Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-12-12

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Tie reading having been concluded, and the
message having been referred to a ominltt Of
the Whole on the state Of the Union
On motion, 5000 extra copies thereof we're
ordered 70 be printed for the use Of the House;
and then
The House adjourned.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
To the Senate and House of Repres enra.
fiues of the United States.
Fellow -ciutens Of the Senate,
and OF the House Of Representatives
A revolution of the seasons has nearly been
completed, since the Representatives Of the
People and States of this Union were last as
sembled at this place, to deliberate and to act
upon the common important interests of their
constituents. In that interval, the never slum-
bering eye of a wise and beneficent Providence
has continued its guardian care over the well
fare OF oar beloved country. The blessing of
health has continued generally TO prevail
throughout tho land. The blessing of peace
with our brethren of the human race has been
enjoyed without interruption; internal quiet
has left our fellow-citizens, in the full enjoy
ment of all their rights, and in the free exer-
else of all their faculties, to pursue the inn
pulse Of their nature, and the obligation of
their duty, IN the improvement OF their "
condition. The productions Of he soil, the
exchanges of commerce, the vivifying labors
of human industry, have co .bined 10 mingle
in our cup a portion of enjoyment as large and
liberal as the indulgence of Hea en- has per-
haps ever granted to the imperfect state of
man upon earth; and as the purest Of human
felicity consists IN its participation with others
it is no small addition to the sum Of our ma
tional happiness, at this time, that peace and
prosperity prevail. to 4 degree scld'm expert
encod, over the whole habitable globe; pre-
senting, though as yet with painful exceptions,
a f~oretaste Of that blesse period of promise,
when the lion shall lie down with the lamb,
and wars shall be no more. To preserve, to
improve, and to perpetuate, tho sources, and
to direct, in their most effective channels, the
streams. which contribute 10 the public veal,
is the purpose for which Government was in
stituted. Objects of deep Importance to the
welfare Of the Union are constantly recurring,
to demand the attention of the Federal Legis-
lature; and they call with accumulated inter-
est, at the first meeting Of the two Houses, at
ter their periodical renovation. To present to
their consideration, from time to time, subjects
in which the interests Of the nation are most
deeply involved, and for the regulation Of
which the legislative will is alone competent,
Is a duty prescribed by the Constitution, to the
performance of which the first meeting Of the
now Congress is a period eminently app:opri-
ate, and which it is now my purpose to dis
charge.
Our relations Of friendship with the 9TH
er nations Of tho earth, political and CONNER.
cnl, have been preserved unimpaired; and the
opportunities to improve them, have beon cul-
tivated with anxious and unrcmittilg attention.
A negotiation, upon subjects Of high and deli
cate interest, with the Government Of Great
Britain, has terminated IN the adjustment of
some of he questions at issue, U on ~satisfac c.
tory terms, and the postponcment.of others for
future discussion and agreement. The pur-
poses Of the Convention, concluded at st. Pc
tersburg, on the 18th day of July, 1922. under
the mediation Of the late Emperor Alexander,
have been carried into effect by a subsequent
Convention, concluded at London on the 18th
Of November, 1926, the ratifications of which
were exchanged at that place. on the 9th day
Of February last. A copy of the proclamation
issued on the nineteenth day Of March last,
publishing this Convention, is herewith COM
municated to Congress. The sum of twelve
hundred and four thousand nine hundred and
sixty dollars, therein stipulated to be paid TO
the claimants of indemnity under the first Arti-
Gle Of the Treaty Of Client, has been duly re-
ceivod, and the Commission instituted con-
formally to the act of Congress of the I'd of
March last, for the distribution OF the indem-
nifty TO the persons entitled TO receive 1t, are
now in session, and approaching the consum-
nation of the r labors. This final disposal OF
one Of the most painful topics OF collision be-
tween the United States and Great Britain, not
only affords an occasion of graduation to our
selves, but has had the happiest effect in pro-
noting a friend y disposition, and in softening
asperitics upon other objects OF discussion.
Nor ought It to pass without the tribute Of a
frank and cordial acknowledgment Of the mag
nanimity with which an honorable nation, by
the reparation Of their own wrongs, achieves
a triumph more glorious than any fold oil blood
can ever bestow.
The Conventions Of Sd July, 1915, and Of
10Th October. 1918, will expire by their own
limitation on the goth October, 1898. These
have regulated the direct commercial inter-
course bctween the Uuited States and Great
Britain. upon terms Of the most perfect reci-
procity; and they Effected a temporary COM
promise Of the respective rights and claims to
territory Westward Of the Rocky Mountains.
These arrangements have been continued tor
an indefinite period Of time, after the exp'ra-
ton of the aforementioned Convent on; lcav-
ing each party the liberty ofterminating them,
by giving twelve months notice TO the other.
The radical principle Of all commercial inter-
course between independent nations, IS the
mutual interest Of b 9TH parties. It's the vital
spirit Of trade itself; nor can II be rcconcilcd
TO the nature Of man, or - the primary laws OF