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I 7 . , -- -i Hi a . a , ft . i mmm t . i - ... . 1 "SI '.- s . ... . .-.. !. .. . ' r ' - . . i I . I T i i'i -. . - - . ' ;i' , r - ' ' ' I ' ''i ' ''' ' ' t,-.TFD A" U ri w... - 1 pMTEuk-. WATSON, r A Sg pcr annumi-hair payable in advance. Pri sklent's Message. 1 Washington, December 6th, 1825. . TV PBESICENT OP THE UNITED STATES gifted this , day, to both Houses of (Ugrels, by the hands of Mr. John isi?Juniof, fallowing j -; MESSAGE: ,r , la? tyiizensot the Senate, Jid ihe'Bquse of Representatives i l taking a general survey of the con of our beloved country, with, refer (nCe! to subjects interesting to the common 'llVre,; thp first;sentiment which impres- what country soever they m;y he the pro duce or manufacture. Propositions to this effect have already been made, to us bv more than one European government, and it is probable, that, if once established by lies of Columbia, of Mexico, and of CentYl there remains a sum of about seven mil- Jy fail to be found wanting, on the possi America, have already deputed Plenipo- lions, which have defrayed the whole ex- ble sudden eruption of a war, which should teniiaries to sucn meeting, anu tney nave invited the Unifed Stales to be a i so repre sented there bv their Ministers. The in- pense ot the Administration df Govern- overtake us unprovided with a single corps raent, in its Legislative, J Executive, and, of cavalry. The Military Academy at Judiciary Departments, including the sup- . West-Point, under the restrictions of a s legislation or compact with any distinguish- J vitatioh has bee.i accented, and Ministers port oJ the Military-' and fNavunstaousn- yere but paternal superintendence, recom- ed maritime State, it would recommend it-. on tne part self by the experience ol its advantages, to the general accession of all. ' s The Convention ol Commerce and Na vigation between the United States and France, concluded on the 24th June, 1822, was, in the understanding and intent ol "both parlies, as appears upon its face, only a temporary arrangement of the points of difference between thn, of the most ini mediate and pressing urgency. It .was li mited, in the i first instance, to two ytai-t from the 1st of October, 182 j, but with -a proviso, that it should further continue in force till tht-conclusion of a general and de- of the United States will be commissi ned to attend at those delibera tions, aod to take part in them, so far as may. be . compatible with that neutrality from which it is neither our ! intention, nor chandise imported, from o. a Government co-ex ensive with the Uinon. ! The amount of duties secured on mer- the commence : American States, irider , the Seventh ol Ghent have so iab -rs, th t, byjthe fmiiive treatv ol commerce. Unless terinina- ! .innrtlio miiirl. Is. nf oratitiirie to' - .1 1 - . - '.... 1 - psjism 7 ? . ieu ova nouce six mounts ;n iiuvauue. m ' Omfrpotent Dispenser of all Good, for ! eithe; of the parties to the other.. Its op- tbf cor.nuance or me sigudi uiesMugs ui eratlon) so aF as ,t extended, has been inn hts Providence, fand especially ior that 'ixidy advantageous ; and it still continues h,alth which, to an unusual extent, has pre- in r,,rCfc by common consent. Out it left vVilpd Within yur borders ; ana tor mat Uliadiusted several objects of great interest Marce which, ' in the vicissitudes of the to the cilizens and subjects of boih coun leawos,' lias Deen scauereu w..u piwiuaiuu lr,es and particularly a mass of claim , to off? our land. Nor ought we less to ab- considerable amount, of citizens of the Uni cribe 16 Him 'the; t;lory, that we are per- te(1 States unon (hV.Gvernment ol Pranre. 7 the desire of .the o.ihr t iut we should depart. l iie CoinniKSiotiefs iucle of tile Tjeaty nearly complete-! tlieir Reuort recently received lim the Agent On iiie part o! rue Uui't'd Sair. there is reason to .expect that tii? Comni ssion vvill be closed a( teir next session, appointed tor the twenty-second oi Aljy of the ensu ing year.. , ; Tne other Commission, appointed to as certain the indemnities due ifor! slaves car ried away frm the United .States, alter the cltse ol the iaie war, :.ave mt wit ii some difficulty, .which has decayed ;their progress, in toe inquiry. - reierejice has been nude to the Critis'i Governtuehl on the subject, which it mav be hoped, will tend to hasten the decision of the; Commission ers, or serve as a substitute lor it. of the year, is about !wenty-nve millions and a half,; and that which will accrue du ring til current qu irter, is , estimated at five millions and a hall ; from these thirty- one millions, deduc ting, the drawbacks, es timated at less than; seven millions, a sum exceeding twenty-lour millions will consti tute the revenue of he year J and will ex ceed the whole expendiiuies of the year. The entire amount pf puolic debt remain ing due on the first'of; January next, will be short of eighty-one millions ol dollars. By an act of Congress! of the third of March last, a loan Of twelve millions of dol lars. was pui hoi i&edi at cent, or an exchange four and a halt per of stock to that a- c a ill t mount 01 lour ana a nan per cent, ior a stock of six per cnt.! to; create a funil for extingtii ming an equril amount of the pub lic deb , bea Among the powers specifically granted to Congress by the Constitution, are those of establishi'ig uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United otates, and of providing lor organizing, cw'tftd to enjoy the bounties of His hand in 0nndemnity for pnoertv taken or destroy jeae and trttriquiHity in peace with all ed7hnder circumstances of the most aggra- tbe )ther nations Qi the earth, in tranquil- vateoVaiid outrageous character. In the lily among oyrslves leTe has, indeed, jong perj,id during which continual and rare v teen a period in the -history of civi- earnest anoeals have Tbeen made to the Jid nian, in which the general condition qujty and magnanimity of France, in bs- I arming and disciplining the m iiiM, and vl the Christian ISntions has been marked half of these claims, their justice his not for governing! such purl of them as any be to eitensively by peace and prosperity. hpm. as it mnlii not Hp. rlpnipH I eninl ved in the sei vice of the United Ltirope, wi;h tf few- partial and unhappy hoped ,hat tne a.cessiori of a new sover fxcpiitths, has enjoyed ten years of peace, ' eign to tht. throne woud have afforded a during which all her Governments, whale-, favorable opportunity for presenting them m the heory of their constitutions may 1o ,he col)Sjderation of his Government, have been, are successively taught to feel , They have been presented and urged, ht Ihat the end ol iheir institution is the hap-; therto, without effect. The repeated and piness o the people ; and that the exercise j earnest lepresentations of our Minister at 0ei-amongmen qan be justified only j the Court of France, remain as yet even lj tlv biessings.it conh?rs upon those overj Wlthut an answer: 'VVere the demands of thorn it is extended.. nations upon the justice of each other sus- I During the same period, our intercourse j ceptible of adjudication by the sentence of Villi jail those natjons has been pacific and ftiriiflly it sd continues. Since the close of youi last session, no materia! variation las occurred in our relations with any one el ieni.i In the commercial ana naviga tion system ' of Gr-at Britain, important clidiives ot ! municipal regulation have re- ttntly been sanctioned oy acts 01 rarua- Bient, the -effect of which, upon tne inter- Tstsol other nattpns, and particularly upon turs. has not vet beeriYulIv developed In tie recent renewal of the diplomatic rois ms nT hoth; sides, between the two gov etmeiits. assiirajices have been given and received t the continuance and igcrease of that mutual confidence and cordiality by vhich die adjustment of many points of diffrfetice had already been effected, and which afj'irds the surest pledge for the ulti-; mate satisfactory adjustment of those which i itiH remain open, or may hereafter arise. ' j , The policy of the United States, in their coromercia I intercourse with other nations, bas always been of the roost liberal charac- r. In the muiual exchange of their res fppctive.rproductions, they have abstained tltogethfr from prohibitions ; they have in ttivltcieq themselves the power of laying taxes upon exports, and whenever they ht favored their own shipping, by special preferences, or exclusive privileges in their on ports, it has been only with a view to untery ail similar favors and exclusions panted, by the nations with whom we have been engaged in traffic, to their own peo ple or slipping, and to the disadvantage of Jur- Immediately after the close of the last war, a proposal was fairly made by .'"e act 1 Congress of the 3d of March, oio, to all the maritime nations, to lay a i tide rj system ot retaliating restrictions l8(l exclusions j and to place, the shipping I Oflioth parties to the common tiade, on a I fcofing f equality, in respect to the duties tftpnnajre arid impost.- This offer was partially and successively accepted by ufat Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Hahseatic? Cities, Prussia, Sardinia, tiw Duke of Oldenburtr, and Russia, it ttafalQ adopted, under certain modifica- ; t:oa&, irg our late commercial convention witii France. " And, by the act of Congress . c' ?ih January, 1824, it has received a- ;fiew corifirmation. with all the nations who I caa acceded to it, and has been offered a- rf tojill those who are, or may hereafter i N willing to' -abide in reciprocity by it. utaUese regulations, whether establish ytyy treaty, or by municipal enactments, : t still; subject to one important restric ? Jf' Tne removal of discriminating du- onponaee and of inmost, is limited to : ylc'esf the growth, produce, or mano- 1 i ure( the country to which the vessel ' tilsil c articles as are most u- H1 shipped from her ports. It will J ii Whether even this renmant of restric- ; HeSJ101 ' abandoned, and tifio 1 I 8n"ai lender ol equaf cotrrpe an impartial tribunal, those to which I now refer would long -since have been settled, and adequate indemnity would have been obtained. There are large amounts of si milar claims upon the Netheriands, Naples, and Denmark. For those upon Spain, prior to 1819, indemnity was, after many years of patient forbearance, obtained : ani those upon 'Sweden have been lately com promised by a private settlement, in which the claimants themselves have acquiesced. The Governments of Denmark and of Na ples have been recently reminded of those yet existing against them snor will anv of them be forgotten while a hope may be in dulged of obtaining justice by the j means within the constitutional power of the Ex- ecutive, and without resorting to those mea- i of defence,!in the presence of jj the other sures of self-redress, which, as well as the ! time, circumstances, and occasion, which may require them, are withm the exclusive j an eqjUri ring ani interest ol six per cent. redeemable in the Jyear one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six An account ol the measures takenjto jiive effect to this act will be laid before you by the Secretary 01 the Treasury. As the object which it had in view has been but partially accomplish ed, it will be for the Cinsideration of Con gress, whether the power with which it. clothed the Executive should not be re newed at an early day of the present ses sion, and under what modifications. The act of Congress of the third of March last, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to subscribe, in the name and lor the use ol the United States, lor one thou luodred shares of the capital stock of the Chesapeake and Delaware Ca nal Company, has beri executed by the actual subscription for the amount speci fied and such other measures have been adopted by mat officer, ! under the act, as thfilulfihne.it of its intentions requires. Trie latest accounts received of this impor tant undertaking, authorize the belief that it i in successful progress. t he payments iniojthe Treasury frwrh proceeds oi the sales oil the Public Lands, during the ptesent year, were estimated at one million of dollars..' ;;The actual receipts of the fit st two quarters have fallen very little short oJ thai su: ; . it is not exjected that the second half of the year will be equally productive) but the income of the year trom that source inay now be safely estimated at a million and a half. The Act of Congress of eighteenth May," 1824, ' to provide lor the extinguishment of the debt due to the United;Slates by the pur nations of the earth. To this end. t cnasers oi puonc larms, was iimneu, in us would de necessary so to shrfpe its organi States. I he m lgnitude and: complexity :Ol the interests affected by legislatnm upon these subjects, may account for tiie fact, ih it, long and oftenjas bull of them h ive occupied the attention, and; a nmaied the debiites of CMigress, no systems have yet been devised for fulfilling, to the satisfac tion of the community, the duties preset i bed by these grants of power. To concili ate the claim of the individual citizen to the enjoyment of personal liberty, with the effective obligation of private conn acts, is the difficult problem to be solved by a law of bankiuptcy. These are j objects of the deepest 'interest to society' affecting all th.-tt is piecious in tht existence of multi tudes ; of persons, many of them in the classes essentially depeivl.-ni and helpless; of the age requiring ; nurtute, and of the sex entitled to protection, from the free a gency of the parent and the husband The organization of the militia is yet more iu dispensible to the liherties of the country. It is t only by an, eff-ctive militia that w6 can at once enjoy the repose of peace, and bid defiance to foreign aggression ; it is by the militia that we are constituted an ar- mjd nation standing in perpetual panoply ments, and all the occasional contingencies mends itself more and more to the patron age of the Nation ; and the number of me ritorious officeis which it forms and intro duces to the public service, furnisher the means of multiplying the undertakings of public improvements, , to which their ac quirements at that institution are pecu liarly adapted. " The school of Artillery practice etsablished at Fortress Monroe, is well suited to the same purpose, and may need the aid of fuilher legislative provis ions to the same end The Reports from the various officers at the head ol the ad- , ministrative branches of tiie military ser vice, connected with the quartering, clo thing, subsistence, health and pay of the Army, exhibit the assiduous vigilance of those officers in the performance of their respective duties, and the faithful accoun tability which has pervaded every part of the system. ' Our relations with the numerous tribes of aboriginal natives of this country, scat- , tered over its extensive surface, and so de pendent, even for th jir existence, upon our power, have been, during the present year, highly interesting. ;An act of Congress of twenty-fifth' May, one thousand eight hun dred and twenty-lour, made an appropria tion to defray the expeoses of making Trea ties of trade and friendship with the Indian Tribes beyond the Mississippi. An act of third March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, authorized Treaties to be made with the Indians for their consent to the making of a road from the frontier of Missouri to that of New Mexico. And another act of the same date, provided lor defraying the expenses of holding Treaties with the Sioux, Chippeways, Memomen cees, Sjuks, Foxes, &c. for the purpose ol establishing boundaries and promoting peace between said tribes. The fiist an -the last objects ol these acts have been ac complished, and the second is yet in a pro cess of execution j The treaties which, since the last Sfssiou of Congress have been concluded with the several tubes, will -be laid before the Senate tor their con sideration conformably to the Constitution. They comprise targje and valuable acquisi tions of teiritory ; land they secure an ad justment of boundaries j and give pledges of permanent peace between several tribes which had been long waging bloody wars against each other. ! On ihe twelfth of February last, a Trea ty was signed at the Indian Springs, be tween Commissioners appointed on the part of the United States, ' and certuii. Chiefs and individuals of the Creek Natim of Indians, which wis received at the Seat of Government only a few days before the close of the last Session of Congress and competency of the Legislature It is with great satisfaction that I am en abled to bear witness to the liberal spirit with which the Republic of Colombia has made satisfaction for well established claims of a similar character. And among the documents now communicated to Con gress, will be distinguished a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation .with that Re public, the ratifications of which have been zation, as to give it a m ire united and ac tive energy. There are laws lor establish ing an uniform militia throughout the Uni ted States, and for arming and equipping its whole body. Cut-it 1s aboifyor dislo cated members, without the vigor of unity, and having littl( of uniformity but the name. To infuse into this most impor tant institution the power of which it is susceptible, and to make it available for the defence of the Union, at the shortest operations of relief to the purchaser, to j of the late Administration. I he advice the tenth of April last. Its effect at the and consent of this Senate was given to it eno of the quarter during which it expired, on the third of Majch, too late for it to re- i to seven ! ceive the ratification ot the then freio,put exchanged since the last recess of. the Le- notice, and at the smallest expense of time, gislature. The negotiation of similar trea- of life, and of treasure, are among the be was to reduce that debt from ten millions By the operation of similar pri or taws of relief, from and since that of se cond March, 1821, the debt had been re duced, from upwards of twenty-two mil lions, to ten. It is exceedingly desirable that it should be extinguished altogether; and to facilitate that consummation, I recom mend to Congress, ( the revival for one year more, of the Act of 18th May, 1824, of the United State's: it was ratified on the seventh of March, j under the unsuspecting impression that it bad been negocialed in good faith, and in the confidence inspired by the recommendation of the Senate. The subsequent transactions in (elation to this Treaty i II form the subject of a se parate Message, f" The appropriations made by Congress, ties with all the independent South Ameri-s can States, has been contemplated, and may yet be accomplished. The basis of (hem all, as proposed by the United States, has been laid in two principles ; the one, of entire and unqualified reciprocity : the nefits to be expected from the persevering deliberations of Congress be necessary to guard! the public interest against fraudulent practices in the re-sale Among the unequivocal indications of ' of the relinquished land. The purchasers our national prosperity, is the flourishing state of our finances. The revenues of the present year, from all their principal sour- other, the mutual obiigatioa of the parties ces, will exceed the anticipations of the last, to place each other permanently upon the The balance in the Treasury, on the first footing of the most favored nation. These of January last, was a little short of two -ii" 4- - a ' "a-1 I principles are, indeed, indispensable to the effectual emancipation, of the American hemisphere from the thraldom of coloni zing monopolies and exclusions-tan event rapidly realizing in the progress of human affairs, and which the resistance still oppo sed in certain parts of Europe to the ac knowledgment of the Southern American Republics as independent States, will, it is believed, contribute more effectually to ac complish. The time has been, and that not remote,, when some of those States might, in their anxious desire to. obtain a of - a a nominal recognition, have accepted ol a nominal independence,! clogged with bur densome conditions, apd ' exclusive com mercial privileges granted to the nation troin whichthey have separated, to the disadvantage of all others. ; They are now all aware that such concessions to any Eu ropean nation would be incompatible with thwt independence which they have declar ed and maintained. , ' : Armhg the measures which have been suggested to them : by the new relations wttrj one anotner, resulting irom me recem as- chanes of iheir condition, rs that : of tembling, at the ; I sthrmri" of Panaota, (Jonsress. ait wnici? eacn oi mem anomu millions of dollars, exclusive of two mil lions and a half, being the' moiety of the loan of five millions, authorized by the act of 26th May, 1824 The receipts into the Treasury from the. first of January to the thirtieth September, exclusive of the other moiety of the same loan," are estimated at sixteen millions five hundred thousand dol lars ; and it is expected that those of the current quarter will exceed five millions of dollars 5 forming an aggregate of receipts of nearly twenty-two millions, independent of the loan. The expenditures of the year , will not exceed that sum more' than two millions. By eight millions those expenditures, nearly of the principal of the public debt have been discharged. -More than a million and a half has been devoted 10 the debt of gratitude to the warriors of , the Revolution s a nearly equal sum to ,lhe construction of fortifications, and the ac cf'iis'uion ot ordnance, and other permanent Preparatives of national defence i half a million to the with such provisional modification as may for public works, as well in the construe- lions ot lortincaiions, as i-fr purposes or in ternal Improvement, , sh far as 1 hey have betjn expanded, have been f lithfully appli ed. Their progress has been delayed by the want of suitable officers fir superinten ding there. An increase of both the Corps -of Engineers, Military and Topographical,, was - recommended by my predecessor 1 the last session of Congresg. The reasom upon which that recotnmendatiori was f mtt, ded, subsist in all their force, and have ac quired additional urgency, since thai time. It ufay also bte expedient to organ lae the Typographical Engineers into a corps similar to the present establishment , of the Cot ps of Engineers. The Military Academy at West Point will furnish, -from the Cadets annually graduated ihere, offi cers well qualified ifor carrying this mea jsuie into effect. 1 ;. ' The Board of Ehginetrs for internal fm- ; provement, appointed hr carrying into Ex ecution . the Act of Congress of SOth of I April, 1824, ' upirocure the necessary sur an equal sum radual increase of the Navy 5 for purchases of Tetritory from the Indians, and paynfenf of annuities to them : and upwards of a million for ob jcts bt Internal Improvement, authorized be t by,speeia t acts of the last Congress. If we lH9v U,B aci otn janurryr iuckl 00? exter,ded ;to include all; giprHf ta deloerate opio objfet liil-i add to these, four millions of dollars for d . mamtai I aotfmerchwirj not pfrttokrtptf) pm UHfaMfi 9i& payinturWlnterest upon the public debt, -el of of public. lands are among the most useful of our fellow-citizens; and since the sys tem of sales for cash alone has been intro duced, great indulgence has been justly ex tended to those who had. previously, pur chiased upon credit. The debt which had been contracted under the credit sales had become unwieldy, and its extinction was alike advantageous to the purchaser and the public. Under the system of sales, matured, as it has been, by experience, and adapted to the exigencies of the times, the lands wjll continue, as they have be cotrae, an abundant source of revenue and when the pledge of them to the public cre ditor shall have been redeemed by the en tire discharge of the national debt the swelling tide of wealth with which they re plenish the common Treasuiy may be made to reflow in unfailing streams of improve ment from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. ! 'The condition of jthe various branches i veys, plans, and estimates,, on the subject f of the public service resorting from the De- ! of roads and canals' have been actively I partment of War, and their administration : engaged in mat service trom tne close 01 during the current year, will be exhibited ; the last session of Congress, v , They have i in the Report from the Secretary of War, i completed the surveys necessary for ascer and the accompanying documents here- j taining the practicability of aT Canal frotnj with communicated ff The organization and the Chesapeak Bay to the Ohio River, nn4 ; discipline of the Arrny are effective and - are preparing a luU Report oti' that subject; satisfactory.; 10 counteract ine prevalence ji-tv'V "9 w "f r - c of deseition among the troops, if has beeri ; you-rThe saraebseration is to be ma ie sueested to withhold trom toe men a small i wun regara ta me two oiuer oojecis 01, qa tionai importancei upon wnicn tne tioaroj have been . occupied?. namely, the accorh j. plishment of a National Koad from thi City to; leW' Orleans. and. the practicability of ttuiting the waterf of Lake Meojprwauiao portion of their mon hly pay, until the pe- noa 01 tneir aiscuarge; ana some expeui- ent appears to be necessary, .to preserve and maintain araonffFthe officers so mucn horseniahship a could icaice 1 ; f 'I'.'ii- Mi i - mil tiM rim-: l..ib.-.sk' ( fc-..V. 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