I Philadelphia, September 2. This day, at ia. o'clock, the Governor, being in troduced by a Committee to both Houftsof theLe giflatme., assembled ih she Senate Chamber, deli vered the following DRESS. A D Gentlemen -nf ibe Sfnettc, ant! Gentlemen of the House of Ref>refettiati per petrate a3s, which he ljadvifed amount to fresfon, beini; overt acts o! levying war the United Stare-."—A communication tome has, likewise, ex prefl'rd his determination u totake mtaft.res for cal., forth the milith, in order to fuppref 3 those com binations, and to cause the laws to be duly execut ed." These occurre-ncs have appeared, in my judg ment, to be of a nature and tendency so int ere Hiiiy ■and momentous, as to claim .-independent of every other confederation, an exercise of the executive au- convene the General Afiemblv, upos ex traordinary reckons. accordingly if!tied ; but experience juflifics an ex pectation, thar you will coi;fider every private faeri ficr mply compensated, by the opportunity of cor.- tr buting to Irfeitorc public trrmquilty and yorder. Un less, indeed, that wholesome fnbordilVation i» the laws, wfeich confers on virtue its merited fifety, which ftcuresio induflry its laudable acquisitions, and which shelters freedom from the blafs of licen tiousness. tan be introduced ;>nd preferred, we pur sue, in vain the avocations of domestic life and boast, without pretext of equal righs* and civil liberty The of combining social order with the principles of a free Republic, so long the favo rite aflVn iori of interested statesmen, fcemed already to havtf received a (atisfa&ory refutation from the experiment, which our country had made. The friends of Liberty, who had rejoiced ixl the accoQl„ our Revolution, Leheld with still grea ter exultation, the peaca&le and almofl unanimous -adoption of our Federal onOitutioti. J'hr vifjble ef feefls of this fyfyem, raised upon the firm basis of po pular reprefenratioir, and dirtied to the legitimate objects of Government, attradh d the attention} and hitherto fiav- excited, the admiration, or the envy of mankind. If,indeed, We examine, more particularly, - the ofiet-ations Of the government. We (hall find, that, 4 chara-Atfr fro© a (late of dfl - gredanon, the American Union heeir rendered refpedable among the nations of the earth. While, Europe is involved in a 1 the horrors of wat, and dif tra&ed by the embarrafl'ment o{ her finances, wefir d our country preserved from a participation in the dreadful conflict ; and its treasury exhibiting noch m to diminish the profits of genius or labour, bur what is Rtfcefiary to protcd a dfftant and defencel fs fro*- ti - r f "'jm lavage depredation to pay an honest dibt, the price ot our National Independence, or to dtfro Jr the unaioid lble expences ot G -vernment, the pi' ie of our political establishment. la other countries, too, the ddpofition, the infereft, and the prosperity of tha government, may be distinguished fromthe liifpofiti cn, the interest, and tlie prosperity of the people: but fu long as thefpiritt)! our social compart continues :o operate ; so long a/the laws at-e enabled by the im mediate authority, and maintained by the ready obe dience, of the citizens ; that odious diftimfticn cnrl„ nor be generated here. With the prolperifcy of the American -government, t.h? prttfperity of the ranri can People mild be coeval and commenftuaie. Ti.us, the reputation which our government has acquired abroad, the peace which it ha* preserved 3t home, and the Moderation cf its fifcal demands, are inti mately and obviously aliied to the moraiity, the in., du ry, the affluence,and the happiness, which ap pear in a 1 the circles of domfeHc lite. But a period has unfortunately arrived, whicb ren der* if irtoifpenfible to remark, that this scene, so ho norableandto beneficial foourcotintry, can only bctifir peruated by the efficient means, which have produc ed it. V he eiiablilhment of a free government, wish a competent legiiiative power, and the certainty of fuhn jfijoii to the laws when dwly made, *vere (lie real fotjrces of our prosperity Nothing more wi\\ fee. nec* flary to convert all our enjoyments in. o car than l)ie diffe mi nation of an unmerited contempt for ( the goveri.'ment, wfiich ttie People have thus creat rd : or the praStct of an unconftitutiona! opposition to -he law's, which.they have thus authorised to be circled. Such proceedings, indeed, are not less tm reafonable in their nature, than pernicious in their consequences. It is unreasonable to oppose a measure \(hich our have been empowered to adopt : it is unreasonable to risque the fubverfi -n of the government, merely to extort, what a ca.;nge of ourrcprefentatives may procure . it is unrealonableto refi.t by the force of arms, what could not he pre vented by the force of argument : and above all, it Is unreasonable that the few should countered the will of the many, or that a part of the community should undertake to prescribe to the whole. I enquire not, Gentlemen, whether ther# was any original impoHcy, or whether there is any opprefiiv© operation in the laws, which the present occaiion particularly contemplates : it is enough for my oh* j ; e by an authority compe tent to make them \ tor, this knowledge? (speaking as a Mag ftrate, or as a Freeman) is enough to con vince me, that they ought to be obeyed. If an ab ftraeSl opinion, controverting the policy of any legis lative a6l J or if a partial inconvenience resulting from the operation of a general law, shall be deemed afufficierit yir»licatiba for disobedience, and hostile oppoiition, t« the Government, on what f«undati®n can we longer reft the national hopes of refpeft, trail quiiity, and order f In a country so extensive, with intereftfi so various, and with habits so diverfificd, can we cxpedl frwm human wisdom, a system of leg'ifla tion, that shall reconcile every difference, or gratify' •very prejudice ? Or, i 8 there any principle of dis crimination, that will warrant a compliance with the local pretentions of one dittri#, and juftify the denial of a similar indulgence, to the local preten sions of any diftrid, in the Union ? Enquiries of this kind must inevitably terminate in a convidtion, that there is no alternative in a free Country, but a' submission to the laws, ordained by the regular ex* ercife of Conflitutional authority ; or a fubjc&ion to the anarchy, produced invariably by a popular dis regard of social obligation. Here, therefore, is the point for serious deliberation : for. should the event be unpropitious to the laws, the glorious harvest of our Revolution will be wantonly laid wade ; the foes ot freedom and r«sptiblicanifm will acquire new energy from our disgrace ; the present age will re gard, our conduct with contempt, and posterity will pronounce our names with deteftanon. To us, Gen lemen, ini partial ar, this dreadful reflexion must bring additional pain, ihould the calamity which it contemplates, be occasioned, or promoted by the fatahxample of Pennsylvania. That the Arts of Congress, commonly called tht f*.xcife laws, had created considerable discontent ill various parts of the State ; and that this discontent had been manifefted, not only by a non-compliance with the laws, but by an irregular and violent con dufl towards the efficers, who were employed te> ex fut v them, have long been circusnitaiices of public nvoriety ; and, at an fsyly period of my adminif traton, u»cntioned a»a properfubjii6l fir legit ■ Active arfimaiytrilun. .With i" ticfign to fadlraaitc t She nwsrf»rcyTO the 1 ederiLCWpernmen, ' id, likewise. bpportuaitSes to'inctflcafe the taoirpenlable duty of. obediiaiw to the l3\ys; and, ~ from'time to itifce, I receiVed, with peculiar fatis fadion, 'he ftrongeit assurances, that,,-or. the part * of the State Officcr*, rvery reafoqable exertiofc wo)ile m*dcj low Citizens, afed to raFscruatetlfr ai9s ojtfie'.ynion. It is to be laihcntcd, liowevcrf that the tefult of .stbv&.eAorfe, hai. not r .rcefpf informatioti, vvhi h wa? received imme diately after the riots, the floppage of the public mail, the expulsion o l friends to government from Pittsburgh, and the mealur«> taken to eflablifh a correspondence and conceit ;imong the rioters must be rega-ded as circumstances ot great aggra« vation and alarm. As soon as the intelligence of these lawless pro ceedings had arriv d, letters were addressed undcrmy inftiurtions to every Judge, iuHjcc, Sheriff, Brigad- Infpertor, and in fliart, te> everv public officer, residing in the Western c unties, the rcgi\ t* and indignation, which ihe eVen; had producedand requiring an exertion of their influence afid authori ty to suppress rhe tumults, and pUnifii the eiflenders. The Attorney General e>f the State was, likewise, dciircd to investigate the circumstances of the riot, to afftrtain the names of the rioters, and to inftirure the regular process of the law for bringing the lea*, ders tojullice. This Judiciary coitffa of proceeding, the okiy one, at that period, appeared law., fu't to be pursued on my part was lecommanded, likewJfe, by the filecef«, that had attended it upon forn er occafione. Riots have luretcfore been com mitted in oppollrion to the iavvsof I'ennfylvania, hut the rioters have been invariably pUui/hed by ;r Courts of Justice. In oppjliti»n to the laws of the United -Stares, in opposition to the very iaws now oppolcd, and in the very counties fhppofed to be combined in the present oppofi:ion, riots have, like wif«, formerly occurred ; but, in eves y instance sup ported by legal proof (and several fucfi i:u;ances are ipecilied in the documents that accompanied my ad dress to the-Legiilature on the 7th of December, 1792) the offenders have beeii indiited, convirtcd, and puniflied by'rhe Tribunals oi t)ie Srate 1 o sup port the authority of the Union, by an exertion of the authority of the State, has cvar, indeed, confli tuted a favorite oujert of my official attention': and J lhall always be persuaded, that if the purposes of Justice can be attained, if obediencc to the laws can be rel'tored, arfd if the horrorsof a civil war can be averted, by that auxiliary intervention, no itfea of placing an individual State in too diflinrt, too im portant a point ot view, or of interfering with the exercise of a concurrent Federal jurifdirtion, can be Efficiently clear or cogent, to fupcrfcde such momen tous considerations. But it may be iuorgeded, that the extent and vio lence of -the late diUurbances, required a more ener getic course, and -would have jultified an immediate interposition of the militia I-or my part. Gentle men, I confefs, that in oianifeflitig a Zealous difpeli tion to fccuic obedience to the Constitutions and laws of our Country, I Ihail ever prefer the inltrumeim of conciliation so those of coetui 11, aud never, but in the la£l resort, countcftance a. dirtlidtion of iudi* ciary authority, for the exertion of military f«rce. Before the I resident hid detetmined to empl»y the militia on this occation, the incompetency «f the Ju_ diciary Department of the Government of Peimivl vania, to vindicate the violated laws, had not been made fufficientjy apparent. That the laws of the - nion are the laws of'the State, Is a constitutional ax_ iom that will never be controverted j but the mere circumstance, that the riots were committed in ep . fition to the laws Sf the Union, could neither enlarge nor alter, the powers of the.State Government ; for, in executing the laws, or maintaining the authority of the C'riion, the officers of Pennlylvania can only employ the fame means, by which the more pecu liarly municipal lawsand authority of the State, are executed and maintained. Under a solemn convic tion, then, that the miiita r y power of the Govern ment ought not to be employed, until its judiciary au thority, after a fai' experiment, has proved incompe tent to inforce'ohedience, or to punilii istraiaions ot the law, 1 conceived that nothing more was due to good faith and jultice, thanahafftuance that the mea sures which were taken, would have been precisely the fame, hadthe riot been unconnected with the lyf. tem of Federal po icy. 4Nhe riot bad bee» uncon nected with the fyltem of Federal policy, the vindi cation of our laws " upon the arrival of thf firft Intel ligence, would have been left to the ordinary course of justice; and only in the lalt resort, at the requifi. tion, and as an auxiliary ot the civil authority, would the military force of the State be called forth. For, it is ol'fome importance, Gentlemen, to re coiled that, at this time, no positive law «f the Stale cxiils, by which the exigency that will juflify an appeal frooi the political, to ihe physical, ltreng;h oFoir country, is defined; or, by which the evi dent, to pro»e the exigence of that exigency, is re gulattd and prefcribeJ. If is true, that, in seasons of tumrft and inlurrcdion, when the civil authority has declaicd itfeif incompetent to the discharge of its fun&ons, a duty may be pr.furnea to relult from the rature and Constitution of ths Executive office, to execution'of the laws, by evei7 other le gititrate means. But in the performance of a difcre tiona-T trull, (0 charged with official responsibly, as it affiits the magillrate, and so expol'ed to patriotic jealosy as it ass. its the Citizens, every fonftrufti on cf the circumstances that occur, should, in my judgment, be the effedt of (erious deliberation ; and everr step that is taken, in a military coude, should be dredted and ofrcuttficribed by the necessity, which irapds it. Besides, therefore, therecolleilitsn, that in (inilar extremities the judiciary Department of our Gov:rnment had maintained its authority, by punifb ing the violators of the pub ic peace ; and besides the defeat, originally, of fati,fa&ory proof to evince, that on this occalion, its authority had failed; there were considerations cf policy, thataddsd ' powerful influence to recomme nd the lenient course, which, as •n Executive Magillrate, 1 had determined to pursue. In a free country it mult be expedient to convince the Citizens et the necessity, that fliall at any time induce the government to employ the co-ercive au tho; y, with which it is inverted. To convince them tlat it is necrflary to cal: forth the military power, for th» purpoie of executing the laws, it mutl be shewn, that the judicial power has in vain at tempted to punish thole who viotate them. *1 he ci tizens of Pennfy vim 3 (however a part of them may, for a while, be deluded) are the Iriends of law and order: but when the inhabitants of one dillritil {hall be required to tajt ' arms' against tho inhabitants of another, their general charaiter did in.t aulhorife me to expe&, a passive 6bedience 10 rlic mandates, of Government. 1 believed, that as Freemen they would enquire into, the caUse and nature ol th« Ter vice prapt,led to them ; and, I believed, their alacri ty in performing, as well as in accepting it, would elfentialif depend on their opinion of its jtifiice and necessity. 1 encc, theretore, my lolici tide to ascer tain, in the cleared manner, whether the judiciary authority had been tried in vain" for under an assu rance, that every other reasonable expedient had been previously ILfurred to, I was confident that the public opinion would landlion the mofl vigorous ex ertion of the who e force, which the conflitution and laws of the flat" entrust to me ; and that every good citizen would willingly lent! his aid, to strengthen and promote the measures, that were thus unavoid ably employed, for relloring the authority of the laws. Upon great political emergencies, the effeit, like wise, of every menfure, Ihou d be deliberately, weighed. Anticipating the probable confequenees of an awlul appeal to asms, I could not avoid im prefiions, which are of a nature too painful, and too de icate, for public recapitulation ; but which will readily occur to every rcfledliiig mind. From the situation that has been represented, I was reieved, however, Gentlemen, by the conduct whiy the Federal Government has determined to adept upon the occasion; and by which, it is oi>vi«. ous, that my interference, in a separate and uncon nected manner, to embody any part of the mjiitia.. \yould be rendered ufeleiVly expenlive to the State, unnecelfaiily burthenfome to the Ci iz, ns.and might be eventually mtrodu&ory of embarraflmeot and con fufion, m"ead of fy'tem and co-operation. ihe complicated nature of the outrages, which were tommitted upon the puMic peace, gave, a 'urifditflion to both Go ; :rmr.en(s; but in the judici ary as well akin the military Department, it would, perhaps, be expedient, that the fubjed (houid be left entirely to the management eh her of the N tate, or of the Gent-rat Ghvcrtnent : for, the very im portant difference, which is supposed to cxift in the nature and confluences ol the offcnee?, when con„ ivmplcted by the laws of ths Uni'ed Mates, and when contemplated by the 1 -.ws of Fennlylvanh, mufl othcrwife, destroy that uniformly in the definition of crimes, and the apportionment oi punifhmenrs, which has always b-.'.en deemed eflenual t6 a durj ad miniilration of justice. You wil 1 perceive, gentlemen, .from the docu ments whiih I Have direded to be laid before you, that, treading in the regular path designated by an ait of Cowgreis, the Treiident has received a noti fication from an Associate Judge, dating accmdi&g to the A , ' that in the Counties et W#(bington and Alfcghenev, in Pennfylvaijia, laws of the U nited Stares are oppoled, and the execution thereof obltru&ed. hy combinations too powerful to be fnp preffed, by the ordinary course of judicial proceed ings, or by the powers vefled in the Marlhall of the UillriiJlr." Ihe legal operation of this Certificate, hawing authoriled the to call forth the Militia of this, and of any other State, to fupprels such combinations, and the laws to be duly executed, a reqiiifition for that pJrpol'e, has been accordingly issued, and copies of it will be commu nicated for your information. Leaving it, therefore as 1 ought, implicitly to the judgment of the deut, to chufe, on such evidence, as be approved, tha meal'ures tor carrying the laws of the Unf»n in to ess. a J and teeling as I ought, the influence of my Federal obligations, I did not hclitate to give a full and unequivocal alTu *tice, thatj whatever re., quifition he might make, whatever duty he n.jfht impose, in purluance of his conllitutional and Ijigai powers, would, on my part, be promptly underta ken, and faithfully discharged. Actuated equally by the tegard duu to my immediate trust, and my desire to co-operate with the plans of the General 1 Government, I have, likewile, publi/hed a Procla mation, declaring (as far as lean declare them) the lentimer.ts of the Government ; announcing a de termination to punilh the offenders ; and exhorting tha Citizens at lat;e to puri'ue a peaceable and pa triotic conduil : —1 have engagtd two rcfpe&able Citizens to a& as Commifiioners, for sddrefling thole who have embarked in the prefect combinati-. on, upon the lawlcl's nature, and ruinous tendency ol their proceeding; and for inculcating the necellity of an immediate return to the duty which they owe to their country : And J have convened the L. gifla ture, in order that thole defetttsin the existing laws of the State, which obftrutSf or retard the ofe of the proper Uillruments for maintaining the dignity of the Government, or for complying with the requifi tions of the President, may be amended an that the ultimate means of subduing the lpiri; of infur« redlion, and of restoring tranquility and- order, maybe precribed (confiding y with the jurifdiSion of Pcnnlylvania) hy your wifdon and authority. Having thus, iientlemen, laid before you the circumllances that have attended, the very serious event which has occasioned )our prelent meeting, it cannot, i prelunta, be nec-effary to offer any further arguments, to engage you in the indiijwnlable talk ot providing, with a prompt, firm, and paniotic po.icy lor the ruaiutainance of an iffua, in which the laws and cxiUence ol our government are criti cal!) involved. iou wi.l perceive from the papers; which the Secretary is directed to deliver, (Hat every conciliatory effort has been made, as well by the general government, as by the State, 19 convince the deluded insurgents of their error, to reconcile them to their dmy, and to re-elUblifli the violated authority of the laws : You will be faii-fiad from the present Hate of our information, that the judicia ry authority of the government is no longer con.j)^- tent to inforce obedience to the afls of Con -rsft. or to punilh the outrageous offences, which have been committed in the course ot an eppoGtion to them— andyouwillfeel, under the moll lacred obligationsnf duty, under the liroiigeft incentives or interef t'ie force of the refuking alternative, which i,., w ' prC " fents 10 our choice a derilifiion of our official trust or the rnoft vigorous exertion of our conttuutiui.il' powers. But not only as guardians of the public welfare and of the equalrights of our conftituenc — Letm' likewise, call upon you gentlemen—let me foicmnlv call upon our fellow-citizens of every >u miotic —as individuals bearing testimony againlt , iiwTr'f* proceeding, to exercise all the influence of reason and example, in counteraaing the fatal a spirit, so hoilile to the public order of Society and to the private happiness of man. There is so niem berot the community so elevated by opulence or lo depressed by poverty-fo weak, or ii, ietblc' in th« condition of his mind or body,—but mull feel his dependence upon the benignity of the laws ■ Fora genera I fubmiflion to the law, is the en-Yin' though the only medium (as I havdalreadylntim n' ed) by which the public is enabled to extend fecur'ity to property, aad encouragement to inriuftry ■ hi which it arms the feebie against outrage, aod j'hel ters the unfortunate from want, l'o violate this paladium, upon any pretext, iS to fit an example for vioating it up. n every pretrat : and to ptimit it, 111 the fiift inflance, with impunity, i», i n e/feft, to invigorate every subsequent attack. The dutj ot th* government being thus intimately combined with the iaterefts of the pc«ple, 1 anxiously hope, this the ready and effedaal aid, which the public niea„ lures will receive, at this crilis, from the zeal and spirit of a militia, composed of enlighteHed aad pa triotic freemun, will leave the enemii s of i.iberty hereafter without a pretext, for asserting that a fl idingarmy is neceflary to maintain the authority ol' the law s. It is incumbent Upon me, however, Gentlemen, to renew at this period, the reprcfeniations, which 1 repeatedly made, duriug ti « last Seflion, relative to the radical imperfedlions of the exilling fytlem, for organizing and regulating the militia of the State. Shcli embarrassments, indeed, daily occur, that the candor, which ought to pre"ail in my Legi slative communications, and the attention that is due to my executive charatfter, impel me to declare, that, withuut (ome essential alterations and am. eudnn(its in the law, I cannot be responsible for a pundlual compliance with the reqsifitions of the Pre'Ddent, or a fnafonable exertion of the military force, in aid ol the civil authority. The infufiici ency of the penalties to iuduce a performance of , militia duties ; the inadequate means for recovering those penalties; the want ot a fund to defray con tingent expsnces ; the inconliderable compensation of ibme ot the officers compared with their duties; the ineffectual regulations for compelling individu al to procure arms and equipments; and the want of a public arlenal, with a competent lupp'y of arms and ammunition ; are ainoug the obvious tlt fecls, which claim immediate conlideiation. Some of the general arrangements, have, liketoife. been found inconvenient in praeh'ce ; and many parts of the law are so ambiguous, as to produce different conllrudlions, in different countics of the Hate,. Permit m«, at the fame time, to fugged, that ge neral provisions ought to be made, for ascertaining the occali ns on which the military, may beemt. ployed in support of the civi. authority of the Hate ; and for regulating, more efficiently t an at present, the mode of complying with the requisitions ot the President. The latter provision, indeed, de fervts immediate attention ; as a requisition has been made (a copy of which,and of the proceedings in relation to it you will have an opportunity of peril ling) for a draft of 10,768 of the militia of this (late, as our quota of the determent of 80,000 men direc ted to be organized, and held in tetdiuefs to march at a moment's warning, in pursuance of a late a& of Congress. Whatever may be the iflue of the ex isting circumftahces of our counrty, which furnilh an immediate oceafion for these military prepara., tions, the endeavour to improve, and perfedt our militia lyltem, ought not to be relinquithed or re laxed. The rapid augmentation of the population, opulence, and importance of the union, must, in. the usual course of sublunary events, expose us to those external dangers, and internal agitatioHs, which are inseparable from the human character and conditio*. It becomes, therefore, our highell duty to be r at all times, prepared to repel holliiities against 'he natioii, and to preserve subordination to the laws : and this can only bteffe&ed, with fafety to our Freedom and Independence, by a well regulated militia, wh,. shall add to a sense of their rights, a knowledge of the means to aflert them. Since the tranf.idlions to which your attention ha» hitherto been direited, have imposed the necefii y o£ an immediate call of the Legislature, it is lome con solation, Gentlemen, that I (hail now enjoy the bene fit of your advice and authority upon another fubjettt, which has, likewile, been the.lburce of lome imbar* rafsment. In compliance with diredlionsol thtfeveral aCfs, relative to the eftablilhment of a town at Prel qu' isle, 1 appointed Commiflioners for the surveys, & formed, upon the principlej'which thelaw prescribes, a detachment from the (late troops, to pra teil tlu'ie commiiTioners in theexecutian oftbeir.truft. When however,they had procoeded aconfidemble dis tance in their courle to Prcfqu'ifle, accounts from a variety of quarters concurred in railing a ieribtis 3p_" prehension, that the proje&ed fettleme'ht would be hoftily oppofei by thedix Nations, & other ill disposed persons in the neighbourhood of eur .Northern Fron tier. It became necellary, therefore, for the purgofc of repelling the threatened invasion of our territory, as well as lor preventing a fiifappointment of the Lc giflative intention?, to reinfor.e the detachment, which accompanied the Commiflioners; and orders were accordingly issued to drifca thtjjfand militia from the Wei'.ern Brigades, for that particular I-.t- Vicc. But, when these orders were communicated to the President (the law,and every other step taken to execute it, having in like manner been previoully commii'.icated) he declared - "an opinion, formed upon maime c-cfletSUon that it was advifcab e to fut pend for the prefeHt the establishment of Ptclque isle " The reafon>that have been mentioned as the ground of thbopinion, appear in th« correspondence, which will be laid bjfore you: and you will there, likewise, perceive, that under :he uniform influence #£ an official il fpofition to promote the views ot the gene ral Government, of an earned desire to cultivate eve ry pt.flible means of peace, and of a personal copfi-, dence in the judgment and patriotism oi' the President, a prompt compliance, on my part, followed the communication of ids opinion ;nd rcqueft. Aware, however, of the policy ol the Prefqu* isle eftab'ilhment, in addii g strength to the means of protecting our distant frontier,&of its juilice in main taining the system for the Settlement of public laixia, by tlie sale of which a Sufficient revenue hid been produced to exufierateJhe Sutc from the prrfliirc ej her debts, I rec«ived with peculiar fatUfa&ion ail alTurance, that the obllacles to its accomplifhmeiit were of a temporary nature, ind that 110 exerti'ia wouid be omitted to remove them. On any nth-jr terms, indeed,my authority could not have extended to an atquiefcence in the President's wishes; for, you will hod it expreisly Hated in the opinion which the Attorney General gave upon the fubjetft, that jcould not juftify an oniiifion to conform to the d»*