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- yi y . v r i it Vt. " ' a a, i v f y ; : a , . tyiliJixiiJLi CIRCULAR ' Yrm )0im STANLY, sa. Member Congress from if'''..',' Ai District to his, Constituent,, , - ' ,ifi;f' ' A"'"' -!t.'' yj' CONCtVDED. V. AA"- -.t ill t'es 00 import and toinagc in the, year 1808, amounted to , i.-n:cmuu(iona, inre,e nunarca ana iixty threei, thousand m nis revenue was teauced tathe vear 1809. to seven mil n nunarca ana Beventy tnrrtT thousand : subject to debentures issued on re-exportations I by the secretary of the treasury at a ftett sum f ,if m:n:' i., Tk.'-.v. ' the 1st Oct- lrtOS. umountetl to thirffpn million. "richt iuiruli erl and fortv'ix thousiind rlollji-a. Si ftd( r9r i y V . , . " . , . . . 7 ft Iff . - w.is reduce J on the 1st January 1810, w three millions, s ci:;ni nunurea ana seventeen ;nouiana aoiurs b 3,8lr,976, ''The Mrwfiir.pft71 ftf - the ernvemmt-nf: YkxIuiiw' nf th V V"- I Q ' ' - " J J '. It' m.'nts mi ar.coiint t'thr nrinrinjl ni- tni -ntihTSK'rli'Ki in - 'V;. ' . -- r - 1 'J ' v vv- ' MM ,bV. .v ti;ai lSOaexceeded the artmil rect bts into the treastirv J : 'in th.rt yearj thirteen hundred thoas m l dollirt, and inclu - t the ja mi nts on account 01 the principal of the debt, n , v,c uiduurscmenis iroin me treasury in tnt vear, exceeded -,. , -the receipts by a 6um of eight million of dollars r iJi:,.',. ; -und 1 fJM- is recei nt's bv O '.These" statemtntsOf loss of revenue, and diminution of tash," exhibit in the" most authentic shape, the effect- of QUlr commercial rtsun. live svsiem lurtnat year. r- ' From a view of the probable receipts mid expenditures of , neyear ihiu, iv. i upoa a pca-c e.itauiiBiunent,- Ua tor , Ythe supp6rt of jjuvernmont w, founil necessary, and an act ;i n.1s(:l M'ltlKirisiii'r tin I'l-PKi'IiMif tn hnrrmu a mm -n.ul n (V- i, " the pnncljnd of the d.-bt to be reimbursed in th year 1810, to be applied la the clibtliargt; of any . expences of the go- United Statesnow require' For while the enormous cx- peuts oi tnc estamisnment, 3,346,773, t: i last year, u.. derslU reduction an object witha view to saving expence there does hot appear any ground to apprehend an occa sioa tor the employment 'cdsuch a force. ;An invasion of tne neigiiDounng territories oi i.Dgland or France, is hardly wvuvbiupAMu ft.Awcpi.uj us our enerenr men, wnose wi-icvcr wiiuouuuessussipate itseUin idle VapoUriii"- -and for defence, were an invasion ttf tempted, the people thfmsUves as militia present at every punii h luuvtrmorp lormiuawe, and moreefhcietit, and more trust worthy resistance than this remnant ni'on rnir,,lr it even less suspected than it is of Burrism, and less tainted wuii me imecuon ot opanish iniluence. .' . -Of the navv.the onlv. nractkahla- nw in tli of thinirs reduction of the expence nra ith6rised might have taken place and still havelelt hi et.; ive' force the same. Th Liun-Boats whith form : nrrmhl whims of the, late President MUght have ,)etn sold and a portion of their tost brought-W f k into the treasurj', . 'As St is, they are fast Vgttingadi4,ijuntbs, will relieve us" irom ou anxiety as to then1 employment or preservation. ' ."T,Ui..'.,-i..i.--'"i- . e ,i..Ti i . ... . . . ... they afford conclusive proof of a pro IJgalitv, and Uih , waste of public treasure, in the milharv and naval deparU V " mtnts under Mr. Jefferson and Mn Madison,' nr.precedea ". -ted in this c'onntry, .-,, - V I u- . (; i 1 j ,".tet every man ho remembers the promises of refbria and economy on the faith of vhith ?Tr. Jcillrson came in '" ' , to power examine these atuUiiunrii sht MwU . i Ulem, be sensible ot the imposition r.r.irti, ,) .,r. . , ' those who sung hozaimahs tothis golden ara of rviiSrmi ' v blush at the' discovery, how little of what was promised h'i - ' been performed. -'." y t , ,r ' These establibhmehts t,f such terrible" ftnti-rtpullitan bugbears they afford iobs " tb reward dependents, contracts for humble friends; and th great apostles of rrpuLlicanisnii indulo 6 trohage ih providing at nearly double the txpence of federal -" Cor friends and relations who have other em!dv 1 ment. ' ? '; -.7 . f .t,, , ... . f , f- f "-Even to thbse who" werfi rormprlir - Vnn ' e-ainst these establishments. VV put to the slave .in, Algiers; Will you put on the turban imdt -' share the plunder of the day, ot will you stick to that rili gion which J oureeeived from your parents and from hea v' - - ' - ne occretary 01 tne reasury by direction oi the House ven l And like the apostat wretch; we have seen theni 01 m'oresentatives 'transmittpri t .t..mnt y.' i .,t f..r.i.. .1. i t . .. . ," """xnuina . . . ,.' . .vmu w,, uieiriormer principles. Dartake ot the n nn. t-n.! r -.4-," y ; mated at about five millions One hundred thousand dot W"V';: 'V-' :"' S 5,100,000 nc iinjai ui uic uimcu Jiaicn CUIISISISOS IWO aescriD- r 't!,... t : .1.. w . C ' unn vi nu'.ra. V ' ai'av w111!;!; iviiiiiarY , peace C8-' -418 tublishmentn amounting' to And those wiled The additional military force,1 JrJivV'j U""-.vfi U," v . V? .Pe,nd,tllS? ?,T!i?tU,,!.to iy "J val quietly seat themselves in hr comfort eSLishihen Irom the 4th Alalxh 1789, to the end of the by a standing army? an aristocrat CV.; AtJ A' Via ' , I". t0 soluUon of the H fortable births afforded) .ic navy ' .' ,;, n . j-.j . -,., f - . . . . -I wjEuicucc 10 a resolution 01 the House of Kebrespn. i he information received by this statement is of the first tatives. theSt: f thr.Z "i.IA pre8cn : importance to the neoDle s it xt,iht th fK,. .Vi. " TT'. T - . '.'"--" . a state. r "i . . - ri . . .--i -i' j 1 "-" me uiiuuji itevi pis into tne I reasurv Jiom i it-4.th , ?ur A09 Ppf'hepuuhc money notpaid indis- ot Mareh 1789, to 31st Dec. 1809. nhda stateT Taftt, VT ; ' 1 w , ""Pf"" extravagance amount of debt annually incurred and re-imbursed durin or economy ot the different adm niatrat on M th mwm. :j . rt B """urseo aurinj . nient and HffiirilA 4 rriti-rum hu hw k .y. ku r., I n. .1 r. . . . . " . ri vv'",- ,".-! iy mis otatement n appears, . " ': . f m. .u. niauccii o. ,c puonc agents. - . . 1 1 hat the Keceipts nto thi TreaannJ frAm .1.-1. tit aIIi. 1 'fiQtA H" the old troops y36 Were ' stationed "on the MissLainni. -vr themtf tttoti bi-TCW-CMeunsrlh Dl-c.' f8D3,127?2 tlf i. ;v the additional military force were ordered to the JVlississip- rvf 1 jor me same purpose. ; , . k . t' "itiiiprecedeiiteJ mortality In this ..AiJ .LI .1 :fcl....l.'..l."A.i ordered for nnftif) tKyA ynm m indefCinr VMlkinsoii utTfrrt an H.nf. ftntKo MiksU 1 tK.-i f i-reKiinVvr ifiii-il S'tit: tviit-A' f rf lit n tf ffiiu rfit-nu !nti tins' 1 1 1 1-- tfi 'tuiH..'... J ' . Fiomthirep'ort of the war department it am J' ' the lroips oftW additional military force.. tllfr Vroti.ClKin'oriSrW. Origan?' nramwirl Inst detachment ha was directed state "of the army if -. 51 OtikVVs Had ri'slo-rifd.'nhdnf tho u.-kntyl.....tirni.. v27f Private Werr fit for dnti- ; ,r . . --. A . Vi,,fasJi s? Kcntrali and mbrtalityso 'great, while they V ."! vv si aijuMjr ui UUlUrilllialC VIC I . fcutcc hppoinbd to examine into ihh subject collected with f--'y 4 '.ThcunhcatthihcM oftheclimate, ' , lx '." r'-'t. ( 1 f The townesiof the? gioundon which they were encamped", 'fi v' T? want of Und provisionsVand hospitals and hospital t . yJT'S116 pf the men in "clearing and ditching-' lan3 fbr a" I A Vaptof rcpOTe.'dui Ing tins njjht, .forwant of heti'tb pro ' ; , feet frOin'th'e ahnojauceof m'tisqiu'toes, " ' v"anJI. of cleanliuf iinpractlcable f-om their position and jfsisv-jru ;.., y,t -At ;n i.' . . J' . - hich were hot sju'ffici ent.to'protect them from the heat of tht "eunincr'frorii 'the dewsand rain.- ' " f" ' v " api16?1', 'a'"'' that the troops were kept in this situation rS-A'-- during the summer season, jbohtrary to' the instructions of Al ;vilu'SLcrttary'fltwirV ." r; 'V.- "V, a ,v f A1- xne. onictrs 01 goveruiiicnv, ji;h were uie inuucewients o nri. VViIIt inaoiV to keen thf t iinfrirtimn mn ' wt bloyedin ditching and tlearing a iswamp, "contrary to his I instrucdons, we are yet at a loss to discover.'-, ? , ,' ' The man whose, sympathies, are not' cqute'risecT bf, fa mll;ai ifv with wretchedneps. rinr kin unirit unlvfuyd K.r votion td 'a despot,' will feel a thrill of horror it this' scene of ''ini.pnr ond fTmrpi hia inAianztintk and dty.ar.i3n nfli. a - ' misery, and express hia. indicnatioii and detestation of the j 7 nierciiefis, apathy vhkh could sentence 6 many .brave meri A A, The NATTofthe US at this time consists of 3 Frigates ' ' of 44 guns, 3 of 33, and 3 of 32-r-2 Ships 6f 20 arid 18 guns', 6 Brigsof IS 1G, and 14guns,2 Schooners of 12, Cutter Aof 10 guns, 4 Domba aftd 70 Gurt-BoauJ ' ,'.-'" :: .C Frigates, 2 Ships, 5 Brigs,2 Schooners 1 Cutter,? Bombs ' " and 33 Gun-Boats." ' Of the OBoats, six are deemed ', " !ttnfit for. service from decay,", "J "t , '.' ,'.V 1 , ; ;"A ' 5 f i -A proposition' was made and agreed to, for reducing ' the '"' v' irmy and navy, and operate Bills introduced for that pur- : "' " : '-J-' ! ''-,' ' - ' r4 - -The Bill for reducing the navy underwent some rd!spus- ' eion, but was not finally acted upon. t The Bill for redu t. ' "cing the army was not taken up., f '": "' . i," A military forcc,'suffici'i tu garrtsort our forts, and pre -' ' serve tlie arms, and njuailioi;s of war, seeaj? u be al the .-..:',. . --A' 1 ,"..".v , f'-'M'-.-A Bv this" document it anDears.' Thatth Rlt ttTA&Y Establishmest cost under the 4 w ' administration of Washington, from the " .'4th, ilarch 1789, to 31st Dec. 1797,(th4 . expences Of this last Vear beintr authori. sed by laws passed under his adminitra - . unner tne administration ot Mr. Adamsj v' ; from the 1st January 1798, ttf the 31st " "December" I80i: rthe"cim-nreS'i-.r ldaA"T 'A ' last year being authorised by laws passed ! under his . administration) ' ' v J Under the admiiiia'tfation bi Mr. JeCersbn," from the.' 1st of January 1802. to the3lt - t December 1809, (the expenditure of this '' S 8,463,715. ' his aunuiiutrationj " M 1 '7 F 1789. to31stle. lfYJ. vlnHnnf ...l.:: .- Washington and Adams, including all tne loans.'amouni '. -' ted tOi "eurhtv time million. ' f,vJ i... ij . thousand, six hiindrod Vinyl ot l y. . . r .vm,uu .oujud, , - ey,aa,CB4 . 4 hat durmt the sameoenod theK n , . ' the principal of the debt, the sft 0 Twenty two lhili lions, four hundred ohd sixty five- thousand, nine huni 1 ' drpd nnd it drillaV-. -. i. . . . y. '- I ht the. receipts frdin the 1st ffn.- i0t; to" T m. ;1, 1 810", V. ' during tl.e Administration of Jefferson an J .Madison, a- -; mounted toonchundred (ktwfcntv one ml'.:" "9, two hun 1 dred and , thirty nine thousaifed, 253 dollar, 12139,254 And the payments on account tlf the principal of the debt ia , tne same period, to..turty fola- millons, eight ' ' aim ?niy ve uiousa . B'l'ara, ! - - . . 'Jr4 hundrtd, "; t e wen hundred and forty eight ;.. ' I ' '41 " . ' Total expence 6f the Military establishment; g 30,941,663. toplace the mahagemunt of b ' w Me me v -Theexpend.turts of the! jtcrs 1799 ami 1800,' the two in another Important point of?X T- gr,tv.st under xMtf Adams, innouuied to four millions, nine The Federal AdminitratiUrv,d s V . ' v -" , Ifundredand twenty three thousand and seventy nine dol- cludiftff aU loans; v -S"SJ L-'AJ? 1 Vears, m- v ' 1 . . debt. ' - - V: ;: - The Army A.' JA. . T 'The'Navv: And left in cash in. ti e Tr 1st, 1801. rcia .. 1 ilC expenditures Of the rears' 1 80ft and t fi04. Iter M r Jefft-TSoh, amount tO SIX millions, twrt hnndri-jt and fnrtv six tliousi.nd, six hundred and-six dollars." ' g 6,248,606. And Mnii.nlli.nHtfwyi tM..Ar y.f .U! .....1.1!, ul. ' ' .1 ministration tost th United States (in million. lhrc nun. dred and twenty three tiiousahrf dr.lUi most extrkvajtant Vfcars of the most extravao-ant Tohn A- damjt'.'V', -'rf J -.':'-- 1 -V,-- - .1- , -.'- The Naval Est abiishjIieijt of tho'Uni-' -ted $utcs,' coiiiniL'tictd In the' year 1794; A' ,';A; and,co6tto 3lstlDecem!)e'rl79r;tmder ; V'', f' 'A the administration' bf Washington, the' ' ' "sum oi ' 11 - "i; j i". i (oAe Underllie'ftdniinistration'of MfAdams,' 4 ' ( Hum mc, oi January i7y,, to aist : : : , . ' - Vtar heinirlnriirrvd nnd, lui-k I. 1 ' "ri his ftdminr&tratirt A J r,J 1 - - --f C ft von r; a , . t Under the administration' of Mr. Tefle'rsoni f ' ' - ' 1 ' " ; Hum uic si, oi January mua, totne 3lst , . " "w "-u.djjing llliu Villi tl.U - I ' .i :' expenditures of the last j ear,' as; before) $ iij i 7,022. J '" Jefferson and Madison" haVe ttftK t i ni. ' ' i ,v-asn m tne i reasury; April' i, i( lofal exnence nFthnairuI pit'dinJim.nti " i?i'ri I ' i.".i. r ... r . these statements shew im-bntWivfYriihlv. ih-.it h mllif i. ryioree raised by Mr. Adams "aM" which .then" received from his opponents the terrible name of asur-t; April 4" : i;"1 22 46 Ji90r M92,11 10,928,9JS 1,794,0538 Balance' exnrndd in ify vicl nn'fnx jects, vi: Salaries to officers xf government,' ioreign minibters,' interest bn the dtbt incur y. red in their own timrt and gen pally such ex " pendituresrwhich with appoiutnent in the Ar '. mv&NaW. form thetotrnnat(thr Admin. ' istration thirty five millions, tifthf hundi-. 1 -abd . seven thousand, six hundred land fif" c ' dollars at the'rate of twl millions nihe i : dred and eichtythree thousand dollars ut r ' 3,78102rV n-fmii 3,80?,C55 89,588 083" -jM'Jtc' frorii his opponents the terrible name pf a standing army; ty nine thousand, two hundred and 53 tit " g I2i'eia 9 ' - has continued.:' tinder, his .successors; Vciy'to '.the present AA'A ' ; . - t . t 'Jf f moment.'', 'That Mr.' Adams army in his two most expen- ' ' '-' ".'t " '" "Vf1"-'1 , ir ".'","5 Vs : fty 033' "ra ' sive yea'rii, actually cost one million three ' hundred thou- V They h.ive paid Jn'theVime' periocV 1 ' ' 'X ' - sand-dollarsrt'Uiaii the force kepi up by. Mr." Jefferson and ' For the principal of the debt ,t 'J "'..':' ,44 sr. via Mr. Madison, iriUeuvo last years'. 7, ' t." J-' 1 - For the Army' - ' ,.-'.-V ''-'" .'J. Jj JS'ItJ - 1 he contrast in the naval department is more striking. -v For the NaVy, " , i .rVl ,--V - ? i2 7iy7-' ' ' Mr. Adams had a naval force oi upward nf foriu h!n of war.' in entirely buildintr and enninnino- th Rhin v. . " .u i ... , T , ... ". ? t . "' yt pi mc Biuuuuin-cxpenuea unaer vv asnington l aim ieep- With a bodvof eiaht thousand iiesnien and mrini-s: hw pt. pendid ' - ', ' fc 1 . ' R q rem ko. his most expensive year; .1600, when the officers and men, , "' ov .tvv, nmuuuicu vt 0,0 J was o a,trto, ID, Which'niakes each fighting man "afloat cost 8 400 per aim. Mr. Tefferson sold sixteen of the ded not a single ship to the navy. Of those built bv Mr, Adams and retained by Mr, Jefferson One-(the. Philadel-,' phial was lost in the Mediterrunf.nn'nntn,f fih, r.yn.. ral Greene) was spoiled in the attempt to repair and is how a uuis, mine wnesapeaxe. , let with this small establish ment, ttma reduced, ;the expence has "annually encreased " ..y. ....ay. VVIt(U0 1U (116 , U Mi .- 1 IU two millions four hundred twenty' sevenf thousand,' seven hundred and fiftv eiirht dolliirs fR 2.4.2y!fH.V tn j'nilM of the year 1809. -In this his greatest year of expence the fighting men afloat,'officers included amount to 3,618, anil cost pee man (S 630) six hundred and thirty dollars,' per year ( more than 50 per" cent,:' above the ' cost of each man under Mr. Adams,4 -; . " 4'-, - These facts are supported by public, oITiciai cltjtuinentV' They have cash in the treasury 1st Jan. 1810 3.817 977 lJalnnce, expended in nine years upon other. ; " . r " . objects.sucH as salaries to officers at home, min- t ' , ' . 4 -isters abroad, Ike. &c. as above, including the' - - monips disposed of by the patronage of gtn n ' "' ', ' ' ' ' ment beyond appointments in the army and ia ;' vs - -yy,: forty nine millions, two hundred and elirW" - '. thrf ( llnlloind dnlUir - ly"." - , ' 'r I .y,'.j - ' -iv mc raie oi uvc muuoas lour nunured and seventy five thousand, eight, hundred & eighty ! . -'. -fi , ' nine dollars, trt each year. ""'. ..'.'. "'.' ri'; A.", w ?3 : ? ' .7 ;A:' A , Ay A A A'v, . " S 123,033,303. N Here is a result thit-th HnlUo . . V . ...Aiuy utlUVlOV.1 ,1 aHI IUOS( ' obtuse must feel, ' Jefferson and M adison have rei t i vi d of utc pcopie money it) nine J er.rs, thirty three m-ihons four full crtdit for nil the public debt, tht army and n y, and for , the i'.iey on hapdv tlii'V have expended in 'nine years, fortv nine miliions, two hundied & eighty three tliouhuud doliars4933,oao '1 -I ! 1 . I ".A y 0 ft 'xtSi r .4 -4i ;a ' a ; ; t: . ; - vv-i "v.v i ' aa,.i ; a;, A : v r . . ( A S"A 'l X-; . ' .J; s' 1 '' J-A - !JJ. Al' i.'La .' .1 'V.'-it:. . "" ' A " ft
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