Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-11-29
The PRECEDENT Of the United States this-day com
municated, by Mr.. Graham, the following Me1-
1age to Congrels

statement OF the secretary OF tho navy toe
the information which may be proper OH
that subject. To that statement is added a
view of the trainers of appropriations, au-
therised by the act Of the session preceding
the last, and of The grounds on which the
transfers We're made.
) Whatever may be the course OF your
deliberations OH the subject of our military
establishments, should fail in my duty iH
not Recommending to your serious attention
the importance of giving to our militia, the
great bulwark of oar security, and resource
OF our power, an organizations the best "a
t,anted to eventual situations for which the
Tinted States ought to be prepared.
Thu susls which had been previously &C
cnlaulated III the TREASURY, together with
the receipts during the year ending on the
3nlof 5-p,. his: (aa.l amounting to more
than niue nlil!ons OF doiiarsl have enabled
frw the current expenses OF government
without recurring to any loan. But the in
seeuf,tv OF o,,r commerce and the conse-
>eaent dininuion of the pablo revenue,
viii probably produce 4 deficiency in the
receipts o! the ensuing year, for which and
for other details, refer to the statements
wfish will be transmitted from the treasu-
r..
IN the state which has been presented Of
our affairs with the great parties TO dis
astrous and f,rotractct! war, carried on in
mode equally Injurious and unjast to the
United States as an-utral IA ton, the wis.
dana q tn National Lsgisiata re will be a..
gain summoned to the important decision
Ct the alternatives before them. That these
will BE- nset in spirit, worthy the councils
{ a nation, conscious both ii its rectitude
and of its rights, and careful as well Of its
honor as OF It's peace, have an entire con-
fdence. And that the result will be stamp
cd BY a unanim;ty becoming the occasion,
and be supportedby every portion of our
citizens, with apstriotism enlightened and
lvisorated Ey experience, ought as lit,le
to be doubted.
In llis midst Of the wrongs and vcxationa
experienced from external causes, there Is
moch room for congratuiation on the pros
per:ty andhdpp.ness aowlng from our situa.
ton at kon:. Tie blessing Of heath has
lie, or been more universal. The fruits of
the seasons, though in particular articles
and districts short of their usual redunian.
cy, arc more than sufficient for our wants
and our comforts. the face Of our country
every where presents the evidence Of lauda-
bic enterprise, Of. extensive capital, and of
durable Improvement. In a cultivation Of
tie materials, and the extension OF useful
maEatactures, more especially, IN the gene
ralarpilcation - household fabrics, we be-
hold rapid din.:nation of oar dependence
on foreign supplies. Nor is j, unworthy Of
rejection, thai this revolution in our pur-
suits and hablsis in no slight degree con-
sequence of those impoIitic and arbitrary
edlcts, by which the contending nations in
enaeayofing each of them to obstruct our
trade with the other, have SO far abridged
cur means of procuring the productions
and manufactures, Of which Our own are
now taking the place.
Recollecting always, that for every adj
vantage which may contribute to distinguish
our lot, from that to which others are DOOM
ed by the unhappy spirit of the times, we
are indebted to that Divine Providence
whose goodness has been so remarkably ex-
tend:d to this rising nation, it becomes US to
cherish dcvout gratitude, and to implore
from the same omnipott MT source blessing
on the consultations and measures about to
be undertaken for the we flare of our beloY-
cd country.
JAMES MADISON.