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VOL. V.
AUGUSTA— printed bv DANIEL STARNES CS Co
Thirteenth Congress
f F THE US’IT ED STATES.
IN SENATE,
Monday, May 1 s
THE VICE PUE-iIDENT'S
ADDRESS.
Gentlemen of the Senate
Oar fellow-cfiizens, in
the free exercise of their 1
conrtitutiona! authority, ha
ving been pleased to honop ;
the person addrefhng you,
with this diftitiguilhed (ta
tion, have conferred on him i
an indifpenlable obligation
to meet their just expecta. f
tions. To attain this defi- |
rable objeCt, and to prelide
over this honorable body in
conformity to their rnagnan- j
imity, Which at all times
have been conlpicuous, will
be hi* primary pursuit. |
Whiht the constitution has 1
inverted him with Leg ill a-j
tiveand Executive powers
in cases only that are casual,
to the decilions, of these it ;
has attached a great respon
sibility; in anticipating
which and his other duties,
he has the pleasing profpeCt
of reposing on your liberali
ty and candor. But if in
this high and influential
branch of the government,!
such unanimity should pre- ;
vail as to decide for them- !
selves every question of pol
icy, the example will Rill
encreafe their lurtre and add
to his happinels.
It is a fuhjeCt of cordial
congratulation, that the lib
erties of the people in so
great a degree rell on that ,
wildomand fortitude, which
mark the characters of the .
exalted perfonuge wha fills
'the Supreme executive, of
the dignified members who
eonflitute the National Le
girtature, m i of the eminent
ofuceis who direct the Min
* derial D partments. Pub.!
he virtues, emulated by few j
governments, r eed no en-,
comiums. Fidelity and in-*
tegrity, unsubdued by the
levered ordeals and prefag- .
ln g to public calamities a
favorable ifiue, will be ever
held in high crtimation,
whil(\ a government ferupu
ously faithful to its trurt,
Pnd measures which merit
|hc higheit apphutc, have a >
|urt claim to the public lup
ftort.
> The present epoch is mo
wientueus, and leads to ob
servations, which would not
»ccur on ordinary ticcafuns.
Oar country is again in-
Jolved i n n finguinary con
iit the iflue of which in
■he ertimation of the ene it v,
■ s to determine, whether
T 1 * lepublican fyllem adopt
cd by the people is cm bee lie ■
)and transient, or whether it
has force and duration w >r
'by of the enterprise. T hat
u*
MIRROR OF the times.
it can never fail whilst they
are true to their interert, is
beyond doubt. And i-s it
not equally so, that they
will never desert the gov
ernment of their choice, or
attach themselves to a fo
reign dominion from which
under the benign smiles of
Divine Providence, 1 they
have lately by thciftnvn va
lor emancipated themfelvcs ?
Can they need arguments to
, convince them, that in pro
portion to the purity of re
publican governments, have
ever been tfie reproaches
[ and efforts for overthrowing
! them by imperious sove
reigns whence ruled them ?
“To divine and to con
! quer,” have long been the
objects of the enemy. He'
has presume J on his own
:arts; and on impotency in
! our system of governments;
but in both indances he wiil
&c convinced of his error.—
Ihe people and constituted
authorities of the l'cveral
states, those great pillars of
cur confederate fyllem, nu
merous as they are & inevi
table difeordant in fotne of
their intererts, has evinced
ir. various ways, a firm de.
termination to support it.
The interior frontier Hates,
wiere the territorial war
commenced and continues,
afiiiled by innumerable dif
ficilties, have summoned
tbtrn, and by their unani
mity and Spartan valor, are
eftahlilhing for themselves
imnortal honor—Through
the extensive wilds of our
military operations, some
of tlefe as in all wars, have
been iuceefsful and other*
unfortunate. But to what
ever caufcs the latter m*y he
tracjpj, they never can be
imputed to those heroic of
liceits or privates of the army
or of the militia, who have
bravey combatted the ene- <
mv; and of whom, some
have fyecn crowned wit.h
laureli; others have sub
mittedjto irrefirtihle rnisfor
tunes, had may have nobly
fallen, inihrined with glory.
The 'antic slates have ie
pelled kvith magnanimity
inaritiritr invasions, and have
ailo proofs of their
patrioiiflardor, by conquerts
•on the clean. Their enter
prizes ;ted victories have
been fui-ijces of national tri
umph aid renown. Are
not our officers and marines
in naval combats, unrival
led by amc ? Have they
na>t prelcaied infallible sure
ties for fignuhzing the w
lelves o: great occasions ?
I low vaii tficn i* the hope
of di'Asw or conquest! Does
the enenv expect, bv hurn
• ing dtfctaelefs towns and
Villages, ho promote his
views? Each conduct may
entail on he nitiun which
A 1
“ HoLr> THS m,rr °k UP to mature —Shakespeare,
WSST END OF BROAD-STREET. SATURDAY NICHT, JoNIJ I ,3, 3.
fanCtions its eternal infamy,
hut can never lubdue the el
evated fouls of our brave
fellow-citizens ; or even de
prels the fablime minds of
our innocent fair, of the
ornaments of our country ;
who amidrt the unmerited
distresses inflicted on them
and their tender offspring,
by a merciless foe, will soar
above fyinuathy and the jult
tribute of universal admira
tion and applause:
While the Executive, in
hill exercise of its authority,
is left to tert the fmcerity of
pacific overtures, it is a hap
py circumrtnuce, that the
united States, at all times
deli rous of an honorable
peace, and superintended by
an officer whose capacious
mind embraces, and whose
patriotic fortitude will pur
(ue every interert of his
country, thus meet with ar
dor and difpcnfablc war. :
Is not their power a pledge
that they can , and their fa- '
cred honor that they will
with intrepidity maintain
the conflict ? They demand
jurtice ; andean they relin
quish it, without surrender
of their sovereignty ?
Great Britain is in colli,
(ion with her bed cuftomcrs j
snd once her commercial
friends, who. had viewed
peace as ?. mutual blelfing, j
and who by their modera
tion had prelerved unril Re
certify has pointed to a dif
ferent tiueofconduit Tiiey
had annually sent to her their
productions and specie to »
vafl amount ; had thus em
ployed her mechanics, pur
chased her manufactures,
extended her commerce and
become a great source of her
national wealth. Hence her
zealous and persevering op
position to their commercial
reitruints, representing (in
high (trains) their injury to
the country ; but preferring
silence on a molt imp rtaot
point, their definitive ef
fects on her own manufac
tures and commerce.
The United States are i
now her enemy, and is it
not easy to forefee, that if
the war should coatinue,
the Canadas will be ren
dered Independent of her ;
and as friends or allies to
4
the U. S. will n# longer he
inltrumental in exciting a;i
tin-elenting an i savage war
fare against our extensive 1
and defencelef*. borders ?
To such inhumm acts, in f
former times were the Ca
nidians urvel bv France in
O J
her Albion wars j aid by
our colonial aid Great Bri
tain obtained jorifdiction
over them. She m turn*
his abused this power,
hras jurtifi.'d tHe U. States
in their efforts todivrt her
ot it. Aid ia tu'eir
energy adequate to the ob
ject ? Will not this be e
vident by a view of their
effective national and (late
goverament? of their great
and incrcaling resources? of
| the unconquered mind* aod
j formidable number* of their
icitizens? of their martial
! spirit ? of their innate attach- ]
ment to their rights and li
berties ? and of their inflex.
fibLe determination to pre- 1
fsrve them ? But if any one
ftili doubts, will he not re
coiled, that at the com-'
j mcncemcnt of our revolu
[ tionary war which termina
ted againit her, the united I
i colonies had pot a third of
their present population;
j nor arms of military rtorcs
for a lingle campaign ; nor ;
an efficient arrangement
for warefare ; nor specie in
their trealuries ; nor funds
for emitting a paper cur
| re,icy ; nor a national go- 1
j vernment; (excepting two
; inrtance*) Rate govern
ments ; nor the knowledge
cither of military or naval
taCtie* ? Will sic not also 1
remamber, that G Britain
was then in the zenith of
her power ; that negiibor
ing nations trembled at her
| nod ; that the colonies were
t under her control ; that her
crown officers opposed e
' very means for refuting her; i
excited amonglt the coloni- i
al govcnimeut (over which
they presided) unfounded
jealoufie* of each other and
embarralfed every measure
i for their union : that (he j
was loaded with left than a
filth of her prclent nation- 1
al debt ; that (he was then
at peace with all the world,
and that (lie is now at war
! with a great part of Europe,
as well as with the United
| btates ; If Great Britain
even bcrfelf reflects cm
those thing*, will flic not
reiinqudh her vain attempts'
to awe the citizens of the
United States by exaggera
ted rtatements of her inili
j tary and naval power—or
i by dclulive views of their
unprepared Hate of a war ;
of the great expcnce of it ; ;
; Sc of the difficulties they are
to encounter, in defence of
all that is valuable to men ? J
] K inthe lieu of fruitlcfs ar
tifices, (he will make ratio
| nal and equitable arrange
j ments, wnich the govern
! ment of the Uuitcd States'
have been a*ways ready to '
meet can th.fr be ad uubt that
the two nations will i>e
fpeeJiiy reitorted t > their
wonted fiieniihip and com
merce.
You/ fellow citizen, with
fens.ations which can more
easily be conceived tlnn ex. I
praffed, perceives that ther« !
are in the govenme it rtnnv
ot lit* toruic; Incndj and
jconip-itroics, vv11 1 whom he
us often co.operated in the
perilous concttrns of his
country ; and unfeigned
plealure he will meitthe
other public functionaries,
whose acknowledged abili.
| ties and public services in
j like manner claim his high
l confideraiion and respect.
Whth a lacred regard to rhe
riglits nd every department
| and officer of government
and wish a refpectful defer:
ence to their political princi.
pies and opinions, he has
frankly decUtcd his own;
for to have concealed them at
a crisis like this, might have
favored too muc h of a deft.
ciency of candor*
And may that Omnipo.*
rent being, whose infinite
wildom and juflicc fuprrin.
tendi the deftiniesof nttions
contip.n the heroic patrio.
tifm which has glowed in
the brealts of our national
rulers and convince the ene
my, that whilst a disposition
of peace on equatablc terms,
will ever prevail in their
public councils, one spirit,
animated by the love of
country will inspire every
: department of the national
; government.
E. GERRY.
Washington, Mty 24, 1813
IN SENATE.
Wednesday, May 26.
The Piesidcut lam odore the
1 Senate, a report of the Secretao
ry for the department of War,
I comprehending lUtcments of all
! lhe lr eaue* held with the Indian
j tnbei refpeflivdy, fi f ,ce the
4 h March 1789, relative to
jme pu chafe of wre lands, the
annum of the purchases and
annuities with the amount in
goods and money expended in
j carrying Inch treaties in*« effect,
' made conformably to t refolu
; non of the Senate of the 30 h
| December ibt a, and the report
was icad.
Thursday , Miy 21. m?.
Mr. Smith and Mr.
j boicugh, of Maryland, and
Mr. German of New. York,
appeared an J took their feats.
O* motion of Mr. Campbell
it was resolved, that lo much
of the Prefideni’s mefTige as re
lates to oir intercoulc with
foreign powers, was ordered to
he retened to a committee of
seven, conlilfing of Mefirs.
j Campbell, 1 aylor, Chace,
Smith, Varnum, Brown, Dana.
i hat lo much as reia cs to *
the naval cllabhfhtnent be re
ferred to a committee of five,
confining () f Mefl ». Smith,
Gsillard, Gilman, Howell and
Cutis; and
I hat lo much as relates to
the tnili.ary cliahhflintnit, be
referred to a c* iniimts of live,
, confiding of M ff s. Anderlon,
Vat nun,, Smith, L-ib uou
. Hunici.
Houfcol Repiefcntatives.
Thursday. Way r - 7.
M\ ®n ti.uN pretence] if,;
!pe i.i.m of John '1 alia'cno,
' . » e.iir»7 the election *
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