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ATHENS, csoßojA: pauLssHia *y ALEXANDER M'DONNELL.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
( Concluded’,)
Our aff* ♦rs with Franc** retain the
prfoore which they held ar mv laft
cnnimunrcationi to you. N©t.with
(Undirg the aurhorifecl exp Nation
ff an early as well as favorable ifiuc
to the on foot, theft have
been procrsftmred to the h'fift date.
The only intervening occurrence
meriting atcration, is the prcmul
ion cfaFrcnch decree, purport*
t g to be a definite reped of the
B-. Tin and Milan decree*.—Tins
proceeding, alfho* ma ?c the ground
cf the repeal of the B’ u fh orders ia
council, is rendered, by he time
and Runner of it, liable to maay ob
j ftiVns. -
The final rommunicatitßs firm
cor fpecial M-nifTr at Denmark,
afford further pr©of* of the god
c‘F &s of his rnffian, and of rh*
amicable difpnficton of r.hf Dauifh
government. From Rufftn we have
the fans fashion to receive ,*ftu an res
of continued fn*ndftvp, and that it
will not be aff. died bv he rupfure
between the United States a<d G.
Britain. Sweden alfa prof IT fen
tirnents favorable to the fulfitiig
h?rm?ny.
With the Barbarv powers ex
cepting that ef Atgim, our affa rs
remain on the fame rooting. Tse
C <nfui Genera?, refiding with that
Regency, has fuddrolv, a -d without
caule been bamfhrd, tcg>"hrr wirH
all the American tr iz hs found
there Whether this was the tran
fitury * ft ft of capricious dt fpot ifm,
cr the fi‘fl aft of predetermined
hoftiiivy, is not akes tamed. Prr
caiuioos were taken by trie Cordul
on the latter iuppt fi ion.
The I disn tnbes, nor under fo
reign infi’gatio*;*, remain at peace,
a <1 receive the civiliffag attenffans
which have proved i’o beneficial to
them.
With a view to that vigorous
profttmmn or the war, to which
*u r national faculties are adequate,
the attention of Congrefs will be
particularly drawn to the ißfuffieijen
f; of the exiftih g prov'fi’s.s for fii
ling up the mhtarv eftablilhcnenr.
Su h ts the happy condition of our
country, &r:fi ;g from the facility of
fubfiftedce and the high wages for
evrv fpecies of occupation, that
nntwitt-(landing the sugmsn efi m
d’u emrTHS provided at the laftfef
fi % & paruai face* fs nax oply acten
c ; he recruiting fens ice.—The
c? ficiency has been nrctflVUy lup
pltcd, during the campaign, by
o* her than re gular creeps, with all
the inconveniences and expencca
incident to them. The remedy lies
in eftabi Thing, more favorably for
the private loldier, the proportion
between his re corn pence and tne
term of his cnliftment, And it is a
fuhj’ t which cannot too foon or too
frn; ,fly be taken mto ebufi deration.
r-ie fam? imuffi icncy nas been
fXtienenced in the provifi>ns for
Vr 'in teers made by an aft of the laft
*• Iji n . The recommence for the
device required in tnis rate, is ftdi
f? atrraftsve than an the other.—
fi -id altho* patriotism alone has fent
the field fame valuable corps of
GEORGIA EXPRESS.
“* Awr sis all iva to asm fa©, amb Liimsoos small as ihcjikasim.”
that deferiptior, thofe alone who
t: *’ afford the facrifice can rcafoma
bly b expefted to yield to that im
pulfe.
It will merit confidcratmn alfo,
whet her, as auxiliary to the lecurity
of our frontier, corps may not He
ao’vantagecufi” ergantfed, with a rs
flr:6ln of tt eir t rviees to particu
lar and drifts convenient t® them.—-
And whether the lo &i and orcafion
al fervices of ttiarinea and in
tee fea port towns, under a iimilar
organization; would not be a provi
dent audition to the means ot their
defence.
I recommeiid a prr>vjfion for an
increafe of tkr gr serai ffi ers of the
army, the deficiency of which has
been illuftraicc) by the number acd
diftincc of fepara.? csmtrsandJ,
whit h the courfe of thewty and the
advao sgc of the fervice huve requi
red.
And I cannot prefs toe ftrorgly
on the carbeft artemjon of the Lrgd
lature, rhe imporrarvr of he re or
gamsarion of the duff rftahlifii
m nr i with a v ew o render
d’.fhnft and definitive the relations
and refpor.Abilities f its fe.verai de
par mf nts. That there % room for
improvements which will raa erinl
h prom te both economy luccelt
in wha’ a, per ams to f Te army sod
the wi’i’s tqcaliy incuka r c?i by the
examples o’ oi her ceoittrics and k>r
the exjerkrKf of our ?>n.
A rvv.n m of the niditia lews for
the piirpole of rendsfirg them m<*re
f ftemati , and better adapting them
to ?;m--rgcneifs of ri*’ war, is at thi*
time particularly drfi *bc.
Of the additional lb?pi authorued
to 6t fi cd for fervite, w* will be
ibertly r<iady to fail; a third si
dcr repair j aa.i delay will be avoid
ed in the repair of the rrfiiua. O:
the apprcpnatiOKS far thr purchalt
of mater ais hr bidding, the
greater part ha# been ?pp|;eo to that
objeft, and the buddi gs will ee
commist and with the balance.
The Tnteipr %ng fprit which
has characterized our naval force, &
of iti iucctis both in rcframing of
fuch depredanons cn our chaffs, arid
in reprifais on the enemy, wdi not
fail to recommend an cniarg mtnt
cf it.
There tjeing re a fen to believe
that rhe aft prohibiting f he accept
ance of licences, is not a fuf
fi sent guard agiir.fi. the ufc of them
for purpofes favorable to the inter
efts and views of the eoemv ; fur
ther provifioas on that fubjeft are
highly imponant. Nor is it iefs fo
that penal ena&ments uld be
provided for calrs of corrupt and
perfiaieus Intercourfc w’ththe ene
my, nou, amounting to trrafon r.dr
yet embraced by any ftat'-onary
pr v fivn*.
A corfiderable number of Ame
rican vdTc s which were in E f gland
when the revocation ot the orders
in council took place, were laden
with B r ‘t fh manutafturrs under an
errdacous imprefli * that the non
icnpurtauoß aft wtsuld ceafe to ope
rate, and have arrived in the United
Staus. T did not appear proper
toe on uaforefeen caks of
lucii fliagnitude, the ordinary pow-
era vefted in the treafury depart
ment ro mi- gate forfeitures, with
eur previevfiy fff rd ng to C:n-
an opportuVicy of making >n
the fubjeft fuch as tiiey
may think proper. Is their Ceci
fioa they will doubrlcis cqudlv con
fuft what is due to the tqmra&te
ccrfiderattoAS and to the puoiic m*
tercft.
The recc ; pts into the treakry,
during the year ending on the 30 h
of iaft, have rxi e. Utd
fixteen millions and a naif >f dol
lars ; which have been liffi icnt to
defray ill the demands on me rra
futv to that dav including a nec: fi*
ry reimburfemrac of near three
millions f the prin-ipa! of the
public debt. In chrk receipt is
included a fum near 5,850,000 dol
lars received on accou t >j( vhc iuaus
authorized bv the afts nf the aft
kfn j.\ : the wlwle Kim actually
tailed on loan am.'uats to eleven
millions cf dollars,’ the r fidoe of
which firing receivcabie fubiequeat
to the 30',h of September lift will,
with the < urrent revenue
enable us to defray all the cxpenccs
cf this rear.
The duties on late unexpeft
ed importations of B* t fk iuanu ac
i.ures, will render the revraur of
rhe ecfukg year more productive
than coul i have anticipated.
The fi uarma of our country,
fell -w-ciuzena, is not without us
difficulties, chough it *n
animating confiderations, ot which
the vVw here prr'kftted of our pe
cuniary rtfour* es it an * xample.—
With more than one nation, m<- as
ffnous snd unfirttlrd coatroveific^;
aad with one, powerful in the means
and habits of war, we arc at war.—
The fpirit and ftreng h of this na
tion sre r.ercrtheU fs eq .il to the
luppert of all itarigh a* and to car
r> through all its trials. They can
be met in that confidence. Ary ve
all we have the incftisiable cenfoia
tion of knowing, that the war in
which we are aftuatlv engaged is a
war ncitheir f ambi ion nor of vain
glory ; that it * waged, not in vio
lation of the rights of others, bu: in
the* maintenance of our own; that
i: was preceded bv a patience with
out example, under wrongs accu
mulating without em : and that it
was finally not declared until every
hope of averting it was exnrgraft
ed, by the tramfer of the Briiifti
feeptre into new hands clirg-ng to
former councils; ar.d until diclaia
tions were reiterated to tne laft
hour, through the Bntifh envoy
here, that the hnftde edifts ag*ir.ft
cur cciriCßcrf ? ia) rights and cur ma
ritime inde*peruicsct would hot be
revoked; nay, that they could not
be revoked, without violating the
obi gitions of G, and. to other pow
ers, as well ax to her own i rut reft.
To have drunk, under fni \ cir
cumftances, manly r fiftance,
would have been adt gradation b aft
ir.g ciir beft & preuc cft hcpcf : it
would have (Truck us from the high
rank, where the virtuous ftruggles
of our fathers had placed us, and
have betrayed the mag-vfi ent kga
cy which we hold la truft far future
generations.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 18it.
It. would have acknowledged, that
on the e'rmcnf, which fornu ihree
fourths of me gl ibe we inhabit, md
where ad independent na iart e
equal and common rights, the A
niencari people were not md p • -
deer people, but r dor.ifts and aT
fals. [t a this mom* nt, and
with iu h an akcrria ive, that ■sar
wa ‘hofeq. Tne nation felt tne
oe efiity of it and called for i f .~—
Tne appeal was according]v mao ‘,
in a joft cauf'r, to rhr j*til a. ct *<l
pow-rfui being who h Ids in h s
ha cf the chun of events a rfie
dftmv of nations. I: icanaioa or. Iv
tha , fauhful r > entar.gi and
in no connections *s*h the vj- * ot
other powers, eytr tr > AC rpt
pea- e frvnri th hand of juftice, we
profe cute the war w rh in a ted coun
cils snd with the amplr fa 1 of
the nation, until peace b? I . 00-
rained, and ax rhe only means urver
thr divine bluffing, of fpecduy ob
tainirg it.
JAMES MADISON.
Nov. 5.
QUEENS 1 OWN.
Isa handfome immediately
bd w ihr faiis of N and at
the h*H of the ravg*fc>k wate-s of
that ft :t; it is the place of dcoot
fur alt the mer hand z** and public
(lores, wbi h a r ? breug it f” fhac
place from K. gft m. Public ft s
for farts Erie and Malden, r..d
merchandize far all tfa country 4-
bove, as well as the returns by .hat
rcure downwaid, pafs through
Qjcenftown. They ar*’ tranfported
ov waggons along *he ponage ten
rullrs •. . Chippawa-, now call and ort
Wflla and ab ve tne fails, f ha*- a
fi >e harb <r, deep *a er, and g and
anchorage the banks on b *ti> fide*
are elevated, ad the landkape a
moi g tee moft Iplend'.d ard l ;o
!mi(* in the uruvcrtc. Several ft
coaches conftantly play be * n
thefe towns and N<“wa<k N wa*k
is oa the fame fide of <h** ftrait, ir
the entrance of L. ke On ario. Uo
on the ion of rh wit n
porta by the Britifh, Fort Ni.-u. ra
was lurrendercd to th>*- U 5 u* s.
The kite was ftlcfted 10 1751, by
the Fren h, and was s
the key tp the inland roumrv. Ii
its beft Hate, it was However, or y
a rampart of earth, f arptd wrh 4
ftockade, and a fpaeious h i r k
wlthm the The er.crDacft
ment of the waters threaten fo un
dermine t; but the ereftion of a
work oil and F >rt Georgr on tee
Canada ft it of the ftrai”, on a p* fi
tton which by beirg more He a>*d
commands the pr-fi ion of our fi W,
the work #t Niagara has boy*n luff *r
ed to decay, as indefenfibU. ‘L'ac
point diflance of the two
works is lefs than a mde, z plum >f
ab-iut a mile over fcparsres fore
G oig- fee m Newark. F :tG *--ge
is a work conftrufted of fim Urrna.
teii'ais, ane* hi* ocen rccta:ly. im
proved, and i : ;s dcfynces ftrerg 1-
ened by double paUftades and fa/e
---r*i works. Our p-finon ippo-
Q-iecaftcwr* m Biack Rock.
Aurora,
(>•■ 117.
