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MES SAGE

President ofthc United States.
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President ofthc United States.


Communicated to the Senate and House Of
Representatives, at the commencement OF
the first session of the Nineteenth Congress.
FELLOW Citizens ofthe Senate,


and ofthe House Of Rehresenfatfpes:


In taking general survey OF the concerns
of our beloved country, with reference 70
subjects interesting to the common "e,iare'
the first sentiment which ilnpresses itseh up
ON the mind, is Of gratitude to the Omn,po-
tent Dispenser of all Good, for the continu-
ance of the signal blessings of his Providence,
and especially for that health which, to all
unusual extent has prevailed withnlour Dor
ders; and for that abundance which, IN the
vicissitutles of the seasons, has been scat
tered with profusion over our land. Nor
ought we less to ascribe to him tae giory'
that we are permitted to enjoy the bounties
OF His hand in peace and tranqni'lity; IN
peace with all the other nations OF the car'n'


and tranquility among ourselves. mere


has, indeed, rarely been period IN the MS,


tory OF civilized man, in which the generai


condition of the Christian Nations has Deen


marked so extensively by peace ana pros


perity. Europe, with few partial and un-
/ happy exceptions, has enjoyed ten years ct


peace, during which all her Governments,


whatever the theory of their constitutions


may have been, are successively taught to


feel that the end of their institution is the


happiness of the people, and that the excr-


else of power among men can he Justihed on


ly by the blessings it confers upon those over


whom it is extended.


During the same period, our intercourse


with all these nations has been PACING and
| friendly-it so continues. Since the close OF


your last session, no material variation mas


occurred in our relations with any one OF


them. In the commercial and navigatlon


system Of Great Britain, important changes


Of municipal regulations have recently been


sanctioned by acts of Parliament, the effect


of which, upon the interests of other nations,


and particularly upon ours, has not yet been


fully developed. In the recent renewal of


the diplomatic missions on both sides, be-


tween the two governments assurances have


been given and received OF the continuance


and increase of that mutual confidence and


cordality bv which the adjustment of many
points of difference lad already been effected


and which affords the purest pledge for the


ultimate satisfactory adjustment OF those


which still remain open, or may hereafter


arise.


The policy of the United States, in thei
commercial intercourse with other nations
has always been of the most liberal charac
, ter. In the mutual exchange of their re
spectivc productions, they have abstainet
altogether from prohibitons-they have in
t terdicted themselves the power of laying tax
4 es upon exports, and whenever they hav
c favored their own shipping, by special pre-
d ferences, or exclusive privileges in their owl


ports, it has been only with a view to coun


terval similar favours and exclusions grant
I ed by the nations with whom we have beei
d engaged in traffic, to their own people O
g shipping, and to the disadvantage OF ours
= Immediately after the close of the last war,
- proposal was made by the act Of Congress {
= the Sd. of March, 1915, to all the maratlm


nations to lay aside the system OF retallin
ts restrictions and exclusions, and TO place II
n. shipping Of both parties to the commc
o. trade, on footing of equality, in respect
~ the duties nn tonnage and impost.-Thc oift
to was partially and succcssvely accepted
. Great Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands, tt
-, Hanseatic Cities, PruSsia, Sardinia the Dub
Ne of Oldcnburg, and Russia. 1t was also adnp
n. e,l, under certain notifications, in our la
ofl commercial convention with France. An
ar bv the act of Congress of 9th January, 1872
in it has received new confirmation with Z
u, the nations who had acceeded to it, and h
m been offered again to all those who are,
ed may hereafter be, willing to abide in rccipr
ss city by it. But all these regulations, whet
~. er established by treaty or by municipal e
nd actmcnt, are still subject to one inporta
M restriction. The removal of di>ciiminati
as duties of tonnage and Of impost, is limited
te. articles of the growth, produce or manufa
~ ture, OF the country to which the vessel h
,at longs, or to such articles as are most usual


first shipped from her ports. 1t will deser
!. the serious consideration of Congress, whet
nu, err even this remnant of restriction may n
he be safely abandoned. and whether the gene
no al tender of equal competition made IN I
fop act of 9th January, 1924, mly not be c1;tcn
he ed TO include all articles of merchandise u
.,s prohibited, of what country snever they m
,at be the propuce or manufacture. Prope
a. tions to this effect have already been ma
Ne to US by more than one European COVER
of ment, and it is probable, that If one ests
re. lished by legislation or compact with any j
= tinguished maratimc State, it would reco
,er mend itself by the experience OF IT'S advant
IN ges, to the general accession OF all.


~. The Convention of Commerce and Ma
Ne cation 5etweenthe United States and Fran,
81, concluded on the oath of June, 1922, was,
W. the understanding and interest of both p;
md ties, as appears upon its face, only tenn
me- rary arrangement of the points OF differer
r. between them, of the most Immediate a


pressing urgency. 1t was limited, in
CO.. first instance, t. two years, from the LIST