Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-12-27


Houses OF Congress, by The hands of his
private Secretary, the following Mes
sage:
FckLo7v- citizens ofthe Senate
and House Of hefreSeatatiUes,
Many Important su1Jects viii claim
your attention daring the present ses-
sion, OF which shall endeavor 10 give,
in aid of your deliberations, JUS, Iuea
In this communication. underlak- tbs
duty with dIllidence, from The vas, eX
tent of the inter SITS on which | nave 10
treat, and OF their great Importance TO
every portion OF our Union. cutter up
on 1t win e al, from a thorough convlc-
ION that there neVet was u PERIOD, since
the establishment ot Our revolution,
waeu, regarding the conGItion oil the CT
Wiz d word, and us bearing on us,
there was greater necessity ilr devotion
IN The public servants 10 Their respective
dntcs, or for virtue, patriotism and union
III heir Constituents.
Meeting IN you d new 4 agress, /
deem 1t proper 10 present thIs view u
pubic att us IN ,Icater de,all nan might
otherwise ne necessary. | do IL, howev-
err, with pecuilr sausiactIon, from q
know Wedge hat, IN THIS respec ahsli
comply more fully VITA the e9nnd prln-
piles OF our government. The people
being with Us ex -iusIvelv the sovereign,
ii is indispensable that fu!l Information
be laid before them on all important
subjects, to enable them 10 exercise that
hi n power Nth complete effect. l.
k pl 10 the da'k, they must be ncom-
petent to it. We are all liable To error,
and those who are engaged III the ma
lect 10 excitement, and 10 be Id aslray
ny their particular interests and passions,
than the great body OF our cousiiluen S,
who, living at home, IN The pursuit ut
their Ordinary ayocations, are calm but
deeply Interested spectators OF events.
and OF the conduct OF those who are par
lies TO them. TO the people, every de-
partment ot the government, and every
individual in each, are responsible, and
The more full their lntornalinn, the bet
ter they can Judge OF The wis ,om of the
policy pursued, and oil the conduct OF
each IN regard 10 it. From their dis
passionate judgment. much AID may al
ways be obtain d, while their approba.
ton will torn die Creates lnccn I've. aud
most gratifying rewar /, Tor virtuous ac-
IONS, and the dread o their censure the
best st, urIty against the abpse OF their
confidence. Their interests, IN all vital
Questions, are the same, and the bond
by sentine n,, as we'll DIS by interest, viii
be proporiionably strengthened as they
are better inform d OF he real state oi
public aifsIfs, especially IN ditIi All con
lunctures. Ii IS by such know ledge that
local preiudlces and jea!oasies are sur
IN united, AID that national poicy, eX-
ending rs fostering care and protection
70 all the great interest OF our Union, is
Iorned and steadily adhered 10.
A precise knowledge of our relations
With foreign powers, as respects our ne
sociat'ons and transactions with each, /,
thought TO be particularly necessary.
Equally necessary is it, that we sboud
,orm Just estimate of our resources,
revenue, aud progress in every kind OF
improvement connected with the nation
al prosperity and public defence. Ii is
b, our ability to resent injuries, and re-
dIess wrongs, that we may avoid them
The Commissioners under the fifth
artcle of the treaty OF Ghent, having dis
agreed in their opinions respecting thai
portion of the boundary between the ter.
ri cries of the Unled States and of Great
Britain, the establishment OF which had
been submitted 10 them, have made their
respective reports, IN compliance with
that article, that the same might be re-
ferred to the decision of friendly pow
er. L being manifest, however, that it
would be difficult, if not impossible, for
any power To perform that Office, with
out great delay and much Inconvenience
TO itself, proposal has been made by
this government, and acceded to by that
OF Gres, Britain, to endeavor TO establish
tina boundary by amicable negotiation.
Ii appearing, from long experience, that
no satisfactory arrangement could be
formed Of the commercial intercourse
between the United States and the Brl.
t,sh colonies in this hemisphere, by egis-
lative acts, while each party pursued it's
own course, without agreement or con-
GER with each other, a proposal has
been made to the British government to
regulate this Commerce by treaty, as it
has been TO arrange. in like manner, the
lust claim of the cllizens of the United
States m ah ittp.r th.. ctata nh