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We stem (PRESWIWM .MESSAGE.) ftH.iuntMiv VTtaii tv MfttiyTVfiMwni'Mtivw tn iat" 1 tm'seor Mr.rr.ir.rTjTirt. TM mm af U l0. C;- si tW S!, Waa Ml 4 f MkIW Of. "" a Ma4r, r. Itl U4 I in td iM i tfjr. T twMM, srr H-e M " '" e tr4 j TbJ CWrt, wwW m a, tan it 9 , 4. W. (Wl 41, J M-U1 n tUf fmaawai ir, L. O .--4, 4 1 ttnjfwf Oa U ate-l irUt, T;k C4rvtd W, ITIf 44, Csambal 41, WiyU. ml, ea4J eaatwrkf. Ma IT, TrH ?'ew-Yek. (ad ferssavhr la) tbar. aWdaaWrd da'f r!asd, SJ e.a tli.t 14 toJM U ipaaliid IM tW Oa Matthew U. CUr CWt.tU ferav at CVrtu m pi4 te iVat flV, Jab . O. Ix waa tpctJ arrat el Ami I WtX, dor -kspr i Md 0. Urr, fcu oW ajefse. , Tm Haswe ike Jor4 tv ftfcUtj i kLmiM the Iimk m UmW t4 taws tr(rf eapjJjmf IkvMltM Ub Mapa vlfilftf the lonaxt rsk af IM Haa as paiafeaf uwi TrtwAM e4 mwwt eamtart. tew S ail a) tlM tVeatdtwl ef tt VitrWd tatta ad Mum htm tt the fraaiasttu af the Immm, 44. WMiitiwwnl low. pUee, Ut M t'ciuck rt 4. TaeryjTK. TVs Vk tWUt of me UaittJ Hates l-k ike CWW ti 13 Vctock, at sihich &f 37 lemv taws wf la tir Mb i r4 the ttmte mm P mult M Um hmK, tppotntmr Mrwt. 4Jowm4 lis 13 'dork Kit dif. ' 1 AW, tr, lU lUWuif JUrmmr, aic r rv iw ( (.uw. u AmJ u - trw kartctt to br it kr4r lit roilwt lK ffr (Wim, to f mr-fpr, to kirtki. fttJM M W 0J at ptbliCUl. la Ukinr central uttf of tb con cr of our beloved countrjrk itb refer cnc to tubjccii interttitn to the com mon welfare, the Int enumeot which tnpremt iiKlfupon-tbe rniod, U of g retiiode to the Omrupotcot Diipcnier of 11 Good, Lr tbe coouDiuoce of the wctul bletiingi of bit Provkleocct tod cipecUl- If tor t hit bealth wHkht to an uouiut w oiiegU hxt nrtri iihin our borderi i 4a for tbt buuJihcc wnrtn, ro i ! tliUmdei of the eaoav.hai biees teat Ufed with profution over our land. - Nor " oueht we lets to eKribe t llim the f lo- T-TTllt wtre permkted l enjoy the bounllei of Jill hind lirpeics md'tnn oullitr t in peace whb all the other na tloneof tbe earth, h traoqullity among otirMWea There baa. Indeed, rareljr been a period in the history of cmlixed man in which the general condition of eileoaivelr bt peace and properiif . tu - rontt with e few partial and unhappy ex cpiiHt h"enoed titryeara vf pec ; durkut whkb.aU her Coernment, hat e?er the theory of tbe conatitutloa may have been, are itieceaaJvelf taocht lo fee that the end of their Initiitfiion ia the oippineii of the j?eoplei and that the etercite of power amon men can' be . juatined only by the bleiMnga it confer vpon thoae oer whom it it extenaca. . Dutina;,theiiame.-Mriod, our inter "coujm with alt tboae nations baa been pacific end friendly it ao continuei, Since ibe cloae.of jour JaM ; . ielont no ntaterul variation hat occurred in our re lationa with an one of them. In the commercial ind navleaiion' ayitem' o Great IJritiin, important changes of mu- nicipal regulutioa have recently oeen '.unctbnedJby act of.Pirliament, the ef fect of which, upon the interests cf other nations? ind " nartlculartr noon ours, has not vet beh fuliv developed. In the re cent renewal of the cnptomatc-iaaB on both aides, between-the4wa-govern' nentsy asturances" Iwve been given.. nl received of the continuance and increase of that mutual confidence and cordiality br which Hie adymtment of many points - of difference had -already beeneffcciediJ nd which affords the surest pledge for . ultimate satisfactory adjustment ol those which lull remain open, or may nereai ter arise. . ' '-" ' - " The. policy of the United States, in their commercial intercourse with other nations, has always been of the most lib 'era! character;- In the mutual etchnge 'of their respective productions, they have "abstiihe ittbgi'tfier Tromprohbitidhs-, the 'have inif rtlirted themaelvea the .Jowejr,of4ajr wiicuevcr iiicj.iiavc iuicu nit.unu shipping, by special preferences, 9rJ, elusive privileges in their own ports, it has bees only with a View, to countervail similar favora and exclusions , granted by , . tbe nations wiih-wbom we have been en gaged in traffic, to their own peojle or jhippi-DKiiPf tPJh? i disadvantage of our V immediately after the close of. the last vfarVa proposal was faklfmade by the act of Congress cf the 3d of March, IS 15, l 111 tWi raari.Une fttilons, to fay tl UM If at as U fiua.l MitrktiuBS d tatloiVAa, mI U ptK4 iVf hpAt Mb prlla la tbe tann trade, m i M!nf if 4'2tuHiv,la rtatU id IU 44 wai fru!!rJ aiUUrif Uctylii by Crtat I'rttaU, $wip, tb Usxintbe JfM4ik Citlea Pmaaia, Sr ifiiili. tS Uttie OUeAbwrx iMJRes- tU. It was ilsa idepud, tmdff iimlo tvodi&caMioos, la ovr Ui tamaaartUI 'Ttatio whk Traexe- And, by tbe act ef Cocjtsu of f Uk Janua;, 1134, U a4 received ins cenSrmailon, wlxh ill tbe ftatiuoi wb Ud acceded U M, and bai beta ffrtd tsla to ail tbote who ae,or auy hereafter be, wlillaf to abide us reclpmliy by It- Pat all Ibeae rerv Utkxu, whether csiaUiabed by treaiy, of by BHjnklpal enaxlmcots, ere stllj aub- iocs to OM impoftani restriction, tbe removal of dlacrimtoaiine duties of too- ate i4 of ioiptMi, Is limited to ankles of the growth, produce, or manufacture, of tbe country to whkb the vessel be tonvs, or to suck ankles si are moil useally first shipped from her port. Ul deserve tbe serpui cooOJersiie) of Coagtess, whether evcaihia rtmaantol 7.1 ... aa M rrwrtcuoo may wtn tw sawiy aoanoonoa, and obeUKf the rtneraJ leader of eowal cempethtoa made ia the act of lib Jaou 17, 1131, may not be mended to include U ankles of avert bandiie not probrated of what country toaver they may be tbe produce of manulattare. Propoviiooa 10 Ibis effect bav already been made 10 us by morw than woo Europe fwerw meat 1 and it Is probable," that If once es tablished by krulaiion or compact - wiib any dtatinguitbed maritime mate, it would recommend Itself by the ezperttwee of its advantages, 10 the general acccsaaoo of a!L The Convcntioa of Commerce and Navigation between tbe (Jolted States aod ranee, concluded on tbe 34(b of June, 1133, was, in I he understanding and to- lew of both partiea, as sppear a poo lia face, oolv a temporary arrangemenl of the points of difference between ibetn, of the most Immediate and preatiug urjeo- It waa limited, lo tbe brat Inatsnce, 10 two years, from iho 1st of October, 1133, but with a proviso, that It should farther reoeral and ccniiiuve He mtnt I tinfess termintied by a wuik sU months in advance, of either ol tbe par es to the other. 1 Its operation, so far as it-extended, ha been mutually advanta geoua; and It si Ul continues in force by common content. Hut it left unadjusted several objects of great Interetl to tbe ci lizena and aubiecta of both countries, and oanicuUrlv a mass of claims, lo con sidcrable amount, of citiicnaof the United State UDon tht Government of trance of Indemnitr for tiropeHy taKen w des troved under circurastancea of tbe mpat aggravated and outrageous character In the long period during wbkh conilmiai and earnest appeals have been mad to the equity and migoanimity of France, in be Dal I ol tbeso claims, ineir juauce has not been, as it could not be, denied It was hoped that the accession ol a new Sovereign to tha Throne would hsve af forded a favorable opportunity for presen tbgihem to tb cooperation ofJus.Gov emmcnt. They hive oeen presentea and urted, hitherto without effect. The rerjeated- and earnest Ttpreseotalions of our Minister at the court 01 r ranee, re T ... . - . " 1' main as ret even without an answer Were the demsnds of nations upon tbe juatice of each other susceptible of adju dication bv tbe sentence of ao imparti tribunal, those to whkh I now refer would lone since hsve been settled, and ado ouate Ihdeinnitr would have been obtain ed. There are large amounts of similar . vr n . claims upon Tthe Nethertanosi sanies, ana Denmark, r or those upon pain, prior to 1819. indemnity was, alter many years of patient forbearance, obtained, and tnose uDon Sweden have been lately compromi- the claimahts themselves- have -acquies ced. The Governments of Uenmark and of NaDlea have been recently reminded of those yet existing against them ; nor will any of therti be torgotten wnuo a hbDe mar be indulged 01 ootauiiDg jua iira. h ih meaha within the constitu tinn.l nnwer of the Executive, and with- ..ir M-anrtincr 10 thole measures of self-re-' dress, which, as well as tbaj 'Hmti ciraim atances.and occasion, whlcn may require It is with grelt eatisracuon tnat 1 am enabled to oear wnneaa w m "" " rr-t t with which the Republic 01 uoiomoia has made aaiisfaction for well-established claims of a similar character. And among ,k rirw-nmenta now communicated to Congress, will be distinguished a Treaty of Commerce ind Navigation wrth that Renublic, tbe ratifications ot wnicn nave been exchanged einco tbe last recess ol Tbe fcrtodMa of Jav ilar traailaa whb a3 ie ladcendeat noutk A parka a Stat a, ni fit 40014 asy tJatod, sod auy;yt M drtonraUat Tie Uals af fbe aU, si ,firva4 by tbe UaJud NaUs, has b) laid as two ptiav itri lit c4 if ttHr$ tt4 IS-jialc4 rwcljvrockf 1 the otFer the aautUa oUlg;i tlMStf.Uaa partatfa loplKf lack other persaaftfwUy posIkA.auoikg 0 lk4 moat firorsd wtlwv " These prmdpUi are, Udied, UkdUpetwable to the effscraaJ emaadpailoo of I If Ameriua kemls abert from tbe iknldwm of svloaUiieg aaoeopolUi sad esckjlos aji event rspidlr rsslii lag la tbe trogrestV kd maa af aln, and srbkk ike raUataKe at ill ppoaad h cenaJa Dsns of Coropito IM acknowWdfmeot el the Souther Amort can tUpublks as mdepende at Sunt, will. It is believed, contribute more enictwaily lo accomplisk. The lime kei bets, end ikvt not rtmoie, wbe soene o( tboae Slates mlrki, la tbclr aatlous cWre 10 obtain e oominal rwcofrnkioo, fare ac cepted of e nominal knoepeftdenie, clog- red with burdensome cosMKiooaj and ex clative cemmertUI pflviUgii' granted 10 tbe nation from wbick they hsve se p rated, to tbe ditadvaMage af rU otkert Tkey are now all aware that sock coocee Uoae to any Canvpea naiio, would be IncompauMe witk tha Independence nkh they have declartdaM maintained. Among ike measures kbkb ksve been ucgttied lo them by tk new relatlooa ith one another, reauhhf from tbe re cent changes of their coldliloo, is that of assembling, at the Itthfaes of Panama, a Congress at wbkh eaci of them should be rrprrsentcd, to detlbcaite upon objects mporuat to tbe welfardor ill. "The Ke publki of voIombU, 6 Mexico, ind of Central America, have already deputed Plenipotentiaries to sue a meeting, and hey bate invited the U II ted States lo be I to represented there bt their ministers he invitatioo has been accepted, and ministers on the part1, of the United States will be commits idned to attend at bote deliberation, and to take part In hem, so far as may be compatible with that neutrality from wbick it la neither our intention, nor the desire of tbe other American States, that we fkoutd depart. The commissioners under the Seventh the Report recently received from too Agent 00 the part of the United States, there is reason to expect that tbe com mission wUTbe closed at their aext ses sion, appointed for the 33d of May of the ensuing year. Tbe other commission, appointed to ascertain the indemnities due for slaves carried away from tbe United States, af ter the close of tbe late war, have met irllts some di&culiy, srkkk kaa dela red their progress in tbe inquiry. A refer ence bas been made to the British Gov ernment on tbe subject, which, it may be hoped", wiJIiend4Q Weft Jh J,?c!,,on of. the Commissioners, or serve as a sudsu tute Ibr it. Among the powers specifically granted to Congress by the Constitution, are those of estsblishlng uniform laws on tbe sub ject of Bankruptcies throughout the Uni ted Sutes 1 and of. providing for organit. tng arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in tbe service of the United Stfctes.The magnitude shd com plexity of the interests affected by legis lation upon these subjects may account for the fact, that, long and often as both of them have occupied the attention, and animated the debates of Congress, no systems have yet been devised, for luinii: 1 intr. to the satisfaction of the community. the duties prescribed by these" grants of nosrer. Ta conciliate) the Claim 01 me individual-citiaen to the .enjoyment of personal liberty, with tbe effective eoiiga tioft 6f hrivate contracts, if the diftoilt problem to be solved by a law 01 runtcr. These are obiects of the deepest . . . o t - Interest tA-iociety ffccUngjli lth,.t precious m the exiitenco of mtuiuM nf nersons. manr of them in the classes essentially dependent and belpkssj of .t . L. 1 . ..J Ikf Ik iho age requiring nurture, entitled to protection, from tne iree BBen- Cy of the parent and the husband. The organization of the Militia is yet more in dispensable to the liberties ol tne coun- ' r . - . f .a. a try. It Is only by an enecuve wiiuw in wo ran t tmee'enjoy the H pose of peace, and bid defiance to foreien aeeression ; it is byabe, mili.tii .ihat we are constituud ttrmmil nation.. siandirHt : Irf " perpetual panoply ot dencey lo ' tnr presenief all the other nations ouno earin.. a this end, it would be necessary so; to shape its organization, as.- to give it a mnr united and active enerenr.' There are laws for establishing an uniform mili tia throughout the United Stales, and for armincr and equipping .its whole body. But it is a body of dislocated members, without the rigor of unity, and h.ving lit- ike UrMaiQre. tie of (MilCfmhri bwt lb tae. Tt U lust Law ibis moat Impovuat Instiurluo the power el wkkk H k aoace pitUe, and te make u ivaJUUe br ike dikaco of the Uakm, at the shortest avotko and at Ike tmatkst eipcaso of Umo ff Ufa, amd of trtiiarciriimcacgtkl boocctl tat l pectotl from'th pemtarbg ddtUrs tauo of Cwagrsa. 1 Amaor the uetJwUlnjllciioai' our tsaikasal ptospwHtyt ! the Courts rug state of oar fiiuAcas. Tbe rereouu of ike pf stent vet, from til thai LteUiipsJ sources, will exceed the aatklpaUona of Ike last. Tbe balance la tbe INaauryi on ike Irst of Jtauarv Last, wai 1 little short 0 two anllOoflS of dollars, exclusive of two millions and half, being the moiety of ike lot oflve millions, 14 ikorlaedky tVe Act of Silk Hay, 1134 The receipts into the Treasury from tbe first of J aaearr to the tklnletk of Sep tember, exclusive of Ike other moieiy of Ike same kaa, are estimated at aJxteel mlllione five kundted kouaad dollars j and It Is expected tkat those of ike cur rent ousner will exceed I've millions of I dollars i forming a aggregate of receipt! of ocarfy tweatv two millions, Indepen dent of tke loan. The expenditures of the year will wot exceed tkat sua snore than two millkms. By tke eipaixfl lures, nearly eight millioos of iho pvlnrl pel of the ptiblk debt have been discharg ed, alore than a mtlUoo and e half hat been devoted to the debt of gratitude to the warriors of ibe Revolution 1 a nearly equal sum to the construction of fortifica tions, and the acquisition of ordaance, and other permanent preparatives of na tional defence 1 half a million lo the gradual Increase of tbe Nary t an equal sum Cor purchases of Territory from tke Indians, and payment of annuities te there 1 and upwarda of a million for ob jects of Internal Improvement, authoris ed by special Acts of the last Congress. If wo add to these, four millions of dol- Urs for payment of interest upoo tbe pub tk debt, there remains a sum of about seven millions, which hsve defrsyed tke whole exrwnse of the Administration of Government, in its Legislative, Execu tive, and Jodklery Departments, Includ ing ike support of tke Military and Naval Lsuhliskmenta. and all occasional coo- thjcencks of a Government co-extensirf Thoamotinl of outlet Secured on mer chandise imported, from tbe commence meot of.the rear, is about twenty-five millions and a half end that wbkh will acciue durinr lb current quarter, is cs tirosted at five millions and a half 1 from these thirty-one millions, deducting tbe drawbacks, estimated at less than seven millions, a sum exceeding twenty-lour millions will constitute tbe revenue 0 the year ; and trill, exceed lhe,hole ex pendiiures of tbe yesr. The enure amount of publie debt remaining due on the first of January bcxt, will be abort of eighty-one millions of dollars. - By ao Actof ConV4l oMba third 0 March last, a loan of twelve million dollars was authorized at four and a half per cent, or aa exchange of stock to tbe smount of 41 per cent, lor a stock six per cent, to crest a fund tor ex tinguishing an equal amount of tbe pub lic debt, bearing aa interest 01 aix per ce4r-mdcomaM-rc account f the measures taken lo give effect to this Act will be laid before jiou by the Secreiar of the Treasury. As tbe ob ject which it had in view has been but . . tea a eV a. partially accempliahed, it win oe tor me consideration of Congreas, whether the Dower with which it clothed the Lxecu live ahould not be renewed at an early day of the present Session,- nd under what modifications. The act of Congress of the 3d of March last, directine the Secretary of the i reas jury i o sooKribc, in-tho name and for the use of tbe United btates, lor one tnous and five hundred shares of" the capital stock of the Chesapeuke and Delaware Canal Comnanr, has been executed by tfacctnal-subscription- for-tbe-amouat specified, and such other measures have been adopted by that officer, under tbe act. as the fulfilment of its intentions, re quires. Tbe Utest accounts receiveJ of this important underiaking, authorize the belief that it is in successful progress. The payments into the Treasury from nroceeds of the sales of the Public Lands, during .the present year, were estimated at one million 1 of dblffra. r The ectuafre ceiots of the first two quarters have fallen vrr Iktla short .of that sum L it Js .JWt will be equally as productiy. 'r but the in come of the year from that source may . ..j :n: ..j now oe sateiy estimated ai uuuwu uu a half. The Act of Congress of IS th of Mar.. 1 834. to provide for the extinguish ment of the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of public lands. "Sras limited, in its operation of relief tJT the purchners, to the tenth of ApriHast effect at tk ea4 of lk aywriir. dakg hkk It eiplred, was to redute ikst sk'j4 from lew to aevsa mjmos. Vf Ike opo tba) of similar prior lawi of feUef. froai 4 alaxf that of 3d of Marcks liJMb dabt has Uo rejtui l,"fr Of totsr-a mtlUaoS. to WSW It 1 esta' elpgff deslrsM that k akotiU b iftlf gvlskod ahatetker atttj to UiHuie lt towsemmstsoot I roeemaeadlo Congtrtl . iko 'revival, ff on BbrYlP( MTT. Act tJt llrft May, III, wltk tuck pwu- foiul ttMkdifieaik at mar be necessary lo Eisrs tbo puUk hiereat agslaat fraodo ot practkei I the resale of lk Ntlo- quliUd land. Tke purxkssersof mbm lands are imofig tke snott utoful of our fetlowiaxeas and, sloe thi ifsitm of saki for cask aloe ha l beta introduced, rreet iBdulrtoc kit Veeo justly exten ded to those wko ksd pretk-atJy purcka sad oa credit. Tke debt wkkk kad been contracted vndef tke credit sales kad be come uawkldf, and In cxiloctloo wh silks advamagrott to the purchaser and tbe public. Under Ibe system 01 saws, matured is U Ut beta hy esperleoc, and adapted to the e iigrtKks of the timet, the lands will contlaue, aa tkey have b. come, a, ibtmdaol source of reveni tod.whr tk pledge of them to the pub lic crodhwf skaJl have bee redeemed by lb antlra dJacharre of I be Uoa4 debt, Ibe swelling tide of msH "U bkt tk. r.rJfkt J, iba common Treasury msy be made so re flow in unfailing streams of mprovemeat from lb Atlantic lo It Pacific Ocean. The condition of tbe rations braochei of tbe public service resorting from lb mm a a t J I 1 . Jepartment of War, atvo metr aoreinis trstioo during the current year, wtu 00 exhibited la Ibe. Ke port from ibe Secrete ry of War, and tbe accompany lag docu ments herewith communicated. Tko organisation and discipline of the army are effective and satisfactory. To coun teract tk prevalenc of desertion among tbe troop, it hss been eugga 10 Jth bold from the men a small portion of tbelr monthlr oar. uatU the period of their dis charge 1 and some expedient appesrt to be necessary, to preserve and maintain among the officers so much of tbe art nf horsemanship as could acxftely fall to be found wanting, on in possible, rod-, den eruption of war, wbick ahould over- Of csvslrr. Tho Miluary Academy at Weaf-Pofnt, under the rcstrlctlooi of severe but paternal superintendence, re commends itself more and more to tho pstroosgeofthenstioof and tb number of meritorious officers which It forms sn J Introduces to the public service, furnish es tbe means of multiplying the under takings of public improvements, to wbick their acquirements at that Institution. ira pecullariy adapted." Tbe school of Anil- lery practke, eatablithed at Fortress Mon roe, is well suited lo the same purpose, and may need the aid of further Jcgisla- tire provision tb tbe same "end. Tho Report from the vsrioos officers st th head of the administrative brancbel of the militarr servke, connnected with tho ' quartering, clothing, subsistence, health, and pay, of tbe Army, exhibit the assidu ous vigilance of those officers lo the per formanc of ibeir respective duties, and tbe faithful accountability which has per- reded every part ojflh systenu . T lV Our relations with tbe numerous tribes of aboriginal natives of this country,' scat tered over its extensive surface, and so dependent, even for their existence, upon our power, hsve been, during the present yesr, highly interesting. An Act of Con gress of 25tb May, 1834, made an appro- ?riation to defray the expenses of making reaties of trade and friendship with ibo Indian Tribes beyond the Mississippi. An Act of 3d March, 1 83S,-authorized Treaties to be msde whh the Indians for their conaent to the making of a road fromtheTrontierof M isour to -that of blew Mexico. And another Act. of iho .j-j e 1 ssme Cate, proviaca ir betraying ins exnenaea of holdintr Treaties -with tho Sioux, Chippewayi, MenomeneeS. Sacks. Foxes; jkc. for the purpose of establishing boundaries and promoting peace oeiween aaitl Tribes. The first and the last ob- ectsof these Acts have been accomplish ed ; and tbe second is yet in a process of execution. Th Treaties which, sine the last Session of Congress, hsve teen concluded with the several Tribes, will be laid before the Senate for-their eon- idetaitonCQ tion. Ther comprise large and ralua- ble acquisitions of Territory and they leufe: tt;djumeM several Tribes r which -had been. Jons; waging bloody wars against each other. On the 2thof February last, a Treaty was simed at the Indian Sprinirs, between Commissioners appointed on the part pf - . r a a a ai the United States, and certain cnieis and ndlvlduals of tbe Creek Nation of Indi ans, which, wis received it the Scat of 4-SH4aUh i i -.v' I r. p. I I -t. t i -? . i s i, ! -orrff.-.-e.S... 3, r ' i f X t -1" I , 4 ..,,4.. ' , J:
