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and by its infltiedetoUVAnf afoot to *very
power of tl6l2loternthent.' .The Revenue dekhas
on the resources. cif the eetilitry, and by'
• the fa•
which iiie amount *lnked is raiied, is a strong prod
of the extent of. the reseurces, and of -the effiCiencf;
of the Government. A few prominent-facts. will
place this great interest in a just light before 'Ott.
•'. Oa the 30th of September, 1815, the funded and
floating Debt of the United States was estimated at
119,635,558 dollars. If to this sum be added the
'ainoiffit of five per cent. Stock Subscribed to the Bank
of the United States, the amount °IX ssissippi stock,
and of the stock which was isSued subsequently to
that trate, the balances ascertained to be due to cer-
tain States, for military services, and to individuals,
for. supplies furnished and servicei rendered, during
the late war, the Public Debt may be estimated as
amounting, at that date, and as afterwards liquidated,
to 158,713,049 dollars. On the 30th of September,
1820, it amounted to 91,993,883 dollars, having been
reduced in that interval, by. payments, 66,879,165-
dollars. Miring this term, the expenses of the Go-
vernment of the United States were likewise defrayed,
in ever:y branch of the Civil, Military, and Naval
Establishments ; the public edifices in this city have
been rebuilt, with conside able additions; extensive
fortifications have been commenced, and are in a train'
of execution; permanent arsenals and magazines have
been erected in various parts of the Union ; our Navy
has been considerably augmented, and the ordnance,
rfitrnitioos of war, and stores, of the Army and Navy,
whichwete much exhausted during the war, have
been replenished. by the discharge . of so large a
proportion of the Public Debt. and the execution of
such extensive and impilitant operations, in so short
a time, a just eaimate may be formed of the great
extent of out national resources. The demonstration
is the more complete and gratifying, when it is recol-
lected' that the direct tax and excise were repealed
soon after the termination of the late war, and that
the revenue applied to these purposes has been de-
rived almost wholly from other sources. The receipts
into the Treasury from every source, to the 30th of
September last, have amounted to 16,791.,107 dollars
and. 66 cents ; whilst the public expenditure, to the
same period, amounted to 16,871,534 dollars and 72
cents ; leaving- in the Treasury, on that day, a sum
estimated at 1,950,000 dollars. For the probable re-
ceipts of the following year, I refer you to the state-
ment which will be transmitted from the Treasury.
" The sum of three millions of dollars, authorised
to be raised by loan, by an Act of the last Session of
Congress, has been obtained upon terms advantageous
to the Government, indicating not only an increased
confidence in the faith of the Nation, but the existence
of a large amount of Capital seeking' that mode of
investment, at a rate of interest not exceeding five
per centum per annum. It is proper to add, that
there is now due to the Treasury, for the sale of
Public Lands, 22,996,545 dollars. In bringing this
subject to view, I consider it my duty to submit to
Congress, whether it may not be advi.,able to extend
to the purchasers of these lands, in consideration of
the untaiourable change which has occurred since
the sales, a reasonable indulgence. It is known that
the purchases were made when the price of every
article had risen to its greatest-height, and that the
instalments are becoming due at a pei iod of great
depression. It is presumed that some plan may be
devised, by the wisdom of Congress, compatible
with the public interest, which would afford great
I relief to these purchasers.
66 Considerable progress has been made, during the
present season, in examining the coast and its various
bays, awl other inlets; in the collection of materials,
and in the constructioo...of fortifications for the
defence of the Union, at several of the positions at
which it has been decided to erect such works. At
Mobile Point and Dauphin Island, and at the Rigo-
lots, leading to Lake Ponchartrain, materials, to a
considerable amount, have been collected, and all
the nes.essary preparations made for the commence-
ment of the works. At Old Point Comfort, at the
mouth of James River, and at the Rip-rap, on the
opposite shore, in the Chesapeake Bay, materials to
a vast amount have been collected ; and at the Old
Point some progress has been made in the construc-
tion of the fortification, which is on a very extensive
scale. The work at Fort Washington, on this river,
will be completed early in the next spring; and that
on-the Pea Patch, in the Delaware, in the Course.of
:he next season. Fort Diamond, at the Narrows, in
the harbour of New York, will be finished this year.
—The works at Boston, New York, Baltimore, Nor-
folk, Charleston, and Niagara, have been in part re-
paired ; and the coast of North Carolina, exteading
south to Cape Fear, has been examined, as have like-
wise other parts of the coast eastward of Boston.
Great exertions have been made to push forward
these works with the utmost dispatch possible; but
when their extent is considered, with the important
purposes for which they are intended, the defence of
the whole coast, and,- in consequence, of the s hole-
interior, and that they are to last for ages, it will be
`.manifest that a well-digested plan, founded on mili-
tary principles, connecting the whole together, com-
bining security with economy, could not be pre-
pared without repeated examinations of the most
exposed and difficult parts, and that it would also
take considerable time to collect the materials at
the several points where they would be required.—
From ell she light that has been shed on this subject,
1. -am satisfied that -every favourable anticipation
which has.been formed of this great undertaking will
be verified, and that, when completed, it will-afford
very great, if not complete, protection to our Atlan-
tic frontier, in the event of another war; a protec-.
tion sufficient to counterbalance, in a single cam-
' paign with an enemy powerful at sea, the expense
of allthese works, without taking into the estimate
the saving of the lives vivo many of our citizens, the

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'protection ott Our intent and other .property, or L.
ittadenctotseth-werha to preveist-tran !=•• • • &
„Pp pOtlons hoe intaihed at I,
Arkansas, at Council Nat on the
,154 Alex's. on •the Mississippi, and at
amen 'my; oil the' UloperiLakes. Commodious bar.
'tins hate already 'lsedn erected at most of these,
posts, with such Svoiics as were necessary for their de:,
fence. Progress has also been made in opening cum=
munications between them, and in raking supplies at
each for the Support of the troopssigattheir own la•
bout, particularly those moat remote.
"'With the Indians peace has been preierired, and
a progress made in carrying into effect the. Act of
,Congress, making an appropriation for their*civiliza-
tion, with the prospect of favourable results. As
connected equally with both,these objects, 'our trade
with those tribes is thought to-merit-the attention-
Congress. In their original state, garnet is their suit-,
tenance, and war their occupation; and; if they fin
no employment from civilized Powers, they destroy
each other. Left to themselves, their extirpation is
inevitable. By a judicious regulation of.our trade!
with them, we supply their wants, administer to their,
comforts, and gradually, as the game retires, draw,
them to us. By maintaining posts far in the interior,'
'We acquire' a more thorough and direct contioul.
over them ; without 'which, it is confidently Elie*ed
'that a Complete change in their manners can never
be accomplished. By such posts, aided by a proper
'regulation of our trade with them, and a judicious
civil administration over them, to be provided for by
law, we shall, it is preiumed, be enabled not only to'
protect our own Settlements from their savage incur-,
sins, and preserve peace among the several tribes, but
accomplish also the great purposebf their civilization.*
" Considerable progress has also been made in the,
construction of ships of war, some of which have
been launched in the course of the present year. Our
peace with the Powers on the coast of Barbary has
been preserved, but we owe it altogether to the pre-
sence of ouracittadron in the Mediterranean. It has
been found equally necessary to employ some of our
qessels, for the protection of our commerce inthe In-
dian Sea, the Pacific, and along the Atlantic Coast.

" The interests which we have depending in those
quarters, which have been much improved of late,
are of great extent, and of high importance to the
nation, as well as to the parties concerned, and would
uidoubtedly suffer, if such protection was not ei-
tended to them. In execution of the law of the last
Session, fcr the suppression of the Slave Trade, some,
of our public ships have also been employed on the
Coast of Africa, where several captures have already
been made, of vessels engaged in that disgraceful traffic.
"Washington,. Nov. 14, 1820. " JAMES MONROE."
Since inscrting„the.above, we have received the
New York Columbian, of the 18th November, which
contains the result of the extraordinary contest for
the Chair of the House of Representatives. On the
second ballot, on the third day, the choice fell on
JouN W. TAYLOR, Esq. by a majority of four votes,

By the American Papers, received this ,morning,,
we have some further accounts from St. Domingo.
BAYER, on the 16th of October, issued a Proclaim-
don from St. Mark's, calling on the subjects of the
ex-King, CRRISTOPHE, to place themselves under the
flag of the Republic ; but we are sorry to find it
added, that " a bloody civil war was, still raging in
various parts of the Island when the Juno (last ar-
rival) sailed."
The Tkrec:Daughters, which was the latest arrival
at Baltimore, on the 14th of November, fro Laguira,
had brought accounts of the etomplete defeat of the
Patriots, in an attack on Carthagena, with the loss of
700.nien.

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The Paris Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday ar-.
rived this forenoon. The large space pre.occupieci
by our American intelligence, leaves us no 'room for
extracts. We do not observe anything in them de-
manding immediate notice.—French Five per Cents.
Tuesdays f. 15 c.

To adopt the language of a Morning contempo-
rary, ,g Slavery ploughs but Freedom reaps." At
Gloucester, at Hereford, at Glasgow, at Hanky, the
soi-disont loyal gentry have been defeated at Meetings
of their own convening, in their servile attempts to
prop up a disgraced and broken down Administration.
—At Tewkesbury another instance of the same kind
has occurred. The Bailiffs called a Meeting of the
Inhabitants to address -the KING. The assemblage
corresponded more with the words of the notice than
with the spirit of the movers, The Meeting was name-
rous,.indiscrimiaate, and respectable; it was indeed a
Publie Meeting. The consequence was—as we again
repeat it will. always be, where the real public opi-
nion is appealed to---the rejection of the Ministerial
Address by an immense rnajority,and the substitution
,afan Amendment, is which the evil Counsellors of
his MAJESTY aie handled as they deserve. •
• It is impossible, in truth, for Ministers now to
item the current of public opinion• which has set in
so strongly against them. The Nation is no longicr
divided—t! dr conduct is universally execrated.—
Alarm has taken a nesidiredion ; and the only fear ,
ao w entertained by ally.he sound *pd truly loyal part
of the community is,' that itlinisiers,. if laft•tis their.
wn wilfulness, may ere long itivolraihe coopt4in'i
irretrievable rttitt. Almtis4. all our Ari taa visaed
to their conduct; the itippoo iloNerchatii
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