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... r 77 yrr>, 7 :r?c - Ar.'p 1 A—* i. • -i- i. ~ *-/ --y _ > • V:llzy Citizens cf the Senate, & *■ the H§ufe cf Reprcfcrtativcs, The embr r ffiar cis vduc h havc p'rcvriftc: in cur fortr’gn relation, arJ ft -much employed ri- deli be* r.’t'.M s < l Cong rls, make it a pri nt ry ciu'y, in mteiii g you, to comriumicate wha ever may have ocru red in that branch of our na tion and Pn'-'r*. •he aft of the h f e ftfiion of C< t ty lk “ conrerning the corn ier, i, i intercourse between the U i) :d Stares and Great Britain and t .< r di pendencies’* having invited in anew form, a termination of their edifts r gain it our neutral rnm fncrcp, copies of the ait were im mehacdy forwarded to our rninif rers a: London and Pads ; with a view that its obj ft rrftght be within tne early attention c f the French and B i fti governments. By th*j comminfcicadon received t't.o’ our rniniftcr at Paris, it ap peared, chat a kov ftdg* of the a6b by the French government, v.as f Towed by a dec’?ration that the Bed n and Milan decrees were re vi k cl, and would cesle to have *f~ ft 6b c * tie fir ft dcy o f Novcm be r c -ifui g. Thebe berg the only known edvfts of France, within the deft yip; ion of rhe a6b, a.H-the l eva can* n of them, bmrtg inch that they rented, at that (flare, to viol e our neutral commerce j the faft, 35 prefciibed by law, was announced by a proclamation bearing date- the ferond cisv of November. b would have w*->{ accorded with the conciliatory views, indicated by th s prroeedog <n the pare of Fiance, to h-u c extended them to all tin* grounds of juft complaint, which now remain unadjufftd with the United S rt'rs. it was pnriu u- Jcrlv anticipated thar es a further evidence of juft difpi fi ions towards vhtm—reparation .vc uid have be< n iinmcdiacely made of the property or our citizens frizH under a m l appliration of the principle 1 of rc pr BE, combined with a mifcon fl uftmn cf ala vof the United br: This exptfta ion has not It on itdfrikd. From tile Bret fh government no commune noon on the fu hj T of Fe aft has been received. To a coromunica: ir n fr; m our rm ..ft r 50 London of t!ie revocation, bv the F rnch govern mens, of its B*.Tn ;v A LVI \&<* decrees, it was anfwcred th a t 1h e Brit ih f ft e m vv ou cl b e relii qu (lied as foon as the rrp al of tin French dr ti ers fhnuld have ac tually raken r fr. 6b, and tne c< m nn ive of neutul nations have been rftored to the condition in which it ft .nd, previotjifl, to the promul gation cf thofe decrees. Th’s pledg-, although it does not necef fariiy import, dot v not x lode the Intention cf rub uuilhir.g, a!o g v h the orders in eftum il, the p:a; - t ecf tht fc n.'-Tel hi ckacics, wh.ch 1 alike t ft’ 6b of nur n. ui.Td commerce. And this fur ther jufbicjs to the United States is the rather to be look and f > r , inas much as the blockade < in queft.on, being not more contrail y ro the ef tahl fhed law of nationb, than incor.- fft*nr vvirh the rules t> f blockade formally recognized bv Great-Lb 1- fa*n herfeif could have no Fledged 1 afr:, ether than the pi *a of re r al a tiun, nliedged as the ij. fis of the o drts ro co :ncil. U ier the mo <. fna-ion cf the o igu til orders cf Kovembc; 1807, iv.to • reorders of April 1 hop, there is Indeed f artc )v a nvmjnal d’ftindti'n b tween tot orders end th- bivkadfs Oi.c cf LhoiciikgiUinait LiockiUu, b-a-'r.;’ Jm ■: l 7 '; 13 6 > havk g b•. rt e.l ptv v ja. vo.v<f 1(. ;• he fli-l van •.rind *d, and to b , in TfTc , comcreh-nded in the ori.-,s in cowncti, was too cilhr.fldv fire v c with:. the purvie wcf the ; aft of Cong reft, not to be comp t|;-ndtd in the explanAlicn c;f tlie re tpj fi • s to a compliance wnh it. Tut- Bvi tfh g vernment was accordingly apprized bv our ru’ iH r near r, tha’ fu h was rhe light in which the fubj .ft was to be regarded. On the other imporrant fubj fts depending between the U. S.a -s and that governmenr, no pr< g efs has been made, from which an ear ly and fatisfaftury refuit ‘‘an be re lied on. J i this new pofture of our rrla tions with/thofe powers, the co? fi drration of Cos; g.-efs will be pro perly turned to a removal ofd tihrs which mr.v occur in the exp fi •; n, and of ci fH ulcies in the cxecutio;, of she act above cited. The commerce of the U: i <*d Sr?.tes, with the North of F.ur >pe, heretofore much vexv-d b*. i;an i. cus rrtffers, particularly under r he Danifti ft g, has l-arterl ‘ been v ft vd with frefh a;-;d extenfivc depr da tions. Ihe ‘meafurtr. pu.fued irr behalf of our injured cVt’zers not having obtained juft ce f r them, a further and more f rmsl interp'-fi tion with the Danifli government is contemplated The principles which have been maintained by that government in relation to nett ral comoieri e, snd the friendly profef fi ms (.f h'.s Dan*fh Mnjefty t -ware's tii<; United Starts, are valunb e pledges, in favor of a futtcefsful ilTue. Among the evervs growing out of the SpanifW Monarchy, our a:- tention was uisperi uilv attraftrd to the chang-, developing itfelf in that portion of Wt ft Fion'da; wh ; ch tho’ of light b loi g g to the Uni ted Stitts, had remained in the p ft’ ffi of Spain ; awaiting rhe rrfuk of negitiatiuns for i *. acftu and deb very to them. The Sp,.v fn authority was fubverted : .and a ft tuation produced, expoS g the country to ulterior events, which m : pht tff-ntia'ly nfF it the r g its and wefts re of the U ion. In iu h a conj-fturc, I did p;.r. deity the in terp jfiuon r quued f>r the occu pancy of the territory Weft of the river P rdido ;to which the titfts of the U 11 ted S a es extends, and to which d’r |ac>, provi-.k-d f;r he territory of Orlt-ans, a-"c applicable. W th this view, the pr ‘clamanon, of which a copy is hid before you, was confided to the governor of that territory, to be carried Into ef ft-ft. The Lgdirv and neceflity of the courfe purfu and, rne of the favorable light in which it will fupply whatever prov fions may be due to the tIT ncial r g .ft. and equi table intertfts of the p ople thus brought iiuo the bofom of the A rm r’ii an fa r> 1/. Our amity with the Powers of Barbarv, wuh the excepd- n if a lecer.t occq-rence a: ITinis, of which an explanation is juft receiv ed, appears to have been uninter rupted, aid r have become more frmly rftabl filed. With the I. and an triher, aftb, the pr? t and fiirndfii p of the U.nted 8 acts are f >u ri d to be io ehg.ble, that the general difp fi >n to pre ferve both continue to gai 1 ft'-ength. Ifu Ia pa ticular latisfa6lion in remark! g, char an inter-tor view of ouriountr) p'-ehr.rs us with grate ful proofs ( f its fu llandzl ad in ctrafi g pr.tfpericy. To a thriv ing *gnruUure and the improve rnciiii iGated to i, is added aTfigh^ !y huc-refidrg * hi -. f JO . : , r ; the combined proci u£fc or j.r;;frill rai ;;, : d of h u:u 11 oiu :ndu:i ry . Su.h, ic:ec:!, is tke experience of enonnenv, as wFi as of policy, in tilde fubfti t-jr.es for fupplics heretofore ob tained by foreign commerce, tha f , i’i a national view, the chaege is juft : y regarded as ©f itMf more t..an a recom©-nce f r thofe priva tions and lofi s refulting fr<’m fo rt gn injufti e, which furnifhed the g n ral mpulfe r quired for its ac compl fiiment. Hnv far it may be expedient to guard the infancy of tn.s improvement in the and ftributi cn of iabar, bv regulations of the commercial far fr, i a hr jft which cannot fa 1 to fugg ft ltlcif to your parriodc rrß ftions. It will r. fc with the confideration c. C mgrefs, alfo, whether a pro vicienr, as v/cli as fair encou sge roen’, would not be g ; veo to our nav gation, by fucii regulations as will fU.e it on a l -vd ofcomperi tien with f ireign vc if Is, particular ly in tranfport ng *ne imp ;rtan: and bulky produft. of our own f il. The fa lure of equality and recipro city in the ex ft g regulations on tk sfubj-ft operairs, in our port:, ss a premium 10 fore.un comord io?£j and the inconvenience nuft inercafe, as chefe may be mul ipii ccl, under more favorable circoin ftances, by the more than conn er vading encoiio-gernenis now given them, by the Lws of their reipec tive countries. Whilft it is univeTally admitted that a w. IS inflrufted people alone can be permanently a free pec{o ?j and vvhi.ft it is evident chic the nrans of and fr.fi g and ifnprovs g ofc I til khowlcvige term ft) fmail a piopnr ion of die expenditures for national purpofes, 1 cannot pcefurne it to be unfeafonable, co invite your atte tion to the advantag-s of fuper addmg, to the means of edu- a ion pro r u and by the fever. 1 ft ts, a fe miitiary of learning, icftruced by tli • nu i >nal leg fliturc, within rhs l.rmts tif their exclufive jurifdifti oni the ex pence of wh ch m ght l e defrayed, or mm burled, out of the va ant grounds which have ac cru'd to th* nation within thofe ft mus. Such an inflitutlori, tli ‘ugh local in i?s legal charaft- r, woulu be u nivtrfii in its ben. fi ;al tfr ft:.— B - rn! gi rnrg the opinion;; by rxoandi g the pacriotiftm; and by afiirn la i g the principles, the fea tiuier.fs and ihe manners of thofe who m got reftyrt to this Fcmple of Science, to be re-chftributcd, in clue time, through every port of the communii) j ft ur. ts olj aloufy and pr judfte would bed mm fn and, the ft a ures of natimai charafter would be muiiipliod, aid g e. t r extent given to focial harm ny. Bit a bove all, a well conft.tuted Semi nary, in the cer.tfe of the nati in, is recommended by I he confidt ra tion, that the iniu uftion ema ati g from it would contribute not Ids to lire gfnrn the f mcLtlocs, than ro ador.i toe ft'u flu re of our free and happy ft it m of government. Among the commercial abufes ft il committed under rhe Anif t ican fi ig. and leaving in force my for mer reference to that fu Uft, it ap pears that American vicizens arc in ftrumenta! in carrying on a traffic in e: (laved Africans, equally in vi olation of the laws of burn amt anl in defiance of thole of their own country. The ‘ame juft and he e volcnt motives which produced the i irsrd.ftion in force agninft th s cri mi; al conduft, will doubdefi be fdt by CorgrclF in devifing fur* th f fjxeg •of *ti . (Tin r hr ev’l. In he irftiil uf uncertainties, ne crlT.i c:r . wi-h tac great Mtertits i • *c cJuittd p'.u- CiCr.ct* requires a contin’. rnce of our de fen five and precautionary srsjang nienrs. The Secretary cf War and fc* re-ary cf the Navy will fubmh thr ftatcmcars and eft maces which mav aid Cos g-efs in their enfuing provifior.s for the 1 nd and naval forces. The ftitemen s f the h fer will include a view of the tra !- frrs of appropriations in the naval expenditures, and the ground? oa v/hich they were made. The f irtift rations for the defence of our maritime frontier have been pr oft cured according to the plan laid down in iBcB The works, with form* exceptions, are complet ed, and furnifiled with orduanr-. Tnofe for the fecur tv of the T •/ / J of New-York, though far advanc ed towards cbmpFtur), will n quire a further time and aopropriadon.— This is the ca)e with a ftw either not completed, or in need of rt pairs. Ihie improvements, in quality and quantity, made in the manufac tory o- cannon; and of ftmall a ai c , both at the public armories, and private fact iries, w.i.-ran’- aiditio.rd confidence in the competency of theft reftujrces, fur ijpplybg the public exsgencics. Fhefe prepararjons for arm : ig the mditia, having th is far provid ed for one of the obj fts contem- ] glared by the power vested in Chn gri-fs, with reftpedt to char great bul wark of the public litrety ; 1: ?s for their confide ration, whether further prov .fi ms are not nqu ft -, for the other contempht and obj efts, of or |-;-inisation and dift:-pane. T > g ve t.) this great mais of phyfical aud moral force, the efti lency which it merits, ands -.aoabls of receiving; it is ind:(per;fable that they fii uli be inftrud 1 and pract-Ted in the rule by w uch cue/ are zo oe ga yer nt-d. Ti wards an accompl ftiment of this important work, I recommend for the cor-fide ration of C-mgrtfs the expedience of kdt tu irg a fyf tvm, which ffc and!, in the 11 ft mftan e call into the field, a*: the public expence, and for 2 given time, cer tain portions of the CGmiTyfiib-ird ad F*'m- com no ITI0 ’ -i ofii_en.— The infiruftion a <d dif ipline thus a- quired would gradually difffte t ; r ugh the en- l c b )dy of the. nni luia that pra&ica 5 knowledge a.d promptitude ‘for aftive ftrvice, which arc the great ends to be pur fu-d. Experience hr * lufc no doubt, either of he necefiirv, or of the ef ficacy, of competent military fk 11, in thofe portions of an army, in fit ting it for the fi .f i duties, which it may have to perform. The corps of Engineers, with th- 1 Military Actrlbtr.v, areoitiried to the rarly sttcfition of Coogreb. The BuiViir -s at the Sear, fixe by law, for rhe preftent Academy, sre ft -f rin ciftcay, ss n et) dfrd five nec-fury rutcommcdaToo. Bat a revifion or the law is recommended, priurioally with a view to a more Cukivatf in and and fft.fi m of the advantages of ft:- h fnft.turions, bv providing prof- fiiorlhips for ail the s- ctfiary branches of military inftruftiop, end by the c(l abb di mer, t ©fan additional Academy, at the feat of Government, or Fft wiiere. The means by which war, a wdi for defence, as for efft r.cc, are now earned on, render thtfe Ichools of the more fcienr.fi: ope rations an indifpenfiible part ofc.-e ----t;/ fidcqutUt* liven among