Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-04-02

WASHINGTON, March 3l.-The Pre-
sideh' departed siom this CITY YESTERDAY,
~ Tie steam boat, for NorfuiS, wish AN
Intention 10 proceed by Pasquo,ank. The
Aibe:aa,le ard paa,li,o Souud; 20 VIII
nlington, Charleston, and Savannah,
na,ing IN yicw. in reference 10 ptgl.ic
defence, acareinl Inspection of all the
niiets irom the ocean. ~ rep,iis of
tlie roard al ui>sione,s, consisting
ot O:icers oi the Corps at Engineers and
OF ,he Navy, res;iive 10 Il NAY al depot,
'l"rh Yards and inriiicasious, point out
ih- affects peculiarly deserving bis ~.
ir',ti"n. From Savannah his course VII
prnAably depend upon circumstances.
the season, II II expected, vii b. loo
AR advanced 10 ad,ait his passage hs
land 10 New Orleans. il ,.pIreii, IL Aere
nrorri, to take tia, route before the. late
treaty With Spain is carried i,io effect
sNliuu!d he moi continue his iDur.Is9
towards New Crleaus, IL is said, TIA; he
viii proceed westward by Augusta, ihro'
Tennessee and kensucty, 10 tic u, ~
States, or 10 some of iien ln HAT
section Of The Union, many objects of
The highest interest presen, themselves 10
view, IA correct knowledge of hich, il i.
believed, would be useful 10 all employed,
In the public councils. Our r.la ions
with the Indian tribes, underibe immense
cessions oiierriiory obtained from ile0,
by The treaties oiihe last year, are of liar
character. The game ON which tlny
have principally relied heretofore, viii
20 longer furnish them with Il subsis-
fence. New efforts WI. be NECESSARY, 10
civiiize then, and eiieciual regulations
must be a. opted for the purpose, or HEY
perish The great amount Of the public
lands, winch constitute an ,nexhaustIbte
source OF wealth to The whole nation The
disposition ot our troops 10 protect our
frontier settlements and preserve peace
with the Indians TO protect the Indians
themselves from injustice and 10 secure
The public lands from iuirusions are
subjects highly worthy OF the attention
of those TO whom the management
thereof is entrusted, and particularly OF
the mefMagistraie.
Mr.. Monroe has evidently considered
il his duty TO attend in person TO these
objects since lie was elected into The
present office, and particularly 10 mra-
sures relating TO the public defeAee.
The late war obviously fo,med AN epoch
III our history, and furnished the motive,
II II did mol impose the obligation onthe
Chief Magistrate to give 10 those nsa-
sures the utmost activity aud vigor. We
OF that momentous struggle; the dtsola-
ton ct our coast, throughout lis whole
extent the great number OF our citizens
who were called, even from the most re-
mote paris ofthc interior, 10 lis defence,
and the waste Of lite from disease, which
followed. Had the coast been fortified,
One-icnih oftlie force would have been
more adequate TO its defence, and more
than nine tenths of our citizens and pro-
perry thus lost would lave been saved
from destruction. We all reco!iect tie
ability and virtue with which The citizen.
then at the helm, sustained tina, strrsaie,
and his peTseverIDg tirmness in moments
Of the severesi trial. eIr. Monroe then
acted under him, In the Department of
War, and having Witnessed the difficult
ties o! that struggle, Ie thinks il Incum.
bent on him 10 exert every means IN his
power 10 carry into effect the saIuiary
laws and provisions OF Congress, since,
adopted, to avert like cslamitics in lie
event oiano:lier war.
Such, obviously, are the motives and
the objects that, in the opinion of HE
President, impose upon him this ardnous
duty, which lie commenced soon after
the national concerns were confit!ed 10
his hands, and which he is now prosecut-
lug.
The Secretary of War sat out with the
President, and will accompany him un,ii
he leaves the coast for the interior.
mat. lat.