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of all, the life and liberty of every individual 
citizen becomes interefting to all. In the 
treaty therefore which’ has concluded our war- 
fare with that ftate an article forthe ranfom 
of our citizens has been agreed to.2 An ope» 
ration by land, bya fmal! band of our coun- 
trymen, and buhers engaged for the occafion, 
in conjunétion with the troops of the Ex-Ba- 
fhaw of that country, gallantly conducted by 
our late conful Eaton; and their fucceisful 
enterprife on the city of Derne, contributed 
goubtlefs to the impreffion which produced 
peace, ‘and the conclufion of this prevented 
opportunities of which the officers and men 
of our fquadron deftined for Tripoli; would 
have availed themfelves, to emulate the aéts 
of valour éxhibited by theiy brethren in the 
attack of the laf year. Refle€ting with high 
datisfattion on the diftinguifhed bravery dif- 
played whenever occations permitted in the 
Mediterranean fervice, I think it would be an 
ufeful encouragement, as well as a juft -re- 
ward to make an opening for fome prefent 
promotion by enlarging “our peace eftablith- 
ment of captains and Heutenants. 
. € With Tunis fome mifunderftandings have 
atifen not yet fufficiently explained, but 
friendly difeuffions with their ambafiacor re- 
cently atfived, anda mutual difpefition to: do 
be ‘Ratever is jaf and reafonable, cannot fail 
iifjpatine thefe. So that we may confider 
our : peace onthat coaft, generally, to be on as 
foynd a footing as it has been at any preceding 
time. Still it will rot be expedient to’ with- 
draw immediately the whole of our force irom 
that fea. 
“The law providing for a naval peace 
efiablifhment fixes the number of frigates 
which {hall be kept in conftant fervite in time 
of peace; and prefcribes that they fhailbe man- 
ned by not more than two-thirds of their com- 
plemept of feamen and ordinary feamen. Whe- 
thera trigate may be truited to two-thirds only 
of her proper complement of men muft depend 
on the na ature or the fervice on which ‘the is or- 
dered. hat may fometimes for her fafety, a 
wellas - enfure her obje<t 5 require her fullest 
eomolement. advertinz to this fabje@, 
congrefs ‘will perhaps confider whether thé 
beit limitatich on tre executive difcretion in 
this caterwoule not ce by the number of fea- 
men which may be employed’ in the whole 
vice, tather than by the number of veftels: 
Gccahons oitner arite fer the employment of 
mall, than o: large veflels;. and’ it would’lef- 
fen Atk as wellas bipente; to be authorifed 
in 
to employ them of lease ce.’ The limita- 
tion iuzgeited “by the number. of Yeamen 
would aamit a felection of veifels beft adapted 
to the fervice. 
‘“Gur inidian Neighbour 3 are advancing, 
any of them with ipirit, ‘and others begin-= 
qe to engage in the purfuits of agriculture 
jeheld® Hianufacture.  'T hey are be+ 
nfible that the earth yields fubfiic- 
lefs labour than the foreft, and fad 
cos | ‘ie 
State of Public Affairs in January, 1806. 
[Feb. 1 9 
parts of their furplus.and wafte lands for the. 
-‘means Gf improving thofe they:occupy, and.of 
fub&fting their families while they are prepar- 
ing their farms. » Since your laftdeffion, the 
northern tribes have fold to us the lands be- 
tween the ConneRicut referve and the former 
Indian boundary, and thofe on the Ghio, from 
the fame. boundary to the rapids, and fora 
confiderable depth inland.. The Chickalaws 
and Cherokees have fold us the country be= 
tween and adjacent te the two diftriéts of 
Tennefee, and the Creeks the refidue of their 
lands.in the fork of Ocmulgee up to the U1- 
cofauhatche. ‘The three former purchafes 
are important, inafmuch as:they confolidate - 
disjointed parts of our fettled country, and 
render their intercourfe fecure ; and the fe- 
cond particularly fo as, with the fmall 
on the river which we expect is by this time 
ceded by the Piankefhaws, it completes our 
pofeffion of the whole of beth banks of the 
Onio, from its fource.t> near its mouth, and | 
the navigation of that river is thereby rene 
deved for ever fecure to our citizens fettled 
and fettling on its. extenfive waters. The 
purchafe from the Creeks too has been: for 
fome time particularly interefting to the fate 
of Georgia. 
‘©The feveral treaties which have eee 
mentioned. will be fubmitted-to. both houfes 
of congreis for the exercife of their sci acc 
functions: 
‘* Deputations now on thei “ir way t9 the 
feat of Government, from various nations of 
Indians, inhabiting shay Mifiouri and other 
ie beyond the Miflifippi, come charged’ 
th afiurances of their-fatisfadtion with cha 
new relations in which they are placed. with 
ws of their difpofition to cultivate our peace 
and triendihip, and their defire te enter into 
commercial intercourfe with us.. A ftate of 
our progrefs in exp!ering the. principal rivers 
of that country and of the information ref. — 
pecting them hitherto obtained, will be com= 
municated fo foon as we fhall receive fume 
Further relatioas which we have = thortly 
to expe. ; 
<< "The receipts at, ihe Treafury during the 
year ending on the. 30th day of September 
aft, have,exceeded the fum of thirteen mil+ 
lions of dollars, which with not quite five 
millions in the treafury at the beginning of 
the year, have enabled us.after meeting other. 
demancs, to pay nearly twa millions.of the 
debt contracted, uncer tthe Britith treaty and. 
convention; upwards of-four millions of prin- 
cipal of the public debt, and four millions of. 
intereft-—Thete payments, withthefé which 
had bcen made in three yearsand an half pres 
ceeding, have extinguithed of the funded 
debt nearly eighteen millions of principals. 
464 -ongrefs, by their act ef November 1othy 
1803, authoriied us to borrow 17 5000 dollars. 
towards meeting the claims sot our citizeng: 
affured by. the convention with France. 
We have not- however, made ufe of -this: 
authority, becaule the fum of siour millions) 
and 
