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jrcspects of tbe rising confederacy, whose destiny nay be materially affected by the legislation of Congress, the Uouse of Re presentatives justly ranks amongst me most eminent dclibo ative bodies that have existed. To be appointed to preside at its deliberations is an : exalted honor of tvhUh I entertain the highest sense. And X pray you to accept for the flattering man ner m Which voil havfe conferred it. mv proibun acknowledge jnents.- y ri V i , v If I bring into the Chair, gentlemen, the ma vantage 01 some experience n us du ties, far from 'inspiring me with undue confidence, that experience serves only to fill tne Witli distrust of my ; own capacity I have been taught byj it how arduous ' those duties are, - and how unavailing would be any efforts of tnine to discharge them, ; without , the i liberal support and cheering countenance . of the House. , al mil anxiously Seek gentlemen, to merit j several islands in tbe Bay of Pad. samaquoddy belonged under the treaty of one thousand seven hun dred and eiKMytnrcc, nave av greed in a report, by which 'all the islands in the possession ot each party before " the late war have been " decreed to iu The Commissioners, acting under the other articles of the " treaty, of Ghent; for the settlement of boundaries, have also been enga ged in the discharge of their res pective duties, bnt . have not yet completed them. -The difference which arose between the two gov- j erriraents under that treaty, res the United against East Florida by . persons claiming to act under the authori ty of some of the" colonies, who Ltook possession Amelia Island, at the mouth ot St. Mary's riv er near the boundary of the state of Georgia.; At this" province lies eastward ot the Mississippi, and is bounded , by, the United States and the ocean , on every side! aud has been a suoiect oi ne gotiation with the government of .that support and tbuntehance by an unde! pectin ff the right ot viatingaim, at iropartiiiity; and, at tfie States to take and cure fish on the E5222iR the British provinces Dust be illy trahikted.t die dignity cV u nortM our ill mils, , : which had character of tue House sencAisly unpaired ; ocen secured oy tne .treaty 01 one x lie mciuucrs uaviug uccu ocv erally qu alified by - taking the oath to support) the ? Constitution, the house nroceeded to elect a Clerk I :ccueu ul On counting the ballots, it appear iedl that 144, votes were- giveri jnt all of which were forThos. Dough rt v ' who resumed his . nlace as Xlerk of the HouseV: ;r - ' f fThomasClaxton was ' then re appointed Door keeper Benjamin 1 Bufch Assistant Dc or-kecper, and Thomas Dunn, Sergeant at Arms, withour opposition. V Alter the usual incipient 'pro ceedings, and interchanging PJC8" aagea with the Senate, the house adioumed - to twelve oclock, to morrow. 2. WA.9HlNGTOIf.Ciry, Dec t This day, at 12 o'clock the PRisi'xxNT of tbe United States, transmitted to "Both Houses ef Congress, Uie following jMessage, by Mr. Joseph Jones Mo nroe his secretary': ;v.iy t:..., ' :. .-' Fettoi? Citizens of thx Senate, 7 'and of the House of Representative. . At no period of our political thousand , seven hundred and eigh ty three, is still in. negotiation The proposition made by this go- vernment, to extend to the colo oies of Great Britain the principle of the convention ot .London, by Which the commerce between the ports ot the .United States and British ports in Europe hadbeen placed on a tooting of equality, has been declined by the British gov ernment. ; This subject , having been thus amicably discussed be tw ten the two governments, and n -' - it appearing tnat tne: Dritisn gov ernment is unwilling to depart from us present regulations, it re mains for Congress to decide w he ther thev will make any oher regnlations, in consequence there bf, for the protection and improve ment of our navigation' The negotiation 'with Spain, for spoliations on our commerce, and the settlement oft boundaries, re- mains,' essentially, in the state htld, V; by communications that were maae to vongro63 oy ray Existence had we, fto much cause Pfedeccsson ' It has been evident ? to fecilitate ourseWes at the prosV- If the policy bf thb Spauish gov perous and happy1 condition of crnnicnt to keep"r thevnegotiation iirv country ?The abundant sdsjffindedfj'anel jathijs the United fruits of the earth (have filled it States have acquiesced,' from an with nlentv. An extensive and amicable disposition towards profitable commerce has greatly Spain, and in the expectation that augmented: our revenue. The her government wouki, trom a public credit has attained au ck sense of justice, finally . accede to "ttfaordinary elevat.on. Our pre suchan arrangem be parations for defence,, in case of equal between tr)ie parties. -4 future wars, from which,' by the disposition, tias been lately "shxwn .experience of all nations, we ought by the";. Spanish r government to iiojt to expect to bej exempd, are move in the negotiation, which ndvancing,' undera well digested has been met by this government, ay stem, with all theispatch Cyhich and; should the tonciliatory and ao important a work will admit, friendly policy which has iovari- ;Our free govtromenti founded on aW) guided our councils- be ref ethVinterest and afections of the ciprocated, a justland satisfactory people, has gained and is daily arVanjgement may6e expected. It gaining strength. Xocal jealous-' is'properj however, to remark, ies are rapidly; yielding to more that no proposition has yet been -generous, enlarged and enlighten- made, from which .such a result ' ed views of national policy. ; For can be presumed. J " advantages so juitrierous and It was anticipated, at ah early highly important, rt is pur duty to stage, that the contest between unite in cmtefu! ackoowledce Spain and the colonies" would He. , xnents to th6t omnipotent Being come,highlyvinteresting' tq thp pi . from whom they are derived, and nited States. It was natural tnat m unceasing prayer tnat ne wni" '"tua suuuiu ayinpainise in InVne summer of therprcsent ) In eallin your 'attention to,the year an expedition was set on foot (internal concerns of our country. the view which they- exhibit is peculiarly gratifying. Iho pay ments -which have been made into the" treasury show the very pro ductive state of the " public reven ue. After satisfying the; appro priations made! by law for the support of the civilgoverument, ahdWthe military , and naval ei tablUhraents, embracing suitable provision for fortifications and for been purchased,' in the state o Georgia; and 'an arrangement made by which in exchange, for lands beyond the Mississippi,' a. great part, if not the whole of the land belonging to that tribe, east ward of that river, io the " states" of, North Carolina, Georgia,, and Tennessee,' and in 1 the Alabama territory will be soon be acquired; By these acquisitions, and others, that mayreasonably be expected soon to follow, we shall be enabled to extend ourisettlements from the inhabited parts of the state of 0 theeradual increase of the navy, Snaitii as ah indemnity for loss i nWino-the interest of the DubliC , . , fmm w mmmm - - r- - ' " , f r . - . ' " oy spoiitiyii, or in excuaagc iur jaeDt, ana cxnnguisning more man i mo, aioog taKc cne9 into uie ;vii- i. territory of equal value westward i eighteen millions bf "the principal, j chigan territorv, and to "connect of the .Mississippi, a tact ;well j within the present year, it isesti-; jour settlements by degressi "thro ( Known to the world, ; it excited j mated that a balance ot more than Lthe state pi Indiana and- ;he HIo-. surprise that any cbuote.uance six millions of dollars will remain I nois tei ritbry to that of Missouri. should be tivea to this measure Ho the- treasury on the first day of A similar, and etiuallv idvantacrc- ' by any of the. colonics. v As it t January applicable to the current ous cHect wiUvsoon be produced would be difficult . to - reconcile u service of the ensuing year- y v I tc" the south through the whole ex- with the friendly relations - exist- The payments iato the treasury tent of the states St teritory, which and ttie colonies,. a jdoubt was eneisht hundred and eighteen, on! into the Mississippi and the Mo- temmed whether it had been u account of imposts and 1 tonnaffeJbi'e 'In this progress, which the resulting principally irom duties I rights ot nature demand, and no wmcn nave accruea in tne ores- tning can prevent, marsing a ent year, may be fairly estimated I growth v rapid and . . gigantic ; at . twenty millions df dollars, ; in- it ialqur dytyjo makei ne w fcfforti ternai revenues thbriaed by thtna,or any of them. This do'ubt. has gained streugth by the circa. ii stances which have unfolded themselves in the prcse cation of th enterprise, which have mar k'cd it as a mere private unauthorized adventure. Pro jected and commenced with an incompetent iorce, reliance seems to have been placed on what might be drawn, in defiance of our lawst from within our Tim its; and of iatcvas their resources t have) fail ed, it has assumed a more marked character of unfriendliness to us the island being" :made a channel C6ik the illicit introduction o f slaves from -Attica into lheUni ted SutesV an aiyium fr. r fugitive slaves from the neighboring'states, and a port foremoggliug of every kind.'-.- i - . " A similar ; establishment as ; test posterity. I have the satisfaction ; - at two .millions! for the preservation, imdroVement " five I hundred thousand ; public and civilization ofThe native in lands, at one million five hundred habitants. The Hunter dtatelcac ' thousand i bank dividends and 1 exist only in the. vast, . uncultiva- incidental receipts,Jat'five hun- ed desart. It y ields to the more - dred thousand; making, in the dense .and compact forth, and whole' twenty four million I and greater force, of civilised popula-. live nunarea tnousana aouars. j tion : anu oingnt icougnt to The annual permanent expend!-1 yield, for the earth was m ven tc ' tufy fof Tthe support of the f civil J mankind to;suppbrt the greatest - government, ana oi tne array auu i numoer prwnicn it is capacie, and navy,:asDow)e.staoiisnea oy w, no trioe or people nave a rignt to v amounts' to ! eleven" millions :j withhold from the wants ot others nSkih ' r in the Ivhbte twen j more ihahii' necessary "for their . ty ; one millions eight hundredjown support? andjcjorafbrt. ,Jtt n ; thousand dollars & leaving h'an-l cratityinK totkhowlihatthetreserw nual excess of revenue JbeVbnd tne I vdtioni bf land maderby'the treat- - etpenditure of two millionsiseven ies wiih thjtribes onakefEri " (hundred thousand dolUrs'exclti i were made with a view:to.individ made, at an earlier period, by per-1 siv'e bf 'tBe balance 'esumited to l ual ownership among the m, and to .; sons of the same description, in fb jn the the Soil by all, tne ouipn 01, iviexico, at a place oi j anuary, one . tnousana . eigatj ana inai an aonuai stipe no ; nas called Galveston, within the lim-1 hundred nd eikhteeri ' been pledged to supply tHeir oth- its' .of theVUbitedv.Sutesr-as we i ,?;;;-In:thei preieUt Vtef 'tlijlrea er wapts pit wUJ merit, thereon- contepd under the - cession of I sury, the whole" of the' Louisiana sideraiibnof Congress," i Whether ' Louisiana. This enterprise has ! debt mayfbe redeerhed id the year other provision, not stipulated by been marked liq; a , niore signal one thousand eight hundred: and 1 the treaty, ought ! to be made for - manner, by ail the objectionable nineteen ; alter which, it the I these tribesv and . lor t he? advance-s circurastances'which characterized 1 public debtibrinuea a itia howlment pihe ! liberal and humane, trioes witnin our limits; ana more. particularly for their improve- ment ht thearts ofclyUized life. ; Y Among, the. advantages incid by any auihority whatever, which one thousand eight hundred and I ent to these purchases, and to mc ouicr, ana more particularly i isr aoo ve par,, cue re win pe annu by the equipment of privateers j ally about fivt) milhons o the gin which have ahhbved our com- kincr fund unexDenled." until the ; 4 9 . :. .... - I merce,! by smuggling. . These year one thousand eighth hundred estabiishmen.s,5 if ever sanctioned 1 ad twenty five," when the loan dl S nor believed;-fhaVV abused i their J twelve and the stock created by trust, and fbrieitedi flail claim tolfunding trea'urv nbtes, wiil.be re- lcurity which rriay-thefeby be;al? t egafd for I deemablc. , ; : rJ I forded to oUr;ihlahd 'frbhticrs, is It is also estimated that the I peculiarly importaoti With ' a Mississippi stbck will betiischar-ltrongbatnerftohsisting of our ged duringthe vear one thous own peopief Jthus planted ohj the auq eigni nuoarea ana nineteen, l -u iT.iaaiijjji auu ;uie rom the proceeds of the public I Mohile, with the protection to be ands assiffhed to that obiectj af Ideriyed from the regular force. er which the receima from thnnt I Indian hostilities, if thev do not- lands will annually add to the altogether cease, : will iienceforth ; along bur coast, and in con tiguous form you, that an arrangement, terrupt our commerce, and other which had been commenced7 bv affect the persons and nroa tny predecessoivijtith the British Fjerty f ' t cti?!i8v These an-; Koveroroent, for ttie teductibn' of ticipatidnsf hiveMbecn realized the naval force, bv Great Britain Such injuries have' been received . and the United States, on the from persons acting under the au .lakes, has CbeenjconcludedY bv thority of both the parties, and for ; which it is providedi that neither which redress hasVin nibst instan- party shall keep 'in - service, - on ces, .been withheld. Through ev - Lake Champlain, more than one cry sbge of the conflict, ' the Uni '.vessel ; on! Lake Ontario; msre ted States have maintained an im- than one, and on Lake Erie, and partial neutrality, -giving aid to . the upper lakes, more than two i neither of the parties in men mo to be armed, eachwith ;. one can- ney, shippr .munitions- otviau non only "ancl that aJL the jother They have regarded the contest armed vessels, of, both parties of -t in eUght of an ordinary in : which an exact liat4s ihtefchahi surrection or rebellion," but as a ged, shall be) disbandecl;: Ir is civil war bejtwecri parties "nearly -also agreed that ihe fbrce rei equals having as to neutral '-pojiy tained' shall be restricted: in ita ers-eoual riirhtS.tOur oorta have r duty to the internal purposes of cen operi to .both, and ever)rTarti- each party Y and that tht arrange cle the 'fruit of our soil or of the ment shall remain in -.t force until industry of? ourc citizens; .which six months, shall have expired af cither'., was pemittecltotake, ias ter notice ciVen by one bf 'thVbarf been .equally S free to the other. wMuuiu iuc tujumcs csiaonsn tneir independence it is proper, notyttb state, tnat tms government neith consideration.' A j ust f eg the rights and interests ot the Ut nited States, required "that they -Jibuld be suppressed ; and orders have accordingly issued to that effect. The imperious consider ations which produced this meas ure will be" explained to the part ies whom it mayj in any ; degree, concern. '. ' V To obtain correct information on every subject in which' the U ni ted-States are interested ; to in spire just sentiments, in alt per sons in authority; on either side!, of our friendly disposition, so far as1 it may comport with an impar- tiai neutrality ; ana to secure proper respect to ? our commerce ip every port, r ana "trom every flag, it has been thought proper to scuu u snip oi : war, ;witn j tnree distinguished citizens, along ; the soumern coast,- witn instruction o tptich at such ports as thev may fin d most expedient for these ties to the o:her of its desire that : -it should terminated -By this ar - :t tangeroent, useless expence, fon rjbblh sides, and what is ' of still : : i re ater im portance, the danger of armed vessels, waters, Thich v collision, between a1o those inland . . .... V-s gr at; u prevfcnted; t I lvKve:tbeatislactiorj also to Mtate, that the Com mmioners, "un 3er the fourth article of the treaty of, Ghent, M whom it was v refer- 'fed to dtcaie, to which party the er seeks, nor would accepti irbn mem any aayantage, in commerce or otnerwise, which will riot I be cquallyopenrt6 all Mother Mtio&; The colonies will, in that eventJ occoraef maepenaent : states, tree trom, any obligation to, or connec ioo wun us, wnicn it may not then be their interest to form on the bais of a fair reciprocity;. public revenue the 'sum ot ;onePosef their "terror. - Fortifications it aillion five hundred thousand I in those quarters to' any' extent; dollars, making - the permanent I wll not be necessary, and the ex. annual revenue amount to twentv-1 pence attending them may be sav six millions of dollars aad leaving I ed. A people accustomed to the an annual excess oi revenue, alter I us-o.ncc. arms oniy as ine xnai- the yeafone thousand eight hua pb tribes arei will shtin even mod dred and nineteen, bevohd thelerate work's, which are defended permanent autnori6eo expenuiture I "y aufiuu. . vjrc ui imuiiuus of more than f par 'millions of dol- Iwjlli therefore, be requisite bnly larsi Is y the last returns from the Department of .War, the : militia force of the several states may be esuraacea ac eigne nunnrea tnous in future, along the coast,.; and at some points1 in the interior,- Con nected with it. On these will the safety of our towns, and the com- merce of burr great rivers, from purposes; With the existing au thorities, with those ia the pos session of, anoV exercising the so vereignty, must the cemmunica tiou be held . : from V them 1 alone can redress for pas t inj dries, co m mitted by pet sons acting under them, be obtained ; by them a loce can the f comlriission "of th( like, in futuye, be prevented uur relations tyitn the;; other pbwers'bf ur6pe 7 Have experien ced no essential .change since the lastession. ; in our intercourse wjth each, due attention contin ues to be paidi the protection ot our commerce, and to every oth er object in which the United States, are interested. ' A strong hope is entertained, 'that by ad hering to the nraxims of a just; a candid, and friendly : policy, we may long ? preserve amicable rela tions with all the powers of Eu rope, on conditions' advantageous ana nonorable: to our country. ;;VV ith the Baibary states and the. Indian tribes our paciEt refcttioas have necu prcicrveu and mehV iri(aDtr!,;artillenrvaod of Fuady to the Musis- cavalrv. tireatnart ot th Fnrre isipp.i. aepena.rwn tnese tnereiore is armed; and, measures Vare taken I shotilA the utmost attention, skilly to arm the wholef Ajnnmprove- ana la De oestowca - ' ment in the organization and dis . 1 A considerable and rapid augmentation f r r ' . i i the value ot all the public lands pro cipline of the militia, is one ot the ceeding from , these fnd other obriois great objects .; which claims the causes, may henceforward be expected; unremitted attention of Congress. The difficuttie attertdingearly. emigra'. TU- ;-..i- c:- ; -." .-- - dons, will be dissipated even . in the most The regular force amount near, Perae parts sw -; states have !y to the number required by law, been aidmtCed into our X?niori,ttUeWest and is Stationed along the A tlant andSouthJ and territorial jvernments; ic and inland trootiers. ' happily organized, esublished over every Vir .l r i other portion m which ? there is vacant .-Ot the naval force, it has been land tor sale. In terminating Indian hos- hecessary to ; maintain v strong tilities, as must'sbon '".be done, inra formU squadrons in the M editeranean. ble shape ax least, the emigration which r.c'c :A v has heretofore been great, will probably and iu the Guit of Mexico. ; " jJLA e .vi I1 rom several of the Indian I submental ion in itar value. !be in like nro i ; . . ... ....... i 1 1 , : - . . . . tribes, inhabiting the country hot aenngon Lake cne, purchases nave been made ot lands, on con- cmons very favorabfe to the U. b: and. as it is presumed, not less so to the tribes themselves'; By these purchases, the Ihdbn title, with moderate reservations, has beeh extinguished to the whole of the land within the limits of the state of Ohio; and toa great part of that in the Hishirran territory and of the state of Indiana. "From the Che rokew -tribe trcct hs3 portion. The reat increase ot our ; pop ulation throughout the Union4 will alone proauce. an i3iponanc cucc.i, ana m uw quarter will it be so scnsibtyfelt a in those in contemplation. The public lanes m a . j a&vaw otvVxvmW iUC CWitU HUibU VUgUktW W U' posed of to the best advantage tor the na tion. The nation should, therefore, de rive the profit proceeding from the; Ton tmual rise in their value. ; tvery eneour agement should t given to the emigrant consistent with sr fair competition between thenitbut that competition should operate, in the first sale, to the advantage of the cation rather than of individuals Great capitalist will derive all the benefit incident 1 io tneir superior we aim, unuer any rawc of sale which may" im .adoptetV. - Udt" ifL. V - i 1 4,
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