Show the presidents message president buchanan after waiting for the organization of the house of representatives I 1 by the election of a speaker till the uit sent in his annual message which was received and read in the senate but laid on the table in in the house till after its or organization after the usual preliminaries the first thing I 1 1 referred to is the harpers ferry perry affair which I 1 he dwells upon at great length I 1 ile he next refers to chinese affairs and our I 1 relations with that empire then to the amicable amible c ble bie adjustment of the paraguayan difficulty ile he then says our relations with the great empires of france and russia russ 1 a as well as with all other I 1 governments governments on the continent of E europe drope unless ess we ve rna ina may y except that of Spain happily continue to be of the most friendly character in connection with spain he refers to the tho cuban and other claims in which many of our citizens are arc interested and which he says remain maid main unsatisfied recommends ends the purchase of cuba refers to the clayton bulwer treaty and then to the san juan difficulty the unsettled affairs of mexico are referred 1 to and he recommends to Con congress gresa the establishment lish ment of one or more military posts across I 1 the mexican line in sonora and Chili chihuahua recommends the establishment of a I 1 ial lai I 1 al government for arizona ile he repeats ilis his views in relation to the transit routes of panama nicaragua Nica and te huante pec and recommends to congress the passage 0 of a law authorizing the employment of the land andna and navai naval val ial forces for ier their teiei r protection after speaking of the failure of the last congress to make the necessary appropriations for the post office ac he recommends the construction of a pacific railroad to facilitate the transportation of troops and munitions of war across the continent speaks of retrenchment and winds winda up by calling the attention of congress to the interests of the district of columbia not so much as once referring to affairs in the territory of utah |