710 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1S04 



rative orders transmitted from Eng- 

 land by your majesty's ministers. 

 Conscious that the wisdom of your 

 majesty's council never diredt and 

 persist in orders inconsistent with, 

 both general and individual welfare, 

 saifcr us, most gracious and benefi- 

 cent sire, with the utmost humiJify, 

 and with hearts rej)lete with grati- 

 tude, loyalty, and afted^ion, for 

 tite many inestimable blessings we 

 have ever experienced under your 

 majesty's most auspicious reiijn, to ' 

 represent to your majesty, that in 

 times of war, we cannot, without a 

 permission of this intercourse wi(h 

 the American states, procure the 

 articles of lumI)or necessary for car- 

 rying on the business of our plan- 

 tations, and for packages to convey 

 the various produce of Ib.e colony 

 to the markets of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, nor the provisions wanted 

 for our own subsistence, but more 

 especially so for that of our negroes, 

 besides the accommodation wliich 

 your majesty's forces on this sta- 

 tion, boih by sea and land, derive 

 from thence ; that the British North 

 American colonies cannot furnish 

 these supplies ; and that in time of 

 war, British vessels and British sea- 

 men cannot be procured to carry 

 on this trade. Permit us, august 

 sire, while we presume to lay be- 

 fore you these our most humble and 

 earnest solicitations for the continu- 

 ance of this intercourse, <o express 

 our fullest confidence that it only 

 requires to make known to your 

 majesty the grievances of your faith- 

 ful and loyal subjects, however dis- 

 tant fnmi the seat of empire, when 

 your royal and paternal regard will 

 direct tlie proper relief. 



Gentlemen of the council, Mr. 

 Speaker, and gentlemen of the as- 

 sembly, — Having passed the bills 

 which have been presented to me, I 

 grant you the recess which the sea- . 

 son of the year requires. Mr. 

 Speaker and gentlemen of the as- 

 sembly, — I return you my thanks 

 for your dis^patch in the public bu- 

 sincss. Gentlemen of the council, 

 Mr. Speaker, and gentlemen of the 

 assembly,—] have vdry great satis- 

 faction in acquainting you that the 

 fortifications of this island are about 

 to be put in the best state of de- 

 fence, and I have only to recom- 

 mend to you that vigilance and at- 

 tention in your respective parishes, 

 both in your military and civil ca- 

 pacities, so requisite at all limes for 

 the security and tranquillity of the 

 island, but most particularly so at 

 a period when, in the event of a 

 war with Spain, the situation of 

 this colony may be rendered much 

 more critical than on former occa- 

 sions. I do now, in his majesty's 

 name, prorogue this general assem- 

 bly until Tuesday the 29th January 

 next, and it is hereby prorogued ac- 

 cordingly. 



P/Woga//on of the: Ai^fembbi^ ISth 

 l)ea;.'!irj 1804, 



Masmgc delivered by the President 

 of the United States of America 

 to both Houses of Congress. — 

 Novembers, 1S04. 



To the Senate and House of Repre- 

 sentatives of the United States. 

 To a people, fellow-citizens, who 

 sincerely desire the happiness and 

 prosperity of other nations, to those 

 who justly calculate that their own 

 well being is advanced by other na- 

 tions, M sfch which they have inter- 

 course, it will be a satisfaction to ob- 

 serve, that the Avar, which waslighted 

 up in Europe a little before our last 



meeting, r 



