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, t actol'C0_i1gre_ss.of,itie so of; March, 1815,19

GONGRESS. _
Motviasv, Dr.ci:r\tcr:_it 5. I825.

Agreeably tn the provisioii of the Uonslitii-
tion, fixing the period for the u'reetiiigofCoti-
~gress, tlre'tw.o _H0lISe§,;lS§€ml)le(l,« ii'i their re-
spective Cliambergs, in the Capitol. Ibis‘ (lay,
and "' commenced the First Session of the

NlnCl6ellfll=Ct)l1gY8SS.
IN.TlIE SENATE.

At twelve 0_’clock, the Vicc'Pres'nlo.nt or
the Uniietl States, ex officio Prcsidciit ofthe
Sefiiaie, took the Chair, and called the Senate
to ordcr. r .

The roll oftlic Members being then called

‘‘over, it appeared that 89 Senators were pres-
ent. The new members were their qualified,
the usual orders for newspapers passcil, and a
coininittcc appointed to wait on the P'resirl'eirt
in (:_t)tlC€l'l( with a ,C0ll'lllllll(3e of the House,
and inform liiin they were ready to -receive

I any coimuiinicatinti fr-. him he was pleased to
uiake, after wliich.the Senate adjourned.

H ousc of 1i'cpi'escit!rifr°ves..~'At 1”.’ o'clock
the ,Cle_rlt oftlrc-Hoiise having called the roll,
lEl3'iiieiirbcrs- lining present, the House pro-
ceeded to ballot f'or‘Spi-.altm', and on counting
the ballots, the ntiinbers appeared as follows:

. I-‘llt.S'1‘ B.\i.1.o'r. ,
19,-; ,\[em|,ers--.97 iiecessirry to a choice.
.‘0.- J, W. Taylor, ii9lF0l J. _\V. Caiiipliell, 41

Aritl.Si'cvrau.snn,t7 Lewis Cotidict, 6
Louis M’Lanc, 36' Scattering, .'.i

, SECOND 1L'tLLii't‘. ,
, l93".\'Ieml)er's—97 iiccessary to a choice.
For J. W. Taylor, 09 forJ. W’. ('auapbell,4‘l

Louis .\1’Lane, 44 A. Stcrciisoii, ' 5

Scattcriiig, 3 '

Mr. Taylor having received a majority of
votes, was conducted to the chair, when he re-
turned thanks in the following terms:

“ Geritleriieii: When I see arounil inc so
many Represeiitiitiwis who.-e virtues, and tail-
ents adorn our cniintry,wliose $(‘l‘l‘lCOSi)l. home
and abroad, in the cabinet and the fielvl, in
halls of le iislatinii and judicial triliniials, have
largely contributed to our nalioiral prosperity,
I am penetrated with gratitiide for the favor-
able opinion nliicli has recalled the to this dis-
tingiiislicd stiition. My liricfcxpericnce has
served rather to assure me that its duties are
iri-dunus, than to create confidence in my abil-
ities to tliscliarge them to your sziiisllictinii.-—
Every cf1':ii‘t, however, of which I am capable
shall be fuitliliilly directed to merit your sup-
port. In the coiiiplvx questions fieqiieritly
prcsctitetl tn the chair for prompt tlecisioii,
uiit-riiiig accuracy is scarcely aii.iinablc.-—-
‘When uiistakes occur, my best enileavnirrs
shall not be waiiiing, to correct them, aml to
repair irliaict-t-r injury ilrt-y may have occa
sinned. With an aoxintis desire that your
eounteiiance and advice will not be witlilieltl,
and that lllt‘ just exptictatioiis of our constitu-
ents may be trillillr-tl in our legislative lahnrs,I
enter upon the duties oftliis important trust.”
_ The Speaker, having taken the oath, pro-
ceeded to qualify the 1“tcprt:seiitatrvcs present,
by states. . y

The Members having respectively taken
the oath ofollice,

On inotioii of Mr. Lathrop, Mattliew Saint
Clair‘ Clarke, Esq. former clerk of the l‘It)ll.~'(’.,
Was appointed clerk for the prcseiit_Coiigre.~s;
John Oswald Dnnri, Scrgcaiit-at-At‘iii.-; Bcrij
Burch, Door-Keeper ; and Uvertoii Carr, as-
aistiiiit Door-Keeper.

After adopting the usual resolutions anti
appointing a coniinittee to wait on the Presi-
_dent, the house adjnurired till to morrow.

7'ucsdn_i;, Dec. 6.-—At Ii’. o’clock this day,
the President transiiiittcd to both Houses, by
Mr. John Adams, join. the following



,_FclloIo C’ili':-"ns Qfllie S(;7l(I[C’,
' and oftlze Housr o_f‘1Zi:pr-e.scii!r1tiz7es I

In taking a gent-ral survey of the concerns
ofour beloved country, with rcl'er'eirce t.) ml)-
jmzts iiiterestiiig to the coiirmori welfare, the
first sentiment ivhicli impressesitselfnpon the
mind, is ofgratitride to the Oriiiiipotc-iit Dis-
PEllSl?|' ofall Good, for the signal lilessiugs of
his Provitlciice, and especially for that health

all the iiiaritiriic natioiis to3la'y aside tllje,_«5y,3“.
teni ol5reta_'liatiiig i'es_trictioiis aiiil exclu_sious‘,.
and to place the sliippiiig of liotli parties tor
the ciiriimon trade. on a l'oo;tirrg..0l'equality,in
respect to the duties oftounage and .llI)l)05l.-,-,
'1'tiisotl'er- was partially and successively ac-
ceptctl by Great Britain, Swetleit, the Nuth-
crlaiids, the Hauseatic Cities, I’russia,' Sar-
dinia, the ‘Duke of Oltlenlittrg, and Riissiaxli‘
was also adoptetl,'iitider certain iritidiliczitioiis
in oitr ‘late Ct)tltllI8l'Cl’dl convention with
France. And, by the act of Ctiitgicss of8tti
of January, "1824, it has received at ‘new con.
'firiuatiori, with all the natioiiswlio had acce-
ded to it, and hasbeeii agztiii oli'cred to all
those who are, or may hereafter be, willing to
abide in reciprocity by it. But all these reg-
ulations, whether cstalrlislietl by treaty, or by
inuuicipal (.’.ll?l(:llIlelllS,'?ll'e still siiliject to one
important restriction. Tlic removal of dis-
criminating duties of tonniigc and ofinipnst,
is liinited,tn articles ofthe growth, produce,
or niaiiiifncture, ofthc country to which the
vessel belongs, or to such articles as are most
usually first shipped from her ports. It will
deserve the serious consiilcratinii of Coiigr'ess,
whether even this remnant of restriction may
not be safely abaudniied, and wlieilier the

the act ol 8th Jaiiuaiy, 1824, may not be ex-
tended to include all articles of tiierchaiirlizv
not proliibit-cd, of what country soevcrtlit-_v
may be the produce ormaiiufactiire. Propo-
sitions to this clfect have already been made
ions by more than one European govern-
inent, and it is probable, that if once estab-
lislied by legislation or cotnpacl with any dis-
tiiiggtiislietl maritime state, it would recom-
mend itselfby the experience of its advaiita-
gcs, to the general accession ofall.

The Convention ufCoinmcrce and Navi-
gatiott between Ill0\Ul)ll€d States SI. France,
concluded on the 524th ofJtine, 1892, was, in
the tiriderstaiiding and intent of both parties,
as appears upon its face, only a temporary
arrari.g_eriiciit of the points of diffei'eiice be-
tween them, oftlie most iiiiincdiate and pros-
sing iirgciicy. It was limited, in the first iii-
stancc, to two years, froin the 1st of October,
1:591’-2, but with a proviso, that it should ftirthci
continue in furore, till-tlie conclusion ofa gen
t'.l"ill and «ltfiiiitivc treaty of cnininerce ; un-
lcss teriniiiatetl by a notice six nioritlis in ad-
v;ince,ol' (.'lll’t(-.'l‘ aftlie parties to the other. Its
operations, so far as it 8.‘ilell(lE(l,ll:lS been inti-
iiially adv:iritageoiis; and it still continiics in
force by co...inori consent. Brit it left. unad-
'nst<-rl several objects ofgreat interest to the
(:i[i?,e’liS and subjects of both countries, and
p:irti«:ril:rrly a iiiass of claims to considerable
ainnuot, of citizcvis oftlic U. States npoii the
G-'irt~i'iirrieiit of France, of indeinnity for
propcr tytaltcn or destroyed iindcrcircttinstan-
cos of the most 3ggI'itV2lICd and outrageous
cliai-actcr. In the long period during which
continual and earnest appeals li:i'vc been made
to the equity and --irigiiarriiiiity ol France, in
belialfot these claims, their justice has not
been, as it could not be, derricd. It was liop-
cd that the accession of a new Sovereign t«i
the Throne would have all‘-rrileil a favorable
opportunity for presenting them to the con—
sideration of his Governirieiit. They have
been preseiited and urged, hitherto without
clfect. The repeated and earnest represen-
tations ofour Minister at the CourtofFrance,
remain as yet even without air answer. Weir-
the dcmaiirls of nations upon the justice of
each other susceptible ufadjirdicatinii by the
sentence of an impartial tribunal. those to
wliicli I now refer would long since have been
settled, and adeqiiate indemnity would have
been obtained. There are large arnoums of
similar claims upon the N_ctlicrlarrds,_,N.iples,
and Dcuuiark. For those iipnri Spain, prior
to Hill}, inrleinnity was, al':er many years of
paticirt foi'liczir:iiv:o, obtaiiietl, and those upon
Sweden have l)t2l.".l latcly comprnrriiseil by a
private scitlt-riieni, in n liicli the cliiiniaiits
tltciiiselvcs have zrctpiit-sccil. The (iovc-in
nicnts of D :iirnark and of Naples have l)t.'.t€li
rcceiitly lP.llIItIi'lt3(l oftliose yet cxistiiig against
llIE‘lll; nor will any of them be for;.',ottcn
while a hope may be iiirlnlucd of ()llldllll|lL‘_

wlricli, to an unusual extent, has prevailed .l*'~“lC°i l’.l' “W "W-“'"" “'lll'i“ ‘"9 ‘3“"5“l"'_ll"""l

witlriu our borders; and for that abuudzinct-.
which, in the VlCl5Sl5U(lCS nfttic st-;i.-nits, has
been scattered with profir.~ri.in over our land.

Nor ought we less inascriirc in lliin tlic
gl'oi'y, lll.tl we are permitted to enjoy the
bourrties of His liand in peace and traiiqtiiliiy;

in peace with all the other iia,t.ioiis of the
cairtlr, in-l-rariq_.uility among ourselves. There
has, indeed. rarely been a period in the histo-
ry ofcivilized man, in which the :eiier_.il cori-
dition of the Clirisiian Nations liiis been
iiiarlted so extensively by peace and prosr er-
iiy_ Eiirope, nllll a few pzir‘tia'l and unhappy
cxccptioiis, has enjoyed ten years of peace,
ilnriu-__§, which all her Govt-riiurcnts, wh:rtever
the theory of their constitoti.riis may have
been, are siicceszsivcly taught to feel that the
end nfthcir institntioii is the liappiness oftlrc
pi-oplc, and that the.excrcise of power aiiiong
inch can be _'pi_-iifit-tl only by the blessings it
conlcrs upon those over whorri it is exteiitled.

During the same period, our intercoiirsc
with all those nations has been pacific and
fricndly—-it so coirtiriiies. Since the close of
your last scssinn,no inateri~.il Vatrlitlloll has 0 -
curred in our relations with any one oftlieiu.
[ii the couiniercial and l)il\’l,.’.l|ll()ll system of
Great Bill-’Iin,—Ilnp()l‘lalll. cliaiigcs of munici-
pal regtilirtinn have recently been sanctioned
by acts ol'I’arliaiiieiit, the clli-.ct of wliicli, on
the interests ofotlier nations, and l).'.l|lIl:Ul:tll_}
upon ours, has not yet been frilly developed.
Irrthc recent ieiiewal nftlte tliploriiatic mis-
sions on bollr sides, betwccii the two govern-
merits, a.sstiranct*s have been given and rec’tl
of the cnirtiiiuance and iiit:rease of that inutu-"
pal confidence and cordiahiy by which the ad-
jiistirieiit of iiiairy points ofdil'l'i:'rcircc had al-
ready been effcctcil, and v.-lricn rrli'o.-ds tdic
surest pled-_i,c for the ultimate salisfiii-tory ad-
jll.\lltlClll oftlinst: which still rciiiain open, or
may licrcitltcr arise.

The policy ofthc U. States, in their coin-
IlM:‘I’l:llll ititcrcniirse with other nations, has
always been oftlie most liberal character. In
the ll‘llll.lllll i-.-xcliaiige oftlieir respective pro-
ductions, they have ahstaiiietl rilin_gctliei' lroiii
proliibitiuiis—tncy have intcrdicted them-
selves the power nflrrying taxes up-.in exports.
and wlieirevcr they have favoured their own
stripping, by special preferciices, or exclusive
privilcg,.cs in their own ports, it has been only
with a view to counter-Vail siinilar favors and
exclusions granted by the nations with wlioiir
ire have been engaged in traffic, to their own
people or sliipping, and to the disadvantage

port.-,§i‘ of tlii- l-Zxcciitive, and Wllllt)'.ll resoiwirrg,
to those llll-Z‘l|~lll‘(’S of" self i‘ctli*css, wl-iicli, as
well as the time, (3ll'(3l|lll$litlI(2C"i and nccasinri,
which may rretpiiic tlrr-or, are within the ex-
Cll}SlVEL,_E1-vll1;_it_:lt:llC}' of the L--,r_v,islature.

It is with grcrii stiti.sfa'ctinir that I am cnzi-’
bled to l)(.‘;ir witiress to the libt'ral spirit with
wliicli the I{»:public offliiloiiibia has made

siriisl';.-ct'roii for Wtfill estriblislictl claims ol'si:n-

ilar cliariiclcr. And aniniiig the Ll(It:ll|llt‘lllS
now ciiiniiirtriicatetl to C-ongress, will be ills-
tiiigltislieil a Treaty 0|‘ Coiriiiierizc and t"l.'iV-
i;_-atin.r ivitli that R-.‘pulrlic, Illc intilicatioiis
of which have been ext.-liaiigctl since the last
recess of the Lctzislaturt-.. The iiegoiiutiou
of similar trra IPS with all the inilepeiiileirr
Sonili Airiericaii States, has been contempla-
led, and may yet be acconiplislietl. -The basis
of them all, as proposed by the U. States, has
been laid in two principles; _the one nfciitirr:
and iiriqiialifictl reciprocity ; the other the
mutual obligation oftbc parties, to place each
other pcrinaiiciitly upon the footiirg of tlic
most favored nation. ‘Priest: pr~iu'ciples are,
indeed, iudispensalrlc to the ellirctual eiii.rnci-
pation of the Auiericaii hciiiisplierc froin lll(.'
tliraldoin of crrl_oiii'.g_irg nionopolics and ex-
clusions; an everitrrrpirlly rcaliziiig in - the
pro;-,re.~:s of human all'airs, and \\'lllCll the re-
.-istauce still opposed in certaiii parts of Eu
rope in the :ickiiow|edgiriciit of the Soutlit-rii
Aiiicriczrii Republics - as indepe-iit'lcnt States,

-\\'lll, it is l)L‘llt:Vl2(.l, cntiiriliute ll‘lr_il'L’. elliectiially

to .icc.o-irplisli. The time lias l)t't‘ll, and that
not rcinnte, when sonic of tlit-sc States might,
in ‘their air.\'ioustle.~ire toobiaiii a iiouiiirai
rccognrtion,li-.rvc accepted ofa iioininal Ill(lt3'_
pciitlcticc, cltiggctl with biii'dciisnuie condi-
tions, and exclusive coiirmcrcial pr'ivrlcg_,cs
izrniitetl tn the nation l'i-oiii which they have
separated, to the tlisadvaiitzrge of all olliers.
'l‘he_v are now all aware that such conces

sinus in any .Elll0p(‘ll|| rratinii, would be iii-
coiripatiblc with that indepo.-iidciicc which
they have declared and iiiziirriaiitetl.

A-uioiig the measures which have been sug-
gested to them by the new relations with our

riuotlier, resulting from the recent cliaiigcs or
their tzoirdrtino, is that of assciribliirg, at the
lsthmns ol'I’:-rii;rti.~ra,a Uoiigrcssat wliit‘h each
of them should be ljfipfeziellllill, to (it:ltl)Cl‘illV'
upon til-_ject's iiiiportaut to the welfare of alt.
The Rt.-pubiics oi Coloiiibia, 0.-l';\1exicn, and
of Central Ariicrica, have already deptitcd
Pleiiipotentiarics to such it iiicetiiig, and they
have invited the United Statestn be also rcp-

of ours. liiiaictlratcly after the close of the ;reS8lll8d there by their iiriuistcrs. The invi-

geueral tender of erp-ial coinpetition tirade in

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{part of the U. States; will be cpmiiiissioiied to}
iitientl_'-at,‘tlrose"deliberiit iniis-, and -to _t‘alte,pa_rt‘
.in tlie'in,s'_o"f:r_r, as'may be ‘ctiinpaiible with that
neiiiralily from t\'liiclr i't‘is'neitlier oiir.-inten-”
tinn, nor the desire of the other Aiiiericaii
States, that» we sh'ot'ild depart. - * ;
' The_Cnii_iiirissioners Illldt-'f_ the’ 7th Article"
of the i'1‘i-eaiy of-'tGlie'iit have so nearly $01"-
pleted their laboiirs, that, by’ the Report re-
izzeiiily received from tlie'Agetitou the part.of
tlri-U. States, there i's‘reasnn_to ‘expect that
the coiiiiirjssion“ will "be closed at-t'lieii_-"next
ses.-inn,"ap‘poirrted{lbi' the Rid orrtlay of the
ensuing year. . ' 5 , w 
The other 'Coii1niission."appqjnted to as-‘
certain _ the imlc-rriiiities due for slaves carried
away from the U.States, after the close of the
late war, lia‘v_e met with some diliieiilty,wl!iClt
has tlclaycd their progress in the inquiry. A
reference has been tirade to the Bflllfill‘ GOV-
ernment on the sn_bjei_:t, which, it uiaylre lio-
ped, will tend to hasten the decision of the
Uoiiiinissioners, or serve as a substitute for it.

Con;;ress by the Coiistiiiitioii, are those ofes-
tablishing tinifnrni laivso‘n tli'esribjcct ofBaiilt‘-
pt‘0V'ttlll'1g for orga'iiizing, arming, anrl ilisci
_pIiiririg'ttre Militia, and for gnvcmillz such
part of them ‘as may be. employed in the ser-
vice of the U.‘States. The iiiagiiitiide and
complexity of -the interests" laffcciteil byleuis,
lation upon these snlijects, i'i‘iay'acc'0iint' for
the fact, that, long aiid'"ofte'ii“a's‘liotli of“lliem
have occupiedtlie attention, "and airiniatcd
the debates of Coiiqress, no systems have yet
been devised,‘l’or fulfilling, to the'satisl'srctioii
of the court-iiunity, the duties prescribed by
those grants of pow‘:-.’r. To coriciliate .l||t-
claim of the iiiiliviilrial citizen to the enjoy
merit of pcrsoiial libcrty, .witli the effective
nbligatioii of privateicoiitracts, is the difficult
problem to be: solved by a law of Bankrriptcy.
Tire orgaiiizatioii of the Militia is yet more
indispensable to the liberties of the coiiiitry.
It is only by an effective‘ lllilitiit that we can
at once enjoy the repose of peace, and bill
defiance to foreign aggrcssioii ; ‘it is by the
militia that he arc constituted an armed na-
tion,stairiliiig in perpetual panoply ofdefenci-,_
in the prt-sciice of all tli‘c'otlicfnatinns of the
earth. 'l‘o this end 'it' ‘would be iicccssary so
to shape its organizatiori, as to‘ give it a more
united and_ active eiiergy. Tliere are laws
for cstablislriiig an lllllltloflll militia ilrnnglioin
the U.'Statcs, aiirl for arming and eqiiippirig
its whole body. Bull! "is a body of dislocated
incttrlicrs, without the vigor ofunity, mid hav.
ing littlc of niiiforii'iit_v, but the name. Tr
infuse into this most iniportairt iustitiition thr-
power of which it iS’Sl|SCCplll)lt‘., and to make
it available for the tlcfciice of the Union, at
the sliortcst notice, and at the sniallest e.\'-
pense of time, of life. and of treasure, are
:ItlI0tl.*1 the benefits to be expected fr. the per!
scvcriirg deliberations of Contzrcss.

Ainoiig the iiiieq-.i‘rvocal iirilications of our

national prosperity, is the finiirisliing state "of
our finances. The revenues of the present
year, from all their p‘rincip=il sources, will ex;
ceed the anticipations ‘ofthc last. Tlie bal-
.ucc in the Ti‘eiisu'r_V,‘ fitltlllli first of January
lrlsl. was a little slior_t"of two million (lt)ll'-|l‘S,
excliisive oftwn i_nilli‘o'ns and a"lialf, being the
moiety ofthe loan t’rf‘fivi-. iiiillinns, autliorisetl
by the actofflfitli May, 1894. The receipts
into the trcasiiry from the first of January in
the 80th of September, exclusive oftlrt:-other
moiety oftlie sriirieloaii, are estiiiiated at six-
teen millions five liundred llioiisaiitl dollars,
and it is expected tliat those of the current-
qnarter will exceed fiite millions oftlollars ;-—
torniing an aggregate of receipts of neiirl 9.1’.
iriilliorrs, iiiilepeirdciit_.ol’the loan. The 3;
pentlitures of the year, will not exceed that
sum more than two ‘ulllll0ll9. By thosc ex
pentlitnres, nearly eight inrlliotis of the priri—
cipal ofthe public dclit have been tll~(!llElTg6d.
More than a iriillion and a half has been de-
vniml in the debt of gratitude to the warriors
of the lievnluiion : a. nearly aqtial siiiri to the
cniistrirmiiiii of fnrtific rtioiis, and the acquisi
iion of iirdri:riir;e, and other permaneiit pre-
parativcs of iizitional defeirce: lialfa lllllllull
to the grailual iricrezrse oitlre Navy: an equal
.-uni for the purchase of territory froiii the
lntliznis, and payineiil of anntiities in them:
irnzl upwards of a iiiillinii for objects oflntcr-
ii:il liiiproveuicnt, autli_orizcil by ‘special act:
of the last Con_y,rcss. If we add to_tliese lonr
rnillinns of dollars for the payment ofinteresit
upon the pirblic debt, tliere remains a sum ol
about seven inillions, wliicli have defrayed ll|t.'
rvliolc crspciise of the Atlininistration of Go-
vt‘l‘l1lll(’.Ill,lit its Legislative, lflxcciitive, and
Jiiiliciary I)cp.-irirn».-.iits, incliidiiig the support
nftlre Military and Naval Estzrblislirrreiiismrid
all the ()t'.f‘.1ISl0llill contingencies of :1 Gov’t.
ct)-('Xl€'ll:‘alV€ with the Union.
The ariioiirit of duties secured on nicrclian-
dise imported, from the coiiiuieiicciiierit ofthe
year, is about twenty five inillinns and a half;
iinrl that which will accrue during the current
quarter, is estimated at 5 millions and a half:
from these 81 millions, dediicting the draw
backs, esiiiiiated at less than 7 millions, a sum
t=xceerliiig«S_'.'l rnillioiis willrconstitute the reve-
nue o'fthe_ year ; and will eivzceed the whole
t-'.\'|')Blt(llllrlI'€.S‘_Ql‘¢l.lle-y§}ftlj., _'I‘lie_‘eiitircainnirnt
,.,f public, debt. .I'f‘.lllXv|_l,l)lUg-frlllp_.0I:l the fiist_.9l
January next; will. be sh_o,rt of8.l tnilliniis of
dollars.——-l,5y an Act ofCongress ofttie 3rd
of March last, a loan of 12’. millions ofdnllars
\\'ElS.'(llllll()l’l'/.(‘_(l at -1- and a half per ct. or air
excliaiige ofsioclt to that amount of4- and a
half per cent. for a stock of 6 per ct. to create
a l'llll(l'l.Ul' extinguisliiiig an equal ainount of
the public dclrt. bearing an interest of six per
cent, redeemable in 13226. An account oftlic
iiieasirres taken to give effect to this Act will
rm |-did before you liy the Scc’ry of the Tre-.i-
sury. As the object which it liad in View has
been put partially acciiiirplislieil, it will be for
the cnii.sidci'atioii of Corigrcss, whether the
power witll which it clothed the Exectitivc
should no: he reriewcd at an early day of the
In-egent Sessitiix, and under what modifica-
tions. The Act of Congress of the 3d of
.Vlarcli last, directing the Sec’ry oftlie Trea-
.-nry to sriliscr-ilrc, in thc nitrite and for the use
ol the U. Statics, for 1500 shares oftlic capi-
ial stock of the Cl1€Sr|pBEllt8 and Delaware.-
Canal (Jnriipaiiy, has been executed.‘ ,

The payoieiris into the ’l‘rcasury‘l‘r'oiu pro-
ccrds ofthe sales nftlie Public Lairds,dinin2
-ire prcsciit year, ivi-.re cstiinated at oireniill
ion of dollars. The actual receipts of the first
two quarters have fallen very little short or
shut sum :' it is not expcctctl that the second
"»'i:ill'ol'.!lie. year will be equally productive ;
irlll the incoiiieof the year from that source
puny now be siili-ly estimated at a million and

.1 half. The Act of Congress of llstlililay,

 

Airiong the powers specifically granted to-

ruptcites tliroiigliotit the U. States;-_and of

, i

it 82-4», to proviiie for theéi§ttingu'lsli‘iiie,iilAofylléi

debt title to .tlie.“U; St’ate's,liy.~ft_lie pnzc 3;,-.j,,,,,‘,,,_,‘_

."0fP11.'?lll3l.aitil§; \Vtts'li'ljl,lllétl, hr‘.ii;r'n1ie‘r.ii‘t.,...=

'of__i'elie_fto‘tlie‘pu_ifcliasé'r: to ,tlte}sl0tli‘pf 1-‘
-last. Ii.i;rfi‘eci at the en‘tl‘of tlte 'qllal’lE’r mi_ri__:
ing which itexpired;-w,as.to,retliice l.lh'lIj(IL’I)l-
lr_oin ten to seven millions. ‘ Iiytlie operation
0I9l|“ll.=tI' prior lawsof relief, froiii and since
that~of§3t|-.Marcli,,-I89.1,‘ the debt. hail been re-
dhcctl, from tipwarils-of: *2‘), niillions, to ten.
it is exceedingiy as-at-.rrire that ii Sl1()tlltl be
l‘-Vlnfiliislietl altogether; and to facilitate that
coiisttiiiniation, I rccotiiiiieiid in Congress the
revival. for one year inure, oftlre Act of l8tli
May, I3’-2.‘-l.,W'llll such provisional inodification
as iiia.y be iiecessary to guard the public iii-
terests against fraiiiliilr-iit practices in the re-
53l'3 M ll|e.|’8lln(]!|!SlI8(I land. The pnrclia-
S_et'_3 ol'p_nblir: laiitls,-are among the most use-
l"l °l 0'" fellttw-c_iti'ze,iis, and, since the sys-
tem ofsales for cash alone has been introdu
ccd, great indulgence has been justly extend-
ed tothose who had previously purchased tip-
on credit. The debt which bail been contract-
ed Umlel‘ llte creditsales had becorneiiuwield-«
ly‘. "ml" ll? Pxllltclion was alike atlvaniaszeoris
To the purcliascr and the public. Under the
system of sales, matured, as it lias been-,
by experience, and adapted to the cxigeiicies
oftlie times, the lands will continue. as they
have become, an alrundant source ol' reve-
""9 5 3"” Wllelttlte plcdge ofthein to the pub-
lic creditor shall have been redeemed by the
entire discliarge oftliehalioiial tb.-bt_,tlie swel-
ling tide of wealth with ‘which they replenish
fl"? °°""Yl°" TH‘-=lSt.tt'y may be made to rcfinw
innnfailing streams oi'iiirprnvemem_ from the
Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean,

The condition of the various branches of
the public .~'_ervi'ce resorting froin the Depart.
I_l1€‘fIl0fWai-, and their atlinit-ristration during:
the ciirrent year, will be exliibiied in -the re-
Port of the Secretary of W'ar, and the accom-
Pitttilng dociii‘iieiits lierewitli coiirinnnicaterl.
Che Ortltiuizatiiin and discipline of the army
art’ Plfeclive and satisfactory. To counteract
the prevalence of descrtion-ainoiig the troops,
ll “"3 bee" Slwilestetl to withhold from the
men a small portion oftlieir tiinntlily pay, uri-
"l ll"? l-‘Wind of their discharge; and some
‘expedient appears to be n’r=.cessary,to preserve
C maintain among the officers so mtichofthe
art ol liorseiiranship as could scarcely fail to
be found wantiiig, on the possible -sudden e-
WPIWH 0| =1 war, which should overtaite its
ttttpl'0VllIt’,(I with a gingle corp; nf ¢;1y"]ry,__
The Military Aciitleiiiy at Vfcst Point, under
llll“..|'e'FlI‘lf‘ll(0llS of a severe but pater-n'al su-
[)E.’f|lllel).'iel|C8, recommends iiselfmoi-e and
more to the patronage of the Nation ; and the
niiniber of iiieritorious officers which it forms
and introduces to the ptiblic service, furnishes
the means of intiltiplying the un(‘lert;1kint_7_q or
public improvements, to which ilieir acquire
them: at that in.-titiitinu are peculiarly tldttpt.
ed. The School of Artillery practice, estab-
lislicd at Fortress Wonroe, is well suited toilie.
-‘Mlle P'"‘.30*'9.. filllll may need the aid of for-
:her lrgisltilivti provision to the same end.

Our relations with the numerous tribes of
alrorigpial iratives of this country. scattered
over its extensive surface, and so dependent,
cvcii for their (-:Xl.\'lf’lH‘.e, npoiiour power, have
been, during the pr(.'setit year, lriglilyiiiter-
csting. An Act of Congress of 25th of May,
182-'1, made an appropriinion to defray the
expenses of making Treaties of trade and
fricritlsliip with the Iud.aii Tribes beyond the
Mississippi. An act of 3d March, 38925, au-
tlioriscd treaties to be made with the Indians
for their consent to the making of a road fr.
the frontier of Missouri to that ofNew Mexi-
_co. And another act, oftlre same date, pro-
vided for rlefraying the expenses of holding
Treaties with the Srinux, Cliippcways, Motrin-
enfffst Sillllfisi F”-V—"5~. $26. for the purpose of
esiablisliim: l)mrHl’aries and proinniiii-_v, peace
beiwi=_eii said ’I‘rilres.. The first and the last
nlij:-ms: of tliese Acts have been accotnplislredg
and the second is yet in a process ol'execn-
tion. The 'l‘re:ities which, since the l:ist ses-
sion of Cnn«_vrcss, have been concluded with
the sevi-rzil Tribes, will beilaid before the sen
ate for their consideration, conformably to the
Ct)ns‘Ii§!t‘.ltill. They coniprise large antl val-
uable acquisitioiis ofTcri'itoiy ; and they se-
cure on adjiistiirent of boundaries, and give
pledges ofpcijriiiiiient peace between several
i.-the; which had been long waging bloody
wiirs-agaiirsi each nilier.

()n the l‘2.lll of February last, a treaty was
sigiieil at the Indian Springs, between coin-
iifissiiiiiois appointetl on the part of the U. S.
and certain chiefs $2. individuals nf the Creel.
Nation of Iiidiaiis, which was received -.it thi:
seat of gt)V€'l'lllllel)t only a few days before
the closeioftlie last session of 5;-'ongrcss and
ofthe late Ailiiiirristratioii. The advice and
cniisent ofthe senate was given to it, our the
rlrl of r\l:ri-ch, too late for it to receive the rat‘-
lfI(3:tllt)lt‘i_if'tlle’ lllt'll Presirlt-._ut of the U S.:
it was ratified on the 7th of Marcli. under the
tinsuspecting impression that it had been ne-
gmimeil in g()'7(l faith, and in the coiifizleirce
inspired by the recuuimenrlation ofthe seiizite.
The siilrsvipieiit transactintts in relation to this
treaty will form the stilijuct ofa separate irres-
sagc. 'l‘lie Board of bliigiiiccrs for Iii-
iernal Improveineirt, appointed for carrying,-
iito execution the Act of Congress of 80th ol
April, 13:24, ‘f to prnciiretlre necessary sur-
veys, plaiis, and estimates, on the sirlrji-ct of
roads and canals,” liavelreeii actively enga-
ged in tlizrtscivice frotn the close oftlic last
slessioii ol'Ciiii_«_vrcss. Tlieyilizrve _coinplc'.ml
the surveys necessary for ascertaining the
nracticzibi itv of a canal from the Clrcsapcake
Bay to the Ohio lliver, and are preparing a
full I{eporton that subject. The sainc obser-
vation is I-0 be iiiaiie with regard to the other
two olijects of iiational iiripcriance, on which
the Board have been occupied ; namely, the
acciiiitplisliiiieut of a National Road fr. this
citytto New ()rle.-iris, and the pr:-icticaliility
of uniting the waters of Lake Meuiplirciiia-
gag with Ctirriiccriiziit River, and the ini
proveiiiciit of the navigation oflhat River

The Acts of Coiigrcss ofthe last sessioii re-
lative to the stir-vcyiiig, iiiarlting, or laying
out roads in the territories ofFloi‘itla. r\|'li‘|"‘-
sas, and Micliigaii, lroiii r\‘lissnuri to Mexiclt
and for the coritinnatioii of the Ciiuiherland
I~’..o-ad, are, some of them, fully executed, and
others in the process ol‘c.\:ecutioii. The light-
iiotises and iiionuineirts for the safety olgmr
couiinercc and in_ariuers ; the works for the
security of Plyiiioiitlrllcacli, and for the pre-
-.ci'vation of the Islands ‘ill Boston Harbour,
have rec-’d the attention required by the laws
relating to those objects respectively- The
coirtiiiiratiori ofilriz Uuiiibcrlantl Road, irinst
irirpoitant of tlicui a|l,:iftcr SlIt'lt]t)ltll!lnL', no
riicoiisitlenibletliliicriliy in fixing upon the di-
rctaiori of the road, has coinineirccd timlct.

 

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ll‘? #1051 P'0m|9|0i'£_jl,!!.siiices,,_~rritlr the im..
prnvemeiits._of receiit'iii_|veii't,__io,,ii _In the ,,,,,d,,
.| .3 39, advanta -
crrkvit rodnctioiii i‘-tlief i t l' ' ge Gr ad“
5 .1‘ _- __ _.I, _ . _,s o the war .
'lh_e opet'ation,,oftli”e laws relatiiig in me.
Rewliitioiiary‘ Pensioriers ‘may deserve “,5.
rt-..ri_ewed cl')tt5ltler;ll;j_0ti ril'Corig,ress; The Act’ i
of -I3lll March, l8‘t‘8,“wliile it tirade ;iriivi§}o,,
for inan_v iiiei-lt‘orio,iis.‘aiid indige_nt2citizens,-
‘‘'l‘0 ‘W5 sewed in ilre W-ar oflntfepentlcnce‘
opened a door to nuinerons abuses and iinpo:
.'t‘ .- .' - ’
‘''_g’"‘ . P0-|‘ElI)t’.(ly this, it", A,,,V,,f M Ma”
-it-0i‘e3'r10l*‘-ll _proofs_of absolute intligenéer
w'ltlcli iiizuiy really tiptviim were .m;.i,]e, and
a.l, susceptible oftltat delicacy Wllliflll is allied"
:,':'v"""‘-:'P;"'"l"°3- must behdeeply reluctant to
Ripe-I [:3 result, has been, that soiire among
I . 2 5 ° - .
ei _ eserving have been retained. and:
and 5‘""e '"“'l10ni the relltrisites both ofworth
and want were c0,,,h,ned
from the list.’ As me ,,u’,
eralile relics of an
the decays ofbody,
tlial‘.siii'vive, must
nature increase,

 
 

. iibers of tliescveu.-
“.'~"»‘ Rune by diuiinish; as
flllml. rind estate, ofihose
"1 llte comiironfcniirse. of
should not a more liberal

Ma)’ “W Ill“ Witlll. in most instances, be infer-
red from the denianil,

be duly proved ;and may not the last days of

Of|)|llv0llߤlttg 3 p;,,a,',c,, Or ,,,};.,,f,,,,ly by me.
“-“P°5"."<3 Uflls own uccessiiirs ?, I siibinit to”

for iiidividiial cases of tliis’ili’_».-,;r;,,i;,,,, by me,
cial enactment,
5,I.‘lyj "moi _‘l"l"' {I View to iiritigatc the rigour
:3, ".‘_""V“’l“3'”"-‘-, in favor of persons to whoinj
.iai i.y now‘ bestoive-:.l can scarcely discliargcr
lltc fleltt ofynstice. , ’

, Tl“? P°"l0n oftlre Naval force ofthe Un-
ion in actual service, has been chiefly em-
Pl‘’.l’*‘-‘l 5" "tree stations : The Mediterrane-
an» the cnflsls of South Auierica bordering:

An ticcirsional cruiser has been sent along the
A fricaii shores mo:-I polluted by the trafiic of’
slaves : one armed vessel has been stationed
on the coast ofotir eastern boundary, to cruise
along the fishing grounds in Hudson’: Bav,
and on the coast of Labrador and the first
service ofa new frigate has been perforined
in restoring in his native soil, and domestic-
eiijoyinents, the veteran hero whose _voiithftil_

cause ofnur country’s ll'l(lt*_|)e"(lence,&. whose.
whole life lins been a series of services and.
sacrifices to the iiiiprovmiieiit 0f"-ll.‘l'-f¢ll0\\'- .
melt The Visit of Gen.Lafayelte.'alil:‘e lion-
orable to hiniselfanil to our country, closed,
as it had cnniiiiencerl, with the most affectirig.
testimonial: of devoted attachiiient on his
part. and ofunbounderl gratitittle of this peo-

a plnasiiu incident in the annals nfoiir Uninii,
giving to real history the intense interest of
romance,&. si«_ritally marking the nnpiircliasa-
lilo tribute ofa great iiation’s social all'-actions

of liuinan kind. _ _
The constant rnaintenance ofa small sqriad-
mo in the Wetliterraiieaii is a necessary sub-
stitute for the humiliating alternative of-pay-
in‘_r_r tribute for the security ofcur coiiiiiierce
in that .<ea,and for a precarious peace, at the
mercy ofevery caprice offoiir Barbary states,

rlitional motive_ for keeping. a respectable:
force stationed there at this time, is 'l‘nu'nd"ii'i'f
the maritime war raging between the Greeks
and the Turks; and in which the llt3llll‘alI‘
nnvigzation of this Union is always in danger‘
of outrage and depredation. A few instances"-
have occiirrerl ofsiicli (lcpredatioiis upon our
inercliant vessels‘ by private-ers’ or pirates-
wearing the Grecian flag, but without real.
mrtlmrity fromtlie Greek or any other gov’t. '
The lieroic struizggles oft-he Greeks them->
sclvcs, in wliich our warmest sympathies as
freemen and cliristians have been engaged,-
have. continued to be maintained with vicissi-
tudes of success adverse and favourable. _
Similar motives have rendered expedient
the keeping ofa like force on the coasts of
Peru and Chili on the Pacific. ’

'I‘hi=. objects of the West India squadron
have been, to carry iirto excciition the laws
for the suppression ofthe Afrit-air Slfl.,VC'I‘I'7l{lL‘;:
for the protection of our commerce against
vessels ofa piraiical cliaractcr.tl_ioiigh bearing’
cornniissinns from either of the belligerent
parties : for its protection ziszaiiist open and‘
iiixetpiivocal pirates. These objects ‘ilitriitp;
the pre-rerit year’ have been _:l(!c0li1pllSll€(I,.
more ell’cr:tii:ill,v than at airy former period.’
The African Slave Trade has long been ex-
cluded from the me ofour fiazz, ; and if sortie
fcii ClllZt’-ll’-‘ ofoiir (‘.()Unll'_Y‘ ll:rVFiC0lllinllC(l lrr
set the laws ofllrn Union, as well as those vol"
Nature and lliiinaiiiiy atdcf'iancc, by perse-
vcring in that abtiiiiinable traffic, it lras been
only by" slrelteririg: tlieiiiselves under ihe ban-
ners ofnilier nations, less eariiest for the total
extinction of the trade than ours. The irreg-
ular pI‘iV‘iteeI‘S have, ivitliiii the last year,beerr
in a great ineasure banished from those seas ',_
St. the pirates for months past appear to have‘
been alnrist entirely swept away from the
borders and tires:-liores oftlie two Spanish isl-
ands in those regioiis. The active, persever-
mg; and nriremitted i=ni~rgy tilTCa[it.\V’arriiig--
ton, and of the oflici-i-s and men uiiilcr his-
coiniii:iiid,nn that trsiiiig and perilous siérvidé,
have been crowiied with sigiial siiccess, and
are eiititli-ii to the approliation of their corin-
try. But experience has slrown, that not-even
ii tciiiliorar)' smpciisioii or ielaxzitioii fr. assi-
tliiitv can he intlnluml no that station Witht)Itl.’,
re-pi-orlirtriiig piracy and liinrtler iiiall their
|.m-.«m‘-,- ; nor is it pf()ilzll)lP that for years to
come oirr iriiiiiensely vzilmilile criiiiiiicrccin
those seas. can navigate in security, iwitliout
me §tt£5!(l_V continuance ofati :ir'inéd force diz-
votcd to its protei:ti.m.

Ii wt-re indeed a vain and (Ii!l'l‘_’('.‘l'()US illu-
sion to lwlieve, that in the llresviii or pl")lY-ll)lr)
condition ol'linrnan societ_v,a criiiiiirercc so
egtleiisive and so rich as ours cotiltl exist afiil -
he piirsiicd in ssrfe-ty. witliotrt the c_ontiuu.il
support of a military marine; tli-c t)rily.jH‘,t|1
by wliicfi the power ofilris tzniifctliéracy can
be f.‘..\lllil:|I("ll or_ felt by fort-i:_rrr natioiis,iuI.tl
the only standing military force wliicll (‘-_=l|!
never be d:iiii.',eroiis to our own lil)er'tiP.s"=tt
Ironic. A pcrtiranent naval peace establish-
nicnt, ¢hei~e|'m-e, adapted to our pi'eseiit condi-
iinn, and adaptable to that rgigrinirc g,.rnW,Ih
with wliich the nation is l)(IV:lttl.‘llIEZ in its ca-
reer, is aiming the siilijccts whit-.h have occu-
pied the lbrcsigirt of the ‘last C oiigrt:5>‘i_€‘{"l
which‘ will deserve your serious tleliberatiuiis.
Our iiavy, coiniiieiiced at_an early P0Fl""' Of
our present, political tirg:iii=:;_«ilIl_H]. UPON 11
scale cnmtiiens rate with the "Iil(‘,lpH?lli ener-

gies, thc scanty resources, aiidttlic coo-rparw

 

have been stricken-, _

l""“"“ ‘Jr '““'"l£'3"Ce be dealt out to them ?

“’ll*’l1 We service can .

l"-""‘" "‘ "'"".V "5 Slhtrcrl the, iriortrfication ,

(flngresg "'9 ‘3l‘l7e‘ll"Hc_t' either of providinfl’

“T Of“-'Vl5ll.lQ.ll)8 Act of tst’ 

0" the Pacific ocean, and the West Iirdies.—» ,

blood and treasure had freely flowed in the _

ple to him in return. It will form, liers-;ifier'_'

tn the rlisinterested champion of the liberties ,

by whom it was liable to be violated. An ad—;,'