Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-06-29

I TO invalid soldiers, VINO served III liie WI ,
/ 347, Ooofor the erection of light houses Tor
| the security Of trade; 546So0o for the pro-
lection of our coasts and cities by the Tor
ts6cation of ports and harbourss; 1861 GOO
for making and preserving peace With the
Indian tribes; 100000 for suppresslng
! two instructions in Pennsylvania, " one OF
which Mr.. Gallatin was principal actor;
| &C / ,682. 600 for redeemlng our citizens IN
| captivity among the Algerines, and for
making ard preserving peace with them,
and the other Rarbary powers $4,000
for establishing tle boundary lines between
iSus, and SPAN, and Bsitain, and carrying IN
TO efectour treaties with those nations;
$4,000 for the census taken pursuant to
the constitution; 1906, 900 for the Sup
port ofthe civil government IN It's various
100000 for the Indian
!, war, which the federal government had
/; been compelled to maintain on the from
tiers; for the military establishment, In.
Guiding this sum Of 5 O0o, 900, the purchase
of arms and militarv stores, and all the.
additional expense Of our preparations
against France, 10, $4,000; for our ne
gotiaeo ns and intercourse with foreign ma
tons, including tie nissIons 10 France,
which from her tyranhical and imperious
conduct were unusually expensive, the extra
ordinary mission to England and the main
tenance Of all our ministers abroad, ,O0O
doil9rs, and less expenditures for a variety
ofincidental objects had been necessarily IN
cured These expenses togeth"r amount
to more than forty seven millions OF dol
lars.
The particulars Of this statement pre-
scented in one view, VIII discover, how faith
eful were the federal administration to the
interest Of the nation. Il the year go
little after the unanimous voice Of ten
thousand grateful people had called the
father oil his country 10 administer their W.
tried government, they became bound by
national faith, without any funds, revenue,
OF national property to discharge debt Of
more than seventy four millions. During
the twelve wears Of their admlnistratl on
they paid in various necessary expendi-
lures more than ~ ~ Hons. In the begin
ing Of the year 1901 they left to their sue
cessors debt OF little more than seventy
millions with permanent revenue and pro-
dactive funds. But with such a revenue
! and such funds, which according to Mr..
GaNatin's own statement will detray every
demand >cf government, and entirely Equi-
date the public debts, IN fifteen years and
half. the present administration nave re-
ceived from their predecessors national
IN lie
| portion of the materials for building SIX ~
gun ships. buildings for the reception and
preservation Of arms, and our navy &c.
amounting at least te four millions. As the
! federalists when they first assumed the ma
tional deb, deducted from il The amount OF
national property they received, consider
| ing the remainder as the actual debt Of the
United States; so tits but Just, the amount
| ofproperty transmitted to their successors,
should be credited on the debt, they receiv-
! ed. This willreduce ir to sixty-six milli-
ons of dollars.
| The fiscal concerns of the nation did
| notsolely engross the attention Of the fede-
+: raj administration. To estimate their me-
rit, it is requisite to advert to other parts OF
tnSlT system alike COI!duCpC III ttlcN5SIPES
to the lastlnT benefit Of the community, as
we'll as conclsely to display the powerful
distractions, purposely created, to defeat
their operations.
Itcan constitute no small part'of the fed
eralaccount in the mind of the people an
| influenced by prejudice, thatthey were a.
ele to form a constitution, and procure It's
| adoption Notwithstanding the agitation Of
the public mind, and Earring interests, and
in opposition to the unceaslng exertions Of
the party, who are now in possession, OF
| power by this very constitution; and that