of American vessels bound to or from the Baltic or within that sea.]
JULY 4, 1812.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit, for the information of Congress, copies of a correspondence
of the minister plenipotentiary of Great Britain with the Secretary of
State.[80]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 80: Relating to the revocation of the Berlin and Milan decrees
by France, to the British orders in council, etc.]
JUNE 8, 1812.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I lay before Congress copies of letters[81] which have passed between
the Secretary of State and the envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of Great Britain.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 81: Relating to impressment of American seamen in British
ships of war, detention of British seamen in American ships of war,
British orders in council, aid given by American citizens to deserters
from British ships, etc.]
JUNE 11, 1812.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit, for the information of Congress, copies of letters[82] which
have passed between the Secretary of State and the envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary of Great Britain.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 82: Relating to the alleged agency of British authorities in
Canada in atrocities committed on the frontiers of the United States by
Indians.]
JUNE 15, 1812.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit, for the information of Congress, copies of letters[83] which
have passed between the Secretary of State and the envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary of Great Britain.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 83: Relating to the revocation of the Berlin and Milan decrees
by France, to the British orders in council, etc.]
JUNE 16, 1812.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit, for the information of Congress, copies of a letter to the
Secretary of State from the chargé d'affaires of the United States at
London, accompanied by a letter from the latter to the British minister
of foreign affairs.[84]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 84: Relating to the British declaration and order in council
of April 21, 1812, to the hostile attitude of Great Britain toward
American commerce, etc.]
JUNE 22, 1812.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I communicate to Congress copies of a letter to the Secretary of State
from the chargé d'affaires of the United States at London and of a
note[85] to him from the British secretary for foreign affairs.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 85: Inclosing copy of a declaration accompanying the British
order in council of April 21, 1812.]
JUNE 23, 1812.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[86] of the Secretary of War, complying
with their resolution of the 19th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 86: Transmitting extracts from letters of governors of
Territories and other agents respecting the hostile and friendly
movements and intentions of the Indians toward the United States.]
JULY 6, 1812.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[87] of the Secretary
of State of this date, complying with their resolution of the 30th of
January last.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 87: Transmitting lists of captures, seizures, and
condemnations of the ships and merchandise of citizens of the United
States under authority of Governments of Europe.]
NOVEMBER 6, 1812.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress copies of the correspondence between the
Department of War and the governors of Massachusetts and Connecticut
referred to in my message of the 4th instant.[88]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 88: Relating to the refusal of the governors of Massachusetts
and Connecticut to furnish their quotas of militia.]
NOVEMBER 18, 1812.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress copies of a communication from Mr. Russell to the
Secretary of State. It is connected with the correspondence accompanying
my message of the 12th instant,[89] but had not at that date been
received.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 89: See Vol. I, p. 521.]
DECEMBER 21, 1812.
_To the House, of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[90] of the Secretary
of State, complying with their resolution of the 9th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 90: Relating to the conduct of British officers toward persons
taken in American armed ships.]
DECEMBER 22, 1812.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[91] of the Secretary
of the Navy, complying with their resolution of the 16th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 91: Relating to the presentation to Commodore Edward Preble
of a gold medal emblematical of the attacks on the town, batteries, and
naval force of Tripoli by the squadron under his command, pursuant to
a resolution of Congress of March 3, 1805.]
JANUARY 4, 1813.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I lay before Congress, for their information, a report of the Director
of the Mint.
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 11, 1813.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress an account of the contingent expenses of the
Government for the year 1812.
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 11, 1813.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[92] of the Secretary of War, complying
with their resolution of the 24th December last.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 92: Transmitting correspondence relative to murders committed
by Indians in Tennessee and vicinity.]
JANUARY 13, 1813.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
At the request of the general assembly of Maryland, communicated by the
governor of that State, I lay before Congress copies of their act passed
on the 2d instant.[93]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 93: Relating to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company.]
JANUARY 13, 1813.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate copies of the correspondence[94] called for by
their resolution of the 7th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 94: Relating to capture of the British brigs _Detroit_
and _Caledonia_ on Lake Erie October 8, 1812.]
JANUARY 14, 1813.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[95] of the Secretary of State,
complying with their resolution of the 22d December.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 95: Relating to East Florida.]
JANUARY 23, 1813.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[96] of the Secretary of the Treasury,
complying with their resolution of the 20th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 96: Transmitting statements of purchases of Treasury notes by
banks.]
JANUARY 26, 1813.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[97] of the Secretary of State,
complying with their resolution of the 18th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 97: Transmitting correspondence, etc., relative to the
revocation by France of the Berlin and Milan decrees in so far as they
affected American vessels.]
JANUARY 27, 1813.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[98] of the Secretary of War, complying
with their resolution of the 7th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 98: Relating to enlistments under the "act authorizing the
President of the United States to accept and organize certain volunteer
military corps," etc.]
JANUARY 30, 1813.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
At the request of the legislature of Pennsylvania, conveyed through the
governor of that State, I transmit to Congress copies of its resolutions
of the 16th December, 1812.[99]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 99: Approving of the declaration of war against Great Britain,
etc.]
FEBRUARY 13, 1813.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I lay before Congress a statement of the militia of the United States
according to the latest returns received by the Department of War.
JAMES MADISON.
FEBRUARY 18, 1813.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[100] of the Secretary of State,
complying with their resolution of the 18th of January, 1813.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 100: Transmitting correspondence relative to affairs between
the United States and Spain, etc.]
MARCH 1, 1813.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I lay before Congress a report of the Secretary of the Treasury,
containing a statement of proceedings under the "act to regulate the
laying out and making a road from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland,
to the State of Ohio."
JAMES MADISON.
MARCH 3, 1813.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[101] of the
Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 1st instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 101: Transmitting correspondence relative to and text of
decree of repeal of the Berlin and Milan decrees.]
WASHINGTON, _May 29, 1813_.
_ To the Senate of the United States_:
Commissions having been granted during the recess of the Senate to the
following persons, I now nominate them to the same offices respectively
annexed to their names: Albert Gallatin, John Quincy Adams, and James A.
Bayard to be jointly and severally envoys extraordinary and ministers
plenipotentiary to negotiate and sign a treaty of peace with Great
Britain under the mediation of the Emperor of Russia, to negotiate and
sign a treaty of commerce with Great Britain; and the said John Quincy
Adams, Albert Gallatin, and James A. Bayard to be jointly and severally
envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to negotiate and sign
a treaty of commerce with Russia.
* * * * *
JAMES MADISON.
WASHINGTON, _June 3, 1813_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with their resolution of the 3d instant, the Senate
are informed that the office of the Secretary of the Treasury is not
vacated, and that in the absence of Albert Gallatin, commissioned as
one of the envoys to treat with Great Britain and Russia, the duties
of that office are discharged by William Jones, Secretary of the Navy,
authorized therefor according to the provisions of the act of Congress
entitled "An act making alterations in the Treasury and War
Departments," passed May 8, 1792.
JAMES MADISON.
WASHINGTON, _June 5, 1813_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I lay before Congress copies of certain legislative acts of
Pennsylvania,[102] transmitted for that purpose by the governor of that
State.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 102: "A supplement to an act to incorporate a company for the
purpose of cutting and making a canal between the river Delaware and the
Chesapeake Bay" and extracts from the act mentioned.]
JUNE 7, 1813.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[103] of the Secretary of State,
complying with their resolution of the 3d instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 103: Transmitting correspondence relative to an interchange of
ministers with the Swedish Government.]
WASHINGTON, _July 12, 1813_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[104] of the Secretary
of State, containing the information requested by their resolution of the
21st of June last.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 104: Relating to the British declaration and order in council
of April 21, 1812.]
WASHINGTON, _July 12, 1813_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[105] of the
Secretary of State, containing the information requested by their
resolutions of the 21st of June last.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 105: Relating to the French decree of April 28, 1811,
purporting to be a definitive repeal of the Berlin and Milan decrees,
etc.]
WASHINGTON, _July 28, 1813_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[106] of the Acting Secretary of the
Treasury, containing the information requested by their resolution of
the 27th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 106: Relating to the loan of $16,000,000 authorized by act of
February 8, 1813.]
DECEMBER 20, 1813.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[107] of the Acting Secretary of the
Treasury, complying with the resolution of the 13th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 107: Transmitting statement of amount of duties accruing on
goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the United States from July
1 to December 31, 1812, etc.]
JANUARY 6, 1814.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I communicate, for the information of Congress, the report of the
Director of the Mint of the operation of that establishment during the
last year.
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 10, 1814.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[108] of the Acting Secretary of the
Treasury, complying with their resolution of the 31st December, 1813.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 108: Transmitting a statement of the quantity and estimated
value of spirits distilled from materials other than grain imported into
the United States from the West Indies and American colonies from
October 1, 1804, to September 30, 1812.]
JANUARY 14, 1814.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress an account of the contingent expenses of the
Government for the year 1813.
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 15, 1814.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[109] of the Acting Secretary of the
Treasury, complying with their resolution of the 11th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 109: Transmitting a digest of the number, nature, extent,
situation, and value of the arts and manufactures of the United States.]
JANUARY 18, 1814.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I lay before Congress a report of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury,
containing a statement of proceedings under the "act to regulate the
laying out and making a road from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland,
to the State of Ohio."
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 18, 1814.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[110] of the
Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 13th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 110: Relating to the mediation of Russia in the war between
the United States and Great Britain.]
JANUARY 18, 1814.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[111] of the
Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 11th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 111: Relating to the reception by the French Government of the
United States minister to that court.]
JANUARY 19, 1814.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[112] of the Secretary
of State, complying with their resolution of the 12th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 112: Stating that no communication from the French minister
prescribing the conditions on which his sovereign would treat of amity
and commerce with the United States is on file in the Department of
State.]
JANUARY 31, 1814.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[113] of the
Secretary of War, complying with their resolution of the 31st of
December last.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 113: Relating to the cause of the failure of the army on the
northern frontier.]
FEBRUARY 3, 1814.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate of the United States reports[114] of the
Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy, complying with their
resolution of the 3d ultimo.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 114: Transmitting statements of foreign and domestic articles
consumed in clothing the Army and Navy of the United States in 1813, and
estimates for 1814.]
FEBRUARY 10, 1814.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[115] of the Acting
Secretary of the Treasury, complying with their resolution of the 30th
July, 1813.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 115: Transmitting accounts of United States ministers,
consuls, etc., from commencement of present Government expenses incurred
in and payments made under treaty with Algiers, and accounts of all
other expenditures in relation to the Barbary Powers, including those
occasioned by war with Tripoli and making of peace with that Regency.]
FEBRUARY 14, 1814.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
At the request of the legislature of Pennsylvania, conveyed through the
governor of that State, I transmit to Congress copies of its resolutions
of the 18th ultimo.[116]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 116: Commending the "decisive spirit and firmness which the
national authorities have manifested in securing hostages for the safety
of those defenders of the Republic who are threatened with the penalties
of treason against Great Britain," and pledging under all circumstances
to support the Government in every measure of just retaliation.]
MARCH 22, 1814.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
At the request of the legislature of Pennsylvania, conveyed through the
governor of that State, I transmit to Congress copies of its resolutions
of the 10th instant.[117]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 117: Expressing disapprobation of the action of the governor
of a sister State in issuing a proclamation ordering a detachment of
militia of that State then in the United States service to desert and
return to their respective homes, and also expressing disapprobation of
the threatened resistance of another State to any action of Congress
directing an inquiry by the President into the constitutionality of the
act of said governor, and pledging to support the General Government
in all lawful and constitutional measures to bring to justice all
infractors of the Constitution and laws of the United States and all
abettors and aiders of the enemies thereof.]
MARCH 28, 1814.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[118] of the Secretary of State,
complying with their resolution of the 26th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 118: Transmitting copies of certain commissions granted by
Presidents Washington and Madison during the recess of the Senate.]
APRIL 9, 1814.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[119] of the Secretary of State,
complying with their resolution of the 2d instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 119: Transmitting lists of ministers, their secretaries, and
consuls appointed by the several Presidents during the recess of the
Senate.]
APRIL 16, 1814.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[120] of the Secretary of State,
complying with their resolutions of the 2d of February and 9th of March.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 120: Transmitting list of American prisoners sent to England
for trial by the British commander in Canada; statement of the grounds
on which the British Government refused to deliver up American seamen
impressed into the British service, and statement of the conduct of the
British Government toward American seamen on board British ships of
war.]
APRIL 16, 1814.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[121] of the
Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 13th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 121: Transmitting extract of a letter from the United States
minister at Paris touching relations with France.]
OCTOBER 3, 1814.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[122] from the Department of State,
complying with their resolution of the 26th ultimo.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 122: Stating that the relations of the United States with the
continental powers of Europe continue to be those of peace and amity;
that measures have been taken to continue diplomatic relations with
France under the existing Government and to renew those with Spain and
the United provinces of the Low Countries.]
WASHINGTON, _October 13, 1814_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I now transmit to Congress copies of the instructions to the
plenipotentiaries of the United States charged with negotiating a peace
with Great Britain, as referred to in my message of the 10th
instant.[123]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 123: See Vol. I, p. 551.]
OCTOBER 28, 1814.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[124] from the
Department of State, complying with their resolution of the 15th
instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 124: Relating to retaliation upon prisoners of war.]
NOVEMBER 18, 1814.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I lay before the Senate, for their consideration whether they will
advise and consent to the ratification thereof, a treaty concluded on
the 22d day of July last with the tribes of Indians called the Wyandots,
Delawares, Shawanese, Senecas, and Miamies.
I lay before the Senate also, for the like purpose, an instrument
entitled "Articles of agreement and capitulation made and concluded on
the 9th day of August last between Major-General Jackson and the chiefs,
deputies, and warriors of the Creek Nation of Indians."
These communications are accompanied by documents having relation to
them.
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 2, 1815.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I lay before Congress a report of the Secretary of the Treasury,
containing a statement of proceedings under the "act to regulate the
laying out and making a road from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland,
to the State of Ohio."
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 10, 1815.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I communicate, for the information of Congress, the report of the
Director of the Mint of the operation of that establishment during the
last year.
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 10, 1815.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress an account of the contingent expenses of the
Government for the year 1814.
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 14, 1815.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report of the Secretary of War, complying
with their resolution of the 19th December.[125]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 125: Relating to measures authorized by the President in
pursuance of the "act to enable the President of the United States,
under certain contingencies, to take possession of the country lying
east of the river Perdido and south of the State of Georgia and the
Mississippi Territory, and for other purposes," for the purpose of
possessing and occupying any part of the country mentioned in said act.]
FEBRUARY 16, 1815.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[126] of the Acting Secretary of State,
complying with their resolution of yesterday.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 126: Transmitting correspondence and protocols of conferences
between United States envoys at Ghent and ministers of Great Britain.]
FEBRUARY 23, 1815.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[127] from the Acting
Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 15th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 127: Relating to affairs between the United States and the
Barbary Powers.]
WASHINGTON, _February 28, 1815_.
_To the Senate of the United States_: