The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-07

~ '"."' oeeu''ea, shat mad the author;,.
existed to redeem the nine millions no,v
deemaoie, oy an ex change of stocks or
loan at hve per cent, it is morally certa;.
that 1t might have been effected, and s;a ,s;.n
it yearly saving of ninety thousand TIn dO,
lars. uol-
With regard to the collection of Rev.,,
ct lmpost, certain occurrences have ,s;.s
IN the last year, been disclosed in one -,
two OF our principal ports, which enpaoos
the attention OF Congress at their las, eso
sion, and may hereafter require further con
sideration. Until within a very few year.
he execution OF the laws for RAISING ,h,'
revenue, like that of all our other laws has
been ensured more by the moral sense Of ,hs
community than by the rigors Of iealsm. s"s
precauton, or by penal sanctions. COu'
fiding in the exemplary punctuality and IN.
sullied integrity of our importing merchan,o
gradual relaxation from the provisions os
the Collection Laws, close adherance tn
which would have caused inconvenience and
expense to them, had long become habitual.
and indulgenccs had been extended univsr
sally, because they had never been abps.d
1t may be worthy of your serious consider'
alton, whether some further Legislative nro.
vision may not be necessary to come in aia
of this state of unguarted security.
From the reports herewith communicated
of the Secretaries of War and of the Nav
with the subsidiary documents annexed 10
them, will be discovered the present cond.
tion and administration of eur Military es.
tabishment on the land and on the sea
The organization Of the Army havingunder.
gone no change since its reduction to III.
present Peace Establishment in 1921, it re-.
mains only to observe, that it is yet found
adequate to all the purposes for which
permanent armed force in time of peace can
be needed. or useful 1t may be proper TO
add, that, from difference of opinion be-
tween the late President Of the United States
and the Senate, with regard to the construc.
tion of the act of Congress of I'd March, 1921
to reduce and fix the Military Peace Estab.
| lshment Of the United States, it remains
hitherto so far without execution, that no
Colonel has been appointed to command one
of the Regiments OF Artillery. A supple.
mentary or explanatory act of the LcgiSla.
ture appears to be the only expcdient prac-
ticablc, for removing the difficulty Of this
appointment.
In period of profound peace. the conduc.
ofthc mere military establishment tormsbut
a very inconsiderable portion OF the duties
devolving upon the administration Of the
I Department OF War. 1t will be seen by the
returns from the subordinate Departments
of the Army, that every branch of the ser.
vice is marked with order. regularity and
discipline. That from the Commanding
General through all the gradations of super.
intendence, the officers feel themselves to
have been citizens before they were soldiers,
and that the glory of a Republican Army
must consist in the spirit of freedom by
! which it is animated, and Of patriotism by
which it is mpelled. 1t may be confidently
stated, that the moral character of the Ar.
my is in a state of continual improvement,
and that all the arrangements for the dispo-
sal of its parts have constant refercncsto
that end.
But to the War Department are attribut-
cd other duties, having indeed relation toa
future possible condition of war, but being
purely defensive, and in their tendency con-
tributing rather to the security and perma.
nency of peace: The erection of the fortih
cations provided for by congress, and adapt"
cd to secure our shores from hostile invasion
Tho distribution of the fund of public
gratitude and justice to the pensioners of the
, revolutionary war--Thc maintenance OF our
relations of peace and of protection with The
Indian tribes-And the internal improve.
ments and surveys for the location of roads
and canals, which, during the last three ses-
| sions Of congress have engaged so much OF
their attention. and may engross so large
share of their future benefactions to our
country.
BY the act of the 3oth Of April, 1924
suggested and approved by my predecessor,
the sum Of thirty thousand dollars was ap-
propriated for the purpose of causing to b:
made, the necessary surveys, plans and estl'
! mates Of the routes Of such roads and canals
as the President of the United States might
deem of national importance in a,commer-
cia or military point Of view, or necessary
for the transportation of the public MALI
the surveys, plans and estimates necessary
for each. when completed, to be laid oefoe
congress.
In execution Of this act, a board OF engl'
nccrs was immediately instituted. and have
been since most 'assiduously and constahtiy
occupied, in carrying it into effect. ns
first objectto which their labors were dlrcc'
ed, by order of the late President, was tie
examination of the country between ''s
tide waters Of the Potomac, the OHIO, anu
lake Erie, to ascertain the pyacticabillty ola
communication between them, to designate
the most suitable route for the same. and,o
form plans and estimates in detail, OF the eA'
pense of execution. -,
On the Sd of February, 1925, they maui
their first report, which was immedla,c'y
co,, r,uuic,t.I 70 coporecc and in which tnty