The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1825-12-08

five fiigates. The rules and regulations by !
which it is governed urgently call for revision ]
and the want of Naval School of instruction
corresponding with the Military Academy at w.
Point, for the information Of scientific and accom-
pished officers, is felt with daily increasing ag-
gravaton.
The act Of Congress of26th May, 1894, author
izing an examination and survey f the harbour Of
Charleston, in South-Carolina, Of ST. Mary's in
Georgia, and of the Coast of Florida, and for 9TH
er purposes, has been executed so far as the APP !
preparation wonld admit Those OF the Sd OF
March last, authorising the establishment OF
Navy rard and Depot on the Coast OF Florida,
in the t-lif Of Mexico, and autlorising the
building often sloops ofwar, and for other pur-
poses, are in the of executions tor the par
tculars Of which, and other objects connected
with this Department. refer to the report Oh the
Secretary OF the Navy herewith communicated.
In inviting the attention of Congress TO the sub
cct of internal improvements, upon view thus
enlarged, it is not my design to recommend tic
equipment OF al expedition for crcumnav'Sating
the globe for purposes OF scientific research and
inquiry. We have objects OF useful investiga-
ton nearer home, and to which our cares may be
more bcnefcially applied. The interior OF our
own territories has yet been very inpcrfectly cx-
1 plorcd. Our coasts along many degrees OF lati-
tudc upon the shores of the Pacific ocean, tho
much frcquen;cd BY our spirited commercial
navigators, have been barely visitedby onr public
ships. The River of the West, first fully dis
covered and navigated by "a conntryman OF our
own, still bears the name Of the ship in which he
assembled its waters and claims the protection OF
our armed national flag at its mouth With the
establishment ola military post there, or at some
4 other point of that coast, recommended BY my
predecessor, and already maturcd, in the dclbcr-
ations of the last Congress, would suggest the
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public ship for the exploration of the whole
northwest coast of this continent.
+ report from the Postrnaster-Cencral IS also
submitted exhibiting the present Honrishlng
condition of that Department. For the first time
for many wears, the receipts for the year ending
on the first OF July last, exceeded the expcndl-
: lures during tic same period, to the amount OF
more than forty-.ivc thousand dollars, Other
, facts equally credtable to the Department, arc,
that in two years from the first OF Jaly 1873, an
, improvement of more than one hundred and cigll-
ty-fiyc thousand dollars in its pecuniary affairs has
been realized; that in the same interval the in
crease Of the transportation of the nia has ex.
ceeiled one million i've hundred Thousand milcs,
annually; and that one Thousand and fotty new
po5t.otiices have been established It hence ap-
pears, that under itldicious management, the in
come from this establishment may be relied Oh
as fully adequate to detray lis expenses and that
5 by the discontinla.cc Of post-roads, altogether
unproductive, others of a more useful character
may be opened, till the circulation of the mail
shall keep pace with the spread of our poPula
! ton; and that the comforts of friendly correspon
il dcncc, the exchanges Of internal traffic. and the
lights of the periodical press, shall be distributed
. TO the rcmotest corners of the Union, at charge
scarcely perceptible TO any individual, and with
! out the cost of q dollar to the public treasury.
c Upon the first occasion Of dressing the Leg
c isatlre of the Union, with which have been
n honored, in presenting 10 their view the cXecu
! ton. SO far as it has been effected Of the meas
:, ures sanctioned by them, for promoting the i'll
l. ternal Improvement of our county, cannot close
i the communication without recommending te
it their calm and persevering consideration, the
,f general principle in more enlarged extent. The
At great object ofthe institution Of civil government
v is the improvement of the condition OF those WING
,s are parties to the social compacti and no govern
e ment, in whatever form instituted, can accom-
IS plish the lawful ends of its institution, but in pro
\. portion as it improves the condition of those owe
" Whom it is established. and Canals, b,
ss multiplying and facilitating the communication
m and intercourse between distant regions, am
le nmltitudcs of men are among the most llnporan
IS means Of improvement. But moral, pohuca'
v, and intellectual improvement, are duties assign
d. ed by the author of our existence; to social, II
a, less than to individual man. For the fuhlmen
H. OF those duties, governments ;tTc llNcStti VIII
D. power and to the attainment OF the end, the pre-
grcssiyc improvement ofthe condition ofthe gov
fe cred, the exercise of slclcg. tied power, is dut
,e as sacred and Indispensable as the uslrpation
le power not granted is criminal and odious.
IL nong the first perhaps the very first instrumcn
MS for the improvement of Tie condition OF men
o. knowledge; and to the acquisition OF mitch g
s. the knowledge adapted To the wants, the con,
IN forts and enioyments Of human life, public inst
~ tutions and scmnarics oflearning are essential
lg So convinced of this was the first CT my prcde
if cessors in this Office first in the memory, as
I'd living, he was first i'll the hearts of our country
of that and again in his addresses to the Cor
lg crosses, with whom he co-operated in the publ
W service he earnestly recommended the establish
cr mcnt of fscmnarcs of learning, to prepare tor a
ne the emergencies of peace and war--a national 4
e, niversity, and military academy. With respcc
n to the latter had he lived to the present day,
hs turning his eyes to the instituton at West Point
pit lie would have enjoyed the qualification of hi
vo most earnest wishes. But, in surveying the cit
e, which has been honoured with his name, h
i'm would have seen the spot of earth Which he ha
er destined and bcqueathesl to the use and benef
e, of his country as the site for university, sti
re bare and barren.
ut In assuming her station among the ciyili2e
"a. nations of the earth it would seem that our cour
be try had contracted the engagement to contribut
lg her share of mind, of labor and of expense, t
tho i,,,,,roypnippt Df those ports Of knONIcIp