Vincennes Gazette, Volume 1, Number 13, Vincennes, Knox County, 25 December 1830 — Page 1

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i ! .!'; tt iv, at I . tin- ' '-.ifd Man i iJ . - Ot i '. 1 ' IK I I .'clock, t , tin" 1 'i' iw-rr ' r-i T "I ratuFitinri I l. pi- !. mv 1 IM'C in com ienal da- ' i n v re mm to v o'ir r'nisti'. ics ii.nrh h.-hthtem-d bv th satni . on ;.', t'u- : .n of our beloved c.o-an'rv, nt Urn- j-'Tiod i'ltU' ir.'piros. T!ie banrfi-r-:u An'hor of .ill g-jd has r ranted to us. ,;..;. .- the present year, healhi, peace and j;l and ii'iUi' rous causes for joy m the v. ond'ei til s:i -cess which attends the prorrcss of o-ir free institution. With a po'iul ttiou n iparrdlded in its inr.re ;-e. an p ) -(.SMne; a character co i. aia t.i erprise, w-n ho CT.si-leratcnevs of wisdom, wo sec in j -v- iv section or our hat it) v countrv. a stea- ! !v i enr.v.-emer.t in the means rt social in-1 -( and cm-respondent efT-cts nor i-I '..I .is a:.d law s ef our e::tt i-d. d rcn'uh - I hnrn'.or.v ' i-etit e?:crptio-;- to the 1 'ho proxp'-ct, are to be referred : atlu r t i:-"v i'ahle di. ersitis i 1 th? arious j-.ter-Cats w';.;-'h et.ter into tiie cotr.posltiai of so xt -n ive a h-, than to any want of e.ttai'ha,'. t tne Union interests wh se! oah . inthe end. to foster the c-oju-aor. serve rp'.nt of c inoii'n.tioa and patriot! vn, so cs-M.uit-al to the preservati in of t'aat Union, vhic'a I most do- o-.jtly hope, is destined to ju-v e iiuperisludi'o. J i the m'aNt of th' sc l"rci:,f';-', wr have ror-vtl witnessed changes ju the condition .f other 1 1 1 1 i s, v.liioh may. i:i t!i?ir cor.se-fjuen.-'-s. C ill i?r me uuii'i j-uanee, w d Mil , and nv x'ii'U-.tv in oar conn: ih :1 t!io t-'Xoins ar t iC madcrauott ana pattiotl: O .t o'.w nro'-.lc. i r n tan Todificatio!-!- ef their gnmimrnt, ti-'eted wstii so nuyii courage nnd wi.v.hvn by tlie people of l'rimce. aM'nd :i 1. ippV p-res-ige of their future orars'-, and I..is ii.itureiicren ironi ine uiuoreu ieeii g , of this n.itioo, t'aat spo'it.ineoo.s and t : ni v ot"'? il ' i r t cf applause in v v 1 1 i c ! l voti l.'ve )-irti'hrated. l congranla'.inj o.!, r.iy fellow-citizens, upon an event so rus; irious ti) the dearest intt res's of mankind, I io no more than, respond to the voice of my eou atrv, without trausct tiding, in the slightest de gree, that salutary maxim of theiilust'ious W ashington, which enj ins an a!stif.enc e from all interference with the internal ;'.ff tirs of other nations. From a people -xer i-iiig, in tlie m ist unlimited degree, the i :ght of solf-gov ernme-.t, ao.l enjoying, as derived fi oai this proud characteristic, under tlie f tvor of heaven. imi"h of the happiness w ith which they di e bh sua!: a people Ti -ho cm point in triumph to their free insti-tutiou1-, and cliallenge o.nparisfn with the fx aits thtv b'.T.r, as well as with the mo.ler:;ioii, iute!l:.gc nee, and energy, w ith whkii they are ad ministered; from such a people, the deepest symp ithy was to be exp? cted in a struggle for the sacred principles ot liberty, ' -inducted in a spirit every way war- i thy of the cause, and crowned hy a heroic raodet ation, which has disar ned revolution cf its terror?. Notwithstanding the strung CiSsurancen which the man whom we so sin f erelv love .and justly admire, has given to the world ef the high character of the present Iviog of the French, and which, if sustained to tlie end, vviil sec art: to him the jn ou 1 appellator, of Patriot King, it is n t ;o lus sncce-s, hut in th.tof the great p. iat iplo which has borne him to the throne t ie p iramo uut authority of the public will th it the Auiericau people rejoice. 1 am h tppv to inform you th it the anticipations which were indulged at the elite of rnv 1 ist co-n-uun'.cati'Uva the subject of our foreign afi'urs, have been f illy realized in several important particulars. An arrangement h is been cfF.cted with Great Brirtvi, i i re! ition to tho trade beween the lT.St-'.es aii.l her West In li i a;rl 3'erth Ameiic ii ('e.'onie, wiiich has settied a question that has f r eai. all'.rded laatter iwv co-.t.-.ntiou and aimos: uninterrupted discii-.siou, nnil has been the subject ei iioles.titm s:x negotiations, m a manner t.h'.ch i oa..ses icsuUs h:;;hly favorable to t!ie parties. The abstract right ef Great B.it iin to ir.oncpt'ih.e t'ne trade with her coh-niis. or exclude us Irom a p irfcipaton therein, mis never bei n dei Unieu bv the V tcei Mates.oit we h ive contended, ami with reason, that if, atany tiirc, Cireat th itain r.ny denre the productfcis ef this countrv, as ne"es iry to her t.h Ionics, they nutst be i c reived upon pt iuciples of just reciprocity; i l l further, th -t i't is making an invhbous v A u i iendiv d-tr.ction, to open licr colo- - ii oos's to'th -" rcscls of other nations. nuhcleth.ma- inel these ei" the United f , ,t. " itcs. Antecedently to 9l. n pre hen ot cur pi v.d actions was adintten :.i,r.-, the rol.vioil islands of Great Brtain, by particular concessions, limited to the term of one v ear, but icnevved from v car to year. In the transportation of these pioductions. however, our vessels were not albwod to engage, tn-.s be ng a privilege rescued to Hcitish shipping. bv vvhich alSne tair -u-oduce could be taken j to the Fluids, and theirs brought to us in re- j turn. From Newt midland and her co.dincntal possessions, dl her productions, as m 1 11 as ear v essels. weie excluded, with occ is-,s,nAi rt! r utr.iis v vvhich in seaoPS cf j is.ivss. the termer were admitted in lint-1 idi bottoms. Py the treaty of r.'4. she fiVreel to cenCe le. to u-, for a !hr..n tone, tae right f c.-arvirg to her Wr.-t India pu-Messio!,-, in o-ir vesei.-, no; cxce-ciang seventy tons -tv. den, an.l upon t'ne same terms with liritish vessels, any productioo.s of the 'United St itt s wlii eli Hrit'.sh vessils might import then n. lvut this 'irivile-r was couoled uth conditions whie'n'are simposed to have ; ltd t j its rejeetioa I v ti e Senate; that is. th.t American vessel-, should 1 ic.d their re -turn cargoes i-i the Unite n States only ; and. in on over, t :it tney ?hou:d, during the cou-

t.ou nice i i the privilege, be precluded trom j feelings were I to oi mss the subject withc.trrv iiig mohisves. sugar, c hh-e, cocoa, orj out expressing the v e ry h'gli sense I enter-

cotte i.eitlit.r trom th-'se i--lauds or from the Uiih a! stat( s.to anv other part of the w orld. Great B'.it:.u reuitly ceus-eitted to expunge

itv, Ihc. 6. tins artic.c from the tirau ; and subsequent j ted States rcsultirr fn-m the exclusion e-f .- isfaction. Although the- prospects of a fn- ' 1 ,1ti;"' . : , a,7MV!'tt lo svranpe the terms r.f the trade; j cur vessels from the Black Sea, and the pre- j vorabie termination were occasionally dimcatec tu b-r;i : eitoor v.- treaty s.t:p-i!ations cr concerted ! vimis footing of mere Mifterenoe unon which ! mcd hv- counter nretensions. to which the

i ,; l...: c :i i ;.. , j comv t iv .':si,.-!ided and all ow d, according to the van inv krp-dation of the parties. The f diowinir are the nrm.iurnt ne.ir.ts v'bh"h 1;'lvc iri J t0 y'-ar.s, separated the two ' ,,V!'i"M"i''!i'.?. het.c'.es a restriction, whero- ; n ri. ni.tnutati.in.s into itrt n Hi.int m . nierican vessh are confined to os-.r own producf? carritd hence, a restriction to which it does nor appear that we have ever objected, a leading object on the part of Cireat Uritain has bten to prevent us from becoming the carriers of Briiish Wt st India commodities to any other country than our own. ()n tlie part'e f t!ie United States, it has been contended, 1st. That the subject sho aid be regulated by treaty stipulations, " Psvten-'m"e t() separate legislation: 2d. 1 !llt '!r productions, when imported into 111 4,JC-UUI1. miouhi net ue suuJcct to lnSoer duties than tlie productions of th" "'ther canntry, or of her other colonial posso'.o:: Ami, Jd. 1 hat our vessels sIl0u' Ik -howed to participate in the cir cuitous trace between the L mtcd States and diin.rr ;? j.'arts of the British df minions. rh f.rit point, afu-r ha ing been, for a long tunc, strenuous! insisted upon by Great Britain, was gicn up by the act U el Parliament of July, WIS; all vessels suffer--o to irw." wiiu tne cananes neing permittM' to el oar from thence with a.i articles j which British e.sJ might export, and to pic-oeu to r.ny p;irt ot the world, Great iiritcin and her dependencies alone excepted. Oo. our part, each ot" the above points I., r : ... 1 . . . , , 1 . !..,, hi mui vatui, ueeu explicitly a;jaii'.Joned in nog i'iathais. preceding that cf which th? its u!t is non- announced. This arrangement secures to the United Strttcs every n ivartage asked by them, and which the t;ite' ( f the negotiat'i-.n allowed to l'S to insist iijK. i. The trade wiii be jdar. -.'d enoa n footing decidedly more laora-)h-to this country than any on w hich it ever stood; and our commerce anil navigation will . i joy, in the colonial ports of Great Britain, every piv.ilejc allowed to other nations. That the prosperity of the co tn'a y, r o far as it depends on this trrde, will bc'grcatlv pro-noted by the nc.v i.na;igement, there can be no dou!:t. Indepe , lentlv of the mere obvWis advantages of an open and direct intercourse, its establishment will be attcnaea with oilier consequences of a high er value. Tint which has been carrieifoi on since tne mutual interdict under all the expense and inconvenience unavoidably incident to it, would have been in: exportable onerous, had. it not been in a great degree-, lightened by concerted evasions in the mode of making the transhipment at what arc cal'.od the neutral ports. Fhese indirections are inconsistent with the dignity of nations that have so many motives," not onlv to cherish feelings of mutual friendship, but to maintain such relations as will stimulate their resp'-ctivc citizens and subjects to efforts of direct, open, and honorable competition (inly, and preserv e them from the influence of seductive and vitiating circumst . nccs. When your preliminary interposition w as asked at the close of the last session, a copy t the instructions nnd r which Mr. McIme has acted, together with the communications which had at that time passed between him and tiie British Government, was laid before you. Although theie has not been any tiling in the acts of the two Governments which requires secrecy, it w is thought most proper in the then state cf the neg.iti ition. to make that communication a coc .lenliul one. S soon, however, as the evidence of execution on the part of Great Fritaiu is received, the whole matter shall be laid before you, u hen it will be seen that the apprehension which appears to have suggested one cf the provisions of the act passed, at your l est -ession, that the restoration of the trade in question might be conn cted with other subjects, and was sought to be to obtained at the sacrifice of the public i .tcrest in other particulars, vvas wholly unfounded; and that the change which has taken place in the views ef the Hth'sh Government h is been induced by cor.-ldcrations as honorable to botli parties as. I trust, the result vviil prove beneficial. Thi- desii able result vvas, it will beseem, greatly pro -noted, by the liberal and confiding provisions of tiie act of Congress of the last s -ess', -in, by which t ur ports wore, upon the recent in and annunciation by the President it the required assurance on the part r .... - '-"';; l ner sse.s. bet u e too arrangement could be c,arnti' u,to 1 ,f -t't '" VV paisuing in l!liS ;irt prospective legidation, a similar '.irsc to tuat adopted be Gnat laita,;,, in a jonM.mg, hy I-.er act ot Parliament, m 1& 5, t,r vi!'C:U JVi:;:lii. lort iV.it l OTientvi to li a restriction tiun existing, and permitting our vessels to eleir from the col inies, on their return vov ages, far any foreign country vdiatevcr, before British vessels had been relieved from the restriction imposed bv our law, of returning directly from the United States to the colonies a restriction - require,: anu expected that vv -u,uU1 a!)r!i- lI'n each occasion, a Inn nd temporary advantage has been g.v cn to the Piosite party, bat an advantag which she required and expected that we tiportance m comparison with the 'ctoration ot mutual confidence and good tceungs, and the ultimate establishment ot uaue ul,ou tair principles. itgivtsne unteignett pleasure to assure von, that this negotia'mn has been, through-o-it char icterised i)y the most frank ana tVeeudly srurit on tlie part ef Great liritain, and cone l e'ed in a m inner strongly indicative t t v sincere desii e to cn'uivAte the best reh.tions w ith the United States. To recipr ;cate this dispt sition tn the fullest extent of mv ability, is a duty which I shall deem ,;t :l ln'iul': to vlicharge. Although the result is, itself.tho best commcntarv on tlie services i endered his country by our Minister at the Court of St. Janu-s it would ho doire v iolence to mv tain ef the talent and exertions .v iiic.i nave been flispl.ivt d bv him on the oecasi .u. The injury to the crrnaiercc oi' the U:w-

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even the limited trade enjoyed by us with

i urkc y has hitherto Iieeo placed, have, for strong hopes of beii g able to arrie at a saa long time, been a source of much solici- tisfactory settlement with tlie late Governtude to this government, and several endea- ; ment The negotiation has been renewed vers have been made to obtain a better state ! ith tlie present auth rities; and sensible of things. Sensible cf the importance of : of the general and licly confidence of our tlie (.Ject, I felt it my duty to leave no pro- ; citizens in tlio justice and magnanimity of per means unemployed to acquire for nur j regenerated Ft ance, I ugrtt tne more "not flag the samo pri ilexes that are erjo i d jy j to liav e it in my j;. v. er, f t, to announce the the principal powers ot F.urepe Cr-ivimis- result so cotdalei.tlv ar.tieipateih No eround

sioncrs were, consequently ..ppoiutt (I, to open a negotiation with tlie Sublime Forte Tsot long after the member rt tht commission who went directly from the United States had sailed, the account of the treaty of Adrianoplc, by which one ef the objepts in iew was supposed to he secured, reached this country. The Black Sea was undei stood to be opened to us Under the supposition that tins was the case, the additional facilities to be derived om the establishment if commercial regulations with the Forte were deemed of sufficient importance to require a prfoseeution of the nego tiation as originally contemplated. It was therefore persevered in, and resulting in a treaty, which forthwith be laid before w ill th Senate, By its provisions a free passage is secured without limitation cf time, to the vessels of

the United States, to and from tlie Black j hrni ,tnd cordial fuevdship, but apiogicsSea, including the navigation thereof; undj0 (h vrh-pemeiit of all their relations.

our trade with Turkey 1s- placed on the foot-' may !: expected. It is, therefore, my earing of the most fav ored nations. 'File latter J ;!(-'st h-.pt-s that this old and v eitatious tubis an arrangement wholly independent ot jeotot" dnTe'cnce may be speedily removed, the treaty of Adrian. -pie; and the former i I feci that my confidence in out apderives much value, not only from the in j peal to the n.otiics which should ruvtun creased security which, under any circum-; a just and m.ignM.imons nation, is alike stances, it woulo give to the right in oues-1 ,vnr,. ,nfi .... . , r.u. r- u

tion, but from tiie fact, ascertained in the ciuirsc cf the negotiation, that, by the con- ; struction put upon that treaty by Purkev, I the article jrlating to the passage t f tlu- : hiospht t ns i' confined to nations having e::. ties with the Forte. The most fricndlv feel- ! togs appear to he entertained In tlie Sultan, an eidighteued deposition is evinced by him j to r.ster the mteicouise between the two couatiies by the most liberal arrangement--. I his disposition it vvi.'i be ourdoly end interest to eherish. Our relations wit!i Fussia are cf ti e met stnble character. Respect for that empire, i and cojdalence in its fiiendship towards the; United States, nine been so long entcrtiined i on o".r tart, arc! o carefully ehemhed l.y ' the present Knperev and his iii o 1 1 ,;s predecessor, as to have became j'i"orpr.rat-d . with the public -entimcnt 'flue Lhu-.ed States. No menus v hi U left unemplov ed on my pan t promote ti.c.- salutary fe. 1 I mgs, and ttm-e i : pro.cn cots of v. loch the ; commercid intercourse hetv.-ten tiie two: countries is susceptible, and w hich have de- ! rived increased importance from (-ur treaty J with the Suhhme Forte. ' j I sincerely regret to inform v on that our Minister lately com mission- d to that t em t. i on whose distinguished tah-utsand jpeat -x icrience in public .df ars 1 ; ha e .; o..t reliance, has been eooqv !h d he x indisposition to cxer- i-e- a p- i, in-;.;. , ., ah.i'-. consideration of the extern lo h his constitution had been n- hed in t!e juib lie serv ice, was commitu oo his dis :r. lion ot leaving tpmjioraiilv his post tor the ad vantage of a more genial dim ic. ! If, as it is to be hoped, the improvement I of his health will be such as to justify him in doing so. he w ill i epair to m Fei r-bure-h ! and resume the chsclnuge of his , thci d tht-j ties. 1 have received the most satisfactory , - ii assurance tnatm tlie mean time, the imhiic , . interests in that quarter will be u. served from prejudice, by the intercom se which lie will continue, through the Secrctai y ef Legation, with the Russian cabinet. You are apprised, although the f act has not vet been officially anounecd to the f louse of Representatives, that a treaty was, ia the month of March last, concluded between the United States and Dtnmaik, bv which S650.000 are secured to our citizens as an indemnity for spoliations upon their commerce in the years lOo, IhOtV. 1810, 1811. '1 "his treaty vvas sar.cti ned by the Senate at the close of its 1 ist ses'ion, nnd it now becomes the duty of Congress to pass the necessary laws for the organization f the Board of Commissioners to distribute the indemnity amongst the claimants It is an agreeable circumstance in this adjustment, inai i;s terms ace in coulrnntv v.uhn ,... . . . . i . c'.i i the L Vl re C ai.v p"-1! or, ..si e, i. .jut u view-, ii ineci : ants themselves; thus removing nil pre. for a future agitation of tlie subject in form. Tii? negotiations ia regard to such p;in in our foreign relations ns i ?m .in t.. :'e nd justed, have been actively prosecuted dur iS vuc i ecess. eiatcri ; nn-. .'inc. s ,-,-tve been iiic.de, vvhicii arc eh" ; 'n.. rector ' r;ro- 1 mise favora!;le results. ();- ecu i fey bv tlie blessings of God, ij net io u situ.iti.i to ia- i vate aggression; and it will be OO. tamt it : sl.e ever becomes so. S.uccrc'o" desirous to cultivate the most pberal snd i": :'-.dly relations with nil: o-.tr ready to fulfil our engagements w it"u scrupulous fidelity; limiting our demands unon ethers to mere iastice: holdingourselvtsever ready todounn tht-.r. as we would wish to be done hy; and avoid-' ins even the lerut appearance cf undee partiah'y lo any nation, it nppeirs o me ::uKit y that a si jde .ud sir. e aOOi.Ctdon of our principles to our twreigh rehitiv footing on which i: i, our wh tlW should ' re-c Of the points referred to, the nvst promincut are, our claims upon France t r spoii- j ations up hi o-ir onnmcrcc; similar claims! upon Spain, together with eaioarrassmcnts ' in the commercial intPrronrse betwo.n the! O 1 II T I O T-v '1 f " l i r 1 1 ii fini'it.'1." 1 1 1 1 1 ii k t 1 1 .

two countries, which ought to be removed;! en recently committed on our com the conclusion of the treaty of commerce! merce by the national vessels of Fo tu and navigation with Mexico, which has been pa! They have been made the subject so long in suspense, as well as 'he final set- j of immediate remonstrance and i et lam tlement of limits between ourselves ancl;a(jon. I am not yet possessed oi sumthat republic: and, finally, the arbitrament cient ir.loruutinn to express a definitive tt tlie question between the u nited Mates t r ., i.ri,,.r .. ,,w-,. .n . i .k i i onnutio ot their character. On .. -A and Great Iintam in regard to the North- 1 x. 1 eastern boundary. : ,0',n ' receive it. No propt .- ea; The neg . tii'ion with Fi ance has bee;, nhad be omiited ;o bnin f ; ouf ciliztns conducted be our Minister with ze.il nn.l all ihe redress to which th?v may ap

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t inted Mates could not assent, he vet had j how ever, inconsistent v ith this expectation, has been taken; raid I do not a'do.v myself to doubt that juti, e w ill soon be done to us. The amount of the claims, the length of time they hae remained ansatished, and their incontrovertible justice, makoa.o earnest prosecution ef them bv this Govern ment an urgent duty. 'J he iileg.iiitv ot the seizures and confiscations out of w hich they have arisen is not disputed; and whatever distinctions may have heretofore been set up with regard lo the liability of the existing Government, it ij quite clear that such considerations caniu t now Le interposed. I lie commercial intercourse between the two countries is Mi.,oentible of hhhlv ad van ; tageous improvements; hut the sense -f tl injur- iuis had, and must continue to have. a very unfavorable ii.ihienee upon them. From ts s msfac'oiv adjustment, not o;iiv a , . ,i.v.u ,y I. l . il ; u I i 1 1 vi I I 11 C I 1 Ciltll people, and by the high voucher we pos or the cmldired views and 'he pute iiitcgctyo! flic monarch who now pre sides over her councils; ar.d nothing shail be wanting en my pait to meet any matiitt stations ed the spirit wc anticipate in one of coi responding liankncss and liber ality The s'abjects of d (Terence with Spain have been bi ought to the view ot that pu en trtnt hy our minister theic, with '-t.th toice and MOprieiv; and the sKai fewest asetnnnccs have been received of :h' :r c?.rly and favorable considt rationThe steps which remained to place the natter in cent rove i sy beiwe. t G-a. ili'itidrt and the United states atniv be toie the aibiiratoi, h;vc ail been t hen in the same liberal and 1 jendiy snitr. w hich charnctenzod tho beio. e ,.r : onncvd Ilvccr. events h-.-ic doeibib.?s served toi'euy lie uecieie , buf on mi nistei at the court of the list i - gnished a-- hit: ator has been as -ure ;. j' it wil. be r i uie within t;r tii, o t: y the treaty. ciop h.ted I VtUt particuir.ri v gr.-v fr. in o--to state tiiat a decided ! wucrablc. nnd, j as I hope, lasting chiinge, has been fiVc ! ted in cur ie!a i,.ms with the ;:eigom rirg I tepmblic of Mexico The untor t:oa;e J ami unloondcd suspicions in regaid 'o our di-positi an, which it became mv pe.ioiul du!v to advert lno;i a fora cr nc casion, have been I belice, eniiiov : e moi-'. n nd the (i v ! oinrnt of Mexico has Ikco made t undet stand the tea', n...,. ..i i . : r .-. iiuiui.ii.1 Ul IIIC v l 5 l ,5 a tl ; 101 j I s, Ul 11.13 in regard to that country i he conscquerce is, tlio cstab'dishtTictu of fiiendship -and mutual confidence Such are the assurances which I have received, and I sec no cause to doubt their sinccri tv I 1 1 at reason to expect the conclusion ol a commercial treaty with Mexico in season for communication on the present occasion. Circum stain es which are not explained, hut which, I am persuaded, are not the lesult of an indisposition on her part to enter into it, have produced the delay. There vvas reason to fear, in "the course of the last summer, that tlie hmmory of our relations might he disturbed by t lie acts of certain claimants, under Mexi cc.ii grants ' f territory which has hitherto b,jen unde" our jurisdiction. Ti e. cooperation of the representative cf Meiu co near this Government was asked on the occasion, a?-ef was rcadiiy afTo-de ' Instruc' ions and advice hive beer riven to the Governor if Arkansas and the officers in command in the adjoining j .jcx-,can ta.e, ny winch, it is nope,,, the qn :et of that fi oplicr vrill be preti v cd, un iia final st tticment of tiie dividing i;nc nliall have removed a!! ground Tlie exchange of ratificatior.s of the. treaty concluded las', vear with Austsii.j ha-t net yet taken d 'ce. Tiie de'ay lo.s been occasioned i y tlie i.on anival of the tatiilration of that Govei r.me.'t with ; ;,, i ,. time nrtsrrilicd hv t hp trc atv U t. .i.. .ml i,n 111' l.nc? K.rr 1 L ! . I Ir.ri 1. . . l. . L..Ac-.rif'ii.o si! A ti ct I" ... a, 1 ! i ' I n t!--ir'CAn ''".c' the raPillv increasing trade and navigation between th iwoj counti ies have been placeel upon the I most liberal footing of our navigation! acts ., . .. , , , , ,. , Several alledged dcprcuaiotis have-

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Almost at the moment of the adjournment of our last session, two hi; s, tho one entitled "An act for making a impropriation for building light houfct-s, iightboats, beacons, and monuments, placing buoys, and tor improving harbors and directing survejs,"and the other, Aa act to authorize a subsciiption for stcct

in the FouisviUe and Portland Cr.al Company," weresubmi'ttd for n y ap. proval It was not possible, withm thg time allowed mc. before the close of tho session to give these bills and consideration which was due to their chai ictey and importance; and I was compered to letain them tot the purpose I now avail myself of this cai ly opportunity to return them to the Houses in which they respectively originated, with the icasona which, after mature deliberation, compel me to withhold my approval. The practice of defraying out of tho Ticasuiy of the United States the expenses incurred hy the establishment and support of light houses beacons, buoys, and public piers, within the bays-, inlets, haibois, and ports of the United States, to render the navigation thereof safe and easy, is coeval with the adoption cf tlie Constitution, and has hreo continued without interruption or diz pute As our foreign commerce increase, and was extended into the interior of tho counuy by the establishment ol ports oj entry arid delivery upon our navigablo uvers, the sphere of those expenditures received a corresponding enlargement. Light houses, beacr.ri3, buoys, public piers, and the removal ol sand bars, sav yers and other partial or tempmary impediments-in the navigable rivers ancJ haibors which were embraced intheicvenue districts from time to time es;a biislied by law, were authorized upoti the same principle, and the expense defrayed in the same manner. T hat iheso expenses have at times been extravaganS and disproportionate, is very probable. The circumstances under which they ate incurred are well calculated to lead to such a result, un'ess their apphcaiion :s sni p cted to the closest sctu iny the '.-cd advantages nr g fiorr- the (i';.hu: semi nt of c.'Ubii ' . i oe y t no f rcrju :'y. it is to he fra'eri. invite appropiiinns to- 'ojeets o; t.V.s cha.af.tcr' tli3i aientiiher neressary i or iisthit. I he r umber ot iight 'rise kcj er . 13 abcady . cry Ja; ge, and : t.e bi be to ' reo propose to ad it o it fi!:v r t: . 05 31 res dcseiipion- F. : p -fi-ta ':o; s u.ion the subject vf.i h a-- . .'te:'s;o o to be entitled res-a ' t .mred o btiii-v.-. that the. t h n ; bec.ri gf.-ai iiiipiovjdence :e. r.e ra pe uiiturcs eu the government op. o oj.c:- but tha' .nesecUii'v .: ; n o in,-, m some instances, been d js!itdb tha muiiipi'ication of bgn ses, and consequent charge of lih dc-til-ho SO :nin upon the coast. It is in this, as v u.hc? t espects, our duty to avoid ail u - e . sseiy expense, as well aseverv i en .sc c'l patronage not called for by H e , id, Ho service. 13ut. in the discharge- ol ihat duty in this particular , ii must not be forgotten that, in relation to our foreign commerce, the burden and benefit ot pi otecting and accommodating it, necessarily go together, and must do so as long as the public revenue is drawn from tha people through the custom-house It i-j indisputable that whatever gives facility and security to navigation, cheapens imports; and all who consume them arc a like intciestcd in whatever produces this effect. If they consume, they ought, as they now do, to pay; otherwise, they tli not pay The consumer in the most inland State, derives the same advantage! from every necessary Ec prudent expertditin c for the facility of cur foreign commeicc and navigation that he docs who resides in a maritime State. Local expenditures have not of themselves, con cspondent operation. From a bid making direr! appropriations fat : ii. h thi-et:.l d.ouM jiot hnve withheld u v af--t nt . The one now returned dors so in ?r rral ;-nitruho-. t at it aho contain arpro-'riatior.s r.r smt ; - of n.' a al eharnctor. which 1 ran r-t'o-poo It give m-?ntFf trtion to fiiij that ni serious inrorneni'iuf- ha-ari-f.u frutn Hi'hl.ohhi: my a 1. proval of thishib; ru-r wi.I il. I ro-1 . he ran-e ( i T- crf that ;in o. portimi - will 1 e th r hy ,i!T -nh d h r 1 o-se''- tn r v'j. w it- t i ov ;ei'Ui- on h r eirrurr .-'a pi r- ! "Iter CHlctdrited tor tiii! m f-tira-ion, tl.ant!.. ua-.h-r u hi-Ji it vvas pa --(;!. In 31 enki'1- of di.-f-' i apr r--tr:fitio;, I mna Hut to ineh-.de a plto tirr wfir.h has .d.tair:(td tf -on:r 1 sti nt. ami v. hi h I fnr. in on- 1 n--tanre, in - diiT- rent capacity, C'Vi-n n y as--f.-n t T h t ciib-i ri hii- to stock i f ;nvato M-oc.iitions l'i -itive expori, no-, and ri i:.-ry lh'iroi:h con' U rati ai t the snhjcri l.nvi- en-v'mc-d i'ie cf the iti -propi cty a? well h- irv;xni'iiiriif v ni sudi on stnn nt1 Ad imf-'. -von.nt-( lVc-K 1 hv th hind, t f th. I . H t i for the L'(-'i' r-il 10 he or rii to U.e ni )y . . mpt nim '. -:tior: of that fiiinL'hn; tha merit ot all owe ( - ri i !)-, the oayri.et't oi fir -n y nncharacter. 'I he rm tit e a 1 1 roMronis of the fovcri.m 1 ' with If- ol tho .f-tu-or (.f imtiv i'.lunl-, ii mc eiMiU-r.t vvitii tlU5 iihoct of its in-titntien, art highly iriipohtic. The 5ii-cc ."ni o; c-r n t i n of t' i- f-it r: .- stem c; n onl v l ' rt ;,'v i lv ri-iifinins; it ta tho few ani ?im ;!'. :w-d vtt import;ii;t ol je..t fyf wl ieh it was ttesined. A diffe-rr-i ? pmctic , if allowrtl t e ; r.i:rW"i wc'iihl nltiniHii 1 cI;hi.- th. (hnrunr "t" thiB 'ov-r- n.t-i.t, ty r mi-. I.ih-.n i r, i-- zeo rai urid state -o Ln.i.:fi t-, v m !i tt i- -t nd dl to hi kept Con Vi 1 di-tit.i t I r e.. I pcrrcivc koxs bills e-etiertrir fneb -et.e.'itia.