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1 7. with ConBecdcut River; and tbelmprove ment. of the navigation of that River. Tie surveys have been made, and are nearly completed. The Report may be expected at an early period during the present ses sion of Congress. ...'.'..-, The Acts of Congress of the last Session, relative to the surveying, marking, or lay ing out, roads in the territories, of Florida, Arkansas, and Michigan, from Missouri to Mexico, and for, the continuation of the Cumberland Road, are, some of them, fuliy executed & others in the process of execur tion. Those for completing or commencing fortifications, have been delayed only so far as the Corps of Engineers has been inade quate to furnish officers for the necessary fiuperintendance of the works. Under the act confirming the statutes of Virginia and Maryland, incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, three Commis sioners on the part of the United States have been appointed for opening books and receiving subscriptions, - in concert with a like number of Commissioners appointed on the part of each of those States A meeting of the Commissioneis has been postponed to await the definitive Report of the Board of Engineers. The light-houses &tn;numents for the safetyof our commerce mariners: the works for the securitv ot j - -r Plymouth Beach, and fciUhe preservation pf the islands in Boston Harbor ; have re ceived the attention required by the laws relating to those obiects respectively. Ine 'O 1 " continuation of the Cumberland Road, the most important of them all, after surmoun ting no inconsiderable difQulty in fixing upon the direction ox the road, has com menced under the most promising auspices, with the improvements of recent invention In the mode of construction,1 and with the advantage of a great reduction in the com parative Cist of the work. The operation of the laws relating to the Revolutionary Pensioners may deserve the renewed consideration f Congress. Tin Act of 18th March, 1818, while it made provision ijir many meritorious and indi gem citizens, who had served in jtheVVHr ol . Independence, opened a door to numerous abuses and -impositions. To remedy this, the Act olst'VIay, 1820, ex acted proofs i f absolute indigence, wliicn runny really in want were unable, and alS, Susceptible of that delicacy whicit is allied to (O-iny Virtues, must be deeply reluctant to give. The result has bveu, that some among the least deserving have been retained, and some in whom the requisites both f worth and want were combined, have beenstrick en from the list- As the numbers of these venerable relicks of an age gone by, dimin ish ; as the decays of body, mind a id es tate, f those that survive, mu.t, in the common course of nature, increase, sboulJ not a m.f liberal portion of indulgence be dealt ut lb them ? May not the want, iu most' instances, be infeired from the de mand, wiieii the service can be duly pro ved; an J may not the last days of human infiimitv be spared the mortification of purchasing a pittance ofrelief only by the exposure of its own necessities ? I suomit to Congress the expediency either of pro ding foi individual cases of tnis description Hy special eoac ment, or of revising tne Act oX 1st May, 1820, with a view to mitigate tfie rigour f its exclusions, in f Yor of peisons 10 whom charity now b. Stowed can scarcely discharge the debt . f justice. The portion of the Naval force of the "Union ? actual service,- has been chifl. employed on three stations z The tViedit erraneati, the coasts of South America bor dering on the Pacific Ocean, and Ihe VVes Indies. An occasional cruiser has been sent to range aiong the African shores raosi polluted by the traffic of slaves ; one armed vessel has been stationed on the coast oi ouratastern boundary, to cruise along the fishing grounds in Hudson's Bay, and on the coast of Labrador; and the first service ot a hew frigate lias been performed in re storing to his native soil, and domestic eu i'oyments, the vetaran hero .whose youthful ilood and treasure had freely flowed in the cause of iur Cjuntry's Independence, and whose whole life had been a series of servi ces and sacrifices to the improvement of I t-, fellow-men. The visit ci Genl. Lafayette, a - like honorable to himself and to our Coun try, closed, as it had co.nmenced, with the must affecting testimonials of devoted a' tachment. oh his part, and of unboun ded gratitude of this People to him in return. It will form, hereafter, k pleasing incident in the annals of "our Union, giving to real history the 'ntense interest of romance, and Signally, marking the uupurchasable' tribute of a great iations social affections to the disinterested champion of the liberties of bu man-kind. v " ; The constant maintenance of a small Squadron in thj Mediterranean, is a neces- - aary substitute tor the humiliating- alterna tive of payihgribute for the security of our commerce in that sea,' and for a precarious peace, at the mercy of every caprice ot four Barbary Statesl bywhom it was liable io be violated.- An 'additional motive for keeping a respectable force stationed there at this time, is found in the maratime war ra gi ng between the Greeks "and tne Turks; and in which the, neutral : navigation of this Union is always in danger of outrage arid depredation. A. few rnstahces have occur red pf such depredationsrupnn ohr .nierchan t vessels by privateers or pirates weaiing the Grecian flag but' without real authority' from the Greek br any other Government. The heroic struggles of the Greeks them' fielves, -in whicn our Warmest sympathies 93 Freemen and Christians have been en- eased, have continued to be maintained with vicissitudes of success adverse ana ia- vorable. ! I s , Similar mntics ha VP rendered exnedient the keeping of a like force on the coasts of Peru and Chili on the Pacific. The irregu- lar and convulsive character of the war up on the shores, has been 1 extended to the conflicts upon the ocean. Ah active war fare has been keDt ud for vears, with al- ternate success, though generally to the advantage of the American Patriots. But their naval forces have not alWays been tin- der the control of their own, governments, Blockades, uniustifiable upon bny acknow- led principles of international law, nave oeen prociaimea dv omcers hi tumuiauu , i i .a . rr. J .i rA nd though disavowed by the supreme au thoritiesJ the protection of odr own com merce against them, has been made cause of complaint and of erroneous imputations iinnn sum of th most valiant oflicers of our Navy. Complaints equally groundless, have been made by the comminders ot the Spanish Royal forces in those seas ; Dul rthe most effective protection to our com merce. has been the flag, and the firmness of our own commanding officers.! The ces- sation of the war.' bvthe' complete triumph ew of the Patriot cause, has removed, it is hoped, all cause of dissension with one party, and all vestige of force ot the other. But an unsettled coast of many degrees ol latitude, lormhiff a part of our own tern- torv, and a Uaui isluug commerce ana nsn- . - v. .. i r- i try, extending lo tne islands pi tne racinc and to China, still require that the protec- ting power of the Union should be display ed under its flag, as well upon upon the land. the ocean as The objects of the West In dia squadron have been to carry into execution the laws for the suppression of the African Slave Trade : for the protection of our commerce against vessels of piratical character, though bearing commissions from either of the bel- liferent parties: for its protection against open and Unequivocal pirates These ob - lects, during tne present year, have ; been accomplished more effectually than at any tanner period. The African Slave Trade as lung been excluded from the use of our fl r ; and if some few citizens of our coun- t! i 'nave continued to set the laws of the Union, as well as those of Nature and Hu mility, at defiance, by persevering in that ib miinable traffic, it has been only by shel- terinff themselves under the banners of 9 oilier nations, less earnest for the total ex linction of ihe trade than ours. The irre ular privateers have, within the last year, been in a greai measure banished from those seas; and the pirates, for months past, ap pear to have been almost entirely swept awav from the borders and the shores oi j the two Spanish islands in those regions The active, persevering, and unremitted f uerev oi uaptain vvarrineion, anu 01 me officers and men under his command, on - - . that trying and perilous service, have been crowned with signal success, and areenti- tied to the approbation of their countrv. But experience has shown, that not even a temporary suspension or relaxation fromas- ., . - ' . . suduity can be indulged on that station, with out re-producing piracy and murder in all their horrors ; nor is it probable that, for years to come, out immensely valuable commerce in those seas can navigate in se curity, without the steady continuance of ah armed force devoted to its protection. "! It were indeed a vain and dangerous il lusion to believe, that, in the present or pro nable condition of human society, a com merce so extensive and so rich as ours, ciuld exist and be pursued in safety, with out the cootinual support of a military ma rmethe only arm bv which the power of I this confederacy can be estimated or felt b foreign naii ns, and the only standing nilitary force which can never be danger ous to our own liberties at home. A per manent iSaval Peace Establishment, there foreadapted to our present condition, and adaptable to that gigantic growth -with .vhich the nation is advancing in its career, .i n.0 enhrc KoUO Qipariv I occupied the foresi2ht of the last Congress, ; and which will deserve your serious delibe- In assuming her station among the civi tations. Our INavy,' commenced atan ear- lized nations of the earth, it would seem iy period of our present political organiza that our country had contracted the engage tion, upon a scale commensurate with the ment to contribute her share of mind,' of la incipient energies, the scanty resources, and bor and of expense, to the improvement of 1 ne comparative indigency of our infancy, those parts of knowledge which lie beyond was, even then, found adequate to cope with the reach of individual acquisition ; aad all tlie powers of (Wbary, save the first, particularly to geographical and astronomi and with one ol the principal maratime cal science. Looking back to the history powers 01 Europe. At a period of further only of the half century. since the Declara a Jvaiumeni, but with 'tittle; accession of tion of our Independence, and observing strength, it not only sustained with honor the generous emulation with which the go- ihe most unnq.jal of conflicts but covered I itself and our country with unfading glory. J UUl i 13 v'njr axr ivju vii iilw laic W a I y that, by the number and force of the. ships of which it was composed, it could deserve the name of a Navy.; .Yet it retains near ly the same organization as when it consis ted only of five fngates. The rules and regulations by wlocu, it is governed urgent ly call lor. revision, and the want of a Na val School of Instruction, corresponding with the Military Academy at West Point, ior the formation of scientific and accom plished officers, is felt with daily increasing aggravation. tf",.':- ::KJ; 'c:-::f"7:' The act of Congress of 26th May, 1824, authorizing an examination and survey of uie naroor 01 vuanesion, m ooutu-oaroii nay jof St; Mary's in Georgia land of the Coast of Florida,' and foir other purposes, has been executed so far as the appropria tion would admit. ; Those of the 3d of March last, authorizing the establishment of- a Navy Yard and Depot' bit the Coast of Florida, in:the Gulf of 'Mexico, and au luoiuing lue. Duuaiog oi ten stoops ot war, and for other purposes, arem me courseoi execution ; tor ineparutuiai i ..v.. other object copnecte with litis pepartr 1 ment. I refer to the Report of the Secreta- ry of the Navy, herewith communicated, r A Report from thri Postmaster xt?neral is also submitted, exhibrting the present flourishing condition; of that Department. For the first tfrae for many years, the re ceipts for the ttfTending on the 1st of Ju- 1 i . . . ly last, exceeded, the expenditures during the same period, to the amount of more than fdrty-five thousand dollars. Vtner facts, equally creditable to the administra- tion of the Department, are, mat, in two years irom me ursi oi juiy, w - nrnvpmpn n more man one iiunuruu juu eighty -five thousand dollars in its pecunia ry affairs has been realized ; that in tne same interval the increase of transportation of the mail has exceeded one-million five hundred thousand miles, annually and that one thousand and forty new post offi ces have been established. It hence ap- pears, that, unaer juaicious management, the income from! this establishment nhay be I relied on as folly adequate to defrayjjts ex- i , T i . ' penses ; and, that, by the discontinuance of post roads, altogether unproductive, oth- I ers of more useiul character may De open ed, till the circulation of the mail shall keep I pace with the spread ol our population ; I and the comforts pi triendly correspon dence, the exchanges of internal trathc, I ,.i Li I - L..II i ana tne ngnis oi me penonicai press, snan be distributed to the remotest corners of the Union, at a; charge scarcely pejrcepii ble to any individual, and without the cost of a dollar to the public treasury. Upon this first occasion of addressing the Legislature of the Union, with which I have been honored, in presenting to their: view the execution, so far as it has been effect- ed, of the measures sanctioned by them, for promoting the internal improvement of our country, I cannot close the communication I without recommending to their calm and 1 persevering consideration the general prin- 1 cipie ma moreemargcu exienr. 1 ne great I object 01 tne institution ot civil government. I is the improvement of the condition of those who are parties to the social compact. And no government, in whatever form constitu ted, can accomplish the lawful ends pi it institution, but in proportion as it improves the condition of those over whom it' is es tablished. Roads and Canals, by mufti- plying and facilitating the communications and intercourse between distant regions. and multitudes of men, are amohg the most important means of improvement, i But ninral rtrtlitial i ntollo'tnal i i m rn vamant are duties assigned, by the author of our existence, to social, no less than to indi vidual man. For the fulfilment of those duties, governments are invested with pow and, to the attainment of the end, the progressive improvement of the condition r . 1 - m. 1 01 me govemea, me exercise 01 oeiegateo J power, is a duty as sacred and indispensa- ble, as the usurpation 01 power not granted I s criminal ana ouious. Among ine nrst, pernaps tne very nrsi instrument ior tne 1 .1 ' Ii r . i i-.r c :' impruveraeHi 01 me couunion 01 men, is knowledge ; and to ..tne acquisition ol much of the knowledge adapted to the wants, the comforts, ana enjoyments, 01 human life, public institutions and seminaries of learn- mg are essential, zso convinced ot this was the first of my predecessors in this office, now first in the memory, as, living,? he was first in the hearts of our country, that, orice and again, in his addresses to the ?Con- gresses, with whom he co-operated in the public service, he earnestly recommended tne esiaousnmeni 01 seminaries 01 teaming, to Drepare for all the. emergencies of peace and war a national university, and a hiili- ; 1 . 1 1 7 : . I. . r 1 . taryl academy. . With respect to the latter, had he lived to the present day, in turning his eyes to the institution at West Point, he would have enjoyed the gratification of his most earnest wishes. But, in surveying the city which has beea honored with his name, be would have seen the spot of earth which he had destined and bequeathed to the use and benefit of his country, as the sc te for ! tll U HHJ U an uuverMiy, st.u uaic aim udrren. vernments of France, Great Britain, and .Russia, have devoted the genius, the ihtel- iiience. the treasures of their respective na fions, 'to' the common improvement of the species in these branches of science, is it not incumbent upon us to inquire, whether we are not bound, by obligations of a high aud honorable character, to contribute; our portion of energy and exertion to the com mon stock ? The voyages- of discovery, prosecuted in the course of that time, at the expense of those nations, have noi only re dounded to their glory, but to the improve ment of human knowledge. We have been partakers of that improvement, and owe for it a sacred debt, not oniy of gratitude, but f ' or proportional exertion in the same common cause. Of the cost of these undertakings, If the mere expenditures of outy uipmenf and1 conipietibn ?of: the expeditionswere to be considered the ohl y charges, it would; be unworttiy of algreat generous J nation;? to rtake 4 a second thought One- hundred expeditions of cfr cqmnayfgaiio'n ukethose of Cook and Ua( Pereuse, would not burden the' exchequer of the nalJon fttlrng them out, so much zs the ways and means of defraying a single campaign in war. But,if we take into the ac count the lives of those benefactors of man kind, of which their services in the cau e of their species were the purchase, how shall the cost of those heroic enterprises be esti mated ?' And what compensation can be made to them, or to their countries, for them ? Is it not by bearing them in affec tionate remembrance ? Is it not still more by imitating their example ? by j enabling countrymen ot out own to pursue the sanir career, and to hazard their lives ini the same cause ? . ' ' ! In inviting the attention of Congress to the subject of Internal Improvemeaits, upon a view thus enlarged, it is not? my jdesign to recommend the equipment of an expedition for circumnavigating the globe for purposes of scientific' research and inquiry, j We have objects o useful investigation nearer home, - and to which our cares may be more bene- ficially applied. The interior of bur own ter ritories-en very imperfectly ex plored.Our ctfasjs, along maiiy degi ees of latitude upon the shores of the Pacific ocean, though much frequented! by our spirited commraercial navigators, haveKbeen barely visited by our public ships. The River o. me west, nrst fully discovereckaod naviga ted by a countryman of our own, till bears the name of the ship in which he'aseeTrded its waters, and claims the pio.ection ol our armed national flag at its mouth. With the establishment ol a military post there, or at some other point of that coast,recouunende'(i by my predecessor, and already matured. in the deliberations d" the last Congress I would suggest the expediency of connectuu the equipment of a public ship for the ex ploration of the whole; northwest coast oi this continent. The establishment of an ciform standard of Weights and Measures was one ol the specific objects contemplated in the forma I tion of our constitution 5 and to fix that J standard was one ol the powers delegated 1 uy eapiesa terms, in that instrument, to The governments of Great 1 congress. J Britain and France have scarcely ceased to J be occupied ivith inquiries and speculations jn the same subject, since the existence of our constitution, and with them it has ex- anded into profound, laborious, and ex tensive researches into the figure ol the earth, and the comparative length of the. pendulum vibrating seconds in various lati tudes, from the rJquaior to the Pole. These I researches have resulted in the composition and publication of several works highly in teresting to the cause of science. The ex ¬ periments are yet in the process of perform ance. Some of them have recently been made on our own shores, within the walls of one of our own colleges, and paitly by one ot our own leiiow-cmzens. It would behonorable to our couniry if the st quel 01 . 1 1 . . 1 ine same experiments snould be ounte J nanced by the patronage ot our government, las they have hitherto been by those ol r ranee ana oritain. I . .... 1 connected witn the establishment of an 1 university, or separate from it, mi.oht be It-- . .. I undertaken the erection of an astronomical j observatory, with provision for the suppon I of an astronomer, to be in constant atteno I ance of observation upon the phenomena of the heavens, and for the periodical pubhea tion of his observations. It is with no leeliht: of pride as an American, that the remark may be "made, that: on the comparatively I small territorial surface of the continent nl I Europe, there are existing upwards of oh I hundred and thirty of these light-houses of 1 tne skies ; while throughout the whole American hemisphere, there is not one. If we reflect a moment upon the discove ries, which, in the last four centuries, have been made in the physical constitution 01 the universe, by the means of these build ings, and ol observers stationed in them, shall we doubt of their usefulness, to .every nation ? And while scarcely a year passes over our heads without bringing some new astronomical discovery to light, which we must fain receive at second hand from Eu rope, are we not cutting ourselves off from the means of returning light for light, while we have neither observatory nor observer upon our half of the globe, and the earth revolves in perpetual darkness to our un searching eyes ? ' ! When, on the 25th of October, 1791, the first President of the U. States announced to Congress the result of the first enumeration of the inhabitants of this Union, he inform ed them that the returns gave the pleasing assurance that the population of the Lf.States bordered op four millions of persons. At the distance of thirty years from that time, the last enumeration, five years isince com pleted, presented a population bordering upon ten millions. Perhaps, of all the evi dences of a prosperous and happy condition of human society, the rapidity of the in crease of population is the most uncquivo caf.. But the demonstration of our prosperi ty rests not alone upon this indication. Our w.u.ucitc, our weaitn,ana tne extentoi our territories, have increased in corresponding proportions 5 and the number of indepen dent communities, associated in our Federal Union, has, since that time, nearly doubled. The legislative representation of the States and People, in the two Houses of Congress, has grown with the growth of their consti tuent bodies The House, which then con- sised of sixty-five "members, how numbers upwards :of two hundred. , The . Senate, which consisted of twenty-six members, has now' forty-eight. . But the Executive, and si ill more the Judiciary DeparinieU 'are yet in a great, measure confined to their pri mitive organizauoq, and: are now not ade quate to the urgent wants of a still growihg 1 lie iiiiidi cii liifinif ni irn . 1 ties of the Union, soot icA llt?Ccsi ' i,,c.estah id, ish. uiciii ui a ijcjch uiisui pi uie iavv the Department of I Foreign x But and of the Interior. t-hirh 00.1.. - 7 1 vanv alter it formation of the Government had ted in one, continues so united at this r" to the unquestionable detriment of ri.. IT' service. 1 he mtiltiphcatiun ofourrfIa, with the nations and Governments of "? old tn. has kept puce with tila of e population and commerce wjie w !ur the last ten years, a new family ot'na,1"1 iii our own hemisphere, has arisen a"5' the inhabitants of the earth, with'vn0" intercourse, commercial and poiir? .vould, of itself furnish occupation to a.j tive and industrious Department !le"dC" stituiion of the Judiciary, experimeiUaCa)ni' imperfect as it was, even in the'iid(J' e our existing Government, is yei more quate to the administration of iiatiolni find l'- IliqiulllV. lIMu .. at our present maturify. iW . J U'jlfa Kifkcrl Clrtiti rk ... i office, now notlthe last, the citizen' v-.i perhaps, of all others, tin oughout Hit- ViC contnbutd most ten Hie (orm iiiunaiid t'sij lisiiineut ofj out Cousututiuii, in )js vi1 dictory address 'to Cdjifgies, immdiau preceding, his retiremtnt Irom Jlu(jjJC (x .irgently recommended the revision oi ijjj Judiciary, and the establishment of an nj. Mitioual Executive Depaiiiuent. Theexj." encies of the public jsei vice, a'ud its U!,a. voidable deficiencies, as now in exercif? nave a-ioeo yearly cumulative weiglu to tiij considerations p7e!enied by iiim.iieisua. ive to the measuie; and in retoimnei.ug a to your deiit laiiiinsy 1 am iiap.j i0 iiave the loflieiice of Lis liiyh auniorijjin id of tne undoubtmjj ci iimcikius 01 !ny n experience. t he laws relating to the a hii.-iMiain,. .a tl.a Patent O.tice, are Ucoeiyjnt, i ,lU,c.i t , ., ,j, ,a. tion, and, rhap, susct.trOitr i so.i-.l(. ,. ment. Thegiaai 01 p4ei t. it-.nuiu , 1 .I. ii OI VOIIglCSS Mt IKS SUOji CI, lilt; ciivi iij uc cuigiricu, una tut-itu U it is to b; effected .to iiyiuo.i' tut- p. ,, 4 science and tlie uetul ams, bv amm, tted tunes to author and in. .uoi,, iu right to their respective v .in(.. u If au honest pride .nim bo iuo 'i I I ... I . : . flection, that on tne record, ol 1:1. ready luund inventions, the ut -i .: iias scarcely Oeey transcended m . nuiuan ingenaity, would nt ii . allayed b the enquiry, ;!iei.u effectively insured to mt . destined to them bj tiie ( "wiiitl,li , , ited term ot xclusiv e 1 ijjiit ti tin ; i On the 24m l leceu b -i ,iIiJ, U vedby CongieSo ii.a( a iu.ii b.e auim 1 be ereciei ny tn . u .meii .vi;e, in . at the '.iiy'oi" W aiiiinjjfi.i iat t..-: General asuuiioii sliauiJ be tviy,. mil hi body to be depoiu'd unde. ile inodiiie ii be so ne.n .u a.-. (... . riite tne gieai. event oi n;-isnlitarj , lite, tu renundiog C "ngross n' t! -) and that tae monument coiitemoi.r mains el itiiout eii cuLoii. i sin ne remarks, tuat tiie woiUj 1.1 .u approacniug to cpin(.ictain ; a u 1 4 -.. ..I.. A.. : J 1 ( tested anr bbjai.ied j thai ine lauiiiv, ucbiitu uv uie - lcaoi been recently ereited in this citv, d i tin- ."aUv 1 me remain t oi'tne itevoi-1 0.1, t t iiuisiici uiitr.ot iias oe. 11 r served within the iiua .. re deliberating ijor the benefit of tiiis iu . ages, iu which tiie mortal lemams ma v posited ol him wnosesbirit hovei ov-i ... : listens with de.ligli' to evt-ry act ol tne lit-. talipes of his .'Nation, wJiicn can tend to . . Iv and adorn his and! their Country. ihe constitution under which vou arc a,,i;. bled, is a charted of limited powers, After 1. 1 and solemn deliberation upon all or an ,.e oojects, whicn, Urged by an irresitibie bt na, J ay own duty, i have reCbin.nended to vow ai. tention, should you come i to the conclusion, V, t. however desirable in thenselves. the I mentof laws for bffectinff them would tra,ie.t J the Pwrs co,n itted to you by that vme.ab.el man unit; 111 OTiuvu ne a.l r- uil OOUDO In sun,.. I let no consideration induce you to assume the exercise of po wets not granted to yon i) iho ... peojnei out 11 sue power to exercise eiclu i.e legislation in alt cases whatsoever over tlie Dis trict ot Columbia jif the power to lay and col lect taxes, dutiei, imposts, and excie&, tu jy the debts, and provide for the common defence and general, welfire of trie United states ; it the power to regulate commerce with iorei.ii ui tions u among the severat States, and uith the Indian tribes ; to fix the standard ol wcji.tdi)J measures ; to establish post-oliices and pu t roads ; to declare war ; to raie and -support armies; to provide and maintain a navy ; to dis pose of and make all neeedtu! rules and regu tioas respecting tie territory , or other propert belonging to the United States ; aod to .make all laws which sihull be m cessary a nd. proper tor carrying' these f towers into execution : " and others enumerated 'n these powers, the Constitution may be effectoly broupt laws promoting 1 the i'" into action by provement of Agriculture, Commerce, arid .via nufactures, the cultivation and incouragfnf't' of the Mechanic and ol the elegant Arts, ibe ad vancement of Literature, and ihe progres ol the Sciences, ornamental and profound, to reiraiO' from exercising tjiem for the benefit of the Peo ple themselves, wiuld be to hide in the earth the talent coramittea to our charge would be treachery to the most sacred of trusts. The spirit of improvement is abroad upon 6 earth It stimulates the heart, and sharpe the faculties, not of our fellow citizens al.t''i but pf the nations Jof Furope, aud ol their nil' VViie dwelling with pleasing -satisfaction "l" the superior excellence of our political itast1 " tions, let us not be unmiudful that Liber W Power ; that the Ration blessed witli tne largest portion of liberty), must, in proportion to ' numbers,be the mdst powerful naliou upon eai in) and that the tenurje of power by man, i, i the moral purposes 01 his Creator, upon condition that it shall be exercised to ends of beneficence, to improve the condition of himself and his t't , with, thai freedom which is power, iw lliv u. II1IIIC liuici' 11 imiiuiwi than our selves, are advancing with gigantic strides 1 the career of public improvement ; werew')(j slumber in indoledcej or fold up our arms ' proclaim to the wdrld that we are palsied b 1 Will of our constuuenis, wguiu n uui away tht bounties jof Providence, and doom ou selves to perpetual inferiority ? In the coji of the vear now drawing to its close, ' we " beheld", under the auspices, and at the exp of one State of th is Union, a new unfolding its porta s to the sons of science, Uotdingop the torch of human inaproveme fliVht We have seen uu , 1 the perseeriag anf enlig!.tened ente. another State, the waters of our Ucw' period, forced themselves tmnn . earty cqiainunitVj; ;-',1't'..' r
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