Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-11-26
uaeols Humasr, 344.

{ fcending thofc rivers will no longer pats in re-
view of the Indian frontier, but in a fnal per-
/. ton and, with the cctlion heretofore made by
the Kakalki 5, nearly eurrfoidtstes ppiIef-
fians north Of the Ohio, in very reip@ttablc
breadth from Lake Erie to the Millisppi.--
The piankef,sws having fcme claim to the
country ceded BY the Delawares, it has been
thought bei to quiet thas BY fair purchate al.,.
So foon as the treaties on this futictt final have
received their constitutional fanttions, they
! illall be laid before both boufes.s
The act Of Congrefs O. February 2S, so3,
for Building and employing number Of gun
boa,s, is now in courfc of execution 70 the
extent there provided for. The obRacle to ma
val enterprife which vcilels of this conftrucfion
offer for our Tea ort towns, their utility towards
fupporing within our waters the authority OF
the laws, the promptnefs with whichthey will
be manned by the feamen and militia Of the
place in the moment they are wanting, the faci-
ii,y Of their attending from diflrrentspsrts Of
the coat to any point where they are required
in greater force than ordinary, the economy Of
their maintenance and prefsrva'on from decay
when not in actual ieryce, and the competence
of our finances to this defenfive proviGon with
will have due weigh with Congrefs in deciding
on the expediency Of adding TO their number
from year 10 wear, as experience fliali teit their
utility, until all our important harbors, by thcfe
and auxiliary means asall be fecured againa ir-
fult and opoffion to the laws.
| No circumitance has ariien fnce your laif
felton, which calls 70. any augmentation Of our
regular military force. Should any improve
ment occur IL the militia fyaen,, that will be all
WAYS featonablc. "a
| Accounts Of the receipts and expenditures Of
the laa year, with climates for the epfuing one
will, as uiual be laid before you.
| The ffate of our finances continues to fulfil
cur expectations. Eleven millions and an half
of dollars received in the courie Of the year en-
ding on the goth of September lat, have ena-s
bled us, after meeting all the ordinary expsncess
of the year, to pay upwards of three millions FIX
hundred thouland dollars of the public debt,
excldfve OF intereit. This payment, with thofc
of the two preceding years, has extinguiihed
upwards of twelve millions of principal, and a
greater fun of interef, within thar period
I and, byaa proportionate diminuton Of intcrett,
renders already fcnfible the effect of the grow
ling FUN yearly applicable to the diicharge of
principal.
1t is alro afcertained thatth- revenue accrue.
ed during the Iaft year, exceeds that Of the pre-
cedipg and the probable receipts of the eriu-
F, ing year may fafrly be relied on as fuiiicirns,
with the FUN already in the Treafury, to meet
all the current demands Of the year, to Diff
| charge upwards or three millions ard ar half
of the engagements incurred under the Britifll
s. French conventions, & to advance in the
further redemption of the funded debt as rapid
" as had been contemplated.
Thefe fellow citizens, are the principal mat
tcrs which have thought it necefary at this
| time to communicate for your confederation and
attention.-Seme others will be- laid before you
| in the courfe of the felton,. But in the dif-
charge of the great duties con6ded to yousby
our country, Won will take broader view Of
the field of legiilation. Whether the great in.
tereils of agriculture, manufactures, commerce
or navigation, can, within the pale of your
constitutional powers, be aided in any of their
relations /? Whether laws are provided in all
cafes where they are wanting Whether thoie'
provided are exactly what they ihould be
Whether any abules take place III their admins
itration or in that of the public revenues
Whether the organization Of the public agents.
or of the public force is perfed in all its parts
In fine. whether any thing can be done to adj
vance the general good are quettionss within
the limits of urfunttions, WINCH will necet-,
fairly occupy your attention. In theie and all
other matters, which you in your wifdom may
propofe for the good of our country, you may
count with anurance OH my hearty cooperation
and faithful execution.
Tb JJs9srson.
The mefage Of the PRECEDENT was acconpa-
Inied with various documents, among which
were:
I. Extract from commune alton from Don