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The Senate and Ifoufe of Re
presentatives of the United States
mt on Monday the 2d infl. a* the
city of
both houses being formed, notice
thereof was given to the President,
who ailigned 12 o'clock on Tues
day for making a communication
by message. Gen. Samuel Smith
appointed President of the Sen
ate, protein.. Mr. Macon elected
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives, and John Beckley is
ehofen clerk*
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE ,
Tc the Senate and ilousc of Repre
sintut'eves of the United Stales
if America ,
At a moment when the nations
r,f Europe are in commotion and
arming a gam it each o't her, when
those with whom we have prih- !
cipal intereourfe are engaged in ;
the general contest, and when the ‘
countenance of fome.of them
rewards cur peaceable country i
threatens that even that may not
be uiiae. T. .Tt by what is palling
e’/ he general fhreatre, a meeting
o- the repreAntadvrs of the nation
m iioaicS’ of congress, has
i;;e. Coming from every feed on
of our country, they bring with
them the fentimetgs and the in
formation of the whole, and will
be enabled to. give a diredion to
to the pnbUck affairs, widen the
the’ wikfom of the whole
v,u approve and, fupport*.
‘ft t*a a; a view of the (late of
n,:r country, we, in the fyiL piece,
tk nee the late affliction of two of
gmr urie* under the-fatal fever.
T ddch in fatter times has occafioh
yily wared our (hores. providence
10 sos goodness gave it an early ter
mi!TAUc>;> on this occasion, and leff
cned’ of which .
vc usually fallen before it. In
t ie cotrie of the several visitations
hy this disease, it has appeared that
- ft is itrictly local, incident to cities
■ 2nd ttdfc waters only— fmen in muni
cable In the country either H by per
sons under the dife fe, or by goods
[” me u*ooi dhealed places; that
fs is with, the autumn, and
,? ‘ ‘hfat )ears with the eariv froft.
■ 1 -Toe reftricHons, within narrow
of tone and space, give idem
niy e\ en to our mirarime cities,
M -.ng three-fourths of the year,
to the country always.
gh from tliefcfacts it ap
p- Ts unnecefihry, yet, to fatisfy
!i e bars of foreign nations? and
” lv: *f on their part not to be
of in a danger whose
p cts are yet unknown to them, I
ve fectiy enjoined oil the offi-
CciT ’. ac die head of the cuhorns to
ce k? ] y exact truth, for every
I rftsl filing for-a foreign port, the
‘■atfe pf refpecring this fever,
Ify* Pavails at the place from
d ulCli bib, under every motive
T> m character and duty to certify
iC l| uth, 1 have no doubt they
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twn -M.ach .-ea’ injury has, how
gt., been fuftaraed from apropea
fitytordemify withthise Pdef
aßd l ° r ca Dy the fam e name, fe.
versos very different kinds which
have been known at all times, and
* n all countries, and never have
been placed upon thole deemed
contagious. As we advance in
our knowledge of this disease. as
envelope the fimree from
which individuals receive it, the
date authorities charged with the
care of the public heath, and con
guk wuh that of the general com
jiieice, wilbbecpme able to regu
late with efiectTTiHr —
funcfions in these departments,
ihe hurihen of quarantines is felt
at home as well as abroad, their edi
eacy merits examination. Alt ho’
the health law of the hates fhouid
be,found. 40 need no prelent revlfal
by congreis, yet commerce claims
that their attention mould ever be
awake to them.
Since our lad meeting, the af .
pe£c of our foreign relations has
confiderafc’y changed—Our coafs
have been i.ifdled, and our har
bours watched by private armed
vdlels, fonie of them without com
missions, Tome with ilegal commit
fions, others with thofc of legal
piratfottf-aerfr--
beyond the authority of their com
mhlions. They have captured in
the very entrance of our harbors,
as w ell its on the high sea&, not only
the veheis of our friends coming
to trade with us, but our ewn also.
They, hate carried them off un
der pretence of legal adjudication ;
but not daring to approach a court
of hiiiicc, they have plundered and
funk them, by the way, in obicure
places where no evidence could
a rife ageiTl them, maltreated the
crews, and abandoned them in
boats on the open foa, or on desert
{hores, without food or covering.
These enormhk?® appearing to be
unreached by any control of their.
Sovereigns, 1 found it neeefiary to
equip a force, to cruifo within our
own foas, to arreil all vefieis of these
deferiprions found hovering on our
coahs, w ithin the limits of the gulp
dream, arm to bring the oflendeiS ,
in for trial as pirates.
The fame fy detn of hovering on j
our coaits and harbours, under co- j
lour of seeking enemies has been j
alio carried on by public aimed i
Ann*, to the great annoyance and j
oonreffion of cur commerce. New :
principles too have been interpolat- ,
ed into the law of nations, founded |
neither in justice nor the usage or j
acknowledgment of ou Ac* j
cordim T to these a bedigereni #Ktb ,
llfM a commerce with ns own j
enemy, which it denies to a neatra, ,
“ ,ho ilS"T‘ SAt!
t e'interells of our cor.lt.tu-
Ss Lid the doty of ma.ntaming
,he authority of reason, tne only
umtdre between just nations, .m
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S ATTTPYW - ••
MCEMBER. 23, 1805.
an effeckral and determined
Indeed the confidence we outfit to
have m the justice of others, still
cauntcnancealthe hope that a found*
t|t view of those rights will of itfdf
i -cucc ..frptnr- every belligerent a
more cornel observance of them.
VVith Spain our negotiations for
a fetthment of diftbrences have not
had a fatisfaQory ifluc. Spoliations
curing the former war, for which
ike fold formerly acknowledged
hcrfoli responsible, have been refuf-
Cu to be compenfatca but on con-
°tlier claims in no
i
| tne ftune pradHces are~ renewe3Tn
tne pre font war, and are already of
’ great amount. On the Mobile
i commerce palling throxi *h that
. river continues to be clfiructed
by arbitary duties and vexatious
kardks. Propoliiions for adj Lif
ting tne boundaries of
; Louiannna have rot been acceded
to. Wnile, however, the right is
gmfettled, we have avoirled chang
ing the (late of things, by making
new polls, cr llrengtherdng cur
iclvcs in the dilputed territories, in
| the hope that the other power’
” IK frby a cuntem conduft,
To r’lcx i’ ttidr exanrptT,
; and endanger conflicts of authori
ty, the iilue of which may not be
eatily controlled. But in this hope
we have now reason to lesson cur
confidence. Inroads have been re
cently made into the territories of
i Orleans and the Mifiiffippi, our ci
tizens have been- seized and their
property plundered in the very
parts of the former which had been
a&aally delivered up by Spain, and
, this by the regular officers and sol
diers of that government. I have
found it necessary at length to give
orders to our froeps on that fron
tier to be In readiness to protedl our
citizens and to repel by arms any
firrrilar aggreftions in future. O
ther details, necuTary for your full
information of the Rate of things
between this country and that, {kali
b£ the fubjedl of another communi
cation. In reviewing these injuries
from feme of the belligerent pow
ers, the moderation, the firmnefs ■
and the wisdom of the iegißat.urc
will all be called into acrion. We
ought Rill to hope that Uaie and a
more correct eßimate of i Etc rest
as well as character will produce
the justice we are bound to expect.
But fhoukl any nation deceive if
felf by falfe calculations, and dis
appoint that expectation, we mud,
join in the unprofitable contest, of
trying which party can do the other
the moft harm. Some of these in
juries may perhaps admit a yx e
petent it is always tl* mod cciir
able. But feme of them are of a.,
nature to be met by force omy, ftffskn
ail of them may lead to it. I c
not therefore but recomtnend techy
preparations as circumstances call
for. The firft object is to placed
our fen-port towns out c f the dan-
[ Payable
gef ciff nfolt. oMeafures have been
already taken for fumifhing them
with heavy cannon for the farviee
ol luch land batteries as may make
a part of their defence agaiuft arm*
.ed vcftds approaching ihern. In
tud oi these it is definable we fhouid
have a competent nfmber of gua
boats, and the number to be com*
pettmt ■ nutft be considerable. If
immediately feeguii, they may be
in read lack for service at the open
ing of the next foa fop. W het 1 ic r
it will be neeefiary to augment our
land forces, will be decided by oc
currences probably in the ci
of your feiTion. Jfo the mean time
[ you will cimfidcr whether it yrcukl
j not be expedient, for a Rate of
[ peace as well as war ? fo lb erganife
or class the militia, as would emu
hie us on any Ridden emergency,
to call for the ferviccs.of the you
er portions, unincumbered with
the old and those having families.
Upwards of three “hundred thou
sand able-bodied men, between the
ages cf eighteen and twenty-lix
years, which the foil Genfus fnews
we may now count within our lim
its, will furnfth a competent num
ber for offence or defence, in any
point where they may be wanted,
and will give time for raffing regu
h& forces xhe, for
rTITem fflstli'beconre xbiwin ; iRd
The reducing to the early period 6F
i life all its active i rvice cannot but
| be desirable to our younger citi
| zens, cf the present as well as fu
ture tiir.es, inasmuch as it engages
to them in more advanced age a
quiet and undiftiubed repose in the
bosom of their families. I cannot
then'but earneftiy recommend to
your early consideration tne expe
diency of so modilyu g our militia
■ system as, by a reparation cl the
more active part fi era tnet wnich
is lels so, we may draw from it,
when neeefiary, an efficient corps,
fit for real and active service, and
to be called io it in regurar rctition.
Considerable prpyifion has ly tti
made under . former authoiiues
from Ccmgrds, of materials for the
conftruclion of ffiips of war of fov
enty-fouF guns. Hide matsriaJs
are on hand lu’qeft to the lurthwr
will of the legillature.
An immediate prohihition of tne
exportarion of arms and ammuni
ti ui is al.fo fubmi red to your deter*
, minatiun,
Tuniing* from these unpleaiant
views of violence and wrong, I con
gratulate you on the liberation cr
I our follow” citizens who were ft ran
ged on the coast of I rzpoli and
made prisoners of war. In a gov
ernment bottomed on the wnl oi
aWgthe life and of every in
dividual citizen become interen
foVo-r ‘ • .
Rate an article for the
fom of our has bet
greed trie An operation by land,
by a tend band of* mr countrymen,
and others engaged for the occ rfi
on, in conjunction with the troops
of the Ex Baffinw es that country,
gallantly conduced by our late
[Number 255.