STATE PAPERS. 
arrangement which might be pro- 
posed for that effect. 
Thus, under whatever point of 
view the Britannic Government 
wishes to view its position with 
regard to the King of Naples, it 
can only consider as just and rea- 
sonable the demand which the 
undersigned are charged with re- 
iterating to his Excellency my 
Lord Castlereagh, of proceeding 
to the prompt conclusion of a de- 
finitive Treaty of Peace between 
the two Crowns. 
No person can be better quali- 
fied than my Lord Castlereagh to 
enlighten the English Government 
with respect to the affairs of Na- 
ples. Having concurred in the 
negociation which preceded and 
which followed the accession of 
his Neapolitan Majesty to the Coa- 
lition, he was the organ of the 
engagements entered into by the 
English Government towards the 
Court of Naples, and his charac- 
ter for justice and probity is too 
well known to allow the under- 
signed to suppose that his politi- 
cal conduct will vary in any man- 
ner, and they are certain that he 
will support in London the en- 
gagements which he contracted in 
the name of his Government to- 
wards the King of Naples, as well 
as the promises and verbal decla- 
rations made by him during the 
last campaign of the coalesced ar- 
mies, and principally at Chaumont 
and Dijon. 
_ The undersigned beseech his 
Excellency my Lord Castlereagh 
to accept the assurances of their 
very high consideration, 
(Signed) 
The Duke de Campocutano, 
The Prince de CariaTL 
361 
AMERICA. 
President's Message toboth Houses 
of Congress. 
To the Senate and House of 
Representatives of the United 
States. 
I lay before Congress copies 
of the Treaty of Peace and amity 
between the United States and 
his Britannic Majesty, which was 
signed by the Commissioners of 
both parties at Ghent, on the 24th 
of December, 1814, and the rati- 
fications of which have been duly 
exchanged. While performing 
this act, I congratulate you and 
our constituents, upon an event 
which is highly honourable to the 
nation, and terminates with pe- 
culiar felicity a campaign signa- 
lized by the most brilliant suc- 
cesses. f 
The late. war, although’ re+ 
luctantly declared by Congress, 
had become a necessary resort, to — 
assert the rights andindependence 
of thenation. It has been waged 
with a success which isthe natural 
result of the legislative counsels, 
of the patriotism of the people, of 
the public spirit of the militia, and 
of the valour of the military and 
naval forces of the country. Peace, 
atall timesablessing, is peculiarly 
welcome, therefore, at a period 
when the causes of the war have 
ceased to operate; when the go- 
vernment has demonstrated the 
efficiency of its powers of defence ; 
and when the nation can review 
its conduct without regret and 
without reproach. 
I recommend to your care 
and beneficence the gallant men 
whose achievements, in every de~ 
