The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-11

service be wanted. 5 me small and special
detachgcnts have been necessary to main.
tain the laws of embargo, on that porti-
o" OF our. noythern frontier which offered
1 peculiar faciiities tor evasion. But these
were replaced as soon as i, could be done by
oodirs OF new recruits. BY tie aid Of these
| and OF the armed vessels called. into service
an other quarters. the spirit of disobetlence
and abuses. which manifested itself early, (:
with sensible effect while we were unpre-
pared to meet it, has been considerably re-
pressed.
Cnhsilering the extraordinary character
of the times III which we live, our attention
should unremittiagly be fixed OH the safety
OF our country. For a people who are free,
am who mean to remain So, we'll organ
zed and armed mill ia is their best sec,r,:y
Ii is therefore incuWbent on US, at every
meeting, to revise the conditicn Of the mill
tia, ana to ask ourselves il it is prepared to re-
pei powerful enemy at every point of our
territories exposed TO invasion? Some of
the states have paid iaudable attention TO
this object; but every degree Of neglect is to
be found among others Congress alone ha-
Wing the power to produce an uniform state
OF preparation in this great organ of defence
the interests which they so deeply feel in
their own aud their country's security will
present this as among the most important oh
jects of their deliberation.
Under the acts of Marsh II and April 25,
respecting arms the. difficulty OF procu- !
ring them from abroad, during The present
stuatioa and dispositions of Europe, induced
us TO direct our whole efforts to the means
OF internal supply. The pubic factories
have therefore been enlarged, additional ma
chineries erected. and i'm proper ion as artifi
GERS can be found or formed, their effect, al
c..,y doubted. may nc incl easeG,
so as TO keep pace with the yearly increase
OF the militia. The annual sums appropri-
ited by the latter act have been directed to
the encouragement of private factories of
arms, and CONTRACTS have been entered into
with individual undertakcrs to nearly the "a
mount OF the first years appropriation.
The SUSPENSION OF our foreign com nercc,
pt Oduced bv the injustice of the belieerent
Pcwers, and ne consequent losses and sacri-
hces u car citizens, are subjects of just con-
Germ. The situation into which we have thus
been forced has impe led us To apply a por-
ton OF our Industry and capital, to internal
| manufactures and imp ovements. The ex
tent of this conversion is daily INCREASING
and little doubr remains that the establish
ments formed and forming will, under the
auspices OF cheaper materials and suDsst-
ence, the freedom, oflabor from taxation with
| as, and OF protecting duties and prohibitions,
become permanent. The commerce with
| the Indians TOO, within our own boundaries,
| is likely to receive abundant alinent from
the same internal source, and viii secure to
| them peace aud the progress al civilization
undsturbed by practices hostile to both.
| The accounts of the receipts and expen-
ditures during the Year ending on the Thrift
eth day OF SspterIber last. being mot vet
made up, a correct statement viii hereafter
be transmitted tra IN tho treasury. II the
mean time ii is ascertained that the receipts
| hl te.It D IS
dollars, which with the eight millions and
an half in the treasury at the beginning of
the YEAR, have enabled us alter meeting the
curFent demands, AID interest incurred, 20
pay Two millions three hundred thousand dol
/ lars of the principal of or funded debt and
lett u in the treasury on that dag near four
teen millions ut dollars OF these five mil
lions three hundred and fifty Thousand dol
lars will be necessary to pay what Will be
due on the t,ist day ut January next, which
! will complete the reimbursement of the eigb;
per cent. Stock. These payments, with these
made III the six years and an half preceding,
will have eXtinguished thirty-three millions
tive hundred and eighty thousand dollars of
The principal of he funded debt. being the
whole which could DE paid or purchase with
In the limits OF the law and of our contracts
and the amount Of principal thus discharged
will have liberated me revenue from about
died that sum annually to the dispoSabe sur
plus The probable accumulation of the sur
piusses O. revenue beysn what can be APP
pied to the payment of the public debt,
whenever he freedom ana safety OF cur Com
merce shall be restored, merits the consi-
Iteration OF Congress. Shall it lie unproduct-
i've in the public vaults Shall the reve-
nue. pc reduced ? or shall it not rather be
appropriated 70 the improvements OF roads
Canals, rivers, education and other great
I foundations of prosperity and union. under
the powers which Congress may already pos
sess, or such amendment of the constitution
as may be approved by tue States' While
uncertain Of the coi,rse of things the time
may be advantagcously employed in obtain
! ing the powers necessary for system ofim-
pfovement, should that be thought best.
! Awaiting myself Of this, the last occasion
Which will occur of addressing the two Hou-
ses of Legislature at their meeting, carr
not omit the expression of my sincere gra-
titude. for the repeated proofs of confidence
manifested to me, by themselves and their
Predecessors since my Gals 10 the admins
! tration, aud the many indulgencies expert
enced ut their hands. The same grateful ac-
acknowledgements are dac To MY fellow citi-
zeps generally, whose support ina, been my
great encouragement under all emDarrass-
| luentS. In the trpnSactinu pf tbpir huS;us, C