I j t ationat Art( rittr+ Our Ming, Congtitution anZi II atu ~ • MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1810. ! places along the coast at which, only, foreign ships of war and privateers may be admitted. The difficulty of sustaining the 'veld:glens of our commerce, atul of other importan t interests front abuse, without such desigr anon, furnishes a strong motive fur ties 111e3$111',. At the time of the negociation, for the renewal of the commercial. convention between the United! States and i Greet Britain, a hope had 'teen entertained that an article might have been agreed upon, mutually satirtac- tory to both countries, regsdetilig, upon principles of justice and reciprocity, the coniniercial intercourse between the United States lipid the British possessions, as well in 'the West Indies 411 upon the Combatant of North America. The Pleniputentiaries of the two Governments, not having been able to come to an agreement in this important interest, those of the United States reserved for the consideration of tins Govertimeut, the proposals which had been presented to them 'as the ultimate offer on the part of ,the British Government, and. hich they were out ruthcirised to accept. On their tratmnission here, they were examined with due deli beration, the result of which was, a new effort to meet the views of the -British Government. The Minister of the Uitited•States was Instructed to make a further pro- posal, which has not been accepted. It was, .howet er, declined in an amicable manner. I recommend to the consideration of Congress. whether further prohibitory movisians, in the laws telativg to this intercourse. may not be e xpedient. It is seen with interest, that although it has not been practicable, as yet-, to agree in any arrangement of this important branch of theireonitnerce, such is the di.posttion of the parties,-that each will view any regulations which the other way make respecting it, u the most friendly light. " fly the 6th article of theenerention, concluded on the gush October, 111111, dines stipulated that the Mr ' fereuces which had arisetebetween the two Governments with regard to the true intedt and totalling of the sth article of the treaty of Ghent, in relation to the carrying away. by British officers, of ',laves from the United States, after the each= of the ratificatiun of the treaty to peacey el be referred to the decision of souse frittulte_ Sovereign or State. to be 'issued for that perpose. The :Milliner of the United States has been instoseted to name to the British Government a foreign 'Sovereign. the common friend to both parties, for the decision of this question. The answer of that Guider-omen' to the proposal.** when received, will indi cate,the further measures to be pursued on the part of United States: • Althoieth the pecuniary embarrassments which affected-the various parts of the U • during the latter part cattle preceding year. bare during Abe present, been considerably auguiestsecl. and stilt contimie to exist, the receipts ittio the treasury, in the autb of Sep tember last, have atnoutited to te,uodeuou d o llars.— After defraying the current eerie._ _te, e , o f tee l . .. Regim ent, including the auterest and reimbursement of the public debt, payable to that pertoit., golou oting to 18,aments °. 'here remained "' the treasury on that. day more than 2.6oo.ooodelletoswblets With the snits receivable during the remould" of tits year. mill exceed the current demands uponthaS treasury for the saute period. •• T he comes which have tended to dimin ish the panic receiplat. could usu foil to have a corrrespontling effect "Imo, the revenue which has accrued upon imposts and ioneesse. during the three first quarters of the pre. ceilin7,, year. It •is, however. ascertained that the dou.esethich hare been set ured during that period exceed l'e,ooo,otxl, and those of the -whole year will esubithly , arisuuni to ea,uou,ooo. " Fin the probable receipts of the neat year, I refer you to the sameinents which will be iiiii ted front the treastiry, which will enable you to judge w Ileum further provisions be stecessiry. m The great reduction in time price of the principal articles of domestic growth, which has occurred eluting the present year. and the consequent fall in tile price of biliteir, apeaiently so !avowable to the success of do mestic istanufactures, have not shielded them against other causes averse to their pruspesity. The pecutim:j disappreistineuts which have so deeply effected the coo:. menial interests of the nattoo, have been nu less A verse to our nianiffeettiring estaleishments, in 'atrial sections of the Union. .• The great reduction of the currency which the banks have been constrained to wake, in order 40 cono. ithe specie paymeiits, tied the i stinted character of it w titre men reduciiinis have not been atiemeesl, instead of piecing within the reach of these e‘tablisinitents the pecuniary aid necessary to avail theme-Ives of the ad vantages resulting the raw iigaieriAlb and of it.t‘e the oinks in ts ithilraw from teem a pillion of the cipital healouire ad v anced tndivus. '! . undid ssinvit has been refused by the winks, has not heel, uht iiuril from Miter CS, .owing to tile hilts of 111441'iliiiiai the failures winch 14..‘e revciitiv occurred Ili :40111C Of OW I/111101 0X commercial cities. i• An additional CAW!. of the 1141/11”14410/1 of these es. tab' slitreists, may robably be Ithlild In the peettnialy entharressitients of whitai ,Ste recently albalted i these commies, with which our commerce 11.141 loaliy prosecuted. " maanuf.veturrs, for time W 31.1 o:" a read) or No. 1,216--Vot.. XIII.] UNITED STATES OF 4.t.,,R1CA. )THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. " Fellow Citizens of the Senate and of the llouse of Representatives, " The public buildings being advanced to a stage to efford accommodation to Congress. I offer you my :in we congratulation; on the recommencement of your duties in the Capitol. " In bringing to view the incidents most deserving attention, which have occurred since your last Session, • I regret to have to state that several of our principal cities have suffered by sickness; that an unusual drought has prevailed in the middle and western States, and that a derangement has been felt in some of our monied institutions, which has proportiouably affected their credit. I am happy, however, to have it in my power.to assure you•that the health of our cities is new completely restored ; that the produce of the year, though less abundant ran usual, will not only be amply 'efficient for homeconsumption, but afford a large sur plus fur the supply of the Wants of other nations; and that tbo tlerangetnent in the circulating paper medium by being left to those remedies which its obvious Mars *ugge s hedfuud the good sense and virtue of our fellow eitizens supplied, has diminished. • (The president then explains at greet length the grounds en which the treaty was mad e withSparn fur the cession of the Florida.; states ... the reasons which have been as signed by the court of Madrid for us withholding in ratification ; and advises Congress not to proceed to take possession of the.Fluridas by force, till they shall have heard the arguments which may be used by the extraordinary minister whom the King of Spain pro aci.;es : to send to America immediately. The speech then proceeds as follows "In the civil war existing between Spain and the • - Spattish provinces in this hemisphere, the greatest care has been taken to enforce the laws intended to preserve an impartial neutrality. Our ports have continued to be equally open to both parties. and on the saute condi tion., and our citizens have been equally restrained from interfering in favour of either to the prejudice of the other. The progress of the war, however, has operated nianifestly iat favour of the Colonies. Buenos Ayres still maintains unshaken the independence which it de clared its 1816, and has enjoyed since 1810. Like sue ma has also lately attended Chili and the provinces north of the La 21sta, bordering on it; apd likewise Veiteattela. " This contest has, from its commencement. been very iiiteresting.to other powers, and to none more than the Unit/al States-. A virtuous .people may and •will confute themselves within the limits of s strict neutrality ; but it is not it, their power to behold a con flict so vitally important to their neighbonrs, without the sensibility and sympathy which naturally belong to such a case. It has been the steady purpose of this Go. 15CLUwelat to prevent that fee hog leading to excess; and it 'Ore" uratifyilig so hate it its my power to state. that to strong has been the sense, throughotiqthe whole community, of whit was due to die character and out,. tuitions of the nation, that few examples of a cout- d e kind lose occurred. " The distance of the colonies from the parew, coun try, and the peat extent of their population and fe• .sources, gave them great advantages which, it was a p o ., teipated. at a very early period, tt wotihl be difficult for' Spain to atalliOUlit. The steadiness, coti-, lt i e ncy. an d -success with which they have pursued a im o t t i mt . as .evinced more particularly by the undistvahed sovereign ty which B511:1105 Ayres has so long I,4l k joyed, evidently give them a strong claim to the fa%ortroble consideration •sfiother ustiout. These sentimen 4 0 , on the part o f t h e United Stales. have not been o ithlteld from rube, iPowers, with whom it is atsira,ul e to ac: in concert. Should ithecome manifest to tase world, that the Ohms of Spain to subdue those provinces will lie triodes*, it limy lie presumed that the Spanish Governineui iiscil Will go t op ate coolest. in protinciott such a determi nation, it be doubted, that the 44110100 of fr tend Iv Phwtr:-. who have takes, no part tit time cootroversy, will have ilwir 100:110:4110lhoellee. '- 1115 of the Istahisi importance to our national ch . a. racier, Slid iiillibpviasubk to 1110 1111 l rah iy of nor clt i,5015. tont all t tolatin- ol our mutrality should be pre%s u nt d. No door A mi d,' be l e f t isp,cli Stir the 0051110 of mill. 14W1'. lotoppolhoolly Jhhoulehl In :Joy w.imm spay 1.. advantage idol, tot. I.r.imise the lillrrt.st ul 10010 tar A'S 11111 1101100. II 15 5011101:ra, 110:1001e, ki Ilic cuss ellher.llloll 01 Coir4us 5., W111:1;11.1 . 11 way WA Ixt a th i1t . 41 4 4; to revise the alaW lii 111 W liesira , le result. It is sulma.ittesi, al.u, whether it wry not be adeis..aLle to ac.ibulte, by law, the several limit or [yaws 944. profitable market at home, hate hero 'hipped by the manufacturers to the United States, an.l in many in. stances, sold at a price below their current value et the place of manufacture. Although this practice may, Irom its nature, he considered temporary, or contin gent, it is not on that occ 11111 l t less injurious in its et:. fects, Uniformity n, the demand and price of an arti cle, is highly desirable to the dome,' ic manufacturer. " It is deemed of A reat imp ottance to sive ragement to our dumestie manufactures. In o . manner the es Its, adverted to iii ty he remedied, 3irl how far it may he practicable, in other respects, to aflbrd te them further elicitor:semen., liayititt due re gard to All the other great interests of the iertioti, Is submitted to the wistloni of congress. " The survey of the coast for the establishment of fortifications is now nearly completed, and eousideralt'e proves, has been made in the collection ,exiaterials fir the construesion of foe ificatimis in the CrtiTT and in the Chesapeake Bay. The works on the rasters batik of the Potomac, below Alexandria, acid on the Peapa , ch, in the Delaware, ale 11111Cil advanced ; and it is expected that the fortiliCjl{oll3 at the Nirsows, in the harbour of New York, will be completed the lures, nt year. "The troops intended to ocoupy a station at the mouth of the Si. Peter's, on the Nliasis-ipi, have estae blushed themselves there ; and thoaeasinch were or. clued to the tumuli of the Yellow Stone, on the Mts... souri, have ascended that river to the Council. Null's, where they still remain until next spring, whin thty will proceed to the place of their destination. 1 hate the satiafaction to state, that this :measure has been exc. cuted in amity with t..e Indian tribes, and that it pre mises to produce in regard so thew, all the ads anus( which were contemplated 1w it. ." Much prowese has likewise been made in the con struction of ships of war, and iu the collection of tim ber sod. other materials for ship-huildine. " For the pronction of our conimeree in the Medi terranean, along the southern Atlantic coast, in the Pacific cud Indian Oceans, it has been found accessary to maintain a strong naval force which it serous proper for the present 10 continue There is eitscikreasen to believe, that if any poit• of the squadron heretofore stationed in the I%lediterratiaan should be withdrawn. ourititercourse with the powrs bordering on that sea would be much interrupted, if not alto Other destroyed. Sock, too, has been the growth of a spirit of piracy, in the other quarters mentioned by advea 1111 l era haul eve.y country, in abuse of the friendly flag which they have assumed. that not to protect our otimuteree would be a abandon it as a prey to their rapacity. Due attest NMS has likewise been.paid to die suppression df the Slave Trade, in complialice with a law of the last seevieu.— Orders have been given to the co 11111 l Antlers of al out public ships to *ride all vessels navigated under our Ci r .. , engaged in that trade.and to bring them tit, to be fte6 seeded against be the outliner prescribed . by that Noe.-- It is,hoped that these vigorous measures, supported •by like acts by other nation., will stein ternripate corn. uterce so disgraceful to the cat dazed world. in the execution of the duty imposed by these acts, and el' a high trust connected with it, it is with deep reireet I have to state the loss which has been sues 'unarmed by the death of Commodore Perry. His gal lantry in a brilliant exploit, in a late War,sutde.l le the rettowii of his rummy. Ills .ritatlt is deplored as is national inisfurtune. " J. MOKROS. 4, Washington, Dec. 7. 1819." Tits QUARTER'S Itsvenus.—The folluvring is the Nut Produce of the Revenue in the last Quar ter, compared with the corresponding quarter ending the sth January, 1819, Quarters ended' I berm.— Cust . orni ..., Run5a........ Stwope ........ WMt•uiNce.. Awes*. Tau, Laud Taym tetiocelbaoa nos ]Ol llncresse in It thus appears tint. upeia Quarter of this Year of 70,4471. Front this iaereato., however, such proportion of the new duties as nu iv have been received during the qunrtee eronag Sth January, ISVO, should be deducted. The whn'a amount of uew duties received) in the 13st power. it is observed, does not esceed thio,oool. at the most, There has been a deereasc the custonis—a intlikiteholy preidot the grrit filling off in our mule and cornett:no; hilt in the Esei,4 there has been au increase of 1101,5031. Thy", Ilea. Wen n ONcre4se in the Slituir duties of 27,t101. idea Jan. 3. lacrosse. ........—..--, I BYO. ....---..—.. --- . 4 .4; Crt6.435 1 11 6.439.515 401 .103 Y 1.503.311 t 378. t Pim 59.110 C $ 1,3111,n73 6 418.933 34.589 17 177.074 43,677 '7,' 13,469,1 453.749 masc.... 148,31.2 1 QUSlief 7i ,4.67 wt there is nit inerwrie 0 • - xt -ct • 4 • 'l . "' e 1 4 11 ; , I: ) v i