The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-12-16 00:00:00

110 11 . 1 • - A blood) at was still raging in rations pacts of the island. %% hen the Juno Gulled ; but it was ex pected that both sections of the Republic, which was f or merly tin r the separate comnisndsoll'itHisTorum a wl Pivot., would now be united under one head, in the person ilf General BOYER. LIT( 4T 4( ( , PCNTI FROM SOUTH AMIRIcA. B A LTimosc, Nov. 14.—The Three Daughters ar rived at thi4 port from Laguira. Accounts were re ceive) at dig: port of the complete &feu of the Patriots, in An attack on Carthagena: the loss is 700. men. The Message of the PauSIDSNT of America fur which %se had anxiously looked for the last two days, reached us this forenoon. This document, which from the frankn. ss characteristic of a tiovernment r eeponsible for its proceedings to the people, was expected to contain a full developement of the condition and relations of the country, as well as of the plan• and resources of its administration, hail ex- , cited in America very lively curiosity. It is, as was anti cipated, perspicuous in all its statements ; and exhibits views of the public affairs in that interesting country, very far from discouraging. It dues not, however, present any extraordinary fftture; and is noticed by the politicians of the United States as omitting several subjects that are highly interesting at this ntotnent to the people of that country, such as the Manufactures of America, the Tariff, the Missouri, and the Bank rupt Svstent. In reference to the difficulties in which America had been involved, the Paestursz traces ' them to the extended war which had commenced in Europe ; and as to the differences that had more re cently taken place between the United States and Spain, respecting Florida, he respresents them still in such a state as that nothing explicit could be commu nicated, though it was expected to re-establish the relations by accommodation, on an amicable anti permanent basis. The restraints resorted to by the Cnited States relative to their commerce with the &kith Colonies are represented as satisfactory, not *sly as being prompted merely by a spirit of defence, but as advancing in a spirit of amity between the parties. la the commercial relations between the United States and France, the negociation which had been com menced in Europe to establish regulations on the prin ciple of reciprocity was about to be transferred to America, for which purpose the French Minister might be soon expected at Washington ; and relative to the embarrassments that had arisen from the con test between Stain and her colonies, the President observe., that it has been the uniform policy of the government of the rtitt-il States to promote by friendly councils that adjustment which he infers from circum stances twist finally take place between them, on the basis t.repnseil by the Colonies. In looking into the internal concerns of the country, mach satisfac tion is afforded by the proofs which the President gives of the extent of the resources, and of the effi ciency of the linvernmeet. On the 30th of September, 1415, the public debt might be estimated at more than one blinder', and fifty eight millions ofdollars ; and nu the 30th of September, • 1420, it did not amount to ninety-two millions, having been reduced in that inter val more than sixty. si x millions eight hand red thousand dialers. During this term, not only the expenses of every 'branch of the tiovernment had been defrayed, but the public edifices of Washington had been rebuilt, exten sive fortifications hail been commenced, and warlike stores of every kind had been replenished. What a con trast does this representation present to the view which we are doomed to witness, of the squandered resources of our once flourishing and now exhausted country ! By the papers which have come to hand since the ar rival of the President's Message, we learn that though the state of Missour . was omitted to be mentioned in that document, its interests had not been neglected. Oa the 14th November we find among the proceedings of the Senate that the President communicated to that body a ropy of the Constitution as adapted for t twOovern meta of the State of Missouri, which was read; where upon it was resolved, that a Committee be adopted to inquire whether any, and if any, what legislative mea sure was necessary for admitting the State of Mis soar' into the Union. 'I he Senate that day adjourned at 12 o'clock, to await the organization of the House of Representa tiv, 1, and met again ; but finding the House of Re prc•entatives had not then elected a Speaker, adjourn. ed till next day. From the report of the proceedings in the House of Repose datives, we learn, that no leu than nineteen attempts bad been made to elect a Speaker, and had failed. The occasion of these repeated failures is, that 67 votes are, by the Constitution, necessary for the choice of a Speaker ; and of the five Candidates proposed, the highest in the ballots of which we have received an accoo.nt, bad not obtained the requisite number. We have this morning received Paris papers to the 11th Avosavrtorr, Par. s.—lt is now confirmed that the conferences at Troppau are terminated, and that the Allied Sovereigns hare arranged to meet at Vienna in the course of three weeks, from the period of their last conference, by which time it is expected that an answer to their proposals will have been received bum the Neapolitan Government. The Emperor AbettNDER has postponed his journey to St. Peters- Intel in order to remain at Vienna. Fists Puxos.—Five per Cents. 78 f. 15c.—Bank Actions, 14171 50 e. Nart.xe, Nov. 23.—The Vicaathwastac yesterday addressed a letter to the Parliament of Naples, the fallowing isan extract :--" I have ordered the Minis ter of War to inform you of the meesnees that have been adopted for placing the Army on an imposing fooling, sad furnishing it with complete equipments. The nation ought to be persuaded that we bare not forgot to prepare, in ease of aggression, all the plans of military operations, the most suitable to our posi tion. 1 skill be, in this case, the first at the head of Army.' Ise. foe. k, STATESMAN. MESSAGE OF TOR PRESIDENT OP THE UNITED OATES td brut mouses, AT TIM OPININO Or TIM MOND 51111014 VIP •OTB TIM US Of CONOIRSII. intended to prevent a monopoly under British regale tines, In favour of Great Britain; as it likewise is, to know that the experiment is advancing In a spirit of amity between the parties. The qnestion depending between the United Statei and Great Britain, respecting. the construction of the first article of the treaty of Ghent, has been referred by both gorerasents to the decision of the Emperor of Russia, who bad accepted the umpirage. An attempt has teen made with the Government of France, to regalate, by treaty, the commerce between the two countries, on the principle of reciprocity and equality. ii> the last communication from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Paris, to whom full power half been given, we learn that the negocia• tion had been commenced there, but serions difficulties having occurred, the French Government had resolved ; to transfer it to the Cnited States, for which purpose ' the Minister Plenipotentiary of France had beenordered to repair to this city, and n hose arrival might soon be expected. It is hoped that this important interest may be arranged on just conditions, and in a manner equally satisfactory to both parties. It is submitted to Congress to decide, until such arrangements is made, how far it may be proper, no the principle of the act of the last I session, which ang'snented the tonnage duty on French vessels, to adopt GB:v measures for carrying more com pletely into effect the kolicy of that act. The act referred to, Ichicb imposes new tonnage on French vessels, baring been in torte from and after the first day of July, it has happened that several vessels of that nation winch had been dispatched from France before its existence was known, have entered the ports of the United States, and been subject to its operation. without that previous notice which the general spirit of our laws gives to i nil it iduals in similar cases. The object of that law having been merely to countervail the inequa lities which existed to the disadvantage of the United States, in their commercial intereo.:rse stills France, it is submitted also to the consideration of Congress, thee, in the spirit of mite and conciliation which it is ' no less the inclination than the policy of the United States to preserve in their intercourse with other powers, it may not be proper to extend relief to the individuals interested in those rase- , , by exempting from the opera tion of the law all those vessels which have entered our ports without having bad the means of previously know ing the existence of the additional duty. The contest between Spsin and the t'olonien. accord ing to the most authentic information, is maintained by the latter with improved success. The unfortunate slivi- 1 sinus which were known to exist some time since at Buenos Ayres, it is understood, still prevail. In no part of South America has Spain made any impression on the Colonies, while in many parts, and particularly in Venezuela and New Grenada, the Colonies have gained strength and acquired reputation, both for the management of the war, in which they have been suc cessful, and for the order of time internal administration. The late change in the government of Spain, by the re establishment of the constitution of 1814, is an event which promises to be favourable to the revolution.— Under the authority of the fortes, the Congress of Angustura was invit e d to open a negotiation for time settlement of differences between the parties, to tibias it was replied, that they would willingly open the negotiation, provided the acknowledgment of their independence was made its basis, but not other wise. Of further proceedings between them we are un informed. No facts are known to this government to warrant the belief, that any of the powers of Europe will take part in the contest; whence it may be inferred, cansidering all circumstances, which must have weight in produciug the result, that an adjustment will finally take place on the basis proposed by the Colonies. To promote that remelt by friendly counsels, with ether powers, including Spain herself, has been the uniform policy of this government. In looking into the internal concerns of oar country, you will, I am persuaded, derive much satisfaction from a view of the several objects to which, io the discharge of your official duties, your attention will be drawn. Among these, none holds a more important place than the public revenue, from the direct operation of the power, by whirls it is raised, on tlie people, and by its tallnence in giving e ff ect to eveiy other power of the go vernment. The revenue depends on the resources of the country, and the facility by which the amount required is raised, is a strong proof of the extent of the resources, and of the efficiency of the government. A few promi nent facts will place this greet interest in a just light be fore you. On the :10th of September, ISIS, the funded and floating debt of the United States was estimated at one hundred and nineteen millions six hundred and thirty-five thousand five hundred and fifty-eight dollars. If to this stun be added the amount of tive per cent. Stock sub scribed to the Bank of the United States, the amount of Mississippi stock, and of the stock which was issued subsequently to that date, the balances ascertained to he doe to certain states, for military services, and to indi viduals, for supplies furnished, and services rendered, during the late war, the public debts may be estimated as amounting, at that date, and as afterwards liquidated, to one hundred and fifty-eight millions seven hundred and thirteen thousand forty-nine dollars. On the 30th of September, 1820, it amounted to ninety-one millions nine hundred and ninety-three thousand eight hundred 83 dollars, having been reduced in that interval, by payments, sixty-ate millions eight hundred and seventy nine thousand one hundred and sixty-five dollars. Du ring this term, the expences of the government of the United States were likewise defrayed, in every branch of the civil, military, and naval establishments ; the public edifices in this city have been rebuilt, with con siderable additions ; extensive fortifications have been commenced, and are in a train of execution ; permanent arsenals and magazines have been erected in various parts of the Union ; our navy has been considerably augmented, and the ordinance, munitions of war, and stores, of the army and navy, which were much ex hausted during the war, have been replenished. By the discharge of so large a proportion of the pub lic debt, and the execution of such extensive and im portant operations, in an short a time, a just estimate may be formed of the great extent of our national re sources. The demonstration is the more complete and gratifying, when it is recollected that the direct tax and excise were repealed soon after the termination of the late war, and that the revenue applied to these purposes has been derived almost wholly from other sources. The receipts into the Treasury from every source to the 30th Sept. last, hare amounted to sixteen millions seven hundred and ninety-four thousand one hundred and seven dollars and sixty-four cents ; whilst the public expenditures, to the same period, amounted to sixteen° millions eight hundred and seventy-one thousand five hundred and thirty-four dollars and seventy-two cents; leaving in the Treasury, on that day, a sum estimated at one million nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the probable receipts of the follow lag year, I refer you to the statement which will be transmitted from the Treasury. The stun of three millirem of dollars, authorised to be raised by loan, by an Act of the last Session of Con gress, has been obtained upon terms advantageous to Government, indicating not only an increased confidence in Ai faith of the nation, bet the exitance of a large Pelime Citizen• of the Settee, end./ the House of Repre*entatines :—ln communicating to you a just view of public affairs, at the commencement of your present labours, I do it with great satisfaction; be cause, taking all circumstances Into consideration which claim attention, I see much cause to rejoice in the felicity of our situation. In making this remark, I do not wish to be understood to imply that an un varied prosperity is to he seen in every interest of this great community. In the progress of a nation, inha biting a territory of such vast extent and great va riety of climate, every portion of which is engaged in foreign commerce, and liable to be affected, in some degree, by the changes which occur in the condition and regulations of foreign countries, it would be strange, if the produce of our soil and the industry and enterprise of our fellow-citizens received at all times, and in every quarter, an uniform and equal encouragement. This would be more than we have a right to expect, under circumstances the most favour able. Preasuras on certain interests, it is admitted, have been tilt; but, allowing to these their greatest extent, they detract bat little from the force of the remark already made. In forming a just estimate of our present situation it is proper to look at the whole ; in the outline, as %yell as in the detail. A free, ♦irtuous, and enlightened people know well the great principles and causes nn which their happiness depends; and even those who suffer most, occasionally, in their transitory concerns, tint' great relief under their sufferings, from the blessings which they otherwise en joy, and in the consoling and animating hope which they administer. From whence do these pressures ? Not from a government which is founded by, adminis tered for, and supported hy, the people. We trace them to the peculiar character of the epoch in which we live, and to the extraordinary occurrences which have signa lized it. The convulsions with which several of the powers of Europe have been shaken, and the long and destructive wars in which all were engaged, with their sudden transition to a state of peace, presenting, in the first instance, unusual encouragement to our commerce, and withdrawing it in the second, even within its wonted Is, could nut fail to be sensibly felt here. The station too, which we had to support through this long conflict, compelled as we were, finally, to become a party to it with a principal power, and to make great exertions, suffer heavy losses, and to contract considerable debts, disturbing the ordinary course of affairs, by augmenting, to a vast amount, the circulating medium, and thereby elevating at one time, the price of every article above a just standard, and depressing it at another below it, had likewise its due effect. It is manifest that the pressures of which we com plain have proceeded, in a great measure, from these causes. When, then, we take into view, the prosperous and happy condition of our country, in all the great circumstances which constitute the felicity of a nation —every individual in the full enjovinent of all his rights: the Union blessed with plenty, and rapidly rising to greatness, under a national government, which operates with complete effect in every part, without be ing felt in any, ex.ept by the ample protection which it affords, and under state governments which perform their equal share, according to a wile distribution of power between them, in promoting the public happiness —it is impossible is behold so gratifying, so glorious a spectacle, without being penetrated with the most pro found and grateful acknowledgments to the Supreme Author of all good for such manifold and inestimable blessings. Deeply impressed with these sentiments, I cannot regard the pressures to which I have *decred otherwise than in the light of mild and instructive ad monitions; warning us of dangers to he shunned in fu ture; teaching as lessons of economy, corresponding with the simplicity and purity of our institutions, and best adapted to their support: evincing the connection and dependence which the various parts of our happy Union have on each other, thereby augmenting daily our social incorporation, and adding, by its strong ties, new strength and vigour to the padre): opening a wider range,and with new encouragement to the industry and enterprise of our fellow-citizens at home and abroad ; and more especially by the multiplied proofs which it has accumulated of the great perfection of our most excellent system of government, the powerful in strument, in the hands of an all merciful Creator, in se curing to us these blessings. Happy as our situation is, it does not exempt us from solicitude and care for the future. On the contrary, as the blessings which we enjoy are great, proportionably great should be our vigilance, zeal, and activity to pre serve them. Foreign tears may again expose us to new wrongs, which would. impose on us new dnties, for which we ought to be prepared. The state of Europe is unsettled, and how lung peace may be preserved, is 'iltegether uncertain ; in addition to which, we have in terests of our own to adjust, wbith will require parti- War attention. A correct view of our relations with Gosh power will enable you to form a just idea of exist ing difficulties, and of the measures of precaution best adapted to them. Respecting our relations with Spain, nothing explicit sae now be communicated. On the adjournment of Con- In May last, the Minister Plenipotentiary of the l is ted States at Madrid, was instructed to in form the government of Spain, that if His Catholic Majesty should then ratify the treaty, this tiovernment would accept the flltification so far as to submit to the decision of the Renate the question whether such ratification should be 'received in exchange for that of the United States, here before given. By letters from the Ministers of the United States to the Secretary of State, it appears, that a comm u- Ideation, in conformity with his instructions, had been sande to the Ooveroment of Spain, and that the Cortes had she subject under consideration. The result of the delibe lotions of that body, which is daily ex petted, will be made brown to Congress as soon as it is received. The friendly irtetiment which was expressed on the part of the United Slates, in the message of the 9th of May last, it still en. lertsined for Spain. Among the causes of regret, how ever, which are inseparable from the delay attending this transaction, it is proper to state, that satisfactory Information has been received that measures have been recently adopted by designing persons, to convert cer *dm parts of the province of East Florida into depots ibe the reception of foreign goods from whence to smug gle them into the United States. By opening a port eilthin the limits of Florida, immediately on our bound ary, where there was no settlement, the object could not be misunderstood. As emir accommodation of differ tacos will, it is hoped, prevent all such fraudulent and pernicious practices, and place the relations of the two ,Illessutries, on a very amicable and permanent basis. The commercial relations between this United States eird the British Colonies in the West Indies, lad on this m 4111444, have undergone no chug.; the • Bel. tish government still preferring to leave that esswiterce . is this de ___, in ..._ It ~, ~___ yet* „„ litir. 1 under the restriction heretofore laspesad 011 it, tea each scythe, them 5=04:478 "'" the* nvorr" side. It ii satisfactory t o recollect, that the reetrainte the gut ethane *geese limit or ties Naomi resorted to by the United States, were dde4eive oily, reined* allttoos.—Ba. amount of capital seeking that mods etlereoPhaeat. at a rate of interest not exceeding lite per anneal per annum. It is proper to add, that there is now due to the Trea sury for the sale of public lands, twenty-two millions nine hundrtil and ninety-six thousand live hundred and forty-live dollars. In bringing this subject to view, I consider it my duty to submit to Congress, whether it may not be tat-feeble to extend to the purchaser of them lands in consideration of the unfavourshle cheep which has occurred since the sales, • reasonable indult. Bence. It is known that the purchases were made when the price of every article bed risen to its greatest height, and that the instalments are becoming due at a period of great deprsssion. It is presumed that some plan may he devised, by the wisdom of Congress, com patible with the public interest, which would afford gnat relief to the purchasers. Considerable progress has been made during the pros sent session in examining the coast and its variou; hays, and other inlets ; in the collettion of materials, and to the construction of fortifications, for the defence of the onion, at several of the positions, at which it has been decided to erect seeh works. At Mobile Point and I I)anphin Island, and at the Rigolets, lead: ng to Lake Pee cliartrain, materials to a considerable amount have bees collected, and all the necessary preparations made for the commencement of the works. At Old Point Com fort, at the mouth of James River, and at the ltio-rap, on the opposite shore, in the Chesapeake Kay, materials 1 to a vast amount, have been collected ; and at the sold Point sonic progress had been made in the construction of the fortification, which is on a very extresics scale. The work at Fort Washington, on this river, will he com pleted early in the next spring; and thaton the Pea : pitch, in the Delaware, in the course of the next season. Fort Diamond, at the Narrows, in the harbour of New York, will be finished this year. The works at Boston; Nei* York. Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston, and Ringers, have been in part repaired ; and the coast of North Ca rolina, extending south to Cape Fear, has been examin ed, as bare likewise other parts of the coast eastward vi Boston. Great exertions have been made tot push for • ward these works aWI the utmost dispatch . possible ; but, when their extent is considered, with the suiportact purposes for which they arc intended, the defened of the whole coast, and, in consequence, of the whole interior, and that they are to last for ages, it will he nutnifest that a well digested plan, founded on military princl plea, connecting the whole together, combining security with economy, could not be prepared without : repeated examinations of the most exposed and difficult parts, and that it mould also take comb' • ,ble time to collect the materials at the several points where they would tse 1 required. From all the light that has been shed on tbit subject I am satisfied that every favourable anticipation which has been formed of this great nntlertaking, will lie verified, and that, when / completed, it wili *turd very great, if not complete, protertiou to our Atlantic few.- tier, in the event of another tear; a protection se v: : . cient to counterhalantO in a single campaign, with a!, enemy powerful at ota, the expense of all these works. without taking intohe estimate the saving of the Het i of so many t f our citizens, the protection door tows , - and other i roe/fly, or the tendency of such works to prevent war. have been maintained at Bee Umiuncil Bluff, oil the Missouri. ississippi, and at 6reett Bay, on =odious barracks hare already these posts, with such nor;;; as defence. Pro,zress bas also been mit:mines between them, and in for the support of the troops, by cularli• those most remote. pew has been preserved. am! a into effect the act of Congress, for their civilization, with the results. As ronnectol eqnally out trade with those trilse it ottrtition of Congrks. In their heir sultenattee, and war their fins no employment from civi 'y each other. Left to them is inevitable. By a judicious with them, we supply their it comforts, and gradually, at illetli to as. By maintainina. posts ...emir, we marl red more thorough and direct control over them: withont which it is confi dently believed that a complete change in their manners can never be accomplished. By such posts aided by a proper regulation of our trade with them, and a judi cious cis it administration over them to be provided for by lair, we shall, it is presumed, be enabled not only tv protect our own settlements from their savage incursions, and preserve peace among the several tribes, but accom• plish also the great purpose of their civilization. Considerable progress has also been made is the con struction of ships of war, some of which hate been launched in the course of the present year. Our peace with the powers on the coast of Barbary has been preserved, but we owe it altogether to the pre..ence of our squadron in the Meiliteranean. It has been found equally necessary to employ some of our vessels, for the protection of our commerce in the Ingham sea, the Psvi. tic, and along the Atlantic coast. The interests which we have depending in those quarters, which have been much improved of late, are of great extent, and of high importance to the nation, as well as to the parties con cerned, and would undoubtedly suffer, it such protection was not extended to them. In exeeution of the law of the last session for the suppression of ohe Slave Trade. some of oar public ships have also been employed on time coast of Asrira, where several captures have already been made, of vessels engaged in that disgraceful trad.m. JAMES MONROE. -sin, November 14, IS to hear, has been His Majesty, we are conv—.... _ indisposed for the last two days. THE Qtman.—Htr Majesty had a select party• to dinner yesterday. Among the company were, Lord A. Hamilton, and the Marquis of Tavistoric. A list appears in the papers of this morning:, of nn less than thirty-three Addresses to be presented to her Ma jesty on Monday next. To these we have to add fire others ; from . /tlnrylehone, Worcester, Ringm-r, in Sussex, and Shampirliam, in the county of Dorset. Divas Lame TURATRIL—A new drama, called Po-. cohontae, was successfully produced at this Theatre last night. It does not possess a sufficient degree of novelty or interest to re win a firm hold upon the public laicals.. During the time that .Noun's Alitawark was coot ducted by the late Henry Andrews, of lloysto; the sale rase to four hawked antl thirty thousand annu ally, for which this extraordinary man, it is said, never received more than 25/. a year. Sir Richard Phillips has Ibis month completed 'the Pftieth Volume of the Monthly Magazine, being aboye k twice as many as were published of the Gentleman's Magazine, by the celebrate I Edward Cave. Enc ? . Care too, he has fired to see his Journal become the most celebrated and prosperous of its time. It is Wor thy of note that during thi; lodg period he has never been prevented by ill-health from superintending every Dumber during its publication ; and, being still in the _prime of life, it is said that he entertains the apt of bring able to extend his saperinteuilance .T sserieseven to a centenary of voluums. I /tar Alit positions h Point, on t e A tkins,,, at I at St. Pet 's, on the Mist the Upper Lakes. Comm been sitat4d at most of thi a eregicessary fur thi it de 4ii ma in opening common rai ng supplies at each foi own labour particula th the Indiana peat 4rogress made in carrying ik*king an appropriation I aspect of favourable II both these objects, dm ht to merit the atte origt state, game is the ocrupatt ; and if they fil hard posse they destrol selves, theirNettirpation regulation of Otir trade wants, administer re their the game retires, dtaw t posts far in the interior, w, i t p I+ I E- • • • • p i • II . , tr , -