Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-11-26

country, we have received from the government
of France an acknowledgment in due form of
tn. fulfIment Of chat Population
With tbe nations of Europe in general our
friendnnp and intercourse are undifurbed and
from the governments of the belIigcrent powers
Especially, continue to receive thoie friendly
manifestations which are juitly due to an honelt
neutrality, and to (uch good offices confident
with thar, as we have opportunities Of reader
log.
The activity and fuccefs Of rhc fmall force
employed in the Mediterranean in the early part
Of the prsfent year, the rcinforcements fent into
that iea, and the energy of the officers having
command in the fcveral vehels, will, truit, BY
the fuHerings Of war, reduce the barbarians Of
Iripoli to the deGre OF peace on prope' terms.
Great injury however cnfues to ourfelves as
we'll as to others intereiled. from the diitance
;01Ihich prizes mutt be brought for adj udica-
ton. and from the impratticability of bringing
hith1v fuch as are not fca worthy.
The Bey of runis having made regulations
unauthorized BY our treaty, their rejection has
produced from him fone expref1ions OF difcon-
tent. But to thofc who expect us to calculate
whether compliance with unjuf demands will
not colt US lefs than war, we mutt leave as a
to retire from uniuft demands will not colt
other very fenilblc injuries by war. But the
mutual advantages of peace make that the belt
| intcfct of both.
Frace and intercourse with the other powers
onAhe fame coat continue OH the footing on
whieh they are eftablilhed by treaty.
in puriuance Of the act providing for the
temporary government of Louiiana, the necef-
iAry officers for the territory of Orleans were ap.
pointed in due time to commence the exercile
Of their functions on the 6rA day Of October.
fhe diftaace however Of fome OF them, and in
difpepGblc previous arrangements, may have re-
| tarded its commencement in fon,e of its parts.
| The form of government thus provided having
been conGdcred but as temporary, and open to
| luch future Improvements as fur her information
| Of ihe circumstances of our brethren there
might suggeft it will of eourfe be iubjca 20 your
| collaboration
IN the difi,id Of Louiiiana it has becn Thoughts
beft to, adopt the divifien into fubordifate dit
triets which had been etabiihed under its former
government. Thefe being FIVE in number,a COM
handing officer has been appointed to each, ac-
cording to the proviGons Of the law, and 70
loon as they can be at their tations, that dtrict
will alto be in its due itatc Of organization.
In the mean time thei. places are fupped by
the officers before commanding there, and the
functions Of the governor and Judges Of India
ma having commenced, the government, we
prefume, is proceeding in its new form. The
lead mines in that diiria offer 70 rich fupply
of that metal as to merit attention. The report
now communicated will inform you of their
fate. and of the neceiIity of immediate enquiry
into their occupation and titles.
With the Indian tribes. cfablifhed within our
newly acquired limits, have deemed it necef-
fairy to open conferences for the purpoie of ef-
tabliihing good understanding and neighboriy
relations between us. So far as we have vet
learned, we have rcafon to believe that their diff
petitions are generally favorable and friendly
And,with thefe difpoGtions on their part we have
in our own hands means which cannot fail us,
for preferving their peace and fricndihip. BY
purifying an uniform courle Of iuiticc towards
them, by aiding them in all the improvements
which may better their condition, and Especially
by eitablifhing commerce on terms which fhall
be advantageous to them, and only not ofinp
to US, and 70 regulated as that no incendiaries,
OF our own, or any other nation, may be per-
mited to diiturb the natural effect of our iut
and friendly offices, we may render ourfelvcs 10
lneceiiary to their comfort and prsfperty, that
the protection Of our citizens from their dior.
derby members will become their intereit and
| their voluntary care. Initead therefore of an
augmentation of military force ptoportoned to
our exrention of fronter,I propofc moderate
enlargement Of the capital employed in that
commerce as more efe6tual, economical and
humane initrument. for preferving peace and
good neighborhood with them.
On this eide the MiiliGppi an important re-
linquifhmcnt of native title has been received
from the Delawares. That tribe, dciring to
cxtinguifh in their people the ipirit of hunting,
and to convert fuperiluous lands into the means
of improving what they retain, has ceded to us
allthe country between the Wabalh and Ohio,
lou!h OF and including the road from the Rap
ids towards Vincennes from which they are