4'54 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



to be engaged for a longer period 

 of service than are due from the 

 militia. I earnestly renew at the 

 same time a recommendation of 

 such changes in the system of the 

 nnlitia, as by classing and disci- 

 plining on the most prompt and 

 active service the portion most ca- 

 pable of it, will give to that re- 

 source for the public safety all the 

 requisite energy and efficiency. 



A part of the squadron on Lake 

 Erie has been extended to Lake 

 Huron, and has produced the ad- 

 vantage of displaying our com- 

 mand of that Lake also. One ob- 

 ject of the expedition was the re- 

 duction of Mackinau, which failed 

 with the loss of a few brave men, 

 among whom was an officer dis- 

 tinguished for his gallant exploits; 

 and the expedition, ably conducted 

 by both land and naval com- 

 manders, was otherwise valuable 

 in its effects. 



The monies received into the 

 Treasury, during the nine months 

 ending the 13th of June last, 

 amounted to o2 millions of dol- 

 lars, of which 11 millions were 

 the proceeds of the public reve- 

 nue, and the remainder derived 

 from loansi The disbursements 

 for Public Expenditures during the 

 same period exceed 34 millions of 

 dollars, and left in the Treasury on 

 the 1st of July near five millions 

 of dollars. 



The demands during the re- 

 mainder cif the present year al- 

 ready an ihorized by Congress, and 

 the expenses incident to an ex- 

 tension of the operations of the 

 war, will render it necessary that 

 large sums should be provided to 

 meet them. From this view of 

 the national affairs. Congress will 

 be urged to take up without delay, 

 as well the subject of pecuniary 



supplies, as that of military force, 

 and on a scale commensurate with 

 the extent and character which 

 the war has assumed. 



It is not to be disguised that the 

 situation of our country calls for 

 its greatest efforts : our enemy is 

 powerful in men and money, on 

 the land and on the water ; avail- 

 ing himself of fortunate circum- 

 stances, he is aiming, with an un- 

 divided force, a deadly blow at our 

 growing prosperity, perhaps at our 

 national existence. He has avowed 

 his purpose of trampling on the 

 usages of civilized warfare, and 

 given earnest of it in the plunder 

 and wantori destruction of private 

 property. 



in the pride of maritime domi- 

 nion, aiiu in his thirst of commer- 

 cial monopoly, he strikes with pe- 

 culiar animosity at the progress of 

 our navigation and manufactures : 

 his barbarous policy has not even 

 spared those monuments of taste 

 with which our country had en- 

 riched and embellished our infant 

 metropolis. From such an adver- 

 sary, hostility in its greatest force 

 and worst forms may be looked 

 for. The American people will 

 face it with the undaunted spirit 

 which, in their revolutionary war 

 defeated his unrighteous projects : 

 his threats and his barbarities, in- 

 stead of dismay, will kindle in 

 every bosom an indignation not to 

 be extinguished, but in the dis- 

 aster and expulsion of sucli cruel 

 invaders. In providing the means 

 necessary the national legislator 

 will not distrust the enlightened 

 patriotism of his constituents. 

 They will cheerfully and proudly 

 bear every burthen of every kind 

 which the safety and honour of the 

 nation demands. 



We have seen them every where 



