Congress.

SENATE-TdrnaSy 10.
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Preidtat's Me1lge, The follow
ing Melage addrelIed to tie Senate
of the United States, was received
this day, from ths PrsGdent of the
United States, viz


IN compliance with the re-
quelt of the Senate, expreaed in
their refoIution of Dec. az, |
now lay before them fuch docu-
mentS and papers, (there being
no other information in my pof-
fedion)aS relate to complaints by
the government Of France, a
gainit the commerce carried on
by the citizens of the United
States TO the french Ilana of St.
Domingo.


TIL: JEFFERSON.


TaH. 10, 1906.


From Gen. TmreGa, to The Sec-
refarysf State, Od. II, 1905.


The undersigned minilter
pleniPotentiary Of his imperial
and royal majety to his excel
lency the prefdcnt Of the Uni
ted States of America. has tef-
tihed in his converlation with
the fecretary of fate his jult dil-
content with the commercial re-
lations which mlnY citizens of
different itates of the Union
maintain with the rebels Of eve
ny color, who have momentari-
ly withdrawn the colony of ST.
Domingo from the legal author :
ity.


The principles injuriouly af-
ieeted by fuch a commerce, or
ather by fuch fyltem of rob-
berry (brigandage)are 70 evident,
ogeuerally acknowledged, and
adopted not only by all nations,
who have colonial fyftem 70
defend, bur even by thofe who
have none /; and moreover even
by every wife people towhatloev-
er political aggregation they
nay belong /; that thsfatesman,
I ne has not loft every idea of
iuttice, of humanity, and public
law can no more conteft their
EIidom, than their exifence.
and Certainly the undersigned,
"a hnding himfelf callei by his
luiy, as well as by his inclina.
lanon, in the boiom of a friend
J people, and near the rs!pec-
'oie chief who directs its gov
'cfnment; Certainly the under
lgned ought 10, to have expec-
ed that his fit psil cal Ia
%on2 would have for cac,T cb-