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president's Mtssage. WASHINGTON CITY, G&dber 27, 7 'his d”? at 12 d'chck, the Pr'sident rs /,'• If. St rites communicated, by Mr. Coles, bis Sr treiary, the folio using MESSAGE to hoi!) hou ses of Corucs. TV, t [ le Senate and Hotife of Rcprefenufives Os the United Otatis, Circumfluices, fellow-cftizenSj which ferious |y threatened the peace of our country have made jt a duty to convene you f.t an earlier period than ufiul. The love of peace to much che r-; .'d in the ‘bofoir. of cur citizens, which has so | 0!) g guided the proceedings of their public Councils, and induced forbearance under so ma ny wrongs, may not entire our continuance in the quiet pursuits of industry. The many i iuriesand depredations committed on our com merce and navigation upon the high seas for years pad, the fuccefiive innovations on thofs | principles of public law wliich have been eflub lilhad ay the reuion end usage of nations as the rale of their intercourse, and the umpire and i’e-j rurity of their lights and peace, and all the cir cumitances which induced the extraordinary miifion to London, are already known to you. The intlru&ions given to our ministers were f .cned m the lincereft spirit of amity and mode ritioa,. They accordingly proceeded in con formity wherewith, to propofc arrangements ivhieh migbt embtace and fettle all the T-oints in diff.reuco between us ; which might bring us to a mutual uoderfhading on our neutral and WtiiW'il rights and provide fora commercial in tercourse on conditions of fame equality. Af ter lor g and fruitiefs endeavors to effed the ptirpofes of their million, and to obtain arrange ments within the limits of their inftruftione, they concluded to figti such ss could be obtained, and to fend them for confide“ati:>;> : candidly declaring to the other hegociators, at the fame time, that they were acting against their ia ftruytiotis, and that their government therefore c vald not be pledged for ratification. Some of fae articles proposed might have been admitted os a principal of dompromife, but others were too highly disadvantageous; and rc fufEcient provision was made again id the principal fbnrce of the irritations and ccliifions which were con ff*:rtly endangering the pence of the two nations. I Thequefiio v therefore whether a treaty (liould be accepted in that form could have admitted but of one decision, even had no declarations of the other party impaired our confidence in it.— Stdl anxious not tc cloft the doer againtb friend ly adjuilment, new modification” were framed, and bother conceftlons audtorffed than coaid be fore have been fuppofod xi yceffary : and our rri niders were iudrutted to resume their r.egocia t'oas on these grounds. On this new reference to amicable difeufikht we were reposing in confi dence, when on the tweuty-fecond day of June lath, by a formal order from a Biitffh admiral, the Ligate- C- wfapeake, leaving her port for a d’ftjmt service, was attacked by one of these ves fek which had been lying in our harbors under the indulgences of hcfplta’ ftv, was diiabled from i proceeding, hint federal of her crew killed, and jour taken away. Oh this outrage no commen taries are neceffury. Its character hits been pro nounced by the hrdivnant voice of our citizens with an cntphafis ar.d unanimity never exceeded. I immediately by proclamation, interdicted our harbors and waters to all Britffh armed vessels, forbade intercourse with them, and, uncertain how far liollililies were intended, and the town tis Norfolk, indeed being threatened with imme diate attack, a iuiSeient force was ordered foi the protection of that place, and such other pre parations commenced and pursued ss the pros pect rendered proper. An armed veflrl of the IT. bed States was dis patched with inftruft’ons to our ir. millers at Lon don, to call on that government for tire fatiafac tion & fecurtty required by the outrage. Avery (hort interval ought now to bring the anfwerwhicb stall be communicated to you as loon as’ receiv ed ; then also, cr as loon after as public inteveft fhc.ll be found to admit, the unratifietl treaty and proceedings relative to it (hall be made known to you. r i’u„ (lion, thus begun, has been conthi irt of the Britiih commanders, by ■ thin c:r wo chance of the ; be cm •• tual violations fticn, by putting to the pei -y had forcibly >n bo; i peake. These i iu ■ necefl . le policy either fitting 1 into our har nainta iarbour such an i a3 m; 1 * edience to the rotsd property of our ’ inst t cits. But the uch a : and its incor.- ’ our lenfe with those bichi y call for it, and ml’ v I the navy, as vve f or : r, from entering r vie. ime lights, ano vfide. ive effedl. The - • oi tl slued an order in let dialog ad trade *>y neutrals l.t.rccr. ports . not in amity with them. And being now at j wa>- with nearly every nation on the > and Mediterranean seas, our vefiels are required ; to fanfifice their cargoes at the fn ft port they [ touch, or to return home without, the benefit of I going to any other market. Under this new j 1"” of the ocean, our trade on the Mediterrane an has been (wept away by ieizures and condeiri naf.oDS, and that in other Las is threatened with the fame fate. i Our differences with Spain remain fid! unset tled ; no mealure having been taken ifti her part, (>nce my lift communications to Congress, to , bring them to a clofc, But under a (late of things wli-ch r.n-y favor re-coufideration, they have been recently preifed, and an expcblatiou is entertained that they may soon be brought to an iftfie of feme fort. With their fubjeils on our borders, no new collifims have taken place ; nor feern immediately to be apprehended. To >ur former grounds of complaint has been ad ded a very ferioun one, as you will fee by the decree, a copy of which is now communicated. Whether this decree which profeiTes to be con formable to that of the French government of ! Nov. 21, IS'Jo, heretofore communicated to j CongreL, will also be conformed to that in its j cbtiiruftiqns and application in relation to the United States, had not been afeertained at the I date of our lift communications. These, how- j ever, gave reason to expeft such a conformity. j With the other nations of Europe our harmo- ! ny has been uninterrupted, and commerce and friendly intercourse have been maintained on their ofiul footing. Oar pence with the several dates on the coast of Baibnry appears as firm as at any former peri- j pd, as likely to continue zs that of any other nation. I Arftong our Indian neighbours in the north- i we Hern quarter, fotne fermentation was observed 1 soon after the late occurrences threatning the i continuance of our peace. Messages were f?,:d j to be interchanged, and tokens to be prfyng wliich usually denote a date of redlcflinefs a mong them, and the character of the agitators pointed to the fource’ of excitement. Measures were immediately taken for providing again ft that danger—iuitrudlions were given to require explanuions, and, with aiTurances of our contin ued j. icndlhip, to admouidi the tribes tc remain quiet at home, taking no part in quarrels not be longing to them. A; far as we are yet inform ed, the tribes in our vicinity, who a;e moil ad vanced in the pursuits cf induftiry, are n nee rely ; disposed to adhere to their f.itdlliip and us, and ito iiieir peace with ail others. While those more, remote do not present app-a/ftnees luffi ciently quiet to juftify the intennitfiba of milita ry precaution on our part. The great tribes on our south w eflerr. quarter,, much advanced beyond the others in agriculture | and houlehold arts, appear tranquil and identify j ing their views with others, in proportion to their ; advancements. With the whole of these people | in every quarter, I dial! continue to inculcate l peace and friend (hip with all their neighbors, j and perfcverance in those occupations an i pur l.fuits which'will L est promote tliiir own vveil-be ins-, The r.ppfdpnatichs of the lad fcffion, far t? - c •defence cf oar sea-port towns and Karoo >3, were made under the exppflatio'n that a continuance of our peace would permit us to proceed in that work according to our convenience. It has J been thought better to apply the (unis then giv- j en towards the defence of N.: .v-York, Charles ton and New-Orleans chiefly, as mod open and mod likely firft to need protedlion ; and to leave places lets immediately in danger to the previ- Jfions.of the present fefficn. . . The gun-1 mats too, already provided, have, on a like principle, been chiefly alfigned to New- York, New-Orleans and the Chesapeake. Whe. ther our movable force on the water, so mate rial in aid of the defenfive works on the land, (hould be augmented in this or any other form, is left, to the wiiddra of the lephktiire. For the , . C* purpose of manning these vcft'eL in sadden at tacks on cur harbors, it is a matter for ccnfiil- | oration whether the feamcn of the U. States may not justly be formed into a fpccial militia, to be called on for tours of duty in defence of the har bors where they (hah happen to be j the ordi nary militia of the place furniihing that portion which may consist of kndfmt'u. The moment our peace was threatened, I deemed it indispensable to secure a greater pro vision of those articles of military (lores with which our rnagizines were not fufficientiy fnrnifh ed. To have waited a previous and fpeCial func tion by law, would have 101 l occasion- which might not be retrieved. I did not hesitate, therefore, to authorife engagements for such fup pleinents to our exilling (lock as would render it adequate to the emergencies threatening us ; and j I trull that the Legislature feeling the fame anxi : cty for the fafety of cur country, fa materially j advanced by this precaution, will approve when : done, what they would have seen so important to jbe done, if then afiembled. Expenses, alio, ua provided for, arose cut of the necefiity of calling i all our g-n-boats into fervice for the de- S ■ Luce of Ouf lIMI Xl.'UI ztiH which tceeants will | be laid before you, ; Whether a regular army is to be raffed, and to what extent, must depend on the infonnatiou so (hortly expected. In the mean time 1 have called on the dates for quotas of militia, to. be hi readiness for present defence ; and have moreover encouraged the acceptance of volunteers, and I ana happy t 0 mform you that these have offered thena folveb wi.li great alacrity in every part of the u mon. They are ordered to be organized, and ready at a moment’s warning, to proceed on any iervice to which they may be called, and every preparation within the executive powers has been made to insure us the benefit of early exertions. I informed Congress, at their last feflion, of ti’.e enterprises against the public peace, which were believed to be in preparation by Aaron Burr and hi3 associates, of the meaforea taken to defeat them, and to bring the offenders to just fee* Their enterprises were happily defeated, by the patriotic exertions of the militia, whenever called into aflion, by the fidelity c£ the army, and en ergy of the commander in chief, in promptly ar ranging the difficulties presenting themfelvea ou the Sabine, repairing to meet those arising on the Miffiflppi, and difiipating before their explosion plots engendering there. I (hall thunk it my du ty to lay before you the proceeding*, and the ev idence publicly exhibited on the arraignment of the principal offenders before the diftridt court of Virginia. You will be enabled to judge whether the defedl was in the testimony, in the law, or in the administration of the law ; and wherever it (hall be found the legislature alona can apply or originate the remedy. The framers of our coni (iitulior; certainly supposed they had guarded, a$ well their government against definition by treason, as their citizens against oppreflLn, under pretence of it ; and if theleends are not attained, it is of importance to enquire by v/htt means, more effc£lual, they may be secured. The accounts of the receipts of revenue dur ing the year ending on the thirtieth clay of Sep tember last, being not yet made up, a correct statement will be hereafter tranimitted from the Tzerffury. In the mean time it is afeertained that the receipts have amounted to near sixteen millions of dollars ; which with the five millions and and half in the treasury at the beginning of the year have enabled us, after meeting the cur rent demands an interest incurred, to pay more than four millions of the principle cf our funded debt. These payments with those of the preced ing five and a half years, have extinguiftied of the funded debt twenty-five million* and a half of dollars, being the whole which could be paid or purchased within the limits of the law, and of oar contracls, end have left us in the treasury eight millions and an half dollars. A portion of this fiim may be cor.lidered as a commencement of accumulation of the furpluffes of revenue 3 which after paying the inftalments of debt, ao they dial! become payable, will remain without any fpccifick object. It may partly indeed be applied towards compleating the defence of the exposed points of our country, on such a scale as (‘all be adapted to cur principles sod c;r'cum fiances. This object is doubt left among the firfi entitled to attention, in such a (late of our finan ces, and it is one which, whether we hav- peace or war, will provide security where it is due. —Y/hether what (hall remain cf this', with the future furpluffes, may be lifefully applied to pur poses already authcrifedficr more ufefuily to oth ers requiring new authorities, or how ctherwife they fl ail be disposed of, are quellions calling for the notice of Congress ; unlci's indeed they (hall be fiiperceded by a change in our publick rclx tior.s, now awaiting the determination of others. Whatever be that determination, it is a great con* filiation that it will become known at a moment, when the fnpreme counsel of the nation is affeni-’ bled at its pole, and ready to give the aids of its wifuoin and authority to’ whatever cdiirfe the good of our country (hall then call us to pursue. Matters of minor importance will be the sub.. jc£l of future communications ; and nothing (hall be wanting on my part which may give informa tion or dispatch to the proceedings of the Legif | Ls .r: ; i the exercise of their high duties, and at 1 a moment so intsre'fting to the public welfare. TH: JEFFERSON. Tusfdy, OZoUr 27, I£o7. rnP’ c *, r x? JL O Li. o a-. L^cj A corner BAV I.OT, Nu. 5, Franldin WNrj, fab fi ieetto 30 d-iiars per anauci City ground rent, OntheLot area very convenient two florv LWHL LING HOUSE and other OUT HOUSES. The te ir.j Will be xrude safy to ch purchater. 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