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' J, r. V Onrt rt the SltBi of fair, clithtfal Pe&ce. ft- . Uawtrp'tf VT "t,to Hvlikt Brother!. ( ; , . (i'p autfjorttp.J z.irr or united states. An Art' .uthorislnc the PretWwtofthe Uni- led Sutes to accept and organize certain Volunteer Military Corpa. ouicrn, tie SiWanJ Ht cf ... miembJcd. Thar the rtalcnt of the United Sta be and ho U htre-b- authorised to accept of any company or companies of Toluntrers, c't her of ar tillery, cavalry, onniintry wno ipay Jate and ofier themselTea for the lervire, not exceeding fifty thousand men, who shall be clo hed, and in case of catalry, furnished with horses, a'lhcir own ejepeneef, and rm- d and tquiprna at the'expence of the States, after they shall bc calted into service, and vhntr rommisioniri oiBrers shall be ap- rolnted in the manner fescribt.d bylaw in the several states Ttd Urntoties 10 which snch companies shall respective ly belong : Provided, Tbit whers any company, battalias, I'g'rncnt, biigade cr division of rn Utia, iircady organized, shall tender their voluntary servicelo the United States, iuZh company, bat talion, recimcnt, brigade or division, shall continue to be cr.mmanded by the ciTicersholdingcommissions inthesame at the time of uch tentfc; and any.va c ary hrreaf'er occurriru;, sh 11 be fill ed n the mcde poin'ed out by law in the state or territory Jshertin the d company- b'talio, regime n, brigade or di vision shall h ve been oneinally raised. Sec. 2 ltd be itfurtU enacted. That any I or chVisjon, thus r.fT nng itself for the service, sh-ll be liahlc to be called up. on to do military doiy, at any time the President of the. United Stales shall jude proper, withiD two years after hi shall hae accep:ed the tame,and shall be bound to continue fn servicr for the term of twelve months afurtbey shall have a r rived at the place of rend. ivoXi, unless sooner discharg.d'; and when so. called into service and whilst r. mining there in, shall be under the same rules and re gu'ations, and be entitled to the same pay, rations, forage i.nd emuments of everv kind, bo'intr -nd clo;h- in? excented. withlthe recular troops of the States : Provided That in1 lieu of of clothing, every nn-comm?ssioned cf ficcr and private, in any company who may thus offer themselves, shall be en ti.Icd, whcncalled intoservice, to receive in money a snin equal to the cost of the cl-hin of a non-commissioned Rio r or prhate (as 'he case may be) in the regular troops of th- United States. Sre o, JnJ be itfu-iltr ecal, Thar the Prrvdent of the united b ates be, and he is hereby sutha'Hvd toorganirc 'he c mpanies so tende:if g th;ir services as j foresaid,' ito bittilion-, qudrons. regiments bigac!is and divisions,' as so n as the number of volunteers shill render such organiz-i V, n in his judgmen" expedient ; but, until cdltd in:o actual service, uch companies are not to br conidcred astxempl f'om thepefform arce cf mihtiaxlu'y, as is required by law, in like manner es before, the pas tape oTthis act. Sec. 4. And be it Jurtber r.-r?rvt That in caseny volun'eerabovenenlioned,while in actual service, shall sustained any da mge, by injury done to his horse or such other equpmcnt as shall have bcen fur nished at his own exp' nee. or by loss of the same, without any fault or negli gence on his part, a reasonable sum, to be ascertained in "such mayjer as.the President of the United States may di rect, hall be allowed and paid to soch volunteer, for-each and cveiy such loss cr darog ' Sec 5. And ie it further enacted. That i( any officer, non commissioned officer, musician or privateshall be disabled by , woim!s or otherwise, while m the line" of his duly in pub'ft service, he shall be pl-tccd cn the list of invalid pensioners of the United Stales, at such rate of i pewsy-n and under such regulations as are cr may be direced by law : Provided fla-flyj, That the compensation lobe al lowed for such wounds or disabilities; to a cummisMoned cffictr.shall not exceed. lor tne hhest rate nf diability; half the mon hly pay of such officer, at the time of his being.wounded or disabled, and that no officer sha?l receive more than the ha f-pay of a lieutenant.eolonel And that the ra.e cf perxion to'non-' missifncdothcersmuMciansandpri vates shall not exre-d five dollars "per in.w.h : And provided alio, That All inferior disabilities shall entitle the per son so disab!ed to receive anllawance PIrtiunate to the highest disability." Sec And pcit Juribcr enactta, in tne heirs and representatives-of. any non commissioned officer or sotdier,whomay be Killed in action, or die in the actual service' of the U. btatcs, shall be enti tled to receive one hundred and sixty acres of land ; to be drsignated, survey ed and laid off, at the public expence, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as may be provided by law. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That bp on the di'Chanre of aoy non-commis sioned offi:er or soldier, who-shall hsvebeen acceptrd under the provisions of this act, and shall have been in actual setvice for a period not less than one mown, and shall have obtained from the commanding officer of his company, bau talionor reRimerjt, a .cettificate that he hadTaiihful y perf rmed his du'y while in service, such non-commissionea otii cer or soldier, if attached to the artille ry or infantry, shall be presented with a musket, bayonet and other personal e quipments, or if attached to the cavalry, with the sabre and pistols furnished him by thetJnl:ed Slates, as a publictesti mo'nialof ihe promptitude and zfcal with which he sMl) have volunteered in sup-H port. of the rights and honor of the country. Sec .JlnJ Be it further enacZcd, That the um ot one million oi aoiiars oe appro priated to defray the(cxpences which may be incurred under the provisions of this act, to be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise' appropri ated HENRY CriAY, StleT 6f Ike Hcutt of Hfrenntativfi, GEO. CLINTON. FicfPrriiJemi eftht t.jStettt Prttidft of the Semaie. Februar 6, 18 Approved. r 3 ii ' ' L 1 JAMES MAUIMJN. WAR r Office of the National Intelligencer; 4 o'clock, r. M. June 13. The injunction of secrecy was about an hour ago removed from the following Message, Report or Ma nlfetto and Act- ?o tii Senate urJ H.ute of Fepresrnt&tixet cf toe Untied State I communicate to Congress certain documents, beins 3 continuation .of those heretofore laid before them, on the subject of our affiirs with Great Britain. Without going back beyond the renewal in 1803 of the war in which G. B. is engaged, and omitting un repaired wrongs of ; inferior magni tude, the conduct. of her government presents a scries of acts hostile to the (J. States as an independent and neu tral nation. 1 ? t-JT I .1 1 xruisn cruisers na' c ocen in tnovi ontinued oractice of violating the American flag on the great highway of j nations, and" of seizing and -car tying oGTpersons sailing under it not in the rxerise of a belligcfent right loundeq on the law ot nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prero gative over British subjects.,. British jurisdiction- is thus extended to neu tral vessels in a situation where no laws can operate but Ihe law of na tions and the laws of the, country to which the vessels belong ;5and a self redress is assumed which, if British kubjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is that substitution of force, for a resort to the responsi ble sovereign, which f.dls within the uennmon 01 war. vouiu tne seizure of British subjects, in such cases be regarded as within the exercise of a belligerent right, the acknowledged laws of war, which forbid an article. of-captured property to be adjudged without a regular investigation before a competent tribunal, would imneri ously demand the fairest trial where the sacred rights of persons were at issue. In place of stich a trial, these rights are subjected, to the will of even; petty commander. ;. r The practice, hence, is so far from .(fleeting BritisK subjects "alone,thati under the Dretext of searching . for these,' thousands of American citi zens, under the safeguard 6f public law, and oFthpxr, national flag, have been torn from their, countrvv arid from every thing dear to them ; have been dragged , oflloard ships of war of a foreign nation, and exposed, under the severities of their discipline, i . rf " W i'IIL-. (P-f- T'4- . I , 1 to be exiled to the most distant and I deadly Clltnes, 10 nsa; uieir .lives in the ' battles or their oppressors, and to be the j melancholy intrumtnt a of taking away those of their own bre- tnren. , f Against thi3 crying enormity, which G. Brita1nW0uld.be so prompt to avenge if. committed against her self, Ihe U. States haVe in vain ex hausted remonstrances and expostu lations. And that no proof might be wanting ot their conciliatory ,dis positions, and no pretext left for a continuance of, the pfattxce, the.Bri' tish Government was' formerly as sured of the readiness of the U. S.". to enter into arrangements, such as could not be rejected; if the recovery of British subjects were the real and the sole object. The comjnunication Dassed without effect. , ; fen Bntisp cruisers have been in the pi actice also of violating the rights and the peace of our coasu. , They hover over harrass our entering and V departing commerce. To the? most. I insulting pretensions they have added I '' PI the most lawless proceeqingc .in our very harbors ; and have1 wantonly spilt Ametrican blood within the sanc tuary of our territorial jurisdiction. The principles and rules enforced by that nation, when a neutral nation, against armed vessels of belligerents hovering near her coasts, and dis turbing her commerce,! are well known. When called on, neverthe less, by the U. States to punish the greater offences committed by her own vessels, her government has be stowed on their commanders additi onal marks of honor and confidence. Under pretended blockades, with out the presence of an adequate force, and sometimes without the practica bility of applying one, our commerce has been plundered in every sea ; the great staples of our country have been cutoff from their legitimate markets, anda destructive blow aimed ;at our agricultural and maritime interests.' In aggravation of these j predatory measures, they have been considered as in force from the dates of their no tification j a retrospective effect being thus added, as has been done mother important cases, to the unlawfulness ot the course pursued. And to ren der the outrage the more signal, these mock blockftjes have been! reiterated and enforced irVthe facer of official communications from the British go vernment, declaring; as the true de finition of a legal blockade,!1 that par ticular ports must be actually invest ed, and previous warning given to vessels bound to theci not' to enter." Not content with these JKxasiona' expedients, for laying waste our neu- iral trade.' thc cabinet 'of G. Britain resorted, at lernth, to the sweeping system of blockades, under the name of :',Orders in Council, which bas been moulded and manage, as might Best suit its politicalviews, its com merciat jealousies, .or the Avidity of British cruisers. ;;. I f To our renionstfances against the complicated and transcendent injus tice of this innovation, the! first reply was that the orders were reluctantly auoptea'Dy u. oritain as a; necessary retaliation on decrees of her enemy proclaiming a general blockade of the British isles, at a time when the naval force of that enemy dared notto issue from his own pprts. bhe,was.re minded, without effect, .that .Her own prior blockades, unsupportecJy an adequate navaLforce attually applied, and continued,wereabar to this plea : that executed edicts against millions of our property could not be'Tfctalia- lion oneaicrsconiesscaiy impossiDic to be 'executed ; , that retaliati6n, to be just, should 4all on. the party setr ting the guilty example, not on an in- nocentrpart),; which wasjnot even chargeable with an acquiescence in it. When deprived ;of this fltriisyj Veil for a prohibition of ourAtradcwitlher enemy, by the" repeal of hs prohlbi- lion .of our trade Atith Gi Britain,- iier. 'cabinet, instead of a corresponding J repeal or a practical aiscontmoance. of its orders, formally avowed a de termination to persist m them against Uhe U.' States", until "fine markets of ner enemy snouia ..pe ,iaiu r open to British products ; thus,assehinjg:an obligation on a nedtra quire onef be.iliigerent to enwtRerJ!y Us internal regulations, I the frad of another belligerent : contradicting her own nrarfir i rrtwarria all rmfmna in peace as well asm war ;a.nd betray ing the insincerity of those profes sions which inculcated a belief thatp having resorted to her orders with re gret, she was anxious to jRnd an oc casion for putting an end to the m Abandoning still mors all trespeci for the neutral rights of the-U. States, and fdrjts own consistency, the Bri- tisn government now demands, , as prerequisites to a repeal of its orders, asr.hey.TeJate- to the UfiStates, that a formality shouldl be 'observed in the repealof the French decrees nowise necessary to their termination;' nor exemplified by British I usage ; and that the French irepealj -Jbesides inclu ding that portion of the decrees which operates withitra territorial jurisdic-; tion, as wellas that which operates on the high seas against the commerce of the U. States, should not be a sin gle special repeal in relaiibri to the U. States, but should be extended t whatever other neutral nations uncon nected with them may be.affected by those decrees. And as an additional insult, thqy are called on for a formal disavo wis! ;of .conditi ons and preten -" sidns advanced by the' French go- vernment, for, Which the, U States are. so far from having made ufiem- selves responsible, that, inofficial ex- planations,which have been published to the world, add in a correspondence of the American Minister at London with the British Minister for Foreign Affairs such a-responsibility was-ex- plicitly and emphatically disclaimed; It has. become indeed sumcieriuy certain that the Commerce of the U. States is to be sacrificed,' not as inter fering with the belligerent rights of Great Britain, not as supplying the wants ot her enemies which she her self supplies ; but as interfering with the monopoly which she .covets for ner own commerce ana navigation.- She carries on a war against the law ful commerce of a.friend, thatshc may the better carry on a commerce with 5 lit! an enemy, a commerce polluted oy the forgeries and perjuries; which arc for the most ,part the onlypassports by which it can succeed.? Anxious1 to make every experiment short of the last risort of injured na tions, the United States have withheld from Great Britain, under successive modifications, the? ; benefits of a free intercourse with their market, the loss of which could not but outweigh the profits accruing from'her restrictions of our commerce with other nations; And to entitle these .experiments to ; cne more lavoraoie cunsiuerauun.iney were so tramed as td enaoie-ner td place her adversary" under, the exclu sive operation of them. Tp these ap- p.e.ais ner goveromcni nasuccu equai- iy lnttexioie, as 11 willing 10 maxe sa crifices of every sort, rather than yield to theicJaims of justice orprenounce the errors of ai false pride. 1 Nay,' sd: far were the attempts earned td qyer come the attachnient of the British Cabinet to itsunjust edicts ) that it re- ceived every encouragement, withiti the competency 01 ' tne r executive branch of bur cdvemmenti. to' expect that a repealoi them would be follow ed by?-a war between theU. States; and France, unlessthe French edicts should also' be repealed.- Even this communication, although silencing for e vet the plea of a disposition in the UnitecTiSSes tof aauiesceJn those ecUcts,i.onjpnallAej nem, received no aucuuon. It ncv other prddt existed 01 a; prc determination of the, British gqvern- raent against me fepcai w iw urucrs, it mifeht befdnnd ja the cdrrespond- ehcebf jheMinUter; Plenipotentiary of the United States at Londcm and the' British ;Secretary fdr lorcign Af fairs ib 1810,' on the-questionwhetb? ex the blockade of May, 1 806 was: con-. sidered as in forcfr dr as not n force Ii, had- been Ascertained that the French gbvernmerjitt?hich urged this blockade as the .ground.of its Berlin decree waV wlllihg,ii)the event of its removal, toUppeal thatcrcej whicli ' hingifollbbylaltew repcalsroi the other offensive edicts might abo ii?u me wuuic system ?onpoin. siues' This; inciting pjpportjiiifet' accpnq plishiog an object so inipprtant toth :U riitecj States, and po fessed so oftefcj, td be the desire of- bo h thebellige-. rep ts, was rri,ade kno wc to theBritisli goyernnient As triat government admits that an ;actual:application of an adequate Forcers necjessary tbthe ex-istence-ota legal jblpckade, ah it was notorious, tfiat if siichia forcehad -e- yer Jien applied, its ldng discoritinii- . ance had appujled;he olbckade. in question, there; could be, no sufficient objection on the part of Great Britain t to aJbrmat reyocation; of it ; and.no. imaginable objection to a declaration of the fact that the lqckade, did not exist. Trie declara ion would bave been consistent with herfowed prin ciples of blockade; t arid woul(l hav? enabled the tnitedStates tp demancl from Francethe pleidgeclreparofhers decrees- ; either iwjthr success, in I which case jthe wa ) opened for a general repeal of the bel- . llgerent edicts ; or .without ! successo r in which case th e til States would tbeen iustified in turnincr their 1 measures exclusively against Franelev The British government would , how- eirer, peither rescithe blockade ngr declare its non-existence nor permit its non-existence to be inferred and affirmeel by he Ametican Plenipo tentiary. On the contrary, by re pre - senting "the blockade! to be corhpre- hended in the orders,, in codncil, the United States, werercombelledv so ltd j regard it in their sbbs Inhere wasia period when a favor able change in the policy of the British Cabinet, was justly considered as 1 es- tablished. - Ihe minister plenipoten tiary of his Britannic majetyher.e pro posed an adjustment df the differen ces mdre imnlediatelr endangering, the harmony of the two Countries. The proposition was accepted with a promptitude & cordiality correspond- in with the invariable professions of this eovernmcTifc A foundation ap. peared to be laid : ing reconciliation. or sincere & last- prospect how- ever, quickly fvamshed.;rtl'wh prdceeding was disavdwed by the Bri tish gdvernment withdUtany explti na;idns which could atl that time re press the belief, that , the disavdwal proceeded from-a spirit of hostility tothe commercial rights and prospe rity te ,:;Md-:irjas since Come intg'ptplntjtl very mo ment wherJ tkerrailiji miniver wjis holding thelangda of f friendship ami insuring cjDnfie rily of the negdciatipn With vvhich he was charged a secret agent pf his go verhment was emplctyed in 1 '3ntrigu.es. havi jfprt of our goVernment and'a d men-of olir'jiay ., ' r Inrevieiiig tht Britain towards the WStatespurat- tentton, isecessarilv clrayrn to thff warfare iustnewed' tbwvageii on one oi our extensive frpnltejrjg-a ; wariare wnicn is iracwpparc'iei-', ther.age-nor sex, j andtb be'listin- ? gulsfedby Jeaturci necpliarl -ahoclt. - ingotmity) ac count for thectyiand tiojis which have for ome; time been delopinthemsel inthe constant j infertbt tis4i trades ifantf conjaeain their hd jfluenwiaM . authVnriclxamy 'esf 0&cVinter k positions heretofore -furnisher by the r dfficers anrif ajrents pf 1 that; Cdvern- ment;, ; ; v'M-. j :,;. ;.; CT; K Such is the spectacle! ofmiuries & indignities whichi have been heaped pbL otir c country Ano! such the crisis. fcedexpected thatf an enlighten nation, if less urced bvi moral of!i ir tions, or invited by trienclly diposi, ; which its unexampled fdrbearance and conciliat6ry jeffortshave n5t "beer a- Die to avert, . it mignt at leavs. i;rve 1' - 1 x 1 S .-. f, . 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