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their nominations, and caused to be explained to the Com missioners of his Britannic Majesty the powerful motives I hat for adopting this resolution, assurin g them, at the same — et— time, that in order to give fresh proof of friendship and good BOGOTA.—CONGRESS. will towards the British Government and people, I nvould atitentswelE or THE VICE-PRF.siDENT or COLOMBIA, IN permit the persons appointed to these Consulships to pro emeann OF WE GOVERNMENT, TO THE CONGRESs OF tect the commerce and interests of English subjects in the MI capacity of Agents for the protection of sailors and commerce. . Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and Chamber of Represen- The Commissioners accepted these terms with pleasure, without tatiwes. refuting the strong arguments on which my denial of the exe `lbis is the precise day appointed by our Constitution for the quatur was grounded. If the Congress will call to mind, that nf,tlMbiy of the Representatives of the Republic, in order that in my former Message I pledged myself that, in the course -.eel may exert themselves for the happiness and prosperity of of - the negociation about to be o p ened with the Commis meet eemetituents. If, in the two former Sessions, Congress as- sioners of his Britannic Majesty, I would not lose sight of s= - tuVoi at a - later period than is piovided for by the Constitu- the dignity of the Government, and the interests of the Co t in,,owing to causes which are inh erent in infant societies (al- lornbian people; it will perceive by the p r e se nt statement, inientii the enemies of the Republic have affected to overlook that I have strictly redeemed' my pledge. Public right does tonnenethe present Assembly will convince them, that with the not recognise the admission of Consuls as a bounden duty sp:opens of. time, we approach nearer to the exact observance of from one nation to another. The obligation so to admit Cc - es:national principles. I must congratulate Colombia and tem, arises solely from treaties or conventions celebrat jaurseive% on an event which gives stability to the political sys- eel between the parties, or from a state of peace and friend- Tem, and hopes of the most happy results from the present Ses- ship . between nations, whose independence is reciprocally iCcee -le is with the greatest pleasure that the Executive is admitted. This . principle, which the English Government atone to, fulfil its duty, and contribute to this favourable issue, itself has lately observed towards the Consul General of Buenos by-giving you an accurate idea of the state of the affairs of the Ayres in London, would have author Commisshiised teons Executive to it e ptiblic in the various branches of its administration. withhold the exeqrsatur, of Con - The Government of his Catholic ;Majesty, far from abandon- rugs been addressed to the Republic and Government of Co. jog its fusilier pretensions to the sovereignty of these countries, lombia. Since this occurrence, nothing has transpired in fur nas Justice, experience, and the ruin of the Spanish nation would therance of the recognition of our independence. The Govern ncotinseT, still labours to advance ,its -hostile views, without merit of his Britannic Majesty makes this event to depend on •=fforeling the slightest hope to reconciliation. The Executive circumstancet - peculiar to the interests of Great Britain, and on .:113S reason toethink that the Cabinet of Madrid is well aware of the nature of the information it may receive from its respective -a conciliatory disposition on. our part, and of our desire to ter- Commissioners. But if the Government of his Britannic Ma- Piiimata a war, which, during fifteen years, has involved both iestY he guided by the feelin g of the English nation, and that nations in so many evils. The earnestness, however, with which the information given respecting the state of Colombia be dic the Executive has - sought peace with Spain, on the basis of in- rated by justice and impartiality, we may presume that this deneetlence, has not caused its vigilance to ;lumber. Congress important decision on the part'of the King of the United King. may be assured that our means of defence are at the present dom of Great Britain and Ireland is at hand. moment abundant, and that any enterprise on the part of Spain The Commission of the King of the Low Countries has had against the Republic will only serve to add lustre to our arms, the same issue. M. Quartell arrived in tide capital with powers mun to increase the humiliations of Spain. • from the Governor and Rear-Admiral of the Island of Curacoa, Our relations with the American Governments subsist on a issued in virtue of positive orders from his Goverrinent. The ; footing of friendship and good understanding, becoming States Commissioner gave us assnaances of the favourable sentiments suet:nal:it; a c ommon cause. Tire services and supplies which of the Kin g of Holland towatde the Republic of Colombia, and 'I we have rendered to Peru have so meterially altered the situa- of his desire to establish and euldiate such relations of friend:. nen of that country, that no doubt can exist cf us acquiring lie ship and commerce asses might be useful to both parties. The berty and independence. The Liberator and President of Co- Executive accepted te demonstrations with gratitude, and, harabia has displayed on this occasion, even more than on in like manner, gave assurances of the same sentiment% towards former ones, those virtures . which are peculiar to illustrious the kingdom of the Low Countries. The Commissioner re men, and to which the Colombian Republic owes its existence. quired the crequatur for the Consular Commissions issued by Surrounded with difficulties almost insurmountable; obliged to the Governor and Rear-Adiniral of Curacoa, which the Execu contend with enemies who, to numerical superiority, united the tive denied, on the plea that the nomination to these offices confidence inspired by victory ; fettered by disasters brought rests with the Government from whence they proceed, and not on by "rashness, weakness, and perfidy ; doubtful of receiving with its subordinate authorities. But as it was necessary to in time the fresh succours which the Congress had so promptly give the Dutch Government a proof of the sincerity of our pro decreed • the Liberator has triumphed over all these obstacles, testations of friendship, I permitted - the persons appointed to and, aided by the patriotism of those Peruvians who remained these Consulships to exercise the office of Commercial Agents, faithfel to their duty, and by the valour of the united army, the same as if this intiormality had not been observed. hee liberated an important part of the vast territory p r eviously The Executive has sought, by theee means, to reconcile the pesseiteed !)), the Spanish troops, after inflicting on them a se- respect due to the right of nations and its own dignity and ho e per humiliation in Junin. The Executive has every hope that noun, with that friendship and ' harmony which we owe to the auxiliaries which left Panama for Peru in October, have ar- friendly nations who seek an understanding with us, on behalf rived at an opportune moment, and that, by extending the of our people, and of universal peace. none of operations, they - will consolidate the advantages al- The superior authority of Hayti has also accredited to the ready gained, accelerate tne day of Peruvian liberty, and irre- Government of Columbia a public agent, who proposed to ce vocably fix the destiny of South ennierica. This new glory lebrate and conclude a Treaty of defensive alliance with us was reserved for Colombia, and for you the satisfaction of having against all invaders of either territories. The language of li contributed thereto by all the means in your power, and more berty displayed in the propositions of this agent, and the pri especially, by having permitted the Liberator to leave the ter- vate services which the Liberator and President received from titoraia of the Republic. In conformity with the resolution of the humane and sensible petition, at a calamitous moment, the,.egielature, I have not ratified the Convention respecting did not blind the executive to the conduct it had to observe territorial limits' entered into between Colombia and Peru.— in this most delicate negociation. Hayti had defended its in tnnwitlistanding die importance of this measure, the Execu- depende nce a g ainst the p retensions of France, of which it nve has abstained from renewing the negaciations, under an formed part, as Columbia now defends hers against those of inepreesion that we ought to give an example of good faith Spain. A defensive league with Ilaytiwould have subjected es anti generosity; by suspendivall discussion thereon, whilst the to a war with a nation against whom we have no complaint,. Peruvian Republic be occupied g, by the troops of Colonibia.. di and whom we ought not to provoke to hostilities. The into- The gepublic of Mexico has just given a terrible lesson to rest of the Republic consists in diminishing the number of its Usd - rporsof the rights - of the people. General lturbide vio l a t e enemies, whilst the proposed treaty would have increased them, ed tree law which banished him, and landed on the Mexican and have taken place precisely under circumstances when the enientemler circumstances which alarmed the Government. Spanish Government is making every effort to com p romise terrie Ire as declared a actcr deserving d b Act of Congress, France in the war with America. Ne ver can the into and tae penalty was inflicted - .without eath opposetion. It seems rests of Hayti and Colombia be identified with respect to their evident' that the .31exican Goverement has, by this measure, ancient metropolises. A sympathy, indeed, prevails in this risinie an iMportant stride towards stability and prosperity.— particular between Colombia and those States of America which hecent intelligence - froM that part of America states, that the formerly depended on Spain, and it is on this account that the most energetic and extraordinary measures are taken to defend Government of the Republic rid it and concluded a its independence against the views of S . pain, and to compel Confederation among the new American States. The treaties to towns that disregard the pact of anion, to return to their existing between these and ourselves, prevent us, by their very duty. nature, from entering into alliances with countries which • The provinces of Guatemala continue to prtnerve unmolested have not belonged to the Spanish nation, and a defensive the sovereignty into Which they spontaneously elected them- alliance with Hayti would arouse a new enemy against our selves. An accredited Minister from that Gevernisient to the allies without their knowledge and • consent. You know, leeptibUcC is now residing in our cannal. A - favourable oppor- Gentlemen, that the eastern part of the island of Saint Do tentitw, therefure, presents itself of nettling' points of great inte- min go belonged to France, in virtue of the treaty of Basilea,' - rest_ The establishment of limits between Colombia and Gua- anti that it was afterwards restored to Spain by the treaty reig n imperiously called for t is con Sequence of certain Fo- of Paris; that in the year 1822 the inhabitants; of the city reign era pretending to a right d the coast of Mosquito, a nd of - Saint Domingo proclaimed their independence; that in'-the inaeurach as the interior boundary line between the countries is last days of their-political existence they raised the Colorro. net ascertained. The Executive, in strict compliance with the bias standard ; and that the Chief of Ila.yti has reduced this la wof the 12th of July, of the year 1821, has declared that part territory to his dominion, for reasons that are not accurate al the Atlantic coast which extends from Cape Gracios a Dios ly kdown, although its fundamental law is urged as a pretext. eu the river Chagree, belongs to the Republic, and that all coin- It does not seem that the conduct of the President of Hayti ought to draw on him the enmity of nization made therein without the sanction of the Government Spain, which is the only -died lewd; of Colombia, is null'and void. ' I submit this decree nation with which we are at war; because, when the Authori to -jeer judgment, as well as the arguments I have adduced in ties of Hayti occupied that part of the island, which was for .defance of, the integrity of the p territory of the Republic and its merly Spanish, they did not take possession of a Spanish terri rigins, and in order to frustrate the views of our enemies. . for but hut of an independent country, which had manifested a The agitated state of the Brazilian empire has not yet en- wish to place itself under the protection of Colombia. All there alez.L.a .., 4 to form relations of friendship and good understanding considerations have induced the Executive to refer the proposi vita, tUat ,Government, with which we have likewise to arrange don of the Haytian agent to the united as s emb l y of the PleM „clues :ions regal-din- • territorial limits. We are assured of the potentiaries of the American Governments. France, and our goon diepOsitlim of the Emperor towards Colombia ; and, on Allies, will observe in this upright proceeding the principles our part, we have avoided all cause of - complaint and -dissen- and good policy of the Colombian Government; the former, sion. When the momect snail arrive for negociating with the especially, meat perceive that we act with sincerity and good Beezlian Government, the Executive Will not fail to observe intentions in the steps we have taken to. incline his Most that frankness and good faith which form tire basis of its prin- Christian Majesty in favour of tire Republic, and that we do eipies, by conforming to the last territorial treaty made between not attribute to the French Government the suspicous and urea- Spain and Portugal, in Madrid, in 1777. cherous conduct displayed by those persons who arrive d herein -With the United States- we Maintain the most friendly and the frigate Term, and whose voyage seems to have had fur its eardialwrelations. Tire treaty of peace, friendship, ratviea- object a visit to the country merely to pry into the state of our ti•nt, .and. • commerce, celebrated by the Executive with those" affairs. States, -through the medium of duly authorized Plenipotentia- The tranquillity enjoy el hy the Republic has enabled the tentaistellnbetforthwith laid before you. The principles we have Executive to make arrangements for the extension of the new tie weir, adopted are so commendable in their nature as to render method of instruction in the first rudiments of learning, for in .att ealogium superfluous. Never has the Government of Co- creasing the number of scholars, establishing new professor ., Leonia appeared more attached to that spirit of civilization I ships, and reforming some colleges which still languished under ands . humatrity which ought to distinguish tire Governments the ancient co lonial syntem 'of education, and the horrors of t he of - free people, than in this treaty. Colombia will have the war. The progress of public education must necessarily be leutlehle pride of having been `tire first among the States of slow, whilst the funds of the colleges continue so small as they • etiminot Spanish America, to appear before the world united are at present ; and perhaps we might mistrust the benefit of by public treaties with the most favoured nation of liberty.— the establishments that have been founded, did we not observe You will also examine the cenrentien entered into with these ' the youth of the country eager to learn, and theheachers de - StateS, for the purpoSe onputting an end to' the honnlile traffic voting themselves to public instruction, without other incentive in negroes of Africa. .Our 'ewe have already forbidden this ex- than their own zeal, and respect for their characters. I hope ' , terabit: traffic, and tIW Exacutive• hen; formed its conduct on that in the course of this Session time will be found for digesting their basis. The law of the 2I et of- euly, of tire year 11, has d. a general plan of study, the want of which is every day mere - . /*bidden 'the introititteion of etavese end the provisional cruti- sensibly felt. hinewttilnanitem emideren as 'eyeful prizes all vessels trading in The project oflaws for the political and judicial administra sefeltan negrnew that may be captured in the waters within the don of departments, which were laid before the Executive at isniction of the Republic. i t no penalty being awatded i the close of the last Session, will be returned to you, with such fir the violation of this law, rid it being a justice due to the 1 objections thereto as seem to mewapedient. I will not assert he inan raceno . modify our cruising -laws, the Executive thinks that such objections will render these important laws perfect, tioit these objects have been obtained by our convention with but your intelligence, and the time that will be afforded you • M. PELLETIF.it, ntllii or of some poliiimil norm, t - ttlegiUnited States. for their deliberate discussion, inspire me with a confidence that pblets, has just died, at Can years of agm Although he at first • i c To convey a correct ten in our relatione with Europe, e your labours will make them so, and that their utility will be entertained revolutionary principles, as he himself has owned deem it incumbent on me to deal frankly, by entering on a acknowledged throughout the Republic. The Executive is in some writings published in England, yet he soon joined dented winch Wilt .give you this infermation, .And at the same Persuaded that these two laws will correct the errors which Champeenez and Rivarol; and in concert with them he pub , time demonstrate -to the ,world the political principles of the exist in the government of deparunents, and will partially im- lisped The At•t: of the Apostles, a - periodical work, principally Government of Colombia. The Conuniesioners of his Britannic Prove the administration of justice, by making it a positive and directed against die measures of the Constitutional Assembly. Majesty, in this capital,- requested that the Executive would substantial blessing to the people, who complain witlemuch Being obliged to quit France after the memorable 10th of novae the ate/nal:se necessary for the recognitien of the Consuls reason of the extensive jurisdicthin embraced by the only three August, in which be asserted he had an acute share, he took sent by the King to seine of oer ports. As no commissions ac- tribunals of appeal which we possess, and of the circumscribed refuge in England, where he edited, along with some French companied this application as is usual and customary, the Power of the 3lunicipalities. But that this blessing may - he emigrants, Several papers e.gainst France, acid among others a Intecutive was under the painful necessity of deferring the rendered complete, it is absolutely necessary to issue a law re- pamphlet called the .Anthigu. In the short interval of the e r , trtatur, until these contemesione should he duly presented by specting the revenues of corporation lands, since the health, • peace of Amiens, 111. Pelletier, instead orrelaxing the hostile the several parties. relying on their being framed in the terms convenience, and ornament of our towns, the state of the roads, tone he had assumed against the different governments which initial ainong nations. As soon as the pe . rsen on whona the title and the 'facilities of communication, require certain fund*, had sprung up, one' after the other, in Ids native soil, redoubled of Consul-General had been conferred ariieed in this capital, he without which, the Municipalities will be mere cyphers in the his attaclee against Buonaparte personally, at that time First pi wieated his commiesion, assuring the Executive at the same State. Consul. Napoleon was weak *enough to be offended at it, and time that the commissiens of the Consuls of La Guayra,Maracai- I may state to you, that in general no unfavourable change no, Carthagena, and Panama, were conceived in the same terms. has occurred in the progress and regularity of the constitu- had the imprudence to call upon the English Cabinet for the re preesion of the libels against him. He was answered that the hu- The commission manes mention of the Provinces e e d Celonatai tional regime. The authonties daily respect our institutions sinese was altogwther independent of the Government, but that instead of the Reputfie of Columba, by„whienthe latter title it more ind more; and the citizens enjoy the free privilege of the Courts of Justice were open to whoever had reason to corn was determined b our fundamentaliaw that tide country should demanding the fulfillment of the laws. It would indeed be a pain of the license of the press. Napoleon did not disdain to he known since tea , year 1819 ; wad the Consuls are therein ace phenomenon in polities if an - infant society like ours could nave recourse to those means, and 31. Pelletier was cited before credited to the,Aneerifiee that .tnig,'d ha j vcen to b: - : estabautxd, arrive at its height of prosperity without obstacles and slight the Court of King's Bench. It was 31r. Mackintosh, at pre instead of being accredited tte the E xecutive Powernor President oscillations. Colombia has still to experience the of of sent one of the most distinguished Members of the Opoosi a the Repoblic, as they might to have been, agreeably to the the •wanderinge of ignorance, and the incessant intrigues of tion, who undertook Iris defence; but he could not, with all principles of public right, to our Co anti to the out enemies ; although it is true that neither can impede her ad- his eloquence, prevent his client being found g-uilty of libel ; cenduct observed by the - IT:lined States. Tile Executive consi- vance to that point at which she must one day arrive. Thedis- . hut the rupture of the Treaty of Amiens ' caused the execution dered these errors as a necessary consequence of that state of turbances in Pasto, which, from the nature of the country, and of the jecigment to be annulled. Notwithstanding the number ambiguity and practical, difficulties in which the English Go- the character a the people, threatened to he of long duration, of writines M. Pelletier has published, he has not left a single vernment found itself plaited in treating of the recognition of hive subeidede and the Government has visited them with as wo k that is remembered; he had more spleen than talent. the Independence of Colombia, as was stated to Pitrliament by much induigence as was compatible with public security. That His death is but a light loss to the republic of letters, and per the Ministers of his Britannic Mejeste's Government; for, in activity and-vigilance which suffocated this germ of disunion reality, it wouid have been a manifest contradiction to have will do tire same on all occadons where deluded persons suffer hats it saves the Royal Treasury the payment of a heavy Pen the Cusrier Francois.) accredited Consuls to the ports of Colombia in the usual terms, tnemielves to be seduced into the .commission of disorders. and a as the righte of natioos demand without rezegnizing the Tlie people desire to live in e ace under protection of the laws, ura eously cause, for which he wrote, and exposed himself so co i g . indepndence and existence of the Government from which it and whilst trey themselves take charge of the public tranquil.' M. Pelletier, well known for his devotedness to the Royal from the beginning of the Revolution, has just died at 'arts.- sought the admission of these officers. The Executive did not lity, and supi ort our institutions, the Republic will enjoy in- He was tile chief editor of a collection which was touch in beentete in adopting the line of conduct most comfortable with tereal quiet, and the standing army will hate fewer duties to vegae in 1789, and the two following, years, The /lets of the the dignity of the Republic, and serviceable to the interests or the dissliarim. Apo:Her. After the 10th of Augu e st," 179 d, t the Govern Midst.. nation. . Placed in the pninful situation of deceiving the Our inft'-rna l i commerce requires some regulations, in order to En Blanc' where he never 'ceased to write a ';aln,s ..mate - Republic, by iliegelly r ecogntsing, as duly accredited Consuls i suppress ths , abuses committed by our Sailors, and toprotectnavi. merits which took the place, for a time, of the legti mo ne constantly pro- Ire withdrew to persons who did not come recommended to . the Government of gation ; and our commerce. (-owlet! on whit the enaste inhabited welly. Having returned to France in 1814, , (olornbia, and who quire some spec. a , did net appear destined for the portsby wandtr:ng tribes,re ' d '3l l ws in order to spare fessed the purest and most disinterested zeal for the monarchy Journ. d's Debat, - ,) •. the ,Rerthlic, I. I .cliti not h,esitate to.. refuse the at:quota, to fie Executive those emharrassmenis which it has experienceu in and the Bourbons. lie was 62 years 01d..—( - this particular of late years. I 'require from Congress a law denying, letters of citizenship to Individuals of any nation with whom the Republic may be at war. • This is a law to be found in the code.of a nation that may be truly called free, and -any demonstration of its necessity appears tome superfluous. - The exhattationaif the national treasury will continue to be sensibly felt whilst the payment of arrears fall' on the annual revenue, and the system continues to prevail of not fixing the ,publicietpences, and providing correspondent funds for meet ing them. To these causes .of fiscal embarrassment may be added at present the necessity we have been under of increasing the standing army, with a view of opposing a vigorous resist ance to the hostile undertakings of Spain. I cannot give you an accurate idea of the improvement that has been made in the treasury department, in virtue of the laws issued in the last Session, owing to the short period that has elapsed since their publication. The Executive has given that tone and impulse that were co essentially wanted in the general administration. The Custom-houses and Treasuries of Departments, always consulting however the strictest economy. I hope that in the course of the present legislature you will digest a systematic arrangement of the tithe-rents, a reform in the law of direct contribution, and such other objects as the Executive will point out to you-in virtue of the privilege it derives from the Con stitution to that effect. The various and unpleasant questions that were agitated re garding the loan of March 1822, have been set at rest in a manner satisfactory to the parties, and honourable to the Re public. For this purpose the Executive had recourse to the powers granted by you, in the Act of theist of .July, 1823, and the result shall be in due time laid before you. The Con gress must be highly gratified in learning that our conduct in this transaction has met with the general approbation of those respectable- persons in foreign countries, who were best able to appreciate the difficulties which enveloped it. I shall likewise give you a most circumstantial account of the mode and the terms on which the loan decreed on the 30th of June of last year has been raised. To those who arc acquainted with the histories of other nations, the conditions of this loan have appeared highly favourable. The Executive has observed that its agents have confined themselves to the instructions they received on leaving the Capital: their operations have been conducted under the eye and direction of the Colombian Minister in London, and, the conduct of . this public functionary has obtained the applause of all avlio have observed him narrowly. It has been a source of great- satisfaction to the Executive, that the new loan was not negociated until the question of the old one had been satis factorily disposed of; and the consequence was that the former was contracted under most favourable circumstances, which, by . having been taken advantage of at the moment, saved us from the burthensonie conditions to which we must, otherwise, have submitted. You will examine the documents which will be presented to you with accuracy and discretion, and you will re ceive all the necessary information thereon from the Secretary of the Treasury, since, in this examination, are comprised the interests of our constituents, the honour of the Government, and the good faith of the Republic. I can congratulate myself, by- anticipation, with the aesurance that the Congress and the nation will be well pleased with this transaction. It is essential to the public prosperity and national credit. that you employ a portion of your labours in funding the na tional debt. Every . year that passes accumulates fresh em barrassments in this particular for the succeeding ones. The debt embraces various periods, objects, and creditors, without proper classification of each. You know well that it Is abso lutely necessary that a classification of those periods be made,. as well as provision for the noncom' payment of the interest, and the gradual extinction of the principal. • Although a law on this subject was passed last Session, you will agree with me in thinking that it is imperfect and informal. The standing army continues to give proofs of its obedience to the laws. Although no enemies are to be found within the Republic with whom to contend, it has remained on the war footing required by the state of European politics. The Exe cutive has carried into effect so much of the law which provided for.thc levying fifty thousand men as . was necessary in order to reinforce-the auxiliary army of Peru, to cover the coast &pert inent% and to organize several corps of reserve in the interior. Orders has e been given for -forming the national militia throughout the country, on the principle laid down by the Con gress of Cocotte; in,sa much that several corps of citizens, who recognize the defence of- the country as their first duty, are now Lidded to our battalions. You will examine the provisional de crees which the Executive has issued for the due observance of the law on this eubject, and will establish a permanent system for the national militia in all the branches and objects of its or. ganization. These measures, and the abundant elements of war Which we possess. have placed the Republic in a condition to present itself armed at all points, in defence of its liberty and independence. . Our naval force is'irridtorgaing that improvement and increase Which, in our itrinsediate circumstances, it requires. The Co lorable!: flag has made itself respected throughout the seas, and where it has encountered that of Spain, it has left a monument of the superiority which it derives from the valour o f its sailors. The Executive has adopted measures for fixing the strength of our navy, as well on our rivers and coasts as on the high seas, and - for laying aside euclieessels as occasion immense expencas, without being of the slightest service. Little, however, can be done in this departmentsunless education be encouraged among our naval officers, and'until the lawa, to which I have else. where referred, be enforced. Naval instruction is taught in Carthagena and Guar-Oil, as far as the small funds which the Executive can supply for this purpose will permit; but it Can make but little plogrette until warmly protected by Congress.. Having already represented the state of the army to Congress, in my former Messages, pointing out such laws as appeared to me necessary and jest, I shall content myself with naming the subject, in tne hope that 'during the present Session, you will take this interesting object into your consideration. Such is the state of our Republic in the various branches of its administration : possessing friendship and good intelligence with 'American anal Foreign Governments; regularity in its conventions and treaties ; order and tranquillity at home ; re ect and submission to the la ws ; free exercis e of the liberty othe Press ; the dissemination and advancement of public education ; well- founded -hopes of improvement in the state of our Treasury ; an army covered with laurels and zealously devoted to the cause of independence and liberty ; together with sufficient resources for supporting, under every event, our dignity, our government, and our laws. It belongs to you, Gentlemen, to remove such obstacles as impede the rapid march of the it epublic to its height of prosperity, and to reform those errors, which the public voice, and your own judgments, con demn. If we take a retrospective view, and contemplate what Colombia was when she published her code, we shall recognize with surprise, the grand career we have since run, and the enormous difficulties we have surmounted. This reflection should animate us to persevere with zeal, honour, and pa triotism, in the exercise of our respective faculties. The Exe. maitre has reason to expect these virtues from the Representa tives who compose the legislative assemblies, and you may rsly, confidently, on receiving from me such assistance as my experience in the administration may enable me to afford ; and, above all, the strictest punctuality in the execution of your wise resolves. FRANCISCO DE PAULA SANTANDER. Jan. 2, 1825.-15. COLOMBIA. Bog THE LATE M. PELLETIER. 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A few days ago (31st March) we - published •a circular memorandum that had then lately is sued from the Horse Guards, for re-modelling the Infantry of the Army: We intended then to have made it the subject of a few remarks, but have been compelled from time to time to post- pone it till perhaps it is almost too late, hut we cannot help expressing the satisfaction we felt on a perusal of the document. Our Readers w remember that the memorandum referred to di rected that each Battalion of Infantry in the United Kingdom, as well as those on foreign sta tions, should consist of six service companies and four depot companies. The depots of regiments on foreign stations (the East Indies excepted) are to be formed into provisional battalions, and sta tioned agreeably to the distribution laid down in the memorandum. Regiments serving in thi, 4:ast Indies will continue on their present esta blishment ; those in future proceeding to India to be augmented to the Indian establishment of eleven companies, and to carry with them their depots, leaving only the usual establishment of a recruiting company in this country. When ever a regiment is ordered on foreign service, its depot is to be separated from it, and embo died in the provisional battalion of the station to which it pro.-eeds, in exchange for that of the battalion it may relieve. To us the plan seems excellent and well devised. A change of system during the war might have presented difficulties, but as we remember the defective constitution of the army has been a subject of complaint for years past, not only with military men but with Statesmen, we confess that we are surprised that this i m provement was left for adoption in the 10th year of peace. I n t h e new plan, the six service companies, accord ing to the projected establishment, 1% ill form an efficient, adequate, and well constituted force for the protection of our colonies, and foreign possessions, whilst the four depot companies are admirably planned, not only for the purpose of receiving and disciplining recruits, and as a reserve to keep up the effective of the service companies, but by being formed into provisional battalions afford a sufficient force at home for any military operations that may be required. An additional expellee is thus incurred, but that ought not to be put in competition with the great benefit that must result from the proposed ar rangement ; and besides the public good that will be derived from the measure, it is no small thing in our eyes,. that the time of a soldier's banishment (for so we must call his long absence abroad) will be much shortened,. and he will be enabled by more frequent inter course with his countrymen to cherish those feelings of patriotism, and that love of domestic enjoyment - which form the bright side of every'" Englishman's character, and which glow no where with a greater warmth than in a British soldier's bosom. Admiring , as . we do the ;cis% doni which the plan displays for ensuring substantial . betiefits to our military system, and. the desire thereby evinced to mitigate the, rough part of the soldier's duty as far as is con-, listent with the public , - advantage, , we cannot. help thinking the suggestion emanated in the. first instance frOin the KiNo, and we are fortified in, this opinion by a knowledge of his MAJEs . ri's_ military capacity, and by a perfect recollection of the improvethents that :Were effected in the Tenth Light bera'goons both in the precision and: rapidity of its movements in the field and in its, interior discipline and moral condition when under the command of his Na.i L§x.,then Prince of Wales. .We trust, however, that the improvement thus ,auspicionsly commenced will not stop here, but, that the same wisdom which suggested the plan for the improvement of the Infantry, will proceed lay down a clear and defined system, (preserving , the present_ plan for its model) for the augmenta tion of oumilitary strength in cases of threatened hostilities from without. The cavalry, too, we, hope, will not escape observation, bqt that some.l thing on the same basis as now suggested for the- Infantry, will be adopted for its formation. The Paris - Papers Of'Suriday do not contitill' any in,elligence of much interest to the Englis t ' . roader, except the annexed article frinn the N® akar relative, to the claim's of certain former proprietors in St. Domingo on the British Gc';. vernment for damages sustained in their PP' perty during the occupation of the' western par t , of the Island by the British.troops. It is reported in the Salons of Paris that thf ,• A' law for the reduction of the interest of the I/ per Cents. has met with a powerful opposition I , " the Chamber of Peers; and an expectation pr*.., vails that it will again be rejected, unless a fu" thee creation of new Peers be made to insure in majority its favour. ( "From the Moniteur of Sunday. ) (Non-Official Part.) PATtIS, ti.Pll.ll. . • The following is an official Note relative to the instructia. lately given by the English Government to the CommissiOrt appointed by it to examine the claims which have been or In 9 be made by certain proprietors of St. Domingo, either fo r t t; restitution of the produce of their estates; sequestrated by English Government during the occupation of the 'west part; the island by the forces of his Britannic Majesty, from the c,`-!. of 1793 to August 1798, or for the reimbursement of the 00 of slaves belonging . to them, and demanded, during the ikal i f time, to be enrolled in a carps of black troops, in the serviCe. England. &AO' M. Martin, chief. of the office of Liquidation at Lon authorized by the instructions of the English Treasury, - t° amine and give an account of the claims of the proprietao St. Domingo, for value received accruing from sequegr a i estates, or the property which was made use of by the Esgalf authorities during the occupation of that island, with tha, r, lowing restrictions:-- claim will be admitted for persons who reside in git i f l e : r at this time, after the Ist July, 1825 ; and for persons why is now residing out of Europe, nu claina will be admitted after Ist April, 1826. . " 'the claims for slaves will not be admitted, unless Old .e cea accompanied with regular certificates of enrolment, pr( 0 . the 4th of March, 1797, delivered in favour of the ancientlio prietors of the plantations, &c. from which the negroe s ,,.v taken, or of their successors or agents, duly empowereu , these proprietors. " The rent of houses occupied by the public functions_,, claimed by virtue of the proclamations of Sir A. Will:D.l7 which had not hitherto been admitted, on account of the apii4 of the proprietors in Frat,ce, will be granted for a period can in no case exceed two years." . Frankfort Papers to the Ist instant, rec°lv r last night, confirm the report that Motion Coron had been relieved by a squadron detac": e from the Egyptian fleet. According to the 1 3 ` Greek Journals COLOCOTRONI was not like l 9 be pardoned, notwithstanding his submission °I the disclosures he had made relative to his bi° complices in the late conspiracy. We 0 , 1 41 an Ordinance issued by the King of Wln- BERG, permitting subjects of the other State 6i the German Confederation to acqUire and Pe landed property in his dominions, o n the fr f l„ terms as if they were natives of Wirtembers We, WILLIAM, &C. .00e50 • By the 13th Article of the Act of Confederation, the Po 0 1 Free Cities of the German Confederation have agreed to to the subjects of the States of the Confederation, arrieogire other rights, that of acquiring and possessing landed Pc , out of the State which they inhabit, without being subject tol other State to more taxes and imposts than the native ants of that Spte. In execution of this Article of the Federal Act, svith vice of our Council of State, we ordain as follows 1. The ancient laws of the country, which p r ohibit P: r ol of real estates to foreigners, are .to be cons i dered es Ip c with regard to the States of the German Confederation. Ire sequence, subjects of those States are allowed t o aeg ilog licence f or our dominions landed property, without licence or special permission from the aut h or ities of country. ,yric 2. The possession of a landed estate gives to the P^—,lre the subject of a confederate State , the same r ights O th ' o t joyecl by the landowners of the country, except thoe - annexed to the title of citizen of Wirteniberg. ; 3. In the same manner, the foreign landowner 14 native, subject to those taxes and burdens only, wince4oo general laws of the country, or by some particular .00 have to be borne by their estate, and they are oblige!' , o , ' sn curity for the payment, to appoint an agen t realtllr country, duly qualified for the purpose. slide, l 4. The foreign proprietor is in general subject to ‘ ,, of our country relative to the obligations attached u' f sit' witted in the kingdom of Wirternberg, but especia lly spect to the jurisdiction of the Chamber of Justice. 6.4 We have received the Austrian Observe'. fo 25th ultimo, from which we extract the -fe ing account of the state of the affairs of and Turkey : 011 CONSTANTMOPLE, PF.n. 25 A 1.41) )1) :cco ll Two changes in the Pachaliks merit attention on the persons concerned. Itaouf Dlehmed .Dacha, forilleriej to Vizier, and who has long been expected to be restl;iil,ol. post, has been removed from Erzerum to the Pacli,..,tia tamuni, which is nearer the capital, and Ghalib 150 pointed Governor of Erzerum, which can have .1 1 9 . .? n oiv n than to send him a greater distance from Constant"-;00 The Government of Napbli, since the tercoirojc-ti e struggle with its internal adversaries, has resurael' 71-