by geographical discrimination—Northern and Southern , Atlantic and We 8 tern ,--whePco designing men may endeavour to excite a belief that there : is a real difference of local interests and views , ' and warned his countrymen against it .

      So deep and solemn was his conviction of the importance of the Union , and of preserving the harmony between its different parts , that he declared to his co » ntrymen in that address , ' It is of infinite moment that you shonld properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial , habitual , and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and [ speak of it , cs a palladium of your political Safety | nud prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a bus , icion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest , or to enfeeble tbe sacred ties which now link together the various parts , ' ¦ Alter the lapse of half a century , these admonitions of Washington fall upon us with all the force of truth . It is difficult to estimate the 'immense value' of our

      glorious union of confederated states , to which we are so mnch indebted for our growth in population and wealth , and for all that constitutes us a great and happy nation . How unimportant are all our differences of opinion upon minor questions of public policy , compared with its preservation ; and bow scrupulously should we avoid all a ? iMing topics which may tend to distract and divide us into contending parties , separated by geographical lines , whereby it may be weakened or endangered . Invoking tbe blessing of the Almighty Ruler of the Universe upon your deliberations , it will be my highest duty , so less than my sincere pleasure , to co-operato with you in all measures which may tead to promote the honour and enduring welfare of our common country . Washington , James K . Polk , December , 1847 .

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      Pantomimh and Burlesque associate them > e ' vfS as naturally with the idea of Christmas , ns do Roast Beef and Plum-pudding ; nor can we for a moment object to the absurdities of Clown and Pantaloon , especially where their drelleries are made to serve a double purpose , and aim at the e ' estruction , by force of ridicule , of those follies and vices which grave remonstrance can never reach . Where Pantomime thus ' shoots at'folly as it flies , ' its excellence is of a more than merely negative quality , and deserves the applause of not only the juveniles , for wh' . se amusement it is specially intended , but of those children of a larger growth , who are sensible enough to deem it no disgrace to be at onco' merry and wise . '

      But somehow—whose fault it is we know nof—¦ the quarter part of tho Pantomimes of . this year seem hut ghostly shadows of their former selves . Perhaps the ' times are out of joint , ' for the long faces on the Stock Exchange appear to have transported themselves to the galleries , pit , and boxes of the different houses , and to be anything except transported at tho change . At Druby Lake , tho opera' ( Balfe's 'Maid of Honor' ) has been followed by a Pantomime entitled ' Friar Rush ; or , Harlequin and King Gold . ' A piece almost as heavy as the metal it celebrated . The Christmas piece at the Haymamcbt— ' The World Underground ; or , the Golden Flute , and the Brazen Waters '—has met with far better success ; partly , no doubt , from the superior excellence of the actors . What pieces could fail in which Mrs Keeley took a prominent part , to say nothing of Miss P . Horton , Mr Wigan , and other , though smaller , stars in the theatrical hemisphere ?

      Our opening remarks refer especially to the Princess ' s Theatre—the Pantomime there is admirably in keeping with the prevailing spirit of the times—beggary , bankruptcy , and influenza . We need scarcely add , that it is as opposite as it was possible to make it to the apimit ought to evince and evoke , the spirit of cheerfulness and ( if joy be impossible ) of hopefulness . In very different terms must we speak of the Ltceum , a visit to which elegant theatre is really a Christmas treat . The Aublphi has tried a new species of Pantomime—a genuine Italian Punchinello story . Such an attempt deserves , and we trust will receive , encouragement .

      It is impossible that the very attractive nature of tbe performances at the Sadlbb ' s Wells Theatre , together with the talent of the company , should tail to excite public curiosity ; and hence it continues to be attended by the most rfspectablo and crowded audiences . * John Saville of Haysted , ' from the pen of the Rev . J . White , has already been p layed twenty-three nighta , and from the p laudits nightly given to its representation , is likely to have a long run . Tho vices of the licentious Court of Charles the First are brought to view , and the terrible consequences that followed should be a esson to those who rule . The Pantomime is a splendid production , full of happy hits at passing events . The- ' dying : on the floor of the house , ' and parliamentary promises before and after election , elicited shouts of applause . ' Arms for Ireland '—the sickle and flail—waa well received . The scenery by Messrs Fcnton and Finlay is excellent . Wo beg to congratulate the management on tho golden harvest

      they are reaping . At Astley ' s the slock piece still continues tO 06 thesplendid spectacle , * The Camp of Silesia , m which even the most constant visitors must take unabated delight . Really very-very few of the theatres could present such a magnificent coupd coil as does Astley s Amphitheatre , at certain stages— both of piece and Smte This latter . < Dr Syntax , and the Dapper Grey Mare ' is as excellent as good taste and lavish expense in every department could make it . The Pantomime at the Mabilbbonk is one of tho That at the Surrey is of only ^ Ye ^ ge mer it , and remarkable for little but the grape , and prettinesa of the Columbine—Miss Annie Payne—and the pe . r . tjna citv wit h which tbe Oods insist on their favourite song , 'Hot Codlins , ' which the Clown cannot ting .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08011848/page/3/