It has demonstrated that our prosperity rests on solid foundations.

It is the duty of every citizen to contribute to the public good.

This intelligence brings a fresh proof of the insufficiency of the existing provisions of the laws toward the effectual cultivation and preservation of peace with our Indian neighbors.

this new state of things suggests the propriety of placing the United States in a posture of effectual preparation for an event which, notwithstanding the endeavors making to avert it, may by circumstances beyond our control be forced upon us

My confidence in our minister plenipotentiary in London continues undiminished.

I have thought proper to nominate, and do hereby nominate, John Jay as envoy extraordinary of the United States to His Britannic Majesty.

A mission like this will announce to the world a solicitude for a friendly adjustment of our complaints and a reluctance to hostility.

Peace ought to be pursued with unremitted zeal before the last resource, which has so often been the scourge of nations, is contemplated.

Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:I lay before you three letters from our minister in London, advices concerning the Algerine mission from our minister at Lisbon and others, and a letter from the minister plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Secretary of State, with his answer.

GO. WASHINGTON.

I directed copies and translations to be made, except in those particulars which, in my judgment, for public considerations, ought not to be communicated.

Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:I transmit to you an act and three ordinances passed by the government of the territory of the United States south of the river Ohio on the 13th and 21st of March and the 7th of May, 1793, and also certain letters from the minister plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Secretary of State, inclosing dispatches from the general and extraordinary commission of Guadaloupe.

The condition of things in that quarter requires the serious and immediate consideration of Congress.

the strongest assurances have been given that his recall should be expedited without delay

his conduct has been unequivocally disapproved

An establishment of this nature, by securing a regular and punctual accountability for the issues of public supplies, would be a great guard against abuse.

Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:

Both justice and policy require that the source of that information should remain secret.