Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-12-15

medItated againit foreign nations, the or
binary Procefs of binding to the ,obferv-
ance of the peace and good behavior,
could it be extended TO aSfs 70 be done
out of the iurifdiftion Of the United
States, woula be effr6tual in fomc cafes
where the offender is able to keep out
of fight every indication Of his pnrpoie
which could draw on him the exerciie OF
the powers now given by law.
The ftates on the coat of Barbary
feem generally difpofcd at prefent to re-
Tpca our peace and fricndEhip. With
Tunis alone, fome uncertainty remains.
Pcrfuaded that il is our interef TO main
tain our peace with them on equal terms,
or not at all, propoie to fend in due
time reinforcement into the Medterra-
mean, unlsfs previons Information fhall
new il to be unnecchary
We continue To rccrive proofs of the
growing attachment Of our Indian
neighburs, and of their defpohtion 10
place all their in-rrclis under the patron
age OF the United States. Theie dilpo-
6tionsare inipired by their confidence in
our juitice, and in the hucere concern
we feel for their welfare. And as long
as we dilchargc these high and honora-
bic functions with the sftrgrIty and good
faith which alone can Critic US 60 their
continuance, we may expect to reap the
iuit reward in their pescc and friendfhip.
The expedition ut sftiirs Lewis and
Clarke, for exploring tho river MTf1onri,
and the bea communication from tilat
10 the Pacific Ocean has had all the fuc-
crfs which could have been expected
They have traced the Miiiouri nearly I'D
its iourcc, defended the Columbia to the
Pacific Ocean, atcertaincd with accura-
cy.the geography or thai intereiting com
mun;cstion acrOis our continent, learnt
the character Of the country, of its com
merce and inhab;tarrs, and it is bnt inf
tice to fay thar hieifrs. Lewis * Clarke,
and then brave companions, have, by
this arduous irryirr, dcicrYrd well otthelr
Country.
The attempt to explore the Red Riv-
err, under the dircttlon of MIR. Freeman,
though conducted with zeal and pr1-
dcuce meriting entire appreciation, has
net been eGcaily fucceislu. After pro-
Lecding up about lax hundred niles
nearly As far as the French settlements
had ests ndt a, while tie country was in
their pOfitfiior9 our geoyraphers were O.
blieed To return without COmplcating
their work.
Very u.tful additions have ALTO been
made 10 our knowledge of the Mhifisp-
pi, by Lieutenant Pike, who has Attended
il to its fonrce, and whole journal and
map, giving the details Of his journey,
will ihertIy be ready for COMMUNICATION
to both Houies of Congrcts. Thoic OF
Mrnrs. Lewis, Clarke and Freeman,
will require further time 70 be.dIgtfted <
prepared. The.e important tur.lys, ~
EDITION 10 thofe before polcfi1d, fur
Min materials for commencing an accu-
rate map ofthe N'iiIippi and its weeern
waters. Spint principal rivers however
remain nill to be explored, towards
which the authorization of Gongreis, by
moderate appropriations, will DC rv-
quite.
congratulate you, fellow citizens, OF
the approach Of the period at winch yoa
may lnterPUtt your Authority Conf itn-
tional'y, 10 Withdraw the CitrEehs n the
United States from AL further pSrtiCip2-
IiOn III IltOIC NIOldliOliS VI ithlAAfah iAtS
which have been 10 long continued on
the unoffcndng inhabitants of Africa, K
which the morality, the reputation, and
the bett interefts u oar country, have
long been eager 10 prticribc. Although
no law you may pals can take ProhbllU-
~ effect til the firtt Gay Of the year one
thoufand eight hundred & 8, yet the in
tervening period is not too lor6 10 pre-
vent, by Timely notice, expeditions which
cannot he coup l>t.d before that day.
The receipts at the Trrafury, during
the year endihg on the 5otn day Of Sepf.
lat, have amounted To near fifteen NIL
lions of dollars; which nave enabled us.
after meeting the current demands 10
pay two millions fcyen hundred thou
faud dollars of the American elaine, in
part of the price of Louliana to pay,
ofthe funded debt upwards ofthtee mil
lions Of principal and nearly four Of in
teref, and, in addition, 10 rcimburtr,
III the courle os the prtfcnt mcnth, near
two millions of FIVE and half per. cent
0ock. Thcfe payments and reimbuf-
ments of the funded debt, with thof-
which lave been made il TIE forr ye5ts &
half preceding, wiI, at the clofe of H.,
prsftnt year, have txtingui;hcd upward
Of twenty-three millions Of principal.
The duties competing the Mcditerra
mean fund viii cealc, by law, AZ the end
of the preient feffion. Corhderirg, how-
ever, that they are levied chiefly on Ink
uries, and that we have IN fapoit ON f4;,
a necefary of life, the free tie OF which
otherwiie is 10 important, | recommend
to your confederation the Gspreilion Of
the duties on talt, and The continuation
of the Mediterranean i.nd, inftead there-
OF, for Mort tiniei attrF which that aifn
will become iinn,ts lIary for any purpofe
now within co'iivlEE iation,
When Iuth " tiSic branches of r,ye-