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Hat, Boot A-Shoe
wmM-uouhe. C ■'
OLIVER REED,
HAS JUST RECEIVED,
J tariff fln4 Klrganf
jUrST goalie men. fine Bea
* Second ditto ditto
First ditto ’Caators
Second ditto ditto
ladies’ Beaver Hat*
' Misses’ and Childrens’ ditto
Mens’ and Boys’ fine Roraini f;
Ditto ditto Wool
Childrens’ 'Morocco Capa
Servants’ Glazed Hats.
ALSO j ;
<A few Trunks gentlemens’ long and
* short BOOTS of a superior quality
Do. do. gentlemens’ SHOES of vari
ous kinds •
] Trunk of ladies’ elegant Morocco
Boots
Morocco Shoes . ;
Ladies’ Walking ditto, and
Black and coloured Roans i
He has likewise Red irect by recent ar
rival»*
I, A Choice and Brilliant selection of
Military Roods, ,
' —CONSISTING or-
Silver Mounted") ~ ,
Plated, and [SWOTUS
GiK
Gold and Silver Epauletts
Plated ditto
Silver and Plated ditto for Cavalry
\ The, above articles in addition to his
formeT snpplies, render his Stock as com
plete as will he found in the Southern
Market.
Novembar 26 ts
“ " NEW
Clothing Store .
Wheeler, Bradley’s
'& fco.’.
One Door East of the City-Hotel,
HAVE. ON HAND,
A VERY EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT •OF
CLOTHING,
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS,
Jind have f This Day received in addition,
70 Packages,
Which makes their assortment very ex
tensive, all of whichthey will sell at
Wholesale or Retail on thq,most rea
sonable Terms.
-ALSO- *
A HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF
Dry Goods % Hard
ware:
LADIES’ Walking Shoes and San*
dills
Gentlemens’ Boots. Shoes and Morocco
Slippers •
Ladies’ Beaver Hats
Gentlemens’ Beaver and Roram ditto
•Silk and Cotton Umbrellas
Plated and Britania Tea Setts
Plated Casiors
1 Silver Tea Sett
Silver Table and Tea Spoons
Ditto Watches „ t
Gold Chains, Seals and Keys
Brass Andirons, Shovels and Tongs
Copper Ten Ke ties. Stills and Worms
Fowling Pieces ,
Patent steel barrel and common'Pistols
Disks, Powder and Shot, Anvills
Frying Pans, Trace Chains, &c.
•'—ALSO—
Looking Glasses,
Os all descriptions,and prices ,
From 1 to ISO Dollars the Pair,
Some of which are very elegant.
ALSO, A NEAT
Jersey Waggon,
With full Plated Harness,
Calculated for one dr two Horses.
(£9* They have employed a Man from
the north, whose profession is Tayloring,
he will attend to the fitting of garments.
Also, {if application ,) to cutting ladies’
Habits and FVUeaes.
December 3 ts
THE SUBSCRIBERS
Have entered into Copartnership
under the firm of
Felix G. Gwson % Co
And are now receiving an Exten
sive assortment of
British, French , India $ Domestic
DRY GOODS,
HARD W'JitE^CUTLEUr,
AND
A General Assortment of
GROCERIES,
All of which will be sold low and on
accommodating terms
| Bills of Exchange
* On New- York & Boston for sale.
Felix G, Gibs n,
* William G. Gilbert.
, October 29.
Presidents Message
m,, „ ~ ..-i | ■-—■ '
Washing-Ton City, Dec. 2.
This day, at 12 o ? clock, the President
of the United States transmitted to both
Housed of Congress, the following Mes
sage, by Mr. Joseph Jones Monroe, his
Secretary:
Fellow of the Senate,
and of the House of Representatives
At no period of our political existence
had wc so much cause to felicitate our
selves at the prosperous and happy con
dition of our country. The abundant
fruits of the earth have filled it with plen
ty. An extensive and profitable com
merce has greatly augmented our reve
nue. The .public credit has attained an
extraordinary elevation. Gur prepara
tions for defence, in case of future wars,
from wliicli, by the experience of all na
tions, we ought not to expect to be ex
empted, are advancing, under a well
gested system, with all the dispatch
which so important a work will admit.
Our free government, founded on the in
terest and affections of the people, has
gained, and is daily gaining, strength.
Local jealousies arc rapidly yielding to
more generous, enlarged and enlighten
ed views of national policy. For advan
tages so numerous and highly important,
it is our-duty to unite in grateful ac
knowledgements to that Omnipotent Be
ing from whom they are derived, and in
unceasing prayer thathe will endow us
w ith virtue and strength to maintain and
hand them down, in their utmost purity,
to our latest posterity.
I have the satisfaction to inform you,
that an arrangement, which had been
coirimenced by rny-predecessor, with the
British government, for the reduction of
the naval force, by-Great Britain and the
United State?, on the lakes, has been
concluded : by which it is provided, that
neither party shall keep in service, on
Lake Champlain, more than one vessel;
on Lake Ontario, more than one; and on
Lake Erie, and the upper Lakes, more
<’■« i twty to be armeu, each, with one
cannon only; and that all the other arm
ed vessels, of both parties, of which an
exact list is interchanged, shall be dis
mantled. It is also agreed, thafcthe force
retained shall be restricted, in its duty,
to the internal purposes of each party ;
and that the arrangement shall remain in
force until six months shall have expired,
after notice given by one-of the parties
to the"otlier of its desire that it should
terminate. By' this arrangement, useless
cxpence, on both sides, and, what is of
still greater importance, the danger of
collision, between armed vessels, in
"those inland waters, which w r as great, is
prevented.
I have the satisfaction also to state,
that the Commissioners, under the fourth
artifele Os the treaty of Ghent, to whom
it was referred to uOcide, to which party
the several islands in the Bay of Passa
maquoddy belonged under the treaty of
One thousand seven hundred and eighty
three, have ageeed ; in a report, by which
all the islands in the possession of each
party before the late war have been de
creet! to it. The Commissioners acting
under the other articles of Ghent, for the
settlement of boundaries, have also been;
engaged in the discharge of their respec
tive duties, but have not yet completed
them. The difference ‘Which arose be
tween the two governments under that
treaty, respecting the right of.the Unit
ed States to take and cure fish on the
coast of the British provinces north of
our limits, which had been -secured bv
the treaty of one thousand seven hundred
and eighty-three, is still in negotiation.
The proposition made by this govern
ment, to extend to the colonics of Great-
Iritain the principle of the convention of
j() lid on, by which the commerce between
| ie pouts of the United States and Brit
ish ports in Europe, had been placed on
a footing of equality, has been declined
>y the British government. This sub
. ect having been thus amicably discussed
letween the two governments, and it ap
learing that the British government is
unwilling to depart from its present re
gulations, it remains for Congress to de
cide whether they will make any other
regulations, in consequence thereof, foi
the protection and improvement of our
navigation.
The negotiation with Spam, for spolia
tions on ourcommerce, and the settle
ment of boundaries, remains, essentially,
in the State it held, by the commmica
tirns that were made to Congress by my
predecessor. It has been evidently the
fioliry of the Spanish government to keep
the negotiation suspended, and in this
the United States have acquiesced, from
an amicable disposition towards Spain,
and in the expectation that her govern
ment would, from a sense of justice, fi
nal l.y accede to such an arrangement as
would be equal between the parties. A
disposition has been latel»- shewn by the
Spanish government to ihfj in the ne
gotiation, which has been met by this go
vernment, and, should the conciliatory
and friendly policy, which has invariably
guided our councils, be reciprocated, a
just and satisfactory arrangement may
be expected. It is proper, however, to
remark, that ’no proposition has yet
been made, from which such a result can
be presumed.
It was anticipated, at an early stage,
that the contest between Spain and the
colonies would become! ighly interestiha
to the United States. It was natural that
our citizens should sympathize in events
winch affected their neighbours. It seem
/ I
cd probable, also, that die prosecution of
the conflict along our coast, and in conti
guous countries, would occasionally in
terrupt our commerce, and otherwise af
fect th% persons and property of our citi
zens. These anticipations have been re
alized. .Such injuries have been received
from persons acting under the authority
, of both the parties, and for which redcss
has, in most instances, been withheld.—
Through bvery stage of the conflict; the
' United States have maintained an impar
; tial neutrality, giving aid tp neither of
he parties in men. money, ships; or mu
nitions of war. They have regarded the
■ contest, not in the light of an ordinary
insurrection or but as *a civil
' war between parties nearly equal, having
as to neutral powers, equal rights. Our
1 ports have been open to both, and cverf
■ article, the fruit of oqr soil, or of the in
>' dustry of our citizens, which either was
■ permitted to take, has been equally fj-ee
■ to the other. Should the colonies esta
‘ blish their independence,it is proper now
1 to'state, that this government neither
• seeks, nor would accept, from them any
■ advantage, in commerce or otherwise,
• which will not be equallyopcn tQ all other
■ nations. The colonies will, in that event,
} become independent states.free from any
■ Alligation to, or connection wrh us,
• which it may not then be their interest to
> form on the b sis of a fair reciprocity.
■ In the summer of the present year, an
■ expedition was set on foot against East
1 Florida, by persons claiming to, act under
| 'the authority of some of the colonies,
• who took possession of Amelia islapd,at
»; the mouth of the St. Mary’s river, near
■ the boundary of the state of Georgia. As
V this province lies eastward of the Missis-:
1 sippi, and Is bound by the United States
' and the ocean on every side, and has
• been a subject of negotiation with the
! government of Spain, as an indemnity for
losses by spoliation, or in exchange for
t territory of equal value westward of the
1 Mississippi, a fact well known to the
> woiid, it excited surprise that anycoun
-1 tenancc should be given to this measure,
5 by any of the colonies. As it would be
5 difficult to reconcile it with the friendlv*
• relations existing between, the U. States
1 and the colonies, a doubt was entertained
■ whether it had been authorised by them,
: or any of them. This doubt has gained
> strength, by the circumstances which
l have unfolded themselves ih the prosecu
-1 tion of the enterprise, which have marked
1 it as a mere private unauthorised adven
-1 ture.- Projected and commenced with 411;
incompetent force, reliance seems to have
i. been placed on what might be drawn, in
, defiance of our laws, from within our li
mits ; and of late, as their resources have
failed, it has assumed a more marked
character of unfriendliness to us, the
island being made a channel for the illicit
introduction of slaves from Africa into
the United States, an asylum for fugitive’
slaves from the neighbouring states',.and
a port for smuggling of every kind.
; A similar establishment was made, at
an earlier period, by persons of the same
description in.the Gulf of Mexico, at a
place called Galveston, within the limits
of the United States, as wfi contend, Un
der the cession of Louisiana. This en
terprisehas been marked, in a more sig
nal manner,-by all the objectionable ciir-i
i cumstances which characterised Ihe other
anu more particularly by ihe equipment
of privateers which have annoyed our
commerce, and by smuggling. These es
tablishments, if ever sanctioned by any
authority whatever, whidh is not believ
ed, have abused tlicir trust, and forfeited,
all claim to consideration. A just regard
for the rights and interests of the United
States required that they should be sup
pressed ; and cyders have accordingly
issued to that effect. .1 he imperious con
siderations which produced thismeasure,
will be explained to the parties whom it
may, in any degree, concern.
To obtain correct information-on every
subject in which the United States ere
interested 5 to.inspire just sentiments in
all persons in authority, on either side, of
our friendly disposition, so far as it may
comport with an impartial neutrality ;
and to secure proper respect to our com
merce in every port, and from every flag,
it has been thought proper tosond a ship
of war, with three distinguish citizens,
along the southern coast,"with instruction
to touch at such ports as they may find
most. expedient for these
With the existing authorities, with those
in the possession of, and cxerdan o, the'
sovereignty, mustthe communication be
held ; from them alone can redress for
past injuries, committed by persons act
ing under them, be obtained; by them
alone can (Jic commission -of the like, in
future, be prevented.
Our relations with the other powers of
Europe have experienced no essential
change since the last session. Irv our
■ intercourse with each, due attention c. n
i tinoes to be paid to the protection of our
commerce, and ttTevery other object in
■ which the United Stales are interested.
■ A strong hope is entertained, that, by
■ adhering to the maxims of a just, a can
'■ did, and friendly policy, we may long
r preserve amicable relations with all the
1 powers of Europe, on conditions ad van
s tageous and honorable to our country.
» With the Barbarv states and the In
• dian tribes our pacific relations havebeeo
1 preserved. • - -
In calling your attention to the inter
■y nal concerns of our country the view
e which they exhibit is peculiarly gratify
-5 ‘PS- The payments which have been
t- mad? into the treasury show the very
a productive state of the publio revenue.
L * After satisfying the appropriations made
• -» , ■ •
by !gw for the support of ihe civil gov*
eminent, and of the military and navaf
establishments, embracing suitab'e pro
vision for fortifications am! for the grad
ual increase of the. navy, paying the in
terest of the public debt, and extinguish
ing more than eightceif millions of the
principal, within the present year, it is
estimated that a balance ofn»»rcthan six
millions of dollars fcill remain in the
treasury on the first day of January, ap
plicable to the current service of the en
suing year..
The payments into the treasury du
ring thfe year one thousand eight hund
red and eighteen, on account of imposts
and tonnage, resulting principally from
duties which have accrued in the pre
sent year, may be fairly estimated at
twenty millions of dollars; internal rev
enues, attwo millions five hundred thou?
sand; public lands, at one million five
hundred thousand; bank dividends and
incidental receipts, at five hundred thou
sand; making in the whole, twenty-four
millions and five Uundicd thousand dol
lars.
The annual permanent expe diture
for the support of the civil government,
and of the army and navy, as now ostah
lishcdhy la v. amounts l*. leven millions
-eight hundred thousand dollars; and f ■
the sinking fund, to ten millions; making
the whole twenty-one millions eigh!
hundred thousand dollar*; leaving an
annual excess of revenue beyond the ex
penditure of two millions seven handin'
thousand dollars, exclusive ol the bai
ance estimated tube in the treasury on
the first day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen.
In the prespnt stab- of the treasury,the
whole of the Louisiana debt may be re
deemed in the year one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen; after which, if
the public debt continues as it now is,
above par. there will be annually abou
five millions ot the sinking fund unex
pended, until the year one thousand eight
hundred and tweniy-five, when the loan
of one thousand eight hundred and
twelve, and the stock created by finding
treasury nmes, will.be redeemable.
It is also estimated that the «/Uissi«-
sippi stock will be discharged during the
year 01-e thousand eight hundred and
nineteen, from the proceeds of the pub
lic lands assigned to that object; after
which the receipts from those lands will
annually add to the public revenue the.
sum of one million five hundred thou
: sand dollars, making-the permanent an
nual revenue amount to twenty-six mil
-1 Hons ot dollars, and leaving an annual
excess of revenue, after the'year one
thousand eight hundred' and nineteen,!
beyond the permanent authorised expen
diture, bf more than four millions of doi
lars.
By the late returns from the Depart
’ cent of War, the militia force of the
several states may be estimated at eio-ht
hundred thousand men, infantry, artil
lery and cavalry. Great par." of this
force is armed, and measures are taken
to.arm the vvhoie. An improvement in
the organization and discipline of the
militia is one ot the great objects wh’ch
claims the unremitted attention of con
gress.
The regular.force amounts nearly' to
tiie number required by law. and is sta
tioned along the Atlantic and inland fron
tiers.
Ot the naval force, it has baen neces
sary to maintain strong squadrons in
the Mediterranean, and in the Gulph of
Mexico.
From several of the Indian tribes in
habiting the country borderingon Lake
Erie, purchases have been made of lands,
•m conditions very favorable to the Uni
ted States, and, as it is presumed, not
less so to the tribes themselves. By
these purchases, the Indian title, with
moderate -reservations, has been extin
guished to the whole of the land within
the limits of the state-of Ohio, and to
a great part of that in the Michigan ter
ritory, and of the state of Indiana.
From the Cherokee tribe a tract has been
purchased, in the state of Georgia, and
an arrangement made, by which, in ex
change of lands beyond the .Mississippi,
a great part, if not the whole of the
land belonging to that tribe, eastward
of that river, in the states of North-
Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, and in
the Alabama Territory, will soon be ac
quired. By these acquisitions, and oth
ers, that may reasonably be expected soon
to follow, we shall be enabled to extend
our settlements from the inhabited pares
of the state of Ohio, along lake Erie, in
to the Michigan territory, and to Conned
oux settlements by degrees, through the
state of Indiana and the Illinois territory,
to that of Missouri. A similar, and e
qually advantageous effect will soon be
produced to the south, through the whole
extent of the states and territories, which
border on the water emptying into the
Mississippi and the Mobile. In this
progress, which the rights of nature de
mand, and nothing can prevent,
a growth rapid and gigantic,it is
tv to make new efforts for the preserva
tion,improvement, and civilization of the
native inhabitants. The hunter state can
exist only In the vast uncultivated desart.
It yields to the more dense ams compact
form, and greater force, of civilized pop
ulation; and of right it ought to yield,
for the earth was given to mankind to
support the greatest number of which it
is capable, and no tribe or people have a
right to withhold from the wants of oih
ers more than is necessary for their own
support and comfort. It is gratifying tv
know, that (ha reservationsafland made
/
V 4.
bj Uie treaties with thp (ribas nn t.**
Kne.were made w ith a view toim’fe
al Ownership among; them,and to thJi '
tivation of the soR byall.an.l C„ “ U
«al stipend has been pledged to
their other wants. It iui
s. deration of Congress, whether Zl
piayLs,on, not stipulated bv the t rc ,
ought to be made for these tribes, am! fi!
the advancement of the liberal'™.! i ■
mane policy of the United States townfl*
all the tribes within our limits, anil |L*
particularly for their improvement ir ti
arts of civilized life. 1 ' mUie
Among the advantages incident to tW
purchases, and to those which have nrl
ceoed, the security which may ther P e| . e *
be afforded to our inland frontiers, hJ
culiarljr important. V id, a strai t
ner, consisting of our own .people: th„J
planted on the lakes, the Mississippi
.ha Mobile, with th.-’protectio^t'l
•uved from the regular forte. IndiaaVw
t. if they do not altogether cease
will hencermth lose tli/iir terror. Fo>ti*
firatinns in those quarters, to any extent*
will not be necessary, and the expense
attending them may be saved. A n eo .
pie accustomed to the use of ff c a-m»
only, as the Indian tribes are, w {|| slum
-ven mo lerate works, which are .I f nl
ed by cannon. Great fortifications will'
therefore, be requisite only, in r„t nn /
along the coast, and at some,points in tl«
interior, connected with it. On these will
the safety of our (owns, and the com
merce of our great rivers, from the* h- v
f Fundy to the Mississippi, depend
Qn these, therefore, should the utmost
attention, skill, and labor.be bestowed.
A considerable and rapid augmentau.
■n in the value of all the public lands,
proceeding from these and other obvious
may henceforward be expected
r bo difficulties attending early emigre"
tions. will be dissipated even in (he most
remote purts Several new states have
been admitted into our Union, to the
W est and South, and territorial cavern
ments. happily organized, established
over every other portion in which there
is'vacant land for sale. In terminating
Indian hostilities, as must soon be done*
in a formidable shape at least, the emi
gration which has heretofore been groat,
will probably gnereese, and the demand’.
for land, and the augmentation in its va
lue, he in like proportion. The great in
; . cease of our population throughout the
. Union will alone produce an important
effect, and in no quarter will it he so sen
sibly felt as in those in contemplation.—
The public lands are a public stock, which
ought to be disposed of to the best ad. an
tage for the nation. The nation should,
i therefore, derive the profit proceeding
from the continual rise in their value.—
Every encouragement should be given to
the emigrants, consistent with a faircora
petition between them, but that compe
tition should operate, in the first sale, to
the advantage of (he nation rather than
of individuals. Great capitalists will
derive all the benefit incident to their
superior wealth, under any mode ol' sale
which may be adopted. But if, looking
forward to the rise in the value of the
public lands, they should have the oppor
tunity of amassing, at a low price, vast
bodies in their hands, the profit will ac
crue to them, and not to the public.—
1 hey would also have the power, in that
degree, to control the emigration and set
tlement in such manner as their opinion
of the respective interests might dictate.
I submit this subject to the consideration
of Congress, that such further provision
mav be made in the sale of the public
lands, vith a view to the public interest,
should any be deemed expedient, as in
their judgment may be- best adapted to
the object
When we consider the vast extent of
territory within the United States, (be
amount and value of its producti
ons, the connection of its parts, and oth
er circumstances, on which their pros
perity and happiness depend, we cannot
fail to entertain a high sense of the ad
vantage tb bo derived from the facility
which may be afforded in the intercourse
between them, by means of good roads
and canals. Never did a country of'such ;
vast extent offer equal inducements to
improvements of this kind, nor ever were
consequences of such magnitude involv
ed in them. As this subject was acted
on by Congress at the last Session, anil
there may be a disposition to revive it at
the present, I have brought it into view,
for the purpose of coramunicatingmy sen-*
timents on a very important circumstance
connected with it, with that freedom ami
candor which a regard for the public
interest, and a proper respect for con
gress, require. A difference of opinion
has existed, from the first formation of
>ur constitution to the present time, a- ■
mong our most enlightened and virtuous I
citizens, respecting (he right of congress I
to establish such a system of improve-1
ment. Taking into view the trust with I
which I am no,w honored, it would be I
iniproper, after what Jias parsed, that this I
discussion should be revived, with an un- ■
certainty of ray opinion respecting the I
; ight. Disregarding early -impressions, I
I have bestowed on the subject al! die I
deliberation which its great importance,*
and a just sense of my duty required —■
and the result is, a settled conviction ini
my mind, that congress do not possess!
the riglit. It is not contained in any of it
the specified powers granted to congress: I
nor can I consider it incidental to. or a*
necessary mean, viewed on the most li-i|
beral scale, for carrying into effect anyil
of .foe powers which arc specifically!
granted In communicating this resultß
I caoout resist the obligation which /■