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MONDAY- DECEMBER 2, U»
IS THE SEX ATE.
At ilo'ckck tie Pmirfwf •» tk« S*»
s e r>n> em Mr GiiTanL took tf*e chom of
the Senate, and the Mowsj mesa ben ap
peered in their seat* **:
From At* Uam^uhtrr.—Mr. Monk, and
Mr Parrott.
fr-.m .VuMi r* maett*.—Mr liee» Liwf.
fro the place of Mr. O s*. resiroed )
From Rhode Island.—Mr Rn gNt-
From rmvrtear.—Mr Boardnan trd
Mr Unmin.
Froh Frrawa:.—Mr. P*!«cr and Mr.
SerflMMir.
From «Vro T;rh—Mr.
Van Bsm.
Fr:m Are* Jersey—Mr D.rVtnofl.
Fro mi Penney .vema
Mr Uent.
Fro m Dalamwt— Mr Van Dyke and Mr
Rcdrey.
From F.rgvzu.—Mr Barbour and Mr
Pleasant.
From .\orik Ciri';aa.—Mr Macon.
From SoatkCarolina.— Mr Gatllard ano
Mr Smi.h.
Frsm Kentucky.—Mr. Johoaoa and Mr
Talbot.
From Teimtttrt.—Mr Eaton and Mr
Williams
From Ohm—Mr Brown andMrRog
{In.
From lattfieu.—Mr Brown and Mr
ffohnaon.
From Indiana.—Mr Noble and Mr Tay
lor.
From —Mr Holnus and Mr
Williams.
From IiBnom —Mr Edwards.
From Maine.—Mr Chandler and Mr
Holmes.
From SRatoun—Mr Barton.
A quorum of the members being p re Beni
A Message was, on motion of Mr Bar
!pur, sent to the House of Represemaiite*.
announcing that fact, and the readiness o:
the Senate to proceed to business.
On M xioo of Mr. Barbour, a commit'.e-
sras appointed to join the Committee of the
House of Representatires to wait on tlir
President of the United States, and inforn
him tbit the two Houses were ready to re
ceite any communication from him 5 an
Mr. Ring, of New York, and Mr.
were appointed; and
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE^
At 12 o'clock precisely, the speaker (Mr
P. P. Barbour, of Virginia,) look the coair,
a«>J Mr. Samuel Burch, principal clerk lu
the Office of clerk of tke Hoo>e of R.pre-
ser.tauves, called o»er the Roll of Members,
when it appeared that the following Mem
bers were present, x*j
M»ne —Joshua Cushman, Joseph Dare.
Mirk Harm, Eoeoearr Herrick, Mirk L-
sBMtaro *t tkel >«Sscc. It has always Wen fcaod diSculi
I I hstW nnkawarf tfi#| natvsatred the ardor inseparable from that
coawteiaM f raatw Wtitbm prw*t>- j ."arty opr. in such maimer as to gire it a
«• wsK be -«cmn t« cars * WN hto inptt direction. The righu of manhood
SEjcM £ v e
s*
/.wehu — Jamah Swdcard Jshmecn.
Podztna — Jonathan Jeenoes.
Mm motftp*.—Chmcropier Rac k as.
£&**«.— Domed P- Cook.
Jkf.-jt; —Gobcsel Mcewe.
.Mantn.- John Scott.
The fosfowrog ger'. cere's elected durr*f
the rtcc« » Sit *aca-«es w*bca taw oc
curred is ihn Sc<hr. made their ipxnr;,
and were quabfced by ukiof the oath to
npp:«t the Coestitrm of the United
5*atesh rt*:
From if*-me.—Mark Harm.
/Vs«pA>wi* -Walter Forward and Tbos.
Forme
Z> eursrr.—Duatl Rcdity.
rrrgtoM.—James S-epttensoo.
&i;l Carolina.—Jchn Carter.
Inimna.—Jonathan Jenn.ngs.
On motion of Mr. Taylor, f New York.j
a Message was ordered to be sent t> the -.be Emperor of Russia, on the questk>
Mr Findlay and ’ Senate, iofbrmtog that body that a quo- i submitted to him by the Uni'.ed Sti.es and
rum of this House was formed, and was Great Britain, cooccrring the construction
<f«t. as it SkewiK snR he t« caatiwae in
fw. e« Meh cwndfciaan as may he km-
rd jat sd poytr, the ntcteovne which
has been rptstd between the U.S- sad the
Brv.ai cck*u-rs. E’err lagAt in the pen
sensaor if the Evtsurt, wtB. in dee time,
be common erred en hock nlftds
Resting cssertsaMy on a Vsvt ot recipro
cal is rq - ii »‘ri- ip. it has been the ct>
in: of the Esecetire, in (mticti-s with
other powers, t > -eet tke pnyMtiimi cx
each with a liberal spoil. bt.Vr.sj that
1 hereby the b'rtv. of our country would
be most effect>nlly promoted. This roerse
has been systemancany pursued h the late
ocxemroces with France and Great Bntar.
and in strict accord with the s tears f the
legntao.ie, A confident hope is entertain
ed, that, by the arrangement thus commen
«e too often claimed, prematurely, in
pressing which wo far. ’he respect chkh
hfsiW age. and the obedience necessary
to 1 course ©S’ s*usfy and instruction, in eve
•y such iaVftuO:o, art s meUines lutt
«ght of.
Tit great oiyect to be accomplish is the
•estraAt of that arJor, by seek wise regu
all tke eewrgKS of the youthful mind, to the I to j Te £ 9k *k J^nl fj rt(
ituiommt of ostfcl knowledge, will keep u p-.,p»r to com
it within a just subirshnatsoo, and at the, 1 haj fon ed, 00
*ame time derate it to the highest purpo ! whole aobjecc l o that —,
*<s T>.ts object seems to be csaer tjallT ' ?T * P*at i*tere«
thorn of the post <Jke <k(a
««i**;ed too Eighty. Tnu >—u ,
•we m oraameat, and M
BeUeriag that a eowpesem ps«., ,„7T
a of intern-' r * *
eseewte a tyKeat of aateraal r m ^
•m*. been gr.nled to Cwagie*,. LT*h
power, cocCurd to great aal* - ; ‘ * .
with proper Ktti itissi, w»uki r J
eaei real wiranrage «o the twf
it advnahle that an ameadmeu ^ A v
iwc, to that elect, Would he ^.^T* S3
hi I *
the seTers) rates A ^
right to adopt and execute tueh >
been preferred for mj aignotarr JTr , . k ‘'*
aoo, I was coa^peil-a, fnwt thi '* , aa ! J
slid
^ 7" ~TY * “T ”7 ' Idea, aaiy be Supposed to mem .7,'"
obtained n Urn rrstitutfon, and with great ^ to shouk-l Conl^l ¥
advantage to the Union deem it improper to • eeomnv
ced wKb each, ail differences respecimg j after doe examinaiion, and on the itpon of
aaT:gaTTO and commerce, with the donlin
100s m question, wi‘l be adjusted, and a so
iid four.diuon be laid fcr an active and per
manent 'otcvcoune. which will prove equal
ly advantageous to bo'h parties.
The decision o
‘”«wi
improper to •e«*>m«iieal“ H j:!’
nt, *Jiev hare, according to my 'Bei
right fo ke*-p the row! in repair, birto*' 1
the HijKrinter. lir.ee of i*, and •ppro^’!^
m -nej necessary for repiirs Surel^jZ^'w]
_ „ . . . | the right to appropriate monev t 0 7 „
the Academic Stiff, many well informed they bare a right to appropriate itt 'X
souths, to fill the vacancies which occur in | ibe road from rui* Fr >ta the tx»Z
The Mifitary Academy forms the basis
in regard to seicoce, on which the Military
establishment resiv It furnishes annually
t e several corps of the army, whileothers, power no danger u to be •pprohendod’* o'H
who retire to private life, carry with them i our h*PPF •>«««. tl *« P«°p!e arethno!,S
, r . exclusive fountain of power. Rich 'Ml
ituy
M^or
ready to ptocecd to bosiress.
On motion of Mr. Taylor, alv', it was
ordered, that a Committee be appointed, 10
act jointly with such CommU.ee as may be
appointed by the Sctra’e, to wait on the
President of the United States, and inform
him that the two houses were in sess.on,
and ready to receive any communication
which he might have to make to them.
After receiving a Message from the Sen
ate, by their Secretary, that they had form
ed a quorum:
Cn motion of Mr. Taylor, ft was order
ed that the House do now proceed to the
election of a Clerk, to fill the vacancy cc-
• asbned by the death of Thomas Dougher
y, Esquire, late Clerk ol this Hiuse.
The balloting then took place, and on
.he sixth ballot it appeared that Mr. Tern
tie had 54, Mr. L H Clarke 12, Mr Cham
iers 79. Mr. M. St. C. Clark 34, Mr. Plea
tones 17, Mr. Franks 9, and 3 scattering
votes.
The House then adjourned, without
naving made an election of Clerk.
From the .Yatina! hieibgvncer Rrtra, 3d imtt.
This day the Presidext or the UxrTED
•■TATEa transmitted to both Houses of Con
/r«s» the following
•MESSAGE r
Felloes citizen* 0/ the tenate
and house of Representative* :
Many causes unite to make your presen
neeang peculiarly interesting to our con
diluents. The operation of our laws or.
he various subjects to which they ap
ply, with the amendments which they oc
isionally requ re, imposes, annually, a
Tiponatu duty on the Representatives of«
nee people. Our system has happily ad
vaoced to such maturity, that I am not a
ware that your cares, in that respect, wil:
he augmented. G.her causes exist which
are highly interesting tq the whole civil it
-d world, ted to no portion of it more so.
n certain views, than to the United States
of the fi st Article of the Treaty of Ghent,
has been received. A onvention has
since been conc’uded, between the parties,
under the mediation of His ImperialMaj-s
tv, to prescribe the mode by which that
article shall be carried into effect, in confer
nifty with the decision. I shall submu
this Convevttim to the Senate for its advice
and consent, as In the ratification, and, if
obtained, shall immediately bring the sub
ject before Congress, for *uch provisions
as may rtq lire the interposition ol the Lc
gislature
In com, : !3 ce with an Act of the last
Session, 1 Terrilorial Government lias been
established in Florida, on the principles ot
our system. By this Act, the inhabi'ants
are secured in the full enjoyment of their
rights and liberties, and to admission into
the Union, with equal participation the
condition heretofore prescribed to other
Territories. By a clause in the ninth Ar
tide of the Treaty with Spain, by whicr
that Territory was ceded to the U. States,
it is stipulated that satisfaction- shall be
made for the injuries, if any, which, by pro
'•essoflaw, shall be established to hav-_
een suffered, by the Spanish dicers, an •
individual Spanish inhabitants, by the late
operations of our troops, in Florida- N >
>revision having ye? been made, to earn
’hat stipulation into effect, it is submitted
n the consideration of Congress, whether it
will not be proper, to vest the competin'
power, in the District Court at Pensacola,
w in some tribunal, to bespccially organiz
ed fot the purpose.
The fiscal operations of the year have b-.e-.i
nore successful than had been anticipated
at the commencement of the last session - I
Congress.
The receipts Into the Treasury during
■he three first quarters of the year, hart
exceeded tr.e su nof fourteen millions sere
hundred «rtd forty fire thousand dollars
The payments made at the Treasury dur
, tog the same period have exceeded twelvi
iltif Enoch J-uvrJ« l William D. William-! Of these causes, and of their bearing on the j millions two hundred and seventy nine th
xca.
' Are Han.fuarrt—Jostah Butler, Mat
thew Harvey, Aaron Mataor. Wkinam Plu
mes', jr. Nuisance! U^boo, Thomas Whip-
Pk. j?-
MuacehtLtetu.—Samuel C. Alien, Fran
■as B-jy-ies, Lewis B.gciow, Henry VV.
Dwiget, Wiliam Eutlis, Timothy Fuller,
Becjsain Gorham, \aror. tiobari, Jereatt
ah Ndwa, John Reed, Jonathan Russell
Rood* Iuund—iob D .fee, Samuel
Eddy.
* CanneeHen: -—Noyes Barber, Henry W.
Edward*, Joan Russ, Ansel Sterling, Ebe-
aezjjf noddard, Gideon Tomlinson.
Fermont.— Samuel C. Crafts, Dus Rey
ex, Roliin C. Mallary, John Mattocks,
Phi near Whtte.
Aeo TorH.—Churchill C. Cambreleng.
Alfred ConkUng, John D. Dtckmsoo, j ,hu
Gcbsard. Ja res Hawks,Thrmas H. Hub-
hard, Joseph Rirtland, Elisha Lite afield,
Richird McCarty, Walter Patterson, Jere
miah H. Piersoa, Nathaniel Pitcher, Wi«-
liaxn B. Rochester, Charles H. Ruggies,
C. D. Colder Micah Sterling, Joan NY.
Taylor, Albert H. Tracey, Stephen V'ai>
Rensselaer, William W. Van Wyek, Reu
ben H Walworth, Silas Wood, David
Woodcock
Area Jersey.—Ephraim Bateman, G.
Cassedy, Lewis Conctct, George Holcombe
Samuel Swao.
Penntylvama. John Brawn, Wiliam
Oar.irgton, George Denison, Samuel, Ed
ward,, Patrick Farrelly, Walur Forward,
John Findlay, Samuel Gross, Joseph Hemp
hill, James McSherry, Thomas Forrest*
James S. Mitchell. Samuel D Ingham*
Thomas Murray, jr. Thomas Patterson,
John Phillips, George Plumer, Thomas J.
Rogers, J .iho Tod,
Velaxsare—Louis McLane, Daniel Rod
ney.
Maryland.—Joseph Rent, Peter Little
John Nc.soo, Philip Reed, Samuel Smith,
Henry R Warfield, Robert Wright.
F,rg‘nia.—Mails Alexander, William S
Archer, Philip P. harbour, (Speaker,j
Burnell Bassett,RobertS Garnett, Edwaru
JJ. Jackson, James Jones, William McCoy.
Charies F. Mercer, Hugh Nelson, Thoiu a
ns Newton, John Randolph, Arthur, Smyth
Andrew Stevenson, James Siepheuaon
George Tucker, Jared Williams.
I Jiorth Carolina.—William S- Blackledg
Hutchins G. Burton, Henry Connor, VYel-
oon N. Edwards, Thomas H. Hall, Charles
Hooks, John Long, Archibald McNenl,
Komuius Sanders, Felix Walker, Lewis
Williams.
South Carolina.—John Carter, Joseph
Gisi, Thomas K. Mitchell, Starling Tuck-
Johu Wilson.
Georpa—J^el.Abbot, George R. Gil
mer Euward F. Tatnall, Wiley 1 hompsoi.
TfiBin'iriy.—Fames D. Dreckeandge,
interest ofo«r U.-k*«», I shall comma'
*e ser-'insects w^.icls I have formed,
ttut f-eedom whxa asecxecfdu'ydictates.;.,rte million one hurfdred and sixty eigh
It is proper, however, t» invite ycur atten j housand five hundred and ninety two dot
and doliirs; leaving in the Treasury o--.
he 30th diy of September last, (Including
cioag, in the first insunee, to those concerns jiars and twenty foer cents, which «ere in
respecting which legixlitive provision is
thought to be particularly urgent.
On the 34tb of June last, a convention of
uavigaiica acd commerce was concluded,
in this city, between the United States and
France, by mini iters duly authorized for
tit* purpose. The sanction of the Exeou
tive having been given to this convention,
under a conviction that, taking all its stipu
la’.ions into view, it rested essentially on a
basis of reciprocal and equal advantage, I
deemed it my duty, in compliance with the
authority vested in the Executive by the
second section ol the act of the last session,
of the 4th May, concerning navigation, to
suspend, by proclamation, until the end of
the next session of Congress, the operation
of the act, intitled “An act to impose a
new tonnage duty on French ships and ves
sels and for other purposes,” and to sus
pend likewise all other duties on French
vessels or the goods imported in them,
hich exceeded the duties on American
vessels, and on similar goods imported in
tnetn. I shall submit this convention,
forthwith lo the Senate, lor its advice and
consent, as to the ratification |
Since your last session, the prohibition
which had been imposed on the commerce
between the Uniter! States and the B.iusb
colonies, in the West Indies, and on this
continent, baa likewise been removed. Sa
tisfactory evidence having been adduced,
that the ports of those colonies has been o
pened to the vessels of the United Stales,
by an act of the British Parliament, bear
ing date on the 24th of .June last, on the
conditions specified therein, 1 deemed it
proper, in compliance with the provision
of the first section of the act of ibe las’
session above recited, to declare, by pro
clamation, bearing date on the 24th of Au
gust. last that tr.e ports of the United
States should thenceforward, and until the
end of the next session ol Congress, be 0-
pen to the vessels of Great Britain employ
ed in that trade, under the limiutior. spe
cified in that proclamation.
A doubt was entertained whether the act
of Congress applied to the British colonies
on this continent, as well as to those in the
West Indies; but as the act of Parliament
pened the intercourse equally with both,
and it was the inamlest iutention of Con
gress, as well as the obvious policy of the
United States, that tnc provisions of the.
act ol Parliament should be me*., in equal
extent, on the part of the United States,
and as also the act of Congress was sup
posed to vest in the President some dis
cretion in the execution ol it, I thought it
advisable to giye it a corresponding con
struction#
them, by affording a wider field lor selec
tion, to promote the great object of the
power vested in Congress for providing for
the organiz > g, arming, and disciplining the
.Militia. T us by the mutual and harmo
nious co ope ation of the two governments
In the cxecuti 11 of a power divided between
them, an object always to ho cherished, the
attainment ol a great result on which our
liherties may depend, cann <t fail 10 he se
cured I have to add that in proportion aa
ur regular force is small, should the in-
s ruc'ion snd rc-ourccs of the Militia, the
great res urce or. which we icly, he pudi
cd to the utmost extent that circunitlan
ccs will admi’.
A Report from the Secretary of the navy
will communicate thj progress winch has
been mtde in the construction of vessels ol
uh other inietestu.g details, respect
the Treasury on the first day of January
last) a sum exceeding four millio s one
hundred and twenty eight thousand dollars
Besides discharging all demands for the
'urrent service of the year, including the
interest and reimbursement of the public
debt, the six per cent, stock of 1796, a
mounting to eighty thousand dollars, l.as
been redeemed. It is estimated that, after
defraying the current expenses of the pre
sent quarter, and redeeming the two mil
lions of six per cent, s’.ock of 1820, there
will remain in the Treasury, on the first
day of January next, nearly three millions
of dollars. It is estimated that the gross
amount of duties which Jiave been secured,
from thv first of January to the 30th of
September last, has exceeded nineteen
millions five hundred thousand dollars, and
the amount of the whole year will probably
not fall short of twenty three millions of
dollars.
Of the actual force in service under the
present Military Establishment, the p <sts at
which it is stationed, and the condition of
each post, a report from the Secretary of
War, which is now communicated, will
give a distinct idea. By like reports, the
state of the Academy at West Point will be
seen, as well as the progress which has been
made in the Fortifications along the coast,
ar>d at the National Armories and Arse
nats.
The position on the Red River, and that
at the Sauit of St. Marie, sfre the only new
posts that has e been taken. These post*,
with those already occupied in the interior,
are thought to be well adapted to the pro
tection of our frontiers. All the force, not
placed in the garrisons along the coast, and
in the ordnance depots, and indispensably
necessary there, is placed on the frontiers.
I he organization of the several corps
composing the aroiy, is such as to admit
its expansion to a great extent, in case oi
emergency, the officers carrying with them
all the light which they possess to the new
corps, to which they might be appointed.
With the organization of the staff, there
is equal cause to be satisfied. By the con
centration of every branch, with its chief 11
this city, in the presence of the Departmcm
and with a grade in the chief military sta
lion, to keep alive and cherish a military
spirit, the greatest promptitude in the ex
edition of orders, with the greatest econo
my and efficiency, are secured. The same
view is taken of the Military Academy.
Good order is preserved in it, and the youth
are well instructed in every science con
nected with the great objects of the Insti
tution. They are also well trained and
disciplined in the practical parts of the pro-
g the actual state of the afl’.irs ul that 1).
pirtroent. It has been found necessary lot
;ha prete*-tK»o of our commerce, to main
atn the usual squatr >ns on the Mc.lilcrra
can, the Fir.fic, and along the Atlantic
Coast, extending the cruises of the latter produced by the slightest change. Onfili
to the West I idles, where piracy, organ- itderatiou of the aubiect. in (ill ite ralutl.m
id into a system. has preyed on the com
iierce of every country trailing thither. A
cruise has a>>0 been maintained on tlie
coast of Africa, when the season would p 1
nit, for the suppression of the Slave Tra 1.
•nd orders ha--aocen given to the comma*
vrxof all our public ships, to seize our
am vessels, should they find any engaged
1" that trade and to bring them in lor adj..
licatfon.
In the Wes*. Indies, piracy is of a recen
>.te, which may explain the cause why
er powers have not combined ag.msi it.
Bv the documents communicated, it will bi
>ecn that the efforts c! rtie United Stales 1 •
-upress it, have had a very saiutary effect
he benevolent provision of the act, und. i
** ich the protect! >n has been extended
alike to the commerce of other nations,
cannot foil to duly appreciated by them.
In compliance with the Act of the las.
Savon, entitled u An act to abolish the U
States’ Trading Establishments,*’ ag«nw
were immediately appointed and instruc-cd
under the direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury, to close the business of me tr.
ing-bou-es among the Indian tr.bes, and
to settle the accounts of the Factors an
Sub factors engage in that trade, and m
xecutr, in all other respects, the iujunc
: ons of that act, in the mode prescribed
therein. A final repart of their proceedings
shall be communicated to Congress as v»*n
as it is received.
I» is with great regret I have to slate that
a serious malady has deprived us of many
valuable citizens at Pensacola, and checked
t .c progress of some of those arrangements
which are important to the territory. This
effect has been sensibly felt in respect to
the Indians who inhabtt that territory, con
sisting of the remnants of several tribes
who occupy tlie middle ground between St
Augustine and Pensacola, with extensive
claims, but undefined boundaries.
Although pesce is preserved with those Indi
ans, yet their position snd claims tend essentially
to interrupt the intercourse between the eastern
snd western parts of the territory, on which our
inhabitants sre principally settled. It is eastutial
to the grow th and prosperity of the territory, as ,
• ell as to the intercourae of the L nion, that th-.-sv proved in q taiiiy ; tint great progress ba* be o
Indians should be removed, by special compact j made in the settle me >! ol accounts, snd in if* r '
with them, to some other position, or concentra
ted within narrower limits where they are.
With the limited means in the power of the Kx-
eculive, instructions were given to the Governor
to accomplish this object, so far as it might be
practicable, w hich was prevented by the distress
■nf malady referred to To carry it fully into
effect in either mode, additional funds will be ne-
cesaary, to the provision of which the powers of
Congress alone are competent. With a view to
such provision as may be deemed proper, the
subject is submitted to your consideration, and in
tbe interim,further proceedings are suspended.
It appearing that so much of the act, en
titled “ An act regulating the staff of the
army,” which passed on the 14th of April,
1818, as relates to the commissariat, will
expire in April next, and the practical ope
ration ol that department having evinced
its great utility, the propriety of its renew
al is submitted to your consideration.
The view which lias been, taken of the proba
ble productiveness of the lead mines, connected
with the importance of the material to the public
deft nee, makes it expedient that they should be
managed with peculiar care. It is therefore sug
gested whether it will not comport with the pub
lic interest to provide by law for the appointment
of an agent skilled m mineralogy, to superintend
them, under the direcUon ol tu« proper Uepart-
t P # T er
originate* from them, aad to them
such auaiR!r,en , », as, under the right rever
His Imperial Majesty ^ to the several states to appoint tfie offi
cere and to train the Militia, will enable *oleiy responsible, for the fanhfuT’J^ 1 ?'
their dutiem within their
its proper const.me* U, are they
kOlF’lV PFfDfinuhlp. t th#* faiihL.I I. .715
their duties, within their eonstit„ (l ‘
And I hat the people will confine th ff
agents, of evety statwn.io tbe strict
constitutional duties, there is no cui*., "j 01 ' 1
Having, however, communicated mv «!,■'■
to Congress, at the last session, fully -
' . •.. 1 '“Not
icireu, n-jv.r I
right of appropriating at distinct
in question, I deem it improper to
tuft <N here. " " th* |
Prom the be* information that I have b.
hie to obtain, i! appeirs that our M
though decreased immediately after i| lt
have cons, ierably incretaed, and are aliU uk, I
T K, w n r e ra!n Ifiven them b
I at ff of 1816, and by subsequent law, s. ?l
cd, I am, whatever may be the abstract d. c -£|
in uvur of unrestricted commerce, proriiWal
nations would concur 11. it, and it wus not I ^
lo be interrupted by war, which has never (*_
1 i d, au.i cannot be expected, that there ut o>
*irong reasons applicable to our situation,«,
liiiiona wuh other countries which imp W v
the obliga tor to cherish and sustain our nur,u
iiiri-a. Saiisfied, however, I likewise am, th.-
ihteiost uf every pan of our Union, even eft
most benefit ted by manufactures require,
this subject should be touched with the gr r
caution, and a critical knowledge ol the effr
a O vmwuhvi || iu;
ration or the subject, in all it, relatiun,,
pcrviuded, that a further augmentation may
he made of (lit .Julies on certain foreign srtid
in favor uf our own, and without affecting iniu
ously, any other interest For mure precise d
i.uU, l icier you to the communicai'.v., *h>
■vere m.de to Congress during the Ut 9e*,t.n.|
So great was the amount of account, t»r kJ
i--s advanced during the late war, in uiMiu-I
iilltis uf eprevi-jiis date, which, in the regv.ll
operations of U.a government, necewih J
mined unsettled, that it required a Icr.r-
tnne tor tliair adjustment. Uy a report ■ 1
the First Comptroller of the Treasury, it jpp t
tint, on 'he 4ih of March 1817, the account, ti*
unsettled, amounted to one hundred and \U
11 lliuus sixty-eight thousand eight hundred ti
seventy-six dollars snd forty one cen t, ot *•!,
on the 30th of September of the present jul
nncty.three mi linns one I undred and seveil
live thousand three hundred and ninety-six do::J
*rwl fi ty aix-ceuta had been settled; lesvin.T
-lat day a ba’ance unsettled of nne milKnnse<
indeed and ninety threethousa-.il four hun !'
ud sc* etuy. .me dollars and eighty-five c -.
I list there have been drawn from the Treir^
- p-vying the pub'ic debt, and su-tb'nir.g
Government in all its operation and diis.
ne.ita, since the 4ili of M.,rch 1817, one t,
d-i-la i l lii-.y-st ven mihfons one hundred 1
on. ty r.iuc ttvo saivl three hun ire,l a d eiM
d.»i!ir-. a..d nine;. -six cents, the account.of A
I. -e been >ettle 11 the amount of one-huai!
in 1 thirty seven millions five hundred nnil 1
thousand fo .r hu dred an.l fifty o iedollaM
twel-e ce ils j leaving a balance unse t'e
-line;-en millions six hundred and ninety .
thousand nine hundre d and twenty-nine dI
a id eighty tour c.-nts. For precise details respi
ing each of these balance,, 1 refer to the rep
ot Jkj Cumptrulicr, and Jocu '.cut whicli kca|
pany it.
From this vie v, 1* .ppeart that ■ ur comuciuil
ihtleicocei-wii.’i Kr« ice and Gre t .Uritain
be- n pi seed in a train of amicable arrangtmu'il
on conditions fair <nd honorable, in both i'»t»l
ces, to taco party ; that our finances are in 1
productive slate 1 mir revenue bring at piHttfl
fuily rompeteut to all the dem.hds upon iti tkl|
our mill’ ty I*-ce ij we.I organic : in ill it»brui-1
ches, tint capable ul reuderingthr most iinpurtiat I
service, in 1 a-.e idem, r.eucy, xtuat its number all
admit of; that due progress has been tnaJr, un-1
der existing appropri .’ions, in the consindti* I
furtifi.-.iiious, aud in the upentionf of e ord-1
nance department; tiiatdu progress li», in lib I
manner, liec-n spade in tlie construction of sltip
of war ; that our r.a»y ts m the b-. st condition, lek
and respretv <1, in every sea iu which it is mnoy-
ed for the protection uf our comm?rev i *l |Jt *
manulnctui s It itre augmented in ivinoout.* 111 ! ®'
It ia Understood that the Cumberland road-
winch was comuucted at a greal expense, has
alreaily suffered trom the want of that regular
iupenntendancr, and of those repairs, which are
indispensable to the preservation of such a work.
11ns road is ol incalculable advantage, in fac.tita-
tiug the intercourse between tbe Western ami the
Atlantic btales. 1 hrough it, the whole country
from the northern extremity u f Lake Kne to tfe
. ““l all the waters which empty
r,C C ;- , /;' eay lml riirecl communicatl-i
Aib >ir S ^1“ f U , ,tn ' mtnt ’ * nd 'hence to the
dare "and wt “ ch to all mil.
itxry *hd com merest operettocs, and also to
cowry of the ha! ivee due by in.lividua*.
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Other objects s> ill likewise claim your s’.!* 11 '' 01 ’' I
becauH-, from ike station which th United Sbo
hold, as a member of the great community r « * I
twins, tl.ey luve rights to maintain, duties to pit
form, aad dangers to encounter. ,1
A strong hope was entertained that pesce wow 1
ew this, Iwve been concluded, betweenSvaio™ '
the Independent Governments south of the oB‘
ted States in this hemisphere. Lug expert "*
having evinced the competency uf those K° v ' ,n '
meats, to muintain the i.idejven tence which t (f
had declared, it uas presumed, that the con>i(.r('
ations which induced tlveir rec-vgni'i-' 1 , hy V'
States would have had equal weigh’ wit*' 1 , i !,ier
Powers, and that Spain herself, yk.'% w,h !’ s f
magnanimoas feelings of which W* , V
ni.hes $0 many examples, would bwcKfB' a (“v
on that b.su, a controversy so
tlie same time, so destructive. We '■'*’
the hope, that this result will no'- b>-5 *
potted.
Sustaining our neutral position, irul ’’
each parey, while the war continues, equal n l5 "_'
it is incumbent un the II. States to cUro ul ?**
with eq-jal rigor, the faithful observaacC - 1
lights, according to the well known L* ° .
tiuns. From each, therefore, like cooper*- 1
expected in thejsuppressvon of tbe pir*uc)*P'.
lice which has gone out of this war, and of
ades of extensive coasts on both seas, *^ l “,,
•lueriHg the small force employed to Rtstaict- 1
have nut the slightest foundation to re*t on . ,
Kurope is still unsettled, snd although
long menaced between Kussia aad > urt<. r i .
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(ereoces between those Powers will b*-c 0 '
xably
adjusted. It u impossible to look to tu-‘ v-Pt
Howof ihe country, respecting which
fere nets arose, w.dnM.; being Jeepiy
11«: men'ion of Greece fill* tbe mmd ^ ,
most exalted sentiments, and arc-Jse» J ^
so ms the best feehn^s of which our naiu."-’
ccptible. Superior skill an-J nfiaera^ J* ^
art*, heroic gsh’au’nr in actios, duairrea-'i- r