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;U ... r. 'v. r. 59' - ---- f i ' .- I- " 1. from the Carolina RefchblUari. ) Ma- STANLEY ; jfis coysriTUEMTS. extra session Of Congress which cora I 0U the 22 of May,44!:Wd Jie 28th Ijjr atljoy 1 ' ,-' -j '.ft' of Congress directing this extra- L was .founded on .the; apprehension Wiituauoa pf affairs between tbe United- snJ GreaX, Britain ana' r ranee, migiu ecessirWcnaiige " in the - course of . Lj adopted byus, either for precaution ance: and upon a presumpnon inai l, mcetaig or A-oneress, intelligence. LVreccived from Eufope to govern such ;EIbe in your recollection, that.Con- tf;jr sabjectir-g the United States tor jjjan twelve rritnths to the accumulated mtcedented distresses of an embargo- it oNaiui'J g any of those changes in the d yf eitlicr Great Britain or France to- '.vhich were promised as a requital faaifofd sufferings and evils which this hti upoil us to sustain ; on the 1st of Ust,, virtually abandoned that wea& jBOUSf measure, uy, suosumuug ior n ifsiembf non-intercourse. vThe non-in- act passed Qti that dajr, interdicted o'tfitnee into our waters and harboyrbL public ships both 'of Great Britain and : i pnpliibitton which 'till that time keoinipostxi on uruisa snips oniy. xe UcU;restriclions declared by the actt Jsathe same as to both nations. - ?f tit xtion aut-hprised the President,' in Case wmiiqm or a just . modification of the of France or Great Britain, to declare kjee by proclamation ivind provided ietwjle ot the Uiiiltd States mijjht be cd with the nation, whose' poltcy towards ht become more just. Previous to the :s? of conjres, the British - minister tskine, " induced (he says ? by the ta- e change in the relation of tjie two coun- tbe" effect of the non-intercourse octv a Great Britain on the same footing,' in wpects, wilh-s'the (Other belligerents,") yts for a negotiation, winch being V a conciliatory disposition in the pi esi f the i.8tli Aprili'rtcrminated in tht ad- it of the difiefences fespecting the at. iethe Ohtsapenke ; with An assurance I Mush minister, that the brde rs in Is&far as they affected the -U. States, !uyebeen withdrawn on the 10th June ; prioclamation from the President, au- asthe, renewal of trade with G.: Britain, a 10th of June. . ; .;. :, -rl to other points of the relations h the United Slates and Great Britain, Uvclpng been m discussion, and which tar mature must depend on mutual a- pt, th British - government agree to atlie United States an Envoy Extra- ay, with yawer to conclude a treaty-for ljustment.; ; ;. ' -.-3""'"'. . iLjlJiEEe in congratulatirg yoaon Yat4uiljat dreadful Scourge t.be:mv Ml the rivivai of the cheerinsr influ- commerce, to say, that no snlull praise is iustlv :due to the uresent Magistrate of the United Statesrfor M liberal, and enlightened' conduct in W negociatlon. with the Britisli mini- ?lHc: President embarrassed, and defeat- fiist heeociation. liy insistice that an Wimcuishment of the- British claim ft llieir seamen' from neutral merchant Mhcialei make an ihdisbensible nart of iinent ' for-th attack ohth'e 'Ches'ai ?! JHv.nhotiClsuch extorted relinquish' -. . ' S'oraMc Teparauon ;' should net (WiEed refusal V avcs.:rEven;a!Eter 8 the subsequent -neeociatfon with Mr. m envoy Sent to make satisfaction for alihough-'hg demand for this pre-' 1 telir,QuishhieDt 5 was waved; vet 'other rofthe Chesaneike; bv insisting that. psioa when made should be consider- Sf pledge for an effectual interposition" other Subjects of complaint ; to 'w Eiitish tnvdy replied he;-was re M t the instructions of his govern toki. enteri ne on anr siibfect but jlt fif th& Chesapeake, and " tint autho- I I've any pledge cqncernjng them." ,;nn& in the adjustment of the affair of apcake.!rjfiinta rinr.onnehttd with that Madison took up the affair f wpca'te nnnn ti nvrn Trronrul i left cujtn to impressment to be scttiea matters irf the proposed treaty, and 'tyily removed - that 'kunibling block presented in obstacle at the thresln V1? late attem tt' cut n e cociatton. : ' it r ,'- " r emperor of France no comrou- AaA,,been received, at. the meeting, ?-? the session of congress. ' Neither mister here, nor through any -other (have any indications heen shewn of "st change on the part oithat go- vernmeht, Ift vjt tjrtfriendly dispositions ind unjust' treatment of the XJnited States the decrees 'of the emperor violating gur neutial lights, continue in full force. ' ' Congress having convened undefr this state of things'- the differences witUSGreat" Briuir I adjus'eq j but appeals to the interest as well Is to the justice and magnanimity of Bona parte, havmg; proved JnciTtctual ; it wasnly necessary lo provide mean's for securing as far as ivas practicable, the persons and pro ps'rt of our citizens Irom French depredations, and to adopt such course of measures, as while they yield advantages tp then enemy and jajoduced1 inconvenience to theroselvVs, might make it the interest othe emperov of France to depart frorn his unjust treatment pf us, and induce him to respect our rights. The act of the last ession of congress com monly called ,the nori-interCourse actr seeming to imitejiore opinions iii its favous than any other 4an, its principal provisions were a dopted, and an act passed conforming in all commercial restraints to that law. By this act ail commercial intercourse with France and her dependencies, is. prohibited, and the importation into.thsJJijSttttes of any good or merchandize the growth or manfac tuve of France, is interdicted : if any such are ported they are forfeited? ' c , ' ' " In ttiSz particuhr this tt differs from the Loflihe - last-xon press. By -the - fiisf act. the public ships both of France and G. eu Britain, were denied admiituKc into our har bours and waters. The present ct does ipt continue in .force the sections of the former act which pontain this interdiction, and thoc having expired by their own limitation, the consequence is, that the public ships both o' ,Eronce and Great Britain are a'dmitted This admission of French ships, into oiir havbr-urs I disapprove. It is perfectly vv'eH known that th public' ships of France are the insU-umenig by which the jniquitciis dercrtes of Bonapat tc --'are; to be executed t'hat1 the object of those, ships when they ca escape ti e British fjhips" and get upon thcocean, is no j to seek in "com bat the ships' of war 'pf 'their epemy, biit to capture, plunder and- burn the neutral mer chant vessels of the United States. r While therefore the decrees 'of Bonaparti; remain in fail-force,' ap4. his ships of war. charged with the execution of them; to recc4v them iw our harbors, afford thern an assyium from .the pursuit of their iupeiior enemy ; to yield them the means of refitting for a crue against ourselves; -seems to me to be cheiiihing a serpent in our bosom, and to sharpen the weapon intended for our own destruction. n this light he last Congress jnust hv viewed the subjett, and Iherelore, fcccause t that time both France and Knglari'd hid in force orders and decrees violating our rights, they excluded the pubXc 'soipV of botli. At this time ou.rdiasrences. with Enjrjap.d have been setded upoh terms t't n td IiunofaLU to this nation;. .A3 to xwgland' thereto, tne -jhiatchet is buried, and ay 'marks ofrmi.in jng national Tcsectmcnt .at, pasU.diSerenc.es, satisfactoHly adjusted, wouid be ir.r.oribist'erit w ith -national honorand mngn annuity yHer shins therefore arargain admitted to tPeTTigUv cf hospitality. As: to France the case is wide ly different-r-Her conduct is no way changed. Since the act of last Congresa she has not alt.r: ed a letter of her decrees, or abated a tittle m therigorof their execution. On what ground then does she; deserve milder : treatment at this time, than she didJjrnonthslago ? If it was dangetons, ; impii.tlcnt, or otherwise wrong to admit her ships to the assylum of pur . harbors in February last,, what "has made it safe, politic or right since ? If it is hoped to coerce France into a abandonment of her dedrees, by withholding from her jlie bt-nefits of other trade, is it noV bigdy probable that in the ofeset sltuatidn of her West India Lpossessions, the refusal of an entry into our harbours, wouia rnatenaiiy aia in prouuemg that result ? Deprived of Martinico, and en- igaged in continuing attempts to supply Gua-. . . r . iv J '. t it.i '.u:: aaioupe. ana fiispanioia cesei wuu uic auipo of England;; the priv liege of entering our ports may be highly valuable torlicrfleet'siri effecting those ; escapes to which they are so frcqu itly diven. The desire' to obtain this advartage, particularly if enjoyed by her. ene my, might have h;vl some intiut-ncrivjvards produciug the desired change in her conduct, X voted against the admission ofFrench pub-, lie ships, and although that feature of, the bill was retained, yet approving its otherprovf ons, I voted for the act. - A " Soon after the adjustment with the British ministejvd rperhaps as a eonseqiirrtce' of that -event, the President directed notipe to be given to the governors of the States that the detachment of 100,000 militia recently called for by Congress; w as no longer requir ed to be' held in readiness for actual service. The alacrity with which our citizens volun teered their services oh that occasion, cannot he mentioned but to their honor ; it wes the call of the administration of, the goveniment j of their' coHitry,'nd ahhough the necessity or atility of the measure was not obvious, and we were perplexed with uncertainty as to its object j whether Quixotically to attack ships i m " of waT,.thc only assailants which threatened a uisiuru pur national quiet ; or ior tne con quest of Canada, and the acquisition of a country, costing tiipre for its, support and pro tection than its resources cn pay ; a play not worth - tie ,ajidle j ie was still iqr duty " to" oieyr rFortuhately as I deem it, yents have excused us from the ccwise'qunces which might have atteudetl the employ meaji" of the militia in either of the conjectured'or cntem plajted projects; ,it ' "" ' r By an act of Congress of April 1 80&J, the standing army C;f the United Stales jWa3 di rected to be increased by an addition ol ab)u,t 6,O;0 men. sThe differences with Great Bri tain, the ostensible' reason for this increase, having lerminated, it was-expected the army might be reduced ; Wt some symptoms of unlriepdly deposition having appeared among the Indiahs'on the north western, frontier, and vacancies frequently hippenin. in the army 4 trom k: tuheient cASUalties (the principal of which is like to be.the,cleath in ihe neighbour hood of New-Orlens)U was deemed prudent to retain "the army in its present -force. 01 ilie additional military lbrce about 3800 have been raised ; all furthVf enlistments are by hsv suspendedi - The, former military peace establishrtieirt 'amounted to about 3,000 -The ptfsent army therefore, is about oSOO' men. Tiie uuval force of -tfie LT. ,;Sta?ea consists at -pgcaaiiL ofaO-iiigateih-?--brigST Colettes- and armed ships, and 170 gui; boats. ' Of the frigates, "6 are prepared for service and ate at iiirTs-reiif torts, 5 leQuire renairsi undwe -iic toe nwvy-'yju-d at Washington city ; the-infericr srmsd ships are all prepaitd far . seVvice. "' ' - ' . 4k- Oi " the gun-boats', 24 are in service aew- Orleans, th residue IlIJ up in ordinary," some on the vocks, others in the ship yards, or in hut are coirtincniy called " dry docks." By an acfcof the late session, the President 1$ ai4thoiM:,ed to cause to be laid up such of the Vrs.els beloiyig to the navy as ha uiuy think proper. , ' ;"' attention of Congress in the late session ivas' pauicuUfly "tailed to the gun boats. These machines although 'sanctioned in their creation by an act of Corifiess., seem to have owed thtir e:iitence tnaphtically to the tron -recommendation ofthejate Fresidenu . Mr. JVSrson and, Wjag now from experi ence better known ami understood, imist be pi-cnounced one of those visionary projects ot that exulrant mind'' where weeds and How ers promiscuous hoot." The Secretary of the Nvy was called upon for information n,r certyirrpoints respecting thtm ; I'mm the cw "ttid 4nd perspicuous, report of this ihtelhgent oftk'-T, it appears.,. . . That the gnn-boats and -two. ketches have c4t, for building and fitting abne . 1,704,00 f!(,i!urs. 'And the gun-bo&ts on a-average !,A0 is eh. ; 1 ., ' 'lhat the yearly expence of maintaining each guii-lxsat in- service is 11,700 doilitii, 'coi.'stquftitly the whole jn ortlybe l:et ir service at the annual expence of 1,955,000 dollars equal to 5739 dollars ech day ' - -Tf pt if tnly the 24tit -Ne wOrleacnsbe kept (Stj servile- and the residue be laid i-p in dry docks, the annual expeike will be 357,000 dollars ; ."V- '. ' That from the qwali'y of the materials of which they are built, repairs arc so frequently necessary, ih?t if they are sufTertd to he in port cne year without repair it is probkble .t the expiration of the7" year, most of tbemvill be fcund wholljfunworthy of being repaired, and that the sails and rigging cf those laid up will at the expiration of one year, be So much injured as to be unfit follise. '--' Hcgrding lh'e gun-boats as relating to the interest ofi Vhe v nation, tlie secretary .f the nafy is of opinion, that they canicver he of service in offensive warfare. If in the event of war, the United States resolve to act mere ly on the defensive gyn-boats if properly nationed will aid materially ; ' but (he adds) our marine shoul- be directed -agairta La nuftv el 8 er cent, on the o per cent, ana.ae- V- That a frigitefights 56 guns witb 420 racn- Whereas jto figb i 56 guns'oh board ?8 tun boats " requires ! 60 men, and ;i f dn? Uua'rq 5.5 v :. gurr tjoais require 4520 meftl ancPjhat 52(5 . men employed jjn -board . frigate '& ; 5 giind , , each,, fight 336 ns.iiAs to theeipce;pe gun,vjt appear that 56 guns mounted on board; :. a frigate cost nsnuoll less tharf 120,00(3 ; that the annual sixpence pef gun our bokd f ' gun-boat carrying 2 j'ris is g 5,60 jrindj '. o. "boaru a ,un-boat carrying oVhj gun g-11,700 per annum. That :$G guns gost. annaa'.Ijr B 207,600 mot eluan the same ntimber on on eoaru a irigate y aaa the same i;um board 56 guu-bpts,- cost 53s,2?X) infr uic &aic Huuiiier on ouawi a ujqraic vtt; 9 be, to self thi gunboats, while they.wduld '-' yertornmand anjr pricey p.ept'oposuiort ; V td, sell them faifp. Consequently gun-boats m ire y4 to be .pUmbered among 'the ,toys "of admintration and the rno'.hs of the tf-easury V 750,000 dollars was appropriated for com : , pleimg tbe fortifications cornnienced Tor the piuiut-uwu oi uur pons ujin naruuyrs, ana iu . erect su,h fortifications as may be necessary . , lor the protectiwii of tl)e nothfeUi'snd Western ; IVontiers of the JJjiited States believ ing- peac4 , the prtoper season to prepare ;. for war, I ap .' ' proved this appropriation ant! .VotedJoT it. ' As a consequence of thexlefilcaitoTs In, the? revenueof tlie --United- Statesrcasionea-fjy die Embargo, it, vas to be expected that a ; ' resort to loans for the Suppoi'J cf the govern . ment would be necessary. '..' . . j- To borrow, money for the support of gun- ' boats and an army, would not had rnany ad vocates out of the sphere of the immediate in :V fruf-r-ce of their fond parent the late President i of tl.e LT.ii: -d States. . And .to borrow for the 'ordinary -espene'es cT go'verpmtnt, while it l would revive imiongihe pec-pja seme embar go recollections, couid not be popular, and . tbenTi'oic not very agreeable to rae gentlemeti, ' -whose measprs hal pi'octuced . jthe necessity But-as mo.r:: money was wanted, acd the necessity of a loan suggested by'he Secretary of the treasury : and as to stop thref wheels y of government," by withholding supplies was , not advised at tbjs time ; -a legislative- strata ' X gem was adopted, by which tht tct oFbor- , rowing money, if not entire!;., concealed Oo'rii . the peopled is yet to.,be wiapjK J in a gaib so plausibly, as probib'Iy to pass witiiout detec 'lifm or without censure... , ': v 1 This vas to iiutjiotide a loan, not for ghn boats, army or for the payment t f the in ' stalmetjts of llie piiblic debt as they fall due . -For this pdrpcie a bill was mtioduted'aa ,. nunpjjementary ' to an act passed 3d March; 179$if vmakiiig further provision for the sup port 'of public credit ; which gives to the , Cornnii,ibi"nen of tlie Sinking Fund the same novtersH-y effect leans for the payment of tho' xim$pftt:bt. of the V". States, is they pbs sess under the act of 1795,- in regard to Ui; - "debt then dfiev ' ' 'V '. It happens however, that, in consequence of enisling 'irovrsioMs &f"ihe LayiTtent of. the debt,; the funds, for that purpose are ample,' ? KlJthe.lesiiari4 eitt-t A tins' bill couldUin'-r ly be by divtitiv.g the, fujis appropriated '. fQr the debtr-to- the . ordinary eiigencics of 'jgokx yet nmet)t, to keep those raoviiVg without the . ' t)dium of creaung a, debt for their support-- and to borrow, for the righteous and popular, purpose---of ' paying thert!ebl, 'and1; supporting .public, credit. - '- v . i :.. "- : vt$ The facts which support the 4evel6pernat of Uiis project, witf be stated as brierlyi cs pop. ... sibh-; , .. .: .: 1 ' ' Pixirto- the adrptrfistration of frr Jeffer- son C6ngtfc5iby act-oftheSd March,; 1795, appropiiatedi certain funds, boltoined on tinct ourcesTofe venue, fijr the payment-of ' the public debt j .and for the monies accrujh jj? . r jtheiel'roqi, dehominale'd th.. Sinking fund' were fin the yorcs of -the actf " Vested in the commissioners oi me siniiine iunu, w iruw. fast sailing frigates . and smaller cruisers, would on every principle be preferahle, in point of effect and mtroh less cosUy." ' lie observes too "very justly, thaiiiis ,nly oi board? ves sels suited 'lor sea service that good seamen are tq be formed. . .,--. . ,-' Of the comparative expence of building and the cot of maintaining a gun on board a fri- irato aftd a cun-boat. the secretaryofthe navy states, That th frigate-President mounts 56 guns, 42poQnd carronides and 4 pound long can non, and cost 221 jOOO doilars--requires 420 m'eryto mn hei ,&nd is maintained in actual seryice atthe "annual expencejessthan 120,000 1 ftnllavR. . .. ' . ' '.i ' i -'1 A ctm-boat whether mounting oiie ' cr two gunsr requires 45' men to man her, and'eoits 4 annually-1 1,7C0 dollars m actual service. It hence results" that 19 gun Vis each carrying guns .andifi the whole only 33 guns,' costs more thun tuclr a frigtite. . That 10 gun-boats carrying only 10 or 20 guns rt quire more men to man uiera man a i.igaii carrying 56 guns. v c ; ; j for tlte reimbursement anp reiiempnon 01 me dcbtV to be applied in ,1 he first ipstance and wltliout discretion, to-the payment of the' an ferred stocks, unul the ,-nnal redemption ok said docks': "and u 'the With of the UvIle4 SiateV was pledged, tl?tthe siicl-fuhds should ; iQyjolH, irmaiw a4 beappiopriartd and vested as aforesaid, to btf applied to the.sai reiiribuvaeriient and ..redemption until the same should be tullyland completely effected?' The product of thisefunds 4 dcptndui .oh.c6iitin gencies, a;ul itiight fall . short of the nsiaK jnonts'of the debt ariua!ty payable. Power "was therefore given to the commissioners of. ; the sinking:', fnnd, to borrow fhedtficiericiea ' in any w hicjmight be necessary ttr make the pa nmt and 'jest rvehe public faith. : If language have; any jr.eauing can ther 'he -Hi' doi4&t-tliat the proceeds -. these .funds til us sclVrnidy 44 yesifd in-the commis sioners of .Xfie wriking fund," and in-ialaUy approplated,,, for the discharKe-cf-the d;U, ye-rc in the first instance, snbject to the call oF . ti e' commissioner;- af.r:?ave theif claim a priority over every other appropriation?,'. -1 By the "subte.quei act i 1797 ar.tl vl80 eertalri additional, duties hertby buV were aoomoriated lolhe dtti ; " L-t t'.- uo'T A "l 1 ,-"
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