Indiana Republican, Volume 1, Number 15, Madison, Jefferson County, 5 April 1817 — Page 1

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INDIANA REPUBLICA WMIRI LIBI3LTT DWILL, THEBLS IS 1IY COUNTXY. No. 15.

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VOL. I. MADISON, (INDIANA) -SATURDAY, APRIL 5,. 18.17.

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..l President Monroe's 1 speech; (concluded.) j Other interests of high impor-

ncc will claim attention, among

hich , the improvement of our

untry by roads and canals, pro

reding always with a constituit 1 111 I .

: lonai lanction, notas a aistin;uised place. By thui faciliratt ig the intercourse between the tat3, wz shall add much to the anvenience and comfort cf our :llow citiient ; muck to the orjament of the country ; and what f greater importance, we ihall hoi ten districts, and Kiaking ach part more. accessible to and epcident on th other, we ihall ind the unioi) more closely tm rther. Nature has done so much j V ui by intersecting the country

..mn go many great uvcr, bsyi rs. annrnarMnnr frnm

int points io near to each other,

.aat the inducement to complete tc w(rk seems to be peculiarly , A. A

. kbiwi'g. uiuic inicrcbiinj5 specf tacle was pci haps never seen than r,j exhibited vithin the limits of tie United States; a territory so ' ""ast, and advantageously lituatcd, CDntaining objects fco grind, to tietul, so happily coiincqicd in all ; their parts. Oar manufactures will likewise require the systematic and fosterf infj eareof the government, l'o. essing, as we do, all the raw materials, the fruit of our own soil and industry, wc ought not t depend in the degree wc have done on supplies from other countries. While we are thus dependent, the sudden event of war, unsought tnd unexpected, onno: fail tu

plunge us into the mest serious difficulties. It is important, too, that the capital which nourishes our manufactures should be domestic, as its influence in that case, instead of exhausting, is it may do in foreign hands, would be felt advantageously on agriculture, and every other branch of industry. Equally important is it to provide at home a market for our raw materials, as, by extending the competition. It will enhance the prict, and protect the cultivator against the casualtics incident to foreign markets. With the Indian tribes it is our duty to cultivate friendly relations, and to act with kindness and liberality in all our transactions. Equally proper is it to persevere it. our efforts to extend to them advantage . of civilization. The great amount of our revenue, and the flourishing state of the treasury, are a full proof of the competency ot nt national resources, for any emergency, it they arc, of the willingness of our fellow citini to bear the burthens which the public necessities require. The vast amount of vacant lands, the value of which daily augments, forms an additional resource of great extent & duration. These resources, besides accomplishing every ot.Her necessary purpose, put it completely in the power of the United States, to discharge the national debt, at an early period. Peace is the best time for improvement & preparation of every kind ; it is in peace that our commerce flourishes most : that taxes are most easily paid, and that the revenue is inont productive. The executive is charged ofS. daily, in the departments under it with the disbursement of the public money, and is responsible for the faithful application of it to the purposes for which it is raised. The legislature is the watchful guardian over the public purse. It is its duty to see, that the disbursement has been honestly made To meet the requisite responsibility, every facility should be afforded to the executive, to enable it to bring the public agents, entrusted with the public money, strictly & promptly to account. Nothing should be presumed against them ; but if, with the requisite facilities, the public money is suffered to He, long and uselessly, in their hands, they will not be the only defaulters, nor will the demoralizing effect be confined to them. It will evince a relaxation, and want of tone in the administration, which will ibe felt by the whole community. I shall do all that I can, to secure ccoatmy and fidel

ity in this important branch of the administration, and I doubt not, that the legislature will perform its duty with equal zeal. A thorough examination should regularly be made, and I will promote it. It is particularly gratifying to me, to enter on the discharge of these duties, at a time when the United States are blessed with peace. It is a state mot t consistent with their prosperity and happiness. It will be my sincere desire to preserve it, on just principles, with all nations, claiming nothing unreasonable, of any, 6c rendering to each what is its due. Equally gratifying is it, to witness the encreased hai xiony of opinion, which pervades our U nion. Discord does not belong to our system. Union is recommended, as well by the free and benign principici of our government, extending its blessings to every individual, as by the other cmiurnt advantages attending it. The .American people have encountered together great dmgeis, and sustained icvcre trials with success. They constitute one great fasniiy, with a common interest. Experience has enlighten ed us, on some questions of essential importance to the country. The progress has been slow, dictated by a just reflection, and a faithful regard to every interest connected with it. To promote this harmony, in accord with the principles of our republican government, and in a manner to give them the most complete effect, & to advance in all other rcspeas the, best interests of our Union, will be the objectof my constant and zealous exertions. Never did a government coiwencc under auspices so favorable, nor ever was euccess so complete. If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic ; of a people so prosperous and happy. In contemplating what we have still to perform, the heart of every citizen must expand with joy, when he reflects how near our government has approached to perfection ; tnat, in respect to it, we have no essential improvement to make ; that the great object is, to preserve it in the essential principles and features which characterise it, and, that that is to be done, by preserving the virtue and enlightening the minds of the j)eople ; and, as a security against foreign dangers, to adopt such arrangements as are indjspcnkiblc to the support of our independence, our rights and Liberties. If we persevere .in the career in which vs havr advanced

so far, and in the path already traced, we cannot fail under the favor of a gracious Providence, to attain the high destiny which seems to await us. In the adminstrations of illustrious men who have preceded me in this high station, with some of whom I have been connected by the closest ties from early life, examples are presented, wnich will always be found highly instructive and useful to their successors. From these I shall endeavor to derive all the advantages which they may aff rd. Of my immediate predecessor, under whom so important a portion of this great and successful experiment has been made, I shall be pardoned for expressing my earnest wishes that he may long enjoy, in bis retirement, the erections of a grateful country, the best reward of exalted talents and the most faithful arid meritorious services. Relying on the aid to be derived from the other depigments of the government, I enter on the trust to which 1 have been called by the suffrages ot tny fellow citizens, with my fervent prayers to the Almighty that He will.be graciously pleased to continue to us that protection which he has already so conspicuously displayed in our favor. s ty' - FROM THE BALTIMORE AMERICAK. Extrvcts of Letters from an intelligent Baltimirean, to h'u friend in thit. city, dated . St. Thomas, Jan. 18, 22, & Feb. 8. 46 A gentleman arrived here some days ago from the vicinity of Barcclo a, and gives a ba I account of the republican caus- on the Main. On the 23d Dc, ember a general actian tok place about three leagues from Barcelona, in which the Patriots, commanded by general Piar were defeated, losing about 4000 men and only a remnant of titem escaped. They arc now blockaded in Barcelona by three Spanish frigates and some brigs, and excepting that place,' all the main belongs to the Roy. ists. Margaretta is still in possession of the Patriots. Had general M'Gregor continued in command, the resuli would have been very diffeient, but the unhappy divisions amang the Patriots drove him off iu d.spatr. He came to this place and after staying a few days went to St. Domingo. Until this contest is decided the trade from hence to the main will be very limited. The snuii privateers from Margaretta, kc, stiii continue their degradations in the neighborhood, but as some of the Spanish Royalist brigs am expected daily from Barcelona, I