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RALEIGH, (AIT.) MONDAY, DECEMBER
WASHINGTON CITY, .Zfcr. 3.
To tig -Simple and House of Representative: of the
'United States of America.
AT a moment when the nations of
Europe are in- commotion in d arming
agiinft each other, when thofe with
whom we have principal intercourfe are
-entTTT'theTKn'Sfit" confefL arid
o bring'
Qream. a:
ior ina) as ptraren.
1" he fame fyfLerri of hoverkig oh oar
coafts and harbours, under colour of
feeking enemies, has been alio carried
on by public armed fhips, to the great
annoyance and opprefiion of our com
merce. Ne
the law
1805.
No. 565.
the offenders in l of. roar feffibn. in th n.o,n rv.,
will confider whether ic would notDe
expedient, for a ffcate of peace as well as
u war, 10 to organife or daf th
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niiernrarrn inrr fhp im r- mhnnc
wuen rne coumenar.ee 01 iomc "nncin ifguuded neither in ju (ice nor the uface
towards cur peaceable country threatens 'or acknowledgment of nations. Accord-
fmall, than large veflel&ianf it would;
r fiafs rhfl milit-ia. ' fh
as would enableus on am- (udden emer- The limitarion fniwpftpH hv thp nnmKr
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ons oftensr arife for the employment of
I T ,-1 a a fl
teuen thk ;i.s well as execme to be all-
gency, to call for the fervices of the
younger Dorhoi 110;,,.
N. - . , , , - ... , y, r----;-..., vmiuvuilii;j.n,U VVllll
rTr r.--, w r w . . 4""c uivinK rami lies, ud-
mg toihefe a belligt rent takes to itfeif a
thit even that may not be unafFc&ed by
wait pilling ontiie mnerl tneatre, ; commerce with its ownenemv, whirh i;
uTumrnrrffTnOTreienrarnres ortne , denies rn a npnfraJ. :n tvr,.
Nation, in both Hnufes of Congrefs has ' aiding that enemy in th wa-. But ra
beCo ne. mrc than ulually tjefirable. 'j fon revolrs at fuJi an i;',confiftency 'and
ev?r: reaioaotourcoim. ; the neutral having equ.l fipht with the
ii,,..i.uW. wuu lucui iuc.icu:.icu!j. , be Afferent tOi cnrfp rinilHn (hoin.
of ieamen would admit afeleftion of.vcf
lels beft 'dsncd to thefmire-
wards of three hundred tboufahd able!
oaietl -.men; between the ages ofeigb-
ic diiutwenry nx years, which the bit ..gncuhure
cenlugihews we may now count within .1 'IhevarehrrrSinin
"uiiiucr jor onence or defence, in any the foreff, and find it their intereft frora
!i . tne my w wanted, and
. 1 ur Indian nelgL hours are ac varsciRjr. ,:
many of them with. 1 pirit, andorrs be- J
ginning fp enp.e in the purfuits of fi
nd ho u mold manufacture. . -
fcnfMethatfl' earth
will give time for ra.'fing regular forces
aai ; he information of the whole, and
will fc3 enabled to give a direction to the1
-pnb'ic affairs -which 'the will and the
wisdom cf the whole will approve and
fupporr. f -
- In taking a, view of the flate of our
country, we in the firft place notice the
late afnVdton, of two of our cities under
thsfat-ii fever which in latter times has
occasionally vijked our ffiores. Provi
dence in his gdodnels gave it an early
termination on this occasion, and'les
tertaJ th1; number of victims which have
ufually fallen before it. v In the courfe of
the Several visifations by this 'disease," it
has appeared that it is (triclly local, in
cident to cities and on the tide waters
ontyV ' incom-yiunicable in the country
vvher by peiJons under the difeafc, or
b j'oods carfied from difeafed places ;
tlvM it. ?ccefs(is w:rh the autumn, and it
.diTippears witb ths eirly frofts. Thefe
TeCnions wiiin -narrow limits of rime
and h?ce givq fecurity even to our m?
fTfirnc cities, d'-'nrg three fourths of.the
year, and to the country always. Al
though from thefe fads it appears'un-
Ti3cdTrv, yet, to latisfy the fears of fo- j
reign nations, rtd cautions on their part
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npc to be complained or in a .amyer
whofe limits le'.yeLAJnknowfi to ihem,
J Jmiti5lVAinecl on thp ofTicers. r.r
the head bf tfc'wCftftoms to certify with
exact truth, plr.evexy veuel tailing for a
terefls of our conitituents. and th dlt
I of maintaining the authority of rciion.
the only umpire between jufi nations,
impofe'bil us the obligation of providing
an eifwclual and determined opp-ifit'on
to a doftrine fo injurious to the rights of
peaceable nations. . Indeed t!;e confi
dence we ought to have in the juiHceof
others, (till countenrnces the hope that,
a founder view of thofe rights will of it
feif inducef rom every belligerent a more
correft obfervance of theto.
With Spain our negociations for a
fettlement of differences have not had a
fatisfadory ifTue.' Spoliations during the
former war, for which the had formally
acknowledged hcifelf refponfible, iiave
been refufed rn be compen!iTed but oh
conditions a (lectin-other claim-, in no
wile connect-d with them. Yet tk
fame practices are reneweo in the. pre-,
feht war, and are already of great a
mounr. On the Mobile,our commerce
pafiing through that liver coniinues to
be. obftrucfed by arbitrary duties and
vexatious fearche?. Prrpo(ifion for
adj'jd-ni; amicably' the froundaries of
Luifiana have not ben nrredeH tn.
While, hovvt-vcr rhc rigju is unlettled.
we have avoided changing the ibfe of
things, by raking new polls, or ibength
enhig otirfeives in the diimted'rerriu)--ries,
in the hope that the other power
8 ;ter the neceflty of them fhall become J ofju.prb.vinR thofe ihey occupy and ot
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period of life all its active fervice cannot
but be defirable to our youngerxitizens,
the prefen as well as future times,
in as much as it engages w theminmOre
advanced age a quitt and undiiturbed
repofe in the bofom of their families. I
cannot then but earneftly recommend
to yovir enrlv confirff-r.-irJon rh?. pvn;..i;.
time to time to difoofe of oarts of their"
lurplus and watte lards for the means
lubfiitin'gtheir families while they are
preparirg iheir farnas. Since ,your laft
feflion, the northern tribes have fold
to us the lands between the Ccnredicut
referve and the former Indian boundary -ard
thofe on 'he Uhio, from the fame
boundary to the rapids, rnd for a confi
derable depth inland. 1 he Chickafaws .
and Chetokces hav fold ue the country , "
i. inpairying our miima lyltem Detween and adjacent to the two dutncts
as, by a xeparation of the more activepart I of Tenneflee, and theCreek's the refidue
from that which is left fo. we.rhav Hmw i ofiFelr hn
m i m
i!, wnen nectiiary,
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an efficient, up to
fnrr -.icm nurt. i the ft ate of healrH relneft would nots bj a contrary cccciua, oDug
i 'thisfeven'ivhich prevails at the olace i us ret.the,f mpfe-imd endanger
tie..from characler and duty tp Certify
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' the tr.Mh, have no doubt they have
faithfully- etecuted . this injunction.
Much r?al injury ha? however been fuf-.
tailed from z propenfity to identify
with this endemic, and to call by the
fame name, fevers of very diifefent
k'mdJ which, have been known at all
" times; and' in all countries, and never
have be.sv, placed among thofe deemed
"contagious.,,.; yls we advance in our
knowledge isftnis difeafe, asfacs deve
lope the fource from which individuals
receive it, the State authorities charged
wiih the care of the publichealth, and
. ConErefs with that of the general cop
rwf rce, will become able to regulate with
ffrcV their relpeftive fupclions in thefe
departments. ( The burthen of quaran
tines is felt at home as well as abroad ;
their efli racy ' merits examination. Al
though, the health laws' of the (fates
m mid be found to need noprefent revi-
' fal bv Cnnarefs. vet commerce claims
that thtir attention be ever awake to '
may not on; eainy.conrroiieJ. I5.v m
this hope. 'we' have no'w-reaibn to ieffen
our confidence. Inroads have been re
cently made into the .territories of-Or-leansand
thM:lifnppiv(jr citizens
have been"' feized and their property
plundered in the very parts of the form
er which had besn actually delivered up
by .Spain, and this by the regular officers
and ipldiers of that goei n ment. 1 have
therefore found it neceifary at length
to give orders to our troops ori that f ron
tier to be it readinefs to proteft our ci
tizens and to repel by arms any fimilar
aggreffions in future. Other details,
necefTary for your full information of
the ftateof things between -rhis country
'and that, fliell be the fubjeft of another
communication. In reviewing thefe
injuries t rom fome of the belligerent
powers, the moderation, the fir mnefs U
the wifdom of the legiflature will all be
called into aftion. We ought ft ill to hope
that time and a moreorrecli-eftimate
of intereft as well as of character, will
produce the juftice we are ound to ex-
pet. ."But mould any nation deceive
them. - Z-...T.1 t r n e
IJlUVy '.111 IO.IV t. -..j-- , ; , . ..... - .. . -.nws-
our foreign rehtions , has conliderably "ieir oy iauc cascuiauons, aau qnar
clxmged: Our coa'ds have been infefted, I pnmt that expectation, we mult join m
and our h-rbours watched by private the unprofitable conteft, oftrying which
armed veffels, Jotoefahem--withotpartyane
rTrnillifomwith i
noris, othm ivith thofe hi legal f orrrw ! mitjiaceaM
"-but conimutitiA Watlcal acteyond the .-f is competent it is always the oft defira--L-
... 'it. iiXrtimMiAri. Ihpv i hie. But fome of them are of, a' -nature
a il Oil T V UlVi! Svf.,'?"f.'!'J-'..i.X,Z.,.. 1 -r- :
fl, r:nturetl in thevcry-entrancepf cfur
. h?rhours as well as on i the high feas, not
th( vpflids ot our friends coming to
itrade ttith u but, birr own alfo. They,
have carried them off under pretence ot
' k-rr adjudication ; but not daring to
tsporoneii a court of jultice, they have.
plundered and funk them hythe-way,
in ofcure places, where no evide ce
"xcjulvl Tiri fffarpinlrVthem,-maltreated the
rrc. -,n,l abandoned them in boats in
. rheoneij ia, or on defertfhores, with-
out food'er covering. Thefe ejiorrfiitiei
loparing to be unreached by any con-
th,--r fnvpftifrns.' I found it necef-
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to be met by force only, and all oflflcTn
rpromtnend fuch oren:irations as cirj
cumances' call for. f he firftjl is
cTuV'owV'i&'ro arreit aU veflefs.of tfiefe
de.fcnption
ii.-i'vpriniT TOh" OUt
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danger of infit Meafures fjave been
already taken for ) urrnfning them, wim
he'ayy cannon ,fof the fervice of fuch land
batteries as may' make a part of their
d,l'encer ainft armed vefiefs approach
ing them. In aid of thefe it is defirable
weifcoulfi have :a competent number of
gun-boat, and the number to be compe
tent inuft be confidetableV If immedi
ately1 begun, they mby be in readinefs for
ervice" 'a the opening of the .next
feafon. AVhether.it will be neceflary to
augment our land forces; will, be decided
by occurrences' probably in the courfe
from
corps, httor real and active fervice, and
to te called to it m regular rotation. !
Conficierable provificn lias been msde
lihder former anthoi iti. lr-ivi Onarls.
f ofinatcrials for th.e comlriiciioivot' fhin
of vr of leVt-nry-tour w.ms T gefe
rpaterials are on h.:mliubject to the fur
ther Will of the leciu iri '
An-jmir.td:afe, prohibition of the e-.-prtf
tarion of arm.? a nd n rn i ntinino?i is alic
fubmitred to ycur dJtriiiikiion.
Turru:!.g from' (fide urJu'far.t v.'er.-s
of violence and wrong, I ;congafuJjt
you on the liberation of our Jeliow ci:i
fcrjs who were'llranded on the ccatt of.
'Iripoli and made nrilonfrs of war. In
a gox-ernment b interned 'on ttie'willof
all, the life and liberty of every indivi
dual citizen become intcreftin'R to all.
-1h tlie treaty therefore which has con
cluded bur warfare with that ftate an
article for the r?nfom of our citizens
has been agreed to. An operation 'by
men, and others cr.gaped fov"the occiifi
bn,Jn 'coiijiinflion xvrh troops of the
E-Bafhaw of tlrat 'country;11 ga-liar.tly
conduded by ourfate con.'ul Eaton, and
their fiiccefsfu! enter prifc on the city cf
Derr.e, contributed doubtlefs fo the
impreflion which' produced peace, and
oppor-
men
of our fquadron dei'lined for Tripoli,
would have availed themfelves, to emu
late the scts-of valour exhibited by their
brethren in the at tack of the lalt.yr.
Reflecting with high fatisfaftion on the
diftinguifheci bravery difplayed whene
ver occafions. permitted in the late Me
diterranean fervice, I think it would be
' an nfeful encouragement, as wcllasjuft
reward. to makcan opening for fome pre
fent promotion by enlarging our peace
eftablifhment of Captains and Lieutenants.-.-
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"VVith Tunis forrie miftindet ft andfngs
have arifen not yet futficiehtly explain
ed, but "friendly difcuflioh.i with their
ambaffador recently arrived, and a mu
tual difpofiti on to do whatever isjuftahu.
reafonable cannot Tail ofdiilipating thefe.
S6 that we may confider our "pjsace on
that coaft, generally,. to be pnr as found
a footing as it has been at any preceding
time. Still it will notTbe expedient to
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iormer
the Ulcofauhatche. The three
purchales are important in as a
much as tire y confolidate disjoined ''piirjjf
of oiir fettled country, and render their
inrerccurfe fecare ; and the fecr-r.d par
ticularly fo, as, with a frtfall point cn-fhe '
river which .we exj-tt is ty this time
ceded ty ti e Pisnkefbiws, it complex
cur pcffcfTcn of the whole of both baaks
of the Chi froxr; itsfcurceto near its
niruth, -end the navifv.Mon of that river ,
is thereby rcndeicd r'ore.vcr faie to our
citizens fettled "and fettling On itsextcn.
five waters. The ptirchafe Trom the. :
Creeks too has been fcr fome time patlj
cubrly iriTerefting to th! ftate of Gcpfgia
rJ hefevcral rrcstiesvhich have been,
mentioned .will be fuhmiited to botlK
l?qufes of Cqngrefs for the exercjiepf
tiicic relpective function
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Dcputatrons, m v cntheiryway to tne
fr.!t cf eovernnieur from various nations
the cppclufion ot this prevented Of
tuniries of which the officers and
withurw immcdtately the whole of our
force from that fea. . ( -.
The Uw providing for a naval peace
7eflblhmen.t fixes tliettmler--ot-fri-r
gate which fhall be kept in conflant fer
vice in "time" of peace; a::.lprcfcribes
that they. dull be manned -"By not more
rcTrlaceulerforrOT
feamen and ordinary feamn. ' Whether
a frigate may be trufted to two thifdi
only of her proper compiement of men.
muft depentton the hatureof the fer
vice on w hichhe is nrdeisd. T hat may.
fometimes for her fafety, as well as to
enfure her bfcjecl require her fulleft
complement. In adverting to this Tub?
jeclt Congrefs will perhaps conlider. whe
therrthe7te(t limitation oi the Executive
difcretion in this cafe would riot be by
the number of feamen which may be
empjoyeif in the whofe fefyice, rather
than tby thThumJief ol veHilirr OucalT-
of Indians inhablringie. IVlifiburi an4
othtr parts beyonW'Mit$inp
fhnrgetl with' afitrraiTCCot fhtli fntisfac-
tion with the new ' relations in which
hey are pisced with us, of their difpofi
tions to CRhivate'fcur pcace and friend
fliin. and their defire to enter into com
mercial interccitife with usv A flate cf1
our prore's in exploring the principal .
rivers of tha country, and of the infer-,;.?
rratirri refpech'ng them hitherto obtain
ed, 'uK be ct mmuniciitcd fo foon as'we
fliall receive ' fome further relations,
w hich we have rrr,fon fhortly tp expect.,.
rI he receipts ct the treafury c'uringthe
year' ending on the'cth day oj Septtra-
i her l?ft have exceeded the fum of tnir-It
quite five millions in the treafury at ihei
beginning ot the year, have enabled u
after meeting other demands; to
pay nearlv two millions ojthe debt
cohtracled under the Brftifh treaty and
convention, .upwa.rcibt tour millions,
of principal of hev putilicdeb't, an4
four mil !i(nsof .intereft. Thefe pay ;
ments th thole which had bf cn mader
in threWears and an half preceding
-have rxungulfiicd of the funded debt,
nearly eighteen millions of piincipal." 1
' Conerels, by their, act of November
lc. 180?; aurhorifed , us to borrow
1 ,? 50.CCC dollaTs'rf wards meeting the 21
claims of our dtizens afTunnd by the k
corvvemion with l rance. VYe pave hoc,
however made vfe ot this authority': bc
caufe the fum of four millions and a half;
which remained in the Heafury on the
-fa me-3 ot h da y-oflieptemberJaftw"t
jjie receipts wnicn we may calculate ca
for the enfusng year, befides pajicg the
annual mm of eight millions ot dOitars, ,
ppromiated-totheH uhded debt, and r
meeting all the current demaiids which '.,
TOay be expecf et!, enableus fo pay the t
whole fum of threemIIions feven hun- -dred
and fifty thoufand JdoIIars, afith- 4
:eillbyJhexr.ch.C4nivenuoh,Und,ftiil--i
leave us a furpi js of nearly a million cfi
dollars atour tree diipoat.' bhouid you
concur in the provi lions of arms and
armed vefleli recommeui'eJ by the rir-
cumfbnees cf thctimes, this furplus will
furnifh the means of doing fo.
On this firif occafion cr acV
'drefhng Gongrels fince, by The -..choke .
folmy conftiiiitnts, -I live entered cn a -
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