The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 4, Number 40, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 29 December 1827 — Page 2

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S if I! 1) A r. I fee n!•'•k -9, 18

Preside ill's less age,

Commit dented to both Houses, at tincummsucemnt of the V"-st Sets km of the Twentieth Congress To tie S?n»te and House d' lie presoufative" of the U. States. Fellor itizens of the

Senate and tlnWIouse

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Representatives

,/* A revolution of the seasons ha^

Kfic:\rly

been completed -since the Un-

p-esent u'ives of tii!1 People & States of tins Union were last assemblad at 'this place, to del berate and to act upon the common important in|eiests their constituents In that^inte.i4 vai the never-slumbering eye of a wise and beneficent Providence hu--continued its guardian care ovei the h, we! are ol our b?ioved country

The blessing oi health Lias continued ccneriUv to prevail throughout the la d. fne blessing of peace with out* brethren -d the human iace, has |.',C onjovrd without interuption ^ifterna

'q siet has left our fellow-c ti-

•y.ens in the full enjoyment of ail their ii ht*, and in the tree exercisc ol'aii 4th«ir f.icu'ties, to pursue the impulse of th^ir naturq, a id the obligation ui thrir dutv, in the improvement their own condition.*- ho productionsol the soil, the exchanges of commerce, the vivifying labors of '~hu nan industry, have combined to %mi.ig'.e in our cup a portion of enjoy Smnl as lar-e and liberal .as the in-

(iulgvjce of "Heaven has perhaps ever printed to the imperfect state of ln ujun earth and as the purest htnnrj felicity consists in its par tirina'ion with others, it is no small addition to the sum of our national h-!p )in \ss,at this rime, that peace and r.rosperitv prevail to a d-gree sel Ilom'experi^nccd. over ihe whole habitable g'obe presenting, 1 houe !i as vei witi) painful exceptions, afore tast of t)iat blessed period of pro mise, when the lion shall lie down with rhc lamb, and wars shall be no re To preserve, to improve, and to perrviuate-thc sources, and to direct. in t'.vir most effective channels the sc rams which contribute to th pub weal, is the purpose for which government was instituted. OHject.nf de importance to the welfare 0! the LTi»ion are constantly recurring ithe attention of the Federal Legislature they cu I vit• accumulated interest, at the fi *t m_'-tirtg of the two Houses, afi tin*jr /jerioiiica! renovation. I esen to tieir consideration, from time to time, su!ij *'. f» in which the intersts of liui na-ii a m»-t deeply involved, aid ie regulation of wi'eh inii^ iTiv:j wiii is alon^ c'.•mpr-tsn*, is a d.j.y prescribed by the Constitution, to the performance of

ViUich the- li st of 1

new Congress is a period eminently tMproprirttetl, and winch it is now my j.ui'^nse to ihiciiarge. i,

Qir relations of friendship with the otaer nations of the earth, polit icai a'id cumiU'MCial, iiayp beeti prc««prv"d unimpaired and the opjjorJu /sties to improve Uiem Ir.'.ve been •cultivated with anxious and unreut if ring attention negotiation u'•*!! ."Ubjecls of hijih af delicate iri• e-»t wuh the {*ov.' !im.Mit ol G. itain, ha-i lerimnaU-d the ad-jusnn-'nt of s(rtii« of the questions isa upon -aii-l:ictM'y lerm», and t|iA -pc^t oiU:n»ent of other* for lu tore diac«si«n and agreement »The purpose of toe ConvenUon conclud«'i', at P' tet *i)Ui i.r,

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(,-r|

die il2th

rS illy, 1322, under the uumIu tinti of th* UteKmperor Alexander, -liave li i'ii csirrie'. into (dlect, by

Mi'j*^ju«i»t

Convent ion concluded at

•%, 3(Ofi'lon on toe 15tW ot Nnvembe IB.'O. tit'- ttvfi'v-itions oi which were «:c'.»uuy. -jl at t:urt pl u.C on the !i i,iv.«f l4»'uary ia%t. i\ copy ol 7'«*«h" Pro- lamation-issued "t

tiine-

ccsstli da Match last pu'atishin^ (Convent on, is herewiih commu-iii-jati'd to eon^re»s. The sum ol twelve hunlr«u and »nr liiou»antl ?i n)*•huudre,d & -«i:.sty 11 oU a st,, the stipulated to be paid the claim*nt8 -»t indemniiy under the hist ar-li'-le of te Treaty of -Ghent, ha-. dulv received, and the. (lommisi .n H'sntuied con-fonnatdy to she

3f Congress of tlw^coud March Int. iftr toe liistributiou of the inieo.«tty to Ine peisons entitled it) receive it, are now in session, and jhe cons'

tn.ition of then

j.'M s. 'l'hi« tfr.ai di posal of one •ot UK* most puintu! topics ol colii yion bet.w?un the (J .States and (j Bfiiain, not only afi'rds an occaion of t'aluia'.iovi Hi ourselves, but has had u,e happiest e.U'cct in promoting

Uie^)dl\ deposition, and in oUeni,,.r ^fepr:it es upon other objects oi «'iJ»cus»ion. ou«lit .it" to pass \vjihout the tribute of a frank an»' tnrd-'il acknowieti^meni o' the iuag-. j.fiMinit' »vmi which an honoraole

Py ine reni.niuon ol liitii

\wn wrongs, achieves a triumph mnrf. rlor Ous than an^y held ot blood c' •ver he*tow.

The Corvventiorvs of 3d July, 1815, *.nd of 20lh October, 1813, will ex nire by their own limitation ositw^ wOth of October, 18^8 These have regulated the direct commercial intercourse between the IF. States*tind t* Britain, upon terms of the most perfect reciprocity and they effect ed a temporary compromise ol the respective rights and claims to the territory westward of the ltocky Mountains These arrangements have been continued for an indefinite period ol time, alter the expiration of the above mentioned Conventions leaving each party the liberty ot terminating them, by giving twelve months notice "to the other. The radical princip ot all commercial intercourse between independent na tions, is the mutual interest of both parties, it is the vital spirit of trade itseif nor can it be reconciled to the nature of man. or to the primary laws of human society, that an) trade should Ion? be willingly pursued, of which all the advantages are on one side, and all the burthens on the atlw- Treaties ol Commerce have been found, by experience, to he among the me?t effective instruments tor promoting peace and harmony between nations whose interests, ex clusively considered on either tide, are brought into frequent collisions by competition. In framing such treaties, it is the duty of each party not simply tj urge with unyielding pertinacity that^ which suits its own interest, bnt to concede liberally to that i\vhich is adapted to the interest of the othei 1 3 accomplish this, little more is generally required than a simple observance of the rule of reciprocity and were it possible for the statesmen of one nation, by stratagem and management, to obtain from the weakness or ignor ancc of another, an overreaching treaty, such a compact would prove an incentive to war rather than a bond ofpc?.ce

Our

conventions with

liritain are founded upon the pnnci pies of reciprocity The commercial intercourse between the two countries is greater in magnitude and amount than between any two other nations on the globe It is, for all purposes of benefit or advantage to both, as precious, and in all probability, far more extensive, than if the parties were still constituent parts of one and the same nation. Treaties between such states, regulating the intercourse of peace between them, and adjusting interests of such transcendant importance to both, which Heavy

have been found, in along experience

of years, mutually advantageous

State* ami Groat Britain, and which terminated the war of our Independence, a line of boundary wa*. drawn as the demnrcatiou of territory between the two ^countries, extending over near twenty -degrees of latitude, and ranging over seas, lakes ?ij* -untains. then very imperfectly explored, and scarcely opened to the geographical knowledge of the age In the progress of discovery fy settlement by both parties since tint time, several questions of boundary between then- respective Territories, have arisen, which have been found oi exceedingly difficult adjustment. At the close of the last war with Britain, lour of these fjuestion pressed themselves upon the consideration of the negotiators of the Treaty of Ghent, hut without the means of concluding a definitive arrange merit concerning them. They were referred to three separate commissioners, consisting of tw Commi*sioneis, one appointed by each par-' tv, to examine and decide upon their respective claims. In the event ol disagreement hetween theCommis sjoners, it wan provided that tiiey should

make

reports to their several

Governments and that the reports shouid finally be referred to the decision of a Sovereign, the common friend of both. Oi these Coinmi*uniers. two have already terininal-r-tl ittir sessions ami invustigatroiisi, ane by entire, »n»d the other by paitial agreement. The .CommiirSioners of tlu fifm article of the Treaty of Ghent, have finally disagreed, and made their conflicting reports to their own Governments. But from they* report?, a .great difficulty has occui red 111 I.iaking upu question to oe decided by the Arbitrator. This purpose has, however, been effected '•y a f-iurth Convention, concluded ,t London by the Plenipotentiaries yi the two Governments, on the 29th sii September last It will be submitted, together with the others, io the co&ajdtxation of the fceuale.

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While these questions have been „, din incidents have occurred •inflicting pretentions, and ot Ua character, upon the tfmto, 'self in dispute between the tw Nations. By a common understanding between the Governments, it wa 4"rerd that no exercise ot exclu sive jurisdiction by either part vhile the negotiation'was pending should change the state ol the question of right to be definitively set«led Such coilission has nevertheless recently taken place, by occui rences the

precise

from

character of whic'

has not yet been ascertained. communication from the Governor the State ol Maine, with accompanying documents, and a conespondence between the Secretary state and the Minister of G. Britain, on this subject, are now communicated Measures have been taxen to ascertain the state ot the facts more correctly, by the employment of a special agent to visit the spot where the alfedged outrages have occurred, the result ot whose inquiries, when received, will be trans mitted to Congress.

While so many of the subjects of high interest to the friendly relations between the two countries have been so far adjusted, it is matter of regret, (hat their views respecting the commercial intercourse between the U. States and the British Colonial possessions have not tq taliy appiox imated to a friendly agreement.

At the commencement id the last •ession of Congress, toey weie inonned of the :-udden and unexpected exclusion by the Britisn Government, of access, in vessels of the U. Statps, to all

their

A-

vessels

colonial ports, ex

cept those immediately buidtriiiji upon our own ceri itorics I th*. amicable discussions which have succeeded the adoption ol this-measure, which, as it allVcted harsnly, the interests of the States, brcame a •ubj ?ct of expostulation on our part, he principles upon which i's justification vtasbeen

placed,

a subsequ.-nt period it has

oeen intimated that tl:e nev exciu sion was in resentinent, because a piior act of Parliament ot 182:2, opt'uinjj certain colonial ports trntier

and burdensome

it. and we nave been giv

distinctly to understand tha neither of tli'e b.lls which were und-.-r the consideiatiou of Congres-, ai their last session, would have, bee deemed ^uflicientin their conccssiens to have been

rewarded

by any

relax

ation from tho British interdict. 1isoneol the inconve.ni«nces ins-^i)-avably connected with the attempt to'adjust by reciprocal legislation, interests of this nature, that neitheparty can know what would be satisfactory to the othei 5 and that afte. enacting a statute for the avowed and sincere purpose ot conciliation, it will generally be found utterly in adequate to the. expectations of tin other party, and will terminate in mutual disappointment.

The session of Congress having terminated without any act upon the subject, a Proclamation was issued on the 17th of iMauh lat, conformably to the provisions ot the Gto section of the act of first March. 1823, declaring the factth*t the trade and intercourse authorized by ie British art of "Parliament, of 2-lth June, 1822, between the U. States and the British enumerated colonial ports, had been by the subsequent acts of Parliament of 5th July, 1823. and the order of Council of 27th July, 1826, prohibited. The efTeci of this Proclamation, by the terms of the act under which it was issued, has been, that each and every provision of the act concerning Navigation, ol 18th April. 13IB, and of tne act Supplementary thereto, of loth May, 1820 revived, and is in 111i force. Such, then, is the pre sent condition of the trade, that, useful as it is to both parties, it can, witlfcfc single momentary exception, be ciifried on directly by the vessels of neither That exception itself ik found in a Proclamation of the Gov cnior ol tiie Island ot St. Christ^ pher, and of the Virgin Islands, in viting, for three months fro in th 28 th'of August last, the importatioi oi the articles of the produce-of th Uf States, which constitute their ex port portion ot -this trade^ iu tlu

vessels of all nation?/ That period

,nc already expired, the: stat o. iutual interdiction has again taken vace The British Government have •.ot only declined negotiation upon .,i, subject, but, by the principle

have assumed with reference it, have precluded even the meanof negotiation. It becomes not th. ^elf-respect of the L. States, either •o solicit gratuitous favors, or to jc cept as the grant of a avor. that for which an ample equiva ent is exacted

the respective governments, whether the trade

be opened by acts of

reciprocal legislation.- It is intic soepp time satisfactory to know, that anarf: from the inconveniences resulting from a disturbance of the usual channels ot trade, uo loss has been

sustained

by the commerce, 11».

navigation, or the revenue of the u. States, and none of magnitude is to br apprehended Irom this existing state of mutual interdict.

With the other maritime and commercial Nations of Europe, our intercourse continues with little variation. Since the cessation, by the Convention of 24th June, 1822, of all discriminating duties upon the vessels of the U. States & of France, in either country, our trade with that nation has increased and is increasing. A disposition on the part of FYance has been manifested to renew that negotiation and, in acceding to the proposal, we have eX' pressed the wish, that it might be extended to other objects, upon which a good understanding be'ween the parties would be beneficial to the interests of both The origin of the political relations between the states and France, is coeval with roe first years of our Independence. I'tie

memorv

have been of

a diversified charactu It has heen at one.' ascrmed to a mere recurrence the old long established principle o? colonial monopoly. and at the same time a feeling of resentnient, because tlic offers of an act of Parlia nient, opening the colonial ports up on certain conditions, had not been grasped at with sufficient eagerness ty an instantaneous conformity to them

restriction*

the

should not be liirhtlv cancelled or liritish vessels fsuin the colonies, and discontinued Two conventions for continuing in force those above mentioned, ive been concluded between the Plenipotentiaries of the two GoveniBicnts, on the vth of August last and will be forthwith laid before the Senate for the exercise of tueir constitutional authority concerning them ill the execution oi the treaties Peace of N )veiiiD"r, r862, ami "ep temper, 17^3, between the Unite'

States, had net

i..! I\.' Art fl in .«! it Oi

-en reciprocated by an admission of

neir ca'goes,- without any restrici,on or discrimination whatever. Hut, be tho motive for the interdic t.on what it tnay, the British Govern nient have manifested no disposition, either by negotiation, or by corresponding legislative en-ctments, to recede

of it is interwoven with

mat of our arduous struggle for ria:ional existence. Weakened as it •ias occasionally been since thai time, it can by us never be forgotten and we shall hail with exultation the mo ment which should indicate a recollection equally friendly in spirit, on the part of France A tresh efl art has recently been made by the in

ister of the LT States residing ai Paris, to obtain a consideration of the just claims of citizens ol the Stales, to the reparation of wrongs long since committed, many of them frankly acknowledged, anil all oi them entitled, upon every principle of justice, to a candid examination The proposal last made to the Kree.ch Government has been to refer the ubject, which has formed an obt-te.-le to this consideration, to the determination of a Sovereign, iiie common friend of both. It) this niT«y.', 110 definite answer has yet been received hut the gallant and honor able spirit which has at all tiriies been the pride and glory of Fra nce, will not ultiniate'y permit the demands of innocent sufferers to be extinguished in the mere consciousness ot the power to reject them.

A new Treaty of Amity, Navigation and Commerce, has been con •titled with the kingdom, of Sweden, which will be submitted to the Senate for their advice ith regard to its ratification At a more recent dale, a Minister Plenipotentiary from the Ilanseatic Republics of Ha burg, Lubeck and Bremen, has b-e received, charged with a special mission for the negotiation of a Treat of Amity and Commerce between that arcient and tenowned league 8*. the Slates. This negotiation has accordingly been commenced, ami is uow "in progress, the result of which will, it successful, be also submitted to the Senate for their consideration.

Snce the accession of the Kmperor Nicholas to the Imperial throne tsf all the Kussias, the friemlly dr. positions towards the LI States, -o constantly manifested by his prede ceosor have continued unahatetl, and have been recently testified by the appointment of a Minister Plenipotentiary Ui reside at. this place. From the interest-taken by this Sovereign in behalf ol tlie sufffrin'. Greeks, and from the spirit win: which others of the great European powers are co-operating with him. ihe friends of freedom and ol hu nanitv may indulge the hope, thai they Will obtaiif relief from thai most Unequat ot conflicts, which they have so long and so gallantly sustained that they wil enjoy th'. blessing of self-KOvernment, whic1. bv their suflericigs in the cause o? liberty, they have richly earned and that their independence will be secured .by those liberal institutions. »f which their country furnished the earliest examples in the history of mankind, and which have consecreated to immortal remembrance the very soil for which they are now l^ain profusely pouring torth then jlood. The sympathies which t)w people and Government ot the states have so warmly indulged wit heir cause, have been acknowledge*. their Government in a letter 0 hanks, which I have received fron their illustrious President, a trans

lation op which is r.ovv ed to Congress, the rcpr^S of that Nation to whom thisr •f gratitude was interredtofcf md to whom it was justlj d«e

In the American heiw..^ cause of freedom and iix^!

las

remains to be determined by

continued to prevail-

•signalized by none of thog®^ riumphs whicli had crihvQ.rf •glory some of the preceedin, it has only been from the »f all esternal force again-st the struggle had been

The .-shout of victory has been*,! seded by the expulsion ol over whom it^couhl.lisve beenj^' ed. Our fricnd.y wishes andc^' good will, which l-ave constaakSt* lowed the southern nations ot ica in all the vicissitudes of ti^., of Independence, are succeed a solicitude equally ardent a»ie dial, that, by the wisdom of their institutions, t..ey 1^' cure to themselves the clioises^ sings of social order, am! rewards at* virtuous liberty, claiming alike all right aii^ tention of interfering 111 tli«iete cerns which it is the pren^% their independence to regiu&kjjj them shall see fit, we bail wigj,. every indication of their of their harmony, of their 0.^ ing and inflexible homage principles ot freedom and uf", rights, which are alone suite-i genius and temper ot the Aru nations. It has been tlierwwe^ some concern that we have «sseaf, inilications of intestine tl'?is«4i some of the Republics of thetam. and appearances tf less utih« one another, than we beiieiei» the interest of all Vmun^i •iultsof this state of things 'iai that the treaties concluded at to not appear to have been rad-d by the contracting parties, assdia the meeting of the Congress at fc cubaya has besn indeliiiitelv pti^i ed. "in accepting the invito be representetl at this sjs, while a manifestation wa» lateafci on the trt of the U. SLates,&f6! most friendly disposition towar^i southern republics, by wiiomitii been proposed, it was hoped tSU would furnish an opportauitjif bringing all tlie nations ot tuisifr isphere to the connnou atk,w^ uient and adaption ot the prwoffy in the regulation of their lnternii#' a I leL'ions, which would hatesocured a iasting peace and iinr between t^:m, and have the cause ot mutual bfw-?® lh oughout the globe. Sat ^tacies appear to have anstatotbe re assembling of the Cm^, «e of the two ministers comms* on the partot the U. fctate* urned to the bosom of his owty ^hile minister chared ivmiW ordinary mission to M.*sici)fc»^8 authoriie'4 to attend at thecal* ences of the Congress \yhen:veraf may be resumed.

A hope was for a short tained, that a Treaty cf l'eace, ually signed between the meats of Buenos Ayres and 1»«* would supersede all further o«-j» for those collisions between t/ciligc» ,i)retensions and neutral rights ire so commonly the r?s iUoi time war, and have un nat?ly disturbed the iruionv oi relations between the Lnited and the Brazilian Governments. their l^tjcssion, Congress »«r|' formed that some ol the nau

,1 riit*

cers of that Empire I'-ad^ and practised upon principlesi-

tion'to blockades and to igation, which we could

l0ts

and which our commanders^ necessary to res stthey have not been susuuiu" (Government of lirnz:I d-^e''• of the vessels captured um» snmed authority ot

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principles, have been

j. jjl

l('Sl°

we trust that our just ep

i3.

will be realized, that a ^'l demnity will be road- to .t ]l)fj zens of the Uniietl cap' sullered by the unwaiiat tures|\vhich the

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themselves have

pronounce

In diplomatic discussions a by the citizens of the and of others which see-^

duty, without waiting

emanating immediate tl'.UGovernment itself, the fairs of the United Sta

irnnression that his

intere?'J

in behalf of lha rights anof his counti vmen

uer

...^ed'i1

reajar ded and useless.

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to terminate his ofhcia

j1'

return

demond his passports, the United tSates

l.1J„eaIfur^

dictated by an hone co^,' iionor and interests 0

by me The however,

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notives which opera p",0? ipon the mind of the sorted to it, has i»ot be

grPpf

complained

in(pl!

ti.

sure for which noade«j'^ \1 cause had been