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r .1 pRESIDEKTi'-MBSSAGE. Tills iTaj, at 12 o'clock, thcPREsr trvr of tup. Ukiteo Statf 'trins inittciU' t both Ifoues oC Tonsrs, hc fullouin; 'Mcsugt, bjr Mr. Todd, hts SecrctarV , ' i -J. rcUotrii'.yfr of t?f Srut. . In revjf ing the present state of otjr toutrv, olir attention canrint be with Ml from t!i effect pr6luccl by pe culiar ea.on, wliich have very ptnev rally impairetJ the-annual ifta of Uie cirtlit and threaten kearcUjr in parti cuhr Jirict. Such, howcVrr, is the varictv of oiJ of c!ifnate, an1 of pro'tnets, within our extensive limits, that the 2t;rerate renurr..s for sub sistence, are more than sufficient for the airenle 'wantsl Antl a far ai an economy of co'nMi ration, more than una!. may be rieccjiarojr thankful, nes h lue 6Sfovidenci,"(or vhat i fir more than a compensation, in tho rnnakabre health u4iich has diatih milied the present vean . AmifUr t'e ativantares whicli haVe snrceedect thc-peace of En rone, and t' of the United State.nith .Great retain, in a neral tnViorjtion'of in ilntrv imnn; uft and ia tbe extension of our o .m-rfc. the; yaluc of which i more and more dic!osinC itself o commercial nations, it is ti4b regret ted that a depie.;on i csperien,ced bv particular brai.chen of cur manu factures and bv a portion pf our na vigation. A the fint proceeds: man essential desre. from an excess of im ported merc'andize,' uhich carries a cliecV iu its own tendency, the cause in jts present extent, cannot be of ye rr lon duration. The evil vill not, however, be viewed bj Congress, with out a recollection, that manufacturing rtablis!iroent, if suffered to sink too lnw. or lancui&h too loni;, maj not re vive, after the causes shall have ceas ed : and that, in the vicissitudes of hit man affairs, situations may recur; in uhich a dependant ofi foreign sonr -es. for indispensable supplies, may m amnrr the most serious embarrass went. f. The depressed state of out mviga; tinn i t be ascribed, in a material tlrree, to its exclusion from the colo nial parts of the nation most exten- sivelv connected with us in commerce, j unci fiom the indirect operation of that j Previous fo the late convervtltj at London, between the United States and (irent Britain, the relative state of the nut irition law of the tuo coun tries, ror. r.- ont of the treaty of 170-4. Ltd sura to the British navigation a r.;attrial advantage over the American, in the intercourse bMtteen thcAme-h i:can ports anu iiritisn port tu.ca- r pe. Thr convention of LondnjTc- ( iT'nl'y'l the laws of the two countrie-, rdaiiti2 to tlsoe port ; lravintbe in- tcrvotir" between our port and the j ; r.irf! of the British colonies. nbject, n hfor, to the hcpedive reit.latin J of the parlies. The British j;.vrn nient.eufircinj;,nnw,re'jIatuitLs which prohibit a trade between its colonies and the United States, in American v.xe!. whiUt they permit a trade in Si tion jocs accnlinglv ; and the loss i - .....v.. ... augmented by the advantage which i icntothc British competition over the American, in the navigation be-f.-.,fn our ports and British port in Kinip, bv the circuitous voyage en-j-yed by the one, and not enjoyed by t! iilhrr. f) . The reasonableness or the rule of f 'ciprocity, ajrpjicd to one branch of t; coi-uv.ercial 'Intercourse,. has been prv ed i n t-rpart, as equally, appli c ! to both bran chest but it js c crrr.net!, t!ut the British Cabinet jde r h-cs all o't ociation on the icibject : . ;th a disavowal, houever, of snvdix ition to jew, in an unfriendly light, vliateycr countervailing regulation i!;e TJn.tcl States may oppose ttlie fpgijlatj.irs of.whicli they complain.- The .wisdom if thcN Legislature ill 2 n th course, rhich, rndcr these c!rcnmtances. U plccrih:d by a joint regard to the amirablelTelationsi b:tcen the t'.vo nations, and to th jt ititere: of the United SUtes. I have ti e satisfaction to 'state. ?e femlly. that uc remain in amftr with! foiein power-. ' " I An oer.jrrenro hii, indee 1. taken ! p ace n t' c r;tdf or Mexico, whicn. il ctinn.-! bv t!- ... Mem- U ' ,lCrn lit '-.. . i fiionono of our public armetJ. vessel I was attacked bv an oyerpowCriogorce,' 'under a Spanish combandtr, and, the, Atnencan.iia', vnui tu)e ouicrr ennv, Insulu3,i,n f mapnetcallmfor nrompt reparation. Thls ha9 been de ! manded in the mean tme, a frigate J and smaller vessel of war -have been : ordered into that Gulf, for the protcc ! tion of our commerce. It would be I improper to omit, that the represcnta itive of his Catholic Majesty, , in the United States, lost" no time in giving Hhe stronest'assufahces, that no hos j tile order could have emanated from his javernment. and that it will be as ready to do, as to expect, whatever the nature of the case, and the friend ly relations of the two countries, shall be found to require. i The posture of our affairs with Air .crs, at the present moment is not .known. The Dey, drawing pretexts from circumstances, for winch the U nited States wcre-not arnwerabl, ad dressed a letter to thi government, declaring Hie treaty lat concluded with' him, to have -been annulled by ; our rtola:in ofit; and presenting, as 1 ; tne atteroauve, war, or a renewal oi j the fgrmer treaty, which stipulated, a moos othcb- things, an annual tribute. The answer, with an explicit declara-, tion that the United S'ates prelerred Unr to tribtite, required Ids recogni tion and observance of the treaty last J mule which abolishes tribute, and the i slavery of on captured citizens. The ' result oi the answer has not been re ceived. Should he renew his warfare on oar commerce, ?c rely'on the pro tection it will find in Our naval force acttiallv in the Mediterranean." y With thi other Barbarjr states, Our affairs have undenrorie no'chanire.' The Indian tribes withiri pur Itmib flbnear rilao disnrmpi) tn mmnin i peace. From several of them purcha-' jscof lands have been made, particu- lany lavoraojc to ir.e wisnen anu se carity of our frontier RetUcments : aS well as to the general interests bf the nation. In some instances, the titles, though, not supported by' du: proof, and hashing those of one tribe' with the claims of another, have been extin guished by double purchase ; the be nevoletit policy rl the United States preferring the augmented expense to the hazard of -deling injustice ; or to the enfrcement'of iushceV against a feeble and untutored people, by means invblvin or threatening an effusion of blood. .1 am hapny to add, that the tranguility which has been restored a- I mong the tribes themselves, as well as ; Detvieen them anu our own population will favor the resumption ot the work oi civuizaijon, wnicn liaM made an eu- courainc pnijrress amongsoiiie tribes ; ami that thf fnciiifv is encreasing, for extending that divfded and individual ownership, wliich exists now in movi- able prontTty oi.ly, to the soil itself; and of tliu9 estttblUliiti in the culture and improvement of it. the true foun dation for a transit from the habits of; . the savage, to the arts and coinfort.9 of I 'social life. V . As a subiert' of fhn KKc! :r- J ianc u Tne natmnni rvllare, I must, i again, earnestly recommend to the con- j sideration of fjonirress. a re-orinWju i tion of the lilitia, on a plai" whicf! J will form it info clas3Cs, according to in- perious oi me more an( less ailap- i ic i loiiuary services. 'An etijcient efficient militia is authorised and contemnlated bthe -cons.'itutinn, arid 'requircd by Ihe'.spiril and safety of; free ; govern ment, 'l'h.- present organizationTof our militia m iniversstllv regarded as les efficient lhari it ought to bemade; and no tirganizafion can'be better ral. vuiairii iv gic to ii its due fore, f ban a claudication which will assign the 1 ivrrpiosi piace in the detente oPthe I country, to that portionf its citizens. J whose activity and animation best en-; ajle them to rally to its stahdard.-l w, l i . . I v .4'- ' llt:if1(o Inn .nnilA..I.A. Li a. v...v.v inv. vjiugm vi ail.Ull X lime of peace rs the tirrije whfo'ic'hangecin; be mjde with twosf corivenlence-and-eqttity, it will no be aided, bj. the ex periencis of a recent, war, in,' which tho militia bore so interesting a part. " Congress will call tn mindthal no adequate provision hasyet been mae for the unMcfrmi.ty of weights and triea: sures, also rnntemtflated' by the con-1 . .Tho great utility of a sfan-! ;C , r i ""VTO st?n: V ' m J natT2re' founded Nutiic - ayleofdecrnirJpporticcsy ment, may make an ..exception, as to that, power-- According to the report nf fttir njival-Tommander . on that sta- 4 , verqmenu aiiin.eariy sage, to prepa ratory atejis (or introdtfcin it ; and a completion' of the; work wilt be a just title, to the'pu'blicJg'ratiturle;; J v jnieibortaHciB which I have attach ed to the wtabllshraenl of a Universi ty within this T)istrict, dh n scale and for objects worthy of the AiPerican naUon, induces' e to renew niy ts- commendation of lit; to the favorable consideration' of Congress : And I par ticularly inve again their attention to the. expediency, of exercising their existing powers, and where necessary of retorting to the prescribed inode of enlarsinir tliem, ih order i'o effectuate a comorehonsive sVHfpin Kf road .mil canals, such as will' have the effect oUri drawing more closely together every part of our country, by pnHnjftini; in tercourse and improvements and , by increains; the share of every part in the coin in on stock ot national prcspe rity. , . Occurrences having taken place which hcw that the-statutory provisions for the dispensation of, criminal justice, are deficient in relation both to places and to persons under the exclusive cognizance of the! national authority ; an amendment of the law, embracing such cases, will merit the earliest at- tention of the Legislature. It will be a seasonable occasion also, for inquir- tng now iar legislative interposition may be further requisite in providing penalties for offences designated in the Constitution or in j the statutes, and to which either no penal ties are annexed or none with sufficient certainty. And i submit to the wisdom bf Congress, whether a more enlarged revisal of the criminal code be not expedient, for the purpose of mitigating, in certain cases, penalties which were adopted into it Antecedent to experiments arid examples which justify and recommend a more lenient policy. ,The United States haying been the first to abolish within the extent of j their authority; the transportation- of i a w m w w a - W T prohibiting , the introduction of ilavesyl and by punishing their citiz.ens parti-! cipating in the traffic, cannot but be ; gratified at the progress made by con current efforts' of other nations, to j ward a general suppression of so great an evil. Tliey must feel, at; the same ;time, thc greater solicitude, .to give I the fullest eflkacy to tjieir own regu ' lations. . With that view, the interpo sition of Congress appears to be reui red, by the violations and. evasions, which, ,i(.is suggested, are Chargeable on unworthy citizens who mingle in the slave trade under foreign fls, and with foreign ports and by collusive importations of slaves into the United States through adjoining pot fs and ter ritories. 1 present the subject to Con gress, with a full assurance4 of their disposition to apply all the remedy which can be afforded by an amend -ment of the law. The regulations which were intended to guard asfaihst abuses of a kindred character, in the trade between the several states, ought also to be rendered more effectual for their hpmahe object. v To these recommenl4tions, I add, forthe consideration pf Congress, the expeuiency ot a re-mod lfication ot-in e judiciary estabHshme'ni, ihd ;of stri adf dttiorial deiKirtmenlln the! Executive 'branch of the goycrnmetitH, 1 ! 'Hie first is calledfbr bf 4hc accrti in5 nusinessi'whichrrecessnriiy Bwells ; e unties oi tne reaeral uourr, ant ' 1 , uy me grjeat nti wideling space witn iq. which jusjufe is td be dispensedby thernr" -The time'seema'to have arriv- ed,' .which claims I for tnembers of the ry fatijfues, incompatible as well with f rwui 1 Alt: , I. 1 Wit I llllill t the age w which ;a i portion ottheni Will always have attained, as with therC searches, a nd'l preparations whicliare"! due to their stations, and io.tir itn uiv.ui rvpuuiuon Oi ef. i. c i r" coiiui ry. Akd considerations equally c5gehtre- riety ofi trve business! f aJsoVatcumulating :'vitJf the progress t)fjtiijr.coiintrvi and its growingipopulatitfh, call for an additi onal " department,! to be,Vcha'rged with d u ti Cs, 0 ovy 0 v rbnrd eninoth er)depar f -ments an,tl witirsuchas have not beCn annexed to ktiy department. The course of experience recoin- i,5u(Hcientl obviottS; 'rtt led die tcu quire a more convenient organuca;ion of thekubordiriate triburfals, wtiidli may, be ncConaiiliihed' Without i ob- jectlonlibie increase Jf rthe; . number or eVpfbcifeo the Judges. ; , The ' ti fen t ;arid variety of Execu- mends as another improvement. in the 1 K x e,c u t i ve establ ish men t that th erp rjo 1 vision for the station of. Attorn neral,Ayho3er residence atTthe seat of government, omciai connecuonf yun it, ami management 5f the public busk ness bTore the J,udiciarypreclude an extensive paftifipation in professional emoluments, be.makle inWe adequate to hisservce and his helinouishiments, and tnaCtlt with alviqw to his reasonable j accommouatiunami to a proper- depo sitory 'of his officiat Opinions and pro ceedings, there be included in the pro vision the usual appurtenances to; a public officer ' ' , ! , In directing the legislative attention .to the state, of the finances, it is a sub ject of great gratification to findthat evfert within the short period whlch bas elapsed since the return of pearri, , the revetiUe-dias far exceeded all the cilr rent demands 'eport, the treasufVj and that, under any proba3le diminution of its future annual product which the vicissitudes oCcoiiimerce may occasion it will afford an ample fund for tl;e ef fectual. an,d vearly extinguishment of the public debt; It has been estimated that during the year 1816, the actual receipts 'of revenue at the treasury, in cluding the balance at the commence ment of the year, and excluding te proceedS oi loand and treasury . notes, will amount to about the sum of forty f seven 'millions of dollars ; that during j the same year, "the actual payment jof., arrearages of the VVar Department, as j well as the payment of a considerable excess, ueyona me an.nuaji- appropna- tion, will amount to about the sum of thirty eight millions of dollars ; and that, consequently, at the close of the year, there will be a surplus in the treasury of about the sum of nine mil lions of dollars. ; The operations of the treasury con tinue to be Jt)bstrutted by difficulties, arising from the condition of the na tional currency : but thev,have. never- theless. been effectual, to a benefieiaH extent, in the reduction of thej public debt, and the establishment of the pub lic credit. The floating debt of treas ury notes, and. temporary loanslvill soon be entirely discharged. Tim ag- y con gregate of the funded debt, composted ,PV m coiistuuTion wmcnia r to- 0f ?ebts incurred duriwg the whrs of I paBa'dium,. sure presagesj thathe ties j 1776 and of 1812, has been estimated, with reference to the- of January next, at a sum not Sx&eding nun - dred and ten millions'of dollars. The ordinary annual expenees . of .the gov-! ernme.Qt, for the.maihtena'ricojf all its . institutions,, civij, military, andj havaU ( have been estimated at a sum less than ? i twenty millions of dollar?. And the ; permanent revenue, tobe derived from'-, ? all -the existing sources, Ijas bjaen es- i timated at a sum of about twenty five j milurus of dollars. . j: ; i ! Upbn'this general view of the siib-! jedti it is bbviou, that there is only (. wanting to the fiscal prosperity of the .j government, the restoration ofpri" uni form meilium of exchange: The re sources and the faith of thenMron, flisr played in the systen which COngreSs has established, ensure respebt and confidence both'at home and'abroad. The local accumulations of the. revenue hayC al read jr enabled the treasury .o j meet the public engagements in; the lo- f iil currencyi of most of the States, and it js;expeciea inai tne same cause win produce the same eect,throug!iaitthe uVion Bnt, for the .interests 'of the community; at large, as. welt asifQr the purposes of tl fK.f k, tw;ftfi r.v i)f eoual va whereyer It may ci pis itie con- n m .' K stituipn has Cn trUstedcKgress, ex clusively, with; te power Aorcreiitiej; ' -' ' atnl regulating;a carrenv otthat ne- Sc,u o . j mi .., wer&hiken during Gieilaht session, in Hlxecutipn oftlje powerive every pnU il miof success. The liarik of the U. states.nas oe.cn, organ isea cnup aus piceaJtfeWavbf jean no f fai 1 "to -an k Jmppr tan t ; auxt Ilary 40; those pleasures. v r '. .1-', For a iimore cnjat'ffed-A'icyici, Ihe a. . a. Mr m - r r . i ; ; : i public tlriancesi with "a.yietv of tne triea sures pursueu oy tne ireasury AJepari mcntV preyirtus oHUsignationf bf the late Secretary,' transmit aX! ex tracirpm the last rcporfrof .tht offi cer. . Congressvil perceivdint, a'rin ple proofs of Athes1nl id foi?riIatuiv on . 4Am.J flnt Ai n niAo rr t t- atl C A.L Tiatloti re-ts; and will Jo iusttce i tor the Jistinguished ability arid succeifut ex$ ertions with which the duties! oftte f department were executed dufinf a II le treasury, it is essential l K D appeasto reasoi.? anu uy u3 , , m. f I i I IKn ma I a tr v twe v lntitoA into Tl-aA In if should possess a CUrren7. , Lu :ki:-t !ue, ,'creciit and use, h . -Z: .. . . period remailcahle for its difficulties fit ' itfe peculiar perplelitiesv :lK i The peod of niy retiring frbt thtt public service, being ataTirile distaricei -," I 'shall fkid hi) Occasion more "propfC than the rfesent, tor expressing to.my- feilow-citizfens my deep .ense of the continueuohtidence and kind which Iliav0 receiv ed from them; JVIy gratfiii recollection of these tt!stin guished tuarks of their favorable regard can never cease ; and, with the con4 sciousness that'if I-have ?not server! my country with greater ability I hav' served ttglih a sincere deotiohf yviljj accompany me as ti source of unfailing , ! gratification' " , "V' ' ;..Hp Happily; j shall carry with hie from : ' the public theatre, other sburtes,,vhica those vlo love their country most wilt ' best. .appreciate;,.' I shall behold it bles. sed with irannuility and prosperity M i r hoKie, ancl wth peace ard respect i uruau i can liiuuigc uiu uuu;' rc- flection, v that1 the American people have reached : in safety and success their' fortieth year ' as anl indepenl dent nation 5 that for n early a n ent ira generation, they have had4exprjencfe of their present constitution, ihe? offl I spring oi tneir uncusturoeq tieuoerauf j-ons and of their Frefe choice i that they I have found it to bear Ahe trials of ad- iverse as wen as prosperous crrcu:nstan- j c?s,to contain', in its coinniaauoupi t'thefederatc and eleft.ive priiicipies, reconcilement of pub! ic strength j with. ; individual Uberly onational power for tle defence of iiMonajf ightsrtK asecurity against vvars of itijwstice-, of atition, jbr of vain 'glory U) thej 4 fuif ; damerttal. provision ' fcw hi c Subjects all questions, of war to the will of the ia tion itself, whfcfl is to pay -Its rt3. and feel its.lamiiie8Kf,Koi;''ts. it. less a peculiar felicity; of this constitution. so dear to us all, that it is folind t be capable, withotit losing its yital ener ; miS- of exoandinw itself over a snaciou 1 territory, with SjC increase and 'exf pansion of th e corh mu nity. for whoso benefit it was established. . Ahi may I not be allowed to add id this 'gratifying spectacle that I "shall read, in the.character of (he AhiericaS neonle. in their devoti n to true liber . - , a ' .:.-1 ... ... i -m' r. ij J cqaniry, win exmajc a govrrtifiet pursuing -the pubbcgnocl its sole objecU aMieguJatin-yits; means bv the irreat brintinles. .curYse cratea -in its charter,1 and by tsen.P. ral principles to vh ipli the yAt'6e&jti ainca : , a scoverument ivnicn waives over the purity tif elections, the dom of speech and of the presstlfe tfjv al bjrjuryj and the equal interdict a' gainst encroach m e n ts and corfipacts be- ; tween religion ano the statfef. hich. maintains inviolable the maxtm9 dfpu lie faithV the security of persons and properly, anp. eiicturagesj in eveiy au thorieuimode,bat general diffusioni. of knowledge wjiich guarantees i td 1 public liberty it pern&nency,;and tp tnose who possess the bressing,Hhe trhq j en joyraent ' o'f it : ; A government wiiichavoids intrusions on'1 the 'inter- j nal repose of other natibnsVrld repels them J'rom its own( vvhfehfltlofeg ice to 'all nations wHh ,a difieel qual to the rmness wltH which it re quires justice from ihcrri j and Vbicfi .wnu Si it rennes its aomesnqcoutjjroni every ingredient riot congenial vitri the precepts of an enlightened age, arid .. r ;.r .. t i ! - tne sentnnents or a virtuous psopie . Wj 'Li,hJ SMIT U VVIIll.ll V IIMIIMIIMI I 111' II ITU lit 1 1 TV. f 11" 11 if : ;l llil "I 11 Irl 1 llr r.H rllllil fal I pf ".'war, and meliorate the social "a V.' a W a a w m - V -w . " . j w - aT 4 - iu -. . . . ,v p j t with?n and.witilou, ,mav bespeak .tliHN most nooie ot an amuitions, mat oi, j promoting puc4oheaTJlli and Jg"od : will to man. - j.;-, v. ,?i .'. :. i - These ' contemplation sweelriinry th e rem nan t o f my days,' w il I aiiu my prayers .tor the happiness Ayr bel ovetf conti try, and a perpet-J tne institutions under wntcn itj XAilESMADf NOTICE; -i - .. .,..,1-. A. -r Cotmt v Courts aW in:m, L tate 6f Georee HalMecU.. .AllpfJ ftre; who are indebuT to the. sSRsa tnenfwithoutrdela ?nd those haTiKff'cIaiu are requested to present them ftr " paynietl w ithin the. time prescribed by law. ; - A r r r v -Wil'A iv-jt -5 H if n. 4 ! r Baleigb, AuguU20
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