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o ,? both skk^Taadt what is of $\]\\ greater importance, the danger of collision, b+zwech armed vessels, in those inhmcf watefs, which was great, is pre'entedv^ I" have the sitS-sfifetion also . to Sta^f, that the Commissioners un der the fourth article of the treaty of Ghenj,: to y^j^ro referred era) islands in the Bay of Passama qooddy belonged under the treaty of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, hart agreed in their "report, bywhkrh all thf Wartds \rr the pos*ea|p>n of each party before the iate war, have been decreed to it. The Comminsioners acting under the qther articles of the treaty of Ghent, for the settlement of botindlnes/ hav<rmfso been engaged in the discharge of their respective duties, but have not yet completed them. The difference which arose ? - - ? ? - -V , between the two governments un der that treaty, rejecting the right of the United 'States to take and cure fish on the coast of the lit ituh province* north of. our limits which h*d been secured by the treaty of oiie thousand , ievea hundred and eifchty-three, w still in negotiation; Tnc proposition made by this gov ernment, to extend to the colonies of Great Britain. 0e principle of the convention ; of London, by \vhi6h thc commerce between the ports iif the United States and Br r tish ports in Europe, had . been t aced on a footing of equality, has fetttir deduced by the British gov c rnmenc $his subject having been thus , amicably discussed between the two governments and it appear ing that the British government is unwilling to depai c from its> present regulations, it remains for. Congress 'to decide whether they1 frill make ifty other regulations,- in conse quence thereof, for the protection and improvement of our ?viga~ tion. - The ncgociation with Spain, for spoiliations 011 our commerce, and the settlement of boundaries, re mains, essentially, in the *Utte it hell, by the communications that were made to Congres* by my Prc jjecessor. It hps been evidently the policy of the Spanuh government to keep the negociation suspended, I and*ln this the United States hfcve :,afcquiesced, from' W) amicable dis ?posirion toward* Spain, and in the expectation that her government would, from a sense of justice, 40 such an arrange - would be equal between the A disposition has been f shewn by the Spanish gov ~ Mttto move in the ncgociation, iWHuh hat been met by this govern -37%"" tlie'concitiatoryi licy, which has in- 1 our Co^pciN, be I just and satUfac ie?t may be expected, however, to remark, that, no proposition his yet been made, from which such a result can be presumed. ' ? It was anticipated, at an early stage, the contest between Spain and the colonies would be come highly interesting to the Unit ed Spates. It was natural th?t our citizens should sympathise in events which ?afircttd', their neighbors. It seemed probable, also, that the prosecution of the coufiict along our coast* and in contiguous coun tries, would occasionally interrupt our commerce, and1 otherwise affect the pfrsons and property of our citizens.? Thesa anticipations have been realized!? Such 'injuries havt ; been received from persons acting . ?nder the authority of b >th the psr* ties, and for which redness has, in most instances, been withheld. Thsoogh every stage of the con flict, the United States have main tained amiuvpu cial neutrality, gi* ing aid to neither of the parties, in men, money, ships or munitions of wah 'I My have' frgartied the com* r, not in die light of an ordinary- hi surrcction mr rebellion, b Jt as u ci vil war between parties nearly equal, Saving, as to neutral powers, equal lights. Our ports have been open | to both, and every article, the fruit of our soil, or of the industry of our- citizens, which c'nher was] permitted to take, has been equally \ free to the other. ^ Shoukl the colo Lnies establish their independence, it is proj>cr now to state, tSftt this government neither seeks, ? nor would accept, from them any ad vantage, in commerce or other | wise, which -will not be eqttatty [open to all other nations -The colonics will, in that event, become indej>endcnt states, free frt>m any . obligation to, or connec:k>n with, us, which it day not then be their interest ro^ form on the basis of "a- 1 fair reciprocity. In the summer o f the present year an ex pedition was set on foot against Sasi Flori da, by persons claiming to act under tha authority of some of the colonics, who topk possession of Amelia Island, at the mouth of St. Mary's river, near th^Aamodai-y of the state off?oorgta. Asthe^wlhce lies eastwkrd of the United States and th)c ocean on every side, and has been a subjret of ne gotiation with the government of Spain, as an indemnity for losses by spoiiia&m, or in exchange for territory to equal value west ward of the Mississippi, a fact well known to the world, it cxchcd surpiHc that any countenance should be given to tliis mea sure by any of the colonies. Kb It. would be difficult to reconcile it with the frienflly J relations existing between the tilted States and the colonics, a doubt was cntcrrtaincd whether it had been authorized by them, or any of them. This doubt has gained strength, by the circumstances which have unfolded ihertisclves in the prosecutions of the enterprise, which have marked it as % mere private unauthorised adventure, i'rdr ? / . ? ' - - 1 ? .* ... .? , jected and commenced with, an incompe tent force, - reliance seems to h*tt been placed oawhat might be drawn, in aeftchco ; of our laws, from within our limits : an4 of late, as their resources have failed, it has assumed a more marked character of un friendliness to us, the island being made a channel for the iHicit introduction of slaves frortl Africa to; the .United States, an asy lum for fugitive slaves from ttoc neighlwur ing states, and a port for simt^gling of eVc in c, ? w - A similar establishment was made, at an earlier period, by person* of the same dcs. criptfon, |n the Gulph of Mexico, at a place called OilrcitflA, within the limits of the U. , States* aa we * contend under the. cession of Louisiana. The enterprise has been marked, in a more filial manner, by all the objectionable circumstances which cha racterised the ctbsr, ahd more particularly by the equipment of privateers Which had annoyed our commerce, and by smuggi'tig,." These establishments, if ever sanctioned by any authority whatever, which is not believ ed have abused their trust, wl forfeited all claim to consideration. A ju$t regard jfor the rights and interests of tbo United Stated required that they sl^uld banj^ppraaod; and orders h?ve tccortUn^^ issuqd to| t h;?* effect. The imperious icmdtforatfon^tirhich produced this/toewtire'wfrt be e*j>li\rtcdte 1 the parties whom it may) in any <tt )rte eon-* [' J * f* 4\ f v * A" v v*5 ? Nf ???*? c J Cwlli _ \ # ?? ? ?'?m^ < ' .{? ^ i ? ? , ^ ^ 1 . - \ t-: . ^ i To obtain cotreru informs rioa on every, subject in whie&M^tJM&tt Slate* arc ifite tc rested ; t j inspire ?Wt Sa^t?mcnt*,)n all persons In authority* q^c^fcr>W| of ou* friendly dbposilfov W U niay com> port with an impsHfcf numnsKty ; and to soeure proper ifoirpttt jo our eemmerce in every tfcin.Mcyy Rfefchutecft thought proper to sets# s fluy of war, with thm dfotlngtuehed* citiaem, doog the tout'KJVtt coast With 1ti*trtfetj<m ta tt*;eh at s?ch parte as they may find inwt rxpedicnt for these purpu**, , the existing an. Jhorities, whh those in the ptatscaifMlglt .and oxeicising the sovereignity, inu*tl?e communication be held'i from them alone t can redress for |wst injuries, com fitted by. ! persons acting ui?. ;r them, be obtained; by them alone cm* the eomnvisw^ of the like, in future be prevented. j Our relation with the other powers of | Europe have experienced no essential f change since the hKMt s waion. .In our inter- * course with 4aKh, due attention continue# ; tu be paid tfr the protection of our cofia metre, andtt every other object in which the:. United States are Interested. A strong ho]>e is entertained, \ba%hy atfhertng to the maxims of a just* a candid, and friemUy po~ ; Rey, we may long preserve amicable rcla. ? tions with all the f<nvcv**4tf* ?u r* - j>c, on eon ' viit;ons a-irauta;?r*>us inu houoruUit 10 mr country. >s v % With tl*e, Barlwrf slates and the Indian tribes our pacific relations bXvc teqn pre served. In calling your attcuti**! to tl?e internal concern* of our country, the view which . thry exhibit is peculiarly gratifying. */he payments which Lave Ijeen made int6 the treasury show the very productive states ol the pjblie rivemw. After satisfying the appropriations made Ly U^w for the support of civil government, and cf tbe muita- ; ly and naval establishments* embracing sui table. provision* f<>r fortiflcatious and fur the gradual increase of the navy paying the In terest of the public debt, tV.d extinguish ing more than eighteen mHliowrof tlHJ prin cipal, within tiia present year, it is estiriiat eel that a balance of more than six millions oi dollars will remain in the treapir? eft the , first day of January, applicable to the cur rent service of the ensuing year. The payments into the treasury during the year one thousand eight hundred ana eifj^itcen, on account of imports and ton-\ luge, resulting principally from duties 1 which have accrued in the present year, may be fearly estimated at twenty millions of dollars; internal revenue at two millions live hundred thousand ; public lands, at one million fivehqpdred thousand ; bank divi^ dends and irttydental receipts, at five hun dred thousand ; making, in the whole, twenty-four millions aMt five hundred thou* ; sand dollars, y* r. ^ x ! The annual permanent expenditure for j the support of the civil government, end f of the array ^j&navy, as new established by j law, amounts 2o eleven millions eight huiu ! dred thousand dollars -t and for the sinking ! fund, to ten millions ; making ir the whole I twenty -one millions eight hundred thou* sand dollars ; leaving at) annual excess of revenue beyond the expenditure of two" millions seven hundred thousand dollars ; exclusive of the balance estimated to be in the treasury on the first day of January, one ' thousand eight hundred and eighteen. In the present state of the treasury, the -mhoia of tl^r. l.onis';;*nna, debt ? may Ue re deemed in the year one thousaiu](dght hun dred and nineteen : after which, iftjie pub lic debt continues us it now is, above -par, there will be annually about live millions o* the sinking fnnd unexpended until' the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty -five IPfttn the loan of one thousand right hun PPrd and twelve, and the*- stock created by funding treasury notes, will be redefcmdbfe.I It i* alsoes&imated thai the Mississippi stock will be discharged during tine year one thousand eight hundred nnd nineteen, from the proceeds of the public iancls at signccf to thmt object ; after which the . re ceipts front those land* will annually add to the public revenue the sum of .one , ntfl lion five hundred thousand dollars, ma king the permanent :'r annual revenue amount ro,tvVenty~six miiUiousof doMars^ and leaving an annnal oxctas of revenue, af t?r the yearone, thousand eight hundred and nineteen* he vend tho permanent, authorised e*p*ndtt?re**jf mora mm I Hit Million* of doMSt*. * V"- h of w?r, flu- ttUHtia force of the several state* 1% be estimated at eight bundled thousand men, infantry . artillery and caval- , ry. Great part of this force is armed* j measures are taken Jo arm *he whole* ^ An mipFoveiyieta iu Usd organisation w>d tiis cipHne oft the militia, ia one of the jgjreal ob jcctswl&h claims Uie.unrenuiicd of Conpaeaa. The regular force amounts nearly to the . number required by law, and is stationed along the Atlantic and inland fi^nUcrs. i v ' Ofthe rtarhl force, it hw been necessary to maintallf ittoofc ftpiadrous In the ' Medi terranean, and in the Gulf of Mexico. 1 rom several ofthe Indian tiibea InfcabU ting tl>e country bofcte ring en Lake Erie, purchases have been madtf of lands, on cow* ditlons very favorable to the United States, and, aaH is presumed, not less so to the tribes themselves. By tsiese purC^Mfl the Tndlatl title, with moderate vt serrations, liaWe?fbltmu;?u^bcd to the wf*>lc bflthe end to agre*tpMt?f ihnt in (he Mjc&iKnn territory, andof tho ?taW of I ivlionn. Ptom the Cherokee tribe ? tftict T.M btcfi ; .pmv cliMcd* 1h the stwte of TleorisU, tuwl ?n?r fangemetrt n?ede, W which* J" wdmuge for lands beyuyd the Ktiaaisijtfllrea 5>rclfl part, ft not the silielc of ibe i*Pbel<4*f$u>? ro that tribe, eastward of tl?at riv vf \u th* states of North Caraliria, flcorglay and TenneJa6*,and*t?tlie Aiabaffiii Tcvtftoiy, will toon be acquired. By these acquisiti ons, and others, that way reayitably be ?.v ! pected soon to folknv, we shall be cn^lci f o rv.cnd our iutictr.enu fir ru the uJ ? led parts of tl^e M^ic of Ohio, airr^ "f^A> P.rie, ixit^ the Michigan territory, tt<?t o cocr.cct our settlements by thesutc of ludlana jukI Jk; I itinoU tensity, - to that ol Missoi ri. , A similar, ati^f' Vast ly advantageous efltct willaooa b^'~"|inxftiv ced to the south, through the whoQ~Vxte;iW of the stat *< and terrlutv, w^hich LofileY on the \v4crs cmpt) ing iiao tho jffiyt^eippl - j-andt!i? Mobilo. In this ^rogres 5, which tiia 1 ights of nature Remand and nothing I can prevent, marking ? ^routh rapid #and gigantie, it is our duly to make new effort* for the preservation, improterrfefit, and ci vilization of the native inhabitant*, flw hunter state can exist ohly irt the vast, un c u\t : vat cd depart. It yields to the more dense and compact form, and greater fbrcev of civilized % population ; and of ri^tu'ir oufthtto yield, for the earth was pv en */ mankind to support the greatest numtier of wkicb it If capable, and no tribe or pea pie liave a rigk to witholo from the wants rt? others more than is necessary for their Owir support and comfort. It ta ^ atiMrt?v to" tnovr, that the reservations of land ihade by the trefl&ee with the tribes on Lake Erie, made wVih a view to Individual' own ership among then!, and to the estivation of the .soil by .all, and that an arrouaketi pend hew been pledged to supply the^r other wants!4 It will merit the ^ consideration of ? Congics*, whether other pnovissiob, 'not \ stipulated by thetrtaty, ought to be made k for these tribes; aftd for the advancement oi the liberal aUd htimare policy of tfce United States towards all the tribes whhki Our iim ? its, and .more particularly for their iiu provement in the arts of civi Used life. $ 1 Amw^ the ad> antagte inddtftt HtUhe pure hoses and to limn which have pTeced* ed. the aeeortty which may thereby beef* lorded to eur mlaad frontier*, H peculiar ly important* WKh a strong barrier* dw aiding ol our own people; , t^ua planted on tfreLahea^tfra ffississippfr oad the Ko biie, with 1 he protection to bo4eri?e4 tamr the regular .force, Indian hostilities if they do not altogether c*?*e, will benre- , ^jnrth lose their Minor* I'm nfualiuwa In those quarters, In npy extent, will ^ot be necessary, and the eapepce attending them may be saved. A ^ sated. A wpie accu?tm?^ l0 t eviba Indian ? v? w urc-arms im?ff as the Indian tribes sre, will ahua t?*n mcid<rate,v?tkt, which ar* defended by .cannon. ? (ireaufor ricatlont will, therefore, be requisite only, in future, along i he eealW and as sfme points in the inieri^, Mm?(ted *Ubit. Oh these will the safety^ our te won: and the commerce of our greet fivers, from, the hay of Kunday to the Misshbtpni, de pend. <>n these. therefoie? should u he utmost attention) skill, and labor, be be stowed. ? ?? ;i ? -.JEr p;/ A otftisidevabfo and rapid augmentation in the value of all the public* lands,- ^pro* cccdin^" from these and i other* ^ cautcs, may henceforward bo ei The difficult}** attending early ? tioms, willbetfissipnteflevcn infljl remote ?arta. Several ne\r states hav^ ? admtyed into our Union, to tfro West South* and territorial r- v< i r.mcnU, hap* pily organired, established over every Other ymtiok in alflihffrssfr tejj|^>fnirtpiTid lor "1 Xn^il mutt soon be dbne^ ia a >w innwaio vupv i at tofttt, the emigration which ltaa>hercto . tore ooeti great* pw*W]* encrtp** mcr 'the delft** for land, and the augmenta tion infos value, be in like propoftiorf?^ Th* great ifrcrrast of our p*puTati6nr thr6rrgli c?Ht the Union will aloos pr6cfd?e"an fenpor- . imt effect, and m no quarter -will it be so?* sensibly felt mt In those in contempt atioti# ?.\The public lands jire a public stock, which f * might to bt disposed of ttathe lictf**ya*^ tage for the nation^ The nation should* '? therrf -re, derive the profit proceeding from , the continual .rfaw i? their/ ***"*? encouragement should, be given to fim emi grants, consistent wi** Mt betwocn t^r*n? M thtrt cymp* y,. ?_ ^ _. ? . .* * * j aperate, in the firit mI?, to rIE-.r ? k<< the m*?> wither thai of i Great eapM** Will duprtve all the bene fit incident .tathoir superior wf.ajt^, utvVr J any mmlc ?f sale which nitw be adopted. [ ?Put if looking forjrjird J|o .thpijrW hi the *3 vali* of tl^ (>tib?claoa?,, they -.Kouid h*w Z the opportunity of^#p?K&t a lpifWce, L ya? bodfrain' thefr h?mj% tihe profit wilf acrrtietothcio and not to the-rnibHr.^ They I woottafro hare tbr power. To that debtee,, to ottntnA tte* emigration n rid settlement irr fmeh tna.mtr as ffiei? opinion of their re. | , spoetlve Intercuts might . dietate. ** ! snlimit thia autfjeet fo the' consideration of Con* . great, th^stieh farther provmiori may be i made fathe sale of the pobli? lands, with a \ view to the ptfciit interest,, should anybi^l