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Federal Gazette & Baltimore Daily Advertiser 1807/07-1807/12 msa_sc3722_2_6_2-0407 Enlarge and print image (5M) |
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ERAL GAZETTE, EXTRA.
WEijNESiJii.^ MORNING, OCTOBER 28, .18Q7.
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PKtSiDEN P8 MESSAGE
The Editor of the Fed.:v;i.
Gazette experieaces a s n-
Cere pleasure in being able
to pvese Ut thus early t flis
Patrons the President's m -s-
sage It was conv.nunxateu
to congress at 12 o'clock
yesterday, and brought to u >
by express, but unav.v;dab y
in the nig .t
Washington City. October 27.
This day at -2 o'elcck, the: president of the
U.'iitt'd StdtfS communicated^ ly Mr. Coles,
h is secretary, the following Message to both
houses of congress.
To the Senate and Htvrjsg of Bkpres-Nta.-
T1VES OF THE UNITED SrAlES.
Circumstances, fellow citiz-as, which se
riously threaten the peace of our country,
h.r/e made it a duty to cenven'e you at an
earlier period than usual. Th»love of peace
So much cherished in the bosom of our citi-
zens, which has so Ion,; guided the proceed-
ings of their public councils, and induced
forbearance under so many wrongs, m ay not
ensure oar conti'iuance iii the quiet putsuits
of industry. The many injuries and depte
dations committed on our commerce and
navigation upon the high seas tor years past.
the successive innovations on those princi-
ples of public law which have been estab-
lished by the reason and usage of nations
as the rule of their intercourse, and the um-
pire and security of their rights and peace
and all the circumstances which induced the
extraordinary mission to London, are already
known to you. The instructions given to
Our ministers were framed in . the sinceiest
spirit of amity and moderation. They uc
oafdtngly proceeded in conformity there-
with, to propose arrangements whiclimight
embrace and settle all the points in difT ren.Ce
between us, which might bring us to a mu-
tual understanding on oar neutral and nati-
onal rights, and provide for a commercial
intercourse on conditions of some equality.
After long and fruitless endeavors Co effect
¦the puiposes of their mission, and to obtain
arrangements vithin the limits of their in-
St'uctions, tln-y co cle.ded to sign such as
be obtained, and to send them for con
si ieiati an : cat didly declaring to the other
llcgoCiators, at the same time, that they
¦Wete acting against- their instructions, and
that their government therefi re could not
be pit d ,ed for ratification. Ss»ie ot the ar-
ticles proposed might have been admitted on
a principle, of compromise, but others were
too highly disadvantageous ; and no suffi-
'cicirt provision was made against the princi
pal source of the irritations and collisions
¦wbirb. were cinstantly endangering the
pi-race oi the two nations. The question
therefore whether a treaty should be accept-
ed in that form could have admitted but of
o.e decision, even had no declinations of
the other party i opined an confidence In
it. Still anxiou nor t» close the doora-
gainst friendly adjustment, new modifica-
tions were framed, and further ea»icessipfl.s
authorised than could before have been sup-
posed necessary: and our ministers were
instructed to resume their negfjeiations on
these grounds. On this new reference to
araieobU* discussion we were reposing in
coifftder.ee, when on the "22d day of June
last, by a formal order lroin a British admi-
ral, the frigate Chesapeake, leaving her port
for a distant service, was attacked by one of
those vessels which had been lying in our
barbor under the indulgences of hospitality,
•was disabled from pr. a eding, had several
of her crew killed, and four taken away.—
0 t his outrage no commentaries are ne-
cessary. Its character has been p'-onounced
t)y the indignant voice of our citizens with
an emphasis and unanimity never exceeded.
1 immediately by proclamation, interdicted
Our harbors and waters to all British armed
¦vessels, forbade intercourse with them, and
Uncertain how far hostilities were intended,
and the town of N.n-folk indeed being
threatened with immediate attack,-a suffi-
cient force was ordered for the protection of
that place, and such other prt p.trations coin
me need and pursued as the prospeet render
ed proper. An armed ves.el of the United
States was dispatched with instructions to
our ministers at London, to call on that go-
vernment for the satisfaction and security
required by the outrage. A very short in-
terval eught now to bring the answer which
shall be commrinicated to you as soon as re-
ceived : then also, or as soon after as the
public interests shall be found to admit, the
ontatified treaty, and proceedings relative
to it, shall be made known to you.
The aggression, thus begun, has been
continued on the part of the Bri'ish com-
manders, by remaining within our waters
in defiance of the authority of the country.,
by habitual violations of its .jurisdiction, &
at length hy putting to death one ( f the
persons whom they had forcibly taken from
on board the Chesapeake. These aggrava-
tions necessarily lead to the po'icy cirher of
never admitting an armed vessel into our
harbors, or of maintaining in every harrier
such an armed force as may constrain obedi-
ence to the laws, and protect the lives and
property of our citizens against their armed
gue.ns. Rut the expense of such a standing
force, and its inconsistence With cur prin-
ciples dispose with those courtesies which
would necessarily call for it, and leave us
equally free to exclude the navy, as we are
the aimy of a foreign power from entering
our limits.
To (termer violations of maritime rights,
another is now added of very extensive ef-
fect. The government of that nation has
issued an order interdicting all trade by neu-
trals between ports not in amity v ith them"
And being now at war pSith nearly evety
nation on the Atlantic and Medueranean
seas> our vessels arc required, to sacrifice
thsir cargoes; at the first port they touch, i r
to return home without the benefit of going
lo any other market. Under this ne . law
«f the ocean, our trade on the Mediterran-
ean has been swept away by seizures and
condemnations, and that in other seas is
tineaine.l with the same fate.
Our differences with Spain remain still
unsettled; n measure having been taken
oh her part, sinca my last communications
to congress, r brin ; them to a cl >se. But
under a star of thin.. .-Inch may favor re-
considerati i they Rave been recently pres-
sed air! a, ex..- dtion is entertained th t
they may n -,v so n hi orouelit t > an issue
f some sort. With their suojicts on our
b rders no new collisions have taken place,
tier seem immediately to be apprehended,
To OQt former grounds of complaint has
been added a very serious one, as you will
see by the decree, a copy of wl ion is now
communicated. Whether this decree, which
professes t • be conform o>e to (hat of the
French government f November 21, i8o!>,
heretofore communicated to con e .
also be confirm d to thai in its c istuiction
an A application in relation to the U otcd
Sta'es, had not been ascertained at ttie da e
of cur last communications. These, how-
ever, gave reason to expect such a con-
formity.
With the other n tons of Europe < nr
harmony has been uninterrupted, and com-
merce and friendly intercourse have been
maintained on the;r usual footing.
Our peace with the several states on the
coast ot Barbary appears as firm as at any
former period and as likely to continue as
that of any ether nation.
Among our Indian neighbours in the
noith-westem quarter, some fermentation
wasobseived soon after the late occurrences
threatening the continuance of our peace.
Messages were said to he interchanged, and
tokens to be passing which usually denote
a state of ret 1 mess among them, and the
chancier c.f he agitators pointed to the
sources of ejteitr ment. Measures were im-
mediately taken for providing against that
danger : Instructions were given to require
explanations, and, with assurances ot our
continued friendship, to admonish the tribes
to remain quiet a' home, taking no part in
quarrels not belonging to them. A* fir as
we a'e yet 'nformed, the tubes in our vici-
nity, who are m >st advanced in the pursuits
of industry are sincerely disposed to adhere
to their friendship « ith us, and to their pence
with all others. While those more remote
do not present appearanoes sufficiently quiet
to justify the intermission of military pre-
caution pn cur part.
The great tribes on our sooth western
quarter, much advanced beyond the others
in gnculture and household arts, appear tran-
quil and identifying their vieurs with ours,
in proportion to their advancements., With
the whole of the-.e people, in every quarter,
I shall continue to inculcate peace and friend-
ship with all their neighbors and preseve-
ratice in those occupations and pursuits
which will best promote their own well-be-
ing.
The appropriations of the last session,
for the defence of our sea port towns and
harbors, were made under expectation that
a continuance of our peace would permit us
to proceed in that w irk accoroi^ to our
convenience. It has been thought better to
apply the sums then given towards the de-
fence ot Nvw-York, Charleston, and New-
Qi leans chiefly, as most open and most like-
ly first to need protection ; and to leave
places less immediately in danger to the pro-
viso ns of the present session.
The gun boats too already provided have,
on a like principle, been chitfiy assigned to
New-York, New-Orleans and the Chesa-
peake- Whether our moveable force on
the oatar, so material in aid of the defen-
sive works on the land, should be augment-
ed in this or any other form, is left to the
wisdom of the legislature. For the pur-
pose of manning these vessels, in sudden at-
tacks on our harbors, it is a matter for con-
sideration whether the seamen of the United
States may not justly be formed into special
militia, to be called ok for tours of duty in
defence of the harbors where they shall
happen to be ; the ordinary militia of the
place furnishing that portion which may
Cv nsist of landsmen.
The moment our peace was threatened, I
deemed it indispensible to secure a greater
provision of those articles of military stores
with which our magazines were not suffici-
ently furnished. To have awaited a previ-
ous a::d special sanction by law would have
ldst occasions which might not be re-
trieved. 1 did not hesitate, therefore, to au-
thority engagements for such supplement to
our existing stock as would render it ade-
quate to the emergencies threatning us ; and
I trust that the legislature feeling the same
anxiety for the safety of our country, so ma-
teiially advanced by this precaution, will
approve when done, what they would have
seen to important to be done, il then as-
sembled. -Expences also unprovided for a-
rose out of the necessity of calling all our
gunboats into actual service fer the defence
of our our harbors j of all which accounts
will be lard before you.
Whether a regular army is to be raised &
to what extent, must depend on the infor-
mation so shortly em«ecied. In the mean
tune 1 have calledupudfcthestates f>;r quotas
oi militia, to be in readiness for present de-
fence ; and have.moreover encouraged the
..ace of .volunteers, and I am happy to
you that these have offered them-
selves with grtat jalacrity in, every part oi
the union, They are-ordered to be organ-
ized, ;md ready at a moments warning, to
proceed Ort any service to which they may
bo- called, and every preparation within the
executive powers has beon made to iusuie us
the benefit of early exertions.
I informed congress at their last session
cf the enterprizes against the public peace,
which were believed to be in preparation by
Airon Burr and his associates, of the mea-
sures taken to defeat them, and to bring the
offenders to justice. Their enterprizes were
happily defeated, by the patriotic exirtions
ot the militia, • henever called into acti in
by the fidelity of.the army, and energy of
thee mmander in chief in promptly arrang-
ing the difficulties presenting tnemseives on
the Sabine, repairing to meet those arising
on eoe Mi.,sfsrrppi. and dtssipjlmg before
their explosion, plots engendering there : I
shall think it my duty to lay before you the
proceedings, and the e-idence pu'aliciy ex-
hibited on the arraignment of the principal
offenders before the District Court or Vir-
ginia. Y u will bo enabled to judge whe-
ther the defect . as in the testimony, in tire
law, or in the administration of the law, and
whereever it shall be found the legislature
alone can apply or originate the remedy*
The framers of out constuution certainly--up-
posed they had guarded, as well their go-"
verneaent against destruction by treas >n, as
their cnizens against oppression, under pre-
tence of it, and if these ends are not attain-
ed, it is of, im| orfahce t > enquire by what
means more effectual, they may be secured.
The accounts oi the receipt* of revenue
during the year ending on the thirtieth day
of September last being not yet made up, a
correct statement will be hereof er transmit-
ted from the treasury. In the inaentinie it
is ascertained tout rhe receipts have amount-
ed to near sixteen millions ot dollars ; which
with the five millions and an half in the
treasury at the no-ginning of the year have
enabled as-afer meeting the cftrieut demands
and iiue-eot incurred, to pay more than lour
millions of tile pn .cipal oi our fundeouebt.
fhe.se payments, with those of the puci d-
injj five and a half years, have extinguished
of the funded uebt twenty live millions' and
an nail' of dollars, being the whole winch
couM he paid or puicnaSed within tiie limns-
of the law and ot our contracts, and n.ive
left us in the treasury eigut millions ad an
half of dollars. A portion of this sum may
he considered as a commencement ot accu
m dationof thesuiplussesot revenue, which,
after pa> ing the instalments of debt, as they
shall irecone payable, will remain without
any Specific objects It ma, partly, indeed,
be applied towards completing toe defence
of the exposed points of our country , on
such a scale as shall be adapted to our prill
ciples aid circumstances Tins object is
doubtless jt.iiurig the fust entitled to attenti-
on, in such a state of cur finances, and it is
one wbi«h, whether We have peace or war,
will provide security where it is due. Whe-
thei what shall remain of this, with the hi
run- surpluses, may be usefully applied to
purposes already authorised, or more usefully
to others requiring new authorities,, or how
otherwise they shall be disposed of, are ques-
tions calling for the notice of congress;
unless indeed they shall be superceded by a
change in our public relations, now awaiting
the determination of others Whatever b, that
determination, it is|a gi eat consolation that it
will become known at a moment when the*
supreme council of the nation is assembled
at its post, and ready to give the aids of its
wisdom and authority lo whatever course
the good of our country shall then call us
to pursue.
M-titers of minor importance will be the
subject of future communications, and no-
thing shall be wanting on my part vthicb
may give information or dispatch to the pro-
ceedings of the Legislatuie in the exeicise
of ftieir high duties, and at a moment so
interesting to the public welfare.
, TH : JEFFERSON.
Tuesday, October 27, 1807.
The Subscriber
Resoectf illy heg» leava to recommend the
following proposals of the London Pliurni.s
Fire Corup.iiv. The season of the ye r ap-
proache», when danger from that element'm
most to be apprehended. The rates of Pre,
minriis, will in all cases, b.- made low, si»
tiieintrture and situation of property will per
niit. For tfie accommodation of Merchants
specifi-. Goods, identified bv murks a ,d nam
biers, ni'ty he insured for a less time than the
year. Orders left at the officii in Second
street, any time between the hours of nine
A. M. and 5 P. M will be duly attended to,
and Polices issued the tame day.
DAVID STE W ART, A gent.
Insurances can be mude on Buildings,
Stores, &c. &c. in all pails of Maryland, the
district of Columbia, including Alexandria is
its neighborhood. Letters on the subject,
post paid, addressed to the Agent, shall have
immediate attention.
PROPOSALS
From ,-A,' Phxn'x Comp.my of tionilnit
For insuring houses, building-, stoics, ships ill Jiar-
bor, gooda, warts acl merchandize,
FROM L.USS OR DAMAGE BT t\HE.
Insurance lroin loss or damage by lire luth been
tSoun.1 a measure ot great iwip rtaiue c-i the Itanjii
Bess of Combes, ami husgiven additional Mitunty 10
commadal tran-actifitin. The distinguiihcu ap-
probation with wliKh rhe public through ut Great-
Britain received the improved system of rhi, oiri.e,
occasioned frcqltenc flppiicatiou for the iiouiance of
property in ih.i principal cities and towns in Eu-
rope and America, ana induced the company ma
ny years since tu extend their plan to the ciniociits
¦ if r.uropcand America, and to the West-India
i-lamis. The Phcenix Company can refer to rhe
unerring test ill experience to asceit.iin 1 heir cha-
racter ; mid, jjrjtilieu by the unbounded Confidence
hey hive 'boiiisd, and (ut th; purpose nflacUica-
i ;g r.o :he inhoiita.it-tin: meanA'td effecting few-,
jnce 011 their rir.'peirv, 1 he tiireetorr! have lately ue-
teniined to eiterW the sum which they have bem
acevmoued toinsoie in any «h"g!e risk, and have
Jrratffjed r.rtesi ,! premium up ,0 the vari.us dis-
' cri ti.o.ot propei ty, which, they trust, will be
tound moderate, just and etrnitahle, ffie prompti-
tude oi'h whirh iliisoihc: rial adjusted rhe claims
:rer», and the solidity 0 its lands, are so well
kawwn, rh*w it is umiwcesiary to after mors ea the
subj ct, rhni to rerer those who desire information,
to die merchants uf i ondoii, with whom they cor-
a ..' fa this office, no insured person is iiable to
any cull t 1 male g • oil the loi |