The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-31 00:00:00

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more ample ones presented bhe Secretary of the Treasury, that
the chang,e in the dep
osits which has been ordered 'has been
deemed to be called tor by considerations which are not affected
by the proceedings referred to, and which if correctly viewed
by that Department rendered its act a matter of imperious duty.
Coining as you do fur the most part, immediatel from the
people and the States, by election, and possessing the fullest op-
portunity to know their
sentiments the present Congress will
be sincerely solicitous-to carry into 'full and fair effect the will
of their constituents in regard to this institution. It will be to
those In whose behalf we all act, to. decide whether the Execu-
tive department of the government, in the steps which it has
taken on the subject, has been found in the line of its ditty.
The accompanying retain of the Secretary at War, with the
documents annexed to it, exhibit the operations of the War
Department for the past year, and the condition of the various
subjects entrusted to its administration.
It will be seen from them that the Army maintains the cha-
racter it has hitherto acquired for efficiency and military know-
ledge. Nothing has occurred since your last session to require
its services beyond the ordinary routine of duties, which upon
the sea-board and the inland frontier devolve upon it in time of
peace.—The gstem, so wisely adopted and so long pursued, of
constructing fortifications at exposed points, and of preparing
and collecting the supplies necessary for the military defence of
the country p
and thusprovidently furnishing in peace the means
of defence in war, has been continued with the usual results.
I recommend to your consideration the various subjects sug-
gested in the Report of the Secretary of War. Their adoption
would promote the public service and meliorate the condition
of the Army.
Our relations with the various Indian Tribes have been un-
disturbed since the termination of the difficulties growing out
of the hostile aggressions of the Sacs and Fox Indians. Several
treaties have been, formed for the relinquishment of territory to
the United States, and for the migration of the occupants to the
region assigned .for their residence west of the Mississippi.
Should these treaties be ratified by the Senate, provision will
have been made for the removal
of almost all the tribes re-
Maiuing east of that river, and for the termination of many
difficult and embarrassing questions arising out of their ano-
malous political condition. It is to be hoped that those por-
tions of two of the southern tribes, which in that event will
present the only remaining difficulties, will realise the neces-
sity of emigration, and will speedily resort to it.
My original convictions upon this subject have been confirmed by
the course of events for several years, and experience is every day
adding to their strength. That those tribes cannot exist, surrounded
by our settlenaeills, and in rontinual contact With our citizens, is cer-
tain.
Thei have neither the intelligence, the industry, the moral
habits, nor- the desire of improvement which are essential to any
favorable change in their condition. Established in the midst of ano-
ther and a superior race, and without appreciating the causes of their
inferiority, or seeking to control them, they must necessarily yield to
the force of circumstances and ere long disappear. &WI has been
their fate heretofore, and if it Is to be averted, and it is, it can only be
done by a general removal beyond our boundary, and by the re-orga-
nization of their politiCal system upon principles adapted to the new
relations In which they will be placed. The experiment which has
been recently uraAle7has so far proved successful. The emigrants
generally are represented to be. prosperous and contented, the country
suitable to their wants and habits, and the essential articles of sub-
aistence easily procured. When the report of the Commissioners now
engaged in investigating the condition and prospects of these Indians,
and in devising a plan for their intercourse and Government is received,
I trust ample means of information will be in possession of the Govern-
Mein for adjusting all the unsettled questions connected with the in-
teresting subject.
The operations of the Navy daring the year, and its present con-
dition, are fully exhibited in the annual report from the Navy
Department.

Suggestions are made by the Secretary, of various, improvements
which deserve careful consideration, and most of which, if adopted,
bird fair to promote the efficiency of this important branch of the pub-
lic service. Among these are the new organization of the Navy
Board, the revision of the pay. to officers, and a change in the period
f
° fie, or in .the manner of making the annual appropriations, to
Which I beg leave to call your particular attention.
The views which are presented on almost every portion of our naval
concerns, and especially on the amount of force, and the number of
°Meer's, and the general course of policy appropriate in the spresent
state of our country, fOr securing the great and useful purposes of na-
valarprotection in peace, and due preparation for the contingencies of
. meet with my entire approbation.
It will be perceived from-the 'report referred to, that the fiscal con-
cerns of the establishment are in an excellent condition, and it is
slieped that Congress may feel disposed to make promptly every
suitable provision desired, either for preserving or improving the
System,
The General Post Office Department, has continued upon the
strength of its own resources to facilitate the means of communica-
tion between the various portions of the Union with increased acti-
Tay. The method, however, in which the accounts of the transport-
ation of the mail has always been kept, appears to have presented
an imperfect view of its expences. It has recently been discovered
that from the earliest records of the Department, the annual state-
tnents have been calculated to exhibit an amount considerably short
of the actual-expenses incurred for that service. These illusory state-
ments, together with the expense of carrying into effect the law of
the last session of Congress, establishing new mail routes, and a dis-
position on the part of the Head of the Department to gratify the
Wishes of the public in the extension of mail facilities, have induced
Lim to ineur responsibilities for their improvement beyond what the
current resources of the Department would sustain. As soon as he
had discovered the imperfection of the method, he caused an inves-
tigation to be made of its results, and applied the proper remedy of
correct the evil. It became necessary for him to withdraw some to
.t,lje improvements which he had made, to bring •the expenses of the
Liepartment within its own resources. These expenses were incur-
Led for the public good, and the public have enjoyed their benefit.—
They are now but partially suspended, and that-where they may be
• atinued with the least inconvenience to the country.
Vrogressive increase in the income from postages has equalled
the "%nest expectations, and it affords demonstrative evidence of the
growing importance and.great utility of this deartment. The details
are exhibited in the accompanying report -from the Postmaster
General.
A The many distressing accidents which have of late occurred in that
_portion of our navigation carried on by the use of steam power, deserve
the immediate and unremitted attention of the constituted authorities
of the country. The fact that the number of these fatal disasters is
constantly increasing, notwithstanding the great improvements which
are everywhere made in the machinery employed, and the rapid ad-.
'ranee* which have been made in that branch of science, shbw very
clearly that they are in a great degree the result of criminal negligence
ran the part of those by Whom the vesaels are naeigated. and to whose
care and attention the lives and, roperty of our citizens are so exten-
sively entrusted- •
That these evils may he greatly lessened, if not substantially re-
nered, by means of precautionary and penal legislation, seems to be
highly probable: so far, therefore, as the subject can be regarded as
within the constitutional purview of Congress, I earnestly reeom-
Mend it to your prompt and serious consideration.
I would also call your attention to the views I have heretofore ex-
pressed of the propriety of amending the Constitution in relation to
the mode of electelg the President and the Vice President of the
United States. Regarding it as all important to the future quiet and
hmony of the people, that every intermediate ageneyin the elec-
tion of these officers should be removed, and that their- eligibility
should be limited to one.term of either four or six years, I cannot too
earnestly invite your consideration of the subject:
Trusting that your deliberations on all the topics of general interest
to which .1 .have adverted, and such others as your more extensive
knowledge of the wants of ourbeloved country may suggest, may be
Which it may be in my power to.afford them.
Plitahington, 3d Dec 1833. ANDREW JACKSON.