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final movehmats of ilpylay.'"at
top! y 4 so (pwarablek ;issi ant
s#,he cruelty ofyllitimost, 110-
411 is ;KO a war 'kith a Pith*
ht mitigatiagits chlangtills,
Confuted to anyone quarter. Wherever t sp
be turned against us. no exertion; to hlteet lt
been spared. On our attutblipsttell iferdeTZ,
Creek tribes. who, Yielding to ot!OpipOiraring e •
trattes, were gradoilly aequisinr
WOW beCaninthe unfortunate victims of ieductitts4::
A war in that.ouarter has been the conseqeenses itt,l
fariuted by a bloody fanaticism rem* propagated
among them.
.11 It was necessary to crash such a Waft WO,* it
cOisicl spread among the contiguous tribes an4lbsiars
ft could favour. enterprises of the enemy into thak
gaily. With this view, A force was called intoll,l
Tanis •csf the United States, from the Stales afi
Georgia and. Tennessee, which with the nearest re.
gular troops, and other corpi from the Mississippil
territory, might not only chastise the savages 401
preseot peace, but make a lasting illtiyatiolk
their fears.
4, The progress of the expedition, sn.fas sue it*
knov.rn, corresponds with the martial zeal with fitlik,V
It was espoused ; and the best hope of a satisfacallit
issue are authorised by the complete success with
whith a. well planned euterprixe was executed agepat
a body of hostile savages, by a detachment of 016.116-
lunteer militia of Tennessee, under the gallant 40m-'
rmand of general Coffee ; and by a still more impor-
tant victory over a larger body of them, gained under
the immediate copunand of Majorfeeeneral Jacksoo ;
an officer equally distinguished for 124-patriotism pad
his military talents;.
The systematic perseverance of the enemy :in
`courting the aid of the savages in all quarters, hid
the natural effect of kindling their ordinary prepen-
sky to war into a passion,-which, even among that&
best dispoied towards the !Jolted States, w snatlpi
if not employed on our side, te be tinned aping us
A 4parture from our protracted feteloarance to
cept the services tendered by them has thus been
forced upon us.. But, in yielding to it, the retaliation
has been mitigated as' much as possible, both iu its•
Advil and in its character, stopping far short of din,:
nitomPle of the enemy, who•owe the advantages they,
bare occasionally gaitted inbatde, chiefly to the**,
her of their savage associates ; and who hate 'tot CI)11—.
trolled them either from their usual practice of indis-
criminate massacre on defenceless inhabitanus, or frear
scenes of carnage without a parallel, on prisoners *V;
the British arms, Omitted by all the laws of hunit.A.
pity mkcl honourable war. .
04 For tlre enormities, the enemy are equally sit]
sponsible, whether, with the power -terevenethetn„.
they want the ; or, with the knowledge of a *aft
of poWer they still avail themselves of such inure-
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mtgs.
4, In other respects the enemy are pursuing a course
which threatens oonsequences most afflicting -to hu.
manityi.

66 A standing law of Great Britain naturalises, as
'is well known,'-iii aliens complying with con4itiois
limited to a shorter period than those requited by'the
United States ; and naturalised subjects are,. in war,
employed by her Government in common with native
subjects. In a contiguous British province, regula.
'tions promulgated since. the commencement of, t$
war, compel citizens of the United Statei, being the*:
Under certain circumstances, to bear arms; 'hike
of the native emigrants from the United States, who
compose much of the population of the province. a
number have actually borne arms against. the Unisedi
States :within their limits ; some of whom, aktar
having done so,, have become prisoners of war, sad
"are now Our possession. The Bsitioh Commando!
in that ptovinceiaavettheless, with the sanction, *
*Wars, or bis Government, thought proper to seltct
from America* prisoners of war, and send to Great
Britain for trial as criminals, a number of in dividuaiso
who had emigrated from the )3ritish dominions long
pripr to the state of war between the two nations,
100 bad incorporated thetnselves into our political
society,. in the *vides recognised by the law and the
practise of Cireatleitaie, and who were made :pri- i
Omani' war, Ilifiiii the banners of their adopted'
couniii; fightleg-foe its rigittirand its safety. - .
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" The protection due to these citizens requiting,
an effectual interposition in their behalf', a like nons.l
her of British prisoners of war were pee ism() eol4Bll+,
ment, with a notificatjon that they would experiticsi
whatever violence might be committed on the Aim.
rican prisoners of War sent to Great Britain. .. ,
se It was hoped that this necessary consequeacal
'of the step unadvisedly taken on the part of Oleg
Britain, would have led her Government to•relleet,
[on the inconsistencies of its conduct, and that a spa.
pathy with the British, if not' with the Amerian suf,
r few!, would have *pound the cruel career opened
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by its ersmple. 1
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- of This was unhappily_m the case. In violation
both of consistency and of bnmanity," American Dili,;
eteTs *d non-commissioned officers, in double An
number of the )3ritish soldiers confined here, wpm
'ordered into close conAnement, with formal 'ntilie!it.
that-in the event of a retaliation for the death whikisf
:Might he innictesl-on she prisoners of• war gots"
Great Britain for trial; the officers cii? confined *Old
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:b.apat io itettlialso., It OAS notified at the tin*,
Ott tba eigitasaniders of the 11k#tisis fleets and aruliSl4
"I 40-fat P are i}steuft.edp ill OP We nifil;l fr

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war in one hands. were immediately put iato close
ensfeneassot, to abide the fete ef those ceofined by
*smug ; awl the British crouton*** has been ap.
ed of ille* determiaadon of phis pepoqueesot, to
'retaliate any other preereaior a i fisfaier
to the legitimate nudes of warfare. tF,
rt is as fortunate lby the United StatoZ ehledert
swim it in aseir power to Meet the county in dis
kilerage contest. as it is hneourable to them. t hie
`they de ant join in it but Bader the Bost imperious
obligations. and with the humaae Organ of shigg-
tuaiing a return to the established usages of war.
1! libe views if day rmocki Government on the Fut-
jects which have been so loug committed to neLocia•
lion, have received uo -cluxiclation since the close of
your late Session The Minister plenipotentiary of
Abe United States at Paris has not Ipert enabled, Ity
proper opportunities, to press the *guts a his psis-
'ske*, as prescribed by his instructions.
'! The 00de 'King always to Ite regarded as the
great bulwark of defence and security for free Ptates,J
and the constitution haying wisely commiktied oitho
national awhority a use of that farce, as the best ink
vision against'an unsafe military establishment, as:
Well as a resource peculiarly adapted to a country,
having the extent and en:wince of the United States ;
I recommend to Congress a revision of the militia
laws, for the purposes of securing more effectually,
the services of aH detachments called into the em-
ployment, and Oacpi upder the got/eminent pf the
United States

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14 It will deserve det consideration' of -43oltglPts
also, whether, among other improvements in the mi-
litia laws, justice does not require a regulation, under
due precautions, for defraying the expenseinchilest
m the first assembling es well as to the subsequent
movements of detachisents called into the national
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44 To give our vessels of gap, Odle and' fifiVaile.l
the requiAte advantage in their males, it is of *Olt!
iusporunee that they should haste, both for &teak!
selvesaud their prices. the use of airports offsiendly ,
Powers. With. thii view, I recommend to congress
the expediency of such legal provisions as mg.:ap-
ply the defects, or remove the doubts of the Ex u-,
tive authority, to allow to the cruizers of other powers',
at war with the enemies of the United &atm,. such
use of the American ports and starbus as may tor-
, . with theitrieileges allowed' ir OA power:.;
ita 4inerioan gruisert. .
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sg During the year ending on the SOth of Sepia.,
ber last, the receipts into the Treasury have encoeiesl
thirtp.seven millions and an half of donate, of which
near twenty-four millions were the produce of batty,
After meeting all the demands for the public emipl
vice, there remained in the Treasury oa that thyl
near seven millions of dollars. Under the authority
contained in the Act of the 2d of August last, for
borrowing seven millions and as ball of dollars, that
sum has been obtained on terms more favourable to
the United ,States than those of the preceding 1
made during the present year.
gg Further sums to a considerable amount will be
necessary to be obtained in the same way during the
ensuing years and from the incceased capital al she
country, from the fidelity with .which the public en.
gagements have been kept, and- the public credit
maintained, it may be expected on good grounds that
the necessary pecuniary supplies will not be wanting.
gg The expences. of the current year, from the 50u1...
tiplied operations falling within it, have necessarily
been extensive. But on a just estimate of the eam.
' paign, in which the mass of them has been incurred;
the tog will not be found disproportionate tci-lhe ad:
vantages which have been gained. The campaign
has indeed in its latter stages, in one quarter, been less
favourable than was expected ; but in addition to the
impertance or our naval success, the progress of `.
campaign has been filled with incidents highly :

tiourabie to the American' arms.'

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al The attacks of the enemy on Crane) Island,
Fort Meigs, on Sackett's Harbour, and on Sandusky,
ha;re been vigorously and successfully repulsed ; nor
have they in any case succeeded on either frontier,l
excepting when directed against the peaceable dwel.
bugs of individuals, or villages tutprelporertor unde-
fended.
" On the other hand, the movements of the Amt.;
rican army have been followed by the reduction of
York, and of Forts George, Erie, and Malden ; by the
recovery-of Detroit, and the extinction of the Indian
war in the West ; and by the occupancy or command,
of a large portion of tipper Cannds. Battles haw
also been fought on the borders of the St. Lawrence,
which, though not accomplishing their entire objects,
reflect hopoUr on the discipline and prowess of ours
soldiery, the best auguries pf eventual victory. /n 1
the same scale are ro be paced the late successes in
the south, over one of the most powerful, which hadj
tepome one pf the most bpstile also, of the Wien
tribes.

!' It would be improper to Flo4e this communica-
tion, without expressing a thankh4neu, in which all
ought to gait*, for the nuesert.)93)4esshigs with which
our bplOved country continaei to be favfMed; for
the 3bundattipe which averse:pis out 144 awl ;be
prrtuiliog health of its ishabitapts mama-
Oopiff o9c is epalcuturiligX• *ll4 t4e It our

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mad above all fee doe Wit of Di.
the protection Omer aim% con.
enjoyment of it. Asid although among
cannot.number. a9lkeatption from
these will never hi regarded as
the greatest of evils .by the frleaola. eilherty and of
the rights of nations. Our ootuttry Die befits. pre.
ferred them to the degrading condition which was
the alternative, wball thiLaWord was draws in the
cause which gave bin 'to our national independence
done 'who conatimplaft the magnitude, and
feet the value of that gkeiloes event, will shrink from
f straggle to Maintain the high and hippy ground
Is which it platted dssAmericao people.
With all good citizens, the justice sad necessity
tifcesisting wrongs and usurpations no longer to be
borne, will sufliciently outweigh the privations and
eatcrificssinseparclileirom a spite of war. Bat it is
reflection, moreover, peculiarly consoling, that
whjlat wars aft generally aggravated by their bane.
Ail effects on the internal itsiproremeat, and perma-
nent prosperity of the nations engaged fa them, such
is the.favoured situation of the Visited States, that
Ole calainitieiof the contest into which they hare
been compelled to enter, are mitigated by imipme.
. an 4 a4rantagr4, of which the oaten jtself js
"ig ff hie war * inereased the interruptioas of or
commerce, it has at the same. time cherished sad
emoo24ed our manufactures, so a; to m4e its inde.
resident of all Other countries for the more essential
Orcheat' for which we ought to be Ope,defu on
none ; and is even rapidly giving them an edam
which} will create additional ataplef Wpot *imp
CCrcovr..e with foreign market*,
!," If much treasure has been expended? no incest.
siderabie portion of it hay been applied to skiers
durable in their voile, !Ltd ufcesslsj W oeip
nent safety,
" If die war 414 espose4 us to stifieelad *pea!
dons on the ogee!, and to Pre449,7 10010.11$ on
the lanik bat 4tlielVed fhe 4a a 1 Mal/ if ye-
taliatk. the fonder._ and Pf;:erft.e.idi4ff proteFtioo
againit the latieri "dealonstrating..to ally that every
blow aimed at °I! 1106tigni140.ers4eqcN Is a 9 !tn.
pulse; NePlailitil?g.thf:oo.4 OCatwarifikt?”karm
.!4. grt d4nata !hrliish *lie Maas of the nano° the
elements :of military discipline intd instractioo,. by
urgent:iv* nad-fiatnrbimesiariikepreparations ap.
OF fl? fiße Oa! §7. 414acig preparations
and v 4.
.lour with which they will lje inmployo, and the cheer?
ii4nea prith Wrett4taifaaarY bbl 041) ri4
be
bcriti a greater Prot for cc 0044 rind a longer
when of Ost. feign! rime, am promised, than
POW be•Wequ4 wilbc* theOe regif RE 04 4,
Assaf charactirr and resonrces.
TO war * POPO, Arelt9Teri that 01r NI
somorainear., like ether fro governments, though
.slow in its sari' nicTionentsi acquires In iu progress
$ force paoportimspd s 4 iti fseednm ; and that the
Usk* pi dime &mei, the itutrdian of the freedom) and
lesfety, s all and of each, Is stresigalssised ky eyery
liatkpilou that inits it to the casts
w• In fine, the war, with all its vicissitudes, kilhur
Wiling the capacity and the dcsticy of the Vnite#
States, 111. be a great, a Nqurishing, and pveffo;
ROO!, *itchy of the friendship which It is disposed
ca)elmnte with all others t and, authisirilbY it;
Maii"thitapis,* to require from 41? an Oserfancikof
she 'kw" bf Oftiff and reciprocityr 14400 01,14,
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thei Ottio4:llave parts.itsteoded aniL j 4 plopOiag
for theft, we 603014 a subject for out coogrotul4tionfa
itrtha daily Mttigitcaglift of increasing h,asonyituouglip
cis the'olooo. AO-may hunoi47 repost 4
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the aMiles *art; kn 19 fig) a 110*
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Tin T MAY. JANUARY 181#:

Ycsterdai* gave a ;hart. bin *VAMP eskPtch Qf
the Asneiriemt-Pre;ides;'s Speech to Congress. To?
day wegive..it at 41 a, literary composition
it II bakw tlye 4ritiClic*7 eta QE 1444. tales nOmblc
,taleatb As an argumentative 4w. Paper, it is
without digaitTo iscausedastlippecif trathwapd *4.
out energy at elegance, *pp* It ¢oat gut tow from
any generous an otigns-4 is tis‘osilisiOkiQf •. miser
table and illiterate.sophis4 in Fidel; be enderons
to conceal his yaneplous Fujian fry) ;he view even
of his auociAtes. He is the same Savoyard, with
the magic lanthorn, at We:bloom, which Bose-
/Arra ,is at Paris. His, popularity i; founded on
the same hollow fcatuslatiOn y and..let u; hope, that
it vabe•coeval in itveTistetuai. •
w'rolsoie, the leamote and tender President of the
;Jailed §tates of America, begisiy. li4C BOMAPARTI,
with proiesstug a most ardent desire for Peace. Fa
;his purpose he eagerly es brased the offer of mediae.
Lion made him by the Emperor 45.caaszoris, and is
highly offended that grF,F &itain shonl4 haws
armed 4; the idea of all, hip:tie:v[lm -
144ntaori goes oh syith the• warms-ssieFessfolly if ;re
are to believe him, both on the land and on thi
waters."-.An 4merican has captured a British ship
of warl-4nel his " cruigets on the ocean. pulsic and
private, give proofs of me:prize and kkill.P The
capon of oric of our gon•brigz and a few raerchank
men, are theacquisitinns which MAtlsots hem Auudo
is under j e denomj,nmioo of pejo/401
Un Lake Elie he gains Friar! frophips;" CAW

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oitiiss hai net boss' s-inerespeadsat lllMltiler of Ilritisb eliasss. rianners the evils of war, yet 1
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