The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-12-13

1910, appropriated Que million OIL d0llaiS annual
~, for eight ears TO the gradual increase Of the
| many At subsequent period, dis annual APP
preparation was reduced 10 half million for SIX
years, u which the present year is the last.
yet more recent appropriation the last two fears
for building ten sloops OF war, has nearly restored
the original appropriation OF 1916, ct amillon tor
every year. The result is before US all We
have twelve line Of battle ships, twenty iriSatcs,
and sloops of war in proportion; which, with
few months of preparation, may present hue OF
floating Notifications along the whole range OF our
coast, ready 10 meet amy Invader VINO might at
| tempt TO set foot upon our shores: Combining
with system Of Notifications upon the shores
| themselves, commenced about the same time
under the auspices Of my immediate predecessor,
and hitherto sy Scientifically pursued il has placed
in possession tn" most effective sinews OF war,
aud has Ii Il us at once example aud lesson,
! from which our own duties may be inferred -
The Il a,al increase of the navy WAS the princ-
! pie OF which the act OF Z9th April, 1916, was the
! first Development IL was the introduction OF
| system To act upon the character and history OF
| our country for an indefinite series of ages. 1t
was declaration OF that Congress to their COLI
stituenls and TO pnstcrty, that 1t the destiny
and the duty OF these cuniedcratcd States, to be-
come, in regular process Of time, and by no pet
! " advances, great naval power. That, which
4 they proposed TO accomplish in eight years, is
| rather TO be considered The measure OF their
means, than the limitation of their design. They
| looked forward for term OF Years sufficient for
| the Accomplishment OF u definite portion Of their
purpose; and they left TO their successors to fill
up the canvass, OF which they had traced the
! large and prophetic outline. The ships Of the
linc, and tiigatcs, which they had in comtempia-
! ton, will be shortly completed. The time " hch
/ they had allotted for the accompl stInent OF the
| work, has more than elapsed. 1t remains for
| your consideration, how their successors may
contribute iieir portion of toll and OF treasure
for the benefit Of the succeeding age, in the grad
lt1a .
! part OF the exercise Of Unconstitutional powers
ofthe Federal Government, which has given more
general Satisfaction TO the people OF the Union
| than this The system has not been thus vigor-
| ously introduced aud hitherto sustained, TO be
now departed from, or abandoned. 10 cOntnu-
ing to provide for the gradual Increase OF the
Wy, II may not be necessary or eXpedleht to aid
| for the present any more To the number al Our
ships; but should you deem it advisable To con-
tinue the yearly appropriation Of half million
to the same Objects, 1t may be piOiitably eXpehd-
| Ell, IN providing supply ct timber to be season.
! ed, and other materials for future in the
construction OF DICKS, Or IN laying the foundations
OF school for naval education, as TO the wisdom
ti Congress, either OF these measures may ap-
pear TO claim the preference.
OF the smsil portions of this navy engaged in
actual service during the peace. squalrohs have
continued to be main aimed in the Pacific Ocean,
| ~ the West-India Seas. and in the Mrttcrra-
~
men'. TO cruise on the Eastern Coast ct South
America In all they have ahoi deh p election to
our commerce, have contributed to MAKE our
cou"tiy alv"nt~geousy known to foreign nations,
haze hon1rabiy employed multltudes OF our
men IN The service of their country, and have IT,.
ured numbers of youths of the rising generations
to lives o! manly hsrtih0s sad OF nautical rNIe-
renee and skill The pirsccs with which the
! West-lnGs Seas were for several ears infested,
have been totally suppressed. But, in the Med
I tcrransan, they i'aVe Increased in manner aiilc
1--we to other nations. aud but for ;he continual
presence pl oar squadron, would probably have
been distressing tn Our The war which has
unfortunately hi oxen out between the Republic
OF Bucnos AyrCs aud the Braziian GoVvrhGeui,
has gwen rise 10 very grca; iTrt guaites among
the uaval officers Of the latter By whom VIinc-
pies IA relation to blorkad. and 10 neutral naSi-
CATION, have b. Ell brought forward to which We
e4""''' subscribe, and winch our comnaud-
ers have FUND it necessary to resist. From he
IrlehGiy disposition towards the United States
constantly manifested BY the EmpeI Or OF Braid,
aud the vcty nscin aad iiienl, com,nereIlnter-
course between the United States AID his domn-
'ohs, we have reason to believe that the Just rep.
arat'"n demanded for the injuries sustained BY
several OF oar citizens from some of his officers,
viii not he Withheld. Abstracts from the recent
dispatches Of the commanders Ut our several
sqnalrons sre communicated, with The report OF
The Secretary OF the Navy to Congress.
4 report ftom the Postmaster General is Ike.
wise communicated, presenting in highly salts
IAet"ry manner the result of vigorous, efficient,
ana economical administration OF that Depart
meht. Ihe revenua of the Oa:ce, even of the
year including the latter h,if of 1874, and the first
haIl OF 1895, had exceeded its expenditures by a
sum Ct more than forty. five thou .and dollars.
mat oi The succeeding ear has been still more
productive. The increase Of the receipts in The
car preceding the first OF July last over thai of
the year before, Xceeds one hundred and thirty
and. u 81, a.,
over. the expenditures OF the year, has sW ellen
from iorty five thousand to nearly eighty thous.
ana doiiars During the same period, contracts
tor additional transportation of the mali in stages
tor about two hundred and sixty thousand miles
! have been made, and for seventy thousand miles,
annually on horseback Seven hundred and four
teen new Post Offices have been established it'll
10 the year; and the increase u: revenue within
the last three years, well as the augmentation
OF the transportation by Iiail, is more Than equal
to the whole amount OF receipts, aud of mail con-
Veyance, ~ the commencement of the present cen.
tuIy, when the seat o. the General Government
was removed TO this place. When We reflect
that the objects effected Iy the transportation of
the ma are among the choicest comforts and en-
JOY ments of social life, it is pleasing to observe,
that the dissemination of them to every corner OF
our country has outstripped in their increase even
the rapid march OF our population.
by the treaties with France and Spain, re-
spectlveiy eeding Louisiana and the FlOridas to
the United States, provision was made for the
security of land titles derived f;om the Govern
meuts OF those nations. Somt tugress has been
made, under the autli1rity OF VARIOUS acis of
Congress, in the ascertainment and establish
ment OF those titles; but claims to very large
extent remain nDsdjused The public faith, no
less than the just rights of individuals, and the
interest OF the community itself, appears to re-
qure further provision for the speedy settlement
OF these claims, which therefore recommends
! the care and attention of the Leg stature
In conformity with the provisions Of the act Of
2olh May last, to proyid. for erecting Peniten-
ti"Y in the District of Columbia, and for other