The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-01-08 00:00:00

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toe the Sinking Feed, In ten millions ; making in"
the whole aseentt-one millions eight hundred thou-
sand dollars; leaving an annual excess of Re.;
venue, beyond the Espenditore, of two millions
seven hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the
balance estimated to be is the Treasury on the first
day of Jaheary, 1818.
~."41e,tbss 'meat state of the_ Tceasnry, tie whole
*fate Leeislana Debt may be redeemed in the year
'1819; after which, if the Peblic Debt centiusm as
it doe Is, above par, there will be annually about
-doe minima of the Sinking Fend arseepended, until
the year 1815, when the Loan of 1812, and the
. .Bth created by'funding Treasury Notes, will be
Redeemable.
66 It is also estimated that the Mississippi Stock
will be discharged define the year 1819, from the
proceeds of the public lands assigned to that object •
after which the receipts from those lauds will annual:
ly add to the Public Revenue the sum of one million
five hundred thousand dollars, making the permanent
annual Revenue amount to twenty-six millions of
dollars, and leaving an annual excess of Revenue,
after the year 1819, beyond the permanent aetho-
tised espenditare, of more than four millions of
dollar..
" By the last returns from the Department of
War, the Militia force of the several States may be
Jastimeted et eight hundred thousand won, Infantry.
Adige*, end Ca r'• Great part of this force is
armed, and merseeires are taken to OM the whole,
.An improvernest in the organization and' discipline
'of the Militle, is one of the great objects which
claims the unremittedottention of Congress. •
The regular force amounts nearly to the number
.trequired by law, and is stationed along the Atlantic
end inland frontiers.
"Of the Naval Force, it has been necessary to
maintain strong squadrons in the Mediterranean, and
in the Gulf of Mexico.
" From several of the Indian Tribes inhabiting the
country bordering on Lake Erie, purchases have been
made of lands, on conditions very favourable to the
United States, end it is presumed, not less so to
the Tribes themselves. By these perchases, the In-
dian title, with moderate reservations, has been ex-
tinguished to the whole of the land within the limits
of the State of Ohio, and to a great part of that in
the Michigan territory and of the State of Indiana.
From the Cherokee Tribe a tract has been purchased,
in the State of Georgia, and an arrangement made,
by which, in exchange for lands beyond the Missal-
sippi, a great part, if not the whale of the land be-
longing to that Tribe, eastward of that river, in the
States of North Carolina, Georgia, end Tennessee,
and in the Alabama territory, will soon be acquired.
Dy these acquisitions, and others, that may reasonably
be expected soon to follow, we shall be enabled to
extend our settlements from the inhabited parts of the
State of Ohio, alonglAkeErie, into the Michigan terri-
tory, and to connect our settlement by degrees, through
the State of Indiana and the Illinois territory, to
that of Missouri. A similar, and equally advan-
tageous effect will soon be produced to the South
through the whole extent of the States and Territory
which border on the waters emptying into the Mis
sissippi and the Mobile. In this progress, which the
rights of nature demand, and nothing can prevent,
marking a growth rapid and gigantic, it is our duty
to make new efforts for the preservation, improve.
meut, and civilization of the native inhabitants. The
hunter state can exist only in the vast uncultivated
desert. It yields to the more dense and compact
form, and greater force, of civilized population; and
of right it ought to yield, for the earth was given to
mankind to support the greatest number of which it
is capable, and no Tribe or People have a right to
withhold from the wants of others more titan is ne-
cessary for their oaks support and comfort. It is
gratifying to know, that the reservations of land
made by the Treed., with the Tribes on Lake Erie,
were made with a view to individual owoership
among them, and to the cultivation of the soil by
all, and that an annual stipend has been pledged to
supply their other wants. It will merit the con-
sideration of Congress, whether other provision, riot
stipulated by the Treaty, ought to be made for
these Tribes, and for the advancement of the liberal
and humane policy of the United States towards all
the 'nib's within our limits, and more particularly
tor their imprevement in the arts of civilized life.
64 Among the advantages incident to these pur-
chases, and to those which have preceded, the secu-
rity which may thereby he afforded to our inland
frontiers, is peculiarly important. With a strong
barrier, consisting of our own People, thus planted
on the Lakes, the Mississippi, sod the Mobile, with
the protection to be derived from the regular force.
Indian hostilities, if they do not altogether cease,
will henceforth lose their terror. Fortifications in
those quarters, to any extent, will not be necessary,
and the expence attending them may be saved. A
People accustomed to the use of fire-arms only, as.
the Indian tribes are, will shun even moderate
works, which are defended by cannon. Great for-
tifications will therefore be raquiste only in future
along the emit, and at some points in the interior
connected with it. On these will the safety of oar
towns, and the commerce of our great rivers, from
the Bay of Fundy to the Mississippi, depend. On
these, therefore, should the utmost attention, skill,
and labour, be bestowed.
" A considerable and rapid augmentation in the
value of all the Public Lands, proceeding from these
and other obvious causes, may henceforward be ex-
pected. The difficulties attending early emigrations,
will be dissipated even in the most remote parts.—
Several new States have been admitted into our Union,
to the west and south, and territorial Governments,
happily organized, established over every other por-
tion in which there is vacant land for isle. In ter-
minating Indian hostilities, as must soon be done, in
a formidable shape at least, the emigration which has
heretofore been great, will probably increase, and
She demand for land, and the augmentation in its
value, be in proportion. The great increase of our
population throughout the Union will alone produce
an important effect, and in no quarter will it be so
sensibly felt as in those in contemplation. The Pab-,
tic Lands are a Public Stock, which ought to be dis-
posed of to the best advantage for the nation. The na-
tion should, therefore, derive the profit proceeding
from the continual rise in their value. Every en-
couragement should be given to the emigrants, con-
sistent with a fair competition between them) but

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