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tnaucci&ticn,- accented to an acknowledgement that tho curtailment, in the extent to which it had been earned was not necessary for the safely of the Bank" and had been persisted in merely to induce Congress, to grant the prayer of the Bank in its memorial relative to the removal of the depo3ites, and to give it a new charters They - were substantially a confession that all the real distress

which individuals and the community had endured fr the preceding six months, had been needlessly produced by it, with the view of affecting, through the sufferings of the people, the legislative action of Congress. It is a subject of congratulation that congress and the country had the virtue and firmness to bear the iofiiclion; that the energies of our people soon found relief from this wanton tyranny in vast importations of the precious metals from almost every part of the world, and that at the close of this tremendous effort to control the government,the Bank found itself powerless, and no longer able to loan out its surplus means. The community had learned to manage its affairs without its assistance, and trade had already found new auxiliaries; so that on the 1st of October last, the extraordinary spectacle was presented of a National Bank, more than one half of whose capital was either lying unproductive in Jts vaults, or in the hands of foreign hankers. To the needless distresses brought on the country during the last session of Congress, has since been added the open seizure of the dividend on the public stocks, to the amount of one hundred and seventy thousand and forty-one dollars, under pretence of paying damages, costs and interests, upon the protested French bill. This sum constituted a portion of the estimated revenues for tin; year 1631, upon which the appropriations made by Congress were based. It would as soon have been expected that our tax collectors would sicz2 on the customs, or the receivers of our land offices on the moneys arising from the sale of public lands, under pretence of claims against the United States, as that the Bank would have retained the dividends. Indeed, if the principle be established that anyone

who chooses to set up a claim against the United States, may, without authority of law, seize on the public property or money, where ever he can find it, to pay such claim, there will remain no assurance that our revenue will reach the Treasury, or that it will be applied after the appropriation to the purposes designed by law. The paymasters of our army, and the pursers of our navy may, under like pretences, apply to their own use moneys appropriated to set in motion the public force, and in time of war leave the country without defence. This measure resorted to by the Bank is disorganizing and revolutionary, and if generally resorted to by private citizens in like cases, would fill the land with anaichy and violence. It is a constitutional provision that no money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made bylaw.1 The palpable object of this provision is to prevent tho expenditure of tho public mone)', for any purpose whatsoever, which shall not have bsen first approved by the Representatives of the Peopiii and the Slates m Congress ns3ernbled. It vests the power

of declaring for what purposes the public money

violence of which it has been the occasion in one of our cities famed for its observance of law and order, are but premonitions of tho fate which awaits the American People, should they be deluded into a perpetuation of this institution, or the establishment of another like it. ll is fervently hoped, that thus admonished, thos who have heretofore favored the establishment of a substitute for the present

Bank, will be induced to abandon if, as it is evidently better to incur any inconvenience that may be reasonably expected, than to concentrate the whole moneyed power of the Republic in any form whatsoever, or under any restrictions. Happily, it is already illustrated that the agency ofssuch an institution is not necessary to the fiscal operations of the government. The State Banks are fully adequate to the porformar.ee of all services which were required of the Binkoftho United Slates, quite as promptly, and with the same cheapness. Thpy have maintained themselves, and dis-

varioua laws granting pcniou.i wiTrfcitworTv-..-rV'ui

revolutionary services. It is impossible to estimate the amount which may have been thus fradulently obtained from the National Treasury. I am satisfied, however, it has been such as to justify a re-examination of the ystem, and the adoption of the necessary check to its administration. All will agree, that the services and sufferings of tho rem

nant of our revolutionary band, should be fuiIy com

iU revenues and its operations, seem to demand its reorganization by law. The whole of its receipts and dbursements have hitherto been left entirely to Executive control, and individual discretion. The principle is as sound in relation to this as to any other Department of the government, that as little discretion should bo confided to the Executive o!li-

cer who controls it, as is compatible with itaefficicn

Itona of dollars. In this amount w included authority to the Secretary of the Treasury to subscribe fur the stock of different companies to a g-eat extent and the residue wa principally fr the construction, of roads hy this Government. In addition to these project, which had been presented to tue twollau. es, under the sanction and recommendation uf Iheir

resprectirs committees on internal improvements.

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pensated. JJut while this is cone, every proper pre-cy. it is merciore earnestly recommtrnucu iuain indin memorials to Congress, picsen'.ed, but not iecaution should be taken to prevent the admission of j be organized with an Auditor -and Treasurer of its f-rred different pnjeets lor work of a similar e'urac fabricated and fraudulent claims. In the present own, appointed by the President and Senate, who ter, the expense of which cannot be estimated with

mut hive exceeded $100.0'JO.(A. the hi I kuthoruing a subscription ts ;e Mysv.lle ind Lx ntrton l urnn ke

the entering wedge of a iistem. v inch.

have been, and may be fabricated, and in such a wav j the uniform operations oF the Federal Judiciary however we.w i ti-n. miK.u .-. u;Com nro"r

as to elude detection at the examining otuces. And, ; throughout the several States, allot which, standing

mode of proceeding, the attestation and certificates shall be branches ot the treasury Department. certainty, but of judicial officers of the various States, form a con- j Your attention is again respectfully invited to the j Itegardinj? siderable nortion of the checks which are interposed ; defect whirh exists in the Judiciary System of tha j the stock oftl

asriinst the commission of frauds. These, however. United States. Nothing can be more desirable than ! Company s

independentl y of this practical difficulty it is ascer- - on the same footing as members of the Union, have

tained that those documents are often loosely grant- equal rights to the advantages and benefits resulting ed; sometimes, even blank certificates have baen ! from its laws. This object is not attained by tlu issued; sometimes prepared papers have been sign- judicial acts now in force, because they leave oue-

11. nk nf the Uni- cd without lnouirv: and in one instance at least, tourth of the States without Circuit Courts.

mA Si,i ..ncnll v,Jrrnl nml in tho field osaD the seal of the court has been within reach of a pcr-

ison most interested in its improper

is obvious that, under such circum:

ted States was still powerful, and in the field as an

open enemy; and it is not possible to conceive that they will find greater difficulties in their operations, when that enemy shall cease to exist. The attention of Congress is earnestly invited to the regulation of the deposites in the state banks, by law. Although the power now exercised by the Executive Department in this behalf is only such as teas uniformly exerted through every Administration, from the origin of the Government up to the establishment of the present Bank, yet, it is one which is susceptible of regulation, by law, and therefore, ought so'to be regulated. The power of Congress to direct in -what place the Treasurer shall keep the moneys in the Treasury, and to im

pose restrictions upon the Executive authority, in

instance at least, lourth ot tne mates wuiioui circuit courts. j " " " Inn reach of a per- j It is undoubtedly the duty of Congress to place nil ! , er application. It j the States on the same footing in this respect, cither ! mul istances no soveri- J by the creation of an additional number of associate j aPnrov

enough to rive tne lan;ls o the Union Hundtr;

believ.rg tint it its patste was arq Vrsrcd in by the Kxecutive and the lVople, there would no I ingtr bi any lunititmn t the au hor.ly of th rif, , ,tfrn. ment in icspect to the appipi tation f nu iy f- r

suehobjectf I deemc I it imperative dutyii with

hold from it the Executive approval. .l h-iti!,.

tie obviously lc J character of that wo-k. I

have we I contented mvsell with a tefiml t

pprove the bdl on that gronu 1 ye', sensible of the

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iy u4 tiuuiiniMraiiuu can cucwK uiu uuutu ui uiu ia , juujjca, or uy au enlargement en i:ie circima ?is.iicu ; v j k imprtnce of t!ie au'j 'rt, n I anxir in that m land information has, from time to time, been com- j to those already appointed, so as to include tiie new! views aid up in. on in rrod to the whole matter, j municated to the Pension Office, questioning or do- -Stites. Whatever may be the difficulty in a proper shu'd te fully undrt 'cd by Congress and ruy con-

lief tii tlio fnn n 1 rf flirfmintiM 'l'li Imnoct vpt,i. 'it rvi'n nnil nn )-iiiti nil j rf I'n-iniUrar.l tliaf r'. . .. i i i r 4 . I' inr.n

ran has nothing to tear fror.: such a scrutiny, while ion, and at the same time to avoid such an incre ts that, in my cp n.on, th con$tituiion did ml coi.I.m it e

the fraudulent claimant

public treasury reli

to believe, tar great

pectetl. The details 1

gulated as to interp

out any burthensome

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4 T AV , 7 r. . - , , . -,l .7ltuwul V! ,c;uu V; ll,e looc 01 ciccung t ,lU,ea Rlul nvetr. n I that tl e h..mi,l0ut act on

j. au iuuiv iiiiu us ougiini iu5iice w we claims 1 1 rcsiuem ami ice rresiuer.i ot the Cuited Mute. r ti. cM.ri ii.npinient of t!i iv..r.i ii

jso far as this can be done, under a proper system of; All the rejection I have been able to bestow upon j mcnX hi rirard t it woul.t he ultimo e y secured

Pranrh i t ihe kir.i-

will be detected, and the;ot iudres as would encumber the eunreme annellatJ Pu cr autinnze the coatiucn n of ordinary roid

2ed to an amount, I have reason tribunal, it should not be allowed to woih against i anJ canal within th- limiis the f a state, and tt ar 9 I f ll.. & ft . & tit a

erthan has heretofore been sus- the great injustice which the present operation of the resprci.nn) , i.iai n ui i aamitur.j oci a pwee

of such a nlan could be so re- system produces. roum iccc ic ir.vmcu. sanciion I UUMiUHf

use the necessary checks, with- I trust that I may be also pardoned Cr renevvin- ! l l?'.??"1 V.T Ji"' ".

operation upon the pensioners, the recommendation 1 have fo often submitted to .S.. r:i......i i... t a r., i i .

relation to their custody and removal, is unlimited, j regulations, by an examination of the claimants j the subject, increases my conviction that the best in- . s fir at ?evt a n te,r di this and its exercise will rather be courted than discour- j themselves, and by inquiring, in the vicinity)' their j tcrests of the country will be promoted by the adop- jj et. mv best hp-n lsve ben ie3 arcd bri those vublic officers and agents on whom residence, into their history, and into tho opinion ; tion of some plan which will secure, in all contin- I ears haws etans.e.1, a-.-J ?eeril Sc

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f iue

cd by those public off

rests the responsibility for their safety.

Tt j? tie- ! entertained of their revolutionary services.

geneies, that important right of tiovereint to tiie

sirablcthat as Utile power as possible should be

left to the President or Secretary of the I reasury

over those institutions which, being thus freed

from Executive influence, and without a common

2. To ascertain, in all cases, whether the origin- direct control of the People. Could this be attain

al claimant is living, and this by actual personal in-! cd, and the terms of those officers be limited to a

spection. This measure will, if adopted, he productive, I think, of the desired results; and I therefore recom-

headto direct their operations, would hare neither mend it to your consideration, with the further su

the temptation nor the ability to interfere in the po

Utical conflicts of the country. Xot deriving their charters from the national authorities, they would never have those inducements to meddle in general elections, which have led the Bank of the United States to agitate and convulse the country for upwards of two years. The progress of our Gold Coinage is creditable to the officers of the Mint, and promises in a short period to furnish the country with a sound and por

table Currency, which will much diminish the inconvenience to travellers of the want of a general paper currency, should the State Banks be incapable of furnishing it. Those institutions have already shown themselves competent to furnish and jmrchasc domestic exchanges for the convenience of trade, at reasonable rates, and not a doubt is entertained that, in a short period, all thcwanUof the country in bank accommodations and exchange, will be supplied as promptly and cheaply as they have heretofore been by the Bank of the United Slates. If the several States shall be induced

shall he expended, in the Legislative Department ! gradually to reform their banking system, and jiro

gestion that all payments should be suspended till

the necessary reports are received.

single period ot either four or six years,! think our liberties would pofsets an additional safeguard. At your last session I called the attention of Congress to the destruction of the public building occupied by the Treasury Department. As the public interest requires that another building should Lc

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hae i.i.tt Veiled sua no attempt, With n my reeoilec tion lit been rude to induce Congress to ex?rcie this p;)wer The application tir the contmciim of roads aid cnt?s whicU were fVmeily muit'phed up in jour file, are no longer pro-cited; and we hav g od ress n ta infer that the current 'f publ.e senti cnt h ts become so decided against the pretension a eflcctua'Iy to discourrge its re-asverlion . thit.k'.n?t 1 e'erive the rcalet catif4tiou from the

conviction, that ihus much at least ha been ccurcl

I have not been able to satisfy mvsclf that the bill i authority, assuming- that ititha "An act to improve the navigation of the I i0 wcre tt'd ",y ar

cot

Wabash

of your last session, ought

river," which was sent to mo at the clo.e f ,nJ VHV"

Congress have a right ta do

ar.nutl Mere to Cvngies in

that rontniuii r my id Kctior.s to

hibit the issue of small notes, tie shall, in a few

years, have a currency as sound, and as little liable to the fluctuations, as any other commercial country. The Report of the Secretary of War, together with the accompanying document from the several bureaux of that Department, will exhibit the situation of the various objects committed to its administration. No event has occurred since your last session, rendering necessary any movements of the Army, icith the exception of the expedition rf the regizzcrt of dragoons into the territory of the wandering an I predatory tribes inhabiting the western frontier and living adjacent to the Mexican boundary. These tribes have been heretofore known to us prin

cipally by their attacks upon our own citizens and upon other Indians cnihlcd to the protection of the

It will be seen by a tabular statement annexed to ; erected, with as little delay as possible, it is honed ! tt.;. i'mw,.i.ni .mUmhur...;,,...,!.!.,

the documents transmitted to Congress, that the ap- that the means will be seasonably provided, and that , l-Ve-m MicrrpU to arproprhte the t'atioial funds to propriations for objects connected with the War ; they will bo ample enough to authorize such an cu- J objects w hlrh are rou!crdtv of a 1 eal character. Department, made at the last session, for the ser- j hrgement and improvement in the plan of the build- ; we cannot, tmt, luve anv tliinj; further to appre' vice of the year 1SS4, excluding the permanent ap- : ing as will more effectually accommodate the public 1 hend. My views m icgaul to the txped'eixy ol ink propriation for the payment of military gratuities officers; and j-ecure the public documents deposited "MT appropriations t ir woiks which vie chimed t- le

under tiie act ot June , 15o-, the appropriation ot ; in it i;o:n tne casualties ot hre. a national charae'er, atvi nrosreuied under ste

two hundred thousand dollars tor arftiing and equipping the militia, and the appropriation often thousand dollars for the civilization of the Indians, which are not annually renewed, amounted to the Kiim nf'ninn Tnillinnc throo fhniK.nrid twn hnndrod

and sixtv-one dollars, and that the estimates of an- i the Senate, the bodv in which it .iriiist,.,!. pruUons night to he made h) Congress unt.l a sun-

propriatu.ns necessary tor the same brandies of .er. I There can be no question connected with the ad-1 lTuZ 5 Z'tX Z'Xl vice lor the) car lo, amount to the sum of live ministration of public atla.rs, more important or interest, of our eoun'rv. that I could io. consider ny. millions seven hundred and seventy-eight thousand j more dihicult to be satist ictor.lv cealt with, than fr!f as d.cliarK- nT my'dutv to mv rnntitueut in r,v. nine hundred and sixty-lour dollars, making a difier- j that which relates to the rightful author.tr and pro-' ng the I xtcut te sancti n to an" bill ronViairu- such

uuic in uiu uiipiupiiauuu! o. uiu uurrv-Ao. jcar ocr i pur action oi tne reuerai t.ovemmei.t upon the tub-' an appPnation. ini.e people of tle t'n.ted Males the estimates of appropriations for the next, of three j ject of Internal Improvements. To inherent era-1 i';siie tlut the ubhc Trcasur shai teruptedto millions two hundred and twenty-four thousand two barrassments have been added others resulting from fur be mean- to pMecute such' woiks, tliei wi I con.

uuuuiuu uiiu miiuiy-hini'iiuoiiuu. iiw: couuoi our lejjisiauoa conccmiivit, iur in an anic-' iMnem or me cot. Simmon, riecntori

t.im. I,,,-..!,,,,,!:,,, 'be MasvJ e Koad li.ll.

withheld from it mv approval, and now return it to .-,V!,0,T" !V c cra m i, that no such ar?

for a full view of the operations of that important can people upon acts of that character," will, I doubt P"" d ffcrent ground' fiom tlioae to

to whom has been confided tiie execution of the laws

on the subject, and that but a short period would be 1

now required to put m commission a force large enough for any exigency into which the country might be thrown. When we reflect upon our position in relation to other nations, it must be apparent, that in theewnt of conflicts with them, we must look chiefly to our Navy for the protection of our national rights. The wide seas which separate us from other goverments, must necessarily be the theatre on which an enemy will aim to assail us, and unless we are prepared to

meet lum on this element, we cannot be said to pos

United States. It became necessary for the peace of the frontiers to check t-i esc habitual inroads, and 1 am happy to inform you the. object has been effected without the commission of any act of hostility. Col. Dodge, and the troops under Ms command, have acted tcitlicqualfrmness and kixr.anity, and an arrangement has been made with those Indians, ir7iirh.it is hnnp.J. ,rHl ak-aurp. their ncrmant.nt va-

riffr rrlntinri irith tl.p United StntcR and the oAT ! scss the Pmvcr requisite to repel or prevent aggres

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aiteniion mis arm oi our ueience, or cnerisn wiui too much care the means by which it can possess the necestsary efficiency and extension. To this end our policy ha3 been heretofore wisely directed to the constant employment of a force sufficient to guard our commerce, and to the rapid accumulation of the materials, which are necessary to repair our vessels and construct with ease such new ones as may be required in a state of war. In accordance with this policy, I recommend to vour consideration the erection of the additional

tribes of Indians upon that border.

gretted that the prevalence of sickness in that quarter has deprived tiie country of many valuable lives, and particularly tltat of General Levcnworth, an officer iccll known and esteemed for Jiis gallant services in the late icar, and for his subsequent good conduct, lias fallen a victim to his zeal and exertions in discharge of his duty. The Army is in a high state of discipline. Its moral condition, so far as that is known here, is good and the various branches of tho nublic service arc

carefully attended to. It is amply sufficient, under J Dry Dock described by the Secretary of the Navy, its nresont oro-anization. foT nrovidincr tho nccossarv and also the construction of the Steam lotteries to

, 0 , o garrisons for the sea-board and for the defence of the internal frontier, and also for preserving the elements of military knowledge, and for keeping pace with those improvements which modern experience is continually making. And these objects appear to me,

toemurace an uie legiinuaio puipo&ca iui wnui a permanent military force should be maintained in our j

country. The lessons ofhistory teach us its danger, and the tendency which exists to an increase. This can be best met and averted by a just caution on the part of the public itself, and of those who represent them in Congress. From the duties which devolve on the Engineer Department, and upon the Topographical engineers, a different organization seems to be demanded by the public interest I recommend the subject to your consideration. No important change has, during this season, taken place in the condition of the Indians. Arrangements are in progress for the removal of the Seminoles. I regret that the Cherokees east of the Mississippi, have not yet determined, as a community, to remove. How long the personal causes which have heretofore retarded that ultimately inevitable

measure, will continue to operate, I

rnniaMiirp. it is certain. noveer, t

bri no- with it accumulated evil

of tho Government, to the exclusion of ihc Exccu-.

tive and Judicial, and it is not within the constitutional authority of either of those Departments, to pay it away without law, or to sanction its payment. According to this plain constitutional provision the claim of the Bank can noverbe paid without an appropriation hy an act of Congress. J3ut the Bank lias never asked fur an appropriation. It attempts to defeat the provision of the constitution, and obtain payment without an act of Congress. Instead of awaiting an appropriation passed by both Houses and approved by the President, it makes an appropriation for itself, and invites an appeal to the Judiciary to sanction it. That the money had not technically been paid into ihe treasury does not affect the principle intended to bo established by the constitution. The Executive and Judiciary have as little right to appropriate and expend the public money without authority of law, before it is placed to the credit of the Treasury, as to take it from the Treasury. In the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury, and in his correspondence with the President of the Bank, and the opinions of the Attorney General accompanying it, you will find a further examination of the claims of tho Bank, and the course it has pursued. It seems due to thes-.fety of the public funds remaining in the Bank, and to the honor of the American People, that measures be taken to separate the Government entirely from an institution so mischievous to the public prosperity, and so regardless of the constitution and law3. By transferring the -public depositesjhy appointing other Pension agents ns far as it had the power, by ordering the discontinuance of the receipt of the Bank checks in payment. of tho public dues after the 1st day of January next, the Executive has exerted all its lawful authority to sever the connection between the Government and this faithless corporation. The high-handed career of this institution imposes upon the constitutional functionaries of ibis Government, duties of the gravest and most imperative character duties which they cannot avoid, and from which I trust there will he no inclination on the part of any of them to shrink. My own sense of them is most clear, as is also my readiness to discharge those which may rightfully fall on me. To

continue any business relations with tho Bank of

the United States that may be avoided without the .-violation of the national failh, after that institution lias set at open defiance the conceded right of the Government to examine its affairs; after it has done all in its power to deride the public authority in other respects, and to bring it into disrepute at home and abroad; after it has attempted lo defeat the clearlj expressed will of the People, by turning against the.n lo immense power intrusted to its hands, and involving a, country, otherwise peaceful, flourishing, and happy, in dissension, embarrassment and distress would make the. nation itself a party to the degradation so seduously prepared for its public agents and do much to destroy the confidence of mankind in popular Governments. ...... .

anu to onng into contempt their authority and effi- ' " ' more unpieasant. The experience of j a surplus fund sufficient lo place it in a condition of ant to the power in cp ; cicncy. In guarding against an eil of such mag- that emigration, Perfect ease. constitution. That

nituae considerations ot temporary convenience should he thrown out of the question and we should be influenced by such motives only as look to the honor and preservation of the republican system. Deeply and solemnly impressed with the justice of these views, I felt it my duty to recommend to you, that a law be passed authorizing the sale of the public stock: that the provision of the charter requi

ring the receipt of notes of the Bank in payment of public dues, shall in accordance with the power reserved lo Congress in the 14th section of the . charter, be suspended until the Bank pays to the Treasury the dividends withheld; and that all laws connecting the Government or its officers with the Bank directly or indirectly, bo repealed, and that the institution be left hereafter to its own resources and means. Events have satisfied my mind, and I think the minds of the American People, that the mischiefs and dangtrs which flow from a National Bank, far overbalance all i!f advantages. The bold effort

ie present uank has made to control the Govern

The principal causes which have operated at this I have heretofore communicated freely with Con j r4'e hch tl.ciut otul chai.ctcr ol the w oik it ime, to produce the great difference, are shown in ' gress upon tin's subject, and . adverting to it aain. i ne tested, and by which the irreitet nrart iruh'e

J cannot rot nun irom expressing my increased con-' J . ''itis m te ktenrra to och mrn.bcr vietion of its extreme importance, as well in rr ird i ' confederacy, l i t? iltVcU ol uc!i rrguljitiuit to its bearing upon tho maintenance of the CVnti- i upl, a.l'e m ntnuUry r prevent n v.u fmb'e tution, and the prudent inan toment of the l ublie ' ,p?- ,rcs in tcUfl,, r "lul.thm Imm the revenuoias on account of iufdisturbiiv cc upon ; fTr ' T ccl cV ntts " n.bV for the htor, the hurmonv of the Union. ' I M'Jc?.m'nt' ' i.rp;f T Ihe p rt of cVro:.

, Mitn iiiiiu i-rc nuiv urise irom tin nn'inui

stitution by which encroachments are made upon I

me personal ng.us ot me citizen. Tiie sentence

condemnation long since pronounced bv the Atncri

time

the reports and documents, and in the detailed e?ti

mates. Some of the causes are accidental and temporary, while others are permanent, and, aided by the just course of administration, may continue to operate beneficiallyupon the public expenditures. A just economy expending where public service requires, and withholding where it docs not, is among the indisppab!e duties of the Government. I refer you to the accompanying Report of the Secretary of the Navv, and to the document with it,

..v-,v.. r u....a atu... -.oMuuns o: tnoi.cn- di.trdaiti, not fr?SSu.n which be loir I.Li to

on j Thfic i another c'at of tppropi uticn$ for what of 1 may he cal'td, without t'liprcpriett, taitrral Improve;ri. nicnts, which l,ve Ui hrrn iVrded rttUmlioi'

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branch ot our service during the present year. Jt j not, continue to prove as salutary in its effects as it vt.'ired. I allude to inch a lave fr their rljtct tie will be seen that the wisdom and liberality with ! is irreversible in its nature. But against the dan-' ""Pavement of our harbor, the rrmcval ii' partial which Congress have provided for the gradual in-j gers of unconstitutional acts, whichfinstead of me- tfnPf-ry obstructions in our niv;b.e iiver, crease of our navy material, have been seconded by j nacing the vengeance of offended authority, proffer j '.,r ,ar''itv rn 1 "rity of cur f ireigu commerce a corresponding zeal and fidelity on the part of those : local advantages, end brin in their train the oat. i J'C Srounv's upon which I dUtinjjuish arrri'priatiiuia

ron ag3 of the Uovcmment, we ar I fear, not to safe. ' , c!urikC,cir l,0 Hcr. u e already tcci atntrd To suppose that because our Government h is been i.V-U"Kr?o m y rtW-'-e lit instituted for the benefit of the lVo,de, it mu.t there I Z XVI t 'TFT Ter u C rrw con-'-. it tore lave the power to do whatevcr'may to rS?. tVSl conduce to he public good, is an error, into which in Xh, necessary vupport, nu, te u.ire and mu Uf honest minds are too apt Mil. J yielding them- all iKUt hoe,, beaconl, buays. ,nd ,uUhc p n selves to this ialhcy, they overtook the ?reat cvn. erecud. ntarl. .,nk Lf.. .-,'. ... ' ' ,VT. 1 ' Ti

which he has referred, for the purpose of testing their efficacy as auxiliaries to the system of defence now in use. The Ueport of the Postmaster General, herewith submitted, exhibits the condition and prospects of that Department. From that document it appears that there was a deficit in the funds of the Department, at the commencement of the present year beyond its available means, of three hundred and fifteen thousand five hundred and ninety-nine dollars and ninety-eiht cents, which on the first of July

ciuviauuiw in which i;iu i-euerai constitution was founded. They frget that in consequence of the conceded diversities in the interests and conditions of the different States, it was foreseen, ct the period of its adoption, that although a particular measure of the Government might be beneficial and proper, in one State, it might be the reverse in anotherthat it was for tiie this reason the St iles would not consent to make a grant to the Federal Government of the general and usual powers of which they could, as they thought, Fafely anticipate: and thev forgot also the paramount obligation upon all to abide bv the compact then so solenniKymd, as it was hoped, fo firmly established. In addition to the dangers of tho Constitution springing from the sources 1 have stated, there has Leen one which was perhaps greater than all. I allude to the materials w hich tills subject has afforded for sinister appeals t ) selfish feelings, and the opinion heretofore so extensively entertained of its adaption to the purposes of personal ambition. With such stimulants, it is not surnrisin

j that the acts and pretensions of the Federal Government in this behalf should sometimes have been

carried to an alarming extent. The questions which have arisen upoqhis subject have relateJ 1st. To the power of making internal improve-

ments within the limits of a state, with the ri"ht t f

v 1 1 II 111 kllx.' i:'l Virhr n nnrl ..Til.. ... .

hr rendering- the nav g.iti::u thereof tsy and af. hou.d be defiard out c.f tiie Trras irv ol ihe foiled S ates; aiktfurtl.fr, that it ahou'd l e'the duiv ;f the Secieur of the Treasury t" pmride by cuiitrctn ith itie approbiti.in ol tue IVes deut, f r rrluiiMins wlien iurrfcarynd k?fp n in k-0)d repair, the ,u houses, heacoai, hu s acd public piers in the kut a! btiies, jrnd for fumYiing tnem with supplies. Ap. propriAiioiu for sinv.Ur rbjecta have b.-en contirued horn iht time tithe prcn.t without intein p'ion op dipuie. Asannur.lcjTsrqiiri.ee of the mcieate and ex tnslon of our fuf .n co-nuicrcr, p irts of tntt y tmd delivery lve ben muhipl'cd and erab:UlieJ, n t only tipm, our seaord. tut in the iatrrior ut the vouiiW). upon t ur like and nuv -ib.'e rivers 1 iP cnvei.ienre aMl s ifeiy of th a c numrrce tuve led lo the ril'i t c enilin of tliee r xpvnd.turc-s; tothe erecuou of I KH mhM. tt.e phrm-, p'.oim r,d sinking ol Imi.i), Ivaro k, a-.d piei, a i l to the rein .val piitiulnnl trmpirarv u'istt:tions in t ur iiav.tle uvers, and i.i the harbora up n our j r at Ukest as well as on the aeaboaid. Although 1 lv? rxpeicd to Conrcsa my pprhrnioii that t'ifvet x pcod.turcs luv imttiTie t evit cxtravagnt nr.d prop-.irtu.nate h, the advanUgt to b: d.iived lion them, I have tut felt it to be my duty to refu r.V asaent to loll, eontain.ng them, nJ have contented mjkell to fallow m thit. repect in tht- f ivtrns tlf a niy pted:ceors. 'ienalMe. I.n.uvp r. .'... .

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i -iui ojrv4tion, r t the jrreal i.Lusr to which the u-t.

territorial jurisdiction, sufficient at least for their

preservation and use.

d. lo the right ol appropriating money in aid of! icalr.ctrd exercie of this uuihon'y by ro,ri-ea such worus when carried on by a Mate or by a com- po5ed, I have piese-ihed a Itm'.ta n the r.',v pany, in virtue of state authority, surrendering t!ie "nuneut of n o n condnet. bv which, t xrn litVn

last had been reduced to two hundred and sixty- claim ol jurisdiction; and r ctarart?r tie conn icd to p!c bel;w tl. eight thousand ninety-two dollars and seventy-tour 1 !M. To the propriety of appropriation for improve- , lt yu'ry ordlive--y riab'.ihe I by I un cents. It appearsalso, that the revenues for the j ments of a particular class: viz. for liht houses, ben- i v?r "ni',,,:e J'11.1 'i rrs.riciio.i is m t at i factory coming Year will exceed the expenditures about i cons, buoys, public niers. and for thromovril ntVn,d ! afc C V,,J bs t''rrd. ar.d that much en bit ranT.eut

two hundred and seveaty thousand dollars, which, i bars, sawyers, and other temporary and partial im- i " MMi , . "T,'?' " " ""lincni ,n .,

with the excess ot revenue which will result Horn pod.nent in our nav.gablo rivers and Inrbor.-. understood ' Vut as I .leitlier mv rtO e i the operations of the current halt year, may bo ex- 1 he claims ol power tor the general government, tion,, nor the i.Rl.t uhich 1 iniy pmpeily deriv' i 'u pected independently of any increase in the gross upon each of these points, certainly present matter I other a.urre. have aupphed me wtth a better I u'a amount of postages, to supply the entire deficit be- ot the deepest interest. The fir is, however, of continue M apply my best exertions to a l.tl fi' . fire the end of 1335. Hut as this calculation is much the greatest importance, inasmuch as. in uiMi- plication of ihe iu1e upon which ii is i;nni.l-.l." i' !,'

based on the gros amount of postages which had tion to the dangers of unequal and improvident ex-! cerely ifffret thai 1 could not irive n?v

acrueu within the period embraced bv the times ot i penuilures ot nub he monovs. rommon ta a . t hero is ; mil

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wh

asent t i tho

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am UnaUlC IOi I'mgiussm; nitiuatu in mi- uiiiuuiu ui uif i uiu ivfuiuoj sjinfuiiiifuis, s'CUtTUl j'lriMiu iiiui, ; : n.. imvh i invr, imini uic ill

hat delay will existing retrenchments must be persevered in thro at least to the extent 1 have stated, has been justly I . upon ton euDject, aa of

h will render! the year ldG, that this department may accumulate I regarded by its advocates as necessarily nppurtcn-1 .! c,nKrci ! oven hcietolore apprised, and

. : .1 t- 1 . a . . . i . - . mi ii ii i ii vs.- i ii ww inn iiiima.i . .

uestion, ii that exuts bv tiie i ., , . "j'iifiuiTu ium.

the most injurious, conflicts ; 1 ' 1" vi.t.-., ru cuauiui my opauous, cuu

?ro is j bJl entitsni "An act to improve the navh-itioit of t .

striking the balances, it is obvious, that without a superadded to that, the cotUlicting jurisdictions of I river, hut I could not have done a- wi'hou

t progressive increase in the amount of postages, the ' the respective governments. Federal jurisdiction, ! ,ccei "fT ,rm the rrouu'i which I have, upon the

every vear aiids to tne conviction umi v...s. .. i i n 1 .. . I uesire.

and that alone, can preserve irom destruction, mu; ji will ue observed that tne revenues ot the i'o - ;o; miu """ '"i" j - i rev tipan lle intelligence

1 iiounnviw vt nw cuiu iij ii.ui.iai ri"' "T ' O'll' (US, III;

low

rA.v,not .iPK fi.;i, irot Ik-lnor' nniono- us. ihe la- i Ulrica Denartment. thono-h tnev have increased, nr.d

. u 111 Ll-. 11 1. ui iij in u. a ii..- -o 1 j .1 1 i . 1 " i- ..-. cility with which the necessaries of life are procu- their amount is above that of any former Year, have ! the absence of a contitutional provision making out ! ready , red and the treatv stinuKtions providing aid for the vet fallen short of the estimates more than a bun- ! faeif respective boundaries, cannot bo doubted. The m of r

; tt;; w-nltiiral Dursuits, and dred thousand dollars. This is attributed in a rp. ' local advantages to be obtained, would induce tho

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in the important concerns of education, and their removal from those causes which have heretofore depressed all and destroyed many of the tribes, cannot fail to stimulate their exertions and to reward their industry. The "two laws passed at the last session of Congress on the subject of Indian Affairs, have been carried into effect, and detailed instructions for their

degree, to the increase of free letters, growim out 1 smes t0 overlooK, m tne beginning, tue dangers and of the extension and abuse of the franking privilege, i ditHculties to which they might ultimately be exposThere has been a gradual increase in the number of j cd- 1 ho powers exercised by the federal governexecutive offices to which it has been granted; and I ,nent would soon be reguded with jealousy by the by an act passed in 3Iarch, ISO:!, it was extended j tat?. aufho"ties, and originating as they must from to members of Congress throughout the whole year, i ""Plication or assumption, it would bo impossible to It is believed that a revision of the laws, relative to ! athx t0 the,n certain and safe limits.

the franking privilege, with some enactments to en-

administration have been given. It will be seen by j force more rigidly the restrictions under which it is

the estimate for the present session, that a great reduction will take place in the expenditures of the Department in consequence of these laws. And there is reason to believe that their operation will be salutary, and the colonization of the Indians on the western frontier, together with a judicious sys

tem of administration, will still further reduce the

granted, would operate beneficially to the country.

by enabling the department at an early period to restore the mail facilities that have been withdrawn, and to extend them more widely as the growing settlements of the country may require. To a measure so important to the Government, and so just to our constituents, who ask no exclusive

expenses of this branch of the public service and at privileges for themselves, and are not willing to con

the same time promote its usefulness and ethciency. cede them to others, I earnestly recommend tho

Uircumstances nave ueen recently ceveioped. serious attention ot Comrress.

went, me oistrerses it has wantonly produced, the showing tha existence of extensive frauda under tho The importance of tho Peat Offica Depart

men!

Ya we sdl know, that notwithstand ntr th?e rrsve

objections this dangerous doctrine ws at one time apparently proceeding to iis final establishment with fearful rapidity. The deaire to emb.uk the Federal Government in works ol internal improvrmenta. prevailed in the highest degree, during the fi . st session of the first Congress that 1 had the honor to meet in my present situation. When t be bill authcui i"tr subscription on the part ot the United State for Mock in the Maysviile and Lexington Turnpike Company, paased the two Houses, there bad been leported, by

t.-.n;n nnmnfUt,An. r.r v.rK .Khrii. r.hi'.v oi' day to the exclusion of other matter. Our advertif

ihoac tor tha Curobarland Road, harbort aad light hoU' in ftieudi xvil1 Ploaw cuae any offfloct thil vwk

citiens, in vrhoe liberal induifrence I hae U

l.reiy participacd l r a c.'-rect pp:rci.

mv motivea in inttin'n:r, as 1 1 ae tuu;e, i n

this, and other occasions, checks m a course of lrii, Ut.on which, without, in the lhtest degree, ca bn,; in question Hie motives of others, I conulet as snc tioning improper and uoco latitutioiul expenditure of public treasuie. I am not hostile to internal improvements, and wtsh to see them extended to every put of the country. Uut 1 am fully persuade I, if they are not cmnnunctd in a proper manner, co'.fuml to proper o!'j?cts, nut conducted under an authority generally Ci'nce ed to be r'Rhtt'ul, that a itccesful prosecution of them cannot be icasmably expected. The attempt w met with resistance where it tivght otherwise receive support, and instetd of atrengtbening the !onda of our confederacy, it w ill only multiply and t grnvata the csuses of disunion. ANTRR JACKSON". We are indebted tJ tho jhiIuo attention of .Mr. Langdon, osaistant postmaster at Cincinnati, for a

copy ot the President a Message, which wo fcao to-