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valu 0 potlK tW t4 t N
aUe hel the Interests w bit w
frtek and friendly Hiertw'M
if Ihil repubbf, asthoa of hit po
pi would be advanced bv a liberal
ofArKul(urcxir with our coun
Iff, A undid eed cemEdrntial ieiter.
thage of aeMleienia Utweee him
eaxl the Government of the Uf,ltd
Siati, upoa the efairi .f 5-MiiKtfB
.mrrici, tool plate at a period
hog preceding nit demise, end con
irikMiird to It lht course of jJt
which Irfi to the other Govrrarorwt
of E-iroj bo attrns .five but lhai ol
aootw r liter recognixeg the idr.
prndrnce of OOf soilhern neighbours,
of which iht example had, by the
Uilrd Slelei, already here Ml, The
ordinary diplomatic tommuolcatioos
hfca his successor, ibe Emperor,
N' (solas tod lh Uied States, hava
tuff'rtd some Interruption tnr the
llTneis, departure. ad subsequent dr.
cease of hi minister rrtiding here.
wh1 enjosed, hr merited, the en.
tire confidence of hieoew eovtieigi",
at he had eminently rrapooded to ihi
of hii Dfrdrciv.r. Hot r hate hd
kit roifT ifef -ir, titUmlf ! !itlorir aiturincn, IBit
ikM Vr bHle. tnd nrrl'" hr rDtinrni of ih rti(i'ng rmprror
. tt 1 a.
prrtt oot ltb hit pen, but mi ni lowirdi ihr Unitra d'airt, arc alio
ord Tha writer txlif ihi tht rihrr confurmablr lo thoae which had
roplt ahoold know ihf iro-h bo:hW w one ind Ci Ottamlr inlawed hit
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IMmh f Mrt wM! U lalf
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tMwMr4i fttUr fcita. IflMr
a o-m riUg Wfikm. a( alagta !'
oi f't prtlftd by ikoaa ao
M' Wd Mm.
Tfea any U atkad. ly iM
ritr kn aiirnpttd l I a pMk
llur) ep Ifcf Ufa camirf ol Om
rJ iarkaowi1 Tkl qwtilo it aily
awtvcrtd A diiinwlKrd mtt. k (
larafd 10 irtoia tkt baWf ti Jttkvxt
rfly a 'Military ffcUft.U" Th
kyKt of ik riwr la la ako lki Ji
fta aim KOBcrtd ihUtn'h
polU)k0 waa aduratrd in runi
i!e4imyoSkl what a rtto4ok)0
try palriolt cemmcMtd Ika 'prarfV
ia preraUot in a a4iUd tnuntn,
M alrclrd likr klm. 19 IK fWntc tH
1LC of Bf7ftMtjt 0 h Coo
of l at oalVoo ( itxl unlik Mm.
Jvttr of tha Httnf Cmrt f hra
adopted Slait fx ail yean 1 and hf i
r . - . . . I....)..,. aa. 'Moaaitiat ln af a j l
. a a i .it
rtnaiat ajailkrtd,
W1O1 tim (Uttraatef ika MtV-rrU-xli,
Ul uUt aUadcaeMat of
Jit(naalaaiS dlUi t ad Ut tfpla
ud t7 aUgUVutf kU cmi UmH adtat
Te Kt &f nt'f Oti of
Atfd, b4iiW4 i3 diniiajlM
aafavf cWuaa f latpoalatwl Tcwaigr,
tag K Mala ad (Jo4 of it
Krihritaodj hi U fxrna ol K UaU
lid 5arra,-M om
Ta iki (5 .'( if ill Vil r,tr.stf, di
farm 14 4V k ' U Cai(ilJ 1 11a
iy U SwiUfk mtitmhti. Ml ai;4A
A (tiatiiiW af b I U IM a.(inpi
llv f Ua 8fuli itratttai. a4 U
Wilaa4 U U lttlU M iM part of iM
t'al'H Fu'ia. Il a Ut prated fcy
Ikt Xk f of Awrdaa, Ikal, pao4tr ff l
M(UfatfrtMt,ikiiHtf4 Trta
la lUajld 4 ajiajmati laoaUartd aa UI
)fi ton i a r a oklck wilt Mjwl
lk aKikof Cojh l Ua farriad
Iwt if ttl M rf pniaid lkka I Ikift
tot rHMf a4 t yof 1 ati4raiu.
M taa mm4 LHt4 taaa al'ia
taadt, iht: all t dui ?'l,MM11u- k.. mm t.iH.H. a.'.Ui lu.
Jaga aa k ah l 'iiU Ult-aakal if CttrillLI Jrgul
jtkf Lrtfd 6araf a M aUagdoaa, M 9 My li a ol r
I Ud LrM JUiUH4, -TVaaa) -alpo- ritnM bmvwr ktU Vmcm,
cat rtaajrikwa Hadfooiiawd ia fuftt PoataaUrxia of OiaM DHiaia). la Amafka.
torralyrar. wbta Im UiKfiaaioa- rjniMooa o if PUMPiBimnaaciw
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1I01 pldpl ucd ty h I ir Umwa fcaa oaah fof a
NnhcraodrU t flaw .od lodirrtl! f ta.ai-dUf.aalo. U..M..M oa
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ji5 Urt (( t'-.t .ia, I...!,!
ail ltotia oUli a :4 .
d!4 owtj IiiIm a tii.4k ol
Urg nifaaM(4 Wa m Htm
K (alalia la (' tla. U(ua ij
arrival a4 Walnrf If ad 4Hni$4
(antra of ertAva, M aa a
04f aalla P.J C atrlr,
frt a4 aftat lU a ol Dr raikti M
nmai, lMtfaol V4 n,n
front all ka rl.UI UiHil (wi), t
If pUg taoa llJttWadar4a
a 1frrtaWl ! aoaoa Ma ti!M.
lad. M Utolonnad lkt. ctauv
Mitooa aattog aotaa, lofi at a
My, 444 ail vrulfUiia) Ji y otWr.
oail'jtfti W a twnar aia fate y im( fowt gf"1'
utbfttt al MfotUihan, ktltalt NgaUtad
ry IM Uglalatiaa il la of M Paoty
aaUg iM Ikal iM PmU,,
Coa tathaM, iMrttorft Of'tiMt tv.
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1 i. u uotrrftmaftiai ad oo im pan otiM uai. iiit'ir owrfTWif i 1 ) irai at iM'
pralf rod Wiatply IM larmt "ffartrt
iMtrtaio t'tal magniiwlaaoddalKary M Arl of raUaarM, ol Jtj )0,
kadbato ajuwad t ika Coon!ofia of0rtal Brf'aia atd t o adtek tk
ll'J rv llll. oMla ikal rf 1131. H I triMIt ol IM Lit oiaiaa avr pmi
. a . 1 . . - 1 - a .1 .m 1.1. W(A
naiinfiai 'rr 11 1
Ih Lfnld 5iau are oo prlitd
n pariiciaie. by lh al of Coogtctt
bvouiM baa bacn rnaraie lor am
plotnttwa be ha hrW ibf mnnr in
hWh be baa rqulnrl Mmrll In ihoac
OTPpJomrait. and lii E'rta In Ell the
oaVr of Chief Maiirair of (hit great
ia4 (rr rtaiion
C0N0RR8S the U. STATE8.
On oaxlat,tHr 4(k retinal. (.'niigrrM mi
in tJ kiiM fHt . A niumin KftiA infvar.
A pr ol kcb follow :
I 'mteJ Sum.
am 1
imprrial broihrr and we nave rratou
10 hntte that ihev will acrte lo crmmt
that harmony aod good undrrifandinf
brtwrrn ihr monniona, which, .mn.
A mA im aa-vM mmr at t t I a P a a t rtnnAI K.il
' - . I lK-r at aiaawt.t a1l ak a. ai m a H a t a
rrauh in the ailvanccmrni of the wcU i ;
of 71b Jajuan, IIJ4, U diKrimioa
ling dtilia in the United Stalra were
agaia auapAdcd, M far at rel.ted lo
ihr vatatla od produce of iHe Nelh.
trlaod, ao org aa the reciprocal ri
rmpi.a htd be encoded ! the
rah) and pnxktct f the (Jailed
Sutra In lh Nnherlaoda. Hut the
Mdir ar prtvHra that ia Kc etent of
a rrator attoa of dlarriminating dut'ira,
i oprrata ttt)atr the ahlpptnf and
tommrni tr iht Uatied Staled' ia
ay of thr fftiga countriee refrrred
I iherrin, til auijnain of diatrim
inatinr duiieiin (a.f .f the wrea-
tion of loch'fnrrijfl cmntry ahotild
tfr, and at the proviiioot of the
act! impotinflfdiacnminatifig foreign
toanat aod itpoat duttea lathe UoU
led Sifti, ihtjld revive, and be id
full force withregard to that nation.
la the cofetpondrncr with the
Onirrrnmrnt f the Netherlanda upon
ihia iuhjrcl, tej hf contended thai
the (i r ahoati to their own ahipping
hr thit hount) upon their tonnage, 11
not in he conHerrd l a diacrimina
ti dutv. oil il cannot be denied
fare and proaprrity of both.
Our relatione of Commrrce and
Navigation with France are, bv tbr
vith that Nation, lo
ataie of gradual and progrriiive irn
provcmcni Convinced br all our
'iperienfr, no leva than by the princi-
rl . .1 lAw ami lihrral frflnfflfitv
.aM.' V"m ' 1 '
xoi rf a.--' I which the U one a otaua nave coo
'The attcmtiljgr of the neprrient4LUntly tendered to all tle njtioi.a "of
Urea of our Union in both rluei ol lnc etrth, It the rule of commercial
Con'greaa at thia lime, occura under iotercourae, which thev w.ld univer.
eircuanttaoeea calling for" the renewed iav prefer, that fair and equal com
aSoraage of our grateful acknowledge petition ia moat conducive to the in.
enu to the Giver-fall Good. With tereata. of bothiiarUc$-lhe United
a - r
the axceptiona t.nctdentat K nKljStarei, in bt orgrntatton ol that Con
vention, earnctllv contended for a
feliritoua-c- nditido of human exit'
nttnuc to be highly favor. I mutual renunciation of d'ncriminaiinff
td 10 all the ekmenta which cootru ,utift and chargra in the rria of the
bote to individual comfort and to na. two couo'riea. Unktle to obtain the
tional proaperity. In the aurvey of immediate recognition of thia principle
Our exttnaive country, we have gener. ,n it lull extent, after reducme the
alU t . observe abHle of health and dutiea of diacrimation , ao far as it vm
.'a a -a al .
ration 01 Dlrntv. in our civu.anai .na;nKlr. it .& avreed that-
i. . . . . . . . 1 ; '
politicalrela'iont, ne have peace wiih.l,, , he expiration of two yeara from
out, ana tranquility wttnin, our oor. thc i,t of October, 1822, when the
Urn. W e are, aa a people, increasing Convention wa to go into effrer, on
with unabated rapidity in p-puletion, lc8. notice of aix montha on either
Wealth, acd national reiourceai and, ,id- .hnuld be iriven to the other, that
whatever diffrrrncea of pinion exii th Convention itaelf must terminate,
am -og 01, with regard to the nvde those duties should be reduced bv
and Uie me-ina by which we shall turn one-fourth ; and that this reduction
TV oenencenc 01 neavei to ine im. ,hould be vearly repeated until all
provementof our own condition, there discrimination ahoujd cease while the
IX yet a apirit animati- g us all, which Convention itself should continue in
will not auflVr the bounties of ProvL force. By the effect of this sttpula
dence to be showered. npon us in vain, t;on. three-fourths of the discrimina
lnt will receive them-with grateful tinj duties which had be levied by
hearuand apply them. with unea- fIch puny upon the veisels of the
neq nanna, to wc qvancrrocni ui me .,ther in its ports, have already been
general good." removed; and. on the first of next
Of the aubiecta recommended to October, should the Convention be
the eonaideration of O'Ogreaa aMheir Ltill in fore, the remaining fourth
last aeision, some were men aenm. will be discontinued. French vessels,
tively acted upon. Others left unfin. 9den- with French produce, will be
IaheVJjut partially matured, will re. received in our porta oa the aame
11 id the mutaal abolition been stipu
I ted bv Treaty, such a bounty upon
tie national veatela could atarrrlv
Kwill faith.frU Jithe At t, of Co..
grriaof 7ihJanu.ryt 1824, hj tol
'Xprrtly' auth. tizrd the Exrcotivr
authtritt to determine what ih.ll be
cnniidtrrd as a revival of diacrimina.
ting dutirt bv a foreign Government
to - the disadvantage if the United
State, and aa the retaliatory measure
n our part, however just and recea.
tary, may tend rather to that omflict
f legislation which we deprecate,
than f that concert to which we In;
rd bv b l.ie rmparor AW laodrr, ba4
peomlard a atitfciay cirfnpofal of
rUlma wKkkiMOtrttrnmtnt ollM UM
tad 5iai, in juttita lo ika rijktt of a
numrrcyt lt 4 ibalr rliifna. wat
bngnd 10 tui -In Cut with rrg'd lo tba
CowmertUl inirrrou'w belwrro iM t'ni
lad Htatea and tKe D'i'itb CoionUa la
America, ii baa bean biibeno futiod im
praetk aMe la balitf iM partka lo an an
drratandtiii aailaf(torv lobolk. TM rt
Utlta tentrapbUaJ pmiiUo. aod iM rta
plia pewlueta of 0irr ruttitaird by
kumn iodutlry, bad eoaiMa)iad ika aU
ntfnis ol a coromarclal inttrtotirae ba
iwcca the Urlitd Ftaietaod Bitin Amer
if Bi intular and conUnentat. Tmpor-ot ft
iba lAbabitam f bob etMiMilat. Boi il
bad bea intrretkled by Great Biliain, vp
OB a principle heretofore pr.rticd upon
by lb colonltlng riatioeti of Eeope of
brdding the trade of their eolonla. raeb
in eiehjalvf mooopolr 10 beraelf Ahrr
iM termination of I ha late war, ibia intar
dicthrt bad been revived, and tbr BrHah
Government drrlinrd imludina: lka pnr
lion of oor interroorae wiih bar povaet
tiooa in the negotiation of lha Convention
ofll'S- Tbr trada waa then carried on
rx uitcly in Biitivh vcaaalt, till iba art
of Congreaa rnncemina navigation, of
llll. arjd the aopplemental acl of 1110,
met tbc interdict bv a eorneaponding me a
aure on the part of ibe United St. tit
J brae mcaturct, not of retaliation, hut of
.m. irtt,Mf( were anon torree
cur tdyourlittcntioo, without needing ,crm$ n our own f and ours, in re.
ill of orcirlWjrie Th turn, will enjoy the aame advantage!
: . Purpose-t?f thia cotnmaoicatioo-,wiU in tfiif Dorta cirFrwce, . Bv theac
11 pWfloyPrip
aspect 01 rur.puoiic anairs at una mo
TrientiJiQd 4heiei
been tileni Wlirry tyfoeKWXMri:
tentions of tha Legislature aa aigni
fied by the lav. a then and heretofore
eoactadr--;--- ...... . ,
In bur lotercourae with the; other
ftatb' a i f the earth, we tave arjlf the
happitiesi of erjoyipg pce and m
neral good unrlrratandmg q'jdi
rd), ho'rt tr, ijo -veralliniip.r at-t
tics and 01 cnarirei. not oniy nas tne
-commeref-;bftwnz
prospered, but -friendly dispositions
have bcea on both aides encouraged
aod promoted. They will continue to
be chrrrflhed nd cultivated 00 the part
of the U. 8. y It would have been gn,ti-
vjte all Commercial options, ai most
conducTve',to their" intereat and our
owe, I have thought it o.ore consisteot
with the spirit of our Institutions to
refer the subject agaio o the para
mount authority of the Legislature, to
decide what meaaure the emergncv
mav require, than abroptlv, bv Pr-c
lamatinn, to carrv into effrt thr mn
atorr proviiorr of the art of 1 824'.
During the last Seuion of Cngres,
1 rea'ie a of A-nliy, Nj-ltjafion ant Com
mere e. were neiroti-ted and siened ai thit
ptarr iih the Onvernmenl of Denmark.
in Europe, a d with the federation of Cen
n1 Amciira, in thia hemisphere. 1 hese
treaties then recrb-ed tbe ronstitutionxl
sanction of the $enatrbr the advice and
content to their ntifir a ion. They were
a cordial ratified on tbe part of the
United S'ates, aod during the recess of
Congress have been alto ratified by the
other reapectivr contracting parties- The
ratifications have been exchanged, and
they have bewt published by Prorlama
tion, copies of which are herewith com
municated lo Congress. 1 hee Treaties
have establisfied between the contracting
ded bi anArlff rarflameni, opening cer
uln toJooUr porta to tha ttuals of the
United Htatea, rnming directly from tkam.
and to the importation from them of car
tain ariclet of our produce, burdened
with heavr dutiea, and excluding eomt of
ttve mntt valuable articles of our eiports
The United 8utes opened Iheir portt'lo
liriiitb vettclt from the Colonies, upon
terms as eiarllv corrrtponrfing with those
of the Art of Parliament, at, in the rela-
ive position of the parties, could be made
And a " negotiation was commenced br
fvine to have had it in mv power to add.
that claims upon the justice of the
rrrncn ,vovrrotrcnt, irtoivipk mc
propem and the comfortable uibsia.i in tli Artie Seat, but none with regard to
. f ' '- a r it 1 . . . . ... t aj;
partirt the principles of equality and re
ciprocity in broadest and most liberal ex
tent 1 Each yarty admitting the vessels of
the other into its ports, laden with cargoes
the produci or manufacture of anv qur
ter of the globe, upon the payment of the
aame duties, of. tonnuge and Import that
re ebary-Wa)a) lhoir oWn- lbey
haver fortler ttlpurVted, 4bat-tn parties
shalt berrafietfiTtriirpow
irott of iftmltiercf'to any other- nation.
wituh aJull 4ux -tiDon the, aame tecra . be,
granted to "each other '; and that neither
Partv wil inipose unon .articles 01 tner
chantlisr, the produce or manufacture of
the otb. any othefor.higher duliet than
upon tie like artirles being the produce,
or mjrlufacture of any. other country
To 4h)e principles there is in the Con
vcntifti with Uenmarksn exception, with
regard td the Colonieaof that Kingdom
mutal content, with the hope, on our part
that a reciprocal apiril of accommodation
and a common sentiment of the impor
ance of the trade to the interests of the
inhibit ntt of the two countries, between
whnm it mutt be carried on, would ulti
mate It bring the partiea to a cnmpromie
with which both might ba aatitned
With thit view, the Government of the
United States had determined lo sacrifice
injhrthirtt of that entire wrproriry which
in all commercial arrangements with For
cigh Powers they are entitled to demand,
and to actjuieaee in aome inequalities dis
advantaiteous lo ourselves, rather than to
forego the benefit of a fina and perman
ent adjustment of this interest, to the sat
isfaction of Great Britain herself. The
negotiation, repeatedly suspended by ac
cidental circumatances, was, however, bv
mutual agreement and express assent,
considered as pending, and to he speedily
resumed. In the mean time, another
Act ol Parliament, so doubtful and ambig
uous in is import as to have been misun
derttood by the officers.in the colonies
who were to carry it into execution, opens
again certain Colonial ports, upon new
." 1 r.T . .1 . ..
iflstancts, by wUixjooiof intercst; ttndtcDcc of maty of our fcllo w-cititens, I her Colonics in the West Indies-
conditions and terms, with a threat to
close them against any. nation which
may not accent those terms, as prescri
bed by the British Government. Thii
act passed in July, J 82 5, not communica
ted to the Government of the United
States, not understood by the British
Officers of the Customs in the Colonies
where it was to be enforced, was never
theless aubnuUed -.to ibe consideration
of Congress atlvek htt setsion.-' With
ihr knowledge that a, oegotition on the
uS)l had-iflng bwft' in--progress, and
ptedgea given of its resumption at an
early day, it waa deemed expedient to
await the result of that negotiation, rather
than to subscribe implicitly to terms I he
import of which was not clear, and which
the British authorities themselves, in this
hemisphere, Were not prepared to ex
plain..
iba terms a which ak kstatxe Utax
to the asalgatloai aletkef aatiws.
We bate baa accowmed h ceanMcy
ibe tfadr wkkk wt bate f ajoytd whb Ika)'
British ColonUa, rather atta Utartbtnvw
of muto.l UneEts. than ai a aaere faror"
received 1 ibat, anetr every clrcaaa.
stance, we have give an ins pie rqvs
lent We kava aeea evert atkir a a.
too, koltftng (ol.eiiea, ncctKlaie Uk''
oiMr auilooa, and grim Ikttn, freely,
aemutaoo it IM (Mli by Iroajyj ,
a4. aa far art iM tbrf cc4.trjg h
ttoos of Meooa ars (rwra) refOaiot to
nrgoilate foe lrad wlik their CoioftUs,
thai we our Mi vet have aeeered aeeete '
tr) the CoVjeiirt l twoet ikao oT
tbrrn by Teay. TM rafuaal, Kotrr, '
of Great Britain wegolalf, leaves
Ke United Slates o other ahernt'lv'
liao ibat ef rgtobtmgie - tmerdwrlnw-
altogether, the trade on their pn, ac
cording at either mcttqre may affect tk
ntetftts of our on coontry 1 aod wiik
that esclesire objeel. I would rtconf '
mend iM whole subject to year calm
and candid delibrration.
It ia hoped (bat oar unavailing exer
tions to are omplUh a cordial good onder
t'aoding on thia intereat, will not have ta
unprcpi'ioos eftVei opoo tha other great
'pi 1 of dixtrtsioo, hrtweca tbe tea
Ouvemmcnls Oar Northeastern sad
j Nark western bouodarWa are atill tuv
dmnuL Taav!awmiiiai. j ist
4ih Arricle of tbe j reaiy of Ghent, bars)
Marly cvroa (0 ibf cIoh oljktir labors
nor ean we renounce iM c special Ion,
enfeebled utt it, that they may sgrea
upon 1 heir Report, to ike satisfaction r
arqiiii-srenec -f Imb parties. Tbe Cent-miwi-iB
for liquidating IM claima (of
indemnity .for alavaa carried away . after - -tbe
clow of tha war, baa been sitting,
with doubtful prospect of sqcrcs
Propositions of compromise have, how
ever, paued between the t0 Govtrf '
mcpta, I he resell of which, we flatter
emraelvea,-my--yet:- prove aatlafactory. - -
Uur own ciipnstttons and porpoaes t-
wards Great Britain, are aU frlendlr '
and eonrilitorr f nor can we abandoa,
but with atrong reluctance, the belief
that they will ultimately meet a return
not of favors, which we neither ask nor
desire, but of equal reciprocity and good
rill.
Immediately after the close of the last
Session of Congress, one of our merit
With the. American Governments of
ibis hemisphera. wa rontioaa to maintain
an intercourse altogether friendly, and
between their nations and onrs that com
mercial interchange of which mutual
benefit is the source. and mutual comfort
and harmony the result, ia in a continual
state of improvement. The war between
Spain and them, since the total expulsion
of the Spanish military force from their
continental territories has bee little
more than nominal; and their internal
tranquillity, though oecaaiooall? mena
ced bv the agitations which civil wars
never fail to leave behind them, has not
been affected by any serious calamity.
The Congress of Ministers from sever-
al of those nylons which assembled it
Panama, after a short session there, sd-'
jonrned to meet-again- at a more-fas
ble season, in the neighborhood of Met-
co. 1 he decease or one or our Ministers
on his way to the Isthmus, sod the Im
pediments of the. season, which delayed
the departure of the other deprived us
of the advantage of being represented at
the first meeting of the Congress.-' '
There is, however, no reason to believe ,
that snjf of thejransaclions of tha Coft"- :
MserijCX.ia4'iO
ously the interests of the United Statest r
or " to require the' interpositioq of :cVur
Ministers, had t hey been present. Their -
absence haa indeed deprived us of the '
opporinnity of possessing- precise . and . ;
authentic information of the treaties,
which were concluded at Panama) end
the whole result has confirmed me ia
the conviction of the expediency to the
United States, of being represented at
the Congress. The surviving member
of the Missioni appointed during -four -lest
session, has accordingly proceeded
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