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his ideas on this solsjcit pretty fully to the House.
nn a Carnet occasion, Ost-re was the less neciootts o
into it more at large a. present ; but it, abet
.
trying all other ,eperortents, they should fail in at-
taining volunrary service to a ceffi-iert et•ent, the
resew ces would still amain, of mating it compul-
sory. or increasing the botoitiso. at was stated,
fteepiently. hereto:me, and, be must ackmwledge,
with no 0n.,11 degree of truth and force, that, in its
present stele. the s;: ton of a.riald•er was um goat
to that of other peterms of the lower clase, and hove
no iitst proportion to v'-at was paid as the present
price of labour. This position heiog admitted w'sat
remained for the Goverrenent, but en alter the most-
elitiort of the service?* It was certainly impossible to
render the life of 4 sillier that to cos::: in.! savcry ;
or so cemmitOiets, or, perhaps, pt.-4.4;4e, as kr
might be in nth emolos nte.to ; eto, it was
in the peerr of the Little urn to asni I im.
presiag on him the dreary prospoft being
• to enlist for a t iodefiatte service, at
the notioe, not of hiroseit. but of the 'Ater
cotoraeing party. a that patty. the Covens-
an tut omits hal the power tf eaSslrifer Ttse
("parents of this menu's miked, r• if y. n e 'isnot
get men to enlist lot Are. Of what is teemed gene- ,
rally. unlimited : letV.re, you • tp Of to pre.
veil upon them to Coter fir the to ears,
ew icy.? tykr.!t to ectr Oen. service :. a Is.sager
Terini ?" His answer was, the' unJ ;1-e
feelings of human tritium. it meat be cis-o:Jered
as a great advent.. o is any man, if 114 had at
in his own option a coaise, whether he ',hernia en-
gage himaeif for bi-, Ilf for a oivon per.o4. U.r in
such a poho as this, where the o manure of me* was
concerned be wouiii not allow any partieu'ar weight
to the opinions of military gentlemen. An Hon.
f;ereral opposite to Lim had said. that -more mess
would be . b..aitted by letting the two services, lia
mired and unlimited, go on together. .That state-
ment, however, he must deny, and contend nn tr e
contrary, that mote men would be lost than g tined
by such a division of the service. This plan left-it
to the option of the man assort to enlist. %thither he
should prefer to serve for a limited or inehtflosile •pace
of time. It was ildeed known, that many men made
choiceof unlimited service.both in point of :race and
time ; but the great discouragement was, eat if they
is reheard, they had it Mt in their power to change
it for a given time, whereas, in future., the optioa
would be their own. Their were cumbire of men,
who, from a roving, or inqui.it.ve disposhion. were
extremely desirous of s -sing the work at lar;e,
and ranging distant countries, that they might hare
to speak of
oieres we, and drains wile,
o. Us bam-bieibdat %capes n th' Sthruinant.innry breach."
to craven? those regions, where he right meet :skit
Mine village Di sakaosor, who would
.0 With emery 48r term, up 11.1 61arruours
4. W mensal k, hein. for ;kettles...pi he b. d
" Aid is fornalleo this she rid pity Sties."
Th. plan, i.subit:rtldmo-tid ;aired* recruit the
/option of limkoion i ;sonic of time, but nut
point of space. It did ,sot deo, ;ve him of the op.
posonnity of Teeing the .s isle world over ; hot. at the
mow time, liqt it to hi. own discretion, whieher los
orivnoas and labors would or woold not be eroless.
;The principal olljt-f.e.oris hitherto stated to the Libqtli..
%PT, ranged themselves so drr three general henj:. :
ie. That n would he irjttrious to the charatier e
military service; el. that it would be
with the colonial service ; and. dd. the b,O coefre
.quenees of dischargieg them at the tapir iStOil of
their term of stocks., prthapo at the mo-
ment thee may be sr. .ust w.mted. the first of
these ohjoftioris he had listened to with very great
attention, hat the ohiellon vanished. 'libel, he toBk
a vi w of all the other services of the world.—
Would the alteration now proposed, make any
difference between the c!;aiatler of ti.e Erit.h
and any other army He.. did tl.is crj ration
.ouple with that of the inconeeniioct of dis-
charging men; at the etpiraticts of a certain pe.
eiod I The Genet men who espoused that side of
the question. teemed to think, that if men were
only to be discharged at the termination of a
ear, the charaaer of t'..e service would not be
hu:t, but the-. it would have a diferent e& if
they were discharged after ihe term of *trso years
se: vice. Upon this part r,f the sul jere! the practice
of other eisuntries, in reseed to lin:eta:ion as to the
time of service, Lad bean more than note stated In
opposition to the plan; and it was, theref cc, be.
come material for th: House to knot*, how the mat-
ter stood in point of fact. Its this investigation, he
might fairly quote the groat military power which
misted in the monarchy of France Sur the letegore-
tied of 1,400 years Upon inquiry, he famed. that,
at Last for the last century, the soldiers of that
country were en:isted only fur a term of years. A
doubt. hr. Never, appeared to previo', whether. and r
that Monarchy, men were ever discl.arged in time
ea war ; but that, he thought, would be *Legated. by
reaelletstine that, in the year 1778. France took part
against us in the Americzn war ; and an Urria•messes
was published by that government. that the so:-
diets should not be discharged till the conclusion of
a peace I and that Crederoormee was itself a proof that
the practice of discharging them in time of war
was prevalent before. It shook! also be rein.-in.
fired,' that an Oeirse.osrer of toy same G satin-
merit was issued us the year 17115, 1,-7 eltelidi•S
the period of service to eight yeas., 'mead of stag
which had been the practice in aU former ;seri- oho
71;11 was a proof, that the GOVettlftrflt of 1 ratite
a; times, like all other Governmemo !Wowed its
own cor.re.tie we. It was true. chit ao roe
Gould slimy the grist ii conveniei et ea Machin' g
soldiers at a time w!.en they were wanted I cue
the expetience or the whole watt Id, sr eves, tort r.s /a
and in all tones, was against she in'escr.:-,e, 1114
such a practice asilk! t• arioasty elect oat ceavat•
ter of the arOce. lo .ate Atot-14n hbausrehy,
these asashara'y a rarg.naent at a.• ant taml
upon the Of bthlig 1311C114.get1 at a 41,4
pe i.d, and, he beloved, is would ova b•cowir...4