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~..„,„....ir e merttrirrlier • • • • +r , i - "W 7 • , . • PMENlNESSlkkeiggiti.MeAfF i gilegil e g fi. ' ream for , . "coollnogkor skip the whole . of ebeemoi ; she . ant be %V ila** nation, ebsiost fa nadon, but on '. - titionthernadon; she would enjoy allowed to them, in consideration 1 / 4 allowed to us, free from any condition whatever. "As little cause has the Government complain of the seizure of the Apollo, and snovel of other vessels from the waters of St. Mary's, It will not be denied that every nation has a right tn i regulate its commercial spiteful :is it thinks fit. sued to enforce the collection • of its revenue, provided k - be done without an invasion of the rights of other . Powers. The violation of its ,revenue lawi is an offence which all nations punish ; the punishment of which gives - no just cause of complaint to the Power to which the offenders belong; provided it be extended to all equally. In this case every circumstance width' occurred indicated a fixed purpose to violate Mir revenue laws. Had the party intended to have pur sued a fair trade, he would have entered our ports, and paid the duties; or bad he intended to have car. tied on a legitimate circuitous commerce with the United States, he would have entered the port of some other Power, landed his goodsat the Custom house, according to law, and re-shipped and sent them in the vessels of such. Power, or of some other Power which might lawfully bring them, free from such duties, to a pert of the (Inked States. But the conduct of the party in this case was altogether dif ferent. He entered the river St. Mary's, the boun dary; between the United States and Florida, and took his position on the Spanish sidai on which, in. the whole extent of the!river, there was:nO town, no port, or Custom-house, and scarcely icy : settlement. Nis purpose, therefore, was not to sell his goods to the inhabitants of Florida, but to the United States, in exchange for their productions, which could not be done without a direct and palpable breach of our laws. It is known that a regular systematic plan had been formed by certain other persons for the vio lation of our revenue system, which made it the snore necessary to check the proceeding in its outset. " That the unsettled bank of a river so remote from the Spanish garrisons and population could give no protection to any party, in such a practice, is be lieved to be in strict accord with the law of nations. —lt would not - have comported with a friendly policy in Spain herself to hive established a Custom house there, since it could have subserved no other purpose than to elude our revenue laws. But the Government of Spain did not adopt that measure.— On the contrary, it is understood that the Captain- General of Cuba, to whom an application to that effect was made by these adventurers, had not ac ceded to it. The condition of those Provinces for many years before they were ceded to the United States, need not now be dwelt on. Inhabited by dif ferent tribes of Ind4s, and an inroad for every kind of adventurer, the jurisdiction of Spain may be said to have been almost exclusively confined to her gar thous. It certainly could not extend to places where she had no authority. The rules, therefore, appli cable to settled countries, governed by laws, could not be dee:ned so to the deserts of Florida, and to the occurrences there. It merits attention, also, that the territory had been ceded to the United States, by a Treaty, the ratification of which had not been re fused, and which has since .been performed. Under such circumstances, therefore, Spain became less re sponsible for such acts committed there, and the United States more at liberty to exercise authority to prevent so great a mischief: The conduct of this Government has, in every instance, been conciliatory and friendly to France. The construction of our revenue law, in its application to such cases, which have formed the ground of such serious compl a i nt on her part, and the order to the Collector of St. Diary's, in accord with it, were given two years be fire these cases occurred, and in reference to a breach which was attempted liy the subjects of another Puwer. Its application, therefore, to the cases in question was inevitable. As soon as the Treaty by which these Provinces were ceded to the United States was ratified, and all danger of further breach of our revenue laws ceased, an order was given for the re lease of the vessel which had been seized, and for the dismission of the libel which had been instituted against her. " The principles of the system of reciprocity, founded on the Law of the 3d of March, 1815, have been since carried into effect with the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Sweden, Prussia, and with Hamburgh, Bremen, Lubeck, and Oldenburgh, with a provision made by subsequent laws, in regard to the Nether lands, Prussia, Hamburgh, and Bremen, that such produce and manufactures as could only be, or most usually were first shipped rrom the ports of these countries, the same being imported in vessels wholly belonging to their subjects, should he considered and admitted as their own manufactures and productions. "The Government of Norway has, by an ordinance, opened the ports of that part of die dominions of the King of Sweden to vessels of the United States, upon • the payment of no other or higher duties than are paid by the Norwegian vessels, from whatever place arriving, and with whatever articles laden. They have requested the reciprocal allowance for the ves sels of Norway in the ports of the United States. As this privilege is not within the scope of the Act of the 3d of March, 1815, and can only be granted by Congress, and as it may involve the commercial re lations of the Union with other nations, the subject is submitted to the wisdom of Congress. ~ I have presented thus fully to your view our commercial relations with other Powers, that, seeing ahem in detail with each Power, and knowing the basis on which they rest, Congress may in its wisdom decide whether any change ought to be made, and, if any, in what respect. If this basis is unjust or un reasonable, surely it ought to be abandoned; but if it be jest and reasonable, and any change in it will make concessions subversive of the principles of equality, and tending in its consequences to sap the foundations of our prosperity, then the reasons are equally strong for adhering to therund already taken, and supporting it by such fu rtherregulations as may appear to be proper, should any additional' support be found necessary. , “ The question concerning the construction of the firs; article of the Treaty of Ghent has been, by a joint act of the Representatives of the United States stud of Great Britain, at tie Court of St. Peters- Wrgh, submitted to the ilusision or his jape l ig )c kens Majesty, nister to the 'Secretary of and transmitted by . special agent to the Captain:General of Cuba, to whom it was directed, and iA whom the Govern ment of those Provinces was vested, hive not only omitted, in contravention et the orders of thed. Sove reign, the performance of the express stipulation to deliver over the archives and documents relating to the property and sovereignty'of those Provinces, all of which it was expected would have been delivered either before or when the troops were withdrasst, but defeated since every effort of the .United States to obtain them, especially those of the greatest im portance. 'This omission has gives-rise to several incidents of a painful nature, thst i charaeter of which will be fidly disclosed by the documents which will hereafter be-cOranrunicated. " In every other circumstance the law of the 3d of March last, for carrying into effect that Treaty, has been duly attended to. For the execution of that limn which preserved in force, for the Government of the inhabitants for the term specified, all the civil, military, and judicial pow ers exercised by the exist ing Government of Provinces, an adequate number of Officers, as was presumed, were appointed, and ordered to their respective stations. Both Pro vinces were formed into one territory, and a Gover nor appointed for it; but in consideration of the pre tclisting division, and of the distance and difficulty lof communication between Pensacola, the resiJence of the Governor of West Florida, and St. Augustine, that of the Governor of East Florida, at which places the inconsiderable population of each Province was principally"collected. two Secretaries were appointed, one to reside at Pensacola, and the other at St. Au gustine. Due attention was likewise paid to the exe cution of-the laws of the United States relating to the Revenue and the Slave Trade which were ex tended to these Provinces. The whole territory was divided into three collection districts—that part lying between the river St. Mary's and Cape Florida forming one, that from the Cape to the Apalachicola another, and that from the Apalachicola to the Per dido the third. To these districts the usual number of revenue officers were appointed; and to secure the due operation of these laws, one Judge and a district Attorney were appointed to reside at Pensacola, and likewise one Judge and a district Attorney to reside at St. Augustine, with a speci fi ed boundary between them ; and one Marshal for the whole, with autho rity to appoint a deputy. In carrying this law into effect, and especially that part of it relating to the powers of the existing Government of those ProH winces, it was thought important, in consideration of the short term for which it was to operate, and the radical change which would be made at the ap proaching Session of Congress, to avoid expense, to make no appointment which should not be abso lutely necessary to give effect to those powers ; to withdraw none of our citizens from other pursuits, whereby to subject the Government to claims which could not be gratified, and the parties to losses which it would be painful to witness. " It has been seen with much concern, that in the performance of these duties a collision arese between the Governor of the territory and the-Judge appointed for the western district. It was piesumed, that the law under which this transitory Government was or ganized, and the commissions which were granted to the Officers who were appointed to execute each branch of the system, and to which the commissions were adapted, would hare been understood in the same sense by them in which they were understood by the Executive. Much allowance is due to Of kers employed in each branch of this system ; and the more so, as there is good cause to believe that each acted under a conviction that he possessed the power which he undertook to exercise. Of the Of ficer holding the principal station, I think it proper to observe, that he accepted it with reluctance, in compliance with the invitation given him, and from a high sense of duty to his country, being willing to contribute to the consummation of an event which would ensure complete protection to an important part of our Union, which had suffered much from in cursion and invasion, and to the defence of which his very gallant and pathetic services had been so sig nally and usefully devoted. " From the intrinsic difficulty of executing laws deriving their origin from different sources, and so essentially different in many important circumstances, the advantage, and indeed the necessity of establish ing, as soon as may be practicable, a well-organized Government over that territory on the principles of our system, is apparent. This subject, therefore, is recommended to the early consideration of Congress. " In compliance with an injunction of the law of the 3d of March last, three Commissions have also been appointed, and a Board organized, for carrying into effect the I Ith Article of the Treaty above recited, making provision for the payment to such of our citi zens as have well-founded claims on Spain, of the cha racter specified by that Treaty. This Board has en tered on its duties, and made some progress therein. 'The Commissioner and Surveyor of his Catholic Ma jesty, provided for by the 4th Article of the Treaty, have not yet arrived in the United States, but are soon expected. As soon as they do arrive, corres ponding appointments will be made, and every faci lity be afforded for the due executton of this service.. " The Government of his Most Faithful Majesty, since the termination of the last Session of Congress, has been removed from Rio Janeiro to Lisbon, whet, a Revolution similar to that which bad occurred in the neighbouring kingdom of Spain, had in like man net been sanctioned by the accepted and pledged faith of the reign Monarch. The diplomatic intercourse between the United States and the Portuguese domi nions, interrupted by that important event, has not yet been resented; but the change of internal admi nistration having already materially affected the com mercial intercourse of the United States with the Por tuguese dominions, the renewal of the . public missions between the two countries appears to be advisable sk an early hoer. L • It is undannod, dist *Kai*. in into Ms lonic 13 a t woad be smisfactory to them. It maytitifetelse presomed, and it is earnestly hoissit, l that Go ern mentoof Spain, guided by enlightened and liberal Councils, will find it to comport with its interest,s, and due to its magnanimity, to terminate this exhaust ing controversy on that basis. To promote this result by friendly counsel with the Governmentof Spain, will be the object of the Governlnent of the United States. " In conducting the fiscal operations of the year, it has been found necessary to early into full effect the Act of the last Session of Congress authorising a loan of five millions of dollars. This sum has been raised at an average premium of five dollars, fifty-nine hundredths per cent. upon Stock, bearing an interest at the tate of five per cent. per annum, redeemable at the option tithe Government after the lit day of January, 1835. There has been issued, under the provisions of this Aet. four millions seven hundred and thirty-five thousand two hun dred and ninety-six dollars, thirty cents, of five per cent Stock; and there has been, or will be, redeemed dining the year, three Mons one hundred and ninety-seven thousand thirty dollars, seventy-one cents, of LOWSLIO] six per cent. and deferred Stock, and Mississippi Stock. There has, therefore, been an actual in crease of the Public Debt, contracted during the year, of one million five hundred and thirty-eight thousand two hundred and sixty-six dollars, sixty-nine cents. • " The receipts into the Treasury from the lit of January to the 30th of September last, have amounted to sixteen millions two hundred and nineteen thousand one hundred and ninety seven dollar, seventy cents, which, with the balance of one mil lion one hundred and ninety-eight thousand four hundred and sixty r oue dollars, twenty-one cents, in the Treasury on the for mer day, make the aggregate sum of seventeen millions four hundred and seventeen thousand six hundred and fifty-eight dol lars, ninety-one cents. " The payments from the Treasury during the same period have amounted to fifteen billions six hundred and forty-five thousand two hundred and eighty-eight dollars, forty-seven cents; leaving in the Treasury, on the last mentioned day, the sum of one million seven hundred and sixty-two thousand three hundred and seventy dollars, forty-four cents. It is estimated that the receipts of the fourth quarter of the year will exceed the demands which will be made on the Treasury during the same period; and that the amount in the Treasury on the 50th of September last, will be increased on the first day of January next. " At the close of the last Session, it was anticipated that the progressive diminution of the Public Revenue in 1819 and 1890, which had been the result of the languid state of our foreign commerce in those years, had, in the latter year, reached its ex treme point of depression. it has, however, b een ascertained, that that point was reached only at the termination of the first quarter of the present year. From that time until the 50th of September last, the duties secured have exceeded those of the corresponding quarters of the last year one million one hundred and seventy-two thousand dollars ; whilst the amount of deben tures Issued during the three first quarters of this year, is nine undred and fifty-two thousand dollars less than that of the same quarters of the last year. " There are just grounds to believe till"' the improvement which has occurred In the revenue, during ifie last mentioned period, will not only be rnahrtained,but that it will progressively increase through the next and several succeeding Team, so as to realize the results which were presented upon that subject, by the official reports of the Treasury, at the commencement of the last Session of Congress. " Under the influence of the most unfavourable circum stances, the revenue for the next and subsequent years, to the year 18'25, will [earl exceed the demands at presint audio rized by law. ta. " It may fairly be presumed that, under the protelklon given to domestic manufactures by the existing laws,we shall become, at no distant period. a manufacturing country, on an extensive scale. Possessing, as we do, the raw material in such vast amount, with a capacity to augment them to an indefinite extent —raising within the country aliment of every kind to an amount far exceeding the demand for home consumption, even in the most unfavourable years, and to be obtained always at a very moderate price —skilled also as our people are in the mechanical arts, and in every improvement calculated to lessen the demand for and the price of labour, it is manifest that their success in every branch of domestic industry may and will be carried, under the encouragement given by the present duties. to an extent to meet any demand which, under a fair competition, may be made on it. A considerable increase of domestic manufactures, by di minishing the importation of foreign, will probably tend to lessen the amount of the Public Revenue. As, however, a large pro portion of the Revenue, which is derived from duties, is raised from other articles than manufactures, the demand for which will increase with our population, it is believed that a fund will still be raised from that source, adequate to the greater pan of the national expenditures, especially as those exy.ntlitures, should we continue to be blessed with peace, will be diminished by Vat completion of the fortifications , i fi cations, do ck-yards, and other public works; by the segmentation of the navy to the point to which it is proposed to carry it, and by the payment of the public debt, including pensions f w military services. It cannot be doubted, that the more complete our internal resources, and the less de pendent we are on foreign Powers for every national, as well as domestic purpose, the greater and more stable will be the public felicity. By the increase of domestic manufactures will the de mand for the rude materials at home be increased, and thus will the dependence of the several parts of our Union on each other, and the strength of the Union itself, be proportionably augmented. " In this process, which is very desirable, and inevitable under the existing duties, the resources which obviously present them selves to supply a deficiency in the Revenue. should it occur, ire the interests which may derive the principal benefit from the change. If domestic manufactures are raised by duties on fo. reign, the deficiency in the fund necessary for public purposes should be supplied by duties on the former. At the last Session, it seemed doubtful whether the revenue derived from thkpresent sources would be adequate to all the great purposes of ours Union including the construction of our fortifications, the a ugmen t a ti on , of our Navy, and the protection of our Commerce against the dangers to which it is exposed. Had the deficiency been such as to subject us to the necessity either to abandon those measures of defence, or to resort to other means for adequate funds, the course presented to the adoption of a virtuous and enlightened people appeared to be a plain one. It must be gratifying to all to know that this necessity does not exist. Nothing, however, in contemplation of suck important objects, which can be easily provided for. should be left to hazard. It is thought that the Revenue may receive an augmentation front the existing sources, and in a manner to aid our manufactures, without hastening pre maturely the result which has been suggested. It is believed that a moderate additional duty on certain articles would have that effect, without being liable to any serious objection. " examination of the whole coast, for the construction of permanent fortifications, from St. Croix to the Sabine, with the exception of a part of the territory lately acquired, will be com pleted in the present year; as will he the survey of the Missis sippi, under the reeoludon of the House of Representatives, from the mouth of the Ohio to the Ocean; and lik ew i se o f t h e Ohio from Louisville to the Mississippi. A progress, corres ponding with the sums appropriated, has also been made in the construction of these fortifications, at the points designated. As they will form a system of defence far the whole maritime fron tier, and. in consequft, for the interior, and are to ?..st for ages, the utmost care has been taken to fate the position of each work, and to form it on such a scalt as will be adequate to the purpose intended by it. All the inlets and assailable parts of our Union have bees mint* examined, and positions taken, with a view to the best int, observing, in every instance, a just regard to econenrp Rubes, however, being entertained as to the propriety of the peaks and extent of the work at Dau phioe Island, farther previews In it was suspended soon after the II last &seism of Campos, wad an order siren to the Board of iii44l9ldl lift VOW CaTaaill4Cola to wales a tigagg swop • db 4 b IV" the tab ia the coastruitios e t f / providing of die gradual the Mast of existing appropriasion. Act of 1810 have Al been eons. 1 servke. bone of the targe t lainiched• for the present. the - IT net be required for immegW e beildinp erected over them. .d, as turossofeco, la die. Ho. peace has boss preierved wits squadron has been reduced the eessopatiniooseidi the fulfilment of the object intended by,it. From past. expel. .once. Mid the best Information respecting the views of those .Rwerem,i . is distineily understood; that, should oar sq ua d ron .be fithdrawn they .woultl very soon recommence their hoed fides and 'dirpred itions uPen our commerce. " Their fortifications Niue lately been rebuilt, and their mei ritinse force. increased. It has also been found swim sul maintain a naval force in the Pacific, for the protection ad did very important interests of our citizens engaged in commeesd and the fisheries in that sea. Vessels have likewise been ews: pkeyed in cruising along the Atlantic coast. ire the U t ay of Mexico, on the coast of Africa, and in the neighbouring s eas: hi the latter, many piracies have been committed on our cc,n ereei and so extensive was becoming the range of those unprincipled adventurers, that there was cause to apprehend, witiunit a timely and decide. effort to suppress them, the worst con -esti:lnt. would ensue. Fortunately, a considerable cheek has beer, given to that spirit by our cruizers, who have succeeded in e.ipturMs and destroying several of clot it vessels. Nevertheless. it is con sidered an object of high importance to continue these cruizent until the practice is entirely suppressed. " Like success has attended our efforts to suppress the 87ave Trade. Under the Hag of the United States, and the sanctit.n their papers, the Trade may he considered as entirely suppressed; and if any of our citizens are engaged in it under th flags and papers of other Powers, it is only from a respect to the ri; ; lits of those Powers that these offenders are not seized and bruise's Mine, to receive the punishment which the laws It every other Power should adopt the same policy. and pursue the same vigorous means for carrying it into effect, the Trade could M longer exist. " Deeply impressed with the !rieslings which we enjoy, and of which we have such manifold proofs, my mind is irresistibly drawn to that Atmiciirry Bumo, the great source from whence they proceed, and to whom our most grateful acknowledgments are due. " JAMES MONROE. " Washington, December 3, 1821." 7,77l7ll::o:7''''.worwrir - TrreSMPßllerTrozw4.s9277llllloll. l r7 - •—r - '7"-'71.r .- 47r1ri.77,111 .5 •Fewr7; --- 547711pmpra7. - irri., - =s .t. 1 1 ..• . , ._ .. .• • 4 • I re. • • • . % .. 4 • - . • .. • . * ‘ . .4, - . • , • • . I , . .." . ' • . . • . . , Ililielllegi jest,' the Emperor of Rosie: thetas* tither slibmit- rice have bad great meteez, Storing th e •• . . *erg 116 1411 1.—, Iill i alill .la bc 4l e eta iide by them, iionbasnetTetbeinretWeell4Piasiottersrt.P, ja.shoetruagle for tbeiVisidependeape.. ..1,. ..,,,.._ ''' ! u w g i . e . 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EqaiSsuckess hu • . • wog to protect all width may no Whim whatever. been partly' carried into execution : possession of East * their efforts in the provitices ail the Pacific. -- It has strike from decay, by suitable t raiment of France to and West Florida has been), Mei torte United States: long been manifest, that it would be impossible lot iNtaatieem kpollo, and the re- bet the O ffi cers charged with that service, by an or. Sp ry to . reduce these Colonies . by force ; and equally : s teni ßut . ry b k,,,,, en. wher ni e : r .T: wawa of 9t. May's. der from his Catholic Majesty, dliveredby his Mi- 50, - _that' no conditions short of their ' • • , • - • gamest your err arimeell a-feree . ,•- ~_ __-It_ _ _f___.- "L.- 1.--14 t---.. -f It.— ...s.r—... 1...—.....5—..1 ENCYCLOP-Ebt4 Mii2IOPOLITA.VA. We are happy to find that this excellent Work, , which was commenced so auspiciously, is about to he resumed, by Booksellers whose respectability is a guarantee, not only for its completion, but for its being conducted with that spirit and diligence, so es sential to a Work of this nature. The plan of the Encyclopedia Mclropolitana, and the principles upon which it is to he conducted, will continue the same ' as in the four Parts already published ; but s' , ine al teration is contemplated in the Historical and Biogra phical Department, in order to render that important province more full and complete. As tc literary strength, the most important changes that have been made, consist in the greatly increased assistance which has been obtained—assistance. we understand, of a high and valuable kind, and such as cannot fail of materially raising the reputation of the Work. THE EVENI\G STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1 s 2. 02cm:cum.—Holiday at the Bank. The French Papers of Saturday reached us t! , is forenoon ; those of Friday are still due, although o►:e of that day had been received by express,•extracti from which we gave yesterday. Private letters, one of which is dated six o'clock on Saturday, give very contradictory accounts of the causes which have led to considerable fluctuations in the Funds. Some at tributing them to a mental malady with which the Klxo had suddenly been afflicted ; others to rumours that Russia and Turkey had commenced hostilities —that the holy Alliance was broken up—Austria. withdrawing her troops from Naples—and that war was likely to break out between France and Spain. The fall in the French Funds, however, does not ap pear to have been caused by any of the rumours we have enumerated, but is to be ascribed to the speinlations on the Exchange at Paris. No less than four very eminent speculators there have stopped payment, and the amount of the rentes thrown on the market in consequence exceeds two millions —a sam against which even our market could not make a stand, much less one so unstable as that of Paris. The rentes were on Wednesday at 85fr. 80c. and on Saturday at five o'clock they were at 85fr. but in the interim there had been several variations, and at one time they were as low as 82 fr. The Paris Papers of Saturday contain an account of a silly plot, formed (we are gravely told) against the King's Government, by a few boys of the school of Saumur, a considerable town in the South of France. These boys proposed to carry the chateau of &tumor by a coup de main. The revolt of Lord Gfizzle does not appear to have created greater consternation in the . Court of King Arthur, than the plot of the school boys of Saumur. A French General marched with two companies to crush the juvenile rebellion ; and other troops were preparing to march on Saumur, when such of the pupils as had not been tainted by disaffection, seized on eight of their rebellious school fellows, and handed them over to the military tribu nals, before whom the trial is in progress. A private letter from Paris, dated six o'clock cn Saturday, states, that a lively and interesting debate had taken place on that day, in the Chamber of De puties, on a Petition which involvla the conduct of M. de Smuts, late Keeper of the Seals. The Er- Minister entered on his own defence, and was listened to with attention. The Reporter of the Commission -was General I)ONADIRU, who moved that the Petition be referred to the present Minister of the Interior.-- A Deputy moved the Order of the Day. The stAce of the vote was doubtful. The appel nominal w,is called, and only seven of majority were for the late Keeper ; the Ultras and Liberals again joining.-+- Many excellent speeches were delivered on the con!, - Aiinis fender which and tI three the li "A bat tin the MC In 01 the Th exercis tion of •upplc Thi by a, Thi to hal onsiec extren comp( most ALPu] Count N.AVAT the dis have t the In directi tune of Gordan bled it about Ecoml .engage about : The Was se sepul of imi des 114 10, alarm armed k, how the Jai which We sul ripen The ila a n 'top'" Wu ol this pl Anger itowanc regime inform the Ge '~ n % h Or 6 Bair