Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-11-24
Faox rAr .A441oxhL Lxrs1L1cExcL4.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

executive Oi the United States 10 IN Ike
known to the people, Though their X p e
I semaiivss, the state of Their pubic coz
Germs. las DAY, 50 unwecorne ~ impro-
Ndent or unprinciTled rulers. j. pr,,por-
}tionabiy dear 10 ,irtuouS and cnlfg htened
magistrates. For while truth is the terror
( oil The Former, il cuusl.tu.-. tAe ada.n.nt
! OF the latter.
From Insmas L.igsraoa, the people hal
( a right TO exp=cl u tuli and explicit expo
sure o! the state Of their AFFAIR.". l. this
expectation hey have no been disapp2int-
ed. The whole interio. Arransementsof ,,ie
administration are laid opal,, AID he stu
alton oil our exterior relations exhibited
with no more reserve ,han sound :otcy
requires.
iheNiew, which the message takes, is at
once So comprehensive aud perspicG.us
as 10 sunercSGe the necessity OF conn
ment. Considering it, however, as but.a
oaid outline, We may De permitted TO no.
ice somewhat IN detail the varIru, Topic,
introduced, / not TO he psoft OF he read
CT, at le 81 20 our own amu5emenI. 3ur
our feelings Will not hermit Us, 10 ab-
stain from taking, in the first Instance, a
general view oil the -i.ua,ioR .. cur a,ionai
/ affairs.
he nation is in peace.
here IS prospect OF It's continuance.
We are on The best te' ms If not wi,.i
all, al least with the greater powers OF E.u-
IOPy.
Louisiana is ours BY the final an oFcon-
G.ua;ion.
| The pirates of the Mediterranean arc
INSPIRED with terror by the justice d..u en,c-
gy Of OILS conduct.
The strict of louisiana is ORGANISED
without disturbance.
New and powerful tribes of tie natives
OF our soil invite our friendship by rood
'tiices, ap1 growing ,.isDos,,au to -l,-
ceive from us ,hc Deuui.a OF civi,izs-
lion.
Oar harbors and towns ave promised
new, and perhaps, c..i5Acioa. pco, -,...,l
from gun boats.
Our resources increase with our num-
bers.
Our expenses are, either stationary or
m Course OF diminunon.
nc iormer are consequently ad-C&ate
to the latter, withou, new blrihens.
Inc naI'oneI debts eX,iugui,h.ug with
a rapidly unprecedented any where else;
aLd 81, II Il VIII be eH iIeiy tedeenei.
Here, isi'oy-cl.:l-ns and fellow free
men IS the picture Of the situation ot a
republic honestly admin tered. Is here
d ciuzen OF lhis republic, s.ho has not Iea.-
son To- cXui, In the poli.c"l Ground h.: uc-
, cuPies? There is lot q { a .,,,e in th;s,ic.
lure OF national prosperity moi irauia,ed
with the purest iIstre aud there is NOT
an american hear, tina, ou5htmot TO glow.
/ haf docs nat glow at Inc contemplation.
We say hat DOS Roi f,r sure.y thae
; heart III deserves che nar- Of .,D,lrlcan,
that II IS insensIble to ;nc peace. p,ospe.
! rilv, and glory uf the commuuily with
which are embarked life. pr pcrty, libsrty,
all Ihat,o possessed and al, that is cxpeci-
ed. Call this enthusiasm BE il so-it ~
I Tie enthusiasm fhberty--it is the sac,sd
lire hat burns with undergoing '. CIR at
It's aiars.
! We will now proceed to the several
members Of the MESSAGE.
! itopens with st..Iment, which is true
/ without being riite.
To a people, 6 llow- citizens, " no sim
cereiy desire ia happiness ana prosperity
/ "i o'her ua'ions To those who Justly calcu.
late their own well being Is advanced by
/ tn@; Of the nations with which hey have
intercourse. 1t VIII be a satisfaction 10 OBJ
serve t'at the var, which was lighted up
T 10 Europe little 5efore our las, meeting,
has not set eSjended it, flames 10 othec
nations nor been ma,kei by The caIaml-
ties which sometimes stain .hu footsteps
Of war"
\ different course or reasoning often
prevails in the affairs Of tie world. Where
theie exists sn a6liyc competition, 1t IS too
commonly conceived ;nM ,he depression
OF injury Of rival consGlStgs JIG T., adiest
INSTRUMENT oi our own pro ,DuOn. But
this q ,hopora0ie seufm ., u.1s, gene
rally ,ao of,prIns ofpa. .3D or snorance.
il implies lhat comps lucn so0 Hostility
are cJuIsa'-nt terms, thla Iich nothing
is less true. This Is O.. curey the re-
verse of truth, that ~ private lie he spi-
- rl and Industry @1h which one n,1n pur-
'-u~s business - 49, l,l, --. ..Cea,lYy 70