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Uceembcr 17. 2Q4.. .. V t s: .4 ' : il t It i t ! fl 4 I' I Hi 1 , t ' i ; i : !4 -!1 i fen It J 1 -' 1 14 fit it hi t a 9 i r ... . t f 3 I I f : IDOftiraT. AVAL r-nrnv o il . . , l lurtrtl.-n ah A. G?.ri ?;rk:e." lll'.H Ml Urf-Ktml, an ! rourpl .t ta.c, 11 Uuxl rt'.h f litw. 'I'll urf U 'Jul hi- mtai '.,et U.S.-, To dfck tSc Her.i' nin e To t'taa anl V r';r' Hn' US- prk.riii(f 'mr lall fi-ivr. Tlrr WmM the prvlr of I'-raonOi lar, Ai-'i brvujrM Iot r,r .Strm o'er tU dirk n mpc vimm u- 'ilial k axes its Milieu O'er man) a ll.ro lold nnd lnr, Who in tlnl combat fell. The nhoiitinjr. h't of Frcr-nen r t'liftirl l the flap of fiirlit. AikI hade 'l-ficree to tli ir f"c. To Britain ami lxr iimIu Tofc-ether now the Kj'iilrm n '", The thin't'.'. injr runiimiK i im , 1 lie liirhtnin;? fl isll fr-ii'l s.rli ;.. . : 1 1 , ml fUol.K r v afi m "i" 1'ierco Horr;r n.iv patrol t'.- Vrk, T wrlltln' rae of fit;t, And tiimu't flies vHS htrritil 'rj), And wild avcrvd i!it. Where Prrrr movl,t', find of War , Hirtf tit icfly srem'd to h , Jlevtnirtioi! like a bah-ful iur RiinM terror on the foe : j-'rom soul to h(ni' the M-ule of fimf. The lovr i.f roiint flics, Ami evci-y l.oart rcceif 1 ll.r flame, - What lijJhtenM in hiaeyt s Ho lorjjer nrlr the HM(!ea sweep, n ti 'es. tot i.i ' , I i qu1 . 1 .n ;r- :ur: ri the 1 i n f tl I'hi rru't n Mn-Mibily hcnot.-iblc to Ma n wat prrpar-J ; l-c'l rn! Johnr.n and i.. a dtci-.'ue hc:v : i!u- rin'n", nf the ene mv . r.-.'l t the r,f u.c voijaterr r.r'.ii;." 'i sti.:r r't 'n 1"" sctir, more c .pcci -it. r.. r, W.t' : is. : thr fotinJ disproor.ional" to the tJvaarjj which have leei rained. The campairn. v.. t t 1 r v.;.'! ha.l riTi eraieu irorn rs p" 'r t" the :atc i indeed, in i:s latter MJ,e in one quarter, bt two na' !iTi who h id in. !cn favorable than a expected, but in ad. es into out political ocie-i lion to the importance of our naval ucten a i: iiv t i'!i.-fi:r p.. i: v'r t:- c: Krntitl Tt thr litr.ti A tl w h ( i-i.i, r; ir- ,'"r ' ?1 aiMiihi n th , '7ti ilisetj in tlu- war ln.l'Pcader.cr of hrs temtrv, south', at an ad Ji:d a s'uir tin I arris .rpi anri 'saulc?, f-r :r,aintatn;ti g j rir, t's an.l its rifi. t; . j i'l'c t.ircr of these ? :ccesccs hai brtn U ( r.'j"ic tin- i'.ihs'rvji-.r; ot ? I ic i:,u'.i Iroiu tht.r t opjji eisi(iH5, : Tavatc'd y ri.sj iaii.-ctii s il ii'." ' :'.i.'.tUi..:s.)'i hicli ooi' 'c tliriu t ,i irn r .v- tr;,Hc. Irom trc"-i.iTi , ov v. .ioi.-. v v. tn- di.-aji lintel r.arl a') '.n.l-i.i.'d ; ; :.1 tu . f ! li-ve a-, cxt-: sivc region of cua'rv r oai a , mere'ess v:-r....-c wi.U-h drsol .t.-tl it ro.-t.i r-s, t and imposed mi i is citizens '! z mosi ii.ii-jas.i-( ing services. ' In t , i i x'a- r.-.L-d'- t ect .i.etl l) the Uw and! t'i- proi'ci of the campaign han been fiPiej t ic p-ac:. . oi (i. Dr.taui, ncd w ho were made j with incidmts highly honorable to the Am p; i ,n?r. '. v.-ar, uader tl.r banners ol their a-1 rican arms. ."Jp:ed cc :r.:tv, hhiir - for its rihis and its! The attacks of the enemvon Craney Islatj ; ,.i!'e?v. on Port Mvigs, on Sac Vert's N.vbor, and oa I I he protection Jur -n sr c'uiers rcqui-' Sandu .ky, have been vig-rously and Succttf. r:'ir r.n t :Te' tvnl '.' t-rposit'on in their behalf,! fully repulsed ; nor have they in any case iUC a b . n tm' er of Ur'uish pnsonrrs of war were j ceeded on eithrr froatie-, cxrrting when rj. put iaM c -n, nement, with a notification that reeled agiinstthe pi-.tcalle dwtllings of indi-t'.u-v M '..; r': . 'pei icncc whatever v"mlcnce might vi lu di, o vdlag. s unprcpircd or undefendti , jc :omru.:tc'l on h" Amtrican priscjners of ()a thr other hand th movement! of the A war sent :o (i. l'ritain. I mcric.i'i armv hi r.-.- f il'.owed bv the j. U was 'loped that tli'.s necessary cmsc-q-ience of the stvp uaalvisoi!ly f.iken on the par; of Great Uritain would have Inl h-r g -vernnie.it to reflect on the inconsistencies ot it- conduct, and that a s mpatnv with the linns'.-, ii" i: t T'th tl: .Vnrncati tufferers, would hive arrested the cruel career opened by i;s '- rain pit-. i'u.s w as happily n t the case. In violation buih ot c.'iisist ncy a ,d ol humanity, Ameii eaa i fTicc s ;mkI non-commissioned i dicers, in d uble th- nu nrier of the Uritish soldiers con duction of Y. t'v, nnlof l'orts (i'-orge, J-r and Al 1 len ; b.-th.- re overy of Detroitanj th- x i ictian ! ' vs I.vliaa var in the Ve. iu 1 iv t D': 1 1 .)". O! l .1 occapa.ic . c-r cjuiiiiantl oi a lar. . i l.re. in ni . thi T.nc ' But oVr it' w ild :.nl ti'fflfd (!e-p, Vntorloiis ! Virr rulis ; Rj ! k ivt'iiK-i.ol t'ohnnhia, vise ' F.jalt the I't rn's n.av.r, Thro' distrait lands md foreipn s'.ir. Sound ' Sou" ' lln- T' n rn p ot I'an'C ' the !c?i PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. U'4snscTvs C;?r, Dc.7, 131.1. ThU day Pi twelve uVlock, ti c 1'ivsif'ciit of the Urittd .States truibimtted llie lo'iaiwlnt Tw sago to both Houses of Congress, Ly Mr. Cdcs his Secrctai y : fyliow-Citizrti of the Senate and of the House of Refiretentativcn, cons;nueacc ol our niv.-i supeiorav or, Laks On anu, and opportunity atT-rdci by hned hrr, w.re ordered into close confine it f:r cmce'u:ra:.cr uur fn-cc-3 bv wa.cr, op,- i meat, vith formal notice, ih it in th-.-evenl i.fa r.'tioi ?, wh'Ch h id I'tcn pr:viouslv planned, l r.t i.iatva nr ine ilcnta wnicn miynt. oc it;iiici- wcicset on I'.ot, artttiuit lb: nossevsirr.s ci cnemv on t-ir St. Lawrence. Stub, h.iwevo was th- dj' iv produced, in ih by auvrr -j weather of rtuisu d (.oiiti.Hiaiice, C; sucli llie cirriuna'ati'jfs attend ing t'lc Iin.d moveiiuuu ni the anay, th-t in:.' prospect, at otic linic so favuralile, wa3 not re a.: 3 1. d. . l lie cruelty c f the .-neaiy, in enlisting tl:e sa ; s lilt i a war vy;;a m itual cmulatloa in triiigat:i.g i.s calamitit-s. his not bv n confined M :-.r.y one quarter. When vtr thev could be turned rtiinst us, no i exertions to eiTctt it have b:rn snared. On In meeting you at trie present inter-sting oir South Western border, the Creek trib . COSijuacture, it would have been highly r. uis- whr., yielding to our pea severing tndtavrs, factory if I Could have comtramicHtad ;. f.r.,i - Werc .uluallv actjUiritig ir.c re civilised habit.-, able result to the Mission chaffed with i.t- became the u-ilo; tunatc victims of seduction, gociations fot restoring peace. It was i just A war in that quttrxr ha been the consequence, expectation from -tlw respec: ue tc. I'-.e di infuriatrd bv a blot dv laHatici:.m, rccentl tinguihlied Sovereign who lud invited their, propagated .'rnong them, by his offer of .mediation, fiom the leudinei;, i't wab i:CCCS;saiy to crush such a war before ..With which ihe invitation was accepted on il.c u Cuulti Spri.ati among the contiguous tribes, part cf the United States, and from the 1, dge and bclv re it could favor enterpi i.e6 of the e to be found in an act cf their Ltislatmt for r!emy Into that v'.cinity. Wi-h this view a the liberality which their PicmpoteMinrio:, fo; Cc w as celled into th service of the United would carry into the negotiations, that no time States from ihe states of Georgia and l'ennes would be lost by the Britihh Covei nnient iniiee, wi'iich, with the nearest regular uoops, embracing the experiment for hustetiing a stop u,thcr corps from the Mississippi territory, to the effusion of blood. A prompt and cor-' might not ouly chastise the savages into pre dial acceptance of 'ie Mediation on that HKleSCl;; peace, but make a lasting impression on Was the leas to be doubted as it ivas of a ia-: heir fears. ture not to sutmit rights or pretensions mi ei- The prorn-ss of the expedition, as far as is tner 6iae to tnc tivcisiou o: an umptre, Iju to, jlfford merely an opportunity, honorabL ;,'..d desirable to b th, for 'iiacubsing, it.ul if prist:-1 ble, adjusitig them, for the interest of both. The Urirish Cabinet, eithet mistaking our Jcbire of peace for a drtad of Liitish power, or misled bv..o!icr lallacious calculp.tion.i, has disappointed this reasonable anticipation. i tii et known, c. responds witn tne mar iui iai v'ith which tl was espoused ; & the best hopes of a su.isfact. '. y i-sue are authorised by the com pi te ti:cc;ss willv hicli a well planned eiiterpt iz.e wa-. ei'. cutt d agaiusta body ol hos tile s,.va. ' -:, by a d:t;tc'nmeiu of volunteer mi ii ia el Vntiessre, ut.Ji r the gi.il-.uil cc uima. d 1 te.itiai La.ftee : antl ry a sail more ir.ipor- 1 ,'i - iti ttri:Mmra r,f vrnr 5-nt to (. Rrttain 1 lor : iai, the ofR.t rs so confined would b pit. f-rst tistaace, l- deadi also. It wai n-v.th-d a' the same violence and 'time tint tlr: comtnar.deis ot the British flefts and ar.nies .a our caxsts are instructed, in the 'ame event, to proceed with a destructive se-v.-rity aga list oui towns and their inhabitants. I hat no doubt iii'u,ht be left with the ene-in,- ot our adherence to the retaliating resort anati .n d? iiruits oi ' injiosod on us, a correspondent number of tJ itisti oiTi.ers, prisoners of war in our hands tvert ia.inediatelv put into close coalinement, u a:;iiL- the late of those confined by the ene my ; and the British government has been apprized of the determination of this govern uient, to ret.tii.ite anv other proceeding aaii st us, contrary to the legitimate modes of war far'. 't is as fortunate for the United States that taey have it in their power to meet the ene my in thi3 deplorable contest, as it Is honora ble to them j that they do not join in it bat tin der the most -mperious obligations, and with the humane purpose of effectuating a return to the established usages of war. The views of the French government on the subjects which have been so long committed to neg'ic ration, have received no elucidation since th.i closeof you. late session. The Mi nister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Paris had not bre; enabled, by proper cp po.utnitiss, to press the objects ci his missi u, as prescribed by his instructions. The .n.Inia t ; i a g always to be regarded as the great bulwark of def ncc aud sccurit . for free states, and me constitution having wisely eommiued to itie nutianal authority a use ol i a.o force, as al military -.oarce oeeoii ei ly j !anted to a counti h.v.. y i i.e e JvtelH ' i.U 1 til fl- n V. . I beea f u - :t o i the buders of tHe St. Lit. rence, w ich, thi igh not accomplishing their entire obj-rt ., red-ct honor on 'he discipline antl prowess of our soldiery, the best augur'm ot cv. n.u.u victory. In the same scale areto be placed the late successes in the south, ortr Tie if the m i it paw rfu', which had beeorpe one .f the most hostile alio, of the InA tr'-Ves. It ui'd h- improper to close thia cnrntnv licauoa witho.it expresing a tliankfulness, ij whi.-.a ill ought to unite, for the numerom hrl)e -t p.ovisiofl against an un-i-soiblislunent, aj weii a a re- No communications fIOm our Knvovs having UiU victory eve. a Lure bodv c,i them, p-'mud 1 1- ree.jn.ui n.l ITacrted us, no tntormation on tile su' ject has u.ider the t nnieiuate command of Maior Gei;. ' miiim been received iron mat source. Uut it is Jackson ; aa ofiiccr eqtin distinsruished for A"- exposure Ol the U- O'.ite:-.. to C' lig ess a re.vi wii ol the s for .he pu. po e v,l sccu. iig, m ac :i)'e service i n, ail detac.uuetits cad- even among ia .se Uuiraii Sta'es, w as ready, if not employed on our side, to be turned against us. A dcp-;t- ture iroin our piotr.u tecl 1 orbearance to a known that the mediation was declined in the first instance, and there is no evidence, not withstanding the lapse of time, that a change of disposition in :l' e British Councils, has ta ken place, or is to be expected. Under such circumstances, a nation proud of its rights, and conecious of its strength, has no choice but an exertion of the one m tup port of the other. 10 this determination, the best encourage- cent the services tendered hy them, has thus mem is derived from the success with which KLll hi c d upon us. But, in yielding to it, it has pleased the Almighty to blest our arn;s, tu; ic tali at km has been rait! gaud as much as both on the land and on the water. I possible, both, in its extent und'iu its character, Whilst proofs have been continued of the stopping far short of ezampie of the ene enterprize and skill of our cruiser, public and mv, who owe the advantages thay have occa private, ca the ocean, and a new Kuphy ; tonally gained in hatde, chitliy to the num. ed in the capture of a Biitish by an American bcl- dioir savage associates ; and who have vessel of war, after an action giving celebrity j a,,. -controlled them either from their usual to the name of the victorious commander ; Jie jm-..'ioc uf indiscriminate massacre on defenc grat inland waters, en which the enemy wi re j U:sa i.d.abiun.s, or i.om scenes of carnage also to be encountered, have presented alchiev- j v. itho.u a pa; . ailci, prisoners to the Brittsh ments of oer naval arms, at. brilliant m their atnis, guarded by ..il tne laws oi huiuaniiv and character as they have been tmpoi'aut in their 'of honorable wai. COr.sequtncts. d . l.'f,- ilse en .i kilties, t'ne enemy are equal- On Lake Krie the squadron uiu'nr command , tv re .poi.nibi.-, ..v.ir.e; with the power to pre of captain Perry, having met the British ?qua- ! C(U I'.u rn they want the wdl, or with the dron, of ru;x:ior force, atanguinaiy conflict ! k ,ov. led-.e of a" want of power -they still avail ..111 i . la..-. I - ended ia tne capture ot tnc w.t'Ic. Ihe con duct of that officer, adroit as it was daring, & which was so well secluded by his coim ades, "jutly entitles them to the admiiation and er.i tirudfof their country ; and will fill ao e.ul) page in its naval annals, with a victor)-, never surpassed in lustre, however much it may have ieen in magnitude. On Lake Ontario, th caution of the BritUh commander, favefed by' contingencies, frus trated the efforts of the American comniand er, to bring on a decisive action. Captain Cnauncey was able, however, to establish an ascendency on that important theatre ; and to prove, by the manner in which he affected e very th'ujg powible, that opportunities only were wanted, for a more shining i . play of liis own talents and of the rrilantry. ui those uader his command. The uccii on Lake Erie having opened a paiagc to leii itory of the enemy, the of t:ei toUiHiaodrng th north-tiwestern army uaatfcn td the Wax thither jnd rapidly pur. fcMiui; the bouile tror" .hsg with their aa- his patriotism and ii!3 military talents. ! ed into the eniploymMit, and placed und-. r I he LVt.teni.atlc petseverap.ee of the enemy ! the government of the United btates. in coui ting the aid ol tlie savttges in all quar ft will deserve the cotisidrvation of Con lets, had the natural effect of kindling their ,r-1 grc .s also, whether, amorg other improve diuarv prooemby to war in'.o a passion, winch, J .nt::s in the militia laws, justice does not re- best diaiK-sed towards die quire a regulation, uad.r due precautions, iur -k fraying the expence incident to the hrs: as sembling .is well as to the subsequent move ments ol detachmer.t3 called ioto the national service. To give to our vebsds of war, public and pri vate, the requisite advantage iu their cruises, it i. of much importance that they should have, both for themselves and their prizes, the use of the ports of friendly powers. With ihis vi cw, I recommend to Congress the expedien cy oi such legal provisions as may supply ihe defects, or remove the doubts ot the Execu tive authority to allow to the cruisers ot othei powers, at war with the enemits of the Uni ted States, such use of the American ports and markets as may correspond with the pri vileges allowed by such povvcto to American ciutsers. Daring the year ending on the 30th of Sep tember last, the receipts into the Treasury have exceeded thirty seven millions and a hall cl dollars, of which near twenty four millions were the produce of loans. After meeting ah the demands tor the public service, there re mained i,n the Treasury on that day, near se ven millions of dollars. Under the authority contained in the act of the J,u of August last, for borrowing seven millions and a half of uui lars, that sum has been obtained o.i levins more favorable to the United States than 'those ol ihemseiva oi tucl inst. uineuts. In other respects ihe enemy are pursuing a coarse wrucn tin catena consequcuces most aiHicting to hnmanitv. A stva .J;:;,; '.aw of Great Britain naturalize, as is vell knpvva, all aliens, complying with c.mc. nuns lituiied to a shorter period than those required by the U. States; and natural ized subjects are, in war, employed by her 1 government ia common with native subjects. I the preceding ioaa made during the prej m iu a contiguous British province, regulations promulgated since the commencement ot the war, compel citizens of the U. States, being there under certain circumstances, to bear arms ; whilst of the native emigrants from the U. States who compose much of the populati on of the province, a number have actually borne arms against the U. States within their limits; some of whom after having done so, have become prisoners of war, and are now in our possession. The British commander ia that province, nevertheless, with the sauction, as appears of his government, tnought proper year, runner sums to a considerable amount will be necessary to be obtained i.i the same way during the ensuing year ; and from the j increased capital of be country, from the fi delity with whicuthe public engagements have been kept, aud tire public credit maintained, it may be expected on good grounds ttTat the necessary pecuniary supplies will not be wau: ing. The expetices of the current year, from the multiplied operatious falling within it, have necessarily been extensive. But on a just es timate of the campaign, in which the mass of bit'Silng-. with which our beloved country can-1" tinti s to be fav ired ; for the abundance which f v.-t r-ipreadi our land, a d the prevajjjy I h-alth if i .s inhabitants ; for the preserve ot oar riternal tranq tihtv, and the stability ol o or iree ins it iti ins , and aDove all fo; tit lirit of divine trut a. aid the protection of e v rv man's conscience in the enjoyment of it, And .although am ng ojr blessings we canntx n i nber an exemption In.a the evils of war yet these will ne ver be regarded as the greatest evils, by the tiiendsot liberty, aid of the rights of nati ins. Our country has before preferred them to the degrading condition which w.n the alternative, when the sword was dra.v.i iu the cause which gave birth td our national independence ; and none who contemplate the m .gnitude, and feel the value ot that glorious event, will shrink from struggle to maintain the high and uappy ground on wincn u placed tne American people. With all good citizer.s, the justice and ne cessity of resisting wrong aod usurpations n longer to be borne, will sufficiently outweigh the privations ad saoiGces, inseparable fro a state of war. But it is a reflection, mort over, peculiaily "consoling, that whilst wars ail generally aggravated by their baneful effect! on the inte'foftl improvements and Dermaneut prosperity of the nation engaged in tienj such is the favored siiiration of the UWwd S ates, that the calamities of the contest into which they have been compelled to enter, art mitigated by improvement and advantages of whim the contest itself s -he source. Id" the war h vj e;v -rrased the interruption! ' .f our eo nmerce, i. hu -it th- same time che-r:sh-d a...) mul i p 1 1 d our mancf. cum s, S' SJ '. -n u t us t oo p ;ii l . tit c t an other coumneJ tor the :n .-ie :,.. otial bra; chc f t which we '...gilt to oe depeade -.t on n-nc ; .nil is even r ipi ily giving them ai extent which vb! create id-iitioa.il st ip:e j to our luture mt. rc nurse 1 Wn ii fjreiJT.i m..rket3. If oiucii ireasure has been expended, no ia coriiiiierauie poriiun oi it has Urea applied to .bject durable in their value, and neccssarv to our permanent sale'.v. If the war has expo red iu to increased spo r.tiods on tlie occao, and to ptctbuory incur sions on the l i.nl, it iias developed the nation al me am of retaliating the farmer, and of pro viding protection :g.;: st tbe latter; denl.'tl stratrtg to all, that every blow aimed at our maritime independence, i. an impulse'accelc rating the growth of our :uai itime power. liy diffusing througii .be mass of the nation the elements of military discipline and in- s rctioh, by aug.n-r.ling and disti itjuti.- g war. like pteparatiotis, applicable to lu.ure Uv , byl evincing the zeal and v. dor with which heyl will be employed, aa l the cheerfulness with winch every ncctsr burden wiil be bonis fl greater respect f -r our rights and a longer d ration ot our fataie peace are promised, thai could be expected wrhout titcse proofs ot ti j national character and resources. ' '1 'ue War has prj-cd, moreover, that out ' free g ivertiaient, ii.re ,th r free g jv rumcotV ihougn slow ia its ctn'y movements, acqnirtS in its progress a loii.e pro .riion-d to its frcw dun; and that the union of tne3e states, thff got diau of tne weed a and safety of all of each, is strengthened .by every occasion paa! pa.s it to tlie lest. lu fi.ie, the a-, wi ill its vicissitudes, is ilia .traih.g tlie c.'.ptu ;t , and ihe destiny ofth I;, o.a-e, .) .e a 7 at, a 11 u ijliinf aad a w.rtav li.'jpwSca i al a itli -i iocd, by its own example 1 po v e; lal .n.cn 11 i.lti.i;l 1- 1 r ii..,. ci t.is irienusnii' VI to cultivate witn, au to sejecf. from Agrctlcan priaprater ot war, gpd jthem hrn been incurred, the fjoat riH not to require Ironi a. I an ob-iCrvanco-of the laW3 ol justice a;r.l reijirocity. Beyond thest: their clainii lnue never extended; and, in contending for these, we behoid a subject f our congratulations, in tlie daily testimonies of encreasiug harmony throughout the nation and may humbly repose our trust in the smiltfJ of Heaven on so righteous a cause. JAMES xMADlSON. Washington, Dee. 7, 1813. 1 ' . . t '
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