Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-12-03
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

United States communicated 10 both Houses
of Congress the following Message:
To the Senate and House Of Representatives. 81
TIE United States.
FELLow-CrIzENs OF THE SENATE,
AND OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,:
" the endowment in profusion OF the boun,
ties of Providence forms a suitable subject OF
mutual graduation and grateful acknowledge
ment, we are admonished al this return oil the
season, when the Representatives OF the Nation
are assembled to deliberate upon their concerns.
10 offer I'D the tribute Of fervent and grateful
hearts, for the never failing mercies oil BIN
who ruleth over all. He has again favored US
with healihful seasons ard abundant harvests.
He has sustained US in peace with foreign
countries, and in tranquility within our bor'
ders. He has preserved US in the quiet and I'M
disturbed possession Of civil and religious lib
er,y. He has crowned the year with his good
ness, imposing on US no other conditions than
of improving for our own happiness the bless
sing. bestowed By his hands, and, in the frul-
,ion.of all his favors, Of deyoiing the faculties
with which we have been endowed by him 10
his glory and TO our own temporal and eternal
welfare.
In the relations Of our Federal Union with
our brethren Of the human race, the changes
which have occurred since the close OF your las,
session, have generally tended TO the p'eserVa'
lion of Peace, and 10 the cultivation OF harmo.
ny. Before your last separation, war mao
unsappily been kindled between the Empire oil
Russia. one of those with which our intercourse
has been no other than constant exchange oil
good Offices, and ths, Of the Ottoman Porte,
nation from witch geographical distance, rell-
yious opinions and maxims Of government on
their part little suited to the formation OF those
. bonds of mutual benevol.nce which resuit from
the Benefits Of commerce, had kept US in a state
perhaps too much prolonged, oil coldIe SIS and
alienation. The extensive, fertile, and popu-
lous dominons Of the Sultan belong rather 10
the Asiatic than European division OF the hu-
man family. They enter but partially into the
system of Europe; nor have their wars wan
Russia and Austria, the European States upon
which they border, for more than century pas,
disturbed The pacific relations Of those States,
wrh The other Great Powers Of Europe. Nei-
Their France, nor Prussia, nor Great Britain,
has ever taken part in themj nor is II 10 be ex-
prcted that they will al Ibis Time. Tne decia-
ration Of war by Russia has received the APP
probation or acQuescence OF her allies, and we
may indulge the hope that its progress and
termination will DE signaized by the modera-
ton and forbearance no less than by the ener
Wv of the Emperor Nicholas, and that II will
afford the opportunity for such collateral agen'
cy in behalf Of the suffering Greeks, as will Sc
cure to them ultimately the triumph OF hu-
manty and Of fre edom.
The state Of our particular relations with
Fra.ce, has scarcely varied in the course OF
the presen. ysas Khf has s6HtaaFd 10 IN
crease for the mutual benefit Of both. The claims
Of Indemnify TO numbers OF our fellow cii>
zprs for depreda.ions upon their property here
tofore committed, during the Revolutionary
in IN ted
form III. subject Of earnest representation and
remonstrapce. Recent advices from the Minis
ter of the United States al Paris encourage the
expectation that the appeal 10 the justice OF The
French Government will ere long receive a ia
yorabls consideration.
The last friendly expedisnt has been resorted
70 for the decision of the controversy with
Grea, Britain, rrlating to the North Eastern
boundary of the Unied States. BY an agreement
with the British Government, carrying into
effect the provisions of the fifth article at the
Treaty OF Client, and the convention Of 80 h
Srpi. 1927, His Majesty the King Of the Neither
lands has by common consen; been selected as
the umpire be ween the parties. The proposal
TO him To- accept the designation for The prr>
Torrance Of this friendly office will be made a.
an early day, and The United States, relying up
on the Justice of their cause, will cheeriully
conmi, the arhitrament OF il To Prince equally
distinguished for The inde pendence II his spirit
his indtfa isable assIduIry TO the dulies of his
stat, and lis infex Die personal probi'y.
Our commerci aI relations with Great Britain
will deserve the seriou, consideration OF Con-
gress, and the exercise ola conciiatory and for
bearing spirit in the policy Of both Govern.
menis The state Of them has been materially
changed by the Act If Congress passed at their
last Session, in alteration Of the several Acts
imposing du,irs on imposts, and by Acts of
more eeen, date Of the British Parliament.-
The effect Of The Introduction Of direct trade,
commenced by Great B'I,ain, and reciprocated
by the U. States, has been, as was to be fore
seen, only to substitute different channels for an
exchange Of commodities indispensable 10 the
colonies, and profitable 10 numerous class Of
our fellow-cilizens. The exports, the revenue,
the navigation OF the United States, have SUI
fered no diminut,on by our exclusion from d-
rect access TO The British Colonies. The Colo
mics psy more dearly for the necessares Of life,