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PRESIDENT'S E.

WASII/NGTON, FEB. follw.ring nes-
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-sage st:ts trat)hittv(l by the Picsitieht

of the ll).:ited States to both Houses of Congress:
" To the Senate and House of licpresentatires of the

I 74, ited Slat ta

" I lay before Congress copes'uf {he Treaty of Peace and
Amity between the United States and his lithannielqalesty,
which Wll3 s;gneol. by the Commissioners of both parties at
(:bent, en the 2.lth of Decembet, 1814, and the ratifications
of havt2 been duly esehanged. While p.7lortning this
-act, I tot,,Trattilate you and our coustitients, upon an event
which is highly honottPable ',lienation, and terminates with
'Twee:int' felieiiTa "campaign .signiilized by the must brilliant
StI:TCSACS.

" The late war, alt hongh relustantly declared by Congress,
had become a necessary resort, to assert the ri,glits and inde.
prudence of the nation. It has been waged with a success
w!.ich is the natural result of the Legislative Counsels, of
the patriotism of the people, of the public .spirit of the mill
lig, and of the valour of t',,c military and naval forces of the
country. Peace, a.t ztll Hines, a blessing, is peculihrly wel-
come, t her:fore,- at a period when the causes of the war have
t.';;;,7t-il to operate; when the Government has demonstrated
the rfiiciency of its powers of defence: and when the within
can review its conduct,without regret and without reproach.
" I recommeno to your care and beneficence the gallant
awn hose aellieVdii.eilt., in every department of military
service, on the land and on the wai<r, have essentially con-
triboted to the American name, and to the restoration of.
The feelinp t-.:* conscious patrlntistn and worth will
animate such men, tinder erery change of fortune and par-
....;1; but their country performs a duty df itself, when it
bestows those testimonials of approbation and applause, 1
tshich are, at once, the reward, acid the incentive to great
actions.

peace.

" The retinetiOn of the public expenditures to the demands
of a pewee establishment will doubtless engage the immediate
attention OC Congress. There are, however, important con-
siderations which forbid a sudden and general revocation of
the measures that have been lir/a:need 4y: the war. Ex-
perience has taught sus, that neitt•er the Pacific dispositions of
the American people, nor the < rci lc charactr of their poli-
tical institutions, can altogether cxentpt them from that
strife which appurs, beyond the ordinary lot of nations to be
incident to the actual pet iod of the world-; and the same faith-
ful monitor demonstrates that certain degree of preparation
for war is not only indispensable to avert disaster in the on-
set, bat affords also the best security for the continuance of
peace. The wisdom of Congress, will, therefore, lam confi-
dent provide, for the maintenance of an adequate regular
force t for the gra/Inal advance of the. naval establishment;
for improving all the means of harbour defence ; for adding
discipline to the distinguished btavery of the militia; and for
caltivating the military art in its essential branches under the
1 liberal patronage of Government.

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" The resources of our country were, at all tithes, com-
p/tent to :he attainment. of every national olkject ; 'but they
will now be enriched and invigorated by the activity which
peace will introduce to all the scenes of domestic enterprize
and labour. The provision that has been made for the public
creditors, daring the present Session of Congress, must have
a decisive effect :is the establishment of the public credit
both at home and abroad. The reviving interests of corn-

merce will claim the Legislative attention at the earliest op.
Firtunity; and sod' reg.olations will, I trust., be seasonably
devised, as shall secure to the United States their just pro-
portion of the navigation of the world. The most liberal•

pciley towaills other nations, it met by correspo.:l4ling dis-
pu.,itions, will in this respect be found the !nest brneficial

policy towards ourselves. Ilia there is no object that can
enter with greater force and inerit into the deliberation of
( °ogress, than a consideration of the means to preserve and.
prutuote the manufactures which have sprung Into existence,
arid ati..rled aatTnuparalleied maturity throughout the United
States r!uring the period of European wars. This source of
national independence and wealth I anxiously recommend to
the prompt and constant Guardianship of Congres's..
.• The teranTitation of the Legislative session will soon Se-
parate you, fellow citizens, front each other, and restore you
to your Constituents. I pray you to hear with you the ex-

passions of my sanguine hope. that the peace Which has beeu
just declared will t►at ouiy be the foundation of the most
friendly intercourse between the United Ntates and Great Pais

tain, but that it will also be productive of liAppiness and har-
mony in every section of our beloved country.

4, The i;itineoce of ywir precepts and example twist be
eve:T where powerful; and while we accord in grateful ac-
hnowle,:gments for the protection which Providcice has be-
st.iweil upon us, let us never cease to inculcate obedience to
the and riddity to the Union, as constitntinz the pat-
hidinin of the national independence and prosperity.
" JAMES MADISON.

" Was!:ington, Feb. 18, 1815."

CORONEU'S INaUEST.—Sattuday, an Inquest was
held at the. Cambridge Cotree-Meuse, Newman-
-Btteet, before G. HODGSON, Esq. one of the Co-
roners for Aliddlesex, on the body of Richard
Packet., a tailor, Who was found hanging from Ids
heal-post on Thursday morning.—James'Charlev,
a hair4r'isser, deposed, that he lodged in the
sante house with the deceased in Rathhone-place,
tliat on Thursday morning, about eleven o'clock,
Mrs. Packer went out on li,iness, and returned
in a quarter of :in hour, and finding the deceased's
bed-room door fa`qened, and getting no answer
from within, it was broke open, and the deceased
found suspended from his bed-post by his neck-
cl,nh, which was fixed in a earelessinanner under
his chin ; they instantly cut hint' doWn and sent
for a surgeon, but life was quite extinct. Wit-
ness knew the deceased many years',' he alveays
:appeared very chceiful, but of !:tte 'igteined very
low and desponding. Verdict—lnsanity.
ExEcuTtoti.---Ille execution of the murderer
ifempstock, at :.;ottinghani, on Thursday,» excited
the tuoSt aDNIOUS curiosity,- and immense crowds
wt;i e collected, not iv it hsta n ding eight in the
morning was appointed as the tinie on It:count of
the fnir. At one 'the. inorning of Itis,
exueution, he confessed himself ,the sole perpe-
trator of the horrid deed ; and, front that time,
bis saVaze and hardened ferocity seemed to .give
way to the thtputfhts of a 'future 'state. Whyri
rived at the fatal tree, he addressed the vast
rotttoli.ng throng, as far as his ignorance would
permit hint,. 'in words of cautionary admonition,:
against indulging. that fatal'prop,.;...;ity to passion
of the mind and dissipation of -condnet; which
had brought Lim to his disgraceful end.