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pprftins liar bc> n found eonvidcnt from'
Ot if :*s, •'> _ ,\> ' i*)*! ", ;,nd re
f*. ' ‘ p; iv lit .■'■s, I v . co min i<• i;tl
I' • •b< Hi-indth of tile Minister l ist
T' v <.ii.ii - ith maki <r a proposition for
Hint arr.n incut,did ,ot pcrtnit him to r> -
main at hu 1* < rsbur ; and the attention oi
that Gov rnment during th< wiiole of the pc
riod si: ;:c hi.s departure, having been oceu
pie.i by i, m rin which it was engaged, w<
have in.mi t ■ :r‘ i that nothing couid navi
t< i y his presence. A Minister
will ko*.\i nominated, as well to Hoot this
'lt. -r: * f r . ,-t, as to keep up the rein:tons
Jt ati. t- * t . Kid understanding of which w
•htu* in ’i so many assurances and proofs
■ro.n H ’ .. -j rial Majesty and the Emperor
Ilia pr- ssor.
1 .!• ’I .< aty with Austria is opening to ns
3n im,>of, ,t trade with tho hereditary do
’nunioys o. th, Emperor, the value of which
Mas oe , i,ti; rto little known, arid of course
H6t s ifii • itly appreciated. While our com
mi tee fj ,;j.s mi entrance into the South o!
formal ;> ,r- ns of this Treaty, those we
have formed with the Hanseatic Towns and
Prussia and others now in negotiation, will
opeu to it v..s .-on itry to the enterprising
spirit of our merchants, on tho North; a eoun
icr abounding in all the materials for a mu-
Entity 1). ,i ti ■'•uileotinnercf I .filled witheni jht
emd and industrious inhabitants, holding an
important [ilace in the polities of Europe, and
•To which we owe so many valuribU; citizens.
The ratification of the Treaty with the Porte
"was sent te he exchanged l>, the gentlemen
appointed our <.'barge li'Aliairesto that Court.
•Some difficulties occurred on lus arrival; but
at the date cl .Vs last official despatch, he sup
posed they had been obviated, and that there
was every prospect of the exchange being
'Bpi i!■ ‘fleeted,
Thu? linisi. 'he connected view’ I have
thought it pn: i r •' i\ of our political and
Woiiiin• r.u.tl r h -vv< • . Europe. Ev> ry ef.
"fort ; i r.iv powe r .vil be continued t<
v. anil > tii tn by Te iti<
fo -onrre c- -I of the most perfect, reci
procity or i .!• ■ st, n, cr l.iiig nor co
e !),. ov •x> ■ isivi ad van! :J--, but liter
ting i. ■fris .: ! - *nv jvmor th< activity
and . u.-tr of' r feilow citizens from th*-
<? . fori restrictions may i:n
po-
i 0 Ci.:' a an.-; the East Indies, our e :i .
m rce continues in its usual extent no.I with
‘increased facilities, which the credit and • c
;t,d of our merchants afford, by substituting
bills I*r payments in r>.on . \ daring out
rage hiving been committed til those seas by
the plunder of one of our merelrinfincti en
(jngetl i*. toe j ppertr do at a port in Suma
tra, ay', the ;>ia< ti r a] perpetrators b, longing
•tn tr.K s i such a state of soco tv, th.-t tfi
ic-c.il rou: ■ el proceedings b< tw, on cirili
£i .1 iti,. j could ~c! be ours.c- 1, I forthwith
despite., i Frigat. wi‘h orders to require un
• Is sifts.ae ion lot the injury, and i.,-
dc:n.c!) to t a sufil rers.
F* w • a-.'j' s havt taken plicc in onreou
u. \in. s with the independent States of A
'in.: c . s.i.-v mv last co niuuuication to C'oo
gr -j. ]he ratification of . t'o/niu Trial Trt a.
it w.t i I .lited ll’publics of *!• xieo !n
h .if. rso.h- ,i;ne under ,k liberation in t’u r
tV. .gr ss, ..ut was still until eided at the dnt
oi' our last ue* pethci t. Th s u tappj v I
co .eitions that have pr v.tiled filer- , \v- :
H.T.) f.itedly th . eiiusi! of th. delay; bit* ..s
‘the .biv. rnment is nmv snnl to bo trauquiii
■y i, we .nav hope soon to receive the r tifi.
cat to f the Treaty, and an nrr.mgi me:.:
fi . the dem ireation of the tioiindaru s t two n
tjs. •• t!i mean tune an iinporta i : ItV.
h ■ , iv."!) niMtiial ben, <i .Vo ii S',
le s- it of f,l;-souri, by earn ans,
■I iri'e. ■■ ;Oj i \icrJ. I IS
•vo. • ’ ’eo: I ;i its . icpr -s through
i. tnt the fro .
toil Si nhu ■ • pul milt ila
*---rt the caravans, beyond out . . s to
the settled part of tho Mexican t< rrif-.r .
From Central America I have received
surancqs of the most friendly kind, ar. l a
application for our good oiuces fo
remove a supposed indisposition towards that
Vfovornment tna neighboring State : this nr.
plication was im neth itely and snecessftillv
■C'omplietl with. They gave usa'sn the pleus
ing i io-Hig- iice tl. diiVi reives vvliicli had
pr vail: ii in their i:iter.i! affairs had been
•p: . ■ bly adjiis' "and. Oer ’Plenty wiih this
1\ p . ir- coatimiep to he faithfuiK observed
and promises a great ami bent fici.il coin
tin r-t -between (ho two countries: a com*
in re ot tlie greatest im ort.mee, ift!v mag*
it ieiut proiae* of a ship einal lliroe.vh the
dominions of that State, from the Atlantic
Jti Hie Pacific Ocean, now in si nous contem
plation, shall he executed.
i h .ve ;r< ;:t s tisf iction in commtriienting
th. c. s- ’.v fa'll lies at it nd. l the ex rtions
• i .;. r i . (Vombi;., t > roeure a
r > r iiictioo tn the -utios on
o .that Ri public, t i-din i also,
h * .ml al.iti and for injuries r >ed ii .■
oir r?:i .its '.Vo.it il'e.Tal s izur. s ; and re.
new r, xssur : tees are givi that Treaty he.
tv.’, -a flu-two enuntri s shall he faithfully u!>-
$ n- and.
• 'nili and Peru sen.a to be still tiireatened
tvi f i civil '’o: 11 nr >t ions ; and unt I they shall,
be jettl .al disorders tnay uatur.dlv tie appre. j
fiendoil. requiring th • constant pre-n of a
\aval fore in tin I’aeilic 'fee tn, to protect
onrfi-.li !*•-** a--! u ird our c-> mi r ■.
Th' r stiir : -.1 tie ‘ took dr-- "’i Ero.
f’t <- i, an . . -im Ii o,
ly i ■ ir < f l ’
.f)i l.iir S' i1 -"is;, oj • ; - t.
i'-‘rti;-:l applicat.oi) fig the redress of botwf
rust injneta ruff re Iby our cit:.*. .*; ir: • .*
tfovernm . t, vi.iio they bevi b vr;
ot others, in which ail forrig . rs s
ouv<- participated. In strnoiions hare bei
i,iv a tn our di'iist.- r h , ,to . r -m tor i-.
i! mnity ue (or losses ocia siomaJ - , th --
;rr -gut irities : and to hike c-tro * <at oar ft!-'
iow-cit-zr-nsshail njoy alt the pr vil. g*-.i slip.’
ulati'd in t:ie>r f.-.vor, hy tie i’r-aity lie- iv
made between tin. *u pie. rs, all which, th>
good i.lti III,; •!;r r it pr v .its li;t\v, II our
M rusti rat Rio Jar it* .- :ul th Reg. ncy .
gives us the best r* '.on to xpeci.
I should hav* plac i li-.n iios A v res in the
; list of South Alien an powers in r sped to
Which notui.ig of impoi t.i.:ee .tiectidg US was.
to be com niinicatt and but foi oi curren.".. s
which have lat Iv t ik. u place at the Ealkiand
Islam's, in wiiich the iiatn- 01 that ri-puhli"-
has been ml tocovtr with a show of author
ity, acts injurious to our eommerre, and to
! the property an liberty ofinirfellowcitiy.-ns.
iln tin cour" 01 the ni s< ut year, one of our
Vessels ng.igci! ni the pursuit of a trade which
jwe lia-re- liways ujoye !, without moi'-sutiori,
has In ii captured by a band ad mg, as Hit v
pr lend, under the authority of the (Jovcrn
inent o<‘ lfueiiQ3 Ayres. 1 have then fore
aiveti orders lor the despatch of an armed
vessel, to join our squadron in those seas,
uid aid in affording nil lawful protection to
our trade which fJiall be neci .--ai;. ; am! ha’i
Without delay send a .Minister toempiiru into
the nature of the cireumstances, uml a!o of
the claim, if any, that inset up by that Uov
> rmm ut, to those Inlands. In the im. an tune
I submit the case to the consideration of fon
! gress, to flic end that tliey may clothe tin
Executive with such authority and means n
i they may deem necessary for providing a fore
adequate to the complete prolectiou of our
| fellow-citizens fishing and trading in tnosc
j seas.
| Tins rapid sketch of our foreign relation?
! ;i is hotH.d, fellow-citizens, may !>-• of sonn
1 ! use i:i so much of \our ii gisla-toi) as nny
t’<aron that important sueji.-c!: while it afion -
to tin country at large aisoarce of !ngn gr..n
be." iron in the contemplation ofour politira
amiccrmti'Teial ' omtcxion with .m u-si <<
the world. At 4 pc ace with ail—having sub
j" !s of future diUorruee with few, an,l tlnv-a
susceptible of easy .V'jushucnt—• xt,
our comm ret gradually on all sides, a
; nont b • ■;tv hut the mos; itnrr. 1 un! mum , :i.
• b i tl ncans— we mav, by f it? biessin*
‘of Frovid* ;v, hope oral! if .* .pro.-
• perity which can be dciivcd from an inter
| course With for* ign nations paidc-d by thos*
i eternal principles < f justice and r ctj roer,
! good will, which ar- „> ; well upo
[States, as the individuals ot v. ' uui tit,; ar,
I composed.
I have t e' in tbi
j statement of our *ti ■ ,s, Lee , i-,o t!i • corns*
of our national policy • -mbit's ,•• to do
; without anv indiscreet exp sore of what o
,ot ttr governments • usually comvaU'd {><
; th- <m>! Having none but a straigu for.
! want open course to pur.su.—guided by a
;:• .ij’lu principle ,!tat will bear th strong, si
:ng ,t—w have ha tily no politic'.l rombtun
i kids to form, no alliance >to .-otanc I .' us, n
corn’Mici!!’ <1 interests to consult, nn,i in -•-.<•
j j*totinjr ail w<: have done to tin cotiii*: •>. ■
!of our citizens, and to tin: ir, *
woriu',\ve gsv vno advantage ~> . -in r .at .. ..
and lay onrsi lv* s open to noiuj iv.
j it i.say riot r jutpr.y* rto •
! serve this st of tieoj-; ami pit- ... .
| to the world in the irit-yr ty of our designs,
j -el our consul, r t *.I diplomatic agents at
| -tticily < njoi.;<u> i samite w-.-ll . very etuis
; of complaint pn ,Vrr* > by our citizens; ..n, .
: while they Urge with proper c.tr.;sitic:s:i those
b; ,t arc w li futiml-d, to couiilc nance etc.-*
teat ar< mir . onabic or unjiist, and to • (join
.on otir nr red ants nd navigators tiic sir
! obedience'o til" l.ov s <>( tie count ri: sto v. h- ..
, t:ie r sort, and a cours, oi cutiducl m i
; dealing that may support the character of our
nation u:id render us r s;-- 1. I abroutl.
Co.'inecteil with tins subj- ct i must, rccom
in. mi a rcvisal of out consular las s. De.
Acts and omis.-: ms j- tv. b-.-, n di ,'ov>T* and in
their operation that ought to be i< dit and and
supplied. For your furt :t-r infer.nation on
this subject 1 have directed -a r* port to bo
made by the Secretary of State, union I shall
In realtor submit toyourcuwnh raimii.
The int Tii-tl p, .ace ands . ;r;t . ofo ;r con
fetlorated States, is the next principal object
oftlie (ioueral tiov.-ru nt. i'irne am! ex
perience have prov eh that th abode oft.it
uativo Indian within i ,r butts isdung- rons
to tin ir peace, and injurious to himself. In
accordance with my recom utMidation at a fnr
;n r Session of Congr* ss, an appropriation of
ealfa million of dollars was made t-> aid tin
vol ta ary removal of the various tribe.', 1 -
vomit-i limits oftlie States. At the lat S s
sio ib,idlin' bappim ss tonnnotinc ■ tint i!u
C, s s a:i(H boetews liail accepted tin |
g‘... rous oti. rof tliefiuvi rnment, and agreed
tor mo.-, b yonil the Mississippi nver, b\;
witic-i til v... ! of tin ■ State of Mississippi A
the w st* r ; *rt of Ala! aim will be freed
front 1 0(1 : .;ce ! 'pi*:tc \ , . • : • :iod to a ' il l
ized population, 'i'!;. Tr r s vith th s
tribes art- in u course of ’wulm ■, and tin. ir 1
? anoval, it is hoped, will in completed in the;
course of 1b32.
\t the r< *pii'st of tie l.erito sof deor I
giu, t.u lt-:/istration *f Ca >’ •• i • bans tor
~i,■."r tioa as been r. sum- • , ii it con-'
ti len! p ct J, t. •' . ;f, ,t "ot two
t ;r• s ; ••, j. tribe, v. ! ■i' I u !-c x
-1 < i r ir infl'e- ■ ! .s.*
...i " : . a, ’ '• u • .1 .i
ku. h- ••• r-.fu i t- c r:-, 1 '■ : b-wc f< • <-r
gr.iasa';; It, r < n® n•. . , ul< *.,e- '.a S.c t'vo
HID IST IIT’GT CGFY
" f • .1 : ■ j t’.' ••■ p-.-t ct thed
- • o'. ■ :..i i
j i sent, yt-ar, the attention of.
. . u. has been particularly direct- t
.t> ,<n the powerful and grow-u
! • Mtio, where considerable tracist I
and. tit* st lands weri. slill e.-c ipted bv the -
abor.giuul proprietors, i r utit 3, cither ah-;:
-oar* oi condi'ioaui, lu ' m<* i*, .-xtin-r
pushnig •'•* wlio'< is.ui * * ! \rtia res* r*.
vationsin that v . ' the tint* * ot ac
tant, it is no no .o .ger:
embarr: - v , : :i po- r ' tio... The
sam*; ini-.i <ur < *!’ - -i o ligcii.ma, a* :
o anticipal sued ?a. j
It is confid- . ; y believed tha* iivracvcmicc!
fur '• fev. years in the present, policy ef tb '
’ . rcn will ''.xtifiguisl; t. e Indian till't
I’O.-iii ]u ids Iving within th.; sti-tee coinuu-M;.' 1
jour Federal t ruou, an.-t reuiov..- b-.yn/ : r!e
: limits every indiau whu is no ”ulliug o eil
ui: Ito tlu.ir laws. Thus will ;- ! ! cmidicting:
!claims to jurisdiction L'-twi n the Vta cs uun
'iie Indian tribes to be put to rest. It iv.
'|;i* tisir.g to r: !?< ct tfi.it rrsull.-* o
not only to ue si:-:< a itnnre.-!cly otjeerned,!
• but to die tt.-irmory- of th:- f„';.;o;i, will h
j been accomplished by ntcasnrvs tullj ad
i. .-it.iueons to ti.i Indians. VVi *t the native|
7av.-i-.-e-- hi come wh-n sum tn.fi and bv a dense!
■population, and by mixing will the whites j
jinny be semi in the mi- , -bio remnants of o !
! lew e.u 1.. ru triL'f.s, and and of political tmd j
-civil right:*, lorl.iddei: mi; - * contracts au-i
j. hjt-i.-t to guardians, :.'tiggi"g out a wretched
j existence, without excitement, without hope
and almost without tiiQ.ight.
But trie removal of the Indians beyond the,
limits and jurisdiction of the states, dors not 1
• tlre.-i s<. -o:;ti t • r . -hoi philanthropic
-md chr..- : .an -r' r - tio i. On the contrary,
those w.:0... . tantnrophvor and ligioii may i)<-
due.e to live among tnvr.i in their nev abode,
will be more free in th> •• xerc.se of their b< •
ncvul nt fuucdnns, than if they had remained
j within tin. limits of the states, embarrassed
ity the ir iut.-rnal reguiations. Now, subject
o im control but the stij > nntending agency
of Tin- Vi- -..1 tio ~. . . ;■• - ' -.* ' ■
1 :•* sole vi.*\v of preserving peace, i.u.-y may
. oeeed uninoleste.' in t‘.i • inferesting < ximr-
:u • f -:rii!t:isl*. acivanr.i.g.-i emmoanity of
\ r<• lit-i .-ris lVti*u b.-i 1-arism to the ha
lf.* ■ -.j.r. ments of- v ilp ed lif .
■ ■ it © t p r lances will bn
. . -., by tie: Ht-crt! i v of'in Mr usury,
:i t i .: iiic.' lie will presently lay hr
■ ii.u. you. i io!! t rc hc'. •*. r congratiilati
- a • their, pr* ‘perous coiKlitiOn-- Tin*
rt vein:*: r> <r. t ! n. th- ; r sent year wili not
fall short oi $2? * 0,<)40, . v ,k
--bir :s for ati ol j t*, othet • . j
!• It, Will not t a Ctl HI E7n,:,i! 0. '1 ,n
‘paym.vut 0: account of the , :.- t;.l :u
--•tcrc-st of the. debt, during tin’ v.i . ■.T: ...
jncta! §*lo,. 9t),U00, a grfabir tis t:
jb**cn applied to that o’, met, at f of *.,- 1 -
iit.t', in any year sit " 5 • *•! .rg •: *J ti:
[■Stiiki:. a- Rind, CXCt ' ?.*■ <■'.
,: 1 .allied'a! ,'ly tip'.) alter- I'.'i.vl.
]sv ill l.v, * * and ‘ " •• • .
|iVpu! 1, f- .i t ' ■ .- *'a .* •
h try next, t 1 t n rt • • -
j : rh,= .a;!,-,''r-.ia-> ... p. • ~
aiy :!! r-x *•> *.i l ;. n.■'.,>• •
I '•-): 1 t - 1 t:,i-‘or' ‘iocs o' f • ■ : *.
;> v'• • *■?,':;>* .‘rt! tb • lit-.
• ■ ■ 1 into : I
- surf r -am i iwogthr tv at w :.-,
.a r • t*. •*: trom'- '. s1 -
-. r. i iWy * xceqd the mpo > r
to!' r- vcipts of the j'j .sent ;. car, nr it •
;bvlu.vrtl that with hi tncanswhich thj Go
Jerurn- .t will .-.av*- tt its .*i • TANARUS, fi.art
->.is stin* v bir'j will l.'t ft:: •. 1 1
-rop.-r il.-g.artmt nt, the who! • v pah,
voidin', b; cxtinvuislit ti, ei'h-- 7 red-* ;
ia.ii or pur-'li ise, within the four , vnt t u
’•■•str.ition. Wc shu!it!. 11 < ’••* :
r ■ xanijile of a grr-it nal io i, ob< !u.g
all th*' m* a!'.* of happiness and sec uiity, alto
■ • r!* r fr* e from a- h f -
Tin; confidt arc with vvfiif’.i tin ei-finguish
tn ut of lis*-public ti fit may bo anticipiitcii,
ipresonts .an apportunity for carrying into < f
l t iiioro fully tho pol’cy in re lation to 1. -
;port duties, which lias boon rccouuiv nco*i ir.
:t.v form.r messages. \ modification of H •
j •* t-r.-t!’, which shall produces n iliietion e
-o ir r vt imp to tlie wsv.tsof the Guti riimi-nf,
and an atlju.sfni.-nt of tlie <liiti-s on imports
ivth a \ iow to equal justice in relation to all
o:.- ’:un.i 1 interests, and to the comiterac
!tion of lb-,-. ;>■; policy, so far as it may he in
jiiriotts to those interests, is dot me,l to be
on > of Hi principal objects which deman-i
the re , ;idrr-ition of the present. Cougr-'ss.
Jiiftif ■ to the intcrosts of the merchant us
w: l> n> the mamif -tnrer, recpiires that mi.t* -
rial r .lections i:i the impoit duties be pros
fM'eti-.a : find unless the present Congress
shall *]i j.ose ot’the. subject, the propos'd r*.-
na-Hoiis cannot properly be made to take
oH’crt at the period when tn, necessity for the
re vt nue arising from iws*. ’* rates shall
eease. It. is th, r fore, and fraMe, Hurt „r
--ratigcments 1 e adopted at ’ our pr- sent, s* s
sion, to rt lu ve the f- op!.- from unneet.-.-tar
tax,.iion, nfti-rt ** t xt‘ :gais' fn<'iit of the pub
lic dt bt. In the <x* it-ise oflliat snirii of:im.
cession -ind etxi-iliahoti wiiich im distinguish
ed th- ti ie ,7 of our * nion in all great < rut. r- (
g- licit s, it i* bclit‘Vt:-'i that this snhj'-et may
he , li’ .-ted without injury to any national in
to rest.
in >1 ' a min' tmva-ige of Deccm’.'Cr TVH.
1 hi •H. • r *-t::’ , -nd the adoytu
■ lih'-ra.l oh;:'-, t n That which Hu ,
prevailed tevv.-tn'-i tinfortunat'e d< fitm* to the
jOvetti®er-t ; ttnd 1 deem it tnv dufy again to'p
nvite -our attention to thissubj ct.
Aetu t< . n sinairtr views, < ongr ss -7
:)uiri..s • •mi .-as. e-l an act tor ' r-1.-oU
’.ertttin in-- .Ecu' debtors oft c Lrnt. <. t: •;!
aat the provisions of that Lv have not been;
ileeinedsiiei a equate to mat rebel to
this unfortut. 1 j ass of our fellow citizens,
wiiich may i>e safely ex tended to tnerh. The
.oii.tj .u wbwfli the law appears to be defcct
i-e will be partii-ularlv communicated by the
Secretary of the Treasury: and I take pleas
ure in recommending such an extension of its
provisions as will unfetter the enterprise of a
valuah’e portion of otircitizens, and restore
to them the means of usefulness to themselves
and the community. While deliberating up
on this subject, I would a'so recommend to
-our consideration the t roprn y of so modify
>: Hu law< for enforcing the payment of
i ts lue eitl er to the public or to individv
•i, > ■ in the caurts of tlie t nited i ta'rs, as
• i- :■ ru : the imprisonment of the person to
of ti ’iduient concealir.ent of jiropt rt>.
The persomd liberty of the citizen sc: ms too
; -icred to In- held, as in many cases it now is
at tin. v. i!! ef a ere li.tor to whom be it willin*
to smr tiih ” all the means he lias of di.ichar-
Igirg th.' 1.
Tin; reports frc’.n the Secrrta ies cf the war
an. 1 Tavy and 'oartmenls, and from t>'< rest
master General, which : cccr.ipany ti n••
st go. pres it satisfactory views of the eoera-
!ior>s of the I)'pattmiui.'s resinc. i'.-*
their charge: and .suggest improvi nv-nts wh-*
are worthy of, and to which ! invite the :
iitfei iion of Congrest. ft rlain defects and o
missions having been dis o\ cred ,:i the c.;- -r.t
lion of tlie lav. 3 respicti sg Patents, tin v nr*’
pointed out iti the accompanying report frort,
the Secretary of Skat*-.
I have heretofore rrrtmimentb and etc,?-,-! -
: tnesits of tlie FHoral l.’mi-'.iHnion giving
ilie t loclior. of Frcsident .md 'ice Pres
ident to the people an limiting the ser
t ire of th** firmer to a single te.- n So
importunt do t roii.dder tlic.sc changes in
jour film!amenta! paw, that- I mnnot in
jareortiauee with my sense of <!u!v omit
(o press them upon Ihe consideration of.
new tTmgress Kt my views more al
(large, as well in relation to those points
| ns to the disqualification ef members of
Cmigre's-t to receive an oilier from a Frcs-!
dial in whose election they have had an!
official agency, which i proposed as aj
suh.slitntr, 1 refer you to my forater mes
sage-!.
i Our system of public accounts is ck
rrfTUi ly ro gpti- ft'r.i an i ii is hclirvi-d
jm&y I:. much improved. Mu h of Hie
pi H mat 'ai:iory, and ac* ;ist.!c;Mble
poi . i the expenditure of pubiic mo
nej maybe ii icnscd with, while greater
• ' E':.-.s ran In r.tt’ t' ie i tio the liquitia
. chiiftis it] ion l!-'* Government and
- . ition into their justice ami Je-j
f. dity tp it" 1 as efficient as the present, j
-1 V. : -j, a view to a genet-.! re-j
: • ie the system I re: injuten i the su’u
\, lh atteidimi of 1 ,-u p-ess
> : it my slut' ..ye n p> eel!
tnition to the condition of the L<;? * **!'
Columbia It. was doubtless '-vise hi the
ii uners of our Constitution, to pin e * ,
people of t'ais District under the jar’e -ii- -j
tint of the (lenoral (iovernment hu! |
to accomplish the ohj -. ts tbev hud ini
view it is not necessary that this people!
shot,id be deprived ot uli the in ii ii-g-si
of s“!f-govern men t. Indepent’ently ofj
the difliculty of inducing the Rcprescota-j
fives of distant States to turn their i ten-:
turn to projects of laws which are not of
the highest interest to their cons , ■: nts j
Ha v ,re not indi\i -i div nor in I'ott-'
jrr -33 cullertix elv ‘ mj- ililiod to Jog
late over the local ( e.' ot* this Dis
trict Consequently its interest r,re
tnurh ncglecteti- anti the petnde arc id
most afraid to present tlu-ir .nrcs,
lesl a body, in which they art re pro
te-1. and which feels lltlle synjiaMiy it:
i the ir local relations, should, in its attempt,
to laws for them, do more, harm
twi 500,1 Governed by the laws of
die. tntes whence, they were served, tin
two slimes of tsc I'.oTrtrsac within the fen
j mil s square hiv Efferent penal codes •'
not tho p,re tnt codes of ’Virginia ami
Maryland, but such as existed in those,
, States at the time o! the cession to the!
United Mines As tiougross will not,
form anew rode and as the people of the
District cannot make om for liu-mst Ives
they are xirtually under t\w> Govern
inents. Is it just to allow them at least a
delegate in ( ongress. it iitit a local I g
islature, to make lavs for the District
subject to tlie approval or rejection oi
Congress > I earnestly recommend tic
extension of them of every politic;.l rignti
vvliicli their interests require • nd which
may be compatible with the Const: tnt ton.
i X'-a.?'ti: of ill,- .iuili'. liu : -,| Oil
Hie jl uin ti Fbitc-s, is di cm- tl to fie tin duo s'
of (**,vt r im< at. One fourth of th- Stul.es in
the I nio-nlo’.uit pirtieipale in (be Hem fit: ol;
a Circuit ('trtirt.—To the ol Indinrrt, 1
lilinoi,', .Misso' ri, A tub,;nr., Mist?-.<irpi and'
Eouisi;;::-i, it ‘< ’ .jt'o th* i .non -.oec Ha*
r -: ‘ ! .* I *• '■ -/. v. j,.!*, or,lv
a lJjstr - - • • - low .'- If tiiis
Wj s: 0 , T n ;i
--pv t ■ “ttrn m i ghtcOi fitat-ij ought to byi.
ibolished; it it be uot Sufilcionf, the defect
It) t r- in .-ii-- *, .V i r* 3i- . Is ,i
-n itjoi 1 . .. of
;- .:0 • S' '■*" it. ' i.fl? , tfc 11. ItiiiJ
f'S .;, ttl.'i .. ' *-*'• •'*’ :ii, .id
they tna ;t-an<oixi Circuit. Courts is •'■ r,
.... 0t i. OnCts .o it
Cougrees Wi If WOt Utlju 1t.,. .. -.. Oiii—
aly in our avstsm.
Entevtainnig the opinions - r- .. f x
preased in relation to tho Bans of H s
at present organised, 1 felt it my o . !y
former messages, frankly to disclose i,,
in order that the attention of the Legislat.-ru
and the People should lx; seasonably directed
to that important aubject, and that>it might
be considered and finally disposed tf in a
manner te si calculated to promote the ends
of the Constitution and subserve the public
interests, Having thus conscientiously dis
cliarg and a eoiistitiitioual dutyj I.deem it pro
'per, on this bccusion, wirhout a more particu-t
Jar reference to the views of the subject theq
'f.'.xpr Hscd, to leave it for the present to tiu*
itcve.sti cation of an enlighrened people and
jiiieir icpresentativcs-
Ei coiiclusicii, permit me to invoke that
Power v.hieh superintends all (loverum -nts,
to infuse into your deliberations, at this im
portant crisisof our history, a spirit of mutual
arbearance and conciliation. i that spirit
t; o.tir Un on formed, atiu in that spirit must
:v preserved,
ANDREW JACKSON.
Washington, !> (3, T-. 1.
>' rm* a m? *pmw wmm
“ From ilu r . mV. - in "c,**-.
TE two ; just s asst uibled at 12 on Moat
iv. Tlicro was • m .it/
. In the Sr -..-,v, Mr. Sm.tU, of
M ‘he ahs nc of: \i-• Pr 5;. )
took t; cur..- s res ipro tern. In he
[U ty‘ of P, ty-- ,t. . qg ,e
• i, 202 V- . ibi ra ansa r ' tot'ieir - ss.
This b-.T ihen proceeded tv tb .-!• c c: of
Speaker, when,on the first b.illo*. in ! me
Stcr< r: ci, of \a. received Ud ol ,m ; Joel
It. Ki.ilcrluiul, of Penn, fit; C. ■ Wick
of K-r.tiicky, 15; ./. IP. To ro.-, of
\. w \ork. IS; Lewis Co:iJi<", of 7e-v
--uinbc*
of vote given being 195, Mr. Stnsn. was
chosen y a majority of .on*.—wfic.-e upoti,
ibeing conducted to the chair th u■ ml
; ft rta; ili's,mJufi: his acknov.Ld :m•)••.’ to tho
. u j •• ssta
/tonW S’ t -t‘j 1.
\N’ additional instalment - ften per cent, en the
. c. ■j>i t. • I stick of tiiis lt.tnk, is required to hw
j aid i.v t i steekii-.-Klriv, >n tr befere Mor. ‘ ry
13th th y *ti' Ft tiruary next.
Ry order of tlie Heard,
A. B. DAVIS, Cashier.
Dec. 0 67-31
r '' The Macon Advertiser anil Georgia Journal,
v.-iti nit use insert the above three times.
Soi’ Sale
Wvtf £ ''•Stm.-'S C X ■■
>. " 13 - V •
** h * . -v .
* W ill.l ort t! stock of Drugs . *1 Modi
ha iiit-s. teg.-ther v. th t-llthe
>'* • V- ' and *
-1 v f r : Drug :7 re The Dtngs Med-*
. -::i • arc fresh, and were selects*! ;* r th. up
•< it rrv '-‘.ark* tby -n experit*i*c I,‘ r —•
Tin v 1 new ,n ti, sin I '-**•! in n S *•* 1 the
'•■us: tss p *: f Town dit* bustaes- n • o con
ducted t- 1 , ivanti... bi tlusp ct* •tb -t-?k
i;! *v -r r .*.! v.tl wi-.a .ittie c . ; .1 Ot
, . -try i' r terms, vvtiit ii i'i •>; ’*.-.•--ju
.. latiu - ' A; , h to I. G. f..
>u 1). •> a. --r U ‘ ?f-tf
' - . will t.i . tract ?(i. nd j .
i ty lt*3, 2d districi. • iuauie fa '3
Hi it \ ill , given in exchange t..
,jroes or town property.
1 iso,
No. K 6. in the VHth district r,f Lfccoi nty.
Ti: •a 1 -ve tracts are valuablt pine Hinds, and wuli
watered. Tnc aubscribor will also
SSfizt
That vnlmbb- sfantl in East Macon, forrnrtly • e
'---i-i.-t! :is a tavern by IJ'.’b-rt (T leuian, K- ;. ami,
k.-mwn ns one. of lie best stands in Macon. I:
will be retard f*>r on- y- :-r or in *re, and posses,
: n given tin- Ist efi January ensuing.
,t lso,
\ valuable vacant lot, immediately opposite. we ; V
. deui iicti fm ,1 V\ aro-Houso, will be leased forg
term of years- Aj ply- on tire premise***, to
Isabella Clark .
Dec 13 67-tf
AD-MINIsTRATOP.’S SALE.
ll’lir* be soHl on tiie Hi st Tut!-' y iu , r m>u:iry
v f next:, at the t imv-llouse in the town of
Macon, ab-u:*
p*< " bushels ut' Ct ru, 30 stacks ol Fudden
\ j , a,,,,, -liiy ~l' V* boat, being park
of rii- • ; ■ property of the I,Co TANARUS!. unis
1 for tin ;11 lit of the :.' md
••rcuin is-
Ti.ohi. T.. Adit’*r.
November 90, lA3I ids
GUA RDLV. S’ SALE.
Venn; ably n,t r< t tj><:: t'.-iiorCeurt.
t f 1.7 •>'. '(li-.n’.v. vt ili t), ~id . a tit*- ... ti* yot
.lunuarv l -37 the fi ii '• u-.; :
Yet' -: 4C : ? 1 ,! in . • ' "tl
ns :* * No. b o/;,v-hi. rcli o- c ••*• fm tber
io, N* . iv. i. :It v'-ii: ■ til-: '*'' ‘7 - ; . --‘T
of 1i t, gii Me '■ * ' ■• r i b ni'--
1 VBKT.I.A CLARK onentar*.
Nov. *2