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Y It Oationalf mitittr+ a . Our Bing, Comititution attri natzl• No. 1,146.—V0L. XIII.] UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. " Fellow Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, •` The public buildings being advanced to a stage to shard accommodation to Congress, I off,:r you my sin cere congratulation. on the recomusenetment of your Duties in the Capitol. " Io bringing to view the incidents most deservinv attention, which have occurred since your last Ses-ion, I regret to hate to state that several of our principal cities hate sit& red by sickness; that an timisusl drought has prevailed in the middle and western S ate.. and that detatkgetuent has been felt in some of our monied institution., which has pinportionably Alec ed their credit. I ant happy, however, to have is in my poweeto assure you that the health of our cities is tiow completely 'Twat-if ; thrt the priultice or the year, though Ices abundant ran usual, will not only he amply sufficient fur home consumption, hut atlisr.l a large ant plus for the supply of the wants of other nations; and that the derangement in the circulating paper medium by being left to those remedies which its uhrimas causes suggested, and the good sense and virtue of our fellow citizens supplied, has diminished. [The president then explains at great lengtht he grounds on which the treaty was made with Spain fur the cession of the Floridas; states the reasons which have been as.. signed by the court of Madrid for its withholding its ,reification ; and advises Congrrss not to proceed to take possession of the Fktridas by force, till they shall have heard the arguments which may be rased by the extraordinary minister whom the sing of Spain pre mises to send :to America immediately. The speech then proceeds as follows :—] In t: cavil war existing between Spain and the Spanish provincesin this hemisphere, the greatest care has been taken to enforce the laws intended to preserve an impartial neutrality. Our ports have continued to be equally open to both parties, and on the same condi tions, and our citizens have been equally restrained from interfering in favinir of either to the prejudice of the other. '1 he progress of the war, however, has operated manifestly in favour of the Colonies. BLIVIIII3 Ayres still maintains utishaketi the independence which it de clared in 1816, and has enjoved st lace 1810. Like suc cess has also lately atietaled Chili and the plats times north Of the La Plata, bordering on it; and likewise Venezuela. " This contest has, from its commencement, be. n very interesting to other powers, and to none more so than the United States-. A virtuous people may and will coulme themselves within the limits of a strict neutrality ; but it is not in their power to behold a con flict so vitally important to their neitehboors, without the sensibility :told sympathy which naturally belong to such aviator. • It has been the steady purpose of this Go vernment to prevent that feeling leading to excess ; and it is very gratifying to hate it in my power to state, that so strong has been the sense, throtigliontithe whole community, of what was due to the character and obli •gatiwts of the nation, that few exami•lcs of a contrary kind have occurred. " The distance of the colonies from the parent court- SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 1820. places alon, at el hi 1 at which, only, foreign chaos Of war and proat.•eia may be admitted. The difficulty of sustaining the reodations of our commerce, awd of other importrin ii:ierests from abuse, without such Ilesiwr alio'', furnishes a Strom: motive iur 11;iS measure. At the tune of the negociation, for the renewal of the mercial convention beta, ten the U tobal States and Great linnets, a hope hal Well entertained that an article might halve ',ern mot eJ opmi, aaaaaaaaaaaa satistac. tort to both t oms:rill, regokting, upon princirks of s piste, and reciprocity, the commercial interconow between the Ut.0...11 Slater and the British possessions, as well in ill West forties as (1 1 000 the• Connuetit of North America. The &'l inpitientiaries of the Iwo', Goyersimetris, not hoeing helm A hie Its come to an &Lomax, tin mei-oriel/to interest, tlt.opeui the United Slates reserved for the bousideration alms Guyer iiiii ent, •he preposel. which had beets presented to them as the ultimate oiler on the part el . the British Governmeto, awl which they were riot authorised to accept. On'their tratistiossiott here, they were examined with due deli beraileos, the resat. of which was. a Dew- elrOtt to meet toe a pews 'tithe British Government. The Minister of the United S‘alcs was iostrarted to make a further Iwo• posal, which has not keen accepted. It Was, .however,' declined so an amicable niatitier. 1 recommend to the consideratiuti in Congress, whether further prohibitory vovisions, in the laws relative to this intercourse, may not iw expedient. It is seen with interest, that alt( gh it has ram been practicable, as yet, so agree in any arrangement of tin, important branch of their continerce, such is the disposition of the parties, that each will view any regulations which the other may make respecting it, it the st friendly light. " By the sth di title oh the convention, concluded on the 'lab October, 1818, it was stipulated that the dif ferences which had arisen isemecii the two Gm moments with regard to the true intent and meaning of she sth article of the treaty of Ghent, in relation to the carryirig away, by British officers, of slaves front the United States, aCel the exchange of the ratification of the treaty of peace, unsaid be referred to the decision of some friendly Sovereign or State, to be named for that purpose. "Cite Minister of the United States has been mstmeted to name to the British Government a foreign Sot ereign, the COIMI/011 friend to both parties, for the decision of this question. The answer of that Government to the proposal, when received, will indi cate the further measures to be pursued on the part of United States. . " Although the pecuniary embarrassments which affected the various parts of the Union during the latter part oldie preceding year, have duringithe been considerably augmented, and still continue to exist, the receiFti into the try, to the 30th of Sep tember last, have amounted to 1e,000,000 liter defraying the current expellees of the Government, including the interest and reimbursement of the public debt, payable to that period, amounting to 1e,a00,000. there remained in the treasury on illat day Inure ►han 2,soo,oodollars,which with the PIIIM receivable during the remainder of the year, will exceed the current demands upoll the treasury for the same period. " The causes which have tended to diminish the public receipts, could not fail to have a corriesponcling effect upon the revenue which has accrued upon imposts and tonnage, during the three first quarters of the pre.. ceding year. It is, hovers et, ascertained that -the dui iesw [such have been seLured during that period exceed -18,000,000, and those of the whole year will probably amount to V 3,000,000. " For the probable receipts of the next year, I refer you to the statements which will be tran.uutted front the treasury, which will enable pets to judge whether further provisions be necessary. " The great reduction in the price of the principal 's has - [Plum 94d. piufitable mai ket at -home, hate been shipped by the manufacturers to the United States, and is many in stances, sold at a price below their current value at the place of 'manufacture. Althots,th this practice may, from its nature, be considered temporacy. ur eolith,- gent, it is not on that ocemint less Siourtoiss in its of Uniformity in the demand and price of au artis cle, is highly IleSit.allie w 11W domestic trsattufacturer. It is deemed of .rest importoisce to give encon rageineirteto our domestic manufactures. lit what manner the evils adverted to may be reniedied, and ' how far it may be practicable, in other respects, to Jana! to theta further cm-mu:tee-mew, paying due re.► gord to all the other t ititereats of the nation, is sub 000 i l ted to the wisilo s. " The survey of the coast for the establishment of fortifications is now nearly completed, and considerable progress has been made in the collection of materials fur the construction of fortifications in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Chesapeake Bay. The winks on the eastern bank of the Po:out:ie. hetow Alexandria, and on the Peapa eh, in the Delaware, are much advanced; and it is expected that the fortifications at the Narrows, in the harbour of New Yosk, will Lc einnpleted the present year. " The troops intended to occupy a station at the mouth of the St. Peter's, on the Missis‘ipi. have esta itlished themselves there; and those which were Or. dried to the mouth of ;he Soso!, on the Miss soori, have ascended that river to the Council Bluth. where they still reniaie until hex' 'spring. when they will proceed to the place of their destination. I have the satisfaction to state, that this measur e has been excc cuted m amity with the Indian tribes, and that it pro wises to produce in regard to diem, all the ads antages which were contemp:aied by it. •• Much progress has likewise been made in the con struction of ships of war. and in the collection of tim ber and other materials I'm shils.huililing. " For the print ction of our commerce in the Medi terranean, along the southern Atlantic coast, its the Pacific and Indian Oceans, it has been found necessary to maintain a strong naval force which is seems proper for the present to continue. There is ranch reason to believe, that Wane portion of the squadron heretofore stationed in the Meiliterraician shoidd be withdran our intercourse with the powers bordering on that sea would Le much interrupted, if not altogether destroyed. Such, too, has been the growth of a spirit of piracy, in the other quarters men;itilicil by atheimerers from every country, in abuse of the friendly flag %%thick they have assumed, that not to protect our Collllllefre would he to abandon it as a prey to their rapacity. Due attention has !thee:vise been paid to the suppression of the Slave Trade, in coolish:nice with a law of the last maims.— Orders hate been given to the (mainlanders of all our public ships to seize all vessels navigated tinder our Hag, • engaged tut that trade, and to bring them its, to be pro. ceeded against in the manner prescribed by that law.— It is hoped that igurout tneasuree, supported by like acts by other statiom, will soon terminate a com merce so disgraceful to the Civilized world. " In the execution of the duty iniposcd by these acts, and of a high trust connected with it, it is with deep regret I have to tote the loss which has been sus sustained by the death of Commodore Perry. His Fed !awry in a brilliant exploit, in a late war, added le the renown of his country. His „death is deplored as a national misfortune. 4" J. Mosinws. " 4 Washington. Dec..l .1519." Tne QUARTER'S Revestte.—The following is the Net Produce of the R.:venue in the last Quar ter, compared with the corresponding Quartet 1 I _... ............_ .. • s try, and the great extent of their population and re- articles-of domestic growth, which has Declares' during sources, gave them great advantages en which, it was .attil- - • sse is ses. MUM... FFFFF n, liti INS IVA] •All • •••• ~• • ••-•,•-• the present )car, end the consequent fall in the price Quarters ended Jan. 3. Imam. Demean. ciliated, at a very early period, it W Olllll be ouncuit tor of l abour. apparently So falreneabl e to t h e success of d o „, . ist9. 1820 Spain to surmount. The manufactures, steadiness, consistency, and mest i c have not shielded them against ending the , tith January, 1819, . success with which they have pursued their ottlect, as ---.--- other causes averse to their . proimitity. The pecuniary ' Customs X 2,483.684 1: 2,2V6.453 ammo evinced more particularly by the undisturbed sovereign. disapnointineitis which have so deeply affected the cont. E xc i se 6,238,n IA 6,439413 fOI,SOZ ty which Buenos Ayres has so long enjoyed, evidently menial interests of the nation, have been nu less ad. Stamps 1,33a,31s 1,503,3te )1/tele give them a strong cfaint to the favourable consideration verse to our manufacturing establishinewts, in several reet-office•••• 31 9. 000 valsono 59,0 t AMMO. T 11,34•1478 2,3iti. 873 of other nations. These sentiments, on the part of the 'sections of the Union. Laud Taxes 408.366 442.953 34,35; United States, have not been withheld front oilier " T ine great reduction of the currency which the Edite w,,,, i 3363107 177.074 43.67 Powers, with whom it is desirable to act. in Colleen. banks have been constrained to make, in order to conti. --..—.. ....—.....—. Should it become manifest to the world, that the efforts nue specie payments, and the vitiated character of it 13,n911.777 13,469,194 338 • 76. -MAIN ! ( of Spain to subdue those provinces will be fruitless, where such resinctions have not beets attempted, instead it may be presumed that the Spanish Government itself of placing within the reach of these establishments the Deduct Decesase...... 2511.3,2 will give up thecontest. In producing such a detenni- pecuniary aid necessary to avail themselves of the ad- Increase in Quarter 70.447 nation, it cannot he doubted, that the opinion of friendly vantages t ,,„l,i iiit f oots t h e re d oet i oi , o f the prices of it thus appears tlrat there is an increase urea the Powsre, who have taken no part in the controversy, will the raw materials and of labosir, fuer Quarter of this Year of . 70,4171. From this increase, have their merited influence. •- It is of the blabs's, importance to national dia.. banks to withdraw frnot them a iturttuu of t i lie capital he.etufore advanced to ahem. That aid which has been however, such proportion of the new duties as may racter, and indispensable to me morality of our citiaens, refitted by the hints, has ant been obsaitied front - other have been received during the quarter ending Stb ~.i r 0 it ~, that a ll violations of our neutrality should be presented. ~„,c es, owsog to the lass of individnal confidttivr,from January, 1820, should be deducted. The whole (,' . -, ) Nosloor should be left open tor the evasion of our laws, the failures which have recently occurred nu sonic of amount of new duties received in the last quarter, ~ „,., •••••...: a stn opprntunity a/lorded to any wins may be disposed It) our pritscolial commercial cities. it is observed, does not exceed 200,0001. at the ut. ';l*s - - - ,$l , l lake advantage oft, to compromise the inlensil on iluaitita .. A , a ddi t i ona l cause o f m e d e p res sion of these es. mos . , t The . re has barn a decrease of 239,1091 in iii `o' i s of the .natiota. It is sal muted, theielare, to the con- Aii( l , tablahments, may probably be found in the pecuniary the customs—a melancholy proof of die great falling eideration of Congress, whether it may nut be adviseable coi b atriast oritts of which save nx•eutly affected those '' .. :xr 10 revise. the lasts, vs tilt a view us this desirable result. countries, with which our consomme has, been ipsinci- oi l' in our trade anti commerce ; but in the Each* "It is submitted, also, whether it may cut be , pally prosecuted. there has been an increase of 201,5051. There has A /We. adviseaiks iii designate, by law, the Selic/al emu In •• Their manufactures, for the 'taut bf a ready or been a deerene in the Sten dolicS Of 27, 1 :101. • 1., - •1 , 114 a Z 4 1 4 :- ) fivllil \ oe ~. --