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.' Zi ,MEIIJCAN PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. - --.0)..-...- , %-i --, —....5.--.' :;'2';' 0 : 1 ;.,•• WAsmixtyrox, DiC. 7, 0211. is day, at 12 o'clock, the President of the United States annsuunicatoll to bath Houses of .Congress titoefflo lowing AIESSA GE : trellmr.eitirene of the **We, esti of the Howe of Repreeentativer. Me view which I have now to prosent to you of our Waits, Anglin sod domestic, realizes the most sanguine anticipations which Bove been entertained of the public prosperity. If we look to the whole, our growth, as • nation, continues to be rapid beyond ex ample: if to the States which compose it, the same gratifying spectacle is exhibited. Our expansion over the vast territory with in our limits. has been groat. without indicating any decline in those sections from which the migration has been most conspieu- We have daily gained brength, by a naive population, in a quarter : a popuhisionallomed to our happy system of govern ment, and cherishing_ the bog Sc union with fraternal affection. Experience has alreadoodolewe the diffroence of climate, and elf Iticlustry proceeding HMO ebeekinseparable from such vast domains, and which. under twenties, might have a repulsive tredency, cannot liii_tiarssiess with us, ender wise tegulatioos, - - this effect.' Ines one potion wants the other may supply, this will be aim seboibly felt by the parts most distant from other, forming *Web, a domestic market, and an active inter - between the extremes. and throughout every part of our • Thee, by a lumpy distribution of power between the Na. and State Governments, governments which met exclusively re severeignty of the people, and are folly adequate to the purposes for which they were respectively instituted, causes might otherwise lead to dismemberment, operate powerfully • us closer together. In 'every other circumstance, a correct the aetnal state of our Union must be equally gratifying to oar ecasentomits. Our relation, with Foreign Powers are of a f character, although certain interesting differences remain with louse. Our revenue, under the mild system of im. OW sad tonnage-matinees mire adequate to all the purposes of the Otreernotent.• •oar agriculture, commerce. !suntan - titr navigation flourish. Our fortilleations are advancing in the ll = Watatoriatel by existing appropriations , to maturity ; and thsepopol =dlls male in the augmentation of the navy , t o the limit real for it by law. , For these blessings, we owe to Almighty' .Getaa from whom we derive them, and with profound reverent% Age OM grateful and unceasing acknowledgmeets. ...Jill ablerang to our relations with Foreign Powers, which ale MOO as dace of the highest importance, I have to remark, thin oefalsettibjects which have been brought into discussion with them eladeet the present administration, some have been satisbewelap Cased:noted ;'others have been sesoceded to be resented hereafter, , circumstances more favourable to success ; and others are m negotiation, with the hope that they may be seaweed with Axel accommodation to the interests, and to the satisfactiee Sc alltallepective parties. It has 'been the invariable object 4461 -00eilenthent to cherish the most friendly relations Pith - ferry Potts, sad on principles and conditions which might make them =erre A systematic effort has' been made to place our com with each Power on a footing of perfect reciprocity ; to settle iwith each, in a spirit of candour and liberality, all existing differ. emcee, and to anticipate and remove, so far as it might be peace cable, all causes of future variance. It having been stipulated, by the Seventh Article of the Cotten. ties of Navigation and Commerce, which WAS concluded on the .Uth June, 18.22, between the United States and France, that the said Convention should continue in force for two years from the Ist • Aof ablterber of that year. and for an indefinite term afterwards, on , eof the parties should declare its intention to renounce it, in seuveetintdietelsahroautilodn ; ceasesnd tae toopseurachteianttetuhteionenidavoifogaixbetemonan.tbs '...tfi.. the Convention having been found advantageous to both ..a. , it has since remained ar.d still remains in full force. At Isbeairoe when that Convention was concluded, many interesting ...atubjects were left artsettled, and particularly our claims to imams. nay for epoliatimil which were committed on our commerce to ..o j e late wars. Votabese interests tied claims, it was in the content paition of the palates - "melte provision at a subsequent day, by a more comprehensiVe aiall hive treaty. The object has been aas :.duly to finer by tee eeutive, but yet it has not been l e eccomprishera. It is hop • rat a favourable opportunity will present itaar for opening a negotiation, which may embrace and . .arrange all existing differehces, and every other concern in which they have • common interest, timm the accession of the present (Ring of France. an event which has occurred since the close of the tut session of empress. 11 ith Great Britain our commercial intercourse rests on the same ''footing that it dad at the last Session. By the Convention of 1816, the commerce 'between the United States and the British dominions . Europe and the East Indies, was arranged on a principle of reciprocity. Tato Co n vention was confirmed and continued in - force, with slight exceptions, by a subsequent treaty, for the term of ten ,years, from the iftth of Goober, 1818, the date of the latter. The trodbirith the British Colonies in the West Indies has not, se yet, been arranged by treaty, or otherwise, to one satisfaction. In approach to that result has been made by legislative Acts. whereby 'neer serious impediments which had been raised by the patties, in difence of their respective claims, were removed. An earnest desire exists, and has been menifested, on the part of this °worriment, to place the commerce with the colonies, likewise, on • footing of reciprocal advantage, anti it is hoped that the British 'vernment, seeing the justice of the proposal, and its importance colonies, will, ere long, accede to it. to Commissioners who were appointed for the adjustment of boundary between the territo: ies of the United States and those Great Crania specified in the fifth article of the treaty of /tient, having disagreed in their decision, and both Governments 'having agreed to establish that boundary by amicable negoeiation — between them, it is hoped that it may be satisfactorily adjusted in that mode. The boundary specified by the sixth article has been • established by the decision of the Comtrastamers. ['Tom the pro ess made in that provided for by the seventh , according to a Report recently received, there is good cause to presume that it ill be settled in the course of the ensuing year. is a cause of scriorei regret, that no arrangement has yet been , concluded between the two Governments, to secure, icy joint co.opetation, the suppression of the slave trade. It-was the object if the British Government, in the early stages of the negocistem, ( adopt a clan for the suppression. which should include the con. cession of time mutual right of search, by the ships of war of each 'arty, of the vessels of the other, for suspected offenders. This - objected to by this Governntent, on the principle that as the of search was a right of war, of a belligerent towards a neutral r, it might have an ill effect to extend it, by treaty, to an of which had been trade comparatively mild, to a time of peace. nxiatis, however, for the suppression of this trade, it was thought ivisable, in compliance witli - a resolution of the House of Repro. (entativet, founded on an Act of Congress, to propose to the British Goveinment an expedient, which should be free from that objet. at ; and mere effectual fur the object, by making it piratical. is ,t mode. the enormity of the crime would place the offenders out A the protection of their Government, and involve no question of search, or other question between the parties, touching their re spective rights. It was believed, also, that it would completely suppress the trade, in the vessels of both parties, and by their mpectivetitizetis and subjects in those ofother powers, with whom was hoped that the odium which would thereby be attached to mold produce a corresponding arrangement, and by means thew Its entire extirpation for ever. A Convention to this effect wee Jaded and signed in London, on the 13th day of el arch, 1824, Plenipotentiaries duly authorised by both Governments, to the za cation of which certain obstacles have arisen which are not entirely roved. 'flit differences between the parties still remaining been reduced to a point not of sufficient magnitude, as is pre_ el, to be permitted to defeat an object so near to the heart of nations, and so desirable to the friends of humanity through -a the woad. As objections, however, to the principle recom. wooded by time House of Representatives, or at least to the conse quences inseparable from it. and which are understood to apply to the law, hove been raised, which may deserve a reconsideration of s whole subject, I have thought it proper to suspend the condo s of a new convention until the detininve sentiments of Congress be net:twined. The documents relating to the negotiations with that. Intent, eobraitted to your consideration. ur.oonneree with tiweden has been placed one footing of ps reciprocity, by deity ; and•Otth Roamin g aim Netherlarala a . six, time tree Hanseatic Cities, the Dukedoms of Oldenburg lardinie, by internal regulations on each aide, founded on ma agreement between the respective Governments. : principles upon which the commercial policy of the United is !auntie& are to be traced to an early period. They are daily connected with those upon which their independence wee tassel, and ore their origin to the enlightened men who took the 'in our affairs at that important epoch. They are developed ir first treaty of cotomerce with France, of (heath of February, and by a fortnal a omminion, which was instituted iMine• ly after the conclusion of their revolutionary struggle, for the tote of negociating treaties of cmuinerce with every European cr. The first twenty of the United States with Prussia, which negaciated by that commission, affords • signal illustration of t principles. The act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1016, ted immediately after the return of a genernl peace, was a new ire to foreign nations, to establish our commercial relatisea them, an the basis of free and equal reciprocity. That prin. has pervaded all the senor (:ongows, and all the negotiations e Executive on the subject since. Convention for the settlement of important questions. in re. -1 to the North. west roast of this continent, and its adjoining was concluded end signed at St. Petersburgh, on the _last, by the elinistar Plenipotentiary of the United eel', and Plenipotentiaries of the I.npenal Government of Russia. will immediately be laid before the Senate, fur the exercise of e conflated:mai authority of that body, with reference to its rati saw. It is proper to add, thut the manner in which this nego. ition was invited and conducted, on the part of the Emperor, has 'n very satisfactory. 'he great and extraordinary changes which have happened in iovernment of Spain and Portugal, within the last two years, lout seriously affecting the friendly relations which, under all them. have born maintained with those Powers. - by the United tot. have been obstacles to the adjustment of the particular tects of discussion which have arisen with each. A resolution Senate. solopted at their last Session, milled for lafiromation, the effect produced upon our relations with Spain, by the re. a tition, on the part of the United States, of the independent _moth American Governments. The papers containing that inky. made% are now communicated to Congress. A Charge d'Affaires has been received from the independent ao erernment of Brazil. That country, heretofore a colonial possession of Portugal, had some yens since beenzroclaimed, by the Soarer reign of Portugal biuiself, an indepeu cr.' kingdom. Since his • a+ • , ; . . . ' l • 11 i tt 1 . .: . 1) : MOT AA -j . • j 1 This States • lowing it - Fellow , . h The v Malin a I. '' have bee whole, of Teeple: apart/ale / i i ; ' in est 1 ANN 1114 i oat. 19 army qn i ‘ ...,: , . ,4 i :7; • ) ~...-!' :.• spa M am 1 . , - • • aidistb r tpe the . 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''Ghent, laving - between that me 4 .establis ... n. r ... ;;M; ~,• It is 4 ' . finally ' . to-open 4 of the 1 • to "clop cation • party. 1 ' wet oli right of Wi farce ;ee l Anzio': 4 : advitab aentatit - • IA Gowein tlOll, it • that rd of the ' °: • eearth, speetiv4 supple, mpeeti It was it woult I I of, its • colicky 1 by Pier tilicatir remove - have to ' awned, beth ni oat tit/ 1 '. , . .... ra . i entlec • .quence • the law she writ • won of • 0 may be an, wit Ottel feet ret 'Prussic and Sat tun) ag ..The ° Buda i I , essentit declare ! lead in . io.their 1778, . &arty porpow kl , . power. wet ne those p adopts overtui with tl ciple h of the] • AC lation I leas, I of States, It will the tot ticatiot elation been vi The the (io • w;thou or then zit•tar, *ob)ect of the at to LI eognit i South rnatictr A CI wernent of Pon reign c tt • 4 "-t _ . . - . • -: - retain is Liable, a rotroiedei is *ell boa 'Saab lisbed a new k shut, title , at the had of which h. Priestillieliarrlialsta *al re • vested,. by dui , that in the tine it Igi apaiinin Mill Is reason to exPort , 1 that asalsoble sigeelndia die Ingspoodence of Retell will are 1 OW:= 0 0 101 bY riilisga bola. . • irelligny pawn el Pi* Ilionianalie emit of Ilesilly, sod will A tip New Illeam i ll i :411:: helm's?, of • Madly dinisilie.Sqlg A irriabigne tentiary residing= i sizakise ef "Clidooddo Chia, ona• have noised M mei tack from Goad male, Small Arm, NA Monica Our illioniniiii with all these Regesa„wie atetwelly benelleial sad lastaldnitt -With the Republic of Oilleatiga a treaty of ecimolnic has hem alinstod, of which a copy is received, sod the original ilel4' esyssiid. A negociatioo f or a like treaty would have been essnmestel with Buenos Ayres, had it not been prevented by lbs. indispositkra and lamented decease of Mr. Rodney, our alinistor time; and to whine ' memory the most respeetful attention has been shown by the Go- .. vernment of that Republic. An advantageous alteration in our treaty with Tunislas been obtained by our Consular Agent re siding there, the official document of which, when received, will be laid before the Senate. The attention of the Government has been drawn with meat so ' Ilcitude to other subjects, sod particularly to that relating to a Mate of maritime war, involving the relative rights of neutral sod belligerent in such war. Most of the difficulties which we have sustained, since the establishment of our independence, have pro. *seeded fromshe unsettled state of those rights, and the extent to' which the belligerent claim has been carried against the nestral party. It is impossible to look back on the occurrences of the lan wars in Europe, and to behold the disregard which was paid to ow rights oat neutral power, and the waste which- was made of our . commerce by the parties to those wars, by various acts of their re. synodic Governments, led under the pretext by each that die edit had set the example, without great mortification, and a fixed' ,Pelpose never to submit to the like in future, An attempt . to re., canes dull woes, of possible carbine* by friendly nmonstion, And on Jost* which should be applicable to 'mold, it was ineism viewed by nose, other than ea a #an earnest dike l• fiimirri those relations with every Peter. I In the lath net bitginn'lllnicyland dparn, a crisis occurred, in ' • which it sonnell peinibla that a the rontrovertible prinisiples, in volved inpoch wank alight be Inought'into discession, and settled to the satisfaction of air parties! Propositions having this object in view, have been made to the Governments. of Great Britain, France, 'Russia, and of other powers, which have been received .its a friendly manner by all, but as yet no treaty has been fOrmed with either for its accomplishment. The policy will. it is presumed, be persevered in, in the hope that it rimy be successful. It will always he recollected, that with one of the parties to those wars, and from whom we received those injuries, we sought redress by war. From the other, with whose then reigning Go vernment our vessels were seized in port, as well as at sea, and their cargoes confiscated, indemnity has been expected, but has not yet been rettderaL It was under the influence of the latter that our vessels were likes Ise seized by the Governments of Spain, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, and Naples, and from whom in demnity has been claimed, and is still expected. with the excep tion of Spain by whom it has been rendered. With both parties we had abundant cause of war, but we had no alternative but to resist that which was most powerful at sea, sod pressed us nearest at home. With this all differences were seeded by a treaty founded on conditions fair and honourable to both, and which has been so far executed with good faith. It has been earnestly hoped that the other would, of its own accord, and from a sentiment of justice and conciliation, make to our citizens the indemnity to which they are entitled, and therefore remove, from oar relations, any just cause of discontent on our side. It is estimated that the receipts into the Treasury during the cur. rent year, exclusive of loans, will exceed 111,30,060 dollars, which, 1 with the sum remaining in the Treasury at the end of the last year, amounting to 9,463,22 dollars 81 cents., will, after discharging the current disbursements of the year, the interest on the public debts. and upwards of l41"s.;3,011 dollars 32 cents. of the principal. leave a balance of more than 3,000,000 dollars in the Treasury ou the Ist January next. A larger amount of the debt contracted eluting the late war, bear ing an interest of six per cent., becoming redeemable in the course of the ensuing year, than would be discharged by the ordinary rio. venue, the Act of 26th May, authorised a loan of 3,000,000 dol. late, at 4i per cent., to meet the same. By this arrangement an 1 annual saving will accrue to the public of 76,000 dollars. Under the Act of the 24th May last, a loan of 5,000.000 dollars was authorised, in order to meet the awards under the Florida Treaty, which was negotiated at par with the Bank of the United States at 4i per cent., the limit of interest fixed by the Act. fly this provision the claims of our citizens, who had sustained so great a loss by spoliatiotis, and from whom indemnity had been so long withheld, were promptly paid. For these advances, the public will be amply repaid, at nn distant day, by the sale of the lands in Florida. On the great advantages resulting from the acquisition of the territory, in other respects, too high an estimate cannot be formed. It is estimated that the receipts into the Treasury during the year 1823, will be sufficient to meet the disbursements of the year, including the auto of 16,000,000 dollars, which is annually appro priated by the Act constituting the Sinking Fund, for the payment of the pnneipal and interest of the public debt. The whole amount of the public debt on the first day of Ja nuary neat, may be estimated at 86, 0 00,000 dollars, inclusive of °,500,000 dollars of the loan authorised by the Act of 24ith May last. In this estimate is included a stock of 7,000,000, issued for the purchase of that amount of the capital stock of the Bank of the United States, and which, as the stock of the Bank still held by the Government will at least be fully equal to its reimburse ment, might not to be considered as constituting a part of the public debt. Estimating, then, the whole amount of the public debt at 710,000,000 dollars, and regarding the annual receipts and expenditures of the Government, a well-founded hope may be en tertained, that, should no unexpected event occur, the whole of the public debt may be discharged in the course of ten years, and the Government be left at liberty aftetwards to apply such portion of the revenue as sway not be necessary for current expenses, to such other objects as may be most conducive to the public security I and welfare. That the sums applicable to these objects will be very considerable may be fairly concluded, when it is recollected that a large amount of the public revenue has been applied, since the late war, to the construction of the public buildings in this city, to the erection of fortifications along the coast, and of arsenals in different parts of the Union ; to the augmentation of the Navy ; to the extinguishment of the Indian title to large tracts of ferule territory; to the acquisition of Florida; to pensions to Revolu. tionary officers and soldiers; and to invalids in the late war. On many of these objects the expense will annually be diminished, and at no distant period cease on most of all. On the first day of January,lBl7, the public debt amounted to 1113,491.965 dollars, 16 cents.; and, notwithstanding the large sums which have been ap plied to these objems., it has been reduced, since then, 37,446,961 dollars, 78 cents. The last of the public debt will be redeemable on the bat of January, 1833, and while there is the best reason to believe that the resources of the Government will be continually adequate to such portion of it as may become due, in the interval it is recommended to Congress to seize every opportunity which may present itself, to reduce the rate of interest upon ovary part thereof. The high state of the public credit, and the great shun. dance of money, are at this time very favourable to such a result It must be very gratifying to our fellow-citizens, to witness thi' flourishing state of the public finances, when it is recollected that n s burthen whatever his been Imposed %item them. 0 The military establishment, in all its branches, in the perform ance of the various duties assigned to each, justifies the favourable view which watipresented of the efficiency of its organization at the last Session. AU the appropriations have been regularly applied to the objects intended by Congress ; and, so far as the disburse ments have been made. the accounts have been rendered and settled without loss to the public. The condition of the army itself, as re. lams to the officers sod men, in science and discipline, is highly respectable. The Military Academy, on which the army essen tially rests, and to which it is much indebted for this state of im pmvement, has attained, in comparison with any other institution of a like kind, a high degree of perfection. Experience, however, has shown, that the dispersed condition of the corps of artillery is unfavourable to the discipline of that important branch of the mili. toy establishment. To remedy this inconvenience, eleven com panies have been assembled at the fortifications erected at Old Point Comfort, as a school for artillery instruction ; with the inten tion, as tfiej shall be per ftetettinthessivions dodos of that sessice, to order them to other pats, and to supply their places with other companies, for instruction in like manner. In this mode, a corn. piece knowledge of the science and duties of this arm will be ex tended throughout the whole corps of artillery. But to carry this otticct fully into effect, will require the aid of Congress ; to obtain which, the subject is now submitted to your consideratum. Of the progress which has been made in the construction of for tificetions, for the permanent defence of our maritime frontier, ac cording to the plan decided on, and to the extent of the existing appropriations, the Report of the Secretary of War, which is here with communicated, will gives detailed account. Their final com pletion cannot fail to give great additional security to that frontier, and to diminish proportionably tlic expense of defeading it in the event of war. The provisions in the several acts of Congress of the last session, for the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi and the Ohio. of the Barbour of Presq'ile on Lake Erie, and the repair of the Plymouth Beach, ate in a course of regular execution ; and there is reason to believe that the-appropriation in each instance will be adequate to the object. To carry these improvements fully into effect, the superintendence of them has been assigned to officers sfShe corps of engineers. Under the Act of the 30th April last, authorizing the President to cause a survey to be made, with the necessary plans and esti mates of such mails and canals,as lie might deem of national impor tance, in a compere':d or military voila of view, or for the trans portation of the mail, a board has been instituted, consisting . of two distinguished officers of the corps of Engineers and a disttn. guielted.Civil Engineer, with assistants, who have been actively employed in carrying into effect the objects of the Act. They have carefully examined between the Potomac and the Ohio rivers; between the latter and Lake Erie; between thc Alleghnny and the Susquehanna; and the routes between the Delaware and the Ra ritan, Barnstable and Buzzard's Bay ; rut between Boston har bour and Narraganset Bay. Such portion of the Corps of Topo- graphical Engineers as could be spared front the survey of the coast, has been employed in surveying the very important route between the Potomac and die Ohio. Considerabie progress has been made :n it, but the survey cannot be completed until the next season. It is gratifying to add. from time view already taken, that there is good cause to believe that this great national object ;nay be fully accomplished. Itis contempleted to commence early in the next season the fion of thc other branch of the Act, that which relates to roads, and E ~~ I. die survey of a rotate hem this city, through the Southern hg New s E the,artaGes of which cannot be too • ii Al iimisi. of both the Corps of Eo fineer' , weld be coward Inn services, have been emp l oyed in Viersit4 surveyingibeigialles fee the canals. To digest anion a4jasla fee the gent specified, will require a dollimelthastolay ef every pot our Union, and of the relation Oren& poet le idle ahem. gad of pill to the seat of the General Groffessesit. Per Web a algae le - will be necessary that the kikillinikla lie GAL minute, With a view to these leipeelosit'elfeete. I submit to consideration of the (,Mn- Voi l f zery llo "Issfsiest of eshiegieg both the Corps of Engineers, t _ • 41 111 _ seal. It need scarcely be re eineisel sew lag I s r :er i g:eiteively those Corps are en- In tit. begereeseee of their country, in the execution rem! of Cower% and in ale of the States, in such liireeleiteeesers se Ile beyeaddlest limit . , when such aid is desired, the lbagebe the Abet wilt ba, in many views, of which the subject is weleeptible. Ilyiwelifing eitbeir science the works will always be IPA atemted, sad by given( to the oßiteessnich employment. our Union win Swivel& she advantage% peace as well as in war, from limb Ideas sad eiewbas, which they can afford. In this mode =ereettlltaey wilt be inmep*ated with the civil, and un told hAkerktoseNeskkifiews dub prejudices of every kind be .Earawl.- Te tie - Pepe depeeeities, this service cannot fail to be wiEI; date, by the knowledge they would thus acquire, be esileateUy better qualiikafin the event of war, for the /at pewit., far obi* they were %agitated. ef lumilm with tiro albeit within our limits, have not bile wandany abeeged &win Op le!. The hostile disposition Pima 6 1 Zilis a 1 tit Melieuri., during the last year, still teeibrese, bee MOM' be *gee degree to those on the Upper illiebelpgi and die Uffbelteekee. Several parties of our citizens =heali pkeilsoul sod utardered. by those tribes. In order to 11111111111111 of Mob/ship with them. Congress at the last Samseedd apperiattem for treaties with them, and for the ' . of • guisbot military escort to accompany and tie CemoliNesera on eter gimps appointed for the nev e/seine. I lia abgeeeftireee flitted. The season was too made, and the distance tone* r. bus A lie will esetixoespilais it at an early period cr...1111111.111 tONIIII4 Belleeleg dui cis Milky of the tribes, particularly on the Upper Mialisetppi end the lakes, is in no small degree owing to the war wilieb bi tarried ea between the tribes residing in that quarter, eanaseues ave bate taken to bring about a general peace among dim, which, if successful., will not only tend to the security of see citizens, but be of greet advantage to the Indians themselves. With the exception of the tribes referred to, our re. lotions with ell the others are on the most friendly footing ; and it affords me great satisfaction to add, that they are making steady advances in civilization and the Improvement of their condition. Many of the tribes have already made great progress in the arts of &Mated life. This desirable result has been brought about by the humane and persevering policy of the Government, and particu larly by means of the appropriation for the civilization of the Indians. Then have been established, under the provisions of this Act, thirty-two schools, containing nine hundred and sixteen scholars, who were well instructed in the several branches of lite rature, likewise in agriculture and the ordinary arts of life. Under the appropriation to authorize treaties with the Creek and quabaw Indians, Commissioners have been appointed, and nego mations are now pending, but the result is not yet known. For more full information respecting the principle which has been adopted for carrying into effect the Act of Congress authorizing surveys, with plans and estimates for canals and roads, and on every other branch of duty incident to the department of war, I refer you to the Report of the Secretary. The squadron in the Mediterranean has been maintained in the extent which was proposed in the report of die Secretary of the Navy of the last year, and has affOrded to our commerce the ne cessary protection in that sea. Apprehending, however, that the unfriendly relations which have existed between Algiers and some Of the Powers of Europe, might be extended to us, it has been thought expedient to augneent the farce there, and, in consequence, die North Carolina, a ship of the line, has been prepared, and will sail in a few davit to join it. The force employed in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the neigh bouring seas, for the suppression of piracy, has likewise been lire. served essentially in the state in which it was during the last year. A persevering effort has been mule for the accomplishment of that object, and much protection has thereby been afforded to our corn merce, but still the practice is far from being suppressed. From every view which has been taken of the subject, it is thought that it will be necimsary rather to augment than to diminish our force in that quarter. There is reason to believe that the piracies new complained of, are committed by bands of robbers who inhabit the land, and who, by preserving good intelligence with the towns, and seizing favourable opportunities, rush forth and fall on unpro tected merchant vessels, of which they make an easy prey. The pillage thus taken they carry to their lurking places and dispose ' of afterwards at prices tending to seduce the neighbouring popula tion. This combination is understood to be of great extent, and is the more to be deprecated because the grime of piracy is often attended with the murder of the crews, these robbers knowing, if 41Y iurvired, their lurking places would be expuseci, and they be caught and punished. That this atrocious practice should be car tied to such extent, is cause of equal surprise and regret. It is presumed that it must be attributed to the relaxed and feeble state of the local govervienents. since it is not doubted, from the high character of the Governor of Cubs, who is wellinown and much respected here, that If be had the power he would promptly sup preys it. Whether those robbers should be pursued on the land, the local authorities be made responsible for these atrocities, or any other measure be resorted to, to suppress them, is submitted to the consideration of Congress. In execution of the laws for the suppression of the slave trade, a vessel has been occasiormlly sent from that squadron to the coast of Africa. with orders to return thence by the usual track of the slave-ships, and to seize any of our vessels which might be en gaged in that trade. None have been found, and it is believed that none are thus employed. It is well known, however, that the trade still exists, under other flags. The health of our squadron, while at Thompson's Island, has been much better during the present than it was the last season. Some improvements have been made, and others are contemplated there, which, it is believed, will have a very salu tary effect. On the Pacific our commerce has much increased; and on that coast, as well as on that sea, the United States have many important interests, which require attention and protection. It is thought that all the considerations which suggested the expediency of placing a squadron on that sea, operate with augmented force, Inc maintaining it there, at least on equal extent. For detailed information respecting the state of our maritime force on each sea, the improvement necessary to be made in either, in the organisation of the naval establishment generally, and of the laws for its better government, I refer you to theßeport of the Secre tary of the Navy, which is horewith communicated. The revenue of the Post-office department hiss received a consi derable augmentation in the present year. The current receipts will exceed the expenditures, although the transportation of the mail within the year has been much increased. A Report of the Postmaster-General, which is transmitted, will furnish, in de. tail, the necessary information respecting the administration and present state of this department. In confoemity with a resolution of Congress of the last Session, an invitation was given to General Lafayette to revisit the United States, with an assurance dint a ship of war sheluld attend at any port of France which heomight designate, to receive and convey him across the Atlantic, whenever ft might be convenient Pie him to sail. lie declined the orer of the public ship from motives of delicacy, but assured nie that he had long intended, and would certainly visit our Union in the course of the present year. In August last he arrived at New York, where lie was received with the warmth of affection and gratitude to which his very important and disinterested services and sacrifices in our revolutionary struggle, so eminently entitled him. A come sponding sentiment has since been manifested in his favour throughout every Portion of our Union, and affectionate invite. tions hove been given him to extend his visits to them. To these he bas yielded all the accommodation in his power. At every designated point of rendezvous, the whole population of the neighbouring country has been assembled to greet him ; among whom it has excited in a peculiar Internet the sensibility of all, to behold the surviving tneinhers of onr revolutionary comeet.sivil and military, who had shared with him in the toils and dangers of - the war, Mary - St fliernin a decrepit' sane. A were interesting spectacle, it Is believed, was never witnessed, because none could be founded on purer principles, none proceed from higher or more disinterested motives. That the feelings of those who had foright and bled with hini, in a common cause, should have been much excited, was natural. There are, however, circum stances attending them interviews, which pervade the whole coin niunity, and touched the breasts of every age, even the youngest among us. There was not an individual present who had not some relative who had partaken in those scenes, nor an infant who had not heard the relation of theni. Hut the circumstance which was most sen sibly felt, and which his presence brought forcibly to the recollection of all, was the Mlle lin which we were engaged, and the blessings which we have derived from Our success in it. The struggle was fat independence and liberty, public and personal, and in this we sue: seeded. The meeting with one who had borne so distinguished * part. in that great struggle, and from such lofty and disinterested motives, could not fail ~ to affect profoundly every individual, of every age. It is natural that we should all take a deep interest In his future welfare, as we do. His high claims on our Union are felt, and the sentiment universal that they should be met in a ge nerous spirit. Under these impressions, I invite your attention to to the subject, with a view, that regarding hls very important services, losses, and sacrifices, a provision may be made and tens tiered to him, which shall correspond with the sentiments, and be worthy the character of the American people. In tnrning our attention to the condition of the civilized world, to which the United States have always taken a deep interest, it is gra. tilting to see how large a portion of it is blessed with peace. The ' y wars which now exist within that limit, are those between Turkey and Greece, in Europe, and between Spain and the new Governments, our neighbours, in this hemisphere. In both these ware, the cause of independence, of liberty, and humanity, con tinues to prevail. The success tie Greece, when the relative popu lation of the contending parties is considered, commands our ad. voiration and applause, and that it has had a similar effect with the neighbouring powers, is obvious. The feeling of the whole civilized world is excited, in a high degree, in their favour. lila, we not hope that these sentiments, winning on the hearts of their respective Governments, may lead to a more decisive result, that that they may produce an accord among them, to replace Greece an the ground which she formerly held, and to which her heroic exertirms, at this day. so eminently entitle her ? With respect to the contest, to which our neighbours area party, R - S - - - '- 0 - - r . _ I= it Is evident that Spain, as a power, is scarcely felt in it. These new States had completely achieved their independence before it was acknowledged by the United States, and they have since main tained it, with little foreign pressure. The disturbances which have appeared in certain portions of that vast territory, have pro ceeded from internal causes, which had their origin in their former Governments, and have not yet been thoroughly removed. It is manifest that these causes are daily losing their effect, and that these new States arc settling down under Governments elective and representative, in every branch similar to our own. In this course we ardently wish than to persevere, under the firm conviction that it will promote their happiness. In this, their career, however, we have not interfered, believing that every people have a right to in stitute for themselves the Government shit-ft-in their judgment may suit them best. One example is before them, of the good effect of which, being our neighbours, they are competent judges, and to their judgment we leave it, in thcexirctation that other Powers will pursue the same policy. The deep interest which we take in their independence, which we have acknowledged. and in their enjoy ment of 'all the rights incident thereto, especially in the very int- portant one of instituting their own Governments, has been declared, and is known to the world. Separated as we are from Europe by the great Atlantic Ocean, we can have no concern in the wars of the European Governments, nor in the causes which produce them. The balance of power between them, into whichever scale it may turn in its various vibrations, cannot affect us. It is the interest of the United States to preserve rite most friendly relations with every Power, and on conditions fair, equal, and applicable to all. But in regard to our neighbours, our situation is different. It is Impossible for the European Governments to interfere in their concerns, especially in those alluded to, which are vital, without affecting us • indeed, the motive which might induce such inter ference In the present state of the war between the parties, if a war it may be called, would appear to be equally applicable to us. It is gratifying to know that some of the Powers with whom we en joy a very friendly intercourse, and to whom these views have been communicated, have appeared to acquiesce in them. - - The augmention of oar population, with the expansion of our I , Union, and increased number of States, have produced effects in certain branches of our system, which merit the attention of Con garee Some of out anangenients, and particularly the judiciary establishment, wee. made with a view to the original thirteen i States only. Since then the United States have acquired a vast ,Ltixtent of territory ; eleven new States have been admitted into the Ififfnion, and territories have been laid oft' for three others, which 'will likewise be admitted at no distant day. An organization of the Supreme Court, which assigns to the judges any portion of the duties which belong to the inferior, requiring their passage over so vast a space, under any distribution of the States that may now he mule, if not imdracticable in the execution, must render it im. possible for them to discharge the duties of either branch, with ad vantage to the Union. The duties of the Supreme Count would be of great importance, if its decisions were confined to the ordinary limits of other tribunals ; but when it is considered that this Court decides, and in the last resort, on all the great questions, which arise under our constitution, involving those between the United States individually, between the States and the United States, and between the latter and foreign powers, too high an estimate of their importance cannot be formed. The great Interests of the nation seem to require that the Judges of the Supreme Court shoukt be exempted from every other duty than those which are incident to that high trust. The organization of the inferior Courts would, of course, be adapted to circumsfancas. It is presumed that such a one might be formed as would secure an able and faithful discharge of their duties, and without any material augmentation of expense. The condition of the aborigines within our limits, and especially those who are within the limits of any of the States, merits like wise particular attention. Experience has shown that, unless the tribes be civilized, they can never be incorporated into our system, in any form whatever. It has likewise shown that, in the regular augmentation of our population, with the extension of our settle. meats, their situation will become deplorable, if their extinction is not menaced. Some well-digested plan, which will rescue them from such calamities, is due to their rights, to the rights of hu. toanity, and to the honour of the nation. Their civilization is in dispensable to their safety, and this can be accomplished only by degrees. The process must commence with the infant state, through whom some cifct may be wrought on the parental. Difficulties of the most serious character present themselves to the attainment of this very desirable result. on the territory on which they now re side. To rtmove them from it by force, even with a view to their own security and happiness. would be revolting to humanity and utterly unjustifiable. Between the limits of our present States and territories, and the Rocky Mountain and Mexico, there is a vast territory to which they might be invited, with inducements that might be successful. It is thought that if that territory should be divided into districts, by previous agreement with the tribes now residing there, and civil governments be established in each, with schools for every branch of instruction in literature and the arts of civilized life, that all the tribes now within our limits might gra dually be drawn thither. The execution of this plan would neces. Rarity be attended with expense, and that not inconsiderable, but it is doubted whether any other can be devises! which would be less liable to objection, or more likely to succeed. lo looking to the interests which the United States have on the Pacific Ocean, and on the western coast of this continent, the pro priety of establishing a military post at the mouth of Colombia river, or at some other point in that quarter, within our acknow ledged lintita, is submitted to the consideration of Congress. Our commerce and fisheries on that sea anti along the coast have much Increased, and are incteuing. It is thought that a military post, to which our ships of war might resort, would afford protection to every interest, and have a tendency to conciliate the tribes to the torth-west;with whom our trade is extensive. It is thought also, that by the establishment of such a post, the Intercourse between our western states and territories and the Pacific, and our trade with. the tribes residing in the Interior, on each side of the Rocky Moun tain, would be essentially promoted. To carry this object into elect, the appropriation of an adequate sum to authorise the em. ployment of a frigate, with an officer of the corps of Engineers, to explore the mouth of Colombia rivet, and the coast contiguous thereto, to enable the Executive to make such establishment at the most suitable point, is recommended to Congress. It is thought that attention is also due to the improvement of this city. The communication between the public buildings, and in various other parts, and the grounds around those buildings, require it. It is presumed, also, that the completion of the canal from the Tiber to the Eastern Branch. would have a very salutary effect. (heat exertions have been made, and expenses incurred by the citizens, in improvements of various kinds; but those which are suggested belong exclusively to the Government, or are of a nature to require expenditures beyond their resources. The public lots which are still for sale would, it is not doubted, be more than adequate to these purposes. From the view above presented. it is manifest that the situation of the United States is in the highest degree prosperous and happy. There is no object which as a people we can ti-sire which we do not possess, or which is not within our reach. Blessed with govern ments the happiest that the world ever knew, with no distinct orders in society, or divided interests in any portion of the vast ter ritory over which their dominion extends, we have every motive to cling together which can animate a virtuous and enlightened people. The great object is to preserve those blessings, and to hand them doen to our latest posterity. Our experience ought to satisfy us that our progress, under the most correct and provident policy, will not be exempt from danger. Our institutions form an important epoch in the history of the civilized world. On their preservation, and in their utmost purity, every thing will depend. Extending, as our interests do, to every part of the inhabited globe, and to every sea, to which our citizens are carried by their industry and enterprise, to which they are invited by the wants of others and have a right to go, we must either protect them, in the enjoyment of their rightly or abandon them in certain events to west and deso. lotion. Our attitude is highly interesting, as it relates to other Powers, and particularly to our Southern neighbours. We hare duties to perform with respect to all, to which we must be faithful. To every kind of danger we should pay the most vigilant and un ceasing attention ; remove the cause w h ere it may be practicable, and be prepared to meet it when inevitable. . . Against foreign danger the policy of the Government stems to be already settled. The events of the late war admonished us to Make our maritime frontier impregnable, by a sell-tligeateil chain of fortifications, and to give efficient protection to our commerce by augmenting our Navy to a certain extent, which has been stea dily permed, and which it is incumbent upon us to complete as soon as circumstances will permit. In the event of a war, it is on the maritime frontler that we shaft be assailed. It is is that quarter, therefore, that we should be prepared to meet the attack. It is there that our whole force will be called into action to prevent the destruction of our towns, and the dew. lotion and pillage of the interior. To give full effect to this poliky, great improvements will be indispensable. Access to those works by every practicable communication , should be made easy, and in every direction. The intercourse also between every part of our Union, should he promoted and facilitated by the exercise of those powers which may comport with a faithful regard to the great principles of our Constitution. With re spect to internal causes, th os e great principles point nut, with equal certainty, the policy to be pursued. Rating on the peo ple, as our Governments do, State and National, with well defined powers, it is of the highest importance that they severally keep within the limits prescribed to then,. Fulfilling that sacred duty, it is of equal importance that the movement between them be harmonious, and, in ease of any disagreement, ahould snch eves occur, a calm appeal be made to the people, and that their voice be heard and promptly obeyed. But Governments being in stituted for the common good, we cannot fail to prosper, while those who made them are attentive to the conduct of their representative'', and controul their measures. In the pursuit of these great objects, let ''generous spirit and national views and feelings be indulged, and let every part recollect that, by cherishing that spirit. and im proving the condition of the others, in what relates to their waste, the general interest will not only be promoted, but the local ad vantages be reciprocated by all. - - I cannot conclude this communication, the last of the kind which I shall have to make, without recollecting with great sensisility and heart-felt gratitude, the many instances of the public confi. dente, and the generous support which I have received from my fellow.citisens, in the various trusts with which I have been ha homed. Having commenced my service in early youth, and con. tinued it sine, with few and short intervals, 1 have witnesaed the great difficulties to which our Union tuts been exposed, and ad. mired the virtue and courage with which they were surmounted. From the present prosperous and happy state I derive a gra. titication which I cannot exprtnes That these blessing may be preserved and perpetuated, will be ►he object of my fervent and unceasing prayers to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe. Washington, Der. 7, 1824. JAMES MONROE. ~ rs - RECEPTION OF LA FAYETTE BY Mk CONGRESS. HOUSE OF 'ATIVES, FRIDAY, DEC. 10. At an early hour the levies began to fill with spectators ; and soon after eleven eidaarnally Betts entered into the hall, and took • posuniton of s ew egkaaad inertly.. Which Isere appropriated for their reception. Ayala innenbur of additional soots faun became neces. sary ; and, loos Weft the hour appointed for the reception of th e General, ► the Home ramented an exhibition of beauty and fashion which. we preeume, has scarcely ever been equalled. , The Senate being invited to attend, "meted. in procession, and took the seats which had been vacated for them by the Members on the right of the Chair. At 1 o'clock, George Washington IA Fayette, Esq. Gad Col. lA Vaasieur, the General's Secretary, entered the House, and took their seats on one of the sofas by the aide of the Secretary of State —and in a few moments, General La Fayette entered the House, supported on his right by Ale. Mitchell, the chairman oldie select committee, and on his lett by Mr. Livingston. and followed by the Committee. The Speaker and members then ruse, and the procession moved towards the centre of the House. Mr. Mitchell introduced General La Fayette in the following words : "Mr. Speaker : The select committee, appointed for that pur pose, hare the honour to introduce (41140111 La . Fayette to the House of Representatives." The General was then osedncted to the sterapl * aced:fee his recep- tion, when the Speaker, Mr. Clay, addressed .him lathe f o ll ow i ng words : " Gescenet—The Howie of Representatives of the United States, impelled alike by its own feelings, and by those of the whole American people, could not have assigned to me a more gratifying duty than that of presenting to you cordial e.ongratula. nons upon the occasion of your recent arrival in the United States, in emiespliance with the wishes of Congrem. and to assure you of the very high Benefaction which your presence abide on this early theatte of your glory and renown. Although but few of the mem. be who compose this body shared with you in* the war of the revolution, all have, from impartial history or from faithful tradl. non, a knowledge of the perils, the mutterings, and she sacrifices which you voluntarily encountered, and the signal ;services, in America and in Europe, which yob performed for an intent, a distant, and an alien people ; and all feel and own the very greet extent of the obligations under which you have placed oar country. But the relations in which you have ever stood to the United States, interesting and impoosneas they have been, do not consti. tuts the only motive of the .esepect and admication which the House of Representatives entertain for you. Your consistency of character, your uniform devotion to rogalated liberty, in all the vicissitudes of a long and arduous life, also conunands jts admire tion. During all the recent convulsions of Europe, amidst, as after the dispersion of, every political storm, the people of the United States have beheld you, true to your old principles, firm and erect, cheering and animating with your well known voice the votaries of liberty, its faithful and listless champion, ready to shed the last drop of that blood which here you so freely and rably spilt, is the same holy cause. " The vain wish has been sometimes indulged that Providence ,would allow the Patriot, after death, to return to his country. and "tiecontemplate the isitermediate 'changes which had taken place-- SO view the forests felled, the cities built, the ntountains the canals cut, the highways constructed, the progress of the arts, the advancement of learning anti increase of population. General, your present visit to the United States is a realiza tion of the consoling object of that wish. You are in the midst of posterity. Every where, you must have been struck with the great changes, physical and,,,moral, which have oc curred since you left us ; even this *my city, bearing a verse. rated name, alike endeared to you anti to us, has since emerged from the forest which then covered its site. In one respect you be. hold us unaltered, and that is in the sentiment of continued devo. lion to liberty, and of ardent affection and profound gratitude to your departed friend, the father of his country, and to you, and to your illustrious associates in the field and in the cabinet. lot the multiplied blessings which surround its, and for the very privilege of addressing you, which I now exercise. This sentiment, nor fondly cherished by more than ten millions of people, wilt be tore mitted, with unabated vigour, down the tide of time, through the countlese millions who are destined to inhabit this continent, to the latest posterity. While the Speaker was addressing him, General Lx Fayette was very evidently affected. At the close of the addrom, he seated Inn , self for a few seconds, and then rose, and in a tone intinenced ht powerful feeling's, made the following reply : " Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Represents. fives-- " While the people of the United States, and their honourable Representative in Congress, have deigned to make choice of inc. one of the American veterans, to signify, in his person, their esteem for our joint services, and their attachment to the principles for which we have had the honour to fight and bleed. 1 sin proud ani happy to share those extraordinary favours with my clear reeolu. tlooary companions ; yet it wou'd be, on my part, uneandid and un gratefull not to acknowledge my personal share in those testimonies of kindness, as they excite in my breast emotions which no ade quate words could express. " My obligations to the United States, Sir, far exceed any merit I might claim ; they date front the time when I have hail the hap piness to be adopted as a young soldier, a favoured son of America ; they have been continued to me during almost half a century of constant affeaion and confidence ; and now, Sir, Menke to your most gratifying invitation, I find myself greeted by a series of wel comes, one hour of which would more than compensate for the public exe.tians and sufferings of a whole life. ' The approbation of the American people, and their represents. dem, for my conduct during the vicissitudes of the Europeen tr. vointlon, is the highest reward I could receive. Well may I stand firm and erect, when in their names, and by you, Mr. Speaker. I am declared to have, in every instance, been faithful to those .Imerican principles of liberty, equality, and true• social order, the devotion to which, as it has been from my earliest youth, so it shall continue to be to my teem breath. You have been pleated, Mr. Speaker, to allude to the pert. liar felicity of my situation, when, after so long an absence, I ant called to witness the immense improvements, the admirable coot. munications, the prodigious creations, of which we find an exam ple in this city, whose name itself is a venerated palladium ; in A word, all the grandeur and prosperity of those happy United State:. who, at the mine time they nobly secure the complete assertion w American independence, reflect, on every part of the world, the light of a far superior political civilization. " What better pledge can be given, of a persevering national love of liberty, when those blessings are evidently the result of s virtuous resistance to oppression, and of institutions founded on the rights of man, and the republican principle of self-govern. menr. " No, Mr. Speaker, posterity has not begun for me, since, In the sons of my companions and friends, I find the same public feelings, and permit me to add, the same feelings in my behalf, Which I have had the happiness to experience in their fathers. "Sir, I have been allowed, forty years ago, before a Committee of a ngress of thirteen States, to express the fond wishes of an American heart: on this day I have the honour, and enjoy the delight, to congratulate the Representatives of the Union, at vastigeolarged, at the realization of those wishes, even beyond every hamaa expectation, and upon the almost infinite prospects we can with certainty anticipate. Permit me. Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, to join to the expect. con of those sentiments a tribute of toy lively gratitude, affectionate devotion, and profound respect." Both the address of the Speaker and the reply of the Gement were listened to with the profoundest attention. Throughout the whole of the members, and in all the assemblage, both on the flaw and in the gallery, universal silence prevailed. Every eye as. strained, and every ear on the alert, that not a movement of ff. countenance, nor a syllable of the lir.guage of the venerable object of so mach solicitude, should be lost. As soon as the General had concluded his reply, and resumed his seat, Mr. Mitchell moved that the House do now adjmini ; which was mated arm. die. and the House then adjourned till 31 null's. As soon ae the adjournment had taken piece, the Speaker the chair, and advancing to the General, offered his personal con gratulations, shaking hint cordially and repeatedly by the hand. The Speaker then introduced all the Members of the House inte• vidually, and thus closed a scene the most imposing in its character. and iastructive in its effecta a oltich duns ever bairn ;mutated to tie people of any nation whatsoever. The people of the United States seem to be as eager for Joint Stock Couipan;es as the population of this country are. One New York Paper contains a l'st of twenty-eight projected concerns, capital to be set apart for which about ten millions of dollars. Loris OF ins SHIP DIAMONO.—It is not known, with any degree of accuracy, how many pen ns were on hoard the ship at the time she struck ; nor how rosily were saved from a watery grave. We fear, however, chat the nnmb.r will be considerable. It is not known how many passen gers were on board ; but we may state, that she was adver tised, in the New York papers received by the Silas Richards, "fir passengers only," and a gentleman wh•. arrive-41 in the padlket informs us, that several passengers had engaged places on board the Diamond before he pelt New York. It is understood chat she sailed chance on the Dab ult.— Li rernonl :Weer. tis,r. The Rambler, of 400 tons, and the Mitlaspof 500 toter. have within these few days arrived direct from New South Wales, fully laden with cargoes of oil, seal-skins, wool, and timber; the latter article is chiefly of the fine blue tree plank, well adapted, from its lengths anti durable proper ties, fur the purpose of ship-building. The agricultural interests of the settlement arc in a flourishing condition. and the woods of this colony are likely to be brought to quality which will rival those from the Uontinr nt of Eu rope. It is to the enterprise and exertion of Mr. Joins. that our countrymen in Australasia will have been indebted for this improvement in the growth of wool. BRIDFOUT, JAN. s.—By an extract from the Barbour- Master's book, it appears that the number of tons of ship ping, inwards and outwards, at Bridport Harbour, for tin past year, was 36.539.