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

tort
.,,,on the improvements Of which it is sus-
oantihlc. The report Of the Board upon
~. subject is also submitted for your con-
sidcration.
In the estimates of appropriations for the en-,
,,,;n,r year upwards offive millions of dollars VIII
hc submitted for the expenditures to be Pa'd
trorn the Department of War. Less than two
et,hs ot this will be applicable to the maintein-
,rcc ofthe Army. million and a haii' III the
farm of pensions, goes AS scarcely aaeq"''e
.n,,,c Ia The services and sacrifices OF former
are. md more than equal sum, invested IN ior-
,;Gcatons or for the pre- eparations OF lntc nal I'M
rrovrmcnt, provides for the quiet, the comfort,
mi the happier existence of the ages to come
,,he onronriations to indemnify those unfort'i-
rate remnants or another race, unable ahRc 10
h,rc in the enioymcn's. and to exist IN the pres
oncc of civilization, though swelling IN recent
yc,rs to 4 magnitude burdensone to the lrcasu
~ are generally not without their equivalents,
in profitable value; or serve to dscharBe ''ie
Union from engagements more pufaehso'le ,i'''n
In ike manner, the estimate Of appropriation
CO. ,hn Navy Department will present AN aggrc-
.a.o su,n of UPWARDS of threc millions OF dollars
About one half Of these, however, cover the cur
ror, expcn,liturcs Of the Navy in actual service,
.n1 one half constitutes a fund of national prop
crtv. the pledge Of onrfhture glory and defence.
n vas sca.rrlv one short year after the close of
thc late var, AMI when the burden OF its cXpens-
cs and charges vas weighing heaviest upon me
oorntrv. that Congress, by the act of29th April,
1oI6 .nnropratcd one million of dollars annual
Iv. for eight wears, TO the gradum increase q me
N1,u AT a subsequent period, tins annual APP
rron-iatlon was ftt,uccd to half a million tor SIX
,cars. of which the present year IS the last.
yct more recent appropriation the last two years
for building ten Sloops of War, has nearly restor-
ed the original appropriation OF 1910, OF miihon
for ever, wear. The result is before us ai we
have twelve line .ot-hatlc Ships, twenty friSatcs'
and Sloops of War in proportion; winch, WIN
few months of preparation, may present line o,
floating Notifications along the whole range OF
our coast ready to meet any invader who might
attcmpt to set foot upon orr shores: Combining
with system of Notifications upon the shores
themselves, commenced about tile same time,
under the auspices otmy immediate predecessor
and hitherto Systematically pursued, 1t has plac
ed in our possession the most effective sihe~s o.
war and has left us at once an example ana
lesson from which our own duties may be inferr
cd. The gradual increase OF the navy was ,le
princ;plc Of which the act OF 29th April, 1910
was tle first ,lcvclopemcnt. 1t Was the intro
duction ofa system TO act upon the character
and history Of our country for an indefinite seile'
of ares, 1t was declaration OF that Congress
to their constituents and oposterity, that 1t wa,
the destiny and the duty Of these Contcder'tcc
States, to become, in a regular process OF time
and by no petty advances, great Naval Power
That, which they proposed to accomplish II
eight years, is rather to be conSiucrca as th'
measure Of their means, than the limitation o
thoir design. Thcv looked forward tor a tern
of wears sufficient for the accomplishment OF ;
definite portion Of their purpose; and they let
TO their successors TO fill up the canvass twlllcl
they had traced the large and prophetic outline
The Ships of the line and filgates, which the,
had in contemplation, will be shortly completed
The time which they had allotted tor the accom-
plshmcnt of the work has more than elapsed. !
remains for your consideration, now 'nelr sue
ccssors NAV contribute their portion OF toll ant
oftrcasure for the benefit of the succeeding age
in the r1.,,!ua, increase ofour Navy. There is
perhaps, no part Of the exercise ot the Constitn
tjonal Powers of the Federal Government
which has given more general satisfaction to th
Pcople of the Union than this The system ha
not been thus vigorously introduced, and hlthcr
70 sustained, to be now departed from, OF abai
doncd In continuing to provide for the gradu
al increase Of the Navy, it may not be necessar
orcxpedicnt to add for the present any more
the number of our ships; bu' should YOU deem
advisable to continue the yearly appropriation {
half million to the same objects, 1t may h
prof.ably expended, in providing supply {
timber to be seasoned, and other materials II
future use in the construction OF docks, Or
laving the foundations of Il school torNaval E;',
cation, as to the wisdom Of Congress either {
these measures may appear to CLAIM the preic
ence.
of the small portions of the Navy engaged !
actual service during the peace, squadrons hav
continued to be maintained in the Paciic oceaI
in the West India seas, in thc Mediterranean;
which has been added small NJ .lmcnt, TO cr,iis
Oh the Eastern Coast of South America. In a
they have afforded protection to our commerce
have contributed to make our country advant
geously known to foreign nations, have honor
blv employed multitudes OF our scamen in Il
service of their country, and have cnured nur
bers ofyouths Of the rising generation to lives
manly hardihood, and of nautical experience NJ
skill. The piraccs with which the West Ind
Seas were for several years infested, have bee
totally suppressed But, in the Mctlitcrranea
a they have increased in manner affective to OF
u cr nations, and but for the continued prcscnt
n IF our squadron, would probably have been di
tressng to our own. The war which has ,nto
tunatclv broken out between the Republic
Sucnos Ayrcs and the Brazilian Government, h
given rise to very great Irregularities among u
II Naval officers of the latter, by whom prnc'pl
in relation to blockades, and to neutral navig
Gon have been brought forward, to which
VI cannot subscribe, and which our own comman
vi bo,. - n resist. From q