Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-11-14

thohgh, II all he DIVISION ;a;o sob
ordinate DISTRICTS which had been establish
cd uhder rs iormer government. 1hcs.
being ave IN number, a c0irinandipg oil
Ger has been appointed to.each according
To the provisions of the law, and so sona
IS theJ can be at their stations that dis
trict viii also be in its due state oil organ-
cation. In the mean time their pieces
arc supplied by the officers before COM
handing there, and the functions OF the
governor and Judges Of Indiana having
commenced, lhe governments, we presume,
( is proceedin, in IS new form. The lead
mines in that district offer SO rich a *I3-
piT OF that natal rs 10 merit attention.
Ihe report noS communicated vii, iniarin
you 81 their state, atl OF the necessity or
iumec'tie enquiry mo their occupation
and ,iiies.
With the Indian tribes established with
in our newly acquired limits, have deem
ed 1t necessary 10 oDen conferences Coz
the pIrjose of establishing a uoad under
standing and nciGhbourIy relations be-
tween us. So iar as we have We, learned.
We have reason 10 believe that iI,cir dis
positions are generally favorable and
friendly. And, with these DISPOSE ion. cn
their part, we have in our own hant,s
means which canno; fail Us, for preserv-
log their peace and r-jendship, BY pur-
s1iag an uaifi:m cnurcc OF Justice to.
wards than, by aiding them in az hs I'M
rrovc ments which may better their conilt
ton, and especially by establishing com
msrce on terms which Shall be aClvan,a
gtous 10 Them, and only not losing to us,
add so regulated as that no lnccn iiafies,
OF Our own, or any other nation, may he
permitted 10 disturb The natural er!a els OF
oar just aud friendly Offices, We may rem
der ourselves 50 necessary 10 their cam.
fost and prosperity, tina, the procession Of
our citizens from their diserderly i.:.n-
ocrs VIII become their Interest aud their
voluntary care. Instead therefore Of an
augmentation Of military force proportion
ed 10 cur extension of frontier, | propose
moderate enlargement of the capital en-
p'oyed in that commerce as more e.
icctual, economical and humane instrument
Tor preserving peace and good neigAbor-
hood with them.
On this side the Nississppi an inpor-
tant accomplishment . -iative title ha. i,een
i
tribe, desiring TO ex'iAgush in their peo-
PIE the spirit Of hunting, AMI To Convert
supeifioous lands into the means of ian
proving what they retain, has ceded TO US
all the country between .he Wabash and
Ohio, south OF, and including the road
from the Rapids towards ViTcemes for
which they ATE TO receive annuities in anil
mails and implements for agriculture, and
IN other neceasarles. This acquisition IS
important not only for its extent and fer
ulity, bu, a., fronting three hundred miles
on the Ohio, and near half that on the
Wabash, the produce Of the settled coun-
try descending those rivers will no longer
pass in review Of the Indian from, er, bo,
IN srnall portion; and, with the cession
heretofore made by the Kaskaskias, near
iy consoIIdaies our possessions north Of
the Ohio, in very respectable byealtl.
from Lake Erie TO the Mississippi. The
PiaGkeshaws having some Claim TO the
country coded by the Delawarcs, it has
been thought best to quiet that by fair
purchase also. So soon as the treaties on
this subject shall have received their con
sliIutionai sanctions, they shall be laid be-
fore both houses.
The aci Of Congress Of February %.
1905, furbuildiug andempl0yine num-
Der OF gun boats, is now in course of
execution 10 the extent there provided for.
! he obstacle to- the naval enterprise
which vessels of this construction offer
for oursea port towns, theic utility towards
supporting within our waters the autho-
uty ct the laws, tie promp,ness with
which they will be manned BY the sea.
men and militia Of the place in the mo-
nent they are wanting, the facility Of (heir
assembling from different parts Of the
coast to any point where they are requir-
cd in greater force than ordinary, the
I economy OF their maintenance aud pre-
serva.ion from decay when not in actual
service, and the competence of our Ginan-
ces To this defensive prov, mn without a.
ny new burihen, are considerations which
" II have due weight with Congress in
deciding on the expediency OF adding to
ithsir number from year % year, as expe-
rIence shall test their utility, until AL our
important harbors, by these and auxiliary
means, shall be secured against Insult and
opposition TO the laws.
No circumstance has arisen since your