Star.
London, England, 1822-01-01 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.

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Tie following is a verbalists copy of the PRIESI•
isnres Speech, It extract from Which was given in
the STAR of yesterday: .
VIASIIING'fON CITY, DECEMBER .5. •
Allow-Citisens ofthe Senate and of the House w
Representatives,
' The, progress of our affairs since the last Session
has been sucb as may be justly, claimed and expected
under a Government deriving all its powers front an
enlightened people, and under laws formed by their
representatives on great consideration, for the sole
purpose of promoting the welfare and happiness of
theft constituents. In the execution of those laws, and
of the powers vested by the Constitution in the Exe-
cutive, unremitted attention has been paid to the
great objects to which they extend. In the cancans
which ace exclusively internal, there is good cause
to be satisfied with the result. The laws have had
their due operation and effect in those relating to
Foreign Powers.
• I am happy to state, that peace and amity are
preserved with all, by a strict observance, on -both
sides, of the rights of each, in matters touching our
commercial intercourse. Where a difference of opi-
nion has existed in any case as to the conditions on
which it should be placed, each party has pursued
its own policy, without giving just cause of offence
to the other.

a In this annual communication, especially when
it is addressed to a new Congress, the whole scope of
our political concerns naturally comes into view;
that errors, if such have been committed, day be
corrected—that defects, which have become manifest,
may be remedied : and, on the other hand, that mea-
sures which were adopted on due deliberation, and
which experience has shewn are just in themselves,
and essential to the public welfare, should be per-
severed in and supported. In performing this ne-
cessary and very important duty, .I shall endeavour
to place before you, omits merits, every subject that
is thought to be entitled to your particular attention,
in as distinct and clear a light-as I may be able.
" By an Act of the 3d of March, 1815, so much of
the several Acts as imposed hishet duties-on the ton-
nage of.foreign vessels, and on the manufactures end
productions of foreign ,nations, when imported into
the United States in foreign vessels, than when im-
ported in vessels of the United States, were repealed;
so far as respected, the manufactures and productions
of the nation •to which such- vessel.helonged, on the
condition that the repeal should- lake-effect only in
favour-.of any foreign nation, when. the Executive
should be satisfied that such disciiminating duties, to
the disadvantage of the United States. had likewise
been repealed by -such nation. By this Act, a • pro- •
position was made to all nations to place our• com-
merce with each on a basis.which, it Was -presumed,
would be acceptable to aIL Every tuition was.id-
lowed to bring-its ireanufitsturee Pad prodtsctious into
our ports, and take the manufactures, andprodut
tions of the United States-tack tee their ports,-.in
their own vessels, on the same condition that. they
might be transported in vessels of the United States:
and, in return, it was required that a like
accommo-
dation should be granted to the vessels et the United
Stuteiin.theliatii-,01 other Pritqrsi Zhu uttitiles to

conditions. • • .
When the nature of commerce betweeti she
United States and every other country was *mints,
view, it was thought that this proposition irmild be
considered fair, and everr liberal, by every Power....
The ex? orts of the United States consist- generallyof
articles of the first necessity and of raw materials, in
demand' for foreign manufactures; and prOduetions
of any foreign country, even when disposed of these
to advantage, miry. be brought in a single vessel.
This observation is. more especially applicable to
those countries from which manufactures alone are
Imported; but it, applies in a great extent to the En'.
ropean dominions of every European Pourer, and, lb
a certain piaci*. to all the colonies of those Powers.
lin placing then, the navigation precisely on ihe same
ground, in the transportation of exports and imports
Isetkveeo the PoitedSates and ojlier.countrioo;trAvas
prestundil aka; all was offered whit+ 'could . be. de.
med. It seemed to be the only proposition 'which
could be devised which would retain even the sent-
Wince of equity in our favour.
" Many considerations of great weight gave us a
right to expect that this commerce should be ex-
tended to the colonies as well as to the European
dominions of other Powers. With the latter, espe. -
daily with countries exclusively manufacturing, the
advaatage was manifestly on their side; an indem-
nity for that lois was expected from a trade with the
colonies ; and with the greater reason, as it was known
that the supplies which the colonies derived from us
were of the highest importance to them, their labour
Ong bestowed with so moth greater profit in the
culture of other articles; and because, likewise, the
articlei of' which those supplies consisted, forming so
large a proportion of the exports of the United States;
were never admitted into any of-the ports of Europe,
except in cases of great emergency, to avert a serious
calamity. 'When no article is admitted which is not
required to supply the wants of the party admitting
it, and admitted then, not in favour of any particular
country, to the disadvantage of others, but on con-
ditions equally applicable to all, it seems just that
the articles thus admitted and invited should be car.
vied thither in the vessels of the country affording
such supply ;rend that the reciprOcky should be found
in a corresponding accommodation on the other side.
By allowing each party to participate .in the .trans-
poriation of such supplies,. on the payment of equal
tonnage, it.strong proof was afforded of an accosts..
!misdating spirit.. ,To abandon to• it the transporta.
On of the whole, would be a sacrifice which ought
Loot to be expected. The demand, in the present
in-
stance, woul4 be the more unreasonable, in consi-
atton of the inequality existing in the trade with
the *parent country. .
V Such was the be* of our system, as established
by the of 1815, and such its true character. In
the,year in which. this Act was passed, a treaty was
'concluded with Great Britain, in strict conformity
with its principles in regard to her European domi-
nions: to her colonies, however, in the West Indies and
on this Continent it was not extended, the British Go-
vernment claiming the exclusive supply a thOse.Co-
(pixies, and from our own ports, and of the produc.
tions of the colonies in return, in her own vessels.
To this claim the United Statei could not assent,
and, in consequence, each-party suspended the in-
tercourse in the vessels of the other, by a prohibi.
Lion which still exists. The same conditions were
offered to France, but not accepted : her Govern-
ment has demanded other conditions more favourable
to her navigation, and which should also give extrapr-
' dinary encouragement to her manufactures and pio-
ductions in the ports of the United States: to these it
was thought improper to accede, and, in consequence,
the restrictive regulation, which had been adopted
on her part being countervailed on the part of • the
United States, the direct commerce between the two
countrie;, in the vessels of each party, has been in a
great measure suspended. It is much to be regretted,
that although a negociatien has been long pending,
such is the diversity of views entertained on the va-
rious points which have been brought into discus..
lion, that there does not appear to be any reasonable-
prospect of its early ,conclusion.
"It is my duty to state, as a cause of verygreat re.
Bret, that very serious differences have occur: ed in this
aegociation, respecting the construction of the Bth
*stick of the Treaty of 1803, whereby Louisiana
was ceded to the United States ; and likewise respect..
log the seizure of the Apollo, in 1820, for a viola-
tion of our revenue laws. The claim of the Govern-
ment of France has excited not less surprise than con-
cern, because there does not appear to be a jt:st foun-
dation fur it in either instance. By the Bth article of
the Treaty referred to, it is stipulated that, after the
expiration of twelve years, during which it was pit).
videJ, by the preceding or 7th article, that the vas.
seli of Francs and Spain should be admitted into the
ports of the ceded territory without paying higher
duties on merchandise, or tonnage on the ve.sels;
than such as were paid by the citizens of the United
States ; the ships of France should for ever afterwards
be placed on the footing of the must favoured nation.
the obvious coostruction of this article, it is pm-
sugned.that it was intended that no favour should be
sraqte.4 nu any ,Power in those ports to wl.ich France
.should not be•fotthwith entitled; nor should any ac-
,conmodatina be allowed to another Power on con.
w4eich ehc.would not, also, be einitled upon
tl)g! Arne conditions. Under this construction, no
rayour fir .accommodation could be grouted to any
Powet to the prejudice of France. By a,lowing•the
equivalent allowed by those Powers, she would at.
wort stand, in those ports, on the foo:ing of the Most
.14vouresbutiosi.. But if this article should be cont
§oood as that France should enjoy of: right, and
witheut.pa/ing the,equividenti.all the advuntag kit
,ka .senditusti OS might be Allowed to other-Vowert4

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"As little cause has the Government
complain of the seizure of the Apollo, and
snovel of other vessels from the waters of St. Mary's,
It will not be denied that every nation has a right tni
regulate its commercial spiteful :is it thinks fit. sued
to enforce the collection • of its revenue, provided k
-be done without an invasion of the rights of other.
Powers. The violation of its ,revenue lawi is an
offence which all nations punish ; the punishment of
which gives- no just cause of complaint to the Power
to which the offenders belong; provided it be extended
to all equally. In this case every circumstance width'
occurred indicated a fixed purpose to violate Mir
revenue laws. Had the party intended to have pur-
sued a fair trade, he would have entered our ports,
and paid the duties; or bad he intended to have car.
tied on a legitimate circuitous commerce with the
United States, he would have entered the port of
some other Power, landed his goodsat the Custom-
house, according to law, and re-shipped and sent
them in the vessels of such. Power, or of some other
Power which might lawfully bring them, free from
such duties, to a pert of the (Inked States. But the
conduct of the party in this case was altogether dif-
ferent. He entered the river St. Mary's, the boun-
dary; between the United States and Florida, and
took his position on the Spanish sidai on which, in.
the whole extent of the!river, there was:nO town, no
port, or Custom-house, and scarcely icy:settlement.
Nis purpose, therefore, was not to sell his goods to
the inhabitants of Florida, but to the United States,
in exchange for their productions, which could not
be done without a direct and palpable breach of our
laws. It is known that a regular systematic plan
had been formed by certain other persons for the vio-
lation of our revenue system, which made it the
snore necessary to check the proceeding in its outset.
" That the unsettled bank of a river so remote
from the Spanish garrisons and population could give
no protection to any party, in such a practice, is be-
lieved to be in strict accord with the law of nations.
—lt would not-have comported with a friendly
policy in Spain herself to hive established a Custom-
house there, since it could have subserved no other
purpose than to elude our revenue laws. But the
Government of Spain did not adopt that measure.—
On the contrary, it is understood that the Captain-
General of Cuba, to whom an application to that
effect was made by these adventurers, had not ac-
ceded to it. The condition of those Provinces for
many years before they were ceded to the United
States, need not now be dwelt on. Inhabited by dif-
ferent tribes of Ind4s, and an inroad for every kind
of adventurer, the jurisdiction of Spain may be said
to have been almost exclusively confined to her gar-
thous. It certainly could not extend to places where
she had no authority. The rules, therefore, appli-
cable to settled countries, governed by laws, could
not be dee:ned so to the deserts of Florida, and to the
occurrences there. It merits attention, also, that the
territory had been ceded to the United States, by a
Treaty, the ratification of which had not been re-
fused, and which has since .been performed. Under
such circumstances, therefore, Spain became less re-
sponsible for such acts committed there, and the
United States more at liberty to exercise authority
to prevent so great a mischief: The conduct of this
Government has, in every instance, been conciliatory
and friendly to France. The construction of our
revenue law, in its application to such cases, which
have formed the ground of such serious complaint
on her part, and the order to the Collector of St.
Diary's, in accord with it, were given two years be-
fire these cases occurred, and in reference to a breach
which was attempted liy the subjects of another
Puwer. Its application, therefore, to the cases in
question was inevitable. As soon as the Treaty by
which these Provinces were ceded to the United States
was ratified, and all danger of further breach of our
revenue laws ceased, an order was given for the re-
lease of the vessel which had been seized, and for
the dismission of the libel which had been instituted
against her.
" The principles of the system of reciprocity,
founded on the Law of the 3d of March, 1815, have
been since carried into effect with the Kingdom of the
Netherlands, Sweden, Prussia, and with Hamburgh,
Bremen, Lubeck, and Oldenburgh, with a provision
made by subsequent laws, in regard to the Nether-
lands, Prussia, Hamburgh, and Bremen, that such
produce and manufactures as could only be, or most
usually were first shipped rrom the ports of these
countries, the same being imported in vessels wholly
belonging to their subjects, should he considered and
admitted as their own manufactures and productions.
"The Government of Norway has, by an ordinance,
opened the ports of that part of die dominions of the
King of Sweden to vessels of the United States, upon
• the payment of no other or higher duties than are
paid by the Norwegian vessels, from whatever place
arriving, and with whatever articles laden. They
have requested the reciprocal allowance for the ves-
sels of Norway in the ports of the United States. As
this privilege is not within the scope of the Act of the
3d of March, 1815, and can only be granted by
Congress, and as it may involve the commercial re-
lations of the Union with other nations, the subject
is submitted to the wisdom of Congress.
~ I have presented thus fully to your view our
commercial relations with other Powers, that, seeing
ahem in detail with each Power, and knowing the
basis on which they rest, Congress may in its wisdom
decide whether any change ought to be made, and,
if any, in what respect. If this basis is unjust or un-
reasonable, surely it ought to be abandoned; but if
it be jest and reasonable, and any change in it will
make concessions subversive of the principles of
equality, and tending in its consequences to sap the
foundations of our prosperity, then the reasons are
equally strong for adhering to therund already
taken, and supporting it by such furtherregulations
as may appear to be proper, should any additional'
support be found necessary. ,
“ The question concerning the construction of the
firs; article of the Treaty of Ghent has been, by a
joint act of the Representatives of the United States
stud of Great Britain, at tie Court of St. Peters-
Wrgh, submitted to the ilusision or his jape lig )c

kens Majesty,
nister to the 'Secretary of and transmitted by .
special agent to the Captain:General of Cuba, to
whom it was directed, and iA whom the Govern-
ment of those Provinces was vested, hive not only
omitted, in contravention et the orders of thed. Sove-
reign, the performance of the express stipulation to
deliver over the archives and documents relating to
the property and sovereignty'of those Provinces, all
of which it was expected would have been delivered
either before or when the troops were withdrasst,
but defeated since every effort of the
.United States
to obtain them, especially those of the greatest im-
portance. 'This omission has gives-rise to several
incidents of a painful nature, thsticharaeter of which
will be fidly disclosed by the documents which will

hereafter be-cOranrunicated.
" In every other circumstance the law of the 3d
of March last, for carrying into effect that Treaty,
has been duly attended to. For the execution of that
limn which preserved in force, for the Government
of the inhabitants for the term specified, all the civil,
military, and judicial powers exercised by the exist-
ing Government of Provinces, an adequate
number of Officers, as was presumed, were appointed,
and ordered to their respective stations. Both Pro-
vinces were formed into one territory, and a Gover-
nor appointed for it; but in consideration of the pre-
tclisting division, and of the distance and difficulty
lof communication between Pensacola, the resiJence
of the Governor of West Florida, and St. Augustine,
that of the Governor of East Florida, at which places
the inconsiderable population of each Province was
principally"collected. two Secretaries were appointed,
one to reside at Pensacola, and the other at St. Au-
gustine. Due attention was likewise paid to the exe-
cution of-the laws of the United States relating to
the Revenue and the Slave Trade which were ex-
tended to these Provinces. The whole territory was
divided into three collection districts—that part
lying between the river St. Mary's and Cape Florida
forming one, that from the Cape to the Apalachicola
another, and that from the Apalachicola to the Per-
dido the third. To these districts the usual number
of revenue officers were appointed; and to secure the
due operation of these laws, one Judge and a district
Attorney were appointed to reside at Pensacola, and
likewise one Judge and a district Attorney to reside
at St. Augustine, with a specified boundary between
them ; and one Marshal for the whole, with autho-
rity to appoint a deputy. In carrying this law into
effect, and especially that part of it relating to the
powers of the existing Government of those ProH
winces, it was thought important, in consideration of
the short term for which it was to operate, and the
radical change which would be made at the ap-
proaching Session of Congress, to avoid expense, to
make no appointment which should not be abso-
lutely necessary to give effect to those powers ; to
withdraw none of our citizens from other pursuits,
whereby to subject the Government to claims which
could not be gratified, and the parties to losses which
it would be painful to witness.
" It has been seen with much concern, that in the
performance of these duties a collision arese between
the Governor of the territory and the-Judge appointed
for the western district. It was piesumed, that the
law under which this transitory Government was or-
ganized, and the commissions which were granted to
the Officers who were appointed to execute each
branch of the system, and to which the commissions
were adapted, would hare been understood in the
same sense by them in which they were understood
by the Executive. Much allowance is due to Of-
kers employed in each branch of this system ; and
the more so, as there is good cause to believe that
each acted under a conviction that he possessed the
power which he undertook to exercise. Of the Of-
ficer holding the principal station, I think it proper
to observe, that he accepted it with reluctance, in
compliance with the invitation given him, and from
a high sense of duty to his country, being willing to
contribute to the consummation of an event which
would ensure complete protection to an important
part of our Union, which had suffered much from in-
cursion and invasion, and to the defence of which his
very gallant and pathetic services had been so sig-
nally and usefully devoted.
" From the intrinsic difficulty of executing laws
deriving their origin from different sources, and so
essentially different in many important circumstances,
the advantage, and indeed the necessity of establish-
ing, as soon as may be practicable, a well-organized
Government over that territory on the principles of
our system, is apparent. This subject, therefore, is
recommended to the early consideration of Congress.
" In compliance with an injunction of the law of the
3d of March last, three Commissions have also been
appointed, and a Board organized, for carrying into
effect the I Ith Article of the Treaty above recited,
making provision for the payment to such of our citi-
zens as have well-founded claims on Spain, of the cha-
racter specified by that Treaty. This Board has en-
tered on its duties, and made some progress therein.
'The Commissioner and Surveyor of his Catholic Ma-
jesty, provided for by the 4th Article of the Treaty,
have not yet arrived in the United States, but are
soon expected. As soon as they do arrive, corres-
ponding appointments will be made, and every faci-
lity be afforded for the due executton of this service..
" The Government of his Most Faithful Majesty,
since the termination of the last Session of Congress,
has been removed from Rio Janeiro to Lisbon, whet,
a Revolution similar to that which bad occurred in
the neighbouring kingdom of Spain, had in like man-
net been sanctioned by the accepted and pledged faith
of the reign Monarch. The diplomatic intercourse
between the United States and the Portuguese domi-
nions, interrupted by that important event, has not
yet been resented; but the change of internal admi-
nistration having already materially affected the com-
mercial intercourse of the United States with the Por-
tuguese dominions, the renewal of the. public missions
between the two countries appears to be advisable sk
an early hoer.
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woad be smisfactory to them. It maytitifetelse
presomed, and it is earnestly hoissit,lthat Go ern-
mentoof Spain, guided by enlightened and liberal
Councils, will find it to comport with its interest,s,
and due to its magnanimity, to terminate this exhaust-
ing controversy on that basis. To promote this result
by friendly counsel with the Governmentof Spain, will
be the object of the Governlnent of the United States.
" In conducting the fiscal operations of the year, it
has been found necessary to early into full effect the
Act of the last Session of Congress authorising a loan
of five millions of dollars. This sum has been raised

at an average premium of five dollars, fifty-nine
hundredths per cent. upon Stock, bearing an interest
at the tate of five per cent. per annum, redeemable
at the option tithe Government after the lit day of
January, 1835.
There has been issued, under the provisions of this Aet.
four millions seven hundred and thirty-five thousand two hun-
dred and ninety-six dollars, thirty cents, of five per cent Stock;
and there has been, or will be, redeemed dining the year, three
Mons one hundred and ninety-seven thousand thirty dollars,
seventy-one cents, of LOWSLIO] six per cent. and deferred Stock,
and Mississippi Stock. There has, therefore, been an actual in-
crease of the Public Debt, contracted during the year, of one
million five hundred and thirty-eight thousand two hundred and
sixty-six dollars, sixty-nine cents. •
" The receipts into the Treasury from the lit of January to
the 30th of September last, have amounted to sixteen millions
two hundred and nineteen thousand one hundred and ninety-
seven dollar, seventy cents, which, with the balance of one mil-
lion one hundred and ninety-eight thousand four hundred and
sixtyroue dollars, twenty-one cents, in the Treasury on the for-
mer day, make the aggregate sum of seventeen millions four
hundred and seventeen thousand six hundred and fifty-eight dol-
lars, ninety-one cents.
" The payments from the Treasury during the same period
have amounted to fifteen billions six hundred and forty-five
thousand two hundred and eighty-eight dollars, forty-seven cents;
leaving in the Treasury, on the last mentioned day, the sum of
one million seven hundred and sixty-two thousand three hundred
and seventy dollars, forty-four cents. It is estimated that the
receipts of the fourth quarter of the year will exceed the demands
which will be made on the Treasury during the same period;
and that the amount in the Treasury on the 50th of September
last, will be increased on the first day of January next.
" At the close of the last Session, it was anticipated that the
progressive diminution of the Public Revenue in 1819 and 1890,
which had been the result of the languid state of our foreign
commerce in those years, had, in the latter year, reached its ex-
treme point of depression. it has, however, been ascertained,
that that point was reached only at the termination of the first
quarter of the present year. From that time until the 50th of
September last, the duties secured have exceeded those of the
corresponding quarters of the last year one million one hundred
and seventy-two thousand dollars ; whilst the amount of deben-
tures Issued during the three first quarters of this year, is nine
undred and fifty-two thousand dollars less than that of the same
quarters of the last year.
" There are just grounds to believe till"' the improvement
which has occurred In the revenue, during ifie last mentioned
period, will not only be rnahrtained,but that it will progressively
increase through the next and several succeeding Team, so as to
realize the results which were presented upon that subject, by
the official reports of the Treasury, at the commencement of the
last Session of Congress.
" Under the influence of the most unfavourable circum-
stances, the revenue for the next and subsequent years, to the
year 18'25, will [earl exceed the demands at presint audio-
rized by law. ta.
" It may fairly be presumed that, under the protelklon given
to domestic manufactures by the existing laws,we shall become,
at no distant period. a manufacturing country, on an extensive
scale. Possessing, as we do, the raw material in such vast
amount, with a capacity to augment them to an indefinite extent
—raising within the country aliment of every kind to an amount
far exceeding the demand for home consumption, even in the
most unfavourable years, and to be obtained always at a very
moderate price—skilled also as our people are in the mechanical
arts, and in every improvement calculated to lessen the demand
for and the price of labour, it is manifest that their success in
every branch of domestic industry may and will be carried,
under the encouragement given by the present duties. to an
extent to meet any demand which, under a fair competition,
may be made on it.

A considerable increase of domestic manufactures, by di-
minishing the importation of foreign, will probably tend to lessen
the amount of the Public Revenue. As, however, a large pro-
portion of the Revenue, which is derived from duties, is raised
from other articles than manufactures, the demand for which
will increase with our population, it is believed that a fund will
still be raised from that source, adequate to the greater pan of
the national expenditures, especially as those exy.ntlitures, should
we continue to be blessed with peace, will be diminished by Vat
completion of the fortifications, ifications, dock-yards, and other public
works; by the segmentation of the navy to the point to which
it is proposed to carry it, and by the payment of the public debt,
including pensions f w military services. It cannot be doubted,
that the more complete our internal resources, and the less de-
pendent we are on foreign Powers for every national, as well as
domestic purpose, the greater and more stable will be the public
felicity. By the increase of domestic manufactures will the de-
mand for the rude materials at home be increased, and thus will
the dependence of the several parts of our Union on each other,
and the strength of the Union itself, be proportionably augmented.
" In this process, which is very desirable, and inevitable under
the existing duties, the resources which obviously present them-
selves to supply a deficiency in the Revenue. should it occur, ire
the interests which may derive the principal benefit from the
change. If domestic manufactures are raised by duties on fo.
reign, the deficiency in the fund necessary for public purposes
should be supplied by duties on the former. At the last Session,
it seemed doubtful whether the revenue derived from thkpresent
sources would be adequate to all the great purposes of ours Union
including the construction of our fortifications, the augmentation,
of our Navy, and the protection of our Commerce against the
dangers to which it is exposed. Had the deficiency been such
as to subject us to the necessity either to abandon those measures
of defence, or to resort to other means for adequate funds, the
course presented to the adoption of a virtuous and enlightened
people appeared to be a plain one. It must be gratifying to all
to know that this necessity does not exist. Nothing, however,
in contemplation of suck important objects, which can be easily
provided for. should be left to hazard. It is thought that the
Revenue may receive an augmentation front the existing sources,
and in a manner to aid our manufactures, without hastening pre-
maturely the result which has been suggested. It is believed that
a moderate additional duty on certain articles would have that
effect, without being liable to any serious objection.
" examination of the whole coast, for the construction of
permanent fortifications, from St. Croix to the Sabine, with the
exception of a part of the territory lately acquired, will be com-
pleted in the present year; as will he the survey of the Missis-
sippi, under the reeoludon of the House of Representatives,
from the mouth of the Ohio to the Ocean; and likewise of the
Ohio from Louisville to the Mississippi. A progress, corres-
ponding with the sums appropriated, has also been made in the
construction of these fortifications, at the points designated. As
they will form a system of defence far the whole maritime fron-
tier, and. in consequft, for the interior, and are to ?..st for
ages, the utmost care has been taken to fate the position of each
work, and to form it on such a scalt as will be adequate to the
purpose intended by it. All the inlets and assailable parts of
our Union have bees mint* examined, and positions taken,
with a view to the best int, observing, in every instance, a
just regard to econenrp Rubes, however, being entertained as
to the propriety of the peaks and extent of the work at Dau-
phioe Island, farther previews In it was suspended soon after the
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last &seism of Campos, wad an order siren to the Board of
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Act of 1810 have Al been eons.
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lainiched• for the present. the
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eessopatiniooseidi the
fulfilment of the object intended by,it. From past. expel.
.once. Mid the best Information respecting the views of those
.Rwerem,i. is distineily understood; that, should oar squadron
.be fithdrawn they .woultl very soon recommence their hoed-
fides and 'dirpred itions uPen our commerce.
" Their fortifications Niue lately been rebuilt, and their mei
ritinse force. increased. It has also been found swim sul
maintain a naval force in the Pacific, for the protection ad did
very important interests of our citizens engaged in commeesd
and the fisheries in that sea. Vessels have likewise been ews:
pkeyed in cruising along the Atlantic coast. ire the Utay of
Mexico, on the coast of Africa, and in the neighbouring seas: hi
the latter, many piracies have been committed on our cc,n ereei
and so extensive was becoming the range of those unprincipled
adventurers, that there was cause to apprehend, witiunit a timely
and decide. effort to suppress them, the worst con -esti:lnt.
would ensue. Fortunately, a considerable cheek has beer, given
to that spirit by our cruizers, who have succeeded in e.ipturMs
and destroying several of clot it vessels. Nevertheless. it is con-
sidered an object of high importance to continue these cruizent
until the practice is entirely suppressed.
" Like success has attended our efforts to suppress the 87ave
Trade. Under the Hag of the United States, and the sanctit.n
their papers, the Trade may he considered as entirely suppressed;
and if any of our citizens are engaged in it under th flags and
papers of other Powers, it is only from a respect to the ri;;lits of
those Powers that these offenders are not seized and bruise's
Mine, to receive the punishment which the laws It
every other Power should adopt the same policy. and pursue the
same vigorous means for carrying it into effect, the Trade could
M longer exist.

" Deeply impressed with the !rieslings which we enjoy, and
of which we have such manifold proofs, my mind is irresistibly
drawn to that Atmiciirry Bumo, the great source from whence
they proceed, and to whom our most grateful acknowledgments
are due. " JAMES MONROE.
" Washington, December 3, 1821."

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