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London, England, 1811-12-05 00:00:00

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• WAMINGTON City, TUESDAtlativitislllll‘o.
• The ricestnimr of the United States this daystern-
-, .Mtaicated, by Mr. EnwAno Corm. his. Private Se-
:v, , cretary, the tnOw:ng Message to Congress :
• • ••• " Fellow Citizens of the House of /tyres: waives,
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a In caling you together sooner than a separation
fmui your homes We u'd otherwbc have been requited
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• yielded to crnsidertuirais draticu 'from the posture of
• our Foreign affairs, and in Sting the present fur the
time of your mteTiog; regard WAS had 'to the prcba-
' bility of further developemeets of the policy of the
'Belligerent Powets towards this country, which might
• ' theimore 'unite the National Councils- in the measures
.• to be -pursued.
•. 44 t the close of the last Session of Congress, it
was toped that the successive cor.firmation •pf the
extinction. ef the French Decrees, so far as they via-
. laced our neutral commerce, would have induced
the, Government of Great Britain 'to repeal- its Or-
' dzrs in Council; and thereby authorise a removal of
the existing obstructions to her commerce with -the
'United States.

" Instead of this reasonable step towards satisfac-
tion and friendship between the two Nations, the
Orders were, at a moment when least to have been
expected, put into more r:gorms execution, and it
was communicated through the British Envoy just
.arrived, that whilst the revocation of the British
' Government was denied to have taken place,. it was
an indispensable condition of the sepeal:of the Bri-
• fish Orders, that commerce should be restored to a
footing that would admit the produce owned by
neutrals into markets shut against them by the
enemy, the United States being given to understand
that, in the mean time, a continuance of their Non-
Importation Act would lead to measures of reta-
liation.

" At a late date it has indeed appeared, that a
communicatit n to the British Government of fresh
evidence of the repeal of the French Decrees against
. our neutral trade, was followed by :in intiinatii.ii that
it had been transmitted to the British Plenipotentiary
here, in order that it might receive full consideration
in the depending discussions. This communication
appears not to have beet' received, but the transmis-
. sien of it hio•er, instead of founding on it an actual
repeal of the Orders, or an assurance that the repeal
would ensue, would not permit us to rely on any if-
fectjve change in the British Cabinet.
" To be ready to meet with cordiality, satisfac-
t ry proofs of such a change, and to proceed, in the
mean time, in adapting our measures to the views
which have been disclosed through that Minister, will
' best consult our whole duty. In the unfriendly seirit
of those disclosures, indemnity and redress, for other
wrongs have continued to be withheld, an-I our coasts
and the mouths of our harbours, have again witnes-
sed scenes Not less derogatory to the dearest of our
Natienal Rights, than vexatous to the regular course
of our trade.
" Among die occurrencerpreducoJ by the conduct
of British ships of were hovering on our coasts was,
an encounter between one of them and the American
frigate, commanded by Captain Rodgers, rendered
unavoidable on the ~art of the latter, by a foe com-
menced without cause from the formere.whose com-
mander is therefore alone chargeable. with the blood
unfortunately shed in maimaiong the honour of the
American flag. The proceetheos of a Court of In-'
(juicy requested by Captain Rodgers, are coinmune. I
toted, together with the correspondence relating to
the occurrences, between the Secretary of State and
' his Britannic Majesty's Ervo7. To these are added
the several correspondences ethic]; passed on the sub-
ject
of the British Weis in Council, and to both the
correspondence relating to the Floridas, in which
Congress wile be math acquainted with the interpo-
sition which the Goveinnont of Great Britain has
thought proper to make against the proceedings of
the United States.
.4 The justice and fairness which have been evinced
on the part of the United States towards Feanee, both
beft-re and since the revocation of her Decrees, :au-
thorised an expectation that her Government would
have followed up that measure by all such others as
were due to our reasonable claims, as well as dictat-
ed by its amicable professions. No proof, however, is
yet given of an intention to repair the other wrongs
done to the United States, and particularly to restore
the great amount cf American property seized and
condemned under edicts, which, though not affecting
our neutral relations, and therefore not entering into
questions between the United States and other Bel-
ligerents, were, nevertheless, founded in such unjust
pi inciples, that the reparation ought to have been
.prompt and ampie.
" In addition to this and other demands of strict
rights on that nation, the United States have Much
retoon to be diseatioi id with the rigorous and unex-
pected restrictions to which their trade with the
French dominions has been sobjected, and which,
it .not discontinued, will require at least cerrespood.'
ing'restrictions on importations from hence into the
United States. . •
4? Of all those subjects, our MiiiisterePlenipoten-
tiary, lately sent to Paris, has carried with him the
necessary instructions, the result of which. will be
communicated to yi.o ; and, by ascertaining thaulte-
rior policy of the French Governmeot, towards the
United States, will enable you to adapt to it tb.tt iff'
the United States tinnuils Prance.
44 Our other foreign relations remain wa:.cett un-
favourable changes. With Kumla they are on the
beat foxing of friendship. The ports of Sweden haze
• affordedeproofs of friendly dispositions towards our
Comment in tbe"Councils of that nation also ; end the
ioformaeiron from our Special Minister to Dennierk
shows that the mission had been attended with Nato-
able effects to our Citizens, whose property had been
ins eitenshely violated and endangered by cruisers
under the Danish flag. =
4, Under these ominous indiclitions, which 'coin..
'.' *winded 'atientro• Gls it became a duty, to exert 'the
. - usesos committed' so theeectstioe department helm-
. Oliding for the generilineuri y. The works ci &fence
`on-our Maritime treiteaer have riccordiegly been pro-
secuted with an activitylesring little to be adciee for
. otte completon of the most important, ones ; and, as
riticularlY suited for cooperation in mot rgencies,
. a portion of
.the sup-boats have in particular bar-
, boure,toren ordered into use. The. ships of war be-
ts/is in cOmplissiou, with the addition of a frieute,