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Seventh Congrcfs of the United
States. •
At the Pirft Session, begun and held at
the City of Wifhinglon, in the Ter
ritory of Columbia, on Monday the
seventh of December, one thousand
eight hundred and one,
AN ACT making appropriations for the
Military EJiabiJhment of the United
States , in the year one thousand eight
hundred and two,
I) E it enabled by the Senate and Horse
J of Reprefentatwes of the United
States of America , in Congrcfs ajfembled ,
That for defraying the fcveral expences
of the military ellablifhment of the Unit
ed States, for the year one thousand eight
hundred and two, for the Indian depart
ment. for arsenals and armories, and for
the eredion of fortifications, the follow
ing Turns be and the fame hereby arc re
fpedively appropriated : that is to fay ;
For the pay of the army of the United
States, the sum 0f.292,272 dollars, in
cluding therein the sum of 60,000 dol
lars appropriated by an ad of the present
fedion.
For the subsistence of the army, the
sum of 201,027 dollars and 40 cents.
For forage* 3,804 dollars.
For clothing, 66,630 dollars.
For the medical and hospital depart,
ment, 10,000 dol’ars.
For bounties and premiums, 2,000
dollars.
For all expences of transportation,
tents, tools, and the contingent expen
ces of the war department, 64,000 dol- 1
lars.
For the pay, fubfiftcnce, and clothing
of the corps of engineers, 7,010 dollars
and So cents.
For the Indian department, 71,750
dollars.
For the expences incident to the arse
nals, magazines, and armories of the U
nited States, 66,766 dollars and S 8 cents.
For- creating and completing fortifica
tions and barracks, 70,500 dollars.
-For running certain boundary lines
between the Indians and white inhabi
tants of the United States and for afeer
taining the lines of sundry reserved trads
of land in the Indian and north-western
territories, 5,000 dollars.
Sec. ?*, And be it further enafied.
That for defraying all expences which
will arise in consequence of difeharging
the officers, non-commissioned officers,
and privates, who arc, or (hall be, fuper
numcrary by the ad of the present session,
entitled* An Ad fixing the military peace
cftablifiimcnt of the United States,' and
for carrying the said into complete
operation, the following sums be, and
they hereby are refpcdively appropriated;
that is to fay
For the pay of the officers, non-com
nuffioned officers, and privates, to be dis.
charged, 39,500 dollars :
For fubfiltence, 18,000 dollars : ,
For clothing, 12,000 :
For forage, 1,500 dollars;
For the medical department, 2,000
dollars:
For quarter-mafter’i; department, 45,
000 dollars ;
For bounties and premiums, 1 500 dol
lars ;
for allowance.to officers and soldiers
who are to be discharged, 301000 dollars;
For contingencies, 9,000 dollars:
Sec. 3. And he it further enabled,
That a sum not exceeding 40,000 dollars,
including any unexpended balance of the
sum of 15,000 dollars, appropriated by
the aft approved on the 13th of May
1 800, entitled ‘ An aft to appropriate a
certain sum of money to defray the ex
pences of holding a treaty or treaties with
the Indians,’ be, and the fame hereby is,
appropriated for defraying the expence of
any treaty or treaties which may be held
with the Indians fouth of the river Ohio :
Provided , That the compensation to be
allowed to any commiflioner appointed,
or who may be appointed, for negociat
ing fnch treaty, or treaties, (hall not ex
ceed, exclusive of travelling expences,
the rate of 8 dollars per day, during the
aftual service of such commiflioner.
Sec. 4. And be it further enaSitdy
That the several appropriations herein
before made, shall be paid and difeharged,
firft, out of any balance remaining unex
pended of former appropriations for the
fame objefts, refpeftively, and secondly,
cut of any monies in the treasury not o
therwise appropriated.
NATHANIEL MACON, Speaker
of the Hottfe of Reprefentatvves,
ABRAHAM BALDWIN, Prefi,
dent of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, May 1, 1802.
Th: JEFFERSON, Prefi dent of
the United States.
REPUBLICAN ORATION.
Mr. Smith,
By inferring the following in the Augu
sta Chronicle you will oblige
A number of Republicans,
On Tuefday 1 the 6th July 1802, a
, number of citizens convened at Edgefield
Court.houfe for the purpofeof commemo
rating the 4th July 1776. An Oration,
previoully prepared by Mr. E. Simklns ,
Student at Law, was delivered by him ;
and here follows ;—‘
Friends and fellonu citizens ,
WHEN it is considered that the me
morable anniversary of American Inde.
ptndence has been for twenty-fix years
the theme of the greatest ttatefmen and
wiled patriots in United America, an
attempt of mine to do justice to the cele
bration of so great an event, will proba
bly be thought vain and almost unpar
donable. 1 cannot, however, help re
marking, in justice to my own feelings,
that a recurrence to my incapacity in em
barking on so grand an occasion “ excites
in me at once the bluih of diffidence and
the .pang of sensibility and did I not
feel mylelf buoyed up by the indulgence
of my refpeftable auditory, “ 1 should
fink in the attempt, nor dare to step forth
on an occasion which calls for infinitely
greaterabilities than mineto do it justice.”
But, shall a citizen of Edgefield suppress
sentiments which almost involuntarily
burst forth, bccaufe he cannot aflfume a
rank conspicuous among America’s ora
tors ? Shall he rest in drowsy languor,
because nature has not given him the ora
torical thunder of a Demosthenes, nor
endowed him with the persuasive eloquence
of a Cicero ? Shall Edgefield’s sons con
tinue to be in a profound silence, as if
lulled to flcep in the arms ofdreary Mor
pheus, when the auspicious wheels of time
have again revolved to us the tllujlnous
era of American Independence ! Shall not
an event, exquifuely dear to every real
patriot, and the contemplation of which
Itirs up in busy palpitation the innate
powers of the foal, be ushered in by the
grateful exprefliens of a favored peo
ple ! And shall not an era, big with the
happiness of more than five millions of
people, and the thought of which harmo
nizes, for a time, the warring elements
of the human mind, demand the unadul
terated gratitude of every true republican!
GEORGIA.
ft
Shall that tribute of gratitude and adora
tion, so justly due to the Omnipotent
Ruler of the Universe for our innumera
ble immunities and privileges, be restrain
ed by the citizens of this Diftrid ! I trull
not—Our offering, altho’ it may be poor,
and our attempt to celebrate, although it
may appear feeble, yet we have powerful
incentives to engage us in recapitulating
our many bleflings, and dwelling with
pleasure on our highly favored fit nation,
and in contemplating so signal an event as
that which gave birth to our independence,
where (hall we begin ! A number of enrap
turing ideas and interesting feenes crowd
in confufion upon the imagination, and
the mind is fora while loft, in attempting
to suggest notions, adequate to the im
portance of the occallon.
Although there were many powerful
nations, empires, and countries in Eu
rope, Asia and Africa, yet the genius of
Equality had been a ttranger to their
(hor’es. Although the palfxcd hand of
time had silvered them over with the blos
soms of age, and although worn down,
and at sometimes almost ready to fink un
der the accumulated load of slavery, yet
we find, that the fire of liberty had ne-'
ver animated their frozen bosoms. A
nation newly difeovered, and made up of
the citizens of different kingdoms and
countries, seems to have been the favored
spot—A nation which displayed the early
buddings of virtue and unanimity among
her rising sons, was firft politically bles
sed by the God of Liberty. May we not
then, hail America as the renovating
spot in breaking asunder the gordion knot
of slavery and defpolifm ? May we not
hail our nation as the land of rational
liberty, and the peculiar place “ where
freedom delights to dwell.”
Will it be neceflary, fellow citizens,
on this day of republican joy, to dwell
lor a moment on our situation at that pe
riod, when the demands of our mother
country became too enormous to be ac
quiefeed in, by a nation aspiring to real
greatness. America was filled with that
kind of parental fondnefs and filial regard,
which had humbled her perhaps too low,
and which would have commanded an ac
quiescence on her part, had not the cha
stisement been greater than the principles
of justice would have warranted. The
power of imposing unauthorifed taxes,
and the right of enabling laws “to bind
her in all cases whatever, without her
consent., were too llrongly infilled on,
not to call aloud for the adoption of mea
sures, which, however Ihocking to hu
manity, and difagrceable to every inge
nious mind, were such only as appeared
to be left for the redrefsofher injury and
the eftablilhment of her independence.
When, with due consideration, we view
the youth of America at that time, the
inexperience of her citizens in military
tactics, and the internal divisions and
convulsions which Ihook the continent to
its centre —When we contemplate her
want of finances, and the extent of terri T
tory over which the inhabitants were
thinly scattered, we cannot avoid feeling
emotions of a poignant, of a pensive kind !
When we further confidcr the formidable
army which flic had to oppose, and when
we recoiled that vidory for a long time
continued fluttering on the wings of un
certainty, our anxiety and fear for the
success of her arms, are ronfidcrably
heightened 1 And is it true, my worthy
friends and republicans, that the sons of
Columbia rose superior to those once a
larming difficulties; and that the genius
of liberty hovered around our arms, and
directed our lootfteps through the tedious
round of an eight years arduous Cornell !
Is it a reality that the vigilance and for
titude of Jbitilh generals and armies, and
the angry thunder of Albion’s cannon
could not prevail against an hfated
up by the torch of patriot i/m ! Yes, my
countrymen these are fads the recoiledion
of which this day fire our bosoms, and
which will for ages to come be reiterated j
in songs of gratitude by eviry true Arne- j
[Vot. XVI. No. 823.1
rican. Hail auspicious period I Hail fa
vored people! You now in being (and
fame of whose faces I am proud to-day in
beholding) you, I fay, who have borne
the burden and heat of the day in our re
volutionary war, 1 bid you all hail! You
whose bosoms were warmed with an en
thullallic zeal for liberty, and who for
the good of mankind made a determina
tion “to die or live free,” permit me in
behalf of the young fans of Columbia to
congratulate you on your present happy
situation ; and let me tell you that your
rising pollenty feel utterly unable to re
ward you fufficicntly for your memorable
achievements. To the manes of those
departed heroes who were cut oft' in the
grand attempt to emancipate our common
country, we this day bellow the tribute
of gratitude so jullly due, and although
wc are conscious that any attempt of ours
to happify would prove fnntlds, yet we
feel willing to let drop the farrowing tear
on account of their untimely late! To
mention the fame who have glo
riouly fought far freedom, would perhaps
be doing injustice to others; but the voice
of this nation as well as the fecrct feelings
of the members competing this reipeftable
afleinbly, conltrain me to notice the Lie
Farmcr of MountiVernifty • OhINKR AL
GEORGE WASHINGTON. May A
meriia remember to imitate the pious ex
ample of that illultrious perfonnyc, h.i
whose character were combined the h<roid
cjjlcer t the intelligent Jiatefman and the
true cariflnany and may Ihc recoiled, that
WASHINGTON was the man, of all
others, the moll inllrumental in break
ing the chain forged for the opprefiion of
our country.
The 'rude din of arms gave way far the
frniles of peace, and America’s Ihorcs
seemed ro reverberate with the charming
accents of liberty and equality.—EHlfcd
in the dispensations of nature, and smiled
upon by the God of Battles, there appear
ed but little wanting to confumate her po
litical happiness. A conftitupion framed
by no common hand, and corrcdtd and
amended by the colleded wisdom of the
Union, presenting a palladium of liberty,
which met the anxious defircs and bed
hopes of Columbia’s patriotic fans, was
ulhercd in by an illustrious and venerable
band of sages, as the fundamental pillar,
and grand fulciment for the government
of the new world.—This conllituticn,
dear to America as the blood of her belt
Tons, may be jullly admired as “ the mod
stupendous fabric of human wisdom ;’*
that it Ihould be preferred inviolate,
wa ) the honed intention and sanguine hope
of every freeman. But that there wrllbe '
poflefled of principles hostile to e
very government, and that there are fame
Whose minds are too haughty and aspiring
to be pleaftd with a republican fyftcm,
are fadls too universally known to admit
of a moment’s doubt. That there arc
and will be characters, who not content
with the humble fpherc which nature Teems
to have allotted them, and who thi riling
after power and felf-aggrandifament, will,"
by an industrious coarse of scheming, and
an indefatigable pcrfevcrance in the paths
ol adulation and electioneering, work,
themselves into places of power and trust,
is a matter concerning which, you, my
fellow citizens, will always be. able to
judge. Those who are inimical to repub
lican principles, and who by midnight
plans leek to injure our liberty, it is our
wish, as it is our interest, to difeounte
nance—'Thofe who meditate black deligns
against our Union, and who feck to fully
the fair fabric of Columbia’s independence,
we deem it virtuous to deprecate. The
imperfections of human nature are too nu
merous to enable men all times to fcrcen
themselves from tjje irnpolltion of deep
concerted plans. ' And were we deceived
when we lamentably supposed that this
constitution “ the world’s hfi hose” had
for a few years hack received wounds,
which although inflated in tender parts,
wc ardently hope are now fall healing !
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