Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-11-22

S'"hJ ioscso oOsS ouu lIiCluits nUus
with thefe difpofitions on their part,
we have in our own hands means
which cannot fail us, for preferving
their peace and friendlhip. BY pur-
flung an uniform courfe of jultice to-
words them, by aiding them in all the
improvements which may better their
condition, and Especially by eltabliih-
ing commerce on terms which ihall
be advantageous to them, and only
not lofng to us, and 70 regulated as
that no incs .idiaries, Of our own, or
any other nation, may be permitted to
dilturb the natural effects of our iuIt
and friendly Offices, we may render
ourlelves 70 neceGary to their comfort
and profperity, that the protection of
our citizens from their dilorderly
members, will become their intereit
and their voluntary care. --Infead,
therefore, OF an augmentation of mill
tary force, proportioned to our extern
fion of frontier, Ipropofe a moderate
enlargement of the capital employed
in that commerce, as more effeetual,
economical, and humane initrument
tor preferving peace and good neigh
borhood with them.
On this fide the Milifppi an i'm
portant relinqui.hment Of native title
has been received from the Delawares.
That tribe, deGring to extinguilh in
their people the fpirit of hunting, and
to convert luperfuous lands into The
means OF improving what they retain,
has ceded to Us all the country between
the WabaIh and Ohio, fouth of, and
including the road from the Rapids
towards Vincennes for which they
are to receive annuities in animals and
implements for agriculture, and in 9th.
er necclaries. This acquilition is i'm
portant, not only for its extent an
fertility, but as fronting three hundred
miles on the Ohio, and near half that
on the Wabaih, the produce of the
iettled country defending thofe riv-
erS will no longer pais in review of the
Indian frontier, but in fmall por-
ton and, with the ceilion heretofore
made by the Ka!katkias, nearly confol-
idates our poiiefliops north of the
Ohio, in very respectable breadth
from Lake Erie to the Miilihppi.--
The Pianke!haws having lome claim
TO the country ceded Ivy the DeIawares,
it has been thought bclt to quiet that
by fir purchaie ALTO. So Goon as the
treaties OH this inbie6t ihall have re-
ceived their conltitutional fanctions,
they lhall be laid before both Houfes.
The act of Congreis Of Feb. 2S,
1903, for building and employing a
number of gun-boats, is now in
courie of execution to the extent there
provided for. The obaacle to naval
enterprise which vedels of this con-
ltruttion offer for our fea port towns,
their utility towards fuppor,ing within
our waters the authority Of the laws,
the promptnefs with which they will
be manned by the feamen and militia
OF the place in the moment they are
wanting, the facility of their aiIem-
bling from different parts of the coalt
to any point where they are required
in greater force than ordinary, the
economy of their maintenance and
preiervation from decay when not in
aStal lervice, and the competence of
our finances to this defenivc provilion
without any new burthen, are conGde-
rations which will have due weight
with Congrels in deciding on the ex-
pediency of adding to their number
from year to year, as experience ihall
telt their utility, until all our impor-
tant harbors, by thele and auxiliary
means, ihall be fecured againif inrult
and oppofition to the laws.
No circumitance has arifen fince
your laf feilion which calls for any
augmentation of our regular military
force. Should any improvement oc.