Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-12-12
cDe Constitutional aglhlm.


: "i "e expenditures TO be paid from the Depart
n,;n,hJ " ar Less Than two lif,s of this will DO APP
W t'ic maintenance and support of the Army
i'V" ana haif, IN the form of pensions roes as :,
scarcely adequate tribute to the services and s,cr6co
-; 'oner age; and more than equal sum- invested
;. ea''on'' or Tor The preparations of into, nal
'pi o'emen provides for the quiet the comfort and
voc "apf'ef cXise' ce ag,s 20 come The appropria-
o" 10 indemnify those inf r;unate remnants Of ano-
i.c' unaoie aie to share IN the enoymcnts, ,n,
10 exist III the presence OF ciilization th,uph swpl
's III recent years to magnitude budensornc to the
treasury are generally not without their EQUIVALENTS
III profitable value; or serve Ia discharge the Union frou
engagements more burdense,.e than debt
III Ike nanucr tie cf r,, t,
Navy Departmental III present an aggregate sum of IN
i"' OF three millions ofdolars. About
however cover the current expenditures of the Navy in
"''"ai Services and onr-haf constitutes fund Of national
property, The pledge of oar fuiue cloy and defence II
's scarcely one Short year aii tie close the late war
% W''en me burden OF its EXPENSES charges was
esS heaviest upon the county, that Cnusiess by tin.
act oil gym p 1876, app one million of dollars
Iuy, ioF e't years. the gradual increase If me-
'Hdy Al subsequent pe,iod. This annual apptopa,ou
WIS reduced t" hall million for sis years Of which the
present yer the last yet more recent ar,ovatou
''E i"st TWO years fur building Slonps oil War has
nearly restored The original appropriation of 1916 of n
nt'''''h '"f every yr"r The res; is before all We
nave twelve li"e-ui-batn Ships twenty Fri,al,s and
"s Oh \" dr. In proportions: which, with few months uG
tVi''''o, may present line of floating fortified ors
"s IN" whole range of coast, ready TO nee, auv in
fihef who might attempt f,o, p,.i our shores. Com
hni"s with e.n tons upon the shores ,h
SELVES commenced about time uu Ter tic, ausnces
VI my immediate predecessor, hitherto sys,cu..,icoll
mas placed III possession the effective
S''''"s "i waf am has left once an example aud
'' winch our own duI;cs may be infer red. The sra-
uual inrTca' oi the Navy was the princule OF vIicI The m
~" fPii' $780, WAS The fist dev, lopment was the
"'fn"uciion of system. Upon the character nal his
'y "i our county ioi indefinite series ages IL was
OF that Congress and TO
'at II was the destiny aud the duty these
"'f"'ed states 10 become, regular process Of time and
Wy ~" petty ahv""cesa srea, Naval Power. That which
'y proposed 10 accomplish eight years, is rather TO bc
;S is 'he iueasule OF their means, than lml
3 Oh theIr design They looked forward for term o
AS sufficient FOR the accomplishment of definite rortiut
"' 'heir tIs.; ad ,lty left successors to lu am
nc canvass Of which iey traced the arse and pronhe
'' ,"pit he ships of the nc fIsates which they
" IA tOntempal Ion rilI be shortly CONNECTED The t,ne
"hch '"y had allotted FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS of the vo,t
S more man elapsed. ltremas for your consideration
'" 'ne' successors may contribute their portion of toll
~ "i treasure nr TIE benefit Of the succeeding in the
ereAse"i olr Navy. There is, perhaps no part
" exercise Oh the Constitutional Powers nf Federal
Government, which given no,e general IN
te feop:e al the Uinn this The system has not
zen ''S ''S'tusiy iaced, an" hitherto sus,a med To
DC now dea.'ed from, abanoue,l. Ia cSnlinni,e 10
te ioI TIE gradual ircreas Of Navy, may not
OF eNped'thi 10 add far the present ANY more to
ie humber nI our Ships la" should you deem it advisable
" commune t'r yearly appropriations If half million
~" same "l'ciS may pro6tably expended in prov
"s supply "l timber tn e seasoned,
10! l""t "'e; iG the OF d., ks or in layiuo
HE foundations Ola School for Naval Education ~ r
"e "s""m "' Congress e,e UG measures may an
pear To ciuIm the preference.
actu Al
@ ing lf ci'e slu"dons have continued 10 be
maintained IN ne Pacific Ocean, in cs; India Seas
III" /" '' Med''"nea which has been added small
"'"","e"' !" c'nI2" "iLhe Eastern Coast uf South
America Ia all ;hry have afforded pro,cc,,ou 10 our
'"'h'e'rt, 'ivc contributed to make county advau-
laGc""sIy Known lrsm nations have houof3hI,,
Poye" m"'iII"irs of 0n ia the service al t,.
county and have numbers of vout,, of ,! ,;
generation 1" lives ~ manly hdId,ond and Of nautical
rSperence and shii The piracics with which The Lyegt
i"" Seas were far several years infested have been to
tally suppressed But, the Mediterranean, tb.v i,n,.
increased III manner affective other naoms aud but
ioF the continual preserve OF suuadrou vovd u,oho
by have bren distressing own. The war which
mas unfortunately broken between th, Rcnubc Of
p'hoS ayes ana the Brazilian Government, has Given
Use TO vry great irrcg charities among the Naval ocsrs
:" e ia'e'' by whom principles in relation biockades
ana to neutral navigation, have been brought forward II
wh'n we cannot subscribe and which our Gamma n
derS nave found to- resist From te
disposition towards the United Staiss constantly NANTES
ted by the Emperor ST Brazil and The very useful and
"ieh"y commercial intercourse between The United States
ana his dn'nlnIonS, have believe that IL,
J"st separation demanded for the injuries sustained by
several OF oar citizens from some his officers i'll moi
be withheld. Abstracts fom the dispatches at
the Commanders OF our-scveral sTIroGs cumnuni-
Gated with the Report The SECRETARY ar the Navy 10
! Congress
Report from, the Postmaster General is likewise com
oated presenting ia highly satisfactory manner the
result Of vigorous, efficient and economical adninstra
on OF that Department. The the Office even
~ Tue year including the latter half Of 1924, aud the first
'I &" 1879, hld exceeded lis expenditures bv sum OF
more than forty FIVE Thousand dollars. That of hc uc
ceedi"g year has been still more proGucti,c The in
crease OF ihej receipts ~ the preceding the
ui oyer that of the year before hundred
ana thirty SIX thousand dollars. and the excess of the re
cep's over tie expenditures Of The year has ollen rom
Forty five thousand tn nearly eighty thousand dollars
during the same period, contracts for additional Transport
'hon OF the rnii, u Stages, for about two HUNDRED and
sixty thousand miles, have been made, and for seventy
thousand miles annually, horseback. Seven bnn Cd
ana fourteen ncw Post Offices have been established with
~ hc year; aud The increase Of within the last
irec years, well as ic augmentation OF the ,ra,
"1h Wy mall IS more than equal i0 the whole amouo,
OF receipts and Of mail conveyance the
VI ' present century when the seat of the General Go
! refnmcnt wIsremovej to this place When Cue rt,
that the objects effected 10y the TRANSPORTATION, ~ ,s
man are among the choicest comforts aud eriovncr,-
a." social lie, 1t is pleasing observe thar the Dis
lSemnIton OF them 10 every corner nf our ohunty has
o"s'Pped in 'he'iacIease the rapid march Of our
by the Treaties witt, Franc, o, so,;,, r..,,..,.r,
eeeoins Louisiana and the Flodas 70 l United STATES
provision was made for the security Of land titles derived
49, - 0 government Of thnse nations. Some progress
,f 49,