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ttie different . adminiftratiaris of oar' gov- il
etament. It is by an examination of heir" l
" " i r. n lc .-!... -u.; -'I
, lcvcrsi iyuccr. 01 puucy , uu iiicir- ci4
live'cfFefli upon the country." If under
. the federal ailminiftration oilr agricultural
' Vs and Commercial purfuits were encouraged
L'K- r- ;; and protected, our public credit was unini
Lu pairi' andeur national character waa
;!"--tefpeQed; aruTlf the peace of the coqnny
' vrn preferved without facfificing ft,no
','. tior ; ihen werhav " fairly 'attribute Wshiii
adminiflraiiori wifdom;interity and patri-
, ;; Otifni t While mutt ' afcribe'weaknefs'
and follv. at lealt w the orefent adminif
X V o tration, which hits abandoned commerce
- 5 ' paralized the inddllry pf 'he huibandman
the mechanic and the artift 'dried uo jfce
J,' fpur.ee of public revenue v hazarded, the
, - peace of the country, and degraded the
? " ' rational character,' by. f'ibjecVing the go.
;;v 4 -terntnent to the imputation of having fa-'
. V rcrifieed Hi Independence td the influence
; - : of a foreign awc,;t'"'';.':;i-1ii;.:
i fRESID ENTs"m ESS AGEir
J- This Dayi at f2 o'clock, the President of the .
1 Untied States comrriunieated,by Mr.Colea,
:' 'hia Secretary, the following .Mkssace to
fr'f- -.-both Houses of Congreaa i i. lv.;,-
f 5 1 ihi Senate ,Hafa;4f.Rfy&utite ,
';'''jv; V - - theflti'td Stottit -jMfU' .
i - - B -'It would have been a source, feltowcrtiaietw,
. .eftnuch gratification, if our last communica
, v 'tioni frouV Europe had enabled! me to mfprro;
: "you, that ihe belligerent nations,', whose 4it i
. 4 1 .regard of neutral rights has been so destruc
i v ; Ue to our conamersc, had become awakened
t ; ; , to the duty and true policy of revoking Jhelr
" , unnhieous edicts. That no mean niijht
; . be omitted to produce this Salutary effect,1 1
just n time in availing myscu 01 lucvcuur
v 'thorining-a tuspensibn in whole or ia part,
of the several embargo law.', Our ministers'
at Lond3n and Paris, were entrusted to ex
plain to the' respectit governrnents'there,
..our disposition to exercise the authority in
auch manner as would vfithdrawthe pretext
"ion wh!eh the aggreisions" were, originally
founded, and open the way for a renewal of
, ttat- commercial intercourse Which, it was
valtedeed on all sides,-. had been reluctantly
Obstructed." At ech of thoe governments
nad pledgea a readiness to concur in re-
' fiouncintr a measure which 1 cached its ad
v 'versary through the incontestable rights of
' l . a- . . t , a a- j
v .neutrals only, ana asine measure naa neen
. ' ' assumed by each as a retaliation for anas-
' frrted acqiiescence in thfe aggreasions of the
other, it waa reasonably expected that the o&
, casiort would have' been seized by both for
vincintt' the sincerity of their professions,
and for restorinit to tha commeTceTJrrae"vr
-rttw WWf tfllfflireW VIUl -reipect to the dir.
''.! frent belligerents, were necessarily modified
4with a reference to their different circunv
ttances, and to the condition annexed by law
. , to the executive power of mtpension, requir
in a degree of security to' our commerce,
' ' which would not result front a repeal of the
' decrees of France.' instead of a pledge there
; fore of a.upension of the embargo as to
" herin'Case of such repeal.' ir was presumed
that a sufficient inducement might be found
; ia other considerations and particularly id
the change produced by a compliance with
- .our just demands by one belligerent, and a
' refusal by the other, in- the relations between
thiso!her.and tha United Stalest To Great
. Britain, whose power on the ocean is so as
cendant, it ws deemed not inconsistent with
that, condition, to state explicitly", that on
tier rescinding her orders id relation to the
United States, their trade would be opened
to her, and remain shut to her enemy, in
' 'case of his raflure to rescind his decrees alto.
From Fiante no answer has bren received
nor any indication that 'he requisite change
i htr decrees iontenDlsted. Th favor-
, able reception of the. proposition to Crest
Britain was the less to be doubted, as ber or-'
eraof counil had not only been rtlerred lor
' their vindication to an acquiecence on thi
part of the Uoited Slates no longer to be
pretended, buns the arrangement proposed,
. " whilst it resitted the illegal decrees of France,
involved moreover substantially, the precise
advantages professedly aimed at by the Bri-
: tish orders. .The arrangemeot has oeTorthe-
lt been reit-ctei
This candid and liberal experiment having
thus (ailed, and aa other event Bating occur
- rrd on which a supens!onof the embargo ty
lhs Executive- ws authorised; It necessarily
remains in tha extent orirlnslry given to iu
L W have tha eaUafactiarwhowevr to reflect
that in return far ,tb privations impoed by
' ifi nidiiiN. and whkh our fcllow-cillieas
in general; has borne wl;k' patriotism, it
has bad the Important euecia oi TiiiKour
tnariner, and oufrast' mercantile propertyi
a well as of 'affording Vimt for" prosecuting
iha defensive and orovislonal measures called
for by the otcssion. It hss demonstrated to'
foreign nirions ihe Wideratlon and firmneis
' which gnvtro our councils, and (o our citi-.
'ens the1 ntcenity'of uniting in support of
the Uw and the rtghtson heir country snf
has thes irm frustrated thOe usurpations
and spoliation, which, If resisted, involved
Wir, If ubmittrd to, sacrificed a vital pria
elp of our national Independence. .
.' .. Undrr a'conilnuanca of the belligerent
tnetsures, which io defiance of t!ie laws which
" e'crste the rights of neutrals overspread
the arean wir dinger, it will 'test with the
, " wisdom of Congfeso decide 00 the course
.' Uit adapted to iuch ft tutt of things j and
bringing Vub tTientj as they do, frtftn ereiy
part of the union, the sentiments of our con
stituenU, my confidence is strengthened that
in forming this decision, tbcy-will, witb an,
tinetrlng regard to the essential tights and
interests of the nation, weigh and compare,
the painful alternatives but of which a choice
is to be' made. "Nor should I do justice ip the
virtues which on other occasions hehiifl
Je d the 'ehafacter of bu r fellow liiensif I
did not cherish an equal confidence, that the
alternative chosen, whatever it may, be, will
be iriaintamed with alt the fortitude asd pa
triotisai which the crisis ought to Inspire, f , .
..." The documents cbntaining :the ..CQrrev
pondentes on the subject of the foreign edUs
against our commerce, with the. instructions
given to our Ministers at London and Paris,
are now laid before Vou1. ; ? v"
. vThe communications made to Congress at
their last session. explained the posture i it
, which t He close of the d i scusiiori relative to
the attack by a British ahip of wlr bn'tbd
frigate Chesapeake, left a subject ort .which
the nation bad ntanifeated o hondrable ;
sensibility, ,, Every view, of what bad passed
authonied a belief .that immediate steps
would be taken by the British govern rrteut
lor redressing a wrongs', which, the nior it
'was investigated, appeared the more clearly
to require what had not been provided br irt
the special misalonJ It is found that, no
steps have been taken for the purpose Gn
the contrary it will be seen, in the documents
laid before you, that the inadmissible prelimt
-nary, wbica obstructed the adjustment, ts
stUi.adherred to; and moreover that it is
now brought imo Connection with the distinct?
and irrelative orders in council. The instruc
tions which bad beett given to ;au'r minister:
at London, With a view to facilitate, il neees
sary( the reparation claimed, by the' United
States, are included in, tha document com
rnunicated.' ,f :':-;'v J A
Our relatibn'i with the other power ibf
Europe have undergone no material changes
since your last, session; AThe importanti ne
gociatio'ns with Spain, which had been alter
nately suspended and resumed, necessawjly
experience a pause, under, the exttaordiaary
and interesting crnrs which distinguislres her
nvternarsituation. ,.. ; . , f ' :!;V-'.;V 1
.7 VVjtb tbe Barbary powers we continue ui
harmony, with the exception of an unjustifia-'
Die proceeuing 01 me uey 01 Algiers lowaros,
our consul to that regency. - It character
and circumstances are now laid before you,
and will enable you to decide bow far it may
either now or hereafter call for any measure
not within the limit of the executive autho
rity..' ' !.;-:
With our Indian neighbor, the public
peace ha been steadily maintained. -' Some.
instances of individual wrong have, as at p-
ther times, taken place, but in no wise im
plicating the. will of the nation.' , Beyond the
bamas, have delivered up for trial and punish
Traent," Individual from among thcmselvet,
accused of murdering citizens of the United
StaWe. On thi tide of the Missisippi, the
Creek are exerting themselves to arrest of
fender of the sme kind, end the Choctaw
have ntanifeated. their readiness and desire
for amicable and just arrangements, respecjg
ing depredation committed by disorderly
person of their tribe;' And generally,' from
a conviction' that we consider them a a part
or ourselves, and cherish with sincerity their
a f . . . a
rigirs ana interest, ins auacnmeni 01 me
Indian tribe is gaining strenglR daily, ia ex
tending from the nearer to the mere remote,
and will amply1 requite us for the justice and
friendship, praclikcd toward ,lhem. Hus
bandry and household manufactures, arc, ad
vancing arrfong therri, more rapidly with He
Southern than northern tribes, from clrcum
atattces of toil and climate, and of the two'
great divisions ot the Cherokee nation,"'bave
now under consideration to solicit the c xizeif-
ship 'of the United Stales, snd to be identified
with
us in-law and government, in tach
progressive mariner as we ahsll think 6eit.
.In consequence of the appropriations of thb!
last session of congress, for the .security of
our ses-port towns and harbours, such work
of defence have been erected a seemed to be'
csllcd by the situation of the several placet,
tbelf ' relative importance, and the scale pf
etpence indicated by the amount of the ap
propriation. These works win be finished IrT
(he course of the present aeason, except at'
New-York and New-Orleans, whe re most was
to' be done , and although a great praportioir
of the last ippropriv.ion ha bren expended'
on tbe former place; yet tome further view
will be submitted to congress, for indwinp
it security entirely adequate against naval'
enterprise. A view of what ha been done at
the several placea, and of what if proposed to
be done, shsll be communicated a aooa a
ths" several rep6rtlire received. r.'" r
Of the gun-boat authorised by the act of
December Istt il has been thought necessary
to build onfy one' hundred and three in the
pretenfyeaK- These, with those kefore pos
eessed,' are ufTicien( for the harbor and Wa
ter mdt etpoted, and tft roidue will re.
qnire little time for their construction! w bed
it hall bi deemed necessary,
Under'the act of the lat'sn!orf for ti'iu'
Ing an additional military force, so many of
ficer were immediately sppointed a wef
nectasary for carrying on lh buiinest of re-'
(Trailing, and (n proportion a it advanced
othfra thtve been added. W'V bsvertssort
to believe their success has beert satUbetoiryj
although liich return have not yet been r
erivtd a enable me to prrttot you a sute
meat r the number engaged,
I have not thought it neceiiary. In the
ctnirse of the last Kion, to call for any g.
cefaj'dctach'mcuu of militia or'of volunteers,
under tha laws parted for that purpose.
the ensuing 'season, howcTerpihey Will
required to be in readiness, should their 1
Vicc.be wanted. Soma small Hind special
detachments have been necessary to maintain
the laws of the embargo, on that portion of
our northern frontiers which offered peculiar :
Tacilnie fur cvasibn." ' Bt these were re
placed a soon a it could be done, by bodies
of new recruits. I3y the aid of these, and
of tbe armed vessel called tntq service m .
other quarters, the spirit af disobedience and
abuse which manifested itelf early, knd with
sensible-effect, while, we were' unprepared td
meet it, has been considerably repressed. . -
Connlderine the extraordinary character
of ihe tiroes in which we live, our attention
should, unremittingly be fixed on the safety
of our country, For a people who are free!
and who mean td remain so, well organized
and armed militia it thtir best security. , It
is therefore incumbent on us, at every meet
ing, td rtvise the conditioh ot the militia, and
to ask. ourselves U it 1 prepared' to repe". a
powerful enem, at every point of our terri
tories exposed to , invasion.' ) Some of the
state have paid a laudable attention to thl
object 1 but every degree of neglect i to be'
found among others. Congress alone having1
the power. to produce ad uniform ' state of
hrenaration in tni Breat onran Ot detenca
the interest which they o deeply' feel in
... film ' :
their; own ana .ineir country s securuy( war
present ibis a auiuug uic uiuii iiuuiibik
obtect of their deliberation. ;;i -f
'. Under the act ot Marcn t u ana April
? . m mm- m .mf" i , . Jm
23, resnectiriK arm,' the difficulty of procur
ing them from abroad doting the present ci
tuation and dispo ition of Europe," induced-
u to direct our whole effort to the means
of internal 'uddIt' : The public factorie
have therefore been enlarged, additional ma
chineries erected : and tin proportion as ar-i
lificers can be found or formed, their effect
already more than doubled, may be increas
ed, so as to keep bade .With the jeatly -in.
crease of the militra. The annual suniP'
I L' 1. 1 I.--. ' L; -1'- -
propFiaicq oy ine laucr aci, iihtc ucen wrccc
td ta the encouragement of private factories
of arms t and contracts bare been entered
into with individual undertaker, to hearlv
the amount of the first year's appropriation.
' The lurDehlion of . our - foreign com;
im'rrce produced by', the injutlice, of the
belligerent powers ano tnc coniequent
- ' - a .a '
loITes and lactincesof our Icllow. Citizens,
at fiibi;a of. our tuft concern.' ;.Th'
fi tuation into which we, have thus been
forced, ha impelled til to apply a portion
of our induftrr and capital to interna
manufa&uies and" iroprovenieht'i.' . The
extent of this converfionfs ilaily increa
ne ; snd little doubt remain that the
eftabliftments formed" and formtAg. will
under (he aiifpicet of cheaper .material
iaxation with us, and of pro f amg duties
and' prohibition' become permanent.--The
commerce' with the Indian 100
within our ow a boundaries, ii likely to
receive abundant aliment Irotn the fame
interhat icfource, and will fecure toihrtri
peace and . the pitgrefi of ctvilixition
undifiiifbedby praSicet hostile to both.: '
' The account ot the receipts and ex
pendiiureS' during the year ending on the
thirteenth day ot September laft,' being
nor yet made up, a correcl (latrtneni wilt
hereafter be tranfmiited from the treafury.
In the rrieari tide it is afceriained iha'r the
receipts have mount el td near eighteen
millions of dollars,' which with "he eight
million' hi d ao half in the treafury at the
! begrnning ' of the year have enabled u
.after meeting ihe current demands,, and
I .intereft incurred, to . pay, two million
I three hundred thou fand do'liriof theprin
j C'PI of our f'jiidrd debt, and leflu in ihe
trafitr. tn ,til, Pv nrftr lAi.it.jfn mm!I k
I lion of dollar).' Of thtfe,' fire million
t three iiunuren- and titty inouund dollar
j trill be hectflary to ray what wl'l be due
oa ine nrii day ot January next,1 which
will complat the. rcllDbdrfemeni of. the
eight ptr cent, flock, ,1'hcfe payments,
wth innft made in the fix years aiiaf an
half . preceding," will have ctilrguifbcd
tbiny-tbree cniludos , five hundred and
eienteen thou land dollars of the nrincioal
of the fnnded debt, being the whole which
cotild be paid or puichsfed within the li
rhits of ihe law and of our contrails, and
the linout'it of principal thus difcharged
-wr til hare Ubetated the revenue from about
two millions of dollars of ibiered, and
added that furh annually to the difpofable
furnlui." The probable accuoiulallon of
i, in, iuiuiuui., ui ioius ucjwiiu wnai can
L be applied to ihe payment of th piiblicf
deb', whenever the tiecdom and Ule y of
Otir'cdmtrieice (ball be tcflorcd, merit the
confirteiaiioit of Congrtf,, Shall it lie
uaproMuflJve' io the, public vaults t hall
the revenue, be' reduced) or (hall it not
rather be appropriated 10 ihe improve
ment of soadi, canals, rivers education,
and other great foundations of profperiiy
and union, under the poweti which Con.
gref may alrctdy pofTefi, or fich amend
tnmr cf the ronfl tulion i may be p
prdVtd hy the dales I While uncertain of
jt the? coutfe pf thing the lime miy be ad-
vsmageoiwiv employed ia obtaining the
powers nertffiiy for a (yflem of Improve
ment, ftould thst be thought bed.
Availing my flf of this, the laft occa.
fioi which will occur 'of addreiTmg the
. wo iloufci cf f.rgianuri it tbeii meet
i. For 'ing, I cannot ondt the expreffion cf my -rill
bf j jTinCefe gratitude, for the repeated proof
ir ser-1 j cf coafideccc manifefled to me, by 1 hem- '
IdTcrand their predeceuors nnce my call
ao the adminiflration, and ihe many io.
duigencics, experienced at their handj. .
rh$ fame grateful adru)wleJgementi are '
due to 'i tr.f , ' fellow-cjiiteni generally. ,
whofe fuppori hs been my great encour
agement under all embrraflment. ..ln thc
triflfadion bf fhtlr buCnefs.I cannot tiava . ;
efcaped error. It is incident to our iro-
perlca nature. . ' JiuH may lay with truth
my errors have been of the underftandiag, 1 ''7
not of Mention, ard that the advancement ;
Of their ,righ'.And'''joterefla ha been the'
conflant motive for every meafure On ' "
tbefe confideration I folicit their induU
gencti. A-oolt,lng forward with anxiety to '
thtir future defiinies, I truft thai in iheir' '
fjeady. character, unfhaken by difficultiea, '
in iheir, love of liberty, obedience to law, ,
and fuppprt ; of ; the public authorities, 1
fee s fure guarantee of ihe permanence of -.our.
Republic and ...retiring . fiora the:
chafge of their affair,! carry wiih ne '
the qorjfolaiion of, a rm perfuafion that
Heaven 1?at In ft ore for our beleved Court-? .
.try, long ages itO.tome of profperiiy and'
happne(s.:''f;.r-;-:ji,-ffr.-.iS vrsst hi
',...' EiVATo?fiiti 10. J'"
Mr. Gile offered the following resolution
RtioheJ, That io much of the preideBt'a-
message as, relates lo the several embargo
laws, be referred to aelect committee, witk. .
instruction to examine and, report,, whether
any lunner measures are npwt necessary to ,
enforce a'due obsfrtance thereof during their , "
continuance ; ana ao wneiner any turther, "
modification thereorb4expedieotllthranifiii
and that sucTi committee have leave to report' ,'
by bill or otherwise. :' '. .'-.'..;"''
- On making this motion, Mr. Ciles cbserV-,
ed, that as the resolution he had thw honor L ,
of moving, respecting the embargo law, waa
intended only as aa enquiry into that subject, ,
which was deemed important by all, and if to
be further acted upon, inquiring Immediate. '
attention j and a it did not commit the ,Se
nite upon any point fn relation to those laws, ,
he hoped that the committee might te now
appointed.. ,-:':-'-. " ; '; '''' , '
. tlr. Godrich requested that, the motion
might not be acted upon, till to morrow, to '.
whir!. Mr. biles agreed".'':.,?:: h," - -,:';
' Mr. Smith,, of Md. submitted the' follow
ing motion for consideration : ' - f " 1 '
; Resolvtd, !.That a committee be appointed .
to enquire whether anv. and if anv. what a-
imaumerits are necessary so-MM-wnua lawft
ofihe United Stitesv .. ;, fc . -
The sena-e have appointed the Rev, Mr.
IrOOSft or REPRESENTATIVES.' .
-x llondar, November 8. . .
- The following gentlemen were dame'd ;
by the speaker, b the committees' feipee
tivelyi - "---ry - .. ; .
(Voyi end mtans: Mesr. G.' W. Camp-
bell, U'. Alston, Ep'pe. Smilie, Tallmadge,
FiV and S Montgomery. , 'a. -
Commerce V ' ilinaactuw. Meatrtl New
ton M'Crecry, Cutis,' Dana, Marion, Mum-' '
ford, and Porter. .
'.Claims. Messrs.' HelmVs, Pitkin, Seaver, "
Johnion, Humphreys, Brawn and Butler.
Fublit Lanitf . Mettrs. Jere, Morrow,"
Goodayo, Ruaiell, Boyd, Ely, Bibb, aniT
Howard. ' : '.
District of Columtia.' Messrs. Lewis, Van.
Herae, Southard, Blackledge, Rea, (Pen.)
J. Alston and Wharton. ; " r
Recital and unjtnuhtd 4uxtV Messrs.'
Clopion, Van Rensselaer and Durell.
Accounts, Mtr. N R- Moore, Stedmatt
and Milnor. ' .
The Speaker laid before the house a me
morial from the legislature 'of the Misiisipl ;
territory, praying an extension of the time of'
payment for public lands, kc. Referred, on
motion of Mr.- foindexter, to the cotninUltsf
of public lands.- ' . .
1 J Wittiaj, Nx:mBtr I. " '
Five thousand copies of the document ac
companying the metrtge of the Preiident,'.
were ordered to be printed. .
The House wat'then cleared and the doora'
doted for the purpbte af reading tbe confU 1
dential part of tbs President's message. '
.After the doors were opned, a retolUtion
yetterday laid on the table by Mr. Rhea, T.
for appointing a committee of Post Offices
and Post Road, to contitf of one member '
from each state, wit taken up and agreed to. '
1 Tnarifav, November 10. .
t EMBARGO. . '
Immediately on the metin; of the House,
Mr. Chittehdea said he, rots with consi
derable diflidence to offer to the House a re
solution on the subject of the embargo
Having witnessed the feelings heretofore ex.
Cited by a similar proposition at the last e-
l aion, he saiJ he would assure gentlemen that"
J he bad no object in view but to bring the aub
i ject baforo the House, and excite a fair and
; liberal discunion. He ha) hoped that the
' situation of our affairs would- tr this have
, authorised the removal c the embargo
Dissppoiated in this, ha felt it a duty which
lis owed to his constituents and tbs nstioo,
to endeavor to elicit to exprtnlon of the
opinion ofr the Houe, lo prevent ruinou
peculstions, and to rtlirve the nation from
. suipense. The mtaturt bad now been la '
fepcratioa Un er elereo months, sn4 he had '
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