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MESSAGE.
To the Senate and House Of Representative, Of
the United States.

u inc gScUUtB UHl House OF HppTPSPnfrfltey ID
The United Stote,.
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FELLOW slri1Ems - gu nave ocen assembled in
Su tcst;e'. nuns VI icslsla'ioI unuer proclama
J III @ liz .e Iisa'c VI ,nc .iuSorous clI%ch
WIZ "us !a'oy cI'cu oy NC urect salifages OF tie
itUp'o " .io ~ VI uc important functions OF
n o,ui ,' C olnGe Sp?h .e expiration OF
sn7e ''oi'h ion uc Jay Vi ms lislailaton, he has
raiu .hc great deDi Of nature, leaving behind him
'c assocla,eu win recolcctlon OF numerous be-
nes tohieicu upon We country curing long life of
n'on I5n ,1a VIM !ls pplic bereavement are
.oce'eu o'i'cr CONSCIENTIOUS winch VIII not escape
c Cav h VI ~ me preparations necessary
ioi Ms removal 10 me seal Of government IN view of
feslucnce OF iour years. must have devolvcd upon
Wy I'io ncary expenditures, winch, II per-
,,uu u uulucn ',c iIi,ou resources OF his private
i?l'l,e, iiay 'cnu seriously 10 ille embarrassment OF
''' o!, 'fi's ialIy anu Is therefore respectfully
s.ohlc'cl 10 congress, whether the ordinary prlnc-
s ~ !uSuu. Mouu lio' u1talG inc Pfonfie'y OF us
!HI utNc lh,cl Pos,'o" by inc PROVISIONS OF the
o,, ~, ;a e loMc.s "'iu cures OF me hlgh
s,n'oi \; WIZ" h nc "as elected nave deVovei upon
nv a''u III 'G ufoSi'lo'' ol me representatives OF
'ne o.cs ili OIL inc people, VIII he found to great
.Ao l.. so,'.lo oi 'lic propcm 10 which our lns
tuohs are ior the ilrst time subjected
feel. Ih o, !, upon ' h dcs OF ms Office an not
.f III uat , IL wouu ne becoming IN me to disturb
M,I'' ii oee'l oiuciea ny my iamcnttd prcdcces-
o,' WaeuT,ef, therefore, may nave been my opn-
iu,, dc to t'c ptorie,y OF convenlnG Con-
eicss d, s'tdiy auay from 'lat OF us late ADJOURN
mem, i lounn a ne" ana controlling nducemcnt not
, ~ WIN ''ic uilouc uesIfoS OF inc tate IRE
hiuch'i III 'ic no'oiy 81 tic siatlon IN which was
~ 'Nlco'ouiy PiaaGcu' Wy lirst WISH under such
cnnGu"s.alces wouhi necessarily have been to have
ciicu " my a IN the administration OF pu lie affairs
ilc c9ohcu "5uoil Oh me TWO Houses OF Congress
III oiuci 10 tahe llc counsel ana advice as TO the best
nioue OF cNtrcatlhg Tie government and the country
rom iie chuarrassncht weighing heavily on both.
am 'heh most happy IN iin'is myself SO soon after
iy ucGcssion 10 tlie rr' sldcncy surrounded by the
lli,Culatc representatives OF me states and people,
~ nnpoi,alit changes having taken place IN our
iolen lc!a3ls since tie iast session OF Congress II
i, no, uoenc' necessary on ms occasion to go into
uOicu I'u'C"o'' III I's'ru 10 llIeiIl am happy 10
y a scc oli.liS " destroy the nope oil beng able
rho ro,;fco,;or oe ,ho ,ro,,,, aid, n..,,
been dulv cychon"cd hr,wnen H., ,n r: ,r ,"'
Til. f:nyorn1nn,t Io', No, L., ,,,; u
i.rrs,s of thnsr If nur c;,;1"ns % hno ~ is W,
Inc G,yernmcn, If Sn,in G,nnJJ on ar"','s o''
etpulatong and hone Is i,dmlnsJ I'M H., aae
t,tor- which L,vc bo1n made n tbot Coyornr,an, m
IN I5lsct may laa ere lone To hcncGcial rS'I, VII
\ corlcspon cnce has taken Mace hr,wo,n he So
crctary of STATE and the Minister of uor Rr;,,rnic
Maicsty accredited To his Government IN ,hn Sh.
lcrt of Alexander Icod's ndictncni and ;n,nr;son
h.i copies of which arc herewith comnrnicn,oJ 70
CONGRESS. "
lnaduon 10 what appears from these n,ncrs !,
may be proper 10 state that Alexander M,i rnJ 2,s
been heard by the Supreme Court of The sine of New
York ON his motion TO be DISCHARGED from n,nrison.
,ncnt and that the decision Of thai court has not ne
yet been pronounced.
The Secretary Of State has addressed to me pavcr
upon two subjects, interesting the commerce of Inc
country, which will receive my consideration, and