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Houses of Congress the following

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 Eeliow Citizens of the Senate, ..

 aud House cf Representatives

 The pleasure have in cohgratuIating you on your return to your constitutional duties is much heightened by the satisfaction which the condition of our beloved country at this period justly inspires. The benefcent Author Of allgood has granted to us, during the pre- sent year, health, peace, and plenty, and nu- merOus causes for joy in the wonderful suc- cess which attends the progress of our free institutions,

 With a population unparalleled in its in- crease, and p"sstssing character which com. hines the hardihood of enterprise with the cansidePsteness of wisdom, we see in every section of our happy country steady i'm. prOyet1ent in the means of social intercourse, and correspondent effects upon the genius and laws of our extended Republic.

 ~s The apparent exceptions to the harmony Of tue prospect are to be referred rather to inevitable divcrsitiss in the various interests whiel, enter into the composition of so exten- sive whale, than to any want of attachment fo th0 UniOn-interests whose collision serve only, in the end. to foster the spirit of con- grilialiNn and patriotism, SO essential to the preservation of that unian which, most de- ,v0ttly hope, is destined to prove imperisha- ble. .,m

 ~-l ln the midst Of these blessings, we have recently witnessed changes in the condition Of other nations, which may in their cOnse- Giences, call for the utmost vigilance, wis., tlam, and unanimity in our councils, and the sxsrcise dfr hIl the moderation and patriotism Of 0ur pepple. w

 The important qualifications of their gov ernment, effected with 80 much courage and wisdom hy the people of France, afford q happy presage of their future course, and has naturally elicited from the kindred feelings of this nation that spontaneous and universal hurst of applause in which you have partici- patcd. la consratulating you my fellow citi- zens, upon an event so suspicious to the dear est interests of mankind, do no more than respond to the voice of my country, without transcrnding, in the slightest degree, that sal uiary maxim of the ilIustrious Washington, which riiiOins an abstinence from all interfer- ince with the internal affairs of other nations. Frna, n people exercising, in the most un- Isnitrd degree. the right Of self government, and enjoying as derived from this proud char acteristir, under the favor of heaven, much of the happiness with which they are blessed, a,ysople who can pointain triumph to their free institutions. and challenge comparison with the fr,,its they bear, as well as with the mnllrratiop. intelligence, and energy, with which they are administered. from such a people. the deepest sympathy was to be ex- pfcied in struggle for tic sacred principles of iherty. conducted in spirit every way wasshy of tte cause. and crowned by an he- roic moderation which has dsarmed revolu- ton of it's terrors. Notwithstanding the strong assurances which the man whom we 90 sincerely love and justly admire has given to the world of the high character of the pre- sent King of the French, and which. if sus- tained tO the end, will secure to him the proud apDeIlation of Patriot King, it is not in his success, but in that of the great principle which has borne him to the thrOne-the par amount authority of the public wilI-that the American people rejoice.

 lam happy tO inform you that the antici. paiions which were indulged at the date o Iag last communication on the subject of oul foreign affairs, have been fully realized ir several important particulars.

 An arrangement has been effected witt Great Britain, in relation tO the trade betweer the United States and her West India ant North American Colonies, which has settled a question that has for years afforded mattel for contention and almost uninterrupted dis eussion, and has been subject of m less thar SiK negotiations ln na"ne1 ""'~. F'"SS results highly favorable to the parties.

 The abstract right of Great Britain to mo unpolize the trade with her colonies. or to ex eiuds Us from participation therein. has nev CT been dsnied by the United States. Bn we have eontended, and with reason. that Il at any time, Great Britain may desire tn prodnctions of :his country, as necessary | her Colonies. they must he received upo principles "f just sfeciprocity; and further that it is making an invidious and uuiriendl d;s,inciion. to open her colonial ports tO tn ressels of other nations, and close them { eainst thosepf the United States.

 Antecedently to l794. portion of our prs Auctions vas admitted into the eelonial islant ef Great Britain, by particular concession limited to the term of one year. but renew "a from yea to year. In the transportatic of thess IpEedaclions. however. our vesse ~-ere not allowed Co engage, this being pFi Nn TarffsaA ehinuiRw Inv VVhif