Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-12-05

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tished, am, whatever may be the ab-
stract doctrine in favor OF unrestricted
commerce, provided all nations would
concur 10 it, and it was not liable TO DE
interrupted by war, which has never oc.
Cured, and cannot be expected that
there are other strong reasons applicable
to our situation, and relations with other
countries, which impose on US the obiiga-
ton to cherish and sustain our mahufac-
lures Satisfied, however, likewise am,
that the interest OF every part Of our u
MON, even of those most benefited by
manufactures, requires that this subject
should be touched with the greatest eau
ton, and critical knowledge OF the ell
feet 10 be produced by the slightest
change. On iull consideration OF the
sub]ect,in all its relations, i am persuaded,
that turther augmentation may now be
made ot the duties OIL CERTAIN foreign ar
tiCles, in favor OF our own, and without al
tectlng injuriously, any other interest For
ore precise details, refer you 10 the
communications which were made 10
| Congress during the last Session.
So great was the amount OF accounts TOR
monies advanced during The late war, in adj
q
the regular operations OF the goyerpmt,
! necessarily remained unsettled, that II re-
| quired considerable Ie0g hfot time tor
| ,ner adjustment BY report from the Fast
| Comptroller Of the Treasury, II appears
that, on the 4th OF March, 1877, tine &C
counts then unsettled amounted to one
hundred and three millions slxty-eght
thousand eight hundred and seVenty-sx
| dollars and forty one cents OF which on
the 3oth of September OF the present year
ninety-lhree millions one hundred and
seventy five thousand three hundred ano
ninety>six dollars and htty.six cents had
been settled; leaving on that day bal
ance unsettled Ofnine millions eight hum
dred and ninety three thousand tour hum
| dred and SeYenly-nine dollars and eighty
five cents. That there have been drawn
from tbe Treasury, in paying The public
debt, and sustaining The Government in
! all its operations and disbursements, since
the 4th Of March, 1917 one hundred and
flty-seven millions one hundred y ninety
nine thousand three hundred and eighty
dollars and ninety-six cents, the accounts
for which have been setlled to the amount
OF one hundred and tbirty-seyen millions
five hundred and one thousand four hun
dred and fifty one dollars 4. twelve cents:
| leaving balance unsettled OF nineteen
millions six hundred and ninety seven
thousand nine hundred and twenty nine
dollars and eghty-iour cents. For pre-
| else details respecting each OF these bal
aEces, refer to the report OF the Comp
troller, and the documents which accom-
pany it.
From this view, it appears that our
commercial differences with France and
! Great Britain have been placed 10 train
of amlcable arrangement, on conditions
fair and honorable, in both instances, to
| each party; that our finances are in very
| productive state; our revenue being al
present fully competent TO all the demands
| upon il; that our military force is well or
ganized IN all its branches, and capable of
! rendering the most important service, in
case vt emergency, that It's number will
admit OF; tina due progress has been made,
| under existing appropriations, in the con-
| sruction OF Notifications. and 10 the opera
| tons of the ordnance department.; that
! due prog ess has, in like manner, been
! made 10 The construction OF ships of war;
! that our navy is IN The best condition, felt
| and respected, In every sea 10 which 1t is
| employed tor the protection OF our COM
merce; that our manufactures have aug
! mented in amount and improved IN quail
| IT,; that great progress has been made IN
the settlement OF aCcOuns, and in the re-
covery OIL the balances due by individuals;
and, that the utmost economy is secured
and observed, in every department OF The
administration.
Other objects will likewise claim your
attention, because, from the station which
! the United States hold, as member ot the
great community of nations. they have
rights 10 maintain, duties t. perform, and
| dangers TO encounter.
A strong hope was entertained that
peace would, ere this, have been con-
cluded between spain and the l. depeDN
dent Governments south of the U. States
in this hemisphere. Long experience
having evinced the competency of those
governments, to maintain the indepen-
1ence which they had declared, il was
presumed. that the considerations which
induced their recognition by the United
States, would have had equal weight with
other Powers, and that Spain herself,
yielding TO those magnanimous feelings OF
which her history furnishes so many exam
pies, would have terminated, on thai basis,
a controversy so unayailing, and at the
same time. go destructive. We still
cherish the hope, that this resuI: will mol
long be postponed. i.
Sustaining our neutral position, and
allowing to each party, while the war