Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-01-06


/. rounded by raging fire which the q
: most oxcdion could not subdnc, an
h which threatened momenlnrlly tho cxplo
Q sion Of hor we'll supplied magazines, III
) officers exhibited no signs OF tcar, an,
/, the men oboyod every order with alacrl
lIty Nor was sho abandoned until th,
/. last glenn Of hope Of her had exprei.-
{. Aud is we'll worthy Of your consideration
whether tao losses sustained by thu
) officers and crew in this! unIortunai,
affair should not be reimbursed to them
cannot take leave Of this painful
subject without udverling TO the aid rem
dered upon the occasion by the British
aut horties at Gibraltar, and tho com.
mander, officers and crew, Of tho Brit.
ISL ship.olthe-line "fhe Malabar," Which
was lying in the bay at the time. Eve.
ry thing that generosity or humanity
could dictate, was promptly performed
| is by such acts Of good will, by one
no another Of the family Of nations that
IfraternaI feelings are nourished and the
blessings permanent peace are secured
The report of the Postmaster Gener.
al will bring you acquainted with the
operations of that Department during
the past year, and will suggest to you
such notifications of the existing laws
as in your opinion, the exigencies Of the
public service may require. Tie chan.
ges which the country has undergone inI
late years 10 the mode of travelling and
transportation, has afforded so many
facilities for the transmission of mail
matter, out of the regular mail, as to re.
qolre the greatest vigilance and circum-
spection in order to enable the officer al
the head Of the department to restrain
The expenditures within the ncome.--
There is also too much reason to fear
hat the frankng privilege has run into
great abuse. The Department has, new
srtheless, been conducted with the great
st vigor, and has attained, at the least
possible expense, all the useful objects for
which il was established.
In regard TO all the Departments, | am
ute happy in the belief that nothing
las been left undone which was called
or by true spirit of economy, or by a
ys,em of accountability rigidly enforced
his is in some degree apparent from
le fact, that the Government has sus.
lined no loss by the default ofany of its
gents. In the complex, but at the same /
me beautiful machinery of our system /
government, it is not matter that c
ome remote agency may have failed for
n instant to fuIiIi,s desired Office; but
eel confident in the assertion that moth
'g has happened TO interrupt the har-
'onous action Of the government itself, n
nd that while the laws have been ex- |,
cuted with efficiency and vigor, the rights S
either OF States nor individuals have Ii
cen trampled upon nor disregarded. Ii
In the meantime the country has G
zen steadily advancing in all that con- p
lbutes 10 national greatness. The new h
he of population continues unbrokenly G.
flow INFO the new States and terrific. "
es where refuge, is found, not only n
r our native born fellow citizens, but II
r emigrants from all parts Of the civ r.
zed world, who come among US TO par Fl
Ike of the blessings OF our free institu- 81
ms, and to aid by their labor to swell bi
e curren: of our wealth and power. XII
1t is due to every consideration Of dl
bile policy that the lakes and ,the riv. in
S Of the West should receive all such III
tention, at the hands of Congress as the W
Institution will enable i, to bestow til
orks On favorable and proper situa- tn
ms on the lakes would be found as in Vi
Spenslby necessary in case of war TO tn
rry on safe and successful Operations M
Notifications on the Atlantic sea board. bi.
he appropriation made by the last Con- Su
ess for the improvement Of the Havi- OK
ton of the Mississippi river has been on
ligently and efficiently applied be
cannot close this communication, gen. gu
men, without recommending to your the
st favorable consideration, the inter- -
S of this District, Appointed by the sin
lstituton its exclusiv legislators, and eac
ming in this particular the anomily for
our system ofGovernment Of the leg re
tive power being elected by others the
n those for whose advan tage they He
re to legsate, you will feel super my
led obligation to look well into their bits
dltion, and to leave no case for com. of
int or regret. The seat Of Govern the
At of our associated Republic cannot or
be regarded as worthy of your par. its
al care. TO |
q connection with its other interests, son
we'll as those of the whole country, full
that at your present session and
adopt such measures, in order to car SEN
in effect the Smithsonian beqaest as GER
your Judgment will be best "a lcula- in i
TO consuminate the liberal intent of ing
teslalor. tive
When, under dlspensation of Divine in /
whence, | succeeded TO the Presiden Dor:
Otflce, the Late If nh hlic faihc ,uas <. 10