Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-06-04

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graduate you, gentlemen, and our con-
.aituents, on the very eligible iituation of
our public affairs, and the pleafng APP
pcarances of our private in,ereas. The
territorial dilputes which have inbffed
between US and our filter fates of New
York and Pennsylvania, are happily ter
minated. A large tract Of iand has been
fecured for our benefit with content OF the
United States. The fale Of this territory
has produced a valuable fund for the iuF-
port of our Gchools, and the education OF
our youth. Our fate debt, which dur
ing our late revolutionary war had been
much accumulated, is now extinguiihed.
And our finances are in prosperous fate;
iuficient, with the aid of fmall taxes for
all the expenses and exigenses Of govern
ment. Our people are indruitrious, and
fuccefsful in their general purfnits. Their
growing wealth appears in their mu'tiPli-
ed improvements in agriculture, buildings,
fences and other CIVILIZATIONS (; exhibiting
altogether fate of advancement beyond
our mott fanguine calculations. With
thefs pleafing appearances, ariGng from
the blcfing of Heaven on wife and IN
dnRrious improvement of fate of peace
and tranquility, under a mild and happy
contribution and government, what lenla-
lions of gratitude and praife lhould be ex-
cited in our hearts, towards the great
Author of all our fsvours And what
hopes may we not indulge, if we prove
faithful in out own conduct, that, in tire
future courie of Providence, many blefs-
ings are fill in fore, for the furufc i'm
provement and enlargement of this hither-
to highly tavoured land.
At the opening of cur felton, Of the
General Anembly in May lat, ! fubmir-
ted to the confederation of the legislature,
the expediency of providing fome more ef-
fottual mode of enforcing on the under
takers, the necefity of requiGte repairs of
our numerous turnpike roads. The lug-
geeion appeared to gain the attention of
the Legislature; but no remedy adequate
to the evils complaincd of, has YET been
maturcd. The fubjea Fill pofeGes 70
much importance, that | cannot refrain
from expre6ing win, that its conidera-
ton may be refumed at an earlier day Of
our preient fefi on. While we are az.
tempting improvements to our public
roads, by granting corporate rights to
individual undertakers we fhould not, BY
a neglect OF the necefary control over
their exertions, leave the traveller expo(-
ed TO improper impofitions and exaetions.
No tranlmifiion of the laws of the u
nited States, pafcd after the sd Of March,
having been made Tor diitribution to the
people of this fate, and many inquiries
having been made refpeding them, ]
wrote TO fome of our members in Con
grefs, during their laa felton,, rsqueeing
them to obtain and forward to me, the
reafons for thi, omiflon, The Secretary
of State informed them that accidents had
interviewed to procure this defect; but
gave them afurances, that in future, this
neglect mould be corrected. Since this
information, two boxes of the United
States laws have arrived and the books arc
ready for difribution agreeably to refo
luton of the General AGembly for that
Pufpofe.
Letters from the PRECEDENT OF the Unit
ed States, and from the Governor of
MaGachuietts, which will now be com.
municated, will gain your particular at
tention.
! pray you gentlemen to place conf
dence in my difpohtion TO cooperate with
you in all iuch meaiures as may be Judged
to be conducive TO the bef good of the
fate.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL.
May 18th, 1902.
Commercially htereaing.
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