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fi '1"" ,’ , ,he exctuuve rißht
and
l*'I"? jii, ,1 pit tons. Suffer us
rf«* " ' -ir that while you
*««*£ h "'.c e ne, of domestic
’"■''JnUesincetclv w.aH uu
""'"iT-mile- „f a paciou, Pro
*: ' tour comfort mav exceed
" i,nCI ’ , .sticuine hope. & con.
«* mo ’*L,le shield you from
scio ,ts tee l ' hi h „ inseparable
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(k ”" ,„wi that malice and die
"a ambition nave d.achar
fpo,ntT; K , r aUv during vour ad-
r d5 ° b n will cease to flr, while
U* 9 '?*' f ,i,ke haste to find
their auth ° • . im to satisfy their
!° me nCW p rage. AnA U U OUr
invetera t j, at when you are
“ rnC , 9t P ,aVc leave of ad the con
c«lltdt ° Mic and domestic life,
, '"’r C dof all mercy and good
*' may according to his own
«“ of saving guilty
•“""'deceive y° u 10 h ' S " Sh ‘
rf’whcre liberty reign.-.nun
i anti right and justice can
associatioti.
Wm. FHISI'OK, Moderator.
T,«»as Bt'CX.'Llerk.
T, the >Men of the Ketocton
Baptist JMCtattett
, seccive with great pleasure
~,([> donate address ol .he Ke-
Baptist Association, ft am
ac how ninth I am indebted
”j, t kind dispositions which dic
“lamirestlr struggles for liber-
J nlipious freedom could not
£ to become a primary object.
Allmen felt the right, and a just
iniipation ,o obtain ..was excited
0,11. And although your favor
selected me as the organ of your
petition to abolish the religious do
ninatioo of a privdedged church,
„l I,vas but one of the many who
ietiiended its object, and am en.
m but in common with them to
i portion of that app'obation which
inflows the fulfilment ol a duty.
The views sou express ol the
conduct of the billegercnt powers
ire as correct as they are afflicting
to the lovers of justice and'human
ji v , lhtse moral principles and
(otvcntional jusagtr* which have
hretofore been the bond of civil
ized nations, which have so often
|ifcsemd their peace by furnish
injcommon rules for the measure
cftheir rights, have now given
way to force, the law ol iiarbari
as, and the n ; !>e»eenth century
dawns with the Vandalism of the
tfth. Nothing has been spared
otirurpait to preserve the peace
«four country, during this dis
tricted state of the world. hut
to difficulties which ievolve it are
* f w at their ultimate term; and
*!»tnill be their issue time alone
•illdecide. Rut be that what it
►ay, a recollection of our forme r
»a?alage in religion and civil gov*
•mment will unite the zeal of eve
ry heart, and the energy of every
hnd, to preserve that indepen
dmee in both, which, under the
k'or of heaven, a disinterested
to the public cause first
Sieved, and a disinterested sa
tra^cc of private inieiests will
maintain.
laiTlI aiTl happy ;n your approbation
[ fratons for determining io re
,re ,rcrT> a station in which the fa
r * *V fellow citizens has so
■►Kcontinued and sup|x>rted me :
return your kind pray ess by
applications to the same Almigh
ung lor ycur future welfare,
c th atof our beloved country.
TmJEfTEKSON.
October 28 1308.
, ' e are inletmed hia Excel
c) 1 e Governor has receiv
tin* T * rf,m General Dear
* * Se treaty at War, defir.
h '«n, by direGon of the
of ,he United States,
If. Cn ri ', e 3 ,1C0 men detached
J of thi. Rate, and
Kcpil niZtd into battalions,
in she fh US and br^adci, J
on ell period that c.r
te Cf " CS * lll Permit, and to
. •"■pieiely equipped with
“ ‘t-iouieiuieuts, fiifoi
afttual service including blan
kets anti knapsacks.
When the detachment and
organization are completed, the
refpetfive cotps will be excei•
cifed under the officers let over
them, but not remain embodied
or be considered as in actual
service, until they are diteded
to take the field to do which, at
a moment's warning they are to
hold themielves in conitanirea
dinefs Charleston Gaz.
AUGUST A, , Nov. 21.
Washington City, Nov 8.
This day at 12 o’clock the I’re*
sident of the United States com
municated, by Mr. Coles, his Se
cretary, to both Houses ot Congress
the following
MESSAGE.
iTWOu’d have beenafource, fallow citi
zen*, of much gratification, if our !aft com
munications from Europe had enabled me to
inform you, that the belligerent nation*
wliofedisregard of neutral riglit* h*s been
so diftruclive to our commerce, h::d become
awakened to the duty and true policy of
revoking their unrighteous edicts. That no
means might be omitted to produce this sa
lutary clTeift, I loft no time in availing my
fe!f of the a& authorizing a fnfpenfion, in
whole or in part, of the fevcral epiha-go
laws. Our miniflers ar l.ondon and Paris
were inftrgdted to explain to the refp-c
--tive government* tliere, our disposition to
exercise the aurhoriry in such manner as
wouid withdraw th* pretext on which the
aggressions were originally fcuntled, and
open the ways: r a renewal of that commer
cial intercourse which it was alledged on all
fide, had been reluctantlv obflrurted. As
each of those eovernmen s had pledged its
readiness to concur in renouncing a measure
which reached its adveifary through lie in
conteftible rights cf neutrals only and as the
measure had been alTnmed by each as arc
filiation for an afTcrted acquiescent e in tlie
aggreflions of the ether, it was reafona’>v
expedfed that the oecafion would have been
fe : z'd by l>oth for evincing the fincerlty of
their pro r eHion, and for leHoring to the
comm?rce of the United States its legitimate
freedom. The inftructi'-ns to our miu
ifters with rifprdlto the different belligerents
were neceflarily modified, with a reference
to their different circumflances, and to the
condirion annexed by law to the exrcutive
power of suspension, requiring a degree of
feenrity, to our commerce which would not
result from a repeal of the decrees of Fra*'ce.
Jnflead of a pledge, therefore, for a suspen
sion of the embargo as to her in case of such
a rt peal, it was presumed that a fufficirnt
inducement might be found in other confi
derations, and particularly in the change
produced by a compliance with oui* just de
mands by one belbgerent, and a re fufal by
the other, in the relation* between thi* other
and the U States. To G. Britain, whose
power on the ocean is so afeendant, it was
deemed not ineonfiftent with the condition,
to state explicitly, that on her refeinding her
orders in relation to the U. States, their
trade would be opened with her, and re
nt tin shut with her enemy, in case of his
failure to refeind his decree* also. From
France no answer has been received, nor
any indication that the requisite change in
her decrees is contemplated. The f vora
blc reception of the proportion toG. Britain
was the lets to be doubted as her orders of
council had not only been referred for their
vindication to an acquiescence on the part
of the United States no longer to be pre
tended, but as the arrangement pmpofed,
whilst it refitted the illegal decrees of France,
involved moreover, fubftamially, the pre
cile advantagess profeffcdly aimed at by the
British order*. The arrangement has never
theless been rejected.
This candid and liberal experiment hav
ing thus failed, and no other event having
occurred on which a suspension of the cm
bargo by the executive was authorized, it
neceflarily remains in the extent originally
given to it. We have the f.tisfadttion how
ever to refledfc, that in return for the priva
tions imposed by the measure, and which
our fellow cit zers in general have borne
w : th patrictifm, it has bad the mportsnt
effedts o r laving onr mariners and our vast
mercantile property, as well as of affording
time for profecutiong the defenfive audnro
viflonal measures called for by the occafi-.n.
It has demonflrated to foreign nations the
moderation and firmnefs which govern our
councils, and to our cit'zens the neceflitv of
uniting in support of the laws and the rights
of their country ; and has thus long fruflra
ted tl ofe usurpations and spoliations, which
if refilled involved war, if submitted to, fa
crificed a vital principle of our national in
dependence.
Under a continuance of the belligerent
measures which, in dt fiance of laws which
confccratc the rights of neutrals, overspread
the ocean with danger, it will rest with the
wisdom of Congress to decide on the course
befl adapted to such a (late of thing* ; and
bringing with them, as they do from every
part of the union, the sentiments of our con
flituents, my confidence is strengthened that
informing this decision, they will, with an
uuurring regard to the eflential rights and
interefU of the nation, weigh and compare
the painful alternative out of which a choice
is to lie made Nor fliould Ido justice to
ti e virtues which on other necafions have
marked the chara&er of our fellow citizens,
if 1 did not elierifh an equal confidence that
the alternative chosen, whatever it may be,
will bemaintained with all the fortitude and
patriotiftn which the crisis ought to inspire.
The documents containing the correfp<.n
denecs on the fubjeC\ of the foreign edicts
against our commerce, with the inftrutftiong
given to our ministers at London and Paris,
are now laid before you.
The communications made to Cotigrefs at
I their last lclUou explained the pcfture in
| which the close of t* l # d!fi:nflions rclatingto
the attack by » British fliip of war On the
Chefapeake left a fwhjecl on which
the nation had in.inifefted fi> a
lrnfib ; lity. Every view of what had [rafted,
authorize.! a bebet that im cdiate ftct.»
would be taken l*y the Bririth g >veri>nient
foi rednffi.'g a wrong, which th- more it
was inv, (ligated, appeared the more clearly
to require what had not been provided for
in the special million. It is found that no
ftep* have betn taken for the purpose. On
the contrary it will be seen, in t! c docu
j meats laid he'ore yn, t' at the inrulmiffible
preliminary which obftru&ed ti e sutjuftnient
i is ftili adhered to; and mot cover, that it
is now brought into connection with the dif
tindk ai d ir,starve case of the orders in
council. The iriftrudions which had been
given to our m nifler at London, with a
view to facilitate if necessary, the reparation
claimed by the U. States, are included in
the documents communicated.
Our relations wi h the other powers o‘
Europe have undri gone no material charges
iincc your lad fclCon. The important nego
tiations wbh Spain, which‘had been a’tcr
liatcly suspended and resumed, nereffarily
experience a pause, under the extraordinary
and int< re(lim> criti* which didit guilhes her
internal situation.
With the Barhary powers we continue in
harmony, with the exception of an unjuftifi
able proceeding of the Dcy of Algieres to
wards our cot.lid to that regency. Its cha
raCler and circumdanccs are now laid he
fore you, and will enable you to decide how
far it may, cither now or hen after, call for
any measures, not within the limits of the
executive authority. .
With our Indian neighbors the public
peace has been dcadiiv maintained. Some
indances of individul wrong has, as at orher
times, taken place ; but in no wife implaca
ting the will of the nation. fievond the
Millidippi the (oways, the Sacs and the Ali
bamas have delivered up for trial and pun
ishment, individuals from among then feiv.es,
accuiedof murdering citizens oi the U. States,
On this flue the Miffilfippi 'the Creeks are
exerting themfelvcs to arrtd offenders of
the lame kind, and the Chodt. w» have ma
nifelted th'ir readiness and delire for am ca
ble and j ilt arrangements refpetding depre
dations commit.ed by disorderly persons of
their tribe, and generally from a convi&ion
that we confider them as a part of ourselves,
and .cheiilh with Cncertty their rights a'>d
intereds. The attachment of the Indian
trfbe* is gaining drength daily, is extending
from the nearer t« the more remote, aail
wii! amply requite us for the judice and
fiiendfliip praifhfed towards them. Hnf
handry aiiu houfhold manufacture are ad
vancing among them,more rapidly with t he
fouthernth n northern tribes, from circum
dances of foil and climate : and one of the
two great divfions of the Cherokee na.ion
h-ve now under copfideration to solicit the
citizenfliip of the IJ. States, and to be iden
tified wit:> ns in law and government, in
such progreflive manner as we (hall think
bed.
In consequence of the appropriations of
the lad f< lhon of Congress for the frctirity
of our seaport towns and harbors, such
works of defence have been e r cited as seem
ed to becalhd for by the lunation of the
fever.*! places their relative importance, an I
the scale of expenses indicated hr the a
mount of the appropriations These works
will chiedy be fin idled in the c< urf. ot the
present season, except in New Yo-kand N.
Orleans, where mod was to be done; and
although a great proportion of the lad ap
propriation has been ’expended on the for
mer place, yet some further views will be
submitted to ( oi gref* tor rendering its se
curity entirely adequa-e againll navel en
tcrprizc. A view oi what has been done at
the feieral places and of what is proposed
to be done, fli.-ll be communicated as foou
as the fevcral reports are received.
Os the Gun-boats authoris'd by the act
of December lad, it has been rhnught neref
fary to build only one hundred and tlnce
in the present year, these, with thofc before
poircffed, are fufiicient for the harbois and
waters mod exp fed, and tl»e residue will
require little time for their construction
when it (hall be deemed neceflary.
Under the a<d of the lad felßon for rais
ing an addi ional military force, so many
officers were immediately appointed as were
necessary for carrying on the buiiuefs of re
crui'ing, and in proportion as it advanced,
others have been added. We have reason
to believe their success has been fatisfaidory,
although such returns have not yrt been re
ceived as enable me to present you a ftatc
ment of the numbers engaged.
I have not thought it neccflary, in the
course of the lad season to call for any gen
eral detachments of militia or of volunteers
under tl.e laws pilled for that purpefe.
For the eufuing feahm .however they will be
required to l*e iu readiness. (hould their ler
v-ces be wanted. Sonic fr.iall and fpeci.d
detachments have beeu neeeflary to maintain
the laws of embargo, on that portion of our
northern fron ier which offered peculiar
facilities for cv-fion. But these were re
placed as soon a • it could be done by bo
dies of new recruits. By the aid of th-fe,
and of the armed vessels called into service |
in otlie' quarters, the spirit of disobedience i
and ahufe, which manifefted itfelf eerly and
with 'enfible effedl while we were unpie
pared to meet it, has been coniiderably le
preffed
Coufidering the extraordinary character of
the times in wh'ch wc live, our aitenrion
fliould unremittingly he fixed on the fafety
of our conntry. For a people who arc tree,
and who mean to remain so, a well organi
fed and armed militia is their bed security
I.is therefore incumbent ou us, at every
meeting to revise the condition of toe mi
litia, and to alk ourl'clves if it is prepared
to repel a poweiful enemy at every p >int
of our territories exposed to invasion ? Some
es the dates have paid a laudable attention
to this objetfl: but every degree of Dcgledt
is to be found among others. Congress
alone having the power to prod»ce an uni
form due of preparation in this great organ
of defence; the iutereds which they so
deeply feel in their own and : heir couutry’s
security will present this as among the molt
important objects oi’ their deliberation.
Under the adts of March 1 1, and April
2.3, refpedting arms, the difficulty of pro
curing.them from abroad during the pre
sent lituatinn and dispositions nf Europe
induced us to dircdl our whole efforts to the
means of internal fupoly. she public fac
tories have therefore been enlarged, add,
1 tional machineries eredted, and in propnr.
thin as artificers can 1* f und or formed
their itfidl, already more than doub'ed,
may be iucreafcd, so as to keep p?ce with
tiieveaily increase of the militia. The
annual funis appropriated by the latter adt
have been diee<fted tothcenc uraeement of
private ladlors of ai ns, and coutradls have
•wen entered into with individual under
takers to ; early the amount oftlic firfl year’s
app'op iti >n
The suspension of onr forci n commerce,
p oduced by the iujiiftice of the belligerent
powers, and the confequeut losses and far.
rifices of our citizens, arc fubjetfls of j u st
concern. I’lie situation into which wc
thus been /orceu has impel ed us to apply
i a portion of our indufiry and capital to in-
I tcrnal manutadlures-and improvements
Ihe -xtent of this conversation is d ily jn
j creafing,and linl- doubt remains that the
eftablifliment formed and forming, will,'un
der toe auspices of cheaper mateiials and
luhfiftencc, the freedom of labor from taxati
on with us, and of protecting duties and pro
hibitions becomes permanent. The com
merce with the Indians eoo, within our own
boundaries, is lildy to receive abundant ali
ment from tli fame i eternal finircc, and will
lecure to them peace and the progress of ci
vilization unddtui bed by practices heftile to
both.
Ihe accounts of the receipts anq expen
ditures during the year endii g on the 3oth
day ot -cpteiub r iaft, being not yet made
up, a correct (latcmcnt will hereafter be
transmitted from t’.e treasury ; in the mean
time ct is afeertamed that the receipts have
amounted to near eighteen mil.i m, of dol
lars, which with the eight millions and an
h. If iu the treasury at the b ginning of the
year, have enabled us after meeting the cur
rent demands aid inrcrdl inci rr. d, to pay
two million three hundred thoufard dollars
of the principal of our funded debt, aud
left us in the treasury on that day near four
teen millions of dollars; of these, five mil
li us three hundred and fifty tboufaud dol
lars wili be ncceff.cry to pay what w II be
due on the id day oi January next, which
will complete the reimbursement of the
eight per cent ftotk; these payments with
those made in the 6 ye..rs and an half pre
ceding, will have eitinguifhed thirty three
millions, five hundicd and eighty thmifand
dollars of the principal of the funded debt,
bemg the whole which couid he paid or pur
chased within toe limits of the law and of
our contracts ; and the amount of principal
thus difeharged wilt have liher »ted the re
venue from about two millions of dollars of
intei est, and addeJ that sum annu .lly to the
difpol’able furplus--thc probable accumula
tion of the surpluses of revenue, beyond
what can be applied to the payment of the
public debt, whenever the tretdi ni and
fafety of our commerce (hall he restored,
merits the confideralion of congress. Shall
it lie unproductive in the public vaults ?
Shall the levenuebe reduced? or (hall it
not rather be appropriated to the improve
ments of roads, canals, rivers, education,
and other great foundations of prosperity &
union, under the powers which congress
may already posses., or such amendment of
the conftilution as may tie approved by the
states ? While uncertain of the course »f
things the time may be advanugeoufly em
ployed in obtaining the powei* 4 cceffarv
fora lyftem of improvement, (hould that be
thought belt.
Availing myfelf of this, the last occasion
which will occur of addrelfing the two
Huufcs of Legiftature at their meeting, I
cannot omit the cxpieffion of my sincere
gratitude, for tbr repeated proofs of con
fidence manifefted to me, by themfdves &
their predeccffors fincc my call to the ad
minift.ation, aud the many indulgences ex
perience dat their hands. The fame grate
ful acknowledgements are due to my fellow
ci izens genera.ly, wliofe support has been
my great encouragement under all embar
rassments. Iu the trans dlion of their busi
ness I cannot have escaped error; it is inci
dent t.) our imptrfeeSk nature j but 1 may
fay with truth my errors have been of the
underftjnding, not *f intention : and that
the advancement of their rights and inter
ells has been the canftant motive for every
mcafur*. On tnefe confederations I f.*licit
their indulgence. Looking forward with
anxiety to their future deft inies, I trust that
in their steady character, u illiakcn by df
ficullies, in their love of liberty, obedience
to law, and support of the public authoii
tics, I fee a fine guarautee ( f the permv.
ueucc of our republic: and retiring from the
charge of their affair, I carry with me the
consolation of a firm persuasion that Hea
ven has iu ftrre ft r our beloved country,
long ages to cunie of prosperity aud happi
ness.
TH: JEFFERSON-
Nov. Sth, 1808.
Extract of a letter from a member
of the Legislature in Milledge*
viile,dated\stfi November,, 1808,
to his Corrsspondent in this City.
Dear Sir.
Since my last considerable bu
siness has been la»d our. The
most important which Hbs yet
pa»9ed onr house, is one to alter
the 10th Section of the 3d Article
of the Constitution, this bill pas
sed our branch of the Legislature
this day, yeas 43, nays 19.
should it pass the Senate by two
thirds, it ihen becomes a part of
the Constitution of this State, this
being the second Legislature—the
bill you have sf-en published in
our papers and in the laws passed
last session. Several bills *tre on
the tapis for altering other parts
of the Constitution & God knows
where, or when we shall stop —1
much fear we shalL in a few years
have no Constitution but the will
ot Legislature.
We have made 'some progress
on the impeachm vnt of the com
missioners of Ptacttional Sur
veys, they plead.ed to the Juris
diction of the Senate —and yes*
terdar upon solemn argument,
that l»ndv unanimously dvternnin
ed tfi.ii they had Juri diction, and
the defendants werr otdvtrd to
the articles bv r to-morrow,
when we dial! proceed on the me
rits.
This day the electioon of Elec
tors of President and Vice*Pres>-
<l. nt was had bv joint ballot, on
ihe first vote, John Tw»gg» of
j Richmond, John Rutherford of
j Washington, David Meftwrthec
' of Wilke,, Henry Graybill of Ha
cock and Christopher ClaiE* of
Klbtrt, were elect*d, on the se
cond vote James K. Houston of
Chatham was duly elected. It
is unde i stood that these Gentle
men will all vote for Madison and
Clioion. No attempt or insitu'
alien was made to have electors
oi any oilier political creed.
Yours &c.
Christian Smithy
(Under the Jinn of STEINER?
i< Co. in bavunnahy) informs
friends and t fie public in genera!*
that he. has take,! ihe store of
Mr. Stinmes, opposite the Nail
Manufactory. where he ojfei sfor
saliy very top for Cash or Pro
dme,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
CROCERILS,
VIZ ;
GIN in Pipes, .
Hum in M(ids.
Philadelphia Peer, ) , „ ,
I’or.er aiH Me, \ Barrels.
Sheriy W ine 6 years old iln guar -
Malaga, do. do. )ra casks
Pest Green Coffee in Bags,,
Do. Sugar in Barrels,
Glass in Boxer, 8 by 10.
Soap do.
Raisins do.
Writing paper,
Cotton Bugging & Cotton Cards,
Pork, &c
November 21.
NOTICE
THE Eleßion of the Officers
of the Richmond Academy, will
take place on Saturday the 3 i It
of December next, for the en
suing year, when a Reßor will
be appointed with a Salary of
S 500 and half the Tuition mo
ney, and an Engiifh Teacher,
with a Salary of $ 400 and the
other half of the Tuition mo
ney. Application will be ad
dressed to Dottor Johu Mur
ray, Prefidcnt of the Board of
Trujlees.
THOMAS BARRETT, CVk.
Nov. 21.
NOTICE.
THE Citizens, who have not
had an opportunity of fubferib
ing to the Augufla Volunteer
Nightly Guard, (to go into op.
ration on Thurlday night next)
are informed that the fubferp.
tton paper is left at Calffrcy
and Buftin’s, where they are
lolicited to call and l’ubfcribe.
OHober 21.
i i— immmmmmmrn ,n ■ ■■ ■ i i .1
NOTICE.
PERSONS willing to con
traß for supplying the Troops in
the State of Georgia with rati
ons, including the Octnulgee
Old Fiends, from the iff day of
January 1809, to the 10th day
of May 1810, will give in their
propolals to the fubicriSer, on
or before the lad day of .his
month ; at the lame time men.
tioning the names of their lecu
rities.—The ration, per day, to
be furnilhed & deliwered, muff
conlilt ol the following articles,
viz. pound of Beef, or of
a pound ol Pork; 18 ounces
of Bread or Flour ; 1 gill of
Rum, VVhilky or Brandy; and
at the rate ot 2 quarts of Salt, 4
quails of Vinegar, 4 pounds of
Soap, 1-*- pound ot Candles to
every one hundred rations.
LEVISHEFTAL,
United States Agent,
Savannah, Nov. ill, iBcB.