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Volume XIII. ’
CONOR ESS.
Tuesday. May - r j-
At twelve o’clock this day, the
] resident ot the i'hired States
transmitted to both Houles ol
Cong refs the following i
MESSAGE :
Felir.'ic-citizens rs the Senate, id
of the House of Rcprc'cntatives.
A i an early day after the close
of the hilt lellioi) of Congrtfx, an
oil r was formally communicated
from his I nperial Majv iiy, the em
peror of Kudu, of hi.N mediation,
as rh: cbmmon fiiend of the Uni
ted States and Great Buain, lor
the purp de of facilitating a peace
lr twesii tliem The high elutac
ter ol the emperor Alex tinier being
n lari-.factory pledge for tile fmcer
ity and imp irtiality ol his < Her, it
was im median. Iv accepted ; a:ni as
a urtber proof ol thediip fit ion on
the part of the United States, to
meet their adverlary in hot.or .file
ex: t iratn's lor tc> initiating the
war, it was dfermin .1 toavoiJ in
to - ‘e.lia’e dc’av, incident to the
dilfance ol tile parties, by a defini
tive prwifion for the contempiart-i!
tte.neiatton Three of nut emi
nent i viz ns were accordingly coni,
n illumed with tile requifitc power;
to conclude a treaty of peace, with
p lons cloathed w;tii like powers
co t!te part of Great Britain. Tluv
nr authored also to enter inn
fu h conventional regulations of the
commerce between r!re two coun
tries, as tmv be mutually advanta
g us. The two envoys wht were
in rhe United States at the time, of
l!i Si* appointment, have proceeded
t” j >in their colleague already at
S', lAtalburg
The envoy* have received ano;!j.
er co.itnnidii >n authorifmg tin. 1 to
conclude wirh R cilia a treaty of
commerce, with a view to Ihe gill
cn rhe amicable relations. ai.d in.
prove the betufici il tjitercouife !-e
----tv i en the two countries
Th. itTik of this friendly interpn
fition if the Ruffian Emperor, and
this pacific •> aniftftarion i:i the
pert of t!ie LJnitrd States lime only
can decide. 1 hat the fr-mtum r.rs
ol Great Britain towards thar Sove
reign will hav’ produced an accep
tance ol his off red mediation niufl
be prelu ned That no a .Equate
m -fives exilf to prefer a coi.ti. u
am e ol war with the United States,
to the terms on which they are wife
ii-’g to close it is certain. The Ifi i
tilh cabinet al'o mull be lenfihle
*1 at with rofpect M the imp i t.n t
qucHion of impr. fl'nent, on which
the w ar so efientiaily turns, a fearcli
for, or feizute ol Biitifh p-jrfons or
property on board neutral veffols
on the high leas, is not a belliger
ent right dc-ived from the law of
t.l : th; and it is obvious, tfi.it no
’.hit or k-arch, or ufe* of lore:, lor
any purp. fr, on board the \<tT.ls
• f one in T_ pen dent power on the
high leg'., fan in war cr p?.tce he
ft :gi >no’ bv the laws or mt -opty
•1 •Ktv.giiV.’ y ■ .cr. It ; equally oit-
MONITOR.
PUBLISIirj) (!:lk!.v) 1; Y DAVID V. 111LL11 OUSE.
WASHINGTON, (Geo.)—SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 18115.
viousthat for the purpnle of pitferv
ing to eacdi Hate its f alaring num
bers, by excluding them bom the
vt [E hos the other, tlo- mode liere
■ tofore proposed l>y ‘he U. States,
and now enacted by them as an ar
ticle ol municipal policy, cannot
fora moment he compared with the
| mode prafetifed by Great BHaiti,
j without a convictibn ol its title to
! preference ; inafmucli as tin latter
i lci.v s the discrimination between
the maiiiiciv of the two nati. iito
officers exposed by utyivni .1. bi
as, as well as by a iEb-£t of evi
dence, to a wrong decision under
ciicumilances pit eluding for the
moll part, the enforcement of con
trolling pi naltics, A where a wrong
decision. In-tides the irreparable vi
olation of the I acred lights ol per-
Tons, might frultrato the plans ar and
profits of entire v \ igis ; wh re . ,
the mode afTinned t v the 1 rigid
bfatr’ guards with Ituiii-. : i„irucl>
anil efficacy agan.il triors in ftu h
cases, and avoid- th .ii cl <d cal
ual errors on the i.dety id naviga
tion, and the iu-.reels of mercantile
expeditions.
!t th.e rc. Tiapiene... n. r expecta
tions, drawn from the!? corf rela
tions ce.ul ! guarantee th ir i :;!-
m nt, a just peace would not tin
tint. But it becomes the v.ifiioni
and tfe. National 1 .-gifiaTure to keep
in mind the true policy, or rather
the imiilpenlable obligation id n
daprirg its mealures to the fuppoff
* that the only course to that
happy on r is in the vigorous etn
ployuiein ol the relourres of war.
And pair.f’d .is the reflections is,
thi duty i- particulp.rly enforced by
the Ipi At and mange , in which the
war comimies to be waged by the
enemy, who, ui i g utictd bv the
unvaried examples <d humanity set
them, are adding to tiie boag<. lai v
of it on one frontier, a fyftetn of
plundir and conflagrati. n on rlio
other, equally forbidden by refpict
for national thaiacder, and bv the
eltnblifhed rults of civilizcJ war
fare.
As an encouragement to perse
vering anil invigorated exeitions to
bring rhe contest to a happy rclu'r,
I have the fatisfaefion of being able
to appeal to the auspicious prog re Is
ol out arms, both by land, and on
the water.
In continuation of the hril!i.;nt
achievnn nts of our infant navy, a
signal triumph has bcin gained by
Captain L lwrence- and his compau
i iuiis in tfie Hornet fioop of war,
; which deffroved a Brtiifn sloop <T
1 war. with a celerity so unexampled
: an I v It’i a slaughter of the enen y
j so disproportionate ro th lots in the
I Hornet, as to claim ior the con
querors the h’ghtft nraile, and the
lull r comptnlt ptovi led by C*m
gri fs in prt ceding cases. ()ur pul>-
lic ships of war in general, as \vi l as
tile private arnud vHLIs, !i c. con
firmed aifo their activity and luccefs
r i: H the commerce oi tile eneniv,
and bv tluir vigilance and ad In Ts
have greatiy tiuflrak-d the efforts
cl the !'.■ Hiie I pta ir-ms ditfri-.iued
;:!on;r ‘"•'.ir roaiU to intercept th-..n
in rv-turt’ing info port, and reluming
thei- cruizors.
lb.- augmcntatii :i of our nava! ,
(ore •, authurifed it the i.iii lelli m j
of Go p-efs. is in progress On t
the ikes our luperiority is tiear at j
limi where i is not already eitab
liihe-.1.
i he events of the campaign, f>
far a- tluy are known to u<, lurnilh
matte-r of congratiilaMon, aid Ih w
that under a wife organization and
efficient direili n, the arit y ts des
tine-i ti a glory n•t lels brilliant
than that which a’ready encircles
the navy. The attack in J c.ip'ure
of Ymk is, in that quarter, a
of Icitare and great-r victories;
v.-’.i fit the w ffern frontier the
iH.ie i ! :ht ! rc tint K rt ‘VIA-is
• •
leaves tiofbier t > regret but a fing'e
act < I incordidi.ratc valor.
The provioons lull made, for fil
ling tie; ranks and enlarging the
Itali .■ the army, have had the belt
cti It v. ii: ii • for the confidi r
ati • f ( m.Tib, whether other
pi >viii it,., and pi:. ,::ig on their au
th ritv, ei :y uit ‘tnl further im
pr >v i tiie mih'.i’ V ff..i)lilhiin nt and
the nit ans ol i!i te'.cc.
I ■I i Ideti death of the diflin
mfiN! ci iz n woo rc-prclented the
I’d* ,i Star s in T'o.:ice, without
any ■, id ar angcmeiits by him
fir ;ue!i a c-'mi'e. tmy, has left us
widi at tiie e .peCt and lequel to his
la ft i .imunie.;tion>: nor has f.he
Trench government taken any mta
fures for bringing the depending
negociations to a conclullou, thro*
irs repreleiitatives in the United
Stages. Thi’ failure adds t-’ relays,
before so uurealorably lpun out.
A !acctrff>r t > our deceased Minil
ter las b-en appointed, ,nd i; na
il)’ to proceed on his inillto; : the
com fe w’ ich he will purluc in iul
fiiliiig it is that prclcritied by a !tea
dy regard to the true ititcri Its of
the United Stat s, which iq tally
avoids an abandonment of their jull
demands, and i cunrexion of th.ir
fortunes with the fyflems of other
powers.
I’he receipts into the Trcafury
from the lit of October to the Slit
day of March lad, including the
lums received on account of Trea
lury Notes, and of the loans au
thor! led by the ads of the lait and
the preceding f. Hi ms or Gungrefs,
have amounted to litre, n inillions
four hunJred and twelve thouland
and dint's. Ihe expenditures during
the lame period amounted to fifteen
millions, nine hundred and twmty
thi.ufu'iJ dollars, and left in the
Trealury on the id of April, the
lii'U of one milli m eight hundred
r.rid fifty seven thouland ch'llats.
The loan of fixreen millions of d>d
lirs auih irized try the aA of the
Hdi ot Tebruaiy lad, liasbeciic n
tracted for. (Ji that finn, mo:e
th u i a milli u ol dollar?! lias been
p.'i*! into ‘he i ieafu y, prior to ti.e
lit of ApA!, tuiJ for.ned a part -d’
the receipts r.s above lt..t, !. The
remainder of that loan, am Mint. ;
to near tureen nriiiors oi and ’ ,
wit-i the la >of for tc.ilii > s JoU
Ijirs authsri •. .1 to L- id... :! ::: ’ • •
[ Pay nhle half yearly.
[ Number C 42.
fury Notes, and the cTrimatH re
i ce pts Iroui tiie cultonis and the
I Tiles ot public fends amounting to
[ nuie millions three hundred tliouf
, auJ iloil.us, and t:u king in the
I wimle twcntv-tiitie millions three
hundred tiiouland dollars to b re
ceived ci.i ing tlit iail nine months
ot theprii.nt y ar, will l>c nect ffa
ry to meet the t>pen-iiturts already
authorilid, and the enpaeeinents
cotuiaCteJ in rciation t.) the public
debt, i h jfe t t gagem< nts amount
during that period to trn millions
five hundred tin -ulaud dollars, w hich
with near one million k>r the civil,
mifcdlaneous and iliplomalic ix
pitices, loh foreign and domestic,
ami lever.iet n millions eigfc hun
dred thi Uland tor th” military ;mJ
naval expenditures including the
ships of war building and to be
built, wii! leave • sum in the trea
sury at the end of the present vc -r,
equal to that on the lirll ot Aoril
lad A part of this !um may lie
considered as a resource lor defray
ing any e.vraonbnary expellees al
ready autliorifcd by Taw, bev nd
the lums ab> ve iltimak-d ; and a
fU> thef tel un e lor at.y eint rgini y
may be found in the sum ol one
million of d< >lai:, the loan of
which to tin United S ars has been
auihorifcd b l , the Hate ol Ifennfyl
vania, but vvfmf) has not yet been
brought into effect.
I his view of our finances, uhilft
ii shew- that due piovifion his been,
maife tor the expences iff the cur
rent year, fliews at the fame time,
by tiie limited amount of the actu
al revenue, an t the dependence on
kirns, the nec* ffi’y ot providing
tnort adtqua i ly lor the future sup
; lies 111 etrealury This can holt
be done bv a well digellcd Ivfti m
ol infernal rt-venu**, in aid ot exiff
ir:or I’,-urces; which wiM hav-. -he
effect,h >th >t ibrii'git g the amount
ol iiei't llary I; ans. an.l on that ac
count. as veil as bv placi; g the
public creci- on a more la'isfeCl ry
bans, of improving the terms on
v. hich T -at s may be obtaini!'he
loan ot Hx'.en millions was v ,t
contract and for at lets inrerelt rh.in
about Lven and a hall percent:
and although other causes niav have
had an agency, it cannot be doubt
ed that with the advantage ol a
more extended and Ms pivea'i us
revenue, a lower rate of inni. ff
might have fuffii ed. A lone* r - ’
ponement of tliis advet. •>
not fail to hive a ffiii great • •
enre on future loans.
In recommending to the Nhi :
al Ligiflature this rtlort to auiti
tiotiai tax s, l Ittl g cat l.itisl. cli’ ii
in iii*. allur-nci, that ”ii r cotdfiru
eiits. wi.o have ahvady dilp'awu so
touch zeal an- lini ndsi’ the cattle
of their country, will chceifu’ y
go’ every other proof i t their pa
trio'iim which it tails tor. Happi
ly no people, witii local and tiaiifi
kny i xceptions never to be wholly
..voii .J, aie mnii able tlian the
\ }'*• till (h.Kcvi states, to spare
; n tic- c wants a poifi.m of
o o i>s. wht'htr regard
I ■ !) .i ‘ ’. ■ < .*• l- ry profits if