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\that day near even mil- fons of dailars: - Under the authori- ty\ contained in- the aQ of the 2d of Auguft laft, for borrowing feven mil- : loos and a half of dollars, that sum has been obtained on terms more fa- vorable to the United States than those of the preceding loan made du. ring.thé prefent year,. Further fums to a confiderable amount will be ne. ceflary to be obtained in the fame, way during the enfuing year; and from <the increased capital of the country, from the-fidelity with which the public engagements have been kept, and the public credit maintain- - ed; it may be {ufpected on. good groumds that the necefflary pecuniary fupplies will net be wanting. - The expenfes of the current year, from the multiplied operations falling 'within it have necefflanly been exten- five. (But ona juftreftimate of the | oa set til ' {y}? he A tk‘ic'asi fru ere \BH an early page in poufed and the beft hopes-of a satis- not with: the . If\? rl s naval annaliyw “fivi‘étaiyfigémer Ea ory iffue are authorifed_by. the wdulddhgflci Zfizfigfige cruelcareer furpaffed in lufttre, however much it: \gomplete fucceis with, which a wel I 013459; ys unha 231 - not the gale. may have been in magnitude,. planned enterprite was executed a-. T 118W n [th fyco-nfittenc any to: On Lake Ontario. the caution of galoft a body of hofile favages, by a In vio arm}: (Alfierican officer? 'and the- Buitifi-commander, favored by detachment -of volunteer milita of of hamanity, d of in double. JiheniBgvmfi}:commgndclzi the efforts 'Yolunteer militia of Tennefice,. under non-commiffioned officers, in double contingencies fruftrated (£10 bring the gallant command of Gen. Coffee; the number of the BrltLfly-feldxef_s of.the Pfimcrw'an. commander to orn & confined here, wereordered lptoélofe on a decifive action. Captain Chaun- confinement, with formal notice, that gey was'able, however, to e‘lftabhfhvaul in the event of a retaliation for the ~afeendency on that-mpmtalnt thea-. death which might be inflifed on d.“ tre; and te prove, by the Wanneré‘n‘ prisoners of war (ent to Great Brit- ° mm“?! he efi’e?eqt.eve;)lf Eggggzhz- ain for trial, the officexslso cotffined. e, that WC! we ‘ - mi y would be put to death also. It was ed, for a more fhining difplay of his The fy ftema clfifegzrzrffhcgffi? rdotified ai the fame time that the | - ats and of the gallantry 'of -enemy in coustif . apa re: al fas , . | glfuktillsgéf 2:2 Acommandg. * .- ages iyn all quartérs, bad the natural com-Tsaggesgfigefii anrcuilrfilrfiuLgiLsdfig The fuccels on Lake Erie having efe@ of kindling, their ordinary pro- 3:12};th to proceed with a deftroc. opened a paffage into the territory of .penfity into a paflicy, which, even a- tive feverity againtt cout towns and the enemy the officer commanding ~mong those bef difpofed towards the their inhabitants, -~. ins. the noith weftern army impsferfed United States, was rAcayf-lfflnot em- That no doubt might be left with the war yfiithgr; qndfli‘apld *. 95:22:25 plqyfetd on Xaéefiii’rfitr:birzuézfirzz the enemy of ourc adherence to the. campaign, is which the-moft of them Psszgglquflllsrgigtizgzorcégl‘Zlggzryfé‘ral ac?”tgrgggiédutzrbearanpcé iolaccptv the fer- f-retaliaéing refortblmpglcgdghlusg core gas E) erqgfiPWéd’ the colt will “Pt - tion, which quickly terminated in the vices tendered by them hasthus been ref??? Pinip'txr efnoomflhgndz \viii? {vintages Véhpiic'zplratllvoemge to the 33- capture of the Britifh, and the dis- forced upon us. But, in yielding to prione > » een. gained. pertion of the favage force. it, the retaliation has been niftigated immediately. put into clofe confine- The campaign has indeed, in its lat- - This refult is fignally honorable to as much as poffible, both in its\extent ment, to abide the fate of thofe con- ter flages in one quarter been lets fa- Major General Harrifon, by whofe and in its charaQler, ffopping far fined by the enemy ; and the Brit. vorable than was expeded, but in ad.. military talents, it was prepared ; to fhort of the examplé of the enemy, ith goveroment hasfbeeri apprifed of ditionfto the°impo}tance of our naval I onel Johnfon, and his mounted who owe the advantages they, Nave {the dctgrmmatmn 0 fhxs government, agccer sfihei ProgrgsSfi‘ th campaign. * vCoellunteeri, whose impetuous onfet, occafionally gained in battle, éfife y to'refirallate any other plreclegélgxg'a- inlets heft)? fiitlectlhw;f£1 nut-fights hlgfimy Fave a decifive blow to the ranks of to the number of their - 84!\ usf: confirm)! to the legitimate 0391“ ftécoks eé‘tgncnvcan ar Sb . of the enemy; and to the fpirit of ates; and who «have not -controlled ‘mcidgs lik Vita? are. for the United Iliad ) F0 th gncmy-gn k'nf' the volunteer militia, equally brave; them.either from their: ufoaal praQice\ | ** } is ogtun‘a'te.’ or! the linite garb ar jg“ oSr $158,005 aces and patiiotic, who bore an interefting of indifcriminate maffacre on defénee- States they ave “1m“ f)“; pOIWQfiO la ! thal- inf an fuf I)!“ have beet? ‘v'part in the feene; more efpecially, to lefs inhabitants, or from f{:enes of (M®® 9“?th i\ his] DIC Vigogfiay gm MCoelstuby r‘epulfed P nanny: m'agifi‘rate, of Kentucky at carnage without a parallel, on privon- conteft, as it is >_o_n01jab' e to them, nor have they in any case iucceedqd \the head of thein, whose heroism, fig- ers to the Britith arms, guarded by all - tht they do not join in it but under on either frontier, excepting when di- nalized in the war which establithed the laws of huwanity and of honora. - (D¢ moftimperious obligations, & with rected againkt the peaceable dwellings 'the Independence of his country, ble war. , the\humane purpose of effeQtuating a of individuals, or villages unprepared fought at an advanced age, a hare in _ For these enormities, the enemy of the eftablifhed ufages of or undefended. bard(hips and battles, for maintaining are equally refponfitle, whether with W*: . ‘ - _ On th'e ether hand the mevements its right and its fafety. 'the power to prevent them they want __ Th4 views of the French govern- of the American army have been fol- The iefifefi of thele fuecefics has the will, or with the knowledgebf a 90 the which havg been lowed by the redthn of: York, and been to réfcue the inhabitants of Mi- want of power they ftill avail them. 5° ton g pommxcted to negociation, of Forts George, Erie and-Malden; chigan from their oppreffions, aggra. feves of fuch inftruments. '% bave received no elucidation fince the by the recovery .of Detroit and the vated by grofs infractions of the capit- Flcfe of your laft feffion, The Mm- extinétion of the Indian war in the ulation which fubj&ed them to a for- filer 'Plentpotentiary of the United weft; 'and by the eccupancy and ~eign power, to alienate the favages States at Paris, had not been enabled, commarrd of a large portion of Upper | of numerous tribes from the enemy, ~ bjgxgpqr . Canada. Battles have , alfo been' by whom they were disappointed and objects of hi fought on the borders of the St. Law. , abandoned ; and to relieve an exten- ¢ rence, which, though not five region of country from « merci- ing phyr entire objects, refleft on the lofs wartare which defolated its fron- difcipline and prowefs of our foldiery, _ the beft auguries of eventful victory. In the famefcale are to be placed the ° late fuccess in the Louth, over one of <e r%>ft powerful, which had became one of the moft hoftile also, of the In. dian tribes. not It would be improper to clofe this com- munication without expreffing a thankful» nefs, in whichall ought to unites for the nu» merous blefflings with which our beloved country continues to be favored, for the a.- h and by\a full more important viétory over a -lakge body of them, gained un. der the immediate command'of Maj... Gen. Jackfon ; an officer equally d}?- is tinguifhed far his patriotifm and military talents. , fy these t! in cont i\‘ for our In other refpeds the enemy are purfuing a ~courfe which eonfequences' mokt affli@ing»=to hu. maoity. - tC _A ftranding law of Great Bitain ,> naturalizes, 'as is well knowo-@lia Titlis being always to be re- iens, complying with .conditiony im-\ g s thd great bulwark of de. ited to a thorter period than those te- *F. ond fecy ity for free ftates and quired by the U.-States ; and Natur- fps ognfitutio having wilely com- , alized fubjects are, in war, employed mitred to the nativeal authority a use by her government in common with .of that force, as the beft provifion a- native fubjects.. In a contignous Bri. gaint an unfafe military eftablith- he; fpronnlfe, regulatlon’s prfm?lgg. ment, as well as a refource peculiarly tea ince t c‘gommegcemgm of the adapted to a country having the ex- wat compel citizens of the U. States, (yop; and the expo{fure of the United being there ander ceftain circum- Stites, I recommend to Congrefs a re- {ttiizczazorggiz 211ml? $5115 tgfafé‘ vifion of the militia laws for the pur- who comiuse much of the o. ulé'tiol; pd§t of {ecuring, more cfi'cfiually._tlle bundence which everfpreads our land, and - PoP {ervice of all detachments called into the prevailing health of its inhabitants ; for of the province, anumber have @CtU- ins 'an pj 'and placed the preférvation of internal tranquility, - ally borne arms againft the -U. States the gove Weft of h ‘6 3 and the fRability 'of our free innitunonsgaufl within their limits ; fome of whom \\4,°¢5f the U. states. _ °°. & . above all, for the light of Divine Trumand after harfiijhg done so, have become? (¢ It will deferve the confideration of the proteStion of every man's confcience in x Poe ' moft harraffing fervices. In confequence of our naval fupe- riority-on Lake Ontario, and the:op- portunity afforded by it for concentra- tin: our forces by water, operations which. bad been previgqufly planned, were fet on foot, againft the poffes- fons of the enemy on the St. Law. rence. Such however was the delay produced, in the firht inftance, by ad- verse weather of unufual violence & contimeat ce, and- fuch the\-cireum- frances attending the final movements of the army, that the profpect at one + C se- - time fo favorable, was not realized. ___ The cruelty of the enemy, in en- liting the favages into a war with a ~ aB 2 CV -£. prifomers of war and are ngw ig our: ; poff-fhoo.. Khe Britith commanbder io, that provisce, neverthele{s, with '~ nation defirous of mutual emulationin | the {anctiog,\ lgs‘éppears,‘ of his gov- mitigating its calamities. has not been ~ enfined to any one quarter. Where- - ever they could be tucned againft us, & t & red. - On our South Weftern border, the Creek pibés, who yielding to our thought proper to felec from American prifomess of-war; and {fend to Great Biitain for trial as crim- . po exertions to effect it have been {pa- inals, a number of individuals who had emigated from the Britith dominions long prior to the fiate of war between ~ _ perfevering c-nd'eavmg,‘ were ggadual- the two nations, who had incorpora- , [. ly acquiring more civilized habits. be- ted themfelves into our political foci. cafmeuthféfififmwna“ victims of Tau, - du@ign. . A war in that quarter has ~>. been the confequence, infuriated by a 'who were made prifoners of war, un. bloody fanaticism, recently propaga- >. gated among them. 24 ¥ m . It was neceffary to cruth fuch a war before it.could fpread among the con- tiguous ttibes, and_before it could fa- vor 'epféiprizes of¢the. enemy into that: victoity.. With this view a force was called into the {ervice of the U. ety, in the modes recognized hy the law and practice of Great Britain, & det the banners 'of .their adopted country, fighting for its rights and its fafety. . so. The protection due to these citi- zens requiring effe€ual interpofition cdo their Britith prifoners of war we'= put into confinement, and a notification that §. Stfitds’mfi‘am the fates of Georgia and they would experience whatever vio. ~'Tenneflee, which the neareft regular a 2 p> féarses s, troops, and other corps fronx the Mis- fifpot territory might not only chaf. tile the favages into prefent peage, but ‘5mafiievajgf’alfing impreflion on their srogrefs of the expedition as IS y’pb T an-wry enrresnands with » lence might be committed on the A. merican priseners of war fent to °G. Britain. . 0 . - ‘ - It was that the neceflary confe. quenee of the fiep udadvifedly takéa on the part of Greatifikflggip would have led her government to-reflec@t on tha *~ se A4 ~ y G 1 behalf, a like number of {even willions and a half of doll ongrefs also, whether among other improvements in the militia laws, jus- tice does not requirea regulation, un- der due precautions, for defraying the expen{e incident to the firft affem- bling as well as to the fubfequent movements of detachments called in. to the national fervice,. To give our veffels of war, public and private, the requifite advantage in their cruises, it is of much iinpor- tance that they fhould have, both for themfelves and their prizes, the use of. the ports of frigfidly powers. this view, T recqmmend to Congrefs the expediency of fuch legal provis. ions as may fupply the defects, or re- - move the doubts of the Executive au- thority to allow to the cruisers of oth. er powers, .at war with the enemies of the United States, fuch ufe of the A. merican ppm/s. and markets as ma correfpond with the privileges allowed by [ugh powers to American cruisers, During the year ending on the S0th of September laft, the receipts into thé Treafury have exceedetl thirty. ONhich near twenty-four milliirtf; were the produce of loans, After inciting. all the demands for the pu- '~ '*rvice, there remai~ed in ® the - the enjoy ment of it. And although among other bleffings we cannot number apn exemp- tion from the evils of war , yet these will never be regarded as the greatef evils, by the frien«s of liberty, and of the rig hts of nations. - Our country has befere prefer- red them to the degrading condition which was the alternative, when the, fword was drawn in the cause which gave birth to our national independence ; and none who con- template the magnitude,; ard feel the value of that glorious event, will fhrink from a fruggle to maintain the high and happy - ground on which it plated the American people. With all good citizens, the juftice and nes Withs of refifting wrongs and ufurpations te- be borme, wilt fufficichtly out- weigh the privations and facrifices, infepara- ble from a ftate of war. But is a reflection, moreover, confoling, that whilft wars are gencrally aggravated by their bane ful efeéts on internal improvements \and permanent profperity of the nations engaged in them, fuch is the favored fituation of the United States, that the calamities of the conteft into which they have been compelled to enter, are mitigated by improvements and. advantages of which the conteft itfelf is the fource, If the war bas increafed the interruptions of our commerce, it has at the Lame time cherithed and multiplied our manufacures, so as to make us independent of all other “fioqntries for the more effiential branches for _ which we ought to be dependent on none- \ and is even rapidly giving them an extent which will create additional flaples <in our fu: ure intercourse with foreign markets. If much treator> zended, no Sim-91hwpwwmqknm-vammfifizfigrfikumlymu..m 4 eho sonar «C! « wince o At cava s doy ds ur mina > nina ntge 7)“ a na Coa
