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fore, declirtca negotiating concerning it ; and that as the United Slaves tliu not fouhwiih accept purely ati'J simply the term offered oy tneaciof L'artumcnt, ot Juiy, I8i5, Great Britain would not now admit the vessel of the United auics cven upon the terms on which she has opencd them to tnc navigation ot oilier nations, We have been accustomed to consider thO trade which we have enjoyed wiiU the British colonies rather as an interchange ot mutual benefits, than as ametctavur received ; that; under cveiy circumstance, wc have given an able equivalent. U c have seen every Other nation, hoi ding col onies negotiate wit ii other nations, and grant them, freely, admission to the colonics by treaty ; and, so.tur ate the other colonizing nations ot Europe now from refusing l negotiate lor trade with their Col jntes, ttirp. we ourselves have secured access to the colonies of more than one ol them by treaty. The retusal, however, of Great Britain to negotiate, leaves to the United States no oilier alternative

than that of regulating, or interdicting,

altogether, the trade on their part, according as either measure may affect the interests of our own eountry ; and, with that exclusive object, I would recommend the whole subject to your calm and tiandid consideration. It is hoped that uur unavailing exertions to accomplish a cordial good understanding on this interest, will not hae an Unpropitious effect upon the other great tonics of discussion between the two

vernmcuts. Our northeastern and northwestern boundaries are still unadjusted. T'ae commissioners under the 7th at tide of the treaty of Gueni have neatly come to the close of their labors ; nor can wo renounce the expectation, enfeebled as it is, that they may agree upon their Report to the satisfaction or acquiescence of both parties The com nission for liquidating the claims foi indemnity for staves carried away after the close of the war, has been silting without doubtful prospects of success. Propositions of compromise have, however, passed between the two governments, the result of which we flatter ourselves, may yet prove satisfactory. Our own dispositions and purposes towards Great U itain arc all fi iendly and conciliatory ; nor can we abandon, but with stiong reluctance, the belief thai they will, ultimately meet a return, not of favors, which wc neither ask nor desire, but of equal reciprocity and good will. With the American Governments of this hemisphere, we continue to maintain an intercourse altogether friendly, and between their nations and ours that commercial intercourse of which mmual ben etuis the source, and mutual comfort and harmony the result, is in a continual state of improvement. The war between Spain und them, since the total expulsion of the Spanish military force f rom their continental territories, has been iittle more than nominal forms ; and tin ir internal tranquility, though occasionally -Menaced by ihc agitations which civd wars never fail to leave behind them, has not been affected by any serious calamity. The Congress of Ministers from several of those nations which assembled at Panama, after a short session there, adjourned to meet again, at a more favorable season, in the neighborhood of Mexico. The decease of one of our Ministers on his way to the Isthmus, and the impediments of the season, which delayed the departure of the other, depriv ed us of the advantage of being represented at he fit st meeting of the Congress. There is, however, no reason to believe that any of tho transactions of the Congress were of a nature to affect injuriously the interests of ihe United States, to requite the interposition of our Ministers had they been present Their absence has indeed deprived us of the opportunity of possessing a precise and authentic information of the treaties which wc: c conch; ded at Panama; and the whole result Las confirmed me in the conviction of the expediency of the United States being rcp:cs ntcd at 'he Congress The sui n ing member of the Mission, appointed dining your last session, has accordingly proceeded to his destination, and a successor to his distinguished and lamented associate will be noniinatcd to the Sena'c. A treaty of Amity, Navigation and Com merer, has in the com se ol the last summer, been concluded by our Minister Plenipotentiary at Mexico, with the United Sutes of that Confederacy, which will also be laid before the Senate, for advice with rcgitd toils ratification. In adverting to the present condition of our fiscal concerns, and to the prospect of our Revenue, the first remark that calls our attention, is, that they are lessexuberanlly prosperous than they were at the corresponding period ol last year. The severe siwck so extensively sustained bv the commercial and manufacturing intercits in Great lit itain, has not been with-

out a perceptible recoil upon" ourselves. -A reduced importation from abroad, is necessarily succeded by a reduced return

cause to apprehend a depression comparable to thutot the lormcr period, or even

to anticipate a deficiency which will m

gradations ofsuperintcnder.ee, the ofticerr. leel themselves to have been citizens, be

fore they wcie solders, and thatthc glory

steady and indexible perseverance the to

tal discharge of the debt.

cnuc of the present year will not equal nual ten millions 10 the tcductiohof the

that ol the lait. And the receipts ol that J deDt. It is well for us, however, to be ad

which is to come will tall shoit ol those in the current year. The diminution, however, is in part attiibutabie to the flnuishing condition of some of oui domestic inanulactutcs, and so far is compensated by an equivalent more profitable to the nation. It is also highly gtatitying to perceive, that the deficiency in the revenue, while it scarcely exceeds the anticipations .of the last ycai's estimates from the Treasury, bus not interrupted the application of more than eleven millions dining the present year, to t lie discharge ol the pi incipul and interest of the debt, nor the rt due; ion of upwards of seven millions of the capital debt itself. The balance in the Treasury oh the fnst of January last, was five millions two hundied and one ihotismdsix hundred and fifty dollars and forty-three cents. The receipts bom that time to the 30th of December last, were nineteen millions live bundled and eighty five thousand r.ine hund'ed and thiity two dollars and fifty cent. The receipts of the current quarter, estimated at six millions of dollars, yield, with the sums ah e:u!y eceiv cd. a revenue of about twenty five millions and a had ior the year. The expenditures for the three fir -it quartets of the year have amounted to eigh:cen millions, sev en hundred and lout teen thousand two hundred and twenty-six dolho s and sixtysix cents. The expenditures of the cur

rent quarter are expected, including the

lo the Treasury at home. The net rev i trench upon the ability to aiuvy ihc.au-I ct a republican army, must censist in this

spiru oi ueeuom oy wnicli Ills animated, and ol patriotism by which it is impelled.

monished ot the necessry of abiding by It may be confidently stated, that the mothc maxims of the most vigilant ccono- ral character of the army is in a state of my, andol resulting to all honorable and J continual imy rovemem, U lhat all ihearusit'ul expedients, for putsuing with t ra: gcn.c: ts for the disposal of its parts,

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have a cor.taul reference to that er.d.

Hut to the war depai tmcnt arc attiibu-

Iiesuics ihe sev en millions of the lo.ms ted oil cr duties, hav ing indeed relation lo of 13 ir, which will have been dischaiged a future condition ol war, but being purein the course of the ptcscnt year, would ; ly defensive, and in their terdency coniiihave b.en, and arc now redeemable. buting rather to the security and pcimathiiiecn millions more of the loan of i neucy of peace. The cr cation of the foils I 4, will become i cdetrn; b!e, Irom ai d 1 tificatb ns provided for by congress and aafiei the expiration nf the present month : ; daptcd to secure our sboies lioni hostile and nine other millions from and after the I invasions. The distribution of the fund close of the ensuing y ar. i hey consti- I of public gratitude and justice to the pentute a mass of thii tyote millions of dol- ! sirneis of the revolutionary war: the lars, all beating an interest of six per! mainti nance of our relations ofpc'vceand cent, more than twenty millions of which, ; of proti ction with lie Indian tribes : and will be immediately ledcenndde. and the j the xutcrt-al improvements h. surveys for rc-t, within little more than a year. L a j the location ol rradi and canals, which, vingol this arnoun:, filttcn millions to dm ing ihc last three sessions of congress continue at the in 'crest oi Vix ptr cent. have v? gaged so much of their attention, but to he, r.s br as c'.all he h u: d practi- ! and may ergage so large a shaicof their

lame, paid ct in the year IM'27 and future bene factions to cur c uniry. there is scan rly a doubt, that the reo nin- j IJy the i.et 'of the CCiU of April, 1824, ing sixteen might, within n lev n ot:! ' sujigeslcd end apprcv ( d by n.y predeccs-

tor. thesuui o! SOjlO vvas appropriat

ed lor the purpose ol causing to l e made

i! gc:i ij cent.

a lo.m ;;t rrt ir

,i.

coing

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i e ner r. vir. t i-nn- 11 n-.o vf

l.'.U' and IS:;). I?y thir; ayci atu o, m sum ol nearly half a nuliieri ol ilolhsrs m .v bo

saved to the nation : .m l the whole 31 millions

years, in:iy be gnatiy facilitated, if not w hoMy rtceotrplishcd

Iy an act cd corjgvrss. cf 3t Mar c h,

th't ncccs:ary Mnvrys, plans, c estimates

f)l "he routes o! such roads and ccnals as

nx nl at an interest not exceeding 4 per cent Hut at iljat time, so la i ge a portion

of the floating c;:pi'al r 1 "the count y, was

two millions of the principal debt to be ! 1 025, a loan for the pm no-.c now rdevred

puui, ui uaianee uic receipts, otnat the to, or a so.bscrrpnon to si eel;, s autl.o

expenses ol ihc year, amounting to upwards of a million less than its income, will leave a proportionally increased bal

ance in the Treasuiy on the fust of J.mu- j absorbed in commercial speculations, and ary, 1327, over that of the first of Janu- j so little was left for investment in the

ary last. Instead ot live millions two ; stocks, that the inrasnre was but partialhundied thousand, theic will be six mil- j ly successful. At the last session ol conlions lour hundred thousand dollars. grcss, the condition ol the tin tl was still The amount of duties ecured on mcr- ! unpiopitious to the n casur-:; but the chandisc imported from the commence ' change s soon af-ei -v.: ds oecui ic I, that, mcnt of Ihe year uniil the JUlh ot Sp- ; had the. authority existed to redeem the tembcr, is climated at twcn.y one mil- ! nine millions now l er !eem-tble, bv an ex-

lions two hunurcd and hfiv tl.ousiM.-d ilol lars, and tiie amount wiuchwiii probably

accrue during the present quartei, is s

umated at lour mil, ions two hundivd and filly thousand, making i'oi tnv wh i!c j i ;ti tvveniy-bvc onl:vtn.- ;n, a had, liont vloch the diaw b.icks being deducted, win leave a clear revenue hum foe cuiteios, icceivable in the year of .omui i wentv miiiioui lour hm.:!icu thousand dollars, which, wnn t!e su.os U) he leccivi d from the proceeds ot Pimic La uis, the Hak Uiviiieuds, and olIk r ineuLiuat receipts, will lorm an aggierueof uhout iwuitvthree miiiioiis, a sum falling s!ort ot tne w hole expeosws ol the pics nt year, littic more than the portion oi t:u?e exi'enciluresappued to tne discharge oi l'ub be debt, beyond the annua, appropi iaticn ot ten millions, by the aet of the id Alaren, 13 7. At ti e pa-ag. of the :ct. Ine public vicbt au.om.uil o ouc I.unilud and iwcniy-lio ee unl-.i :ns a U a had ( .'n Hie first of January next it i.elioit ot se vt my-luui millions. In the 1 se of lluse ten years, fil.y miiiioiiS ct pub-ic debt, with the annual chaigcol upuaids ot tin ce milii-ns interest upn Uiem, iuv c been extis guislu d. At the passage of

t;u? ' t. oaige ot ; l!i president o! the U. States might deem whiio --ic lour! of raironal importance in a ccmrnvrcial or

militniy point of view, cr necefsary for the transportation of the public mail the suivcys, plaiis : evtin-ates for each, wheu complete, to be laid before cotigrcss. In execution of this act, a board of Engineer was immediately instituted, and have been since most assiduously U. constantly occupied in caviyipgitinto cflcct. The first object to w hich their labours were directed by order of the late presicknt, was the examination of the country bctw en the tide wa'crs of the Potomac, the Ohio, trdlnkeKiie, to ascertain the practicability of a communication bet wceu them, to designate the most suitable route for the same, h to form plans St estimates in derail of the xpensc of t xi cution. On the 3d of February, 1825, they made their firs? report, which was immediately communicated to congress, and in which they declared that, having maturely considered the circumstances observed by them personally and carefully studied the results of such of the preliminary surveys ds were then completed, they were decidedly of opinion that the communication was practicable. At the last st ssionof congress, before the board of ci.ginceis were enabled to make up their i eport, containing a general plan, and preparatory estimate for the woik. ihe con, mitt e o the house of re-

piesemauves upon roads and canals, ch s-

change of storks, or a loan at five per ct nt ii is morally certain, that it might have been effected, and with it a yearly saving of 90,000. With regard lo'.hc collection of revenue ci ip.ipo-.is, certain occurrences have, within the las year, been disclosed in one

J or two ot our principal ports, which en

gaged the attention of congress at their last session, and may hereafter require lurther consideration. Until within a cjy lew tew years, the execution cd the laws for r;.i;iug the revenue, iik-j that of all o'he.- laws, has b en insuird mote by the m! al sense ot a community than by the rigors ol njeahus pre( nuti n, or by

i ii' I uir?7w. I , . i . I . . ....,. l.i

(- v.,iu.3 v.o:.iioiug in it e.M-m- ; co me sessum with a report

yn y 1'uin.uui lit ) unu oosioueu ii.iegir.y

cxpressinrr

a hope that the plan tnd climate of the

ol uv r.rpoiting me c! ant-,a g.adtial re board of engineers might at the time be laxafoi. tu.ni the provision, ot colli ction ! prepared, ai d tl;a the Subject be referred laws, a close ydhcitncc to which wou.d' to ihc early and favorable consideration have i-austd inconvenience and ex pence f of crngr ess a their pre cnt session, 'lhat to thi m, had lor g becen c hvbiuai; and expected rt per t of th- board of engineers lndufgrncns had been extent'ei uninr- is prepared, ar.d will forthwith be laid be-

sany. o . cau-c t- cy had never b en abused It may ! e woi ihy ol vom ic ioustonsideiat'n n, whether seme further legis'a-

Uve provision mav not be

come m

that act, ot the annual approp; lations of cmity

the ten mniions. seven were ai soibcd in

the payment ol interest, and not more than thiee midions wetit to icduce the capital ol the dett. Of the same un millions, at this lime scaiceiy four are applicable to the interest, and upwards ot &ix aie efiectivc in melting do ah lite capital. Yet our expense has pioved ihataicvc-

r

lore )f u. Under the resclu icn or congress, authorizing the secrttaiy of war to have

vision may not he necessary to I p-cparcd a complete svstT-m of cavalry aid oi this stale ot nnguaukd se- j tr.crics of the U States,' to be reported to

J corgi-ess at the present sessimn board

rem tne reports herewith comn.nnica- ; ot distinguished cfHccis of the army, and ten, ol the se. reuuy ot war and ol the na- ! cf the militia has been convened, whose v) , with the suhsidiary documents annex- j report v.ilibe submitted to you. with that ed to t::cm will he discovctd the present ! ot the secietarv of war. The occasion condition and admmisiraicn of ran- u.ili-! was thought faVorable for cor suiting the tary establishment, on the land ar,d on the j same board, aided bv the results of a corsea. 1 he oiganation of the aimy l.av- j i espontlencc with the- governors cf thescing undcigone no chaure since its icduc- rr.il vinri-. muliPMrmir. n,'

nue consisting so largely ol impoMs and . lUv, lo the present peace est. blishrm.iu in j izens ot intedicence and experience, uptonnage, ebb, and ilows to an ext.aordi- j 1821, it remains on:y to observe, that it j on the at km w iedrcd dc feci en cf ihe minary extent, with all ihc tkictu.Mions mci- j js ycl found adcuuate to all the t.urooscs ! liria svst.m. ar.d noon . .

dent to the general commerce ot the . for which a permanent armed force in I rd v. .rh h u,r r.iM.' t r

...ii....: i. ., . . . . -u.v. ..un,. j nt i c i ui i ut

world. It is within our recollection that time of peace, can be needed or useful

even m the compass ot the same ten. It may be proper lo add, that, fromadifycars, the teceipts of the luasuiy were ; ference of opinion bctw een the h.tcpresinot adequate to the expenditures of the ! dent ol the U. Slates and ihe senate, with year; and hat in two successive ytais it regard to the consti uction of the act of vvas found necessary lo resort to loans to j congicss of 'id March, 1821, to reduce meet the engagements of the nation. i and fix the military peace establishment I be returning tides of the succeeding f ihe U. States, it remains, hitherto, so y iar replenished the public coffers, until j far, without execution, that no colonel has they have again begun to feel the v icissi- j keen appointed to command one of the reticles of a decline. To produce these at- ' gimcnts ot artihciy. A supplementary

,U J"u,rt Ul uiessanu exnaosuomvoo cxpianato.yactotthc Icgislatu. e appears j former age ; and, a moie than equal sum relative operation ot abundant orol 1 1 u it- I to hp ihr ooli- rvnr.li;..,. . , .

.- , , . . . i- 1 . 7 --tM.v,,, iMULKuuxi, ior invrsieti m lortincations, or lor the prcpa till t-icniic p t'tUroMfni oi boiiiru irn. t.. .l:r' i. I 1

i,. iiiiuuui.i m lu.t-.i. - , icinuvu.g uic u:uicu;tv oi tins aonomt. nt

rtible. The report of

the board upon this subject is also submitted to your consitleratir n. In the estimates of ap.pi opn2tions for the ensuing year, upwards o! five millicns of dollars will be submitted for the expenditure to be paid from tl e depaitrcen! of war. Less than two fifths of this will be applicable to the mair.tcr.arcc of the ar my. A million and a hall in the foim ot pensions, gees as a scarcely adequate

j tribute to the services end sacrifices of a

v crntnei ts, political icvolmions, the piospctousor decaying condition of manufactures, commercial speculations and many other causes, not always to be traced, variotislv combine We have found the al let nate swells and diminutions embracing periods from two to three years. The last peiiod of depression to us wasfiom 1819 'o li320 The corresponding revi val was fiom 1823 to the commencement of the present year. Still we have no

ment.

In a period of profound peace, the conduct of the mere military establishment, lormbut a very inconsiderable portion of the duties devolving upon the administration ot the department ol war. It will be seen by the le turns ficm the suhouiinatc departments of the army, that every branch of ih- service is marked with order, regulai i'r and discipline. That from the commanding general, through all the

uion of internal improvements, provides

for the quitt, the comfoit, and the happier existence of the rges to con e. The appropriations to indemnify tboe unfortunate remnants of another lace, urable alike to hare in the enjoyments, and to exist in the prcsercc ot civilization, tho swelling in recent years to a magnitude burdensome to the treasury, are generally not without their equivalents, in profilablc value ; or verve to discharge the Union from engagements more buiden-