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London, England, 1830-01-08 00:00:00

this date of thin" aim can be allowed as tracts of eoustry on
winch they have Were dwelt nor nude improvements, merely
boom love sew them from the neoldWals or passed task k
the ohm& to the laws of the Oates, and receiving like
ethic a 1.% ipo etestion Is their persons aid property, they will,
ere long, bosom merged in the men of ow pspededen.
Tits sermagamytai report of the Seendriyof the Navy will make
maatieelmid with the anal= aid mad enoplement of that
eirvice.dolig the prows pm Cosolintlesas k does,
the bete mendlei murky of this cointry ago* Weep eigraden,
it dalms the medal attention of Oefoontenest. b this spirit, the
mama which, since the eseminedon et tee last war. hive bun
In eperatine for its graded enhopoono, were adagio!' end it
giddy antinue to be diddled as the eloping el wet mend en-
perlinco It wilt be son however. dot seevoltbseendi, the
greet sacked* which Is bin nolketed kr the whet eepelsa-
don of this arm, and the Illbeedlty of the appropladons whisk that
has szgested, thisoldeet his, In many important respects,
not been sena
In time of piece, we have need at no more ships of war than
are requisite to the protection et env ceumnerce. Those not wanted
for this object mutt lie In the harbours, where, without peeper
teiclionebri;3og' they.
rtheirprareurvPidlY dationecil, muse7land' even u
.don even under
become usheseleste loch is
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already the cue with many of our finest vessels, which, though un-
finished, will now require Immense sums of money to be rest •
to the condition in which they were, when committed to their
proper elements. On this subject there can be but little doubt
that oar best policy would be, to discontinue the building of ships
of the first and seeood class; and look rather to the possession
of ample materials, prepared for the emergencies of war, than to
the number of vessels we can float in the season of peace. as the
index of our naval power. Judicious deposit*. In navy yards,
of timber, fashioned under the hands of skilful workmen, and lifted
for prompt application to their various purposes, would enable is,
at all titres to soastruct vessels as fad as they can be maimed, and
save the heavy expense of repairs, except to such vessels as must
be employed in guarding out commerce. The proper points for
the establishment of these yards are indicated with so much
force, in the Report of the Navy Board, that, in recommending
it to your attention, I deem it unnoesssery to do more than ex-
press my hearty concurrence in desk lbws. The and in this dis-
trict, being already furnished 'debited of the irdeery necessary
for alp-building, will be oomptina to She dip* of the two sr
lona lsy ebe Beard as the hest for the Oelleellarldsa elmatnelalo ;
and ken the hazy end emir/ et esmudalles bows. them,
it will be soden is law at dime &pea, the eignie et deallerled•
orbhor,. opeday that Lad peegedng the usual adonis and
woden herolture of womb.

Slam the het Swims of Congress ammo* frauds on the Tres.
sury have bees dleseeered, which I thought it my duty to bring
under the cognitions of the United States Court for this district by
a criminal premeds& It was my opinion, and that (gable Counsel
who were cowshed, that the cases came within the penalties of the
Aet of the 17th Congress, approved 3d blareb,lll23, providing for
the punishment of frauds committed on the Government oftbeUnited
States. Either from some defect In the law or in its administration,
every effort to bring the accused to trial under its provisions proved
ineffectual ; and the Government was driven to the necessity of
resorting to the vague and inadequate provisions of the common
law. It is therefore my duty to call your attention to the laws
which have been passed for the protection of the treasury If,
indeed, there be no provision by which those who may be en-
worthily entrusted with its guardianship can be punished for the
most &grant violation of duty, extending even to the most frau-
dulent appropriation of the public foods to their own use, it is
time to remedy so dangerous an emission. Or, if the law has ►een
perverted from its original purposes, and criminals, deserving to be
punished under its provisions, have been rescued by legal subtleties,
it ought to be made so plain, by emendatory provisions, s to bailie
the arts of pervereleo, and accomplish the ends of its original
enactment.

In one of the most flagrant cases, the Court decided that the pro-
secution Was barred by the statute which limits prosecution for
fraud to two years. In this case all the evidences of fraud, and
indeed all knowledge that a fraud bad been committed, were in
possession of the party accused until after the two years had elapsed.
Surely the statute ought not to run in favour of any man while be
retains all the evidences of his crime is his own possession ; and,
least of all, in favour of a public altar wise continues to defraud
the Treasury sod conceal the treasaaions for the brief term of two
yean. I would therefore recommend such an alteration of the
law as will give the injured party and the Government, two years
after the disclosure of the fraud, or after the accused is out of office
to commence prosecution.
In caonerion wi• h this subject, I invite the attention of Con-
gress to a general and minute Inquiry into the condition of the Go-
vernment, with a view to aseertahs what Ages can be dispensed
with, what expenses remedied, and what improvements may be
made in the organized= of its various parts, to secure the proper
responsibility of public agents, and promote eßciency and justice
in ail its operations.
The Report of the Secretary of War will mate you acquainted
with the condition of our army, fortifications, arsenals, and Indian
disks. The proper discipline of the army, the training and equip-
ment of the militia, the education bestowed on West Point, and
the accumulation of the means of defence applicable to the naval
force, will tend to prolong the peace we now enjoy, and which every
good citizen—more especially those who have felt the miseries of
eves a successful warfare—must ardently desire to perpetuate.
The returns front the subordinate branches or this service ex-
hibit a regularity and order highly creditable to its character: both
officers and soldiers seemed imbued with a proper sense of duty,
and conform to the restraints of exact discipline with that cheerful-
ness which becomes the profeesiso of arms. There is need, how-
ever, of furrier legislation, to obviate the inconveniences specified
in the report under coosidetadeo, to some of which It is proper that
I elsouki call your particular attention.
The Act of Congress of the !td of March, 11111, to reduce and
fix the military establishment, remaining unezecuted as it re-
gards the command of one of the regiments of artillery, cannot
now be deemed a geld, to the Executive in making the proper
ztstment. An explanatory act, designating the elms of
out of which this grade Is to be filled—whether from the
military list, as existing prior to the Act of 11121, or from it, as it
has been fixed by that Act—would remove this dilficsky. It is
also important that the laws regulating the pay and emoluments of
ofilicen generally should be more specific than they are. Thom,
for example, in relation to the Paymaster and Surgeon-General,
assign to them an amid salary of two thousand five hundred del.
lan ; but are silent es to allowances which, in certain exigencies of
the service, marr be hated inagessable to the discharge of their
duties. This hes been the authority for nomakg to
them various allowesees, at Mann times, under former Mel-
nistrations : but ne milieu rule has bee. observed on the esl4sct.
Similar inconeenieuese exist is other cases; in which the mostroc.
don pot spots the laws by die pubic scauments may operate un-
equally, produce coofiasies, and expose Alan to the idiom of
claiming what is not their die.
I recommend to your festerbg cars, as sae dale safest mans
of national defence, the alikery Acedwey. This bedsides has
already exercised die kinks' influence upon the mord end bra-
lama* character of our away ; and gosh of the grodesses %bees
various causes. may not pursue
_the profession of armss will be
scarcely less useful as entwine. Tint knowledge of the military
art will be advantageously employed in the millthi egreke ; and, in
a measure, aims" a that asp et persons the advantages, which,
Is this rapist, ban to string anis.
Ander impeneement wield be red by dispensing *nether
with the Navy liar* es sew eimedated ; and substastiag In Its
stead lionass, dinar to these speedy edging in the War De-
partment. Bah wader of the Nisei tressferred to the heed of
a separate bureau, eleseped with spedis dudes, would fed, in its
litglint deign. that denime respearailig width asset be
dad wishes a far mere than peeper dena dindiesks Milestone.
Their vast*, makes would hiss se gdi sago se when se
rat* appropiated to dieted pram of the great biereas ado
Navy, to the prosperky et /raid seek wail be impilledeedierete
biassed by the strongest seedges. Under end an arrangennt every
branch of dile important service wield assume a more simple end
precise algae*,; its dinner nub be Increased, sad essupubse
anew Is the expenditure of pubis gamey promoted.
I would also recommend, that the swine corps be merged
the srp:duhkeimaj, as the best erase( wag the many
'is IN Pm We aned% Is maw ay of the regi•
omens labstrkedist arra Ide, iles he Lieseresmt-Obsel
Meat LbutilmmeMtelik, gibs tembe die
pCsells=semelimmats at their anit Mk. widen eirdieleg
mak& Dead ter melee make add a well be
the infastip or Miry, de re bag so pendia nib
tug requisite fer
With these Improvenseits,ad sok sena as seise wadifit.
use, and mama imuliseedes may seggest, there an be gale ink
that, under on airy* eaddstredes el its elliewthe awy may
soon be made every ding dot the ads wieleicktieja •les ed•
delay in the suppurates of 'kap deWed ism med
wherever its gulden have begs imptsped dendlitersunkranote
of the cowry, sal emir tries the aspen of the , to
which I ride yes dr el
bagembg dada Ames diem I
would baps* the amides el empress fee der views pesenied Is
end= to the ineipselity 'between the army sad navy as to the pep
of silken. No wad hesquilty dada prime between these brave
Minden of thdr aunty s sod whim is des sass, it is edemitted
is Cenral whether it ought sec to be metes&
Thar of the Posangster-Goosed le reterred to es edibles
lag a addemory odadditrales of the deportment. Abuse
hen nerved; increased orpedides in the trampietedes of
the mei amid ; end Ile agora meek impread. Le s
poise al dew, die deportment is shady impala% as dare