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_Tripolitan Aggression._
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States_:
I have the satisfaction to inform you, that the act of
hostility mentioned, in my message of the 4th of November, to
have been committed by a cruiser of the Emperor of Morocco,
on a vessel of the United States, has been disavowed by the
Emperor. All differences in consequence thereof have been
amicably adjusted, and the Treaty of 1796, between this country
and that, has been recognized and confirmed by the Emperor,
each party restoring to the other what had been detained or
taken. I enclose the Emperor’s orders given on this occasion.
The conduct of our officers generally, who have had a part in
these transactions, has merited entire approbation.
The temperate and correct course pursued by our Consul, Mr.
Simpson, the promptitude and energy of Commodore Preble,
the efficacious co-operation of Captains Rodgers and
Campbell, of the returning squadron, the proper decision of
Captain Bainbridge, that a vessel which had committed an
open hostility, was of right to be detained for inquiry and
consideration, and the general zeal of the other officers and
men, are honorable facts, which I make known with pleasure. And
to these I add, what was indeed transacted in another quarter,
the gallant enterprise of Captain Rodgers, in destroying, on
the coast of Tripoli, a corvette of that power, of 22 guns.
I recommend to the consideration of Congress, a just
indemnification for the interest acquired by the captors of
the Mishouda and Mirboha, yielded by them for the public
accommodation.