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the description of the Attorney General.-in his
Speech, as rite thing hy. which it was :0-be guided,
'instead of, and i" pteference'ro, the evidence which .
Was given-upon the Trials; that such a dem ipti.in in
;Speech was to exellide all 'reference to Wuold
the Right Hon. Gentleman Who spoke last, have been'
satisfied with- the .e*pressions :whe-n the Habeas
Ciirpui Ad 'was proposed to,be suspended, if
Gentleman who oliposed. that .suipension had laid,
hook at the statement of the Learned Chief
ItiJstice in the Special Crinimiiiiion under which those
who were accused were tried—He► said that the
par'ty accused, were Without numbers, withoUt
'talents, without mosey, and even without zeal"—
Would the Right Hon. Gentleman haVe taken this
'description' of the *Chief, justice in answer to the
Motion for . suspending .the Habeas Corpus ?
Most unciaestionably he would not, andle did- rimy
fdr such arguMents were ;used, 'and' the .:Wight.H6W.
Gentleman 'resisted them with all the force.of'itis•
talents.-:'Why then shoUld. he now admit- the speech
of an Attorney General, When. he•had paid.so little
regard, to the. 'language of a Chief Justice ?—The
truth was, that in the *former case he ret-erred
'evidence' to speeciteS' . as' proof—,and now he
preferred' speeches'' to evidence-Then as to the '
real state of Ireland, "what did His Majesty's
speech convey 'to Parliament on that•subjeell
site Leaders of the. Conspiracy •had been brought to
justice, .and that His Majesty hopes the public
tranquillity will 'meet no further inteiruption. Now
he would ask, Whether it wasirratiodal to suppose
that the tatiblic tranquillity might be a good deal.
ow inglo .this very power proposed by this Bill to be.
„even to Nfagistratcs and other persons ? His 'Ma-
jesty :went on to say, ".that he entertained a hope
that
,such of his deluded Sti'bjeas as 'have swerved •
From their allegianee; will, byCtimparison with the
.state of those who r are under. the Dominion of
Irranee, concur. in repelling the.Enemy."Did Isis
'Majesty give any opini,oo. that a Conspiracy did not'
exist in Ireland "? No—he only expressed a hope
that such' of His Stibitels, who been &Wed'
would return to their. senses. , He gave them credit
that they would have a desire in.forii4-Th sopFOrt
theft lawful Sovereign. Did that etitjr ey any WO
that all perSoni in. Ireland had hecon at once in..,
fedi), contented-or that there did no22exist, • ISM.
a
considerable degree,' disaffedion in 'lreland? 'He
had no scruple in saying, that entertaining as be
did a perfed cony idion of- the improvement of the'
disposition c,t the,reople of Ireland, he Should be
happy indeed if he could persuade himself there did.
not exist there even now, a greater body of perons
who were against the Government than ever exist-
any time, of distiffetted men in this Contor).
He wished he could believe that there was not now
in Ireland a greater body of men disaffeeted to time
Government, than ever existed of the same sort in
this Coontry at any time, but he. could not bring
himsellto that belief, and therefore he could nut
say that the measure before theflutitie was without
-foundation,. The HortiGentlemanhad accused Mi...
nisters with Under-rating Conspiracy atone time,antf
over...rating it at another—that they played fast
and loose upon that subjeit." Now it was • not on
the, mere' circumstances of what had happened that
he founded the necessity
.of this measure. Think.
•
tog as' he did,' that the danger' on that' account had
Akeen greatly exaggerated by that Rt. Hon. Gent:
lind:by others, yet be must say on:thc .other hand,
tlztttthe measure now before the House was neces.
.nary as a measure .of precaution on -the 'part of
Government, to prevent mischief tkat,mig4 other.,
wise ensue, and the b;.itter to prevent the to..opc.
ration of the disaFf..eled•with.the enemy, and there.
joke there was nu inconsistency in Ilk Majest:.)s
Miniaret:, for there was a 'danger, whichtliough
far short of what had been described, yet appeared
tOlial to be more than sufficient to make hini 'adopt
-the measure now under consideotion, and it appear.
ed to him to :be part of. tote duty.of Parliament to
entertain*measures ofpreptution of this nature. under
call the circumstances. by which we were surrounded,
~Now, whether we-took 'the proceedings of the 23d.
of. July, as a symptom of great ,discontent in general
in. the People of Ireland, or only the misguided,fury
of a feW deluded people, still the present,was ne.
cessary measure. of precaution agaiwit the mischief
:which might happen kilt were 'not adopted. '!'hose
:who doubted this would do' well to look at the ev.i.
,dertee given' at the Trials of the Traitors in jrc„
laud; but above all, let theM look at our cire4m.
stances gar the presont moment'. tt We know,,,

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said 1ir.•,,f4 that diiratisfsetion eicists in Ireland—
'Wo katisa That an Invasion is threatened." Baur&

the, 23d of July, it was matter of doubt with the
Irish Government, whether they should not have

told this Government the desire they had to have

some measure of precaution adopted before Par.
liarnent separated—whether they should not Mate
distinaly to Government their,—opinion of the
expediency of resorting to such a measure as
this, and those who know the charatter 'of chic
Lord Lieutenant, and also of the Noble and
Learned Person who holds the, Seal there, will do

than the justice to believe, that nothing \but the
furtherance of justice and the safety of the Empire,
Could induce them to recommend any measure that
Would bear hard on any body, and an entire con vie.
lion of its absolute necessity—Now seeing all these
Circumstances happen day and night--knowing the
preparations of the enemy, which are increasing in
e-.4tent and aftivity every day—knowing - that this
11 the season of the year for making the attempt;
_knowing also that if it is made at all it, isiikely to
be made in that ,part of the United' Kingdom---
Under these circumstances I put it to the_ 1-fpuse,
whether they think they ought . to. Aeparitie.cut
recess without giving.to the ,Exectitive.Qovernment
this measure of precantion, a measure Oluly injopt.
ed, and the efra.i fit tried and approved it
might .be said, as it.. had brew said, why not
institute an inquiry To which the answer was,
'firm, on former occasions a measure like this, 45

wOl as the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act,
114d...been adopted without any previous enquiry;
upon the notoriety of the nedessity of the, measure
that was rite case in every instance in which the Ha.
heat Corpus Ad bad been suspended, he appte.
Iwnded tliwt g similar reason had as much force at the

present moment' as it had-at any former period.—
As co giving tntormatinn to the he had
no eerupls in saying, 411,11. he, olunkld havc pudic-

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Mee 0,
11 :11,!*,atl the inforcnitiee. pisseeeed.- J v •Governe
meet 1 but aftcr .
,t;ml Committee;
.moist
melee. Geeeral Re:eerie stettieg, that upon e,,eiesee
of the FVldenCe the Cominittee w s ttii,fietlehat
.
this measure- is necessary, which, would be giving
the IsloOse tweinforniation whatever, ,and therefore
chaff
objediott of the want of infortnatinnewould
remain as it is. at pteseot : or eltey must detail the
evidence leid befoee them, et course which he was
sure the House would see liable to the greatest of
all ohje&ions. that of tneleitig. entirely public( uir-
cumstances,whicleought by no- means to: be so et-
the present crisis. Having.tuicett a view of the con.
duel of Ministers in the Preliniieary and Defieitive..
Treaty of Amiens, and professed his readiness to
defend .the whole at that condud,, Ile erecepitulated
the heads of his argument ineitippoeteofe.the present
measure. He said, he
.belieeed.it coulttenot be veine
trnverteil that proceedings sienilae,to the,presenehed
been frequently adopted „witheut anK. preliminary
information whatever. 'chile the ojejettion on. this
account came.,.With peculiar ill.grace;frum-those who
not only. never urged. it ()titter, but who vehementle'...
resisted it when urged by. others, and had been in
the uniform !whir of so doing' for the.lest ten years
when the House had repeatedly, been under the melan-
Oholy DeCCkSity ofeessing measures Ofehisdescription.
Thin with rcgar&to the state of Ireland, although
it was not.entleestio justify the y takenof it by
,the IZ,ight Hon. Gentleman tv lop spoke -last, yet it
was smith jestifted,eor rather called ;tor thisemette •
sure of precaution... One Hun. Gentleman wbsi, had
spoken a feiv nights era, (elr. Cenuo tus ißstetee.
FORD) i.VhO was well quelithel to form 'an opinion
le the stale of -Ireland -having been clesely con.
nested with its Government, had candidly -cuefessed
he had changed., his opinion since the lest sele,
sione when he diqsented from ehe expression in that
i-leusee by which it wes maititained, that- there was •
a,considerable improve_ ;heat -in the, general
tion of the people of :Ireland. That Hon. Giuttlee
met.; had ;said, he was ; convinced there .sees that
imprOvemeut, .and. he diad,added, that every
°nem
who was 'considerablecin Ireland, either for wealth
or good, Morels, .sioeerely.eiVilietl.-liiia measure to
beedopted. Mr. Apperties'eoet concluelcd with beg.
ging pardon of the liousettor eieetipeting So long its
ten t 45117—.1411 he had •convittion of the nes
ccisity of, the pre;:ent eneastiree And. there was • no
Parliamentary Ground laid for the Preliminary 1n..:
quiry deeianded ;by, Gentlemen on the other side.. •
it'ILBERFORCE metres. an •able Speech • in•
the measure new before thellouse, hut
which, ins wed as the rest of the -proceedings,. we
'Pre untitr, the necessity - of making very short,
assigned reasons for assenting to this measure-
. at
.the, proent crisis to, etreogtlien. The hands- of
Gevernment, but obsereed, . that in the course of-
- the century Ireland -had been conned-led% wide •us,
having -the' same tnttn. of. Laws,. and GovernMent,
the number sefßelieliiotie and Insurredions that took
pLice'thefi proved there.was some tided in the syse
tem, by 'which that Cotentry lied been governed, and
therefore he threseeout all expedatinn that instead,
of these ads nf; teteporary•Lpolicy, some.broad and
' liberal system' of eidarged justice and -true- wisdom
wotild be adopted with iteeerti to that.Countrye •
Dr, LAWRENCE, dis4i)vroved entirely• of the
present measure, end which 'he.reprobated altoge-
ther as 3: Me RS Ure Oat w,ta absolutely, unnecessary,
for -;hat it must he,tioneoessaty unless the Country
;was in a„ftate of Rebellion, and then Idie Majesty,
in virtue of his.reeritetive,
.could, declare
,Martial
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Thc:Cti,ANc ELLOR,Of ibC EXCH. QUE R explained ;
eie also Lord Ce,;eI,ER:EAGH.
General LOFT us approved of this Bill as aprecau.
.tionary measure., ind voted for it On that ground.
The. ATTORNEY G,ENIIRAL supprt,ed the
and, enswecui the observations of Dr. LAW.
Reece. . The great advantage of this Bill .would be
that part., of gee Country whereeit was iwantede.
might ..be put under its force ; while. other parts that
were tranquil, would he under the ordinary ilaw.of
-the land,- whereas if Mateial: Law was. proclaimed
, in virtue eof. His Majesty's prerogative, it nest
()relate all, Yer the,whole Country , without discri-
ininatioreeeHe tookjt view. of the conduit of. Mr.
WeNnieeeti and :Wedged „that his sentiments 31.).
prated to change according ,to the side of elm flutter!
on sshicli he Sat.' "e- • • ' •

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Mr. Wilinti.k • t.r "explained, •
Mr. M FeEtlNS(..)N,rtp p 9 t!.e 4ig I measure ati
übsolutely,,,necessary at theysre!tenrcriiis, but followed
up the idea of Mr. Wlt:er.ltFoat.',E, of hairinka plan
of broad, liberal, permanent, policy,
.fnunded. on
justice, apOied to Ireland-, and.threatened the King';
Ministers..with impeachment if they neglefted that
measure any longer than was absolutely unavoidable,
The Qttestion'was then put and carried.
: The Bill: was ordered to be. Commit teo to, a Com.
mit tee of the Whole tious.e tir.tnorrOw 'morning. ,
Mr. Poiart brought up an Estimate of Charges on
the OG:e of Ordnance,. and gaye notice, be shotild
muvL. to refer then) to a Committee of Supply. on
Frida)'. .„ : 4• • : .•
ahr4IVCEL OR If the .F.XCII4QI,IgI?,
moved, that a Counnittge he appointed to inquire',
into the expenditure ot theUnttect Ntngdom, from
the Ist of japuaty ti3ol to the January tsoa,.
the sum, cp,i?trilmtett I.ll,!fein by . Great Britain and.
IrelAnd•respeCtively, and to, repnrt the saint: with
their opini m thereupon to the.l-I?use.—brdered..
Sir PIIIL IP STEPHENS moved; in a ComMictee
of Supply, , •
709;,.i491, qs: £,1,. Ur grantea for the Hire of Trans.ports tar thee Year !gm,'
That 5i0,2661. grantett, f)r. .ciefrAying, the'
Charges of_ Pr tamers of War, . in tiOttb, at homeandabrtiad,
for 1304. .
• That
.0,00 i: be granted,rot d:itnying•:. the Charges of
Sick .Prisonercof war tor 1304) d'", 71;
These Resniuttons N err yo,ted,, , The Report was
ordered to be received to.rnorrtr.vonorning-. Fur.
titer Committee -of SupletY on Welnetal4Y. . •
Mr. Cottuy pursuAlit to notice, moved for leaye,
to..bri6g in .a Bill it. suspend, for a linr:to be,
limited, the opsrmiii, of Will —on the subje4 of
Silver Notes in liOand, which was chiefly, he said,
tf) keep the law in this case as it stood (for the Bill
he wished to suspend was to commence ort the is;
of
ahem.!l4'iur4nr.)Palrelxl;it), tilintwilltGo ta'rnetrio
tar}' D. in Ireland. Lave granted.,
•
Mr.' SARGCNT broug!lt hp rlig . report of the
of Revtrietion

On tentlingtithf! Anic.,dttierit,
tithieh tihkeli the
..duration of the Bill six mantlis after the conclusion
of Ptitc,:t

:ii). ELFORD called the attention of the
:I Lithe .to this Amendment, whi..:ll he did not oppose,
hut vltich he thought of sufficient importa-ce to
',claim the attention of the lie thought it
.an improfer matter to be past nib silentio. •
The CHANCELLQIL of the EXCHE(UER
saki, it had (teem thought inconvenient fa mdltd' the
1111 Continue only for six weeks alter Peace, lien
c tote, if that should liappe,n in the Reerst, and it
should be4ountl, inconvenient' to allow the Work to
pay off in cash so soon .afterwards, Parliament
Must. assemble for that very purpose ; whereas, if
Parliament should be sitting, and six months should
appear too long, the rime might be shortened, tot
there was power to vary or repeal the 'Bill at any
time, contained in the Bill itself.
Alter a tow V.14%14 fiver Mr: VANSITTAX T aria Mr,
SWAu, 1;/.!' Amu:ad:Mit was Weed to. The Dill was or-
dered to be engrossed, and read a .third time to-morrow, it
then ingrosaed.
The .Seamen's Desertion Hill was read a third time and
past, on "thel.ardtion ut 4.:4lprain MAR
• The Malt t)uty Hill, and the Pill fur imposing Duty on'
l'ensioncitnd Pc:lanai Estates, were read a that, and ordered
to be read- second' time to-Morrow—as. was also thullasi
Million Exchequer Loan Kill..
Some itesklutiono on Expiring Laws in Ireland were agreed
to, and bills brouy,in iii upon them..
The Bill by which heel. were yoted fur the reliefot car,
lain Curates, who may be deprived of Breit Cures in consfr.
quence of the rosidenco fq incumbents on their Cures, y,sts
read aiirst time, and uidercci to be read.a auond time lox
morrow,

Tlic English Inland BM of exeitattge,llill, and the Sugar
Drawback Dill, wertricaEl!, at trot time,. to be road 4 4,416,,,11d
time •
Air AL...count of Exchequer Bills, .cuttatanding trelvTi sep+
ternb:r sloa to SL•pteinbct was hid trll 114 Table.
The !hilt B•Ank Restriction litll was °Maid to b: rt. d 4
second' tern:. fo7morto w •
Deierred Wa vs and Mans to ‘Yedoeldsy
.Tlie I ndenniity hat was react a second titre, and ordered to
be committed to A Committee of the whole House W.:nor.
row:' ! - .

About halfaftet the. 004'0 ETAitued.

cuNCUZESS Cilar4D STll7l.*

WA.SiIIjiGTOY, OCT. 17, 1.g03.

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Tots (1.1 r; :igroebbly to the Presitlent'.: Prochittsa,
Lion, quo/pros ofitOth'Houses of. Congress iti.:eniblea,
in thi;icity:—The' President being intotmed thereof''.
at three o'ctock ev;romultieated to both H At ses,, ley ,7
i\lr... liarvie',. his.Sectetary, the folluwillg Nidssag, :
" To ihr.S'enale rind ficlire If Iffpreletrtatives of the
' United Pat, i : ... .
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." In calling you tcg,llier, feWitv,,cit izerts, at an
earlier-day thin way contemplated by aft of the last
Session of Congress, I have not been insensible tai
tbepersonal inconvenimcies necessarily resulting
from an unexpe4ed change in your arrangements;
but matters of grvit public•coneernMeitt hove fere..
tiered this call .necessary ; and the ihterestfi you feel
in these will supersede' in your tninds all private
considerations. •

Congress,ivitnissecl, at their late Session, the
extraorqinary.agitation produced in the public,inind
by the suspension of our right of deposit at the port .
of .New Orleans, no assignment of another place;
having ()Ceti made according to trey or.. They were
sensible that the Continuance of that privation
would be more injurious to Our nation than any
consequences could Bow from any' made. 'of
rarosi,, But rapoaing just confidence in the.griO4,-
faith of the Government whose Office r had committed
the wrong, frienilly.and reasonable representarions ,
were resorted to, and the right of deposit was rem'
stored.

Previous, however to this Period, we had not
been unaware of the danger to which out.praci
would he perpetually exposed, white .so important
a key, to the commerce of the western countr% re.
mained wider a foreign power. Difficulties too were
presenting themselves as to the navigation of other
streams,' which arising within our territories }sass
• through these adjacent. Propositions had therefore
been authorised for olstaining, on fair conditions the
sovereignty of New Orleans, and of other possessions
I in that quarter interesting to our quiet, to such ex.
tent' as was deemed pra4ticable ; and the provisional
appropriation of two tnilliona of dollars to be ap. •
plied 'and accounted for' by. the Presideot of the .
United States, intended as part of the price, was
`coniiderecl err conveying the •saation of Congress ••
lu. the. acquisition proposed. The enlightened Gr 5...,(.:
'vernment of Prance saw, with just discernment, the i.
imiiortance to both nations. of stilt liberal arrsnge."lci
mein as . might best and: pertnanently promote the'•
peace, frieipihilli'p, and inteiests of !,0t1,4 and the •
property
.and scritereigrity of all Louisiana, which
had been restpritt. rallitrot,,bas, un:certain. condi.
Lions, been transferred.to the thrited.States, by in.
struturnts bcarinetlate. the.,30111 of April
When these. shall received• the coostitutional
sanction 'of the Sehate, 'they .W1,)1.; .viithout dopey,
be communicated to the Repreienra tiv es alAo,,for the
exerci,e of their funaions as -to 'those c.aditioas
which' are within the' powers vested, by the Coniti. • .
'lotion' is Congress.. Whilst the 'property attd.tio,
Vereign4.oftlie-Mississippkand its waters source an
in,lependent outt4tltir •tbei prottuce of the Western
States,,;o,d an -unconirouled.. navigaticn their whole
course, free from collision with.othet Powets, .suet
the darters to our pelet, from that source, the terti.
lily of the country, ita.climate and extent, promise,
in doe season,-, important aids to our treasury, anti
ample provision l'orour posterity,. and a whir field
spread for; the blepiitigs of freedom and sequal 'hwy.
• .
With_the wisdom of Congress it will rest to
take those ulterior' measures winds May be: neees.
silty tot the iirt*trate Occupation, reltliwriTy
goy eounant of the country ; for its •incorporatioo
Intl, our tolioo,; 'render-log
,the• eltnge. of g,).
.
yerntnent
'toour ne'tyly hrethc,
Pie securing to them the r,iglos of cons:Attlee anti of:
property fot' confirming to 'ilkt irdtabitants
theituccupancy and .self.go,vrnmeto„ esrablishirg
friendly and commercial relatita” with theltis' Ala
for,asecitaining the geographyof the country ac.
spired. .Sttelt. materials for your infortnationrela.
Live. to its aftaiti i general, alv.the Ount•firtee
time has permitted ine, to, colleet, will be lad before ,
you when 'the subjett shall be .in a.state for your—
consideration. s . •

if Another important argoigition ,of 'territory
ha, also been made sirce the twat Sept4on oi Con.
gresi. The friendly tribes of Kadcabktl Indians,
with which we have never hati-a diference, redtteei

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by the:Wari and wants of savage td a few in.'
tit vHuals, unable to. defend themselves 'Rgainst the'
neighbouring tribes, has transferred its country to
the United States,' reserving' only,for its Members
sk.'hat is si:tire:lent tolnaintain them in an agricoltural
wiry. • Thesonsiderations stipulated ate, that we
extend, to them our, patronage amd protedion,
and give them 'certain annual aid., in money, in
Sertplements of tgric.cltute, and, other articles of their
Choice. This country,' among the most fertile
.within our limits, extending along the Mississippi
frof,n the:twoch of the Illinois to, and up the Ohio,
though not so neee,ssary as a barrier, since' the ac.
enisition of the other bank, may yet be well worthy
Eft being laid open to immediate settlement, as its
inhabitants may descend with rapidity, in support-
a the lower country, should fume circumstances ex.
time that' to, foreign enterprise. As the stipula.
iions;in this Treaty also, involve matters within the
competence of, both houses only, it -will be laid
I:vfore Congress so soon as the Senate shall have
a'Svised its ratification.
". With many of the other Indian tribes, im.
trovements in agriculture, and household manufae.
tore, are advancing.; and, with 'all, our peace anti
11',-,ft-Aciltip are established on grounds much firmer
Ltfl beretofbre. The meibure adopted of establish-
i,:g tra.ling houses among them, and 6f furnishing
tbern necessaries in exchange fur their commodities,
such moderate prices as leave no gain, but cover
ftom loss, has the most conciliatory and useful
't:ii.,-001-,them, and is: that w(lich will best
,secure
theirreace and goodlwiil.
small vessels authorised by Congress,
.•
with ti view to the Mediterranean service, have
been sent into that sea, and will he able More dice=
to ►ily tecOntine the 11110141 e cruisers within their
harbours, and supersede the necessity of convoy to
our Commerce in that quarter.., "fhey,will sensibly,
lessen" the expences of that service the ensuing
year.
'I A further knowledge of the ground in the
igorth Eastern- aro..Nprth Western angles. of the
United States, has evinced that the boundai ies esta.
blished by, the treaty/of Paris, between the Eri-
s ish territories and ours in those parts, were too
Itch erlealy described to he susceptible of execution.

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(t has tht..l.4,te been thought worthy of attention,
fi;:r pruJer v and cherishing the harmony. and tise-
':fnl intc.dc.,;ry.: subsisting b- wcen the Iwo nations,
to remove, by timely. arrangements, what unfa.
-061trable incidents might otherwise render a ground
ciftiture tnisundersranding. A convention has there.
Cite inteio into, which' provides for a. prn.
demarcation of the limits, to the satisfac..
of of Merit rt. tiefiq
" An aceoncit'of the receipts and expenditures of
the yea'r ending the 3oth of September, last, with the
estimates fur tike serviceof-the ensuing year, will be
Vadbefoie yeti by the Secretary.of the ,Treasury, so
SbOit the receipts of the last 'quarter shall be re.
torm..d fr:An the more' distant States. - It is already
erriqtied," that the arnO.Unt paid into the Treasury,
ihht year, has been bcqween eles'en andinWelve
of dollars,. 'and•that the revenue, accrued
ths s'aine term, exceeds the sunfcounted on,
sultielent for our euttent expences, and to
I, • debt, within Abe period heretofore
,rnount: of-the debt paid, for the same
yelt, . .ut three millions one huifdred .thousand
r c 7 of inileret, and in.:king,. With the

tyrnent'of tne preeeding year, a-diseharge of mote.
Pan eiz,lit millions Aild. an half of dollars of the
incinal of 'hat debt, besides the accruing interet ;
aittbtlu'-re'i6triain in the 'Treasury nearly mil.
'inns of. thillars. Of •theseeight hundred and eighty
thotisand have been reserved for 'payment of the
firt instalment due,' under the British Convention
of January -8th,•.1802, and two millions arr, what
hair e be'en'before mentioned, as placed by .Congress
under the power and decOuntability,of,the President,
towards tl,e price of .Ne.(v Orleans, and other terri,
,
aiAnired; which, remaining, untouched, are
applicable to that objea, aild go ih diminution
of the ;tutti to he funded fur it.

" Shrmid the acquisiticn of Louisiana" be consti..
jntianally confirmed., and c4rried into;dtfts, a stun
ot•neirly thirticti millions 61 dollars wiit then he
odid to our plibtio debt, 'most of which i 5 payable
*Kr fifteen 5 cars ; l•:.'fore Which term the present
exlitiCg dekt!; will 'all he &charged, by the esta.
Opc•Eition of the sinking tunti. Nifhen we
e4ii;emplate the indinary annu.il augmentation of
insl4Osr, froth porttlatioti and Wealth,' the
aotnentation of.the t avenue., ;by its eXtert.:lol7
And the economies which
Troy ;till be introduced into our, pUblic expendi.
I:VfeS,. I Ca but hope that Congress, in ft'VietV.
iog their resources,
;will find Means to Mem the
it..6.trt.liate interest of this additional debt, with..
out recurring to new taxes, and applying to this
only the orclin;iry prngression of ouirevenne.
.‘ Irs extrion finary increase, i,Y times of foreign •
war, will be the 'proper and sufficient 'fund for any
ineasure 'of safety or‘precatition, which that state. of
.
thfogs may render neceisary our ne.utr:ll position.
i‘ •liettnittant.es ter the 61- our'foreign
tiefot havilg been fOurtri tratticalile without-lass,- it
ha, not been thought expedient to use the power.
giv,to by a former IV.I of Congress, of Continuing
thon,,by re.lnans, rind of.redecining instead thereof
lual sums of domestic debt, although no difficulty
as.fotind in obtaining that, accomModation.:
" The turn of fifty thousand dollarsi,appropriated•
by Conveso for providing Gun.h4ats,,lernaina un.
evpendtd.•- The favi.Nurable.and- peaceable turn of
afi-a!rs on the Mississippi,
,rendered art. immediate
I xecutiort of that law unnecessary ; and time was de.
bitable, in order that institution of;hat branch
of our force might begin on models the most tip.
pioved by experience. The same issue. of events
disN:rised with a resort to the appropriation of a
million and a hall'oldnila(rs, contemplated for pur-
poses which were effeeted.by happier means.
" We have seen with extreme concern ,the ,flame
of war lighted up tigain in Europe, and Nations
with Wilk!) we have the most friendly and useful
relattonS, engaged in-. mutual &strut-tit:tn. • 'While
regret the miseries" in .which we see .otheTs in.
tet. us how with gratitude to that kind. Pro.
videnee which, inspiring with wisdom and nvide=
rat is/our late legislative councils, while placed an.
der the tirtetiCy of the greatest wrongs, guarded .us
from hastily entering law who banguin,try coiltest,
4,4 t kit u 44:1)y to look can and to pity its ray.)Sres.

, These will be heaviest on theta immediately en.
1 gaged ; yet the Nations pursuing peace will not be
exempt from all evil. In the course of this conflict
let it he our endeavour, as it is our interest and de.
sire, to cu ltivatothe friendship of the Belligerent •
Nations by every ad of justice, and of innocent
kindness ; to receive their armed vessels with hos.
pitality from the distresses of the sea, but to admi.
sister the means of annoyance-to none ; to establish.
in our harbours such a police as may maintain law
and order; to restrain our Citizens from embark-
ing individually in a war in which their Country
takes nu part ; to punish severely those persons, Ci.
rizeo or Aliens, who shall usurp the cover of our
Flag, for vessels not entitled to it, infeding there-
by with suspicion those of real. Americans, and.
committing us into controversies for the redress of
wrongs not own;: to exad from every Nation
the observ.ince towards our Vessels and Cititent, of
those principles and padiees which all civilized
people acknowledge ; to merit the charnder of a
just• Nation, and maintain that of an independent
one, preferring every consequence to. insult and ha-
.bitual wrong. Congress will consider whether the
existing laws enable us efficaciously to maintain this
course with Mr Citizens in all places and with
otheri while within the limits of our jurisdiction,
and will give them the new modificatior4 necessaq
for these objeds. Some contraventions• of right
have already taken place, both within our jurisclic.
tional limits and on the high seal. The friendly
disposition of the Governments from whose Agents
they,have proCeeded, as well as their wisdom and
regard for justice, leave us ih reasonable.expeda.
tion that they will be ratified .and'preverttetk info.
tore and that no at will be countenari&dby them
which threatens to disturb our friendly intercourse.
Separated by'a wide ocean from the Nations of Eu.
rope, and from the politiCal interests:wlikli entangle.
them together, with produCtions and wants which,
render our commerce and friendship ''usefol to them,
and theirs to us; it cannot be the interest:9f any to
assail us, nor ours to disturb them. be
most unwise indeed, were we to cast away the sin.
gular blessings' of the position in hich Nature has
placed us, the 'opp4ituntrysite has endowed Its with,
of pursing, at d '4lis`can'ee 'froth lot eign contentions,
the paths of i'nafiki ty, i)ta*U; and happiness, Of culti-
vating general friendship, and of br inging,coliesions
of interest to the umpirage of reason, rather than of
forCe.' flow desirable then must it be, in a Go-
vernment like otirs, to sec its Citiiens adopt indivi.
dually the views, the interest, and the ,condud which
their country should pursue, divesting themselves
of those passions and partialities which tend to
lessen Wal' 'friendships, and to embarrass- and em-
broil its in the calamitous scenes of Europe. Con-
fident, Fellow-Citizens, thatyou will dulyestimate.
the importance of neutral dispositions towards the
observance of neutral conduet, that you will be sen.
sible how much it is our duty to look on the bloody
Arena spread before us, with commiseration indeed,
but with no other Wish than to see it closed,. I am
persuaded you will cordially cherish these disposi.
dons in all discussions among yourSOves, an in all
communications with your. Constituents. And I an.
jicipate with satisfaction the measute of wisdom
which the great interests- no* committed to you
will give you an opportunity of providing, and my-
self that of approving, and of .carrying into execu-
tion, with the fiddle), I owe to my Country..
Utiobtr 17, 1803: " THOMAS J EFFERSON."

Art. 4. There shall be sent, lsy'the Covernment of France,
a Commissary to Louisiana, to the end that he do every at
necessary, as well to receive front the Officers of His
CATHOLIC MAJESTY the said Country and its Dependencies,
in the name of the French Republic, if it has not been already
done, as to transmit it in the name of the French Republic
to the Commissary or Agent of the United States.
Art. 5. Immediately after. the Ratification of the present
Treaty by the PRESIDENT of the United States, and in case
that .ot the 1, lasT CONSUL'S shall have been previously
obtained, the Commissary of the French Republic shall re-
mit all military posts of New Orleans, and. other parts of
the ceded Territory, to the Commissary or Commissaries
named by the PRES (DENT to take possession ; the Troops,
whether of France or Spain, who may be there, shall cpse to
occupy any military post from the time of faking possession,
and shall be embarktal as soon as possible in the course ot`
three months after the ratification of this Treaty.
Art. 6. The Urilted,,S tates promise to execute such Treaties
and articles as may have been agreed upon between themand
the Tribes and Nations of Indians, until by mutual consent
of the United States and the said Tribes or Nations, other
suitable artiElfs shall have been agreed upon.
• `.Art. 7. As•it is reciprocally advantageous to the commerce
Franceirid the United States, to encourage the communi-
•ftn of lantlittiatiOns liar a limited time in the Country ceded
b timpreient Treaty, until general arrangements relative to
comnietce Of both Nations may be agreed on, it has been
agreed between the ContraCting Parties ,• that the French Ships
comingdiredly front France, -or any ci? her Colonies, loaded
only with the produce ormanufaCtUres of 'France or her. said
Colonies • and the Ships of Spain comingdircetly from Spain,
or any of her Colonies, loaded only with the produce or manu-
fadures of,Spain or her Colonies, shall be adrni t ted, during the
space of, to years, in the Port of New Orleans, and in all ether
legal Ports of entry within the ceded Territory, in the Same
manner as the Ships of the United S tates-comiog di redly from •
France or Spain, or any of their. Colonies, without being
subjed to any other or greater duty on merchandise, or other
or greater tonnage than that paid by the Citizens of the
United States-.

During the space of time above mentioned, no other Nation
shall have a right to, the same privileges in the putts of the
ceded Ti.tritory ; the. twelve 'years shall 'commence- three
months after the exchange of ratification, it it shall takepiace
in France, or three nionthslifter it-Shall have been notified'at
Paris to the French• Government, if it• shall take place in
the United States; it is, however, welt understood, that the
object of the above Article is to favour 'the manufaF.tures,
commerce, freight, and navigation of Prance- and Spain, as
far as relates torthe importations that the French and Spa-
nish shall make into the said Ports' of the United States,
•. without in any sort alleeting the regulations that the United
'States may make concernini; the exportation of the produce
and the merchandize of the United State's, or any right they;
may have to make such regulations; •
• Art. 8. In future and forever; after tale: expiration of the
to year, the ships of France shall be:treated upon the footing
of the most favoured Nations in the ports above mentioned. '
Art. 9 The particular Convention signed this day by the'
• respeetiVe 'Alinisters, having for its object to provide for the
paypttiot !sifidel)ts due to the Citizens of toe United. States
byrthe FcencitAtepublic, prior to the 30th of September,
tBdt (Bth Vendemiaire, an 9.) is approved, and to have its
CTUKtItiOII in,thganne manlier as if it had been inserted in this
.present Treatty, and it shall be ratified in the same form,
and in the sane time, so that the one shall not be ratified
distinct from the other.

,Another particular Convention, .signed.at the same date as
the present 'freaty, relative to a definitive rule between the
Contraaing Parties, is in the like manner approved, and will
be ratified in the same form and time, and jointly.
A.rt., to. The present Treaty strait .be ratified inlootl and
due form, and. the Ratification shall be exchatsgcri in the
space of six months after the date orThe signature by the
lusters Plenipotentiary, or sooner if pe's'sibie. •
In faith whereof, the resper:live ,Plenipotentiaries .-haVe
signed these Articles in the trcncli and English languages;
declaring nevertheless; that the present Treaty,. was originally
agreed to itt the French language; and have thereuntoistlixed
their Seals. . .
Done at Paris, the tenth day of Floreal, in the eleventh
year of the trench Republic, and the loth of April,- m 3. • '
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