Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-12-03
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Y.eerday, at ~ o'clock, tie Prsedeat Of
tie United States COMMUNICATED BY
Mr. Coles, his Secretary, the fol1aW-..
sng MelIage 10 both Hoyss Of Coz
gfsls.
To the Senate and House Of Rebrese,,-
satipes Of tie United States Of Ame-
:, RIGA, az Congress assemble

zcps great satisfaction to announce, IN the
momene Of your meeting, thai the Difficult.
ties in our foreign relations, existing at the
time of your last separation, had been ami. !.
cably aud Justly terminated. lost no time
ipssking ,hose measures which were moss
likely TO bring them to such termination,
! by special missions, charged with such
powers and instrucsious as, 10 the event Of
fa:iafe. could leave no irEputasion on either
our moderation or f0ybraraBce- 3he de.
LAYS, which have since taken place 10 our
negotiations with. the BRUSH Government,
appear 10 have proceeded from causes
which do DOT forbid the expectation that,
dnring she course of he session, l may be
euabled 70 lay bgfere yoa their final issue.
What wi!I be that Of toe aegocla'lons Tor
settling hUi digereoees with Spaia, nqshiag
which had taSen place a, she date OF the
: last dispatches. enables DE- TO pronennee.
On the Western side of the ssiississlPpi
they advanced in considerable force aud
took oGssin the settlement Of Bayou Pierre,
on the Red river. This vlllags was origl.
nally settlsd BY France, WAS held by her as
long. as she held Louisiana, and was deli,
vered to Spain Only az . part efAonisiana.
Beiag email, ln$u!ased, aud distant, 1t was
not observed st the nonleas Ct re delivery
TO France and the Uated States, thar she
continued guard of bali dgEcu men,
which had been stationed there. a pro-.
position, however, having been laieig made:
bv our commander In Chief, 10 assume the
Sabine river as temporary line OF sePa-
ration between the troops of the two nstl-
OBS, until the issue OF oar negotiations
STALL be known his has,beeareferred by
the Spanish commsndant 20 his SUPERIOR,
and IN the mean time he has Withdrawn
his force to the western side OF she Sa.,
: bine river. The correspo rdenre on this
subject, now communicated, will exhibi,
more, particularly the state of things IN that
quarter. IS:
The na'ure of that country requires iD-'
dispensably that an unusual proportion OF
the force employed there should be caval. :
nv, or amounted infanry- In order, there s;
fore, that the commanding e6ieer might be:
enabled, TO acs with effect, Ihad authorized
him TO call on1he governors of Orleans and.
Mississippi for a.Corps of Ave hundred vo.5
lunteer cavalry. TIE temporary arrange
mept he has proposed may perhaps render
this unnecessary. But 1 ipfsrn you With:
great pleasure Of the pronptitnde with
which the inhabitants of those territories
their country. 1t has done honor 70 theua..
selves, entitled them To- the confidence Of
their fellow citizens IN every part OF the II 4
z Mon, and must Strengthen the general de.
termination TO protect them fthcacicusly
under all circumstances which may &C.
cur
Having received Information that 10 an
other par, of the United States great
number Of private Individuals were com.
biping together, arming and organizing
themselves, contrary to law, to Garry on a
) nril,ary expedition against the territories
of Spain,, thonghf If necessary, by pro
clamasion. as well as by special orders. 70
: take measures for preventing and suppress!
sing this enterprise. for Selling the vessels,
arms. and other means provided for it. and
for arressing and bringing 70 justice MS Ms. asl.
thers and abettsrs. IL was due to that
good sai,h which oogay ever TO be the rule
& of action in public, as wcii as in private
4 transactions is was due to good oroes,
= and regular government, 'sthat, while the
!, public force was acting strictly oa the de-
fcnsive. and merely 10 protect oar ci.lzens
from aggression, the criminal attempts of
private individuals 10 decide, for their
eocptry, the question of peace or war, by
commencing active, and Unauthorized hos
tilities, shouid be promptly and eficacious-
j. suppressed.
Whether il will be nreessary to enlarge
cur regular force, viii dspend On ti,e result
Ofpnr negotiations with Spain. But as is
10 uncertain when tiazt result .yiii i,e kno,yn