Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1814-09-29

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into our ports; contributing thus. with o.
Their proofs, to demonstrate the incompe-
tency and illegality of a blockade, the
proclamation of which is made the pretext
for vexing and discouraging the
of neutral powers with the United States.
To meet the extended and diversified
warfare adopted by the enemy, great bodies
of militia have been taken into service for
the public defence, and great expenses in.
Cured. That the defence every where
may be both more convenient and more
economical, Congress will see the necessi.
ty of immediate measures for filing the
ranks of the regular army, and Of enlarg.
ing the provision for specisl>t%
ed and unmoanted, to be
er periods Of service than are due from the
militia. earnestly renew, at the same
time a recommends ton of such changes in
the system of the militia, as by chasing
and disciplining for the most prompt and
active service the portions most capable Of
it. will give to that great resource for the
public safety all the requisite energy and
efficiency.
The monies received into the Treasury
during the nine months ending on the
thirtioth day of June last, amounted to
thirty-two millions Of dollars, of which
near eleven millions were the proceeds Of
the public revenue, and the remainder de-
rived from loans. The disbursements for
public expenditures during the same period
exceeded t~hirty-four millions of dollars, and
left in the Treasury, on the first day OF
July, near five millions of dollars. The
demands during the remainder of the
present year already authorised by Con-
gress, and the expenses incident to an ex-
tension of the operations of the war, will
render it necessary that large sums should
be provided to meet them.
From this view of the national affa irS.
Congress will be urged to take up. without
delay, as well the subject of pecuniary sup
plies as that of military force, and on a
scale commensurate with the extent and the
character which the war has assumed. It
is not to be disguised, that the situation Of
our country calls for its greatest efforts
Our enemy is powerful in men and money:
on the land and on the water. Awaiting
himself of fortuitous advantages, he is aim.
ing with his undivided force, a deadly blow
at our growing prosperity, perhaps of our
national existence. lie has avowed his pur.
pose of trampling on the usages of civilized
warfare, and given earnests Of it, in the
plumber and wanton destruction of private
property. In his pride Of maritime domini-
on and in his thirst of commercial monopo-
ly, he strikes with peculiar animosity at the
progress of our navigation and of our manu-.
features, His barbarous policy has not e.
ven spared those monuments of the arts
and models OF taste, with which our coun-
try had enriched and embellished its infant
Metropolis. From such an adversary, hos
tility in its greatest force and in its worst
forms may be looked for. The American
people will face it with the undaunted spi-
rit, which in cur revolutionary struggles
defeated his %unrighteous projects. His
threats and his barbarities, instead Of dis
may, will kindle in every bosom an indir-
nation not to be extingnished but in the
disaster and expulsion of such cruel inya,
ders. In providing the means necessary.
the National Legislature will not distrust
the heroic and enlightened patriotism of its
constituents. They will cheerfuIly and
proudly bear every burden of every kind.
which the safety and honor of the nation
demand We have seen them every where
paying their taxes, direct and indirect, with
the greatest p%romptness and ~alacrity. We
see them rushing with enthusiasm to the
scenes where danger and duty call. In Of
fering their blood they give the surest pledss
that no other tribute will be withheld.
Having forborne to declare war until to
other aggressions had been added the cap
ture of nearly a thousand American vessels.
and the impressment Of thousands of Ame-
rican sea.faring citizens, and until a final
declaration had been made by the Govern
ment Of Great Britain, that her hostile or
ders against our would not be re-
voked, but on conditions as impossible as
unjust whilst it was known that their or
ders would not otherswise cease, but with q
war which had lasted nearly twenty years.
and which, according to appearances at
that time, might last as many more; hay
ing manifested on every occasion, and in
every proper mode, a sincere desire to ar
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