Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-03-10
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In such measures as | may be called
on to pursue in regard to the rights Of
the separate States, | hope to be animat-
ed by proper respect for those sove-
reign members of our Union; taking
Icare not to confound the powers they
have reserved for themselves, with those
they have granted to the confederacy.
The management of the publick rev.
enue-that searching operation in all
governments among the most deli
cate ndimportant trusts in ours; and it
will, of course, demand no inconsidera-
BILE share of my official solicitude. I'm
der every aspect in which it canbe con-
sidered, it would apear that advantage
must result from the observance of a
strict and faithful enconomy. This l
shall aim at the more anxicusly, both
because it will facilitate the extinguish-
ment of the national debt-the uneces-
sary duration Of which is incompatible
with real independence-and because it
will counteract that tendency to 4iublick
and private profigacy, which a profuse
expenditure of money by the govern
ment, is but too apt to engender. Pow
erful auxiliaries to the attainment of this
desirable end, are to be found in the
provided by the wisdom of
Congress, for the specifick appropria-
ton Of publick money, and the prompt
accountability ofpublick officers.
With regard to proper selection of
the subjects Of impost, with view to
revenue, it would seem to me that the
spirit Of equity caution, and compromise,
in which the constitution was formed,
requires that the great interests Of agri-
culture, commerce, and manufactures,
should be equally favoured, and that
perhaps, the only exception to this rule,
should consist in the peculiar encourage
ment of any products of either of them
that may be found essential to our ma
tional independence.
Internal improvement, and the diffl-
sion Of knowledge, SO far as they can
be promoted by the constitutional acts
of the Federal Government, are of high
importance.
Considering standing armies as dam
gerous to free governments in time of
peace, shall not seek to enlarge our
present establishment, nor disregard that
salutary lesson of political experience
which teaches that the military should
be held subordinate to the civil power.
The gradual increase Of our navy, whose
flag has displayed, in distant chimes, our
skill in navigation, and our fame in arms !;
the preservation of our forts, arsenals,
and dock-yards; and the introduction of
progressive improvements in the disci-
pine and science of both branches of
our military service, are so plainly pre-
scribed by prudence, that | should be
excused for emitting their mention, soon
er than for charging on their impor-
lance.
But the bulwark of our defence is the
National Militia, which, in the present
State Of our intelligence and population,
must render us invincible. AS long as
our government is administered for the
good of the people and is regulated by
their will as long as it secures to us the
rights of person and of property, liberty
of conscience and of the press, it will be
worth defending; and SO long as it is
worth defending, patriotick Militia will
cover it with impenerrable ags. Par
tial injuries and occasional notifications
we may be subjected to, but million
OF armed freemen, possessed Of the
means of war, can never be conquered
by foreign foe. To any just system,
therefore, calculated to strengthen this
natural safeguard of the country, |
shall cheerfully lend all the aid in my
power.
1t will be my sincere and constant de-
sire, to observe towards the Indian tribes
within our limits, just and liberal poll
cy and to give that humane and consid-
crate attention to their rights and their
wants, which are consistent with the
habits of our government, and the feeling
of our people.
The recent demonstration of publick
sentiment inscribes, on the list of execu-
tive duties, in characters too legible to
be overlooked, the task of reform, which
will require, particularly, the correction
Of those abuses that have brought the
patronage of the Federal Government
into conflict with the freedom of cleo
tons, and the counteraction of those
causes which have disturbed the rightlul
course Of appointment, and have placed,
or continued, power, in unfaithful or in
competent hands.