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Were the demands OF nations upon inc JustiCc vi
each other susceptible of adjudication by the SEN
tence Of an impartial tribunal, those to which now
refer would long since have been settled, and adc-
quate indemnity would have been obtained. There
are large amounts Of similar claims upon the
Netherlands, Naples, and Denmark. For those
upon Spain, prior to 1919, indemnity was. after
many years Of patient forbearance, obtained, and
those upon Sweden have been lately compromised
by private settlement, in which the claimants
themselves have acquiesced. The Governments
of Denmark and of Naples have been recently re-
mined of those yet existing against them; nor vii
any of them be forgotten while hope may I've IN
duged of obtaining justice. by the means within
the constitutional power of the Executive, and
without resorting to those measures of selfredress
which, as we'll as the time, circumstances and occa
sion. which may require them, are within the ex
elusive competency of the Legislature.


is with great satisfaction that enabled to bear wit
the liberal spirit with which the Republic ' Colon
ba has made satisfaction or we'll established claims Of
similar character And among the documents now com
muncated 10 Congress, sill be distinguished ITea'y
Commerce and Navigation with that Republic, the rafhca


ons of which have been exchanged the last recess
the Legislature. The negotiation of similar treaties witt
all the independent South American States has been con
templated and may yet be accomplished. The bass o.


them ALL proposed by the United States has been laid
two principles the OF entire and unqualified recpro
city the other the mutual obligation of the parties,
place each other permanently upon the footing OF the mos





bic to the effectal emancipation OF the American hems
phere from the thradom of coonzing monopoes and ex
cusions rapidly realizing in the progress OF hu
man affairs, aud which the resistance still opposed in Ger


tain parts of Europe the edgment Of the South
American Republics independent States, VIII 1t is be
eyed, contribute more efectuay TO accomplish. The
time has been and that remote when some of those
States might i'll their anxious desire to obtain nominal re
cogntion, have accepted of nominal independence clog
gcd with burdens0me conditions, and exclusive commercial
privileges granted the nation from which they have sep
he Iisady e.fa
that such concessions 10 any European nation would
incompatible with that independence which they have
dee La ed aud maintained.


Among the mea,ures which have been suggested to
hem BY tie relations with another resulting from
the changes of their condition, is that of assembling,
al the mu o Panama. Congress at which each OF them
should he represented, deliberate upon objects mpor
an the welfare of all The Republics Of Colombia, o
Mexico, and Of Central America, have already depuied
Pcnpoteniaes to such meeting and they have invited


he States to BE- also represented there by their ministers
The invitation has been accepted and the ministers the


U the United States will be commissioned TO attend
these deliberations and 10 take part in tbem far may
be compatible with that neutrality lom which is neither
Intention the desire of the other American States,
tha should depart


The Commissioners under the Seventh Article OF
the Treaty Of Ghent have nearly completed their
abofs, that, by the Report recently received from
The Agent on he part of the United States, there is
reason 10 expect that the commission will be closed
at their next session, appointed Tor the 2ad Of May
Of he ensuing year.


he other Commission appointed to ascertain the
lndemnies due for slaves carried away from the
United States, alter the close Of the late war, have
met with some difficulty, which has delayed their
progress in the inquiry a reference has been
made 10 the British Government on the subject,
which, i, may be hoped, will tend to hasten the de-
cision ol the Commissioners or serve as substitute
for it.


Among the powers specifically granted to Con-
kxtt kLx l..
uniform laws the subject Of Bankruptcies through
out the United States; and OF providing for organ
izing, arming, and discipning the Militia, and for
governing such Part of them may be employed
in .he service of the United States. The maeni-
tude and complexity Of the interests affected by lie
gisa ion upon these subjects, may account for the
fact that, long and often SIS both Of them have oc-
cupied the attention. and animated the debates of
Congress, no systems have yet been devised for full
nling, to the satisfaction OF the community, the du
ties prescribed by these grants Of power. To con-
cilise the claim OF the individual citizen 10 the en-
loymen OF personal liberty, with the effective obl
Cation OF private contracts, is the difficult problem
TO be solved by law Of Bankruptcy These are
objects OF the deepest interest to society; affecting
all that is precious in the existence Of mul,udes
OF persons many Of them in the classes essentially
dependent and helpless; OF the age requiring nur-
ture and ofthe entitled to protection, from the
free agency Of the parent and the husband The
organization o! the Mllitias ye: more indispensable
10 the Liberties of the country. II is only by an ef
tecse Militia that can at once enjoy the repose
Of peace, and bid defiance to foreign aggression it
IS by the militia that constituted an armed
nation standing in perpetual panoply of Defence in
the presence of all the other nations of the earth
10 this end it would be necessary SO to shape its
organization, as TO give it more united and active
energy There are laws for establishing an uniform
militia throughout the United States. and for arm
ing and equpping its whole body But il is body
ct dislocaed members, without the yigor OF unity,
and having little Of uniformity, but The name. To


nuse into this most important institution the power