The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-09
MNGEAGE.
IS of the Senate,

Fello1v- Citi-ens Of the Senate,
and Of he House Of Representatives..
The view which have new to present
to YOU, of our affairs, foreign and domes-
tic, realizes the most sanguinc anticlpa-
tiops which have been entertained, OF the
public prosperity II we look to the
whole, our growth, as naticn, continues
to be rapid beyond example II to the
States which compose it, the same graft
fying spectacle is exhibited. Our eSpan-
sion over the vast territory within our
limits, has been great, without indicating
any decline in those sections from which
the emigration has been most conspicuous.
We have daily gained strength, by ma
tive population, in every quarter a popu-
lation devoted to our happy system cf go
vernment, and cherishng the bond G. union
with fratcrnal affection. Experience has
already shown, that the difference Of eli
mate, and of industry proceeding from
that cause, inseparabe from such vast do
mains, and which, under other systems,
might have rcpulsive tendency, cannot
fail to produce with us, un1er wise regu-
lations, the opposite eject. What one
portion wants, the other may supply, and
this will be most scnslbly felt by the parts
most distant from each other, forming
I InGr1DS Il uOIlCStlI ttlNi tti fiNtlNS
intercourse between the extremes, and
throughout every portion Of cur Chion.
Thus, bv a happy distributonof power
between the National and State Govern
ments governments which rest, eNclG-
sively, on the sovereignty Of the people,
and are fully adequate to the great rur-
poses for which they were respectively
instituted, causes which might otherwise
lead to dismemberment, operate power
fully to draw us closer together. In every
other circumstance, a correct view Of the
actual state of our Union, must be equally
gratifying to our constituents. Our rela-
tions with foreign powers arc OF friendly
character, although certain interesting
differences remain unsettled with some.
Our revenue, under the mild system Of
impost and tonnage, continues to be ade-
quate to all the purposes of the govern
ment. Our agriculture, commerce, ma
nufactures, and navigation flourish. Our
Notifications arc advancing in the degree
authorized by existing appropriations, to
maturity and due progress is made in
the augmentation of the Navy, to the limit
prescribed for it by law. For these bcs-
sings we owe to Almighty God, from
whom we derive them, and with profoun5
reverence, our most grateful ard unccas
ing acknowledgements.
In adverting to our relations with for
eign powers, which are always IN objac
of the highest importance, have to re
mark that of the subjects which HAY
been brought into discussion with them
during the present administration, SOM
have been satisfactorily terminated other
have been suspended, 10 be resumc'
hereafter, under circumstances more ia
vorable to success; and others are still j
negotiation, with the hope that they ma
be adjusted, with mutual accommodation
to the interests ard to the satisfaction ,
the respective parties. Il has been tlr
invariablc object Of this government
cherish the most friendly relations wit
every power, and on principles and conG
tions which might make thcm pcrmanen
A systematic effort has been made to plaC
our commerce, with each power, on
footing Of perfect reciprocity to sett
with each, in spirit Of candor and ilb
rality, all existing differences, and to art
cipate and remove, so far as it might
practicable, all causes of future varianc
1t having been stipulated, BY the scycnt
article of the Convention of Navigation al
Commerce, which was concluded on Il
24th of June, 1922, between the Init
States and France, that the said Consc
ton should continue in force ior two yea
from the first of October OF that yea
and for an indefiuitc term afterwards, u
less one of the parties should declare
intention to renounce it, in which event
should cease to operate at the end Of S
months from such declaration and
such intention having been announced, t
Convention having been found adyantap
Gus to both parties, it has since rcmane
and still remains in full force. Attic til
when that Convention was concluded, ii
nv interesting subjects were lett unscttlt
and particularly our claims TO indcmn
for spoliaticns which were committed
our commerce in the late wars For thu
interests au,l claims, it was in the CO
temptation Of the parties to make pro
sion at a subsequent day, by mere GO
prehcnsivc and detinitiye treaty. L
object has been duly attended to since,
the Executive, but as yet it has net be
accomplished. 1t is hoped that favo
bic opportunity will present itself foropt
ing negotiation, which may embrace q
arrange all existing differences, and eve
other concern in which they have co
mon interest, upon the accession OF t
present King of France, an event VIII
has occurred since the close OF the |
session of Congress-
With Great Britain, our commerc
intercourse rests on the same footing Il
it did at the last session. BY the conv
tion of 1915, the commerce between
United States and the British dominic
iu Europe, and the East Indies, was