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I, r i ' I And 1T77 TTr rrrr IN iLa, JL iiJL U JULtLU'iLaJl SJ tL Ourtarctbc plan of fair, dellfibtfol Pf ac, . UaTj,'d by party r;t, to iisrcHltc Erother." VOL. XIX, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2lr, isis. FNO. 1001. PREESTA MESSAGE. n'akti-iz'.on City; 'x'ember 17. This d-v TJo'clorJc, the iit ks t ukn r t the r, iTEn srATi s, transmitted to both I lous ; s of OHtjcrcss by hu beci tUry, Air. 7. - . MESS AGE : -Fellow -Citizens "of 'the of netted x The auspicious circumstances, un der which you will commence the duties of the present session, will Jrhteh tha blirtncn inseparable fjm the high trust committed to jcu. The iruits of the earth have been unusually abundant; com merce has flourished ; the revenue fcas exceeded the most favorable an ticipation,peace and amity are pre served with foreign uations, on con ditions just and honorable to our country- For these inesti mabie tlessin 5s, we cannot but be grate ful to that Providence which watches ov 1 UK ci est inks . ) f nations. As the term limited for the ope ration of the commercial convention with Great Britain will expire earlv th nf fulv next, and it was deemed iu t . " .... j important that there itcrval, daring which, !; should be no in! th.it port ion o f our com merce which j was provided for by that convention J : , . 1 . t. 1 . shoma not ':e arraii vcrnme C ted ed vite me aueiuiou m u vemment to the subject, with a view I to that object. He was instructed j to propose, hat the negociati- on which it was wished to open. miht extend, to tne general com merce of the two countries, and to every other interest and unsettled difference between - them ; particu hrlv these relating tj impress mtnt, the EsheriesV and boundaries, i in the hope that an- arrangement might be made, on principles of re cipn.cal ad van ta ge ,V. which mi ght (omprehend, and provide, in a sa- t'.hfdctorv manner, for all these ,Hghj fonevrns. I have the satisi action ;t i to i.is-i that the proposal was re ceived, by the B ri t is h go v en me n t, in the spirit which prompu d it ; and that a negociation has been o ptrcd at London embracing all these objects. Ou full considerati- on ol the great extent ana iu a gn i tud ide ol Oie trust, it was thought rr.oer to commit it to not less than two of our distinKuished citizens, c;;d, in consequence, the Envoy E k trudrdinary and M inister Pleni pi tentrary of the United States, at Paris, has bjcn associated with our Knvov Extraordinary and ?.Iinistcr ricnipotentiary , at London ; to both j j ot whom corresponding instructions p avc been given, and they are now tngaged n th e d ischarge of its du ties. It is proper to add, that, to prevent any inconvenience resulting from the delay incident to a nego gociation on so mauy i mportant sub jects, it was agreed before' en ter in g cn it; tha: th existing convention should he continued for a term i ct ltcs tliaa" tight years. Oitr rLiUoiib w ith Spain remain tiearlj in the state in which they T,v.re at the close of tlic last srssitm. The conveiition of ,180, providing ftr the adiustnicnt of a certain por timvof the ; 'claims of our citizens lor lJij m it 5 sustaiued by spoliati on, a ad J long suspeKcIcd by the Spanish! 1 kement between the two go-1 ;oi outrage on ourpeaceaoie citieus, . . . M.wc.v ur- h . ... . .. .u . i,..;, f whirh their nroximitv to us enabled er cs. It is an,n- the most sa- oc- tV V iMitt-r of the Uni- tnem to nerpttrute. l ue invasion ; ; i- - f . i Z o;ngre8s,;the 3tisur;or tne ?v ni . 3 indivrluals. Anil, whether the States ;.t London, was instruct- " i attack be made by Snain, herself; or . early in t. e last summer, to m- , j smau uami o; au venturers, noc ex j bv those whf uJju;e hep I)?nve, its (. b'-vt'tmi.-nt, has at kngtn been ra-1; attenaea on tncir part wun acts oi tJficd by it; but no arrangement has barbarity the most shocking, de yvt brfij mule for the payment ofjUerve to be viewed in a wore light another portion of like claims, not! than the savages. They would tas extensive or well toUnded, or certainly hava po claim to an immu- f-T Otht r rlnc if rl imis rsr iir ' nil e im'Ti the nsinishillLT.t. which. Th Settlement of bound:ries. T - . at- w a v. a . ' t hese suhircts have at ain been I i pruught under consideration in both I Countries, but no agreement has h t... . -'v.-V-:-'-.. -. . . i: ,ccn entered into resnectino- them. , --- o n trie mean tinif. t v . ritc h: vt- nr. Vured, which clearly prove the ill t fTt 1 1 of the policy, which that tro- rnmer.t has so lorl pursued, on j: friendly rthuivus "cf the two countries, which, it is presumed, is at least of as much importance to Spain, as to the United States, to maintain. A state of things ha ex isted in the Floridas, the tendency of which has been obvious to all who have paid the slightest attention to S the progress of affairs in that quar I ter. Throughout the whole of those j provinces to which the Spanish title extends, the government ot Spain ! has scarcely been felt. Its autho- rity has been cunfined, almost ex-j ' clusivcly, to the walls if Pensacola j and St- Augustine, within which on- j ly small garrisons have been main- j tained. Adventurers from every country, fugitives from justice, and f absconding slaves, have found an i asylum there. Several tribesj of t Indians, strong in the number of, I their warriors, remarkable for their j ferocitv, and n .ost. settlements tx- j tend to our limits, inhabit those pro-1 These different hordes of ;! vmces. people, connected together, disre- 1 gard in g, on th e one s i tie, the a u th o- J I rity of Spain, and protected, "on the ! Other, bv an i vnairinarv line which 1 - separates rioriua trom tne unuai, States, have violated our laws pro-j niniting tne linrouuction or siaves,; have practised various frauds on our . cccding one hundred and fifty in j number, wno wrested it from the inconsiderable Spanish force station ed ther , and held it several months, d urin g w hich, ai 'single fee hi e e nun only w a s m ,i d e to tecover it, which failed, clearly proves how complete ly extinct t h e Spanish a utr.ority had become, as the conduct ot th ;;d venturers, while in possession of the island,- as distinctly shews the per- j nicious purposes lor w n i c n tncir; combination h.ul been ionnrd. This co i y has, in tact, bt crm the theatre of cverv species of law- ess id venture." Vith l ittle pou- lation ii ih own, t;ie oniiaiSn au thoritv ahnost exiihct. c the cchhv ial govemrneiits in a arate of rt vo-; i - . ; j lution, navuv; no nretrtibicn to it, , r- i i , ! and suincienilv erj ioved in tncir ' 7 . own concerns, it vas, in a grc.it l i measute, Icrelict, and the object of j j cunidity, to ev ery adventurer. A ! IU 1 ; organizing over it, which tv.cnacH.'d, 1 j jai cyscquerces, tile lawlul com - merce or evcrv nation, aaci narticu- ji gard nicious effect of this unlawful com- jj binalion, was not confined to the o cean : the Indian tribes have con stituted the effective force in Flori da. With these tribes these adven turers had formed, at an early peri od, a connection, with a view to a vail themselves of that force to pro rnote their own projects i accanm- I . : : ...... j lation cc aggrandizement. It is to i the inte; ference of some of these ad vent u rers, in m i s re pr esenting the ciaims and titles -f the Indians to la n d, a n d in practising on their sa- vage projensities, tliut the Seminole war is pvincipauy to be traced. -Men who thus connect themselves with savage c ommunities, and stirn- ulate tnem to war, wnich is always - r g j accordins to the rules of warfare nractised by the savaircs. micht justly be inrlicted on the savages. themselves. ? I If the emoarrassrnents ot bpain j pre ve nted her fro ra making an iu- demnity to our citizens, for so long a time, froni her treasury, for their . " losses by spoliation, and otherwise, i: v.-as alvra s in her power to have i larly of the United Stat s ; whilef; lu savage enemy who uiiiaai- : it prebented -i temptation to every !l tci! H' lhc l,oVv.or of Pa,in hi cease1 ! t i 1 . 1 i to exist over it, and protection was per. dIc, on whose seduction its sue- , , , . ' ...v . , 1 V - ,, . , , r 1 sought, under her tit.e, bv tfiose who provided it, by the cession of this territory. Of this; her government has been repeatedly apprised ; and the cessiou was the more to be au ti c i pa ted ,as Spain must have known that, in ceding it, she would, in ef fect, cede what harl become of little value to her, and would likewise relieve h e rse 1 f froni the important obligation secured by the treaty of 179J, and all other compromitments r ei pecti n g i t. I f the Unii ted States , from considerdtion of these enibar rassMicnts, declined pressing their claims i:i a spirit of hostility, the motive ought, at least, to have been duly a p p re ci a ted by th e govern ment 01 bpam. It is well known to her government, that other powers have made to the United States an in demnity for like losses, sustained by their citizens at the same epoch. There is, nevertheless, a limit be yond which, this spirit of amity and forbea'c'; can, in no instance, be jus- tified. If it was nruner. to relv on a- imcable; nenciittion, for an i tidemnity ftr losses, it wouhl not hav- been s, to have penairteil the InabiUty of Spain to fulfil her enairemen js, a ml "to sus tain her authority in the Floridas, to be perverted by forin adventurers and savaires, to mn lioses .so destruc- ! tiveio the lives of oar fell jvv-citizens, J and the highest interests of the United ! bh'iation is not the less strong. The invaders of A inclia Inland had assutn I ed a popular anil respected title, under which they miht approach and wound us. As th?ir oljjtict was disfinrtly seen, and the lufy imposed on the Ex . ecutive, bv an existing law, was pn i found iy felt, that mask was not per- mi t ted to protect them. It was tho't .!';ijjcu:nhent on the United States, to ; suppress the establishment, and it was : accordingly dont. The combination ; i n vloii! a , for the u ula wfid purposes ; st tt'd, tiie acts perpetrated by that i ; corobinahiHi, an t, aoovv. ail, the incite m iMt of ?!ie Indian, to m:ts3cre iur j fM''nv citieiis. of every ag-, atul of J both exes, tneri ted a like treatment. ' received it. In p.i. um th-se sa- v;-" a:i ima-ir;ay line, in the u-tdi, it would h ive U en toe he. dit c . . . .. - ot to.iy to have sn.T.Tt?d that line to . - ... 1T , . . i pio-ec t r;iem. ' Hud t at ben done, ihf, w-n. r,, ItiM. u tj,e trrit'ry had t!iat of Sj:t:n, af-d been, exclusi vel y, her power complete nations, fo follow the by the law of I 9 --. . .. mm M lilt" . CUvii! Y Ull I L anu to sun-Tue nim fie;v. l.it the ter- l,vlM "-"iu, m irrum -seusR, ai to hav hich !ie was bound, by treaty, i; w iKnv jjictruicUj iiui liavl lilll IJIC ! j vnii..iu jji cii i. a r nave ! at that line, would have given new en couragement to these savages, and new I vigor to the whole combination exist- ing there, in the prosecution of all ifcs pernicious parposes. In suppressing the establishment at Amelia Island, no unfriendliness was ma nil ested to wa rds Spain, because tlie post was taken from a force which had wrested it from her. 'Die measure, it is true, was not adopted in concert with the Spanish Government, or those in authority under it, because, in trans act i ; n s : :: c o n n e c ted w i t h th e war, in which Spain and her colonics are en gaged, it was thought proper, in doitiu; just ice tp the United States, to main tain a strict impartiality towards both the belligerent parties, without con sultintr or acting in concert with ei iher. It gives tne pleasure to state that the governments of Buenos Ay res and Venezuela, whose, names were as sumed, have explicitly disclaimed all participation in those measures, and c ven the knowledge of them, until com municated by this government, and have also expressed their satisfaction, that a course of proceeding had beeu suppressed, which, if justly imputable to them, would dishonor their cause. In authorising Major General Jack son to enter Florida, in pursuit of the Seminoles, care was taken not to en croach on the rights of Spain. . I regret - o hayc to add, tljit, ia executing this order, ficts were disclosed, resnectinfff 'oe coniuct ot trie olticer? f ram, in authority there, in encourajring the war, furnishing munitions of war, and otler supplies to carry ii on, and h o- I ther acts not less marked, 'which evin ced their participation in t'ie hostile purposes of that combination, and jus tified the confidence, with which it in spired the savages, that by those offi cers they would be protected. A con duct so incompatible with the friendly relations existing between the two countries, particularly with the posi tive obligation of the 5th article of the i treaty of 179 J, by which Spain wa9 b.iand fo restrain, even by force, those savage?, from acts of Imstility ajainst the United States, could not failto ex cite suririae. The commandirij- "ren eral wa convinced that he slmuid tail in his hject, that he sh iuld, in-effect, J accomplish nothing, ii :ie did not de prive those savages of the resource on which they had calculated, and 'of the protection on which they had relied, in making the war. As all the documents, relating to this occurrence, will be ..laid before Congress, it is not necessa ry to enter into further detail respect inu; it. , Although the reasons which induc ed Major Gen. Jackson to take these I posts were duly appreciated, there was, nevertheless, no hesitation in deciding on the course which it became the government to pursue. As there was reason to believe that the commanders of these posts had violated their in structions, there was no disposition to impute to their government a conduct si unprovoked and hostile. An order der was in consequence issued, to the general in command there, to deliver i ' the posts ; Pensacola, unconditionally ! i A i i : i ' I io any person nuiv auinoriz.eii 10 re-j ceive it ; and St. Marks, which is in ; the heart of the Indian country, on the ; arrival ot a competent force to defend it against those savages and their as-, in regard to this contest, and" to con fscciates. i dude, that it i proper to adhere to it, In entering Florida to suppress this especially, in the preer.t state of af ' combination, no ilea wns entertained , fairs. v ot hostility tofcpain.aml, howeverjus-,; tifiiHln ftfimtnitwlinn- iranarl I il-12 ' I llltliJiU illlr VVllflllHillllli VIIVIUI V in cousepiencv of the misconduct of the Spanish officers, in entering at. Marks arid Pensaco'a, to terminate it, bv nnv:nr to he savages and their as sociafes, 'that tl.ey should not be pro tected, even there ; yet, the amicable J reUtior.if existing between the United States and Spain could tiot be altered bv that act alone. By ordering the restttutton of the posts, those relations appropriations, including the final ex were preserved. To a change of them, t tinction of the old Vix per cent stock, the power of the Executive is deemed u.Jti t;)e redemption of a moiety of the incompetent, it is vested m Congress only. lAy this measure, so promptly taken, due respect was shewn to the jrovsru- ment of Spain. The misconduct of j her officers has not been imputed to i i her. She was enabled to reviuw with ; candor her relations with the United i States, and her 'own situation, particu-; larly in respect to the territory in que- j tion, with the dangers inseparable from j it : and, regarding the losses we have sustained, for which indemnity has been so Ionic withheld, and the injuries we have su!!ered through that territory and her means of redress, she was like wise enabled to take, with honor, the course best calculated to do justice to the United States, and to promote her own welfare. Copies of the instructions to the commanding general ; of his correspon dence with the Secretary of War, ex plaining his motives; and justifying his conduct, with a cony of the proceed inss of the courts martial, in the trial of Arbuthnot and Ambristie ; and of the correspondence between the Secre tary of State a r:d t he M inister PI eni -potentiary of Spain, near this Govern ment ; and of the Minister Plenipoten tiary of the United States, at Madrid, with the government of Spain, will be laid before Congress. The civil war, which has so long pre vailed between Spain and the provin ces in South America, still continues without any prospect of its spceujy ter mination. The information respect ing the condition of those countries, which has been collected by the com-t S missioned, recently returned from j ! thence, will be laid before Congress, in j copies of their reports, with such o-j ; ther information as has been received from other ascents of the United States. It appears, from these communica tions, that the government of Buenos' Ayres declared itself independent in j 1 julv -181S haying Previously cxerc;5 ed the power of an independent gov prnment, though in the name of the Kinr of Spain, from the vear lRlOr that the Ban'da Oriental, Entre Rosf and Paranay, with the. city of Santa Fee, all of which are aUo independent, T-e unconnected with the present srav--rnment of liuenos Ayrcs : that Chili has declared itself independent, and is closely connected with Bue'm Ay res : that Venezuela has also declared itself independent, and now maintains the conflict with various success; and that the remaining part of South-A-merica, except Monte Video, & such other portions of the Eastern Bank of the La Plata as are held by Portugal, arc still in the pospssion of Spain,' or n a certain degree under her influ ence. 15y a circular note addressed by tho Ministers of Spain to the allied pow ers, with whom they arirespectively accredited, it appears that the allies have undertaken to mediate between lSpain and the South-American provin ; ces, and that the manner ami extent j of their interposition would be settled by,A'Conres3, which was to have met at Aix-la-Chapel!e ineptembyr last. From the general policy and course of j proceeding observed by the allied pow f ers, in regard to this contest, it is in in I ferred that they will confine their in. terposition to the expression of theit j sentiments ; abstaining from the appli ! cation of force. 1 state this impression, ; that force will not be applied, with the greater satisfaction, because it is a course more consistent with justice, j and likewise authorises a hope that the calamities or tne war win he ronfineu to the parties onI,and will be of shor ter duration. From the view taken of this subject, founded on all the information that we have been able to obtain, there is ood cause to be satisfied withlhc course hprpfnfnrf nnrcnod Ktr i,a IT Qfao i ,avfi srcat satisfaction in statin, j tnat our relations with rrance, uussia and ot'itr i mer, continue oa the mosc friendly basis. I In our domestic concerns we have , ample cause of satisfaction.- The re- ceipts into theTreasury, daring ,the " three fir.st quarters of the year, have 1 exc eded seventeen millions of dollars. I After satisfying all the demand 5 J: nhich have teen made under exi -dinar Louisiana debt, it is estimated that there will remain in the Treasury on the lirst day of January next, more, than two millions of dollars. Ivis ascertained that the gross reve nue hlch has accrued from the cus tomsrduring the same period amounts to twenty-one millions of dollars, and that the revenue of the whole year may be estimated at not less than twenty-six millions. The sale of public-lands during "the year has also greatly exceeded, both in quantity and price, that of any former ear; and there is just reason to expect a pro gressive improvement in that source of revenue. It is gratifying to know, that, al though the annual expenditure ha been increased, by the act of the last session of Congress, providing for re volutionary pensions, to an amount a bout equal to the proceeds of the in- I terkal duties, which v ere then repeal led. Uhe revenue for the ensuifj var wilUbe proportionably augmented, and that, whilst the public expenditure will 1 1 probably remain stationary, each suc cessive year will add to the national resources, by the ordinary increase of our population, and by the gradual developement of our latent sources of national prosperity The strict execution of the revenue laws, resulting principally from the salu tary provisions of the act of the 20th of April last, amending the several collecti on laws, has, it is presumed, secured to domestic manufactures all th? relief thai can be derived from the duties, vhis'i have been imposed oa forcicm merchan dise, fur their protectkn. CJr.der the in fluence of this relief, several branches c; this important national interest have as sumed greater activity, and, although it j hoPet.l that others will Kradualiy revive. and ultimately triampli over everv rb5ta- cle, yet the expediency of granting fur ther protection is submitted to your ccn- side ration. , - The measures cf defence, autbevizeu by ciistlnj; laws, bavo been pursue witU
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