Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-11-21

tive ShOlen' Whatever u may be will be mann
tanned with all the fortitude and patriotifm
which the criIis ought to infpire.
! me documents, containing the correfpon-
6ences on the fuhject of the foreign edcts
! @g~nt our commerce, with the inRruaions
/ gwen 70 our Miniiters at London and Paris,
! are now laid before you.
! he communications, made to congrefs at
I their Tan iefii0n, explained the poGture in
! which rbe clofe Of the difculions relating 10
! Re attack by a Britifh fhip of war on the
\ trgz'e Chefspezke left futject on which
! the nalion bad ma0ifeRed 70 honorable a fen.
! Eoilfy. Every view of what had paded an
! thorized belief that immediate reps would
be taken BY the Britiih government for re-
/ dreihng wrong, which, the more it was in
| VehgaSed, appeared the more clearly to re-
| quire what had NOT been provided for in the
| ipeciaI milton. II is found that no leps have
Seen taken for the purpoIe. On the contra
ry II will tie feen, in he documents laid be-
fore You, that the inadmiiibie preliminary,
which obitructed the adjuitment, is ftil ad
hered to- and moreover that it is now
brought into connection with the dinin6 and
irrela.ive cafe Of the orders in council. The
InliruetIons which had been given TO our
min'1ter q London, with view TO facilitate, #
necehary, the reparation claimed by the
United States, are Included in the documents
! communicated.
Our relations with the other powers Of
Europe have undergone no material changes
hnce your iait iefhOn. The important ne
gocIations with Spain which had been alter
nAtSjy iuipended and returned, necefiarily
experience paule, under the extraordinary
and intereihng crisis which dilhnguiihes her
internal htuatIOn
With the Barbary powers we continue IN
harmony, with the exception of an unjuitifa-
be proceeding Of the Dey of AIgiers towards
sur conul 10 that regency. It's character and
circumltances are now lard before you, and
wall enable you TO decide how far il may Ell.
Their now or hereafter call for any mealures
not within the limits Of the Executive author
ny.
With our Indian neighbours the public
peace has been leadiIy maintained Some
initanees of individual wrong have, as at other
times, taken place, bur in no wife duplicating
the will Of the nation. Beyond the Mififippi
the lowSys, the Sacs and the Alibamas have
delivered up tor trial and puuilhment indivd-
uals from among themlelves acufed Of MUIR
dering citizens Of the United States On this
thenleves TO srrea offenders of the fame kind,
ana the Choetaws have manifeited their read
inels and dchye for amcabIe and Jun arrange
menls respecting depredaions committed by
dliordery perlons Of their tribe, And gener-
ally, from a conviction that we confder them
as part of ourfeIves. and cherilh with hncer-
ny their rights aud intereGs, the attachment
81 the Indian tribes is gaining ftrength daily /,
nwFar -. -.
mote, and will amply requite Us Cor the jufice
and friendGhip praetifed towards them. HUFF
nandry and houlehOd manufacture are ad-
vancing among them, more rapidly with The
Southern than Northern tribes, from circum
itances Of fol aud climate, and one Of the two
great divllons Of the Cherokee nation have
now under confederation 10 folicit the citizen
ihip Of the United States, and TO be identified
wIlh Us IN laws and government in luch pro-
greihve manner we hall think bea.
III couleqnence Of the appropriations Of the
lat leiIlUn Ut Congrefe for he fecuriIy of our
iesDUrt towns and harbors, luch works of de-
fence have been erected as leemed TO be called
for by The hiuation Of the leveral places, their
relative importance, aud tile icaIe OF expcnle
indicated 10y the amount Of The appropriation
Ihele wurks will chiefly be hnilhed in The
courle If the prcient ieaon, except at New
70 k and New OncaEs, where mon was 10 be
done and although great proportion of the
lat app OPrlatirn las been expended on the
former place, yet icme further views will be
/ unlimited TO Congreis for rendering its iecuri-
~ entirely adequate againit naval enterprise
A view al what has been done at the leyeral
places, aud If what Is propoled to be done,
ihall be communicated As lOon az the leveral
| reports are received.
Of The gun-boats authorized by the act OF
December lah, it has been thought necef-
airy "a build only one huEdred and three
IL the Preient yer. Thete, with thole before
poieiied, are iucftIient for the harbours and
wa'ers mott expoled aud the rehdIe will re-
quire little time for their conaructon when
IL ihAll be deemed necehary.
Under the act Of the Taft iefion for rafting
All additional military force. 70 many officers
were Immediately appointed as were neceha.
~ for carrying On the buGnels of recruiting,
and ia proportion as il advanced, others have
been added. We have realon to believe their
iucceis has beed satisfactory, although fuch
returns have not yet been received as enable
me 70 prelent you Placement Of the num-
bers engaged.
have not thonGht It neceliafy, In the
courte Of the lah leaiOn 10 cali for any
general detachment cf militia or Of volun-
tcerS, under the laws pailcd for that pur-
poft. For the cnuing !eafon however
they will be rtquii u to be in iradintis,
ihould their ieivice be wanted. Some
final; and fpecial attachments have been
neceilafy I'd maintain the laws Of embargo,
on that portion Of oar northern frontier
which offered peculiar facilities for evaliou.
But thcfe were replaced as ioon as it could
b. done by bodies Of new recruits. BY the
AID OF Ihcic, and OF the armed vtfIelS cal
led INTO fervice in other qnarters, the fpir-
Il If diiobrdiCnce and abnle which mani
Mind lif, IL carly. and with frnIihle &c q