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A portion of the 1 of this state, is already in the actual occupation of the enemy : nnd Ihese in all sucli parts as may be deemed assailable, is openly menaced with de*; To defend our soil, and to repel the invader^ no force or means, l)earinii; f portion to the emerii;encyj have !)een provided by the national goverrun was justly to have been expected, that before h^)8tilities were provoked formidable enemy, or, at least that, at some i)eriod subsecjuent to their con iiient, means of defence and protection would have been aflorded to asea-( extended^ and so exposed to the ravages of an enemy, as that of Massac But events forbid a reliance on any sucli expectation. The principial pa regular force raised, ov at any time cpiartered, in this state, has been wit for the war on the Canachi border. The fortiiications, until lately stren: !)y the exertions of our own citizens, were essentially defective ; and the nj situation calculated to invite, rather than re|)el, aggression ; and to recpii tection^ instead of affording it. Indeed, w hen the circumstances undei V\s xcellencii, with tlu UlT in part — lin. has assumed an . Tlie [)ersev(M'in:i; e()iise(|Hence, the lion of the tenitory ; i\ui\ llie sea-coast^ ^e(l with desolatioiK IS, l)earinii; any pro. al government. It ^ provoked IVom a to their commence- led to a sea-coast so of Massachusetts, nincipal pari of (he as been withdrawn ately stren:i;tiiened : and the na\ y in a md to recjuire pro» mces underj^dunk Mill iiiii; n Photogiiiphic Sciences Corporation '/ Canadian Institute raphic ^r\c^ ration 23 WEST MAIN STREtT WEBSTER NY ]458C i 716 ' 872-4503 an Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut canadien de microreproductions historiques jes ^v^iiiprcMU uu riidierie Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion along interior margin/ Lareliure serree peut causer de lombre ou de la distorsion le long de la marge interieure Blank leaves added during restoration may appear within the text Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming/ II se peut que certames pages blanches ajoutees lors d une restauration apparaissent aans le texte mais, lorsque cela etait possible, ces pages n ont pas ete film^es. 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IikIooiI, when the ciiTtuusianrrs umlvv (he war was cleclaitMl, and has heen prosecuted, are viewetl in eonne\i( the utter nei;lect of the ordinary preparation tor snch n stale, thr inter fairly warranted, that the Annriean cahinet intended no otiier means of c for this state, hut such as a l)rave and free peopk would 1\m I {heniselven in to make, hy their own sense of (hinder and love of eotinlry. Tliat it relie the passions and sulferin2;s, Incident to a state of war, to overcome the repu so universally felt liy our citizens to the unjust and ruinous c(Miti'st: and U them at liherty to drain our popuhition aiul our treasures lor the prosecii Iheir favorite enterprises, liut when the (^unmonwealth was found to he i ger of invasion, the |ieo[de have not pausrd to cimsider the motives or ohj their naiitmal ruler-^. in leaviui; them defenceless ; hut at the summons <> (tovernor, they ha\e repaired to the standard of their country, with a /e alacrity which demonstrate, that the [)rinciples which unite men of every and description in the determination to conqueror die in its defence, aiT^i feehhul hy our party divisions. Thousands of hrave and hardv yecmianrv posini; a part of a wtll provided atid well disciplined militia, 'have liasU' tlie post ()f danger, and other thousamls are ready to follow, at a monu'ufs *^»i;-— '•'•i^' nH)st liheral and eflfectual aid has heen allorded in erectiiu;- fori hatteries ; and hut one spirit animates the whole mass of our citizens? wit invincihle resolution of defending their native land against the incursions enemy. It is, however, a fact, not to he disguised, tJiat while the pe^^ple ( state^ with the V Messing of heaven, have confidence in the sufficiency of thf sources, lor de^euding their own soil, if applie cannot he supposed equal to this, and also competent to respond i heavy and iiureasinir dc^mands of the national government. Liid to ref|fiiiT pro m*v< \\n(\(\' wliicli ill rumioxioii uiih », the inreience i^* ' menus of defence leir.selves iinpelled riiat it relieiil hfini'; ready and dctcM- j5i'os[)rcl of adequate means u resonrci^s deiivril)le IViun then (lioi!i:;iii [>ropor to eni[)ioy (ds( ( 1 onr I onnnitiee are also o for a military force^ in additi( a eon^idei'al)le force must be ( Hie eiHMev in bis vari(Ml and Miaiioikal Treasury, as exliibiLed by ihc [uojx'r oHuM'i-. r((|iiircy )r exisii.'ii^ taxes, aiid if. in a{Irevent the com])!e s ruin. The people, however, [)ossess the means of certain redress : ami eir safety, which is the suprenu' law, is in question, these jneans slundd 11 1\ i\ ■ •*»»^^w» « (•omnion\vea,ltli,\vhosliall be entitled to full pay ami ral vice, and to a just compensation short of full pay, to bt {lie entire term of tlicir enlistment. liemhed, That tin- Governor be authorized rime, for the use of tlie Commonwealth, a snm not cxce l:us, at an interest not exceeding six p,,r cent, an ( omino.iuealth be pled-ed to provide fund- at the iic^ lature at furthest for the payment of th^- interest ,m tli Uesoh'ed/VXvAi twelve persons be appointed as ] mon weal th, to meet and confer with Delegates from th- oth' orany (.1 thein upon tlic subjects of their public u. evanV on (iie best means of preserving our resonrces'and of my, and to devise and su-.-es't for adoption by those measures as they may deem expedient : and also to taU ihiiik proper, for procurin- a convention of Dele-ates fr, pay ami latiuus, when in aciual scr. 11 pay, to be provided by law, diiiin.. authorized to borrow from time to im not exceeding one million of dol- er cent, and that the faith of this ' ■ at the next session of this Lei^is- i-.terest .m the sums borrowed. >pointe({ -us Del, gates from this Com- from til > otlu^f* t^* »f^^Q ^v^XT^..,-, T7 1 I lie g evances and concerns^ aiid up. •ces and of defiance against thv onn m by those respective states ueL I also to take measures, if the , shall [)elej2;ates from all the linU^A ki^f^^ ,^.r^' \\\v I'lHMiiy in bis vai-ied and -rcjil hodirs (d* niilitin, to nia d'HtniK'r from tlicir rindlies, v of any inrnlr oT defiance u liicli lint 'Ahilc^ viMir Connnidee In nnilt% and that tlioy will ur that is dear, in rcixdlini; an ii rn:;a(i()n ini|)()se8 silence, \\\n)n national niisfortnnes. It is, o on all ocrasions. Uu* deslrnetiv IVIieiiy, has been ronverted in nidess an almost rnijied peopl wbirb have indneed this statt salvation is past. It shonld ii pnblie alVairs has been forced seni, bnt in op|)osition to her i the admiiustration, yielding to cominiMieed its system of comn to the views of the late tyrani the most needless and ernel en ed by former Lei2;islatnres. 'J rommeree to cope m ith I hat of nonnced by the united warnin* jccK It was never donbted 1 would be accompanied by an ( sailors ; the desolation of our the failure of national credit ; matio!! of national rnin, by an a j^reatest of all calamities^ we 1 evils, were our rulers forewarn liuispnt in jeopardy : and the; and numanity, to stay their hai terests of those, w ho asked fro own industrious caHinii;s. Vy\ men distinguished in their nati t!ie enjoyment of a patronage, cimsider the patriotic citizen.^ < union and with predilection foi -nre. in vain attempts to fix, bi ' «* " ^ % J ^.y ^rKs.7wVI«i,A •!iri("(l and distant ciiUTpii-os ; tliat the rnntinu,;! calls iij.oi* lilia, to march lV(»ni home, at all seasons, and fo remain at a rrunilies, Avillhe the most oppressive, and least economicai fence which can he devised, in a protracted warfare. Commiltee think, that the people of this Commonwealll. onglit they will nnite, under any eirenmstances, at the hazard of lill )ellin_- an invadin- foe, it is iiol helicved, that tiiis solemn o!)- ilence, upon (heir just c(tmplaiii(s aj;ainst the authors of the I's. It is, on the contrary, a sacred diitv to liold up to view le destructive pcdicy, by w hidi a state of' unparalelled national •onverted into one of humiliation and dans^cr ; 1)elieviti!i;, that, nined [leoplc will discard the men and change the measures (1 this state of peril and suffering, the day of their political It should never be forgotten, that this disastrous condition of Ijeen lorced upon Massachusetts, imt merely against her con- tion to her m(»st earnest protestations. From the moment that , yielding to its own passions and calculations of party power Lein of commercial hostility to Great-Britain, and of conformity 'i late tyrant of France, its tendency to involve the nation iii and cruel emharrassments, was distinctly foreseen, and declar datiires. 'JMie insufliciency of our youthful, though tlourishino- with lliat of Great-Uritaiu in a struggle of restrictions, was aiu ited warning of those best versed in a knowledge of this sub- ?r do.d)ted by these persons, that a war witii Great-Britain, lued by an extmctioii of commerce : by the banishment of our ition ot our coast : the blockade and invasion of our sea ports • nal credit ; tlie necessity of oppressive taxes ; and the consum- ■nin, by an alliance with the late despot of Europe ; from which mities, we have been preserved only by his fall. Of all these L'fs ierewarned by Massachusetts, whose vital interests were y ; and they were implored by every consideration of policy lay their hands from the cruel and wanton sacrifice of the in .0 asked from them, nothing but the privilege of pursuin- their illings. liut government, deaf to this voice, and lislenln- to in their native state, only by their disloyalty to its interests^i-d patronage, bestowed upon them as its price, have ailoctea to lie citizen, of this great state as tainted with disalVectifm to the dilect.on for Great-Britain, and have lavished the public trea^ \H^ to lix, by evidence, this odious imputation. 'Ilujs dishon w hen their salety, w lie promjitly applied defects which were l< vision itself was not parts of the instrumi preclude the right ( audit is not a presum tened by experience. obAiate the principal state of peace and and duration to the i tioii from a single st mits not of delay, it a conteroiiee should ests is closest, and other causes, are mos and views, some mo( those states, and me? I)e devised ; and also it expedient, to lay tl in^ itinu; to a future c They therefore repoi RESOLVE ilic territory of this the enemy, our sea c exposed to immediat duty of self defence, citizens to tlieir cou the state and expelli sions can ever interft Rpsolved, Th iistnient for twelve m ten thousand rank an tlie defence of the sta Resolved^ ^] any volunteers, and I !i(dd themselves in rer Mr salety, M Inch is the supreiiu' law, is in (|iiesti,)n, these nieaiis should [)tly applied. The franiers of the constitution, made pi'ovlsion io niiiend 'hieh were know n to he incident to every hiMtian instiuition ; and the pro udf was not less liable to he found defective upon ex[)eriment^ than other the instrument. When this detieiency becomes a|)p?!rent^ unreason can the rii^ht of the whole peojile, who were parties to it. to adoptanoiher ; iota presumptuous expectation, that a sjiirit of equity and justice, enli'^-h- experience, would enable them to reconcile conHictin^ iiiterests, and he j)rincipal causes of those dissensions, which unfit government for a peace and of war, and so to amend the constitution^ as to give vigor tion to the union of the states. But as a proposition for such aconven a single state, would probably be unsuccessful, and our danger ad )f delay, it is recommended by the Committee, that in the first instance, Mice should be invited between those states, the affinity of whose inter- losest, and whose habits of intercourse, from their ideal situation and ses, are most frequent ; to the end, that by a comparison of their sentiments s, some mode of defence, suited to the circumstances and exigencies of :es, and measures for accelerating the return of public prosperity, may 1 ; and also to enable the delegates from those states, should they deem Mit, to lay the foundation for a radical reform in the national compact, by a future convention, a deputation from all the states in the union.— refore repovt the following Resolves — which arc submitted. H. G. OTIS, Per order. ESOLVET), That the calamities of war being now brought home to ory of this Commonwealth ^ and expelling the invader,^ and no party feelings, or political disseir ever interfere with the discharge of this exalted duty. ^solved. That provision be made by law for raising l)y voluntarv en or twelve months or during the war, a number of troops not exceedin^i, md rank and file, to be organized and officered by thedovernor fo7 m of the state. Kesolvedy That the Governor be authorized to acce[)i the services ot iteers, and to organize them as part of the aforesaid troops, who shal! iselves in readiness to march at a moment*s warnins:. to anv nn)f of the 1 1^ >*/ i J \ V i iliiiiU proper, lor procnrin-a conventioii of Dclo'-r^tcs fn n. oi