The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1811-11-13

independent Nation can relinquisl /;
Congress will feel the duty Of putting
the United States into an armour, and
an attitude demanded by the crisis, and
corresponding with the rational spirit and
expectations.
recommend accordingly, that ade-
quate provisions be made for filing the
ranks and prolonging the .enlistren's of
regular troops, for an auxiliary force, to
10 be engaged for more limited term;
for the acceptance of volunteer corps,
whose patriotick ardOur may court par
ticipation in urgent services for detach-
ments, as they may be wanted, of 9TH
er portions of the militia; and for such
a preparation Of the great body, as will
proportion its usefulness to Its intrinsick
capacities. Nor can the occasion fail to
remind you Of the importance Of those
military seminaries, which, in every C.
vent, will form a valuable and frugal
part Of our military establishment.
The manufacture OF cannon and small
arms has proceeded with due success,
and the stock and resources of all unncs-
ssry munitions are adequate to emergen-
cies. 1t will NOT be inexpedient, how
ever, for Congress to authorize an en-
largement of them.
Your attention will of course be drawn
TO such provisions, on the subject of our
naval force, as may be required for the
services to which it may be best adapted
submit to Congress the seasonableness,
also Of an authority to augment the stock
Of such materials, as are imperishable in
their nature, or may not at once be at
tainable.
In contemplating the scenes which
distinguish this momentous epoch, and
estimating their claims to our attention,
it is impossible to overlook those devel-
oping themselves among the great ccm-
munities which occupy the southern por-
ton of our own hemisphere, ard extend
into our neighbourhood. An enlarged
philanthropy, and an enlightened fore
cast, concur in imposing on our Nation
al Councils, an obligation to take q deep
interest in their destinics to cherish re-
ciprocal sentiments of good will; to re-
gard the progress of the events |; and not
to be unpreparcd for whatever order OF
things may be ultimately established.
Under another aspect of our situation,
the early attention Of Congress will be
due to the expediency of further guards
against evasions and iniractions of our
commercial laws. The practice of smug-
Cling, which is odious every where, and
particularly criminal in free governments,
where, the laws being made by all for the
good of all, fraud is committed on ev-
cry individual as well as on the state, at
tains its utmost guilt, when it blends,
with pursuit of ignominious gain
treacherous subserviency, in the tram
gressors, to a foreign policy adverse to
that of their own country. 1t is then
that the virtuous indignation of the pub
lick should be enabled to manifest itself,
through the regular animadversion of the
most competent laws.
10 secure greater respect to our mer-
camille flag, and to the honest interest
which it covers it is cxpedient also,
that 1t be made punishable in our citizens,
TO accept licences from foreign govern
ments, TOR trade un!awfuIly interdicted
by them to other American citizens or
to trade under false colours or papers Of
any Sort.
A prohibition is equally called for, "a
gainst the acceptance, by our citizens, Of
special licences, to be used in a trade
with the United States and against the
admission into particular parts Of the u
States, of vessels from foreign countries,
authorized to trade with particular ports