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' '-0 ,a -1? 1 .V. . ---.; ) Oor trethe pUniorulrdeJIfbtrulpeice, uS -. J. '".a. -Ar ' - J " ' - 4v , -TJfO f ' I "f .---.ii. -; ZV 1 1 IIURSUAY, XVOVEMBER 17, lBUtf. - f!! ' ' --M i m T 1 . Ml M . .V.V' "- M'titbingtou Ci:jt -Vor. 8, 18u8. Th'sdar at 12 odock, the President of the UojteJ Mates commontcnn, dj m CJti, bilSecrettry, the lolUvr:ng Mes varc to both Houses of Congress. K 4 To the Senate and House of Rrprtscn tativ'c of the United States. IT would have been a source, fcUow citizens, of mu h gratifica tion,, if our Last communications from Europe had enabled me to inform you, that the bclligcrcm nations, whose disregard of neu tral rights hasbeensodestructiveto curcotnmerce,had becomeawaken ed to the duty and true policy of revoking their unrighteous edicts. That no means might be omitted to produce this salutary effect, I bst no time in availing mself o; the act authorising a suspensi m, in whole or in part of the several embargo laws. Oar miniters at London and Paris were instructed to explain to the respective tp. vcrnmtnts there, our disposition to exrrcise the authority in such manner as would withd aw the pretext on which the agg essioni were origiuaily founded, and oprn the wavtoTa renewal of that com mercial intercouse which it was ilUgcd on all sidfs had been r - lucunily Obstructed, As each o! those governments had pUdged it- r?a;'.nrss to concur in renouncing 1 . a measure wntcn reaencu its au ersary through the incontcstiulr lights of neutral only, and as th measure h d been assumed b eich a& a retaliation for an asserted acquiescence in the aggressions of the other', it was reasonably ex pcitcd that the occasion woulu Lave been seized by both for e incing the sincerity of their pro fcssioVs, and for restoring to the commerce of the United States its legiunvite freedom. Thr instruc tions to our luinifr-i with respect to he iliflcrfni bcllit rents were Eeusnrilv modtfi.d with a rele rence to their different circum !tanc and to thr condition an-r.a-d by aw to the Extcutivt 5 owcr of suspension requiring a d.gree ol security to 'our com mcrcc which would not rejuli frm a repeal of the decrees ol Fran r. Instead of a pledge there ore of a suspension of the etn'urgo as to her in case of such repeal, it was presumed that a 5uiEcunt inducement might l. f miimI in other considerations, and P&r icularly in the change produ eJ b a compliance with bur jus: demand by one bcl.ig- rent, and a refusal by the othc in thr rcl.uior.s between this other andthi United liutcs. 'lo Great liritain, whose Iowcr on the ocean is so ascen Iant,it was deemed not inconsii' tent with that condition, to state explicitly th it on her rest in ling her orders in relation t3 the Uni ted States, their trade would be o pened with hert and remain hu' to her enemy, in case of his failure to rescind his decrees alsu. From Pr.mcc no answer hjs been recei ved, nor ant indication thj. the nquKue tlunge in her decrees is contcmnl t-.d. 'I'he favorable re- cption ol tne proposition to Great lintain was the less to be clou'tcd s her or dei s of council had not only lcen referred for their vindi. cition to an a. quieccnce: on the part of the United States no lon5er to br prettndcj, butastJie arrange ment propiised, whi'.st it resisted the illegal decrees of France, in- vo'ved moreover substantially, the ! precise auvantagis prutesscdlv ;imrd at b the British order. Hie nraugementhas nevertheless teen rejected. 'I rTis candid and liberal cxperi--cc: having thus failcd-iand no h;r event having occurred on ich a suspension -of the erriliar ythe Exrcutive was authori 1 itncitsuriW rcm-a n the ungiaaUy given to it. Wc v - X J ... . - , . . . , , - I ' -------- ! . fS .; v. ..! have the satisfaction, however, to reflect that m return for the priva tion imposed by the measure, and whiih our fellow-citizens in gene ral have borne with patriotism, it has had the important effects of saving our mariners and our vast mercantile property, as well as ot affording time for prosecuting the defensive and provision ! mea sures called lor by the occasion It has demonstrated tp foreign lations the moderation and firm ness which govern our councils, nd to our citizens the necessity of unirnF- in sunnort of the laws and the rights of their country ; :& has thus long frustrated those usurpa 1 . tions and spoliations which, it re isted, involved war, if submitted , sacrificed a vital principle of ur nitional independence. Under a continuance ot the bv- liferent measures, which in de- fiance of laws which consecrate die rights of neuirals, overspread the ocean with danger, it will rest with the wisdom ,ot Congress to lecide on the course best adapted :o such a state of things ; and bringing with them, as they do, ium every part ot the union, the cntirrunu of our constituents, my .nfiden e is strengthened that in tu rning this decision, they will, .vuh an unerring regard to the es- ential rights and interests of the U IliiUJ, WClgll dl.U CUiUUlC lill' piittul alternatives out of which a hoice is to be made. Nor should 1 do justice to the virtues which m other occasions have mark el the characterof our fellow-citizens, if I did not cherish an tqual confi dencc. that the alternative chusen, w hatever it may be, will be main tained with all the foititude and rjatrioliin which the crisis ougKt to inspire. L The documents, containing the irrespondcoces on the subject of .ne foreign edicts against our com- uerce, with (he instructions g'ven ) our ministers ut London and Pans, arc now laid before you. n ommunications, m ;do to Congress at their last ?ision, ex plained the posture in which the close of the discussions relative to the attack by a British 6hip of war n the frigate Chesapeake, left a subject on which; the nation had manifested so honorable a sensibi lity. Every view of what had passed authorised a belief that im I -nediate steps would" be taken b) the British government tor re dressing a wrohgj which, the more it was investigated, appeared thi nore clear y to require what had 'Otbecn provided lor in the specia mission. It is found that no steps l ive been taken for the purpose On the contrary it will be seen, in the documents laid before you, that tne iuadmissable preliminary, which bstructed the adjustment, is still adhered to ; and moreover that is now brought intj connec lion with the distinct and irrelative case of the ordcrs-in council. The instructions which' had been given to our minister at London, with a view to facilitate, if necessary, rcparaiiou ciaiuioi uy in: woireu States, are included in the docu. ments communicated. Our relations : with the other powers of Europe have undergone no material changes sjuce your Ust session- The impprtmt nego ciatins with Spain . which had V-en alternately suspended and re sumrd, necessarily experience a J4.1U9b iJVw - j M interesting crisi$, which distin guishes her internal situation. With thVttarhary Powers wt' continue-iti hirmony, with the ex ception ofan .unjustifiable proceed ing ot tpe rwy 01 Algiers towaras ur consul to that rczency. Its haracter Und circumstances are noolaid bijfor4you, and will ena- oa to decide how .far itmay . " r ti "'I " ither now or ncreatter- call iprs ny neasures not within the limits' jjof ihefEecivelauthojity 1 -.'With our Indian neighbors; the pdblic peace has 'been steadil) maintained. Some instances ol imlividu d wrong have, as at other times, taken nlace. but in no wise implicating the will of the nation. Beyond the Mississippi the.lo ways, the Sacs and the AHbamas, have delivered up for tritl and pu nishnient individuals from among themselves accused of murdering citizsns of the United States On this side the Mississippi the Creeks are exerting themsevts to arrest offenders of the same kind. and the Choctaw.s have manifested their readiness nd desire for am icable and just arrangements re3 pecting depredatioo3 committed y disorderly persons of their tribe. And generally, from a con viction that we consider them as a part of ourselves, and cherish with sincerity their rights and interests. the attachment of the Indian tribes isgaining strength daily, 'n extend ing from the nearer to the more remote, and will amply requite us for the justice and friendship prac ticed towards them. Husbandry and household manufacture are advancing among them, more ra pidly with the Southern than Northern tribe3,from circumstan ces of soil and climate, and one ol the two great divisions o I theChe rokee nation have now under coi:. sideratinn to solicit the citizen ship of the United 'States, a.id t ; be identified with us in laws and government in such progressive manner as we shall think best. In consequence of the appropri ations of the last session of Con gress lor the security'of ourstaport town and harbors, such works of d-fence have been erected ns s?em. ed to be called for by the situation of the several places, their relative importance, and the scale of ex pence indicated by the amount of the appropriation. 1 hese works wiil chiefly be finisied in the course of the present season, except at New-Yjrkct New-Orleans, whert most was t be done; and altho1 u great proportion of the l.tst ap propriation has been expended on the former place, yet some views will be submitted to Con gress for rendering its security tirely adequate against naval enter- pnze,. A view ot what hasbeen done at the several places, a(nd of what is proposed to be done, shall be communicated as sc6n as the several reports are received. Ol the gun-boats authorised bv the act of December last, it his !jeen thought nepfcssary to build only one hundred and three in the present year. These, with those )elore possessed, are sufficient tor rhe harborSSc ivaters most expos ed & the residue will require li;tle time fortneir construction when it shall b&xleemecl necessary. Under the act of the fast session for raising au additional militar) force, s many officers were imme diately appointed as were necessa. A for carrying on he business of recruiting, and in proportion as it advanced others have been added. WchaVe reason to believe their success has been satisfactory, altho' such returns have not been yet re ceived as enabled me to present vou a statement of the numbers en giged. . . I have not thought it necessary, in the course of the last season, to call for any general detachments of militia or of volunteers, under the ! !aws p issed for that purpose For the easing Season, however, they will be required to be in readiness should their service be wanted. Some small & spcial detachments have been necessary to maintain the laws of Embargo, on that -ortion of our northern frontier vhich offered peculiar facilities for evasion. But these were replac ed as sopn'as it could be done bv oodies -of newrecriuts. By the :iuaUiCse? anapi irtsarmcQ ves V, I quarters, the soirit of disobedience and abuse,-kvhich' manifested .Itself early abd ith sensible effect while we were unpreparea. to, roeea; lias beeti considerably repressed .1: . XL- irtt Qnrl tuhN min - o, a well ! organised and armed mill fin ic their nt frnritv. If is therefore incumbent on us, at every meeting, to revise the con- .dition ot the militia, and to as& ..... .. ..II kotlrselves if it be prep;J rd to repel a powenul enemy at-every point oi our territories exposed to inva sion ? Some of the states have paid a laudable attention to this object ; but every degree of pe- glect is to he found, among others. Congress alone having the power to prouuee an uniform state ot pre naration in 'this great organ of de fence : the interests which thev so deeply feel-in their own and their country's security will present this as among the most important ob jects of their deliberation; Under the acts of March 11th, and Aoril i23d, respecting arms, the difficulty of procuring them from abroad during the present si tuition and dispositions of Europe, induced us to direct our whole !orts to the means ol internal ip- nly. The i public factoriesnave therefiire been enlarged, additional machineries erected, ami in pro portion as artificers tan be found or formed, their effect, already more ihan d"iub ed, may bean creased, so as to keep pace with the yearly in crease of the miihia. The annual sums appropriated by the latter act have becnuirected to the en couragementff private factories of arms, and jpntracts have been en tered intoAvith individual underta kers ta4iearly the amount of the first viwrVaivjronriation. suspension ot our foreign commerce, prcriuced by the injus-I tijZe of the belligerent powers, aftd Considering the extruorhna'r? the -iawantl 'ot-;kuvtqntrirw"IiM.- .vf f iLcnaracter ot the times in wnicn we tne amouni ptincipaiouMia ? uve, our attenti j-! hhou;U unremit- enargeel wijijiavej-up jrateOj, u?f tingly be fixed oiuthe safety of our venue frp.mbM country. For a people who are dollars" of ireeit$na A mi ided on J the consequent losses and sacrifi further ccs of our qitizens, are subi cts of just concern. ine situation into which we have thus been forced, has impelled us tr apply a portion of our industry an J capital to in ternal manufactures and improve ments. The extent of this con version is daily increasing, and Iittfe doubt remains that the esta blishments formed and forming will, under the auspices of cheaper materials and subsistence, the free dom of labor from taxation with us, and of protecting duties and prohibitions, become permanent. The commerce with the Indians too, within our own boundaries, is iikely to receive abundant aliment from the same internal source, & will secure to them peace and the progress of civilization, undisturb ed by practices hosol- to both. The "accounts of the receints ana expenditures jiunng tne yer eauing on me inirueuvuay oil September last, being not yet 1 made up, a correct statement will . nerearter De transmuted trorn the l the t g l i treasury. In the mean time ascertained that the receipts h iveb. amounted to near eighteen mil- u lions of dollars, which' with the f; . Liii !.--'-' i if " .l e.ght rn.ll.8ps and' an half in the year have enabled us alter meet- I 4n the current-demand. a;id in- ri terest incurred, to pay two miU; ;ffice, nvghUh lions ' three ' hundred, thousand a engaging eil voiej i-gn$ have an parA fl uouarsoi vne principal oj out iiinu- debt;, and leftuSn .the :trea- j XSffiSf? iurv on that day near fourteen mil- State WHte. attenHaWT theMtnW'iW1 1 uons -of dciiacs. Ui these, hve : Asserooi-gtscircrt n? thousano? dollars will : be riecesaai meewgo the eriii,rjprp rv to pay-what will e du on the ace.sncW irst day'bf Jarfuary next', iwtii'h ;9i$ ii i J r" ' a wJt at ka-t prove satKtactirj:trus I'Xfc? will complete: the xexmbuwcmeut.w0:kM of the eighter cent. slpc. T pUyrnentsAvith Abse made, in I .GS !ie,x-yeiirs.iiipF- aa half prece- - v'5a'-S I . . .. - . ... . '.4A''.it-J - ' ' '',i7-- V:j-;''it -'v.-.. .. -. psi- i't1.-' vk-'"t .-' i '-s ia'w.iiJ II tv three millions, fiveA ;hundred aPM- I eighty tho'usirV, P principal of the,fahKcdd ig ine wnoie wnitn couiu uc uu or purchased within thevsimits veuuefbeyond m-ain r tnit sum annuaiiytio xne ;ui3uot4 ble surplus. v;Tb:j: ii tiiuiaLiiJii - ill iii a uillj as . w- - m to the pymentrof thejpublic;e6j: whenever the freedom,; ;anci,'Saiety ::m l- . ' V ,- i- 1 . ' . t of our- commercej &l,3tpXfc ed, merits the cpttstde(tan , uvc in ine puo,ic yawis it not" rather be ! appf bpnatecp tp, the imprbvmentsrbadsV caiials "I: rivets, tduc .tmnanq oilier gteati foundations pfMisperity 'ahclj n mi linnpr in( finwrr win. 11 r ready posses dr.j , ; ,, ;of the . con-5t2vU-" ..';.;' - such amen! moot tion ' as; moV be " apprqvelv llb; states 1 While unLertn,, or the courwrot things, he time'may fo:, tanning the p wers Peceifary rvf- system of fmprovemeait, shoulc that be thbuntbest. Availing m s'if of thfsj the last i-V. occasion wni h will" occur .ff;Vad---dressing, the twi Houses f lisl! laturc at th--ir meeting, ! cannot;; omit the expression ormv smcere- ' gratitude, tor the repeated prooh? . : , of confident e manifested to ne bv themselves aqd their preHetes4 K -sors since jmy. csall to i.hada'is f u tration, and the jn invindulgla cies experienced at their haiiis ,5 The same grateful ackuowiedg;,-y : r menu are due jto my : hdw ciw lv j ze nsge ne rally, vyhoe sd ppp t.has J been my great encourageineut urii f der, ah -embarrassments. In the -transaction of thert)usibsl;jVV;'V.' not have ecord je.rrpr. I'1s';in-;J cidenr to our iTnprfect: nature. uut i may say, witn truthyjer rors have been ofeh ir u ier ing, not "of i n te n ti un, and that tli auvancement oi their rights ancll interests liaa been - the constant motive for every ;-;nieasurr-vUnyfp;'v. : thee consideratioJisTsoHcireil indulgence. !Vkihgirw anxiety to their future destinies .1 vf n ujtit itt' iitii git.au v 'j, vii' i till- ;t ' ,'i I ter the :ir love of iUrtVi pbedtetrte ta 5 ; law, and support of thd ;jiub i:3th- ' "'v' thorities,; I see a ' sure gu itutee j 'f of the permanence of "Oui HeUb S-n lie : and? retiring fWmUr of iheir aff'its I carry -Withme' r: the consolation of a ;firm ;p5"di-";c:H sion tn t rieaven nasin store for t-- ? : our beloved cuntryv lopg ages tto come of prosperity and aopiness, V TH EFjpyEvpON H .. November s, 103. v i;, - Gejulemen tt WING undrs nnrl5 Vhnt frnr -To 'Vie ' Members 'f '' fenlu7i: General Assembly (ffStatofM - TI theeatjftrofief ihDkeeneiatf W of the General saenb ythatj5ffiie ii n.f0M vicant, ! there Ipre beg leve lo annointment. : it ,s x fficefifrfi2v hU fully a tended to, teams' ncito iaciUtatv hi the business o( tbeLesUtTK&8:V ini an eutare stranscr' to -the jrrcatesi'Aart ' 'ii rf the Mb&.A';iw'V '-it public throughput etateju rikr th those lme!, . - - - . - ...r-r.... -. j.... i.: A I ? .vi- .."hi:1' -S i. "V. ' t. r.
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