Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-12-15

neutrality frnm which il Is neither our intention,
Dor the desire OF the other American states,
that We mould tepart.
The commissioners under the seventh article
OF The treaty Of Ghent have so nearly comple-
ted their labors, that, BY the report recen,ly
received from the sgent on the part OF the U.
states, there is reason to expect thst the CON-
MISSION Sil be closed q, their next session. APP
pointed for the I'D Of May ofthe ensuing year.
The Other commission appointed TO ascertain
the indemmties due tor slaves carried away
from The U. States after the close of the lse
war, have met with soms difficulty, which has
DELAYED their progress in the inquiry. A re
Terence has been made to the British govern
mens on the subject, which, il may be hoped
Will tend 10 hasten The decision oil the coaIInls-
sloners. or serve ss n substitute tor IT.
among the powers specifically gran.
ted to congress by the constitution, are
those Of establishing uniform laws on
the subject of bankruptcies throughout
the United States, and Of providing for
organizing, arming, and discipliping the
militia, and for governing such part OF
them as may be employed in the ser
vice OF the United States. The msgni-
tude anj compile kitty Of the interests at
fected b. leg,slation upon these subjects,
may account for the fact, that, long and
often as both ofthem have occupied the
attention, and animated the debates Of
congress, no systems have yet been de
vised, for fulfilling TO the satisfaction of
the community, tie duties prescribed by
these grants of power. 70 conciliate
the claim OF The individual citizen to the
enjoyment Of personal liberty, with the
effective obligation Of private contracts,
is the difficult problem to be solved by
a law of bankruptcy. These are OBJ
jects of the deepest interest TO society;
affecting all that is precious in the ak
istence Of muititudss; of persons, many
! OF them in the classes essentially depen-
: dent and helpless; of the age requiring
f, nurture, and OF the sex entitled to pro-
lection, from the free agency ofthe pa
rent and the husband. The organiza-
ton Of the militia is yet more indispen
sible to the liberties OF the country. 1t
is only by an effective militia that we
can at once enjoy the repose Of peace,
and bid defiance to foreign aggression;
it is by the militia tha' we are constituted
an armed nation, standing in perpetual
panoply Of defence, in the presence of
all the other nations of the earth. To
this end, it would Do necessary so to
shape its organization, as to give it a
more united aud active energy. There
are laws tor establishing an uniform mi-
litia throughout the United States, and
for arming and equiping its whole
body. But 1t is a body Of dislccated
members, without the vigor # unity,
and having little of uniformity, but the
the name.-To infuse into this most i'm
portant institution the power Of which il
is susceptible, aud to make it available
for the defence of the Union, and at the
shortest notice, and at the smallest ex-
pense of time, of lite and Of treasure, are
among the benefits TO be expected from
the perseyeIing deliberations of con-
gress
Among the unequivocal indications,
of our national prosperity, is the flour
ishing state of our finances. The re-
venues OF the present year, from all
their principal sources, will exceed the
auticipstions of the last The balance
in the treasury, on the first of January
last was little short of two millions of
dollars, exclusive of two millions and d
half being the moiety of a loan OF five
millions, authorized by the act of goth
May, Is24.-The receipts into the trea-
sury from the first of January TO the
S0th of September, inclusive of the
other rboiety OF the same loan, are esti-
mated at sixteen millions FIVE hundred
thousand dollars; and tits expected that
those OF the current quarter will ex-
coed FIVE millions of dollars; forming an
aggregate Of receipts Of nearly twent,
two millions, Independent of the loan.
The expenditures Of the year will not
exceed that sum more than two millions.
BY those expenditures, nearly eight
millions Of the public debt have been
discharged. More than million and
half has been devoted to the debt of
gratitude to the warriors of the rsyolu-
ton; nearly equal sum to the con-
struction offorti6cations, and the acqui-
sition Of ordinance, and other permanent
preparatives of national defence; half
a million to the gradual increase OF the
navy; an equal SUN for the purchases
of territory from the Indians, and pay
ment of annulties TO them; and upwards
of a million for objects of internal inn
provemen., authorized by special acts
OF the last congress. 1--we add to these
four millions OF dollars for payment Of
int r. IL