Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser., 1803-01-03
house OF REPRESENTATIVES..

TUESDAY. DISC
a mcalge was received from the
Senate, informing, that quorum was
horned, and that they had cEoien Mr..
of Vermont .Prehdent, pro TEN.
A ioint eoumittee, coniiaing of MIR.
Wright and L. Foaer, OF the Senate /;
|MeGrs. D,wion, Lowndes and Van
of the Houle, was raifed TO in
'3orm the Prelident the two Houies
were ready to receive communications
t,om him. Mr.. Dawfon loon after &C
ported 70 the Houie. that the Prelident
would make communication to NOR.
|row.
WEDNESDAY. DEC. Is.
This day, at IL O'Clock. Mr.. Lewis,
private Secretary TO the PreGdent, de
|ligered to the Speaker the following
MESS AGE:
Ia .bs Ssua,e AMI HsqiS sf Rspr,satafivs, IF sbe
United Srafes.
WHEN we alTsmhle together, fel.
bow. citizens, to confider the aate Of
|crr beloved country, our jua attentions
'ale 6fa drawn % thole plea!ing cir
|tumltances which mark the goodneis of
that Being, from whole favor they
Cow, and the large meafdre of thank.
|hlnels we owe Tor his bounty. Ano-
.lher year has come round, ani tinGs
lbs lt'll bleGed with peace aad friendlhip
|sbroaJ, law. order ana religion at
home, gnod affection and harmony
|Fih our Indian neigh5ors, cur bur
|thsns lightened yet our income fufi
bent fc. The public wants, and the pro
|iDce OF the year great beyond example
The!e, fellow eitiz=ns, are the circum.
fance' under which wc meet; and we
remark with fp-cial fa,i.fadion, thofe
|ehirh. under the fmiles Of Providence,
4efu't from the fkill, ioduary and order
|cf our citizens, managing their own
|sfalrs IN their own way. and for their
|ovn uie, unembarrafed by too much
Fsgclations, unopqreGed by ffeal exac
1Ons.
On the reaoration OF peace in El
fcpe, thai portion otthe carrying trade.
which had fillen 10 our fhare during
Rhe wsr, was abridged By the returning
<ompsti'ion OF the bellig=rent powers,
Tbs was 10 be expsaed, and was inf.
Boz, IN addition we md. iafome parts
Nj Europe, monopolizing dlicrimina.
lions, which. il the form Of daties,
ltrd eifcetnally 70 prohibit the carrying
h'ther cur own produce In our own
t<i=.s- From exiting amitiss, aud a
i'it Of juitice, il S hoped thar friend
di.culIign wi.l produce fair I'D al.
quaie reciprocity. Bot fhouid fate
alcnlati9ns of inlsrsa def-ar our hope.
Eets With The iegihrure 70 decide
hcghe- they viii meet inequalities a.
spad with counlervsiling inequalities
home, or provide for me evil ia any
her NAY.
Ii - With fatisfsslion lay bsfor. you
att Of the Bridlh parliament antici
aIIng this iubisa, 70 Ear as 70 au.hor
p mutual abolition Of The duties and
nn'ervAiling duties, permitted under
Rrtreaty Of i7o. IL hsws on their
Z a tpirit Of jo:ice and friendly ac
pmmodation, which il is our duty and
nr interea to cultivate with all nations.
heiher this would produce a doe
6FAlity n The navigation between the
? countries, i a faojea for your con. !.
d-i alton.
Another cifcumalnce which claims
fntioo, as directly aFe aing the very
frce OF our navigation, is the defect
Phe evaf;on of the law providing for
return Of fcamcn, and particularly
fhofe belonging to vedels field abroad.
embers of them, discharged in foreign
pfts, have been thrown on the hands
our Coniuls, who, 10 reicue them
cm the dangers into which their dif-
siies might plunge them, and fave
sm to their 'couatry, have found it
Fceiiary in iome cafes to lcturn them
the pubic charge.
The ceilion of the Spariih province
Louiiiana to France. which took
'ace IN the courfc Of the late war, will,
carried into effea, make change in
: aiPed of our foreign relations,
hSh will doubtlels have lue weight in
!! deliberations of the legislature con
Ftsed with that fnblea.
There was Ieafon, not long lince, TO
Pprehend that the warfare in which
i were er gagged with Tripoli, might
'aken np by foms o'her OF the Bar
'FrY powers. A reinforcement, there