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This day, ibt following Me/age was delivered
to each Umfe, !y Mr. Lewis, jecretary to the
Prrfident.
MR 5 S AC, R.
Te tie senate, r.nd I hu/e of* Repre/entatives cf
tbs XjYllkd S */! t* ~ ’
WHEN we afTcmblc together, fellow
citizens, to conlider the fhate of our beloved
country, our just attentions are firft drawn to
thole pleating circunr.ftances which mark the
goodnels of that being from whose favor tney
flow, and the large roeafure of thankfulnefs
v:c owe for his bounty# Another \t?zr hus
come around, and finds us (fill bit fled with
pence and friendfhip abroad, law, o r der and
religion at home, good afFdtion and harmony
with our Indian neighbours, our burthens
lightened ; yet our income iurheient for the
public wants, and the produce of rhe \eai
g?eat beyond example. 1 heie, fellow-citi
zens, aie the circumflatices under which we
meet; and wc remark with Ipeci and fitisfaftion
thole which, under the smiles of piovidence,
result from the (kill, induitiy and order of our
citizens, managing their own a flairs in tncii
own way, and for their own uie, unembarrafled
by tco much regulation, unopprefitd by
exaftions. , j
On the reflcration of peace in Europe tnatj
portion of the carrying wmch had tall-1
en to our (hare during t./V war, was auudgeo j
by the returning competition of the belligerentj
powers. This was to be expected and was
{tiff. But, in addition, we find, in fome parts;
of Europe, monopolizing difcriminations,j
which, in the form of duties, tend effeftual!y|
to prohibit the carrying thitner our own pro* !
Puce, in our own vtffids. From ex,king artu- |
ties and a spirit of juilice, it is hoped that!
friendly discussion will produce a t-ur aF. j
cjiuite ieciprocitv. But iliotdd l-ui c*dcu,a
tions of filtered defeat our h
tfie leg!(lature to decide whether they will
meet inequalities abroad, with countervailing
inequalities at home, cr provide lor the cvii
in arv other wav.
It is with, firisfaftion 1 lay before you ar, a fit
cf the Brioffi parliament anticipating this lub
jrft, lo far as to authorise a mutual abolition
of the duties and countervailing du iiC3 , per
mitted under the Treaty of 1794. It Pnews
on their part a spirit of juffice and friendly
accommodation, which it fi our duty and oui
interest to cultivate with all nations. Whe
ther-this would produce a due equality in the
Diivig.-i*ion between the two countries, is a
{libit fit {or your consideration.
Another circumttance which claims atten
tion, as directly affecting the very iource of
our navigation, is the deleft or the evasion of
the law providing for the return of fcamen,
and particularly of those belonging to vessels
fold abroad. Numbers of them, diicharged
in foreign ports,-have been thrown on the hands
of the consuls, who, to refeue them from the
dangers into which theirdiftreflesmighr plunge
them, and favc them to their country, have
found it ncceffary, in fome cases, to return them
at the public charge.
The ce{fieri of the Spanife province of j
Louiliana to France, winch took place in the ,
course of the late war, will, if carried into et
fefil, make a change in the afpefit of our for
eign relations, which will doubt-els have just j
weight in any deliberations of the legifiutuie
connected with that Uibjefiß
There was reason, not long to appre
hend that the warfare in which we were engaged
with Tripoli, might be taken up by lome other
of the Barbary powers. *A reinforcement,
therefore, was immediately ordered to the vel
fels already there. Subsequent information
however has removed these apprehensions for
the prefect. To fccure our commerce m that
lea, with rhe final left force competent, we
have supposed it belt to watch drift ly the har
bour of Tripoli. Still, however, the shallow -
nets of their coast, and the want of imailer
velTels on our part, has permitted fome cruisers
to cfcape unobierved : and to one of theie an
American veffei unfortunately fell a prey.
The captain, one American learn in, and two.
others of colour, remain pri loners with them ;
un-lels exchanged under an agreement former
]y made with the Bafhiw, to whom, on cue
faith of that, fome of his captive iubje&s had
been restored.
The convention with the dare of Georgia,
has been ratified by the legiff.uure, and a rc
purchafe from the Creeks has been consequent
ly mace, of a parr of the T nil a file county. In
this pinchafe has been rdf) tended a part
of the lands within the fork of Oconee and
Oakrnuln.ee rivers. The particulars of the
contract wli be laid before congrels lo loon as
they (hah be in a ffate for communication.
In order to remove e very difference poi
fible with our Indian neighbours, I have pro-
I ceeded in the work of fettling with them,and
I marking the boundaries between us. T hat
I with the Choftaw nation is fixed in our part,
land will be t-hrough the whole within a fhorr
■ time. The country to which. their title had
(been exnnguifhed before the revolution is fuf-
Bficient toreceive a very rei]>eftable population
■which congress will probably fee the expeui
so f,.on a? the innits
fnall be declared. We are to view this pofi
ticn as an cutpoft of the United states, sur
rounded by strong neighbours, and distant
from its support. And liow far that mono
poly, which prevents population, fiiould here
be guarded agair.fr, and actual habitation
made a condition of the continuance of title,
will be for your conflderation. A prompt
fettiement too of all cxiftmg rights and claims
wirhin this territory, presents itself as a pre
liminary operation. .
In that part of the Indian territory which
include Vincennes, the iines fettled with the
neighbouring tribes fix the cxtin&ion of their
title at a breadth of twenty-four leagues from
Fail to Weft, & about the fame length par
allel with and including the Wabaih. They
have also ceded a tract of four miles fquarr,
including the Suk-iprings near the mouth ot
the r;ve r .
In the department of finance it is with plea
iure I inform you that the receipts of external
dunes, fur the la ft twelve months, have ex
ceeded those of any former year, and that the
ratio of increffe has been also greater than
ufnal This has enabled us to a-nfwer all the
regular exigencies of government, to pay from
‘he freaftirv, within one year, upwards of 8
millions or dollars —principal and interest, of
the pub!'c debt, excluflve of one million paid
by the tale of bank stock, ahd making in the
w!ro!e a redudlion of nearly five millions and
an half of principal, and to have now in the
ueafury four motions and an h df of dollars,
which are in a combe of application to the fur*-!
rher difehanre of debt, and current demands >
Experience too, ft) far, authorizes us to be-j
lieve, if no extraordinary event supervenes,
and the c\peaces which vv,!J be actually incur
| red (hall not be greater than were contempla
ted by conereis at their Lift: feflion, that we
fnall nor be disappointed in ihe expectations
then formed. But neverthcleis, as the efleft
of peace on the amount of dudes is not vet
itdiv afeertained, it is the more neceflary to
pradlife every ufeful economv, and ro incur no
expcr.ee, which may be avoided without pre
judice.
The col left ion of the interna! taxes having
been completed in fome of the f ates, the
officeis employed in it ait* of course out of
comiui(lion. In others they will be fnoi dy.
But in a few, where the arrangements for the
direct tax had been retarded, it will still be
fome nme before the system is clojihd. It
has not yet been thought neceflary to employ
lie agent aurhorift dby an a 3. of the lull feflion,
for tranftkting business in Europe relative to
debts and loans. Nor have we used the
power, confided by rhe fame ad. of prolong
ing the foreign debts by relaons, of redeming
instead therecg an equal sum cf the domcftic
debr. Should, however* the difficult? .of re
mittance on so large a fcalc, render it r>*r.*ef
fary at any rime, the power shall be exerted,
and the money thus unemployed abroad, (hall
iii conformity with that law, be faithfully
applied here in an equivalent extinction of
d<Jureftic debt. When effects so salutary refuit
from plans you have already fan&ioned, when
| nrierdy by avoiding falfe objedts of expense,
we are able, without a direct tax, without in
ternal taxes, and without borrowing, to make
| effectual payments towards the difeharge of
our public debt, and the emancipation of ourj
poftericy from that mortal canker, it is an en
couragement, fellow citizens, of the highclt
cider, to proceed as we have begun, in fub
ftiruting economy for taxation, and in purfu
lng what is useful for a nation placed as we
are rather that what is pradifed by others
under different circumstances. And whenso
ever we are cieftined to meet events which
shall call for.h all the e nergies, of our country-!
men, we have the fir me ft reliance on thole
energies, and the comfortof leaving for calls
like these, the extraordaniary relources of loans
and internal taxes. In the mean time, by
payments of the principal of our debt, we
are liberating, annually, portions of the
external taxes and forming from them a grow- i
mg fund, frill further toleffen ahe neceliUy or
recurring to extraordinary resources.
The usual account of receipts and expendi
tures for the lull year with an estimate oi the
expentes ot the ensuing one, will be laid before
you by the iecretary of the treaiury.
No change being deemed neceffkry fn our
military cflablifhment, an eflimatc of its ex-
Denies for the ensuing year, on its pielent
I footing, as a.fo of the sums to be employed
in k>ruhacano:rs,and other objeds within that
department, has been prepared by the fecratary
at war, and will make a part of the general
eflimates wich will be prefemed you.
Considering that our regular troops are em
ployed for local purposes, and that the militia
is our general reliance for great and iudden
emergencies, vou willdoubtiels think this in
tiitution worthy of a review, and give it those
improvements of vvnich you tind it lufceptibie
Estimates for the naval department,
prepared by the Secretary ot ? the Navy
for another year, will in like manner
She comnioaicated with the general
cfiimatesTA iufall force in the Medl-j
tcrrancan will still be necefiary to re
train the Tripoline cruisers : and the
uncertain tenure of peace with fome
others of the Barbury powers, may
eventually require that torce to be aug-
mented. The necefllty of procuring
fome fmailer veflels for that service,
will raise the estimate : but their differ
ence in the maintenance will i'ooll make
it a measure of economy.
Presuming it will be expedient to ex
pend annually a convenient sum to
wards providing the naval defence which
our (Ituation may require, I cannot but
recommend that the firft appropriations
for that purpose, may go to the laving
what we already poflef*. No cares,
no attentions, can preserve veflels from
rapid decays, which lay in water,and ex
poled to the sum These decay , i ec]uire
great portion of the money destined to
naval purpose to add to our navy yard
here, a Dock with in which our present
veflels may be laid up dry, and under
cover from the fun. Under the oircum
ftances experience proves that works
of wood will remain scarcely at all ef
feuded by time. Tiie great abundance
of running water which this fltuation
posiefles, at heights far above the level of
the tide, if employed cs is praftlifed for
j lock navigation, furniftics the means for
I railing and laying up our vessels. on a
: dry and flick ered bed. And fliould the
measure be found ufefnl here, similar
depositories tor laying up, as well as For
building and repairing veflels,may here
after be undertaken at other Navy
yards, offering the fame meanr, the plans
and eftimatesof the work, prepared by
a person of /kill and experience, will be
jprefented to you, without delay, and
from these it wi'llbefeen that scarcely
more than has been the coil of one
veil el is neceflary to lave the whole, and
that the annual sum to be employed
I towards its completion may beadapted
! to the views of the legiftature as to naval
expenditure.
To cultivate peace and man tain com
merce and navigation in all their lawfal
enterprises ; to fofter our fifheries as
nurseries of navigation, and for the
nurture of: man, and protect the manu
taCtures adapted to our circumstances ;
to prelerve the faith of the nation by
an exaCt difeharge of its debts and con
trails, expend the public money with the
fame care and economy we would prac
tice with our own, and impose on our
citizens no unireceflary burthens ; to
keep a// things within the pale cr our
conftitUiionul powers, and cherilh the
federal union, as the only” rock of fafety
—these, fellow citizens, are the land
marks by which we are to guide ourselves
in all our proceedings, I3y continuing
to make these our rule of action, we
shall render to our countrymen the true
principles of their constitution, and
promote an union of len tiro exits and
of action, equally auspicious to their
happiness and fafety. On my part
you may count on a cordial concurrence
in every measure for the public good ;
and and on all the information I pofiefs
which may enable you to difeharge to
advantage the high functions with which
you are invested by your country.
TH: JEFFERSON.
December 15 1033.
LG VIS' \TLLE, December 22, xSo 2,
WE are credibly informed, that, when
Judge Moore , arrived in Columbia* Scuth-
Camlina, to attend the Circuit Court of the
United States there, he found the Didri£t
fudge had adjourned the Court, and, being
informed there, that no Jurors were drawn
for the Circnic Court of thisState* the Judge
returned to North Carolina. This event, is
very much regretted, as Jurors were drawn
for this Term, when Judge Halt preiided
in Savannah in May lad.
Presentments of the Grand Jury for the Uifiricl
of Georgia , in the Sixth Circuit Court of the
United States , at a Court begun and held at
Louifvnle , before the Honorable William
Stephens, one of the Judges of fc.id court , on
the 14th of December j 1802.
WE the Grand Jury for the Federal Circuit
Court for rhe Didrict of Georgia, meeting
for the firfl time under the prefer,t Judicial
Svflem, do congratulate our fellow citizens
Ik. •* At,.
on the alterations of the for,ner---b/
one Judge is enabled to distribute
rhe abfrnce of his colleague, which a uH|
Tient we confi ler as a great
the organization of this Courr. . B
We also take the opportunity to
our unfit a ken confidence in the
the present ad.r.iniftration, viewing
in the highest degree patriotic and
to the real, lolid and conllitutional inßH|
the United States- -and we are happy
ticipating the harmony which we
exist between the LegifUtive, Executive fl
Judicial Departments of the Union, eftS
of rhe greatest magnitude to the happinds B
and good order of the Government, and whß
only flow from the increase of correct I\ V u|
can principles in these now happy states. ,1
Weturnour thanks to the prefidmg Jutß
for his attention to business, and requefl: cl
these our presentments be publilhed. J
Solomon Wood, foreman.— Mirael S:1
man, Francis Boyakin, Willis Braze*!, Georl
Sugar, Robert Shaw, Hezekiah Jones, Jel
Sanders, Archibald Hatcher, Barrett Brew.
Arthur Fort, William Melton, Zachari
Lamar, Jaoaes Stallings, David Blacklhcj
William Barron. Briggs Holpon.
ExiraH from the We cords , 1
‘loth Dece)nber 1 802. ]
RICHARD M. STITES,”
Clerk Geo . D'jlrUl. j
Latcjl foreign intelligence. WKm
Basle, Oftober 9. H
The members of the Helvetic Diet affem-B
bled at Schwitz, have agreed ° plan of
con ft. tu: ion which they have aMreflei to allH
the Cantons, and of which the following aicßl
the articles :
Art. I. Switzerland forms one federal re- H
public under the denomination of the Helves:- JB
jc Confederation, H
2. It is divided into Cantons. H
3. Each Canton to govern itfelf according ■
to iis own will, and to exercise in its own ter-■
ritory all the rights of sovereignty which it ex - B;
ercifed under antient regime. V
4> The towns lhall not er.joy any preroga- j
rive over the country, both one and the other m
ro participate in the administration of justice, B
of the police, and in the internal government B
of the Canton. M
5. The government of one Canton cannot
publish ordinances prejudical to another Can-'®
ton : tliofe who break through this regulation
to be denounced to the Diet. J
6. The government of each canton to name V
a deputy to the Helvetic Die:. The deputies I
remain in office until their constituents think ]
proper to recal them. They art indemnified
by the canton,
7. The Diet is permanent, it deliberates on
war and peace*, and on the uouuluflon of luch
treaties ofallianc.es and commerce as the gen
eral intereftof the confederation may call for.
It is authorifed to repeal and annul the ordi
nances of the cantonal governmenr, which are
prejudicial to the Helvetic confederation, or
to any of its cantons.
8. Every deputy, member of the Diet, i*
obliged to conduft himfclf upon the difcufli
on of an important objeft, particularly of
treaties of peace, commerce, and alliance, ac
cording to the inftru&ions of his constituents.
9. The Diet chooses from among its mem
bers, a president and a secretary, who continue
in their fun&ions for three months, and we
alvvavs re-eligible.
10. The president of the DkT receives the
envoys of foreign poy/ers, and signs the de
iiberati ons of the Dier, which are counter-sign
ed by the secretary. The protocol ftiall be
fumed by every member.
°ii. The Diet appoints the Helvetic en
voys to foreign powers, and recalls them.
1 ), [n the cale of war, or a rhreat of attack,
the Diet settles the contingent of troops, and
the amount of the sums wnich each canton is
obliged to furnifh. The arsenals of the can
tons” are at the difjofal of the diet. 1c ap-
poi nts the general and removes them, as also
the ir.fpe&ors of the militia in time of peace.
Each canton is obliged to exercile in arms
and militia evolutions, a contingent of the
militia, which, however, is not to perform any
’ effective service, in times of peace, and re
ceives no pay.
I 13. Ad! the Swiss are soldiers. None Cart
jexercife the right of-citizenfhip, nor be re-,
i ceived in. o the corporations of art if!? ants
tradesmen, norexerriiea profeffion, nr /f marry
unless he has a mmket, a Iword and a pouchy
The government supplies the arms*
In extraordinary cases the govern
ment may order the diiarmb of the citizens.
The expenccs of war are charged upon all the
cantons in proportion to their refpe&ive means.
A private letter dates, that fignais have
been established. ‘from Loufanne, as far as Vcr
foix, for the purpote of giving immediate no
tice to a French corps of 4000 men, stationed
:at Verfoix, to enter Switzerland in case the*
diet of Schwitz (houid refufe to obey the sum—
mons of the firlf conlgl.