
 It is with peculiar satisfaction that I meet the 6th Congress of the United States of America. Coming from all parts of the Union at this critical and interesting period, the members must be fully possessed of the sentiments and wishes of our constituents.
 The flattering prospects of abundance from the labors of the people by land and by sea; the prosperity of our extended commerce, notwithstanding interruptions occasioned by the belligerent state of a great part of the world; the return of health, industry, and trade to those cities which have lately been afflicted with disease, and the various and inestimable advantages, civil and religious, which, secured under our happy frame of government, are continued to us unimpaired, demand of the whole American people sincere thanks to a benevolent Deity for the merciful dispensations of His providence.
 But while these numerous blessings are recollected, it is a painful duty to advert to the ungrateful return which has been made for them by some of the people in certain counties of Pennsylvania, where, seduced by the arts and misrepresentations of designing men, they have openly resisted the law directing the valuation of houses and lands. Such defiance was given to the civil authority as rendered hopeless all further attempts by judicial process to enforce the execution of the law, and it became necessary to direct a military force to be employed, consisting of some companies of regular troops, volunteers, and militia, by whose zeal and activity, in cooperation with the judicial power, order and submission were restored and many of the offenders arrested. Of these, some have been convicted of misdemeanors, and others, charged with various crimes, remain to be tried.
 To give due effect to the civil administration of Government and to insure a just execution of the laws, a revision and amendment of the judiciary system is indispensably necessary. In this extensive country it can not but happen that numerous questions respecting the interpretation of the laws and the rights and duties of officers and citizens must arise. On the one hand, the laws should be executed; on the other, individuals should be guarded from oppression. Neither of these objects is sufficiently assured under the present organization of the judicial department. I therefore earnestly recommend the subject to your serious consideration.
 Persevering in the pacific and humane policy which had been invariably professed and sincerely pursued by the Executive authority of the United States, when indications were made on the part of the French Republic of a disposition to accommodate the existing differences between the 2 countries, I felt it to be my duty to prepare for meeting their advances by a nomination of ministers upon certain conditions which the honor of our country dictated, and which its moderation had given it a right to prescribe.
 The assurances which were required of the French Government previous to the departure of our envoys have been given through their minister of foreign relations, and I have directed them to proceed on their mission to Paris. They have full power to conclude a treaty, subject to the constitutional advice and consent of the Senate. The characters of these gentlemen are sure pledges to their country that nothing incompatible with its honor or interest, nothing inconsistent with our obligations of good faith or friendship to any other nation, will be stipulated.
 It appearing probable from the information I received that our commercial intercourse with some ports in the island of St. Domingo might safely be renewed, I took such steps as seemed to me expedient to ascertain that point. The result being satisfactory, I then, in conformity with the act of Congress on the subject, directed the restraints and prohibitions of that intercourse to be discontinued on terms which were made known by proclamation. Since the renewal of this intercourse our citizens trading to those ports, with their property, have been duly respected, and privateering from those ports has ceased.
 In examining the claims of British subjects by the commissioners at Philadelphia, acting under the 6th article of the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation with Great Britain, a difference of opinion on points deemed essential in the interpretation of that article has arisen between the commissioners appointed by the United States and the other members of that board, from which the former have thought it their duty to withdraw. It is sincerely to be regretted that the execution of an article produced by a mutual spirit of amity and justice should have been thus unavoidably interrupted. It is, however, confidently expected that the same spirit of amity and the same sense of justice in which it originated will lead to satisfactory explanations.
 In consequence of the obstacles to the progress of the commission in Philadelphia, His Britannic Majesty has directed the commissioners appointed by him under the 7th article of the treaty relating to the British captures of American vessels to withdraw from the board sitting in London, but with the express declaration of his determination to fulfill with punctuality and good faith the engagements which His Majesty has contracted by his treaty with the United States, and that they will be instructed to resume their functions whenever the obstacles which impede the progress of the commission at Philadelphia shall be removed. It being in like manner my sincere determination, so far as the same depends on me, that with equal punctuality and good faith the engagements contracted by the United States in their treaties with His Britannic Majesty shall be fulfilled, I shall immediately instruct our minister at London to endeavor to obtain the explanation necessary to a just performance of those engagements on the part of the United States. With such dispositions on both sides, I can not entertain a doubt that all difficulties will soon be removed and that the 2 boards will then proceed and bring the business committed to them respectively to a satisfactory conclusion.
 The act of Congress relative to the seat of the Government of the United States requiring that on the 1st Monday of December next it should be transferred from Philadelphia to the District chosen for its permanent seat, it is proper for me to inform you that the commissioners appointed to provide suitable buildings for the accommodation of Congress and of the President and of the public offices of the Government have made a report of the state of the buildings designed for those purposes in the city of Washington, from which they conclude that the removal of the seat of Government to that place at the time required will be practicable and the accommodation satisfactory. Their report will be laid before you.
 
 I shall direct the estimates of the appropriations necessary for the service of the ensuing year, together with an account of the revenue and expenditure, to be laid before you. During a period in which a great portion of the civilized world has been involved in a war unusually calamitous and destructive, it was not to be expected that the United States could be exempted from extraordinary burthens. Although the period is not arrived when the measures adopted to secure our country against foreign attacks can be renounced, yet it is alike necessary for the honor of the Government and the satisfaction of the community that an exact economy should be maintained. I invite you, gentlemen, to investigate the different branches of the public expenditure. The examination will lead to beneficial retrenchments or produce a conviction of the wisdom of the measures to which the expenditure relates.
 
 At a period like the present, when momentous changes are occurring and every hour is preparing new and great events in the political world, when a spirit of war is prevalent in almost every nation with whose affairs the interests of the United States have any connection, unsafe and precarious would be our situation were we to neglect the means of maintaining our just rights. The result of the mission to France is uncertain; but however it may terminate, a steady perseverance in a system of national defense commensurate with our resources and the situation of our country is an obvious dictate of wisdom; for, remotely as we are placed from the belligerent nations, and desirous as we are, by doing justice to all, to avoid offense to any, nothing short of the power of repelling aggressions will secure to our country a rational prospect of escaping the calamities of war or national degradation. As to myself, it is my anxious desire so to execute the trust reposed in me as to render the people of the United States prosperous and happy. I rely with entire confidence on your cooperation in objects equally your care, and that our mutual labors will serve to increase and confirm union among our fellow citizens and an unshaken attachment to our Government.
It is with peculiar satisfaction that I meet the 6th Congress of the United States of America. Coming from all parts of the Union at this critical and interesting period, the members must be fully possessed of the sentiments and wishes of our constituents. The flattering prospects of abundance from the labors of the people by land and by sea; the prosperity of our extended commerce, notwithstanding interruptions occasioned by the belligerent state of a great part of the world; the return of health, industry, and trade to those cities which have lately been afflicted with disease, and the various and inestimable advantages, civil and religious, which, secured under our happy frame of government, are continued to us unimpaired, demand of the whole American people sincere thanks to a benevolent Deity for the merciful dispensations of His providence. But while these numerous blessings are recollected, it is a painful duty to advert to the ungrateful return which has been made for them by some of the people in certain counties of Pennsylvania, where, seduced by the arts and misrepresentations of designing men, they have openly resisted the law directing the valuation of houses and lands. Such defiance was given to the civil authority as rendered hopeless all further attempts by judicial process to enforce the execution of the law, and it became necessary to direct a military force to be employed, consisting of some companies of regular troops, volunteers, and militia, by whose zeal and activity, in cooperation with the judicial power, order and submission were restored and many of the offenders arrested. Of these, some have been convicted of misdemeanors, and others, charged with various crimes, remain to be tried. To give due effect to the civil administration of Government and to insure a just execution of the laws, a revision and amendment of the judiciary system is indispensably necessary. In this extensive country it can not but happen that numerous questions respecting the interpretation of the laws and the rights and duties of officers and citizens must arise. On the one hand, the laws should be executed; on the other, individuals should be guarded from oppression. Neither of these objects is sufficiently assured under the present organization of the judicial department. I therefore earnestly recommend the subject to your serious consideration. Persevering in the pacific and humane policy which had been invariably professed and sincerely pursued by the Executive authority of the United States, when indications were made on the part of the French Republic of a disposition to accommodate the existing differences between the 2 countries, I felt it to be my duty to prepare for meeting their advances by a nomination of ministers upon certain conditions which the honor of our country dictated, and which its moderation had given it a right to prescribe. The assurances which were required of the French Government previous to the departure of our envoys have been given through their minister of foreign relations, and I have directed them to proceed on their mission to Paris. They have full power to conclude a treaty, subject to the constitutional advice and consent of the Senate. The characters of these gentlemen are sure pledges to their country that nothing incompatible with its honor or interest, nothing inconsistent with our obligations of good faith or friendship to any other nation, will be stipulated. It appearing probable from the information I received that our commercial intercourse with some ports in the island of St. Domingo might safely be renewed, I took such steps as seemed to me expedient to ascertain that point. The result being satisfactory, I then, in conformity with the act of Congress on the subject, directed the restraints and prohibitions of that intercourse to be discontinued on terms which were made known by proclamation. Since the renewal of this intercourse our citizens trading to those ports, with their property, have been duly respected, and privateering from those ports has ceased. In examining the claims of British subjects by the commissioners at Philadelphia, acting under the 6th article of the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation with Great Britain, a difference of opinion on points deemed essential in the interpretation of that article has arisen between the commissioners appointed by the United States and the other members of that board, from which the former have thought it their duty to withdraw. It is sincerely to be regretted that the execution of an article produced by a mutual spirit of amity and justice should have been thus unavoidably interrupted. It is, however, confidently expected that the same spirit of amity and the same sense of justice in which it originated will lead to satisfactory explanations. In consequence of the obstacles to the progress of the commission in Philadelphia, His Britannic Majesty has directed the commissioners appointed by him under the 7th article of the treaty relating to the British captures of American vessels to withdraw from the board sitting in London, but with the express declaration of his determination to fulfill with punctuality and good faith the engagements which His Majesty has contracted by his treaty with the United States, and that they will be instructed to resume their functions whenever the obstacles which impede the progress of the commission at Philadelphia shall be removed. It being in like manner my sincere determination, so far as the same depends on me, that with equal punctuality and good faith the engagements contracted by the United States in their treaties with His Britannic Majesty shall be fulfilled, I shall immediately instruct our minister at London to endeavor to obtain the explanation necessary to a just performance of those engagements on the part of the United States. With such dispositions on both sides, I can not entertain a doubt that all difficulties will soon be removed and that the 2 boards will then proceed and bring the business committed to them respectively to a satisfactory conclusion. The act of Congress relative to the seat of the Government of the United States requiring that on the 1st Monday of December next it should be transferred from Philadelphia to the District chosen for its permanent seat, it is proper for me to inform you that the commissioners appointed to provide suitable buildings for the accommodation of Congress and of the President and of the public offices of the Government have made a report of the state of the buildings designed for those purposes in the city of Washington, from which they conclude that the removal of the seat of Government to that place at the time required will be practicable and the accommodation satisfactory. Their report will be laid before you. I shall direct the estimates of the appropriations necessary for the service of the ensuing year, together with an account of the revenue and expenditure, to be laid before you. During a period in which a great portion of the civilized world has been involved in a war unusually calamitous and destructive, it was not to be expected that the United States could be exempted from extraordinary burthens. Although the period is not arrived when the measures adopted to secure our country against foreign attacks can be renounced, yet it is alike necessary for the honor of the Government and the satisfaction of the community that an exact economy should be maintained. I invite you, gentlemen, to investigate the different branches of the public expenditure. The examination will lead to beneficial retrenchments or produce a conviction of the wisdom of the measures to which the expenditure relates. At a period like the present, when momentous changes are occurring and every hour is preparing new and great events in the political world, when a spirit of war is prevalent in almost every nation with whose affairs the interests of the United States have any connection, unsafe and precarious would be our situation were we to neglect the means of maintaining our just rights. The result of the mission to France is uncertain; but however it may terminate, a steady perseverance in a system of national defense commensurate with our resources and the situation of our country is an obvious dictate of wisdom; for, remotely as we are placed from the belligerent nations, and desirous as we are, by doing justice to all, to avoid offense to any, nothing short of the power of repelling aggressions will secure to our country a rational prospect of escaping the calamities of war or national degradation. As to myself, it is my anxious desire so to execute the trust reposed in me as to render the people of the United States prosperous and happy. I rely with entire confidence on your cooperation in objects equally your care, and that our mutual labors will serve to increase and confirm union among our fellow citizens and an unshaken attachment to our Government.
it is with peculiar satisfaction that i meet the 6th congress of the united states of america coming from all parts of the union at this critical and interesting period the members must be fully possessed of the sentiments and wishes of our constituents the flattering prospects of abundance from the labors of the people by land and by sea the prosperity of our extended commerce notwithstanding interruptions occasioned by the belligerent state of a great part of the world the return of health industry and trade to those cities which have lately been afflicted with disease and the various and inestimable advantages civil and religious which secured under our happy frame of government are continued to us unimpaired demand of the whole american people sincere thanks to a benevolent deity for the merciful dispensations of his providence but while these numerous blessings are recollected it is a painful duty to advert to the ungrateful return which has been made for them by some of the people in certain counties of pennsylvania where seduced by the arts and misrepresentations of designing men they have openly resisted the law directing the valuation of houses and lands such defiance was given to the civil authority as rendered hopeless all further attempts by judicial process to enforce the execution of the law and it became necessary to direct a military force to be employed consisting of some companies of regular troops volunteers and militia by whose zeal and activity in cooperation with the judicial power order and submission were restored and many of the offenders arrested of these some have been convicted of misdemeanors and others charged with various crimes remain to be tried to give due effect to the civil administration of government and to insure a just execution of the laws a revision and amendment of the judiciary system is indispensably necessary in this extensive country it can not but happen that numerous questions respecting the interpretation of the laws and the rights and duties of officers and citizens must arise on the one hand the laws should be executed on the other individuals should be guarded from oppression neither of these objects is sufficiently assured under the present organization of the judicial department i therefore earnestly recommend the subject to your serious consideration persevering in the pacific and humane policy which had been invariably professed and sincerely pursued by the executive authority of the united states when indications were made on the part of the french republic of a disposition to accommodate the existing differences between the 2 countries i felt it to be my duty to prepare for meeting their advances by a nomination of ministers upon certain conditions which the honor of our country dictated and which its moderation had given it a right to prescribe the assurances which were required of the french government previous to the departure of our envoys have been given through their minister of foreign relations and i have directed them to proceed on their mission to paris they have full power to conclude a treaty subject to the constitutional advice and consent of the senate the characters of these gentlemen are sure pledges to their country that nothing incompatible with its honor or interest nothing inconsistent with our obligations of good faith or friendship to any other nation will be stipulated it appearing probable from the information i received that our commercial intercourse with some ports in the island of domingo might safely be renewed i took such steps as seemed to me expedient to ascertain that point the result being satisfactory i then in conformity with the act of congress on the subject directed the restraints and prohibitions of that intercourse to be discontinued on terms which were made known by proclamation since the renewal of this intercourse our citizens trading to those ports with their property have been duly respected and privateering from those ports has ceased in examining the claims of british subjects by the commissioners at philadelphia acting under the 6th article of the treaty of amity commerce and navigation with great britain a difference of opinion on points deemed essential in the interpretation of that article has arisen between the commissioners appointed by the united states and the other members of that board from which the former have thought it their duty to withdraw it is sincerely to be regretted that the execution of an article produced by a mutual spirit of amity and justice should have been thus unavoidably interrupted it is however confidently expected that the same spirit of amity and the same sense of justice in which it originated will lead to satisfactory explanations in consequence of the obstacles to the progress of the commission in philadelphia his britannic majesty has directed the commissioners appointed by him under the 7th article of the treaty relating to the british captures of american vessels to withdraw from the board sitting in london but with the express declaration of his determination to fulfill with punctuality and good faith the engagements which his majesty has contracted by his treaty with the united states and that they will be instructed to resume their functions whenever the obstacles which impede the progress of the commission at philadelphia shall be removed it being in like manner my sincere determination so far as the same depends on me that with equal punctuality and good faith the engagements contracted by the united states in their treaties with his britannic majesty shall be fulfilled i shall immediately instruct our minister at london to endeavor to obtain the explanation necessary to a just performance of those engagements on the part of the united states with such dispositions on both sides i can not entertain a doubt that all difficulties will soon be removed and that the 2 boards will then proceed and bring the business committed to them respectively to a satisfactory conclusion the act of congress relative to the seat of the government of the united states requiring that on the 1st monday of december next it should be transferred from philadelphia to the district chosen for its permanent seat it is proper for me to inform you that the commissioners appointed to provide suitable buildings for the accommodation of congress and of the president and of the public offices of the government have made a report of the state of the buildings designed for those purposes in the city of washington from which they conclude that the removal of the seat of government to that place at the time required will be practicable and the accommodation satisfactory their report will be laid before you i shall direct the estimates of the appropriations necessary for the service of the ensuing year together with an account of the revenue and expenditure to be laid before you during a period in which a great portion of the civilized world has been involved in a war unusually calamitous and destructive it was not to be expected that the united states could be exempted from extraordinary burthens although the period is not arrived when the measures adopted to secure our country against foreign attacks can be renounced yet it is alike necessary for the honor of the government and the satisfaction of the community that an exact economy should be maintained i invite you gentlemen to investigate the different branches of the public expenditure the examination will lead to beneficial retrenchments or produce a conviction of the wisdom of the measures to which the expenditure relates at a period like the present when momentous changes are occurring and every hour is preparing new and great events in the political world when a spirit of war is prevalent in almost every nation with whose affairs the interests of the united states have any connection unsafe and precarious would be our situation were we to neglect the means of maintaining our just rights the result of the mission to france is uncertain but however it may terminate a steady perseverance in a system of national defense commensurate with our resources and the situation of our country is an obvious dictate of wisdom for remotely as we are placed from the belligerent nations and desirous as we are by doing justice to all to avoid offense to any nothing short of the power of repelling aggressions will secure to our country a rational prospect of escaping the calamities of war or national degradation as to myself it is my anxious desire so to execute the trust reposed in me as to render the people of the united states prosperous and happy i rely with entire confidence on your cooperation in objects equally your care and that our mutual labors will serve to increase and confirm union among our fellow citizens and an unshaken attachment to our government
peculiar satisfaction meet 6th congress united states america coming parts union critical interesting period members must fully possessed sentiments wishes constituents flattering prospects abundance labors people land sea prosperity extended commerce notwithstanding interruptions occasioned belligerent state great part world return health industry trade cities lately afflicted disease various inestimable advantages civil religious secured happy frame government continued us unimpaired demand whole american people sincere thanks benevolent deity merciful dispensations providence numerous blessings recollected painful duty advert ungrateful return made people certain counties pennsylvania seduced arts misrepresentations designing men openly resisted law directing valuation houses lands defiance given civil authority rendered hopeless attempts judicial process enforce execution law became necessary direct military force employed consisting companies regular troops volunteers militia whose zeal activity cooperation judicial power order submission restored many offenders arrested convicted misdemeanors others charged various crimes remain tried give due effect civil administration government insure execution laws revision amendment judiciary system indispensably necessary extensive country happen numerous questions respecting interpretation laws rights duties officers citizens must arise one hand laws executed individuals guarded oppression neither objects sufficiently assured present organization judicial department therefore earnestly recommend subject serious consideration persevering pacific humane policy invariably professed sincerely pursued executive authority united states indications made part french republic disposition accommodate existing differences 2 countries felt duty prepare meeting advances nomination ministers upon certain conditions honor country dictated moderation given right prescribe assurances required french government previous departure envoys given minister foreign relations directed proceed mission paris full power conclude treaty subject constitutional advice consent senate characters gentlemen sure pledges country nothing incompatible honor interest nothing inconsistent obligations good faith friendship nation stipulated appearing probable information received commercial intercourse ports island domingo might safely renewed took steps seemed expedient ascertain point result satisfactory conformity act congress subject directed restraints prohibitions intercourse discontinued terms made known proclamation since renewal intercourse citizens trading ports property duly respected privateering ports ceased examining claims british subjects commissioners philadelphia acting 6th article treaty amity commerce navigation great britain difference opinion points deemed essential interpretation article arisen commissioners appointed united states members board former thought duty withdraw sincerely regretted execution article produced mutual spirit amity justice thus unavoidably interrupted however confidently expected spirit amity sense justice originated lead satisfactory explanations consequence obstacles progress commission philadelphia britannic majesty directed commissioners appointed 7th article treaty relating british captures american vessels withdraw board sitting london express declaration determination fulfill punctuality good faith engagements majesty contracted treaty united states instructed resume functions whenever obstacles impede progress commission philadelphia shall removed like manner sincere determination far depends equal punctuality good faith engagements contracted united states treaties britannic majesty shall fulfilled shall immediately instruct minister london endeavor obtain explanation necessary performance engagements part united states dispositions sides entertain doubt difficulties soon removed 2 boards proceed bring business committed respectively satisfactory conclusion act congress relative seat government united states requiring 1st monday december next transferred philadelphia district chosen permanent seat proper inform commissioners appointed provide suitable buildings accommodation congress president public offices government made report state buildings designed purposes city washington conclude removal seat government place time required practicable accommodation satisfactory report laid shall direct estimates appropriations necessary service ensuing year together account revenue expenditure laid period great portion civilized world involved war unusually calamitous destructive expected united states could exempted extraordinary burthens although period arrived measures adopted secure country foreign attacks renounced yet alike necessary honor government satisfaction community exact economy maintained invite gentlemen investigate different branches public expenditure examination lead beneficial retrenchments produce conviction wisdom measures expenditure relates period like present momentous changes occurring every hour preparing new great events political world spirit war prevalent almost every nation whose affairs interests united states connection unsafe precarious would situation neglect means maintaining rights result mission france uncertain however may terminate steady perseverance system national defense commensurate resources situation country obvious dictate wisdom remotely placed belligerent nations desirous justice avoid offense nothing short power repelling aggressions secure country rational prospect escaping calamities war national degradation anxious desire execute trust reposed render people united states prosperous happy rely entire confidence cooperation objects equally care mutual labors serve increase confirm union among fellow citizens unshaken attachment government
peculiar satisfaction meet 6th congress united state america come part union critical interesting period member must fully possessed sentiment wish constituent flatter prospect abundance labor people land sea prosperity extend commerce notwithstanding interruption occasion belligerent state great part world return health industry trade city lately afflict disease various inestimable advantage civil religious secure happy frame government continue u unimpaired demand whole american people sincere thanks benevolent deity merciful dispensation providence numerous blessing recollect painful duty advert ungrateful return make people certain county pennsylvania seduce art misrepresentation design men openly resist law direct valuation house land defiance give civil authority render hopeless attempt judicial process enforce execution law become necessary direct military force employ consist company regular troop volunteer militia whose zeal activity cooperation judicial power order submission restore many offender arrest convict misdemeanor others charge various crime remain tried give due effect civil administration government insure execution law revision amendment judiciary system indispensably necessary extensive country happen numerous question respect interpretation law right duty officer citizen must arise one hand law execute individual guard oppression neither object sufficiently assure present organization judicial department therefore earnestly recommend subject serious consideration persevere pacific humane policy invariably profess sincerely pursue executive authority united state indication make part french republic disposition accommodate exist difference 2 country felt duty prepare meeting advance nomination minister upon certain condition honor country dictate moderation give right prescribe assurance require french government previous departure envoys give minister foreign relation direct proceed mission paris full power conclude treaty subject constitutional advice consent senate character gentleman sure pledge country nothing incompatible honor interest nothing inconsistent obligation good faith friendship nation stipulate appear probable information receive commercial intercourse port island domingo might safely renew take step seem expedient ascertain point result satisfactory conformity act congress subject direct restraint prohibition intercourse discontinue term make know proclamation since renewal intercourse citizen trade port property duly respect privateering port cease examine claim british subject commissioner philadelphia act 6th article treaty amity commerce navigation great britain difference opinion point deem essential interpretation article arisen commissioner appoint united state member board former think duty withdraw sincerely regret execution article produce mutual spirit amity justice thus unavoidably interrupt however confidently expect spirit amity sense justice originate lead satisfactory explanation consequence obstacle progress commission philadelphia britannic majesty direct commissioner appoint 7th article treaty relate british capture american vessel withdraw board sit london express declaration determination fulfill punctuality good faith engagement majesty contract treaty united state instruct resume function whenever obstacle impede progress commission philadelphia shall remove like manner sincere determination far depend equal punctuality good faith engagement contract united state treaty britannic majesty shall fulfil shall immediately instruct minister london endeavor obtain explanation necessary performance engagement part united state disposition side entertain doubt difficulty soon remove 2 board proceed bring business commit respectively satisfactory conclusion act congress relative seat government unite state require 1st monday december next transfer philadelphia district choose permanent seat proper inform commissioner appoint provide suitable building accommodation congress president public office government make report state building design purpose city washington conclude removal seat government place time require practicable accommodation satisfactory report lay shall direct estimate appropriation necessary service ensue year together account revenue expenditure laid period great portion civilize world involve war unusually calamitous destructive expect united state could exempt extraordinary burthen although period arrive measure adopt secure country foreign attack renounce yet alike necessary honor government satisfaction community exact economy maintain invite gentleman investigate different branch public expenditure examination lead beneficial retrenchment produce conviction wisdom measure expenditure relate period like present momentous change occur every hour prepare new great event political world spirit war prevalent almost every nation whose affair interest united state connection unsafe precarious would situation neglect mean maintain right result mission france uncertain however may terminate steady perseverance system national defense commensurate resource situation country obvious dictate wisdom remotely place belligerent nation desirous justice avoid offense nothing short power repel aggression secure country rational prospect escape calamity war national degradation anxious desire execute trust repose render people united state prosperous happy rely entire confidence cooperation object equally care mutual labor serve increase confirm union among fellow citizen unshaken attachment government