The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-09 00:00:00

No. 1,146.—V0L. XIII.]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
" Fellow Citizens of the Senate and of the
House of Representatives,

•` The public buildings being advanced to a stage to
shard accommodation to Congress, I off,:r you my sin-
cere congratulation. on the recomusenetment of your
Duties in the Capitol.

" Io bringing to view the incidents most deservinv
attention, which have occurred since your last Ses-ion,
I regret to hate to state that several of our principal
cities hate sit& red by sickness; that an timisusl
drought has prevailed in the middle and western S ate..
and that detatkgetuent has been felt in some of our
monied institution., which has pinportionably Alec ed
their credit. I ant happy, however, to have is in my
poweeto assure you that the health of our cities is tiow

completely 'Twat-if ; thrt the priultice or the year,
though Ices abundant ran usual, will not only he amply
sufficient fur home consumption, hut atlisr.l a large ant-
plus for the supply of the wants of other nations; and
that the derangement in the circulating paper medium
by being left to those remedies which its uhrimas causes
suggested, and the good sense and virtue of our fellow
citizens supplied, has diminished.

[The president then explains at great lengtht he grounds
on which the treaty was made with Spain fur the cession
of the Floridas; states the reasons which have been as..
signed by the court of Madrid for its withholding its
,reification ; and advises Congrrss not to proceed to
take possession of the Fktridas by force, till they shall
have heard the arguments which may be rased by the
extraordinary minister whom the sing of Spain pre-
mises to send :to America immediately. The speech
then proceeds as follows :—]

In t: cavil war existing between Spain and the
Spanish provincesin this hemisphere, the greatest care
has been taken to enforce the laws intended to preserve
an impartial neutrality. Our ports have continued to
be equally open to both parties, and on the same condi-
tions, and our citizens have been equally restrained from
interfering in favinir of either to the prejudice of the
other. '1 he progress of the war, however, has operated
manifestly in favour of the Colonies. BLIVIIII3 Ayres
still maintains utishaketi the independence which it de-
clared in 1816, and has enjoved st lace 1810. Like suc-
cess has also lately atietaled Chili and the plats times
north Of the La Plata, bordering on it; and likewise
Venezuela.

" This contest has, from its commencement, be. n
very interesting to other powers, and to none more so
than the United States-. A virtuous people may and
will coulme themselves within the limits of a strict
neutrality ; but it is not in their power to behold a con-
flict so vitally important to their neitehboors, without
the sensibility :told sympathy which naturally belong to
such aviator. •It has been the steady purpose of this Go-
vernment to prevent that feeling leading to excess ; and
it is very gratifying to hate it in my power to state, that
so strong has been the sense, throtigliontithe whole
community, of what was due to the character and obli-
•gatiwts of the nation, that few exami•lcs of a contrary
kind have occurred.
" The distance of the colonies from the parent court-

SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 1820.

places alon, at el hi 1 at which, only, foreign chaos Of
war and proat.•eia may be admitted. The difficulty
of sustaining the reodations of our commerce, awd of
other importrin ii:ierests from abuse, without such
Ilesiwr alio'', furnishes a Strom: motive iur 11;iS measure.
At the tune of the negociation, for the renewal of the
mercial convention beta, ten the U tobal States and
Great linnets, a hope hal Well entertained that an
article might halve ',ern mot eJ opmi, aaaaaaaaaaaa satistac.
tort to both toms:rill, regokting, upon princirks of
s
piste, and reciprocity, the commercial interconow
between the Ut.0...11 Slater and the British possessions,
as well in ill West forties as (11000 the• Connuetit of
North America. The &'l inpitientiaries of the Iwo',
Goyersimetris, not hoeing helm A hie Its come to an
&Lomax, tin mei-oriel/to interest, tlt.opeui the United
Slates reserved for the bousideration alms Guyer iiiii ent,
•he preposel. which had beets presented to them as the
ultimate oiler on the part el. the British Governmeto,
awl which they were riot authorised to accept. On'their
tratistiossiott here, they were examined with due deli-
beraileos, the resat. of which was. a Dew- elrOtt to meet
toe a pews 'tithe British Government. The Minister of
the United S‘alcs was iostrarted to make a further Iwo•
posal, which has not keen accepted. It Was, .however,'
declined so an amicable niatitier. 1 recommend to the
consideratiuti in Congress, whether further prohibitory
vovisions, in the laws relative to this intercourse, may
not iw expedient. It is seen with interest, that alt( gh
it has ram been practicable, as yet, so agree in any
arrangement of tin, important branch of their continerce,
such is the disposition of the parties, that each will view
any regulations which the other may make respecting it,
it the st friendly light.
" By the sth di title oh the convention, concluded on
the 'lab October, 1818, it was stipulated that the dif-
ferences which had arisen isemecii the two Gm moments
with regard to the true intent and meaning of she sth
article of the treaty of Ghent, in relation to the carryirig
away, by British officers, of slaves front the United
States, aCel the exchange of the ratification of
the treaty of peace, unsaid be referred to the decision
of some friendly Sovereign or State, to be named for
that purpose. "Cite Minister of the United States has
been mstmeted to name to the British Government a
foreign Sot ereign, the COIMI/011 friend to both parties,
for the decision of this question. The answer of that
Government to the proposal, when received, will indi-
cate the further measures to be pursued on the part of
United States. .

" Although the pecuniary embarrassments which
affected the various parts of the Union during the latter
part oldie preceding year, have duringithe
been considerably augmented, and still continue to
exist, the receiFti into the try, to the 30th of Sep-
tember last, have amounted to 1e,000,000
liter defraying the current expellees of the Government,
including the interest and reimbursement of the public
debt, payable to that period, amounting to 1e,a00,000.
there remained in the treasury on illat day Inure ►han
2,soo,oodollars,which with the PIIIM receivable during
the remainder of the year, will exceed the current
demands upoll the treasury for the same period.
" The causes which have tended to diminish the
public receipts, could not fail to have a corriesponcling
effect upon the revenue which has accrued upon imposts
and tonnage, during the three first quarters of the pre..
ceding year. It is, hovers et, ascertained that -the
dui iesw [such have been seLured during that period exceed-
-18,000,000, and those of the whole year will probably
amount to V 3,000,000.
" For the probable receipts of the next year, I refer
you to the statements which will be tran.uutted front
the treasury, which will enable pets to judge whether
further provisions be necessary.
" The great reduction in the price of the principal
's has -

[Plum 94d.

piufitable mai ket at -home, hate been shipped by the
manufacturers to the United States, and is many in-
stances, sold at a price below their current value at the
place of 'manufacture. Althots,th this practice may,
from its nature, be considered temporacy. ur eolith,-
gent, it is not on that ocemint less Siourtoiss in its of
Uniformity in the demand and price of au artis
cle, is highly IleSit.allie w 11W domestic trsattufacturer.
It is deemed of .rest importoisce to give encon-
rageineirteto our domestic manufactures. lit what
manner the evils adverted to may be reniedied, and
' how far it may be practicable, in other respects, to
Jana! to theta further cm-mu:tee-mew, paying due re.►
gord to all the other t ititereats of the nation, is
sub 000 i l ted to the wisilo s.
" The survey of the coast for the establishment of
fortifications is now nearly completed, and considerable
progress has been made in the collection of materials fur
the construction of fortifications in the Gulf of Mexico
and in the Chesapeake Bay. The winks on the eastern
bank of the Po:out:ie. hetow Alexandria, and on the
Peapa eh, in the Delaware, are much advanced; and
it is expected that the fortifications at the Narrows, in
the harbour of New Yosk, will Lc einnpleted the present
year.
" The troops intended to occupy a station at the
mouth of the St. Peter's, on the Missis‘ipi. have esta-
itlished themselves there; and those which were Or.
dried to the mouth of ;he Soso!, on the Miss
soori, have ascended that river to the Council Bluth.
where they still reniaie until hex' 'spring. when they
will proceed to the place of their destination. I have
the satisfaction to state, that this measure has been excc
cuted m amity with the Indian tribes, and that it pro-
wises to produce in regard to diem, all the ads antages
which were contemp:aied by it.
•• Much progress has likewise been made in the con-
struction of ships of war. and in the collection of tim-
ber and other materials I'm shils.huililing.
" For the print ction of our commerce in the Medi-
terranean, along the southern Atlantic coast, its the
Pacific and Indian Oceans, it has been found necessary
to maintain a strong naval force which is seems proper
for the present to continue. There is ranch reason to
believe, that Wane portion of the squadron heretofore
stationed in the Meiliterraician shoidd be withdran
our intercourse with the powers bordering on that sea
would Le much interrupted, if not altogether destroyed.
Such, too, has been the growth of a spirit of piracy, in
the other quarters men;itilicil by atheimerers from every
country, in abuse of the friendly flag %%thick they have
assumed, that not to protect our Collllllefre would he to
abandon it as a prey to their rapacity. Due attention
has !thee:vise been paid to the suppression of the Slave
Trade, in coolish:nice with a law of the last maims.—
Orders hate been given to the (mainlanders of all our
public ships to seize all vessels navigated tinder our Hag, •
engaged tut that trade, and to bring them its, to be pro.
ceeded against in the manner prescribed by that law.—
It is hoped that igurout tneasuree, supported by
like acts by other statiom, will soon terminate a com-
merce so disgraceful to the Civilized world.
" In the execution of the duty iniposcd by these
acts, and of a high trust connected with it, it is with
deep regret I have to tote the loss which has been sus-
sustained by the death of Commodore Perry. His Fed-
!awry in a brilliant exploit, in a late war, added le the
renown of his country. His „death is deplored as a
national misfortune.

4" J. Mosinws.

"4 Washington. Dec..l .1519."

Tne QUARTER'S Revestte.—The following is
the Net Produce of the R.:venue in the last Quar-
ter, compared with the corresponding Quartet

1 I _... ............_ .. • s
try, and the great extent of their population and re-
articles-of domestic growth, which has Declares' during
sources, gave them great advantages en
which, it was
.attil- - • sse isses. MUM... FFFFF n,liti INS IVA] •All • •••• ~• • ••-•,•-•
the present )car, end the consequent fall in the price Quarters ended Jan. 3. Imam. Demean.
ciliated, at a very early period, it WOlllll be ouncuit tor of labour. apparently So falreneable to the success of do„,
. ist9. 1820
Spain to surmount. The manufactures,
steadiness, consistency, and mestic have not shielded them against ending the,tith January, 1819,
.
success with which they have pursued their ottlect, as ---.---
other causes averse to their .proimitity. The pecuniary ' Customs X 2,483.684 1: 2,2V6.453 ammo
evinced more particularly by the undisturbed sovereign. disapnointineitis which have so deeply affected the cont. Excise 6,238,n IA 6,439413 fOI,SOZ
ty which Buenos Ayres has so long enjoyed, evidently menial interests of the nation, have been nu less ad. Stamps 1,33a,31s 1,503,3te )1/tele
give them a strong cfaint to the favourable consideration verse to our manufacturing establishinewts, in several reet-office•••• 319.000 valsono 59,0 t
AMMO. T 11,34•1478 2,3iti. 873
of other nations. These sentiments, on the part of the 'sections of the Union. Laud Taxes 408.366 442.953 34,35;
United States, have not been withheld front oilier "Tine great reduction of the currency which the Editew,,,, i 3363107 177.074 43.67
Powers, with whom it is desirable to act. in Colleen. banks have been constrained to make, in order to conti. --..—.. ....—.....—.
Should it become manifest to the world, that the efforts nue specie payments, and the vitiated character of it 13,n911.777 13,469,194 338•76. -MAIN
! ( of Spain to subdue those provinces will be fruitless, where such resinctions have not beets attempted, instead
it may be presumed that the Spanish Government itself of placing within the reach of these establishments the Deduct Decesase...... 2511.3,2
will give up thecontest. In producing such a detenni- pecuniary aid necessary to avail themselves of the ad- Increase in Quarter 70.447
nation, it cannot he doubted, that the opinion of friendly vantages t,,„l,iiiit foots the redoetioi, of the prices
of it thus appears tlrat there is an increase urea the
Powsre, who have taken no part in the controversy, will the raw materials and of labosir, fuer
Quarter of this Year of
.70,4171. From this increase,
have their merited influence.
•- It is of the blabs's, importance to national dia.. banks to withdraw frnot them a iturttuu of tilie capital
he.etufore advanced to ahem. That aid which has been however, such proportion of the new duties as may
racter, and indispensable to me morality of our citiaens, refitted by the hints, has ant been obsaitied front-other have been received during the quarter ending Stb ~.ir 0 it ~,
that all
violations of our neutrality should be presented. ~„,ces, owsog to the lass of individnal confidttivr,from January, 1820, should be deducted. The whole (,' . -, )
Nosloor should be left open tor the evasion of our laws, the
failures which have recently occurred nu sonic of amount of new duties received in the last quarter, ~ „,.,
•••••...: a
stn opprntunity a/lorded to any wins may be disposed It)
our pritscolial commercial cities. it is observed, does not exceed 200,0001. at the ut. ';l*s- - - ,$l,l
lake advantage oft, to compromise the inlensil on iluaitita .. A, additional cause of me depression of these es. mos.,
t The. re has barn a decrease of 239,1091 in iii `o' is
of the .natiota. It is sal muted, theielare, to the con- Aii(l,
tablahments, may probably be found in the pecuniary
the customs—a melancholy proof of die great falling
eideration of Congress, whether it may nut be adviseable coibatriastoritts of which save nx•eutly affected those ''..:xr
10 revise. the lasts, vs tilt a view us this desirable result. countries, with which our consomme has, been ipsinci- oil' in our trade anti commerce ; but in the Each*
"It is submitted, also, whether it may cut be , pally prosecuted. there has been an increase of 201,5051. There has A /We.
adviseaiks iii designate, by law, the Selic/al emu In •• Their manufactures, for the 'taut bf a ready or been a deerene in the Sten dolicS Of 27,1:101. • 1.,
-•1,114
a Z 4 14:-
) fivllil \
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