The National Register.
London, England, 1814-12-25 00:00:00

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'Washington two of these inconveniences were felt, and
the advocates for the Constitution imagined that the fears
of Mr. Henry were groundless. But they forgot that
the talents of Washington were only exerted and his dis-
position gratified in rendering service to his country and
hi, kind. He had such rare endowments as to have ena-
bt.(l him to make any Government a blessing to his Sub-
and to this and this alone are to be ascribed all the
advantages supposed to be det:ived from the Constitution
of Ow United States. No matt knew more accurately
the !,..2.T112111 TTIIId, or its motives to action, than the
i!;itstrious Wit..iington. Although bred in camps, although
bigh!), respected for his Fabian qtialities in the field,
his tempyrance in victory, his patience in defeat, he de-
tf,sted war. 11:-: well knew the British Constitution and
t!!e character. He was convinced that to the free-
. !-,o nf •he former, the hitter was indebted for its lustre
• - inrity. Hence, he endeavoured to assimilate
ir!es, of the American to the British Government

,en new channels of commerce—to increase the
r.: produce—to foster the fisheries—to raise a
marine—to lay the foundation for an adequate army—and
most admirably did he succeed ; for there is not upon re-
cord an instance of a countiy getting rid of such burthens
in so short a time, or of increasing in its' political con-
sequence in so great a degree as the United States.

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This continued until the close of the administration of
Mr. Adams, when the United States were to be cursed
with the government of a man, whose mind was hardened
by modern philosophy, whose heart, indurated by the
chilling blasts of Atheism, whose intellect was clouded by
prejudice, and whose wishes were only gratified when he
beheld a prospect of the ruin of his parent country. To
obta:T. this end was his sole object, and even at the expence
of Cle welfare of the country, to whose interests he had
,sworn by the Sacred Volume to be faithful. But what
oath could biud a man what had avowed his disbelief in
t: eir sanctity. Such ‘C damned to everlasting fame" was
6.3 " ibfamous Timmas Jefferson."

To this man succeeded Mr. Madison, a character in-
finitely inferior to his maAer in talent, and possesiing a
much fess accurate knowledge- of either4he interests of
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country or of human nature. The results of his deeds
arc bef6reus. The still more important one, the dissolu-
tioa of the union, Is yet to happen, or his degradation.
Either the one or the other will, we think, be announced
vithin six weeks.

Hence, anxiously waiting for, and. seriously expecting,
intelligence of this kind, we apse our present remarks.

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DEC. 25.

WasttttwwTox, OCT. 27.—Mr. Troup. of Georgia, from tl;e►
Military Committee, reported a bill making further provikion tor
filling the ranks ofthe regular army by classifying the free male po-
pulation et the United States.
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Me. Tronp also reported a Bill " to authorise the President of
the United States to accept the service.' of volunteers who ma• a -
sociate and organize themselves. and Mier their services to the Go•
vernwent of the United• State►:."

Bfr. Trolly also . reported a Dill 4, to provide for the further de-
fence of the frontiers or theyuited States by authorising flee Presi-
dent to angment the present military establishment."

[Thi. Bill proposes to provide. " that in addition to the pretcht
military e.tabli•limvnt of the United' States, there he immediately
raisvd forty regiments in rod►' proportion. of infantry, arttt!e►y
riflemen, and cavalry, as the President of the United States may
deem proper, to he enlisted to serve during the war, miles. sootier
discharged, aril limited as to service td the defence of the froutiets
of the United States 4ce. c."J

The three Bills were.severally twice read, and referred to a Com-
mittee of the whole.

Mr. Trott!) .also laid .befirre the House the following letter from
the Secretary at War to the Military Committee :
" Department of War, Oct. 17.
41 SlneL-Thegreat importance of the subject, and the other duties
of the Department, which could not fail to be very sensibly felt, at
so interesting a period, by a person who had just taken charge of
it, are my ap logyfor not answering your letter of the 24th of Sep-
teml?er, at an earlier day, on the defects of the present military
establishment. •
41 flue consideration has been bestowed en the sultirct matter of
that Pifer, and I Lase lIGW the honour to submit to the Committt e
the following report :-...
" 1. That the present military establishment, amounting to 62,413
men, be Preserved and Made complete, •and that the' most efEcient
:means authorised by the Constitution, and rou.istent with the
general rights of our fellow citizens be adopted, to till the ranks, awl
With the least possible delay.
" t. That a permanent force, consisting of at !east 40,000 men,
in addition'to the present military establishment, be raised for the
1` defence of ant cities and frontier, under an engagement by the
executive with such eorps that it shall be employed in that service
Within certained specified limits, and that a proportional- augmen-
tation of General Officers of each grade and other stag be pro..
vided for.
. "S. That the corpi of rogineers be enlarged.
"4. That the Ordnance Department be amended.
" Respeeting the• enlarge;ment of the corps ot Eitgineerm, I !ha
submit hereafter a more detailed communicaron.
" For the proposed amendnient of the Ordnanee. I submit a
• Report of'the Senior Offices of that Department, in this City w.:ith
is approved.
" I shall be ready and happy to commnnica`c surest hrthcr re.
marks and- details cm: these subjects as the Committee may lustre,
and shall request permission to suggest the result of further atten-
tien 0,, anttreteelion on, our Military Estab!ishment ge neralN,
should any thing v occut. ‘hichtu mayeh 010
ll;or to
dee•t:e,
lcds.wo.rthy its a:rei;tio7,
I have
• • ." TAMES reIONHOE.*
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Um. G. M. Tronp, Chairman, Mi'itary
Committee, Mose of Represtntaiiven

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Explanatory Observations, accompanying the Letter from the le.
eretary of War to the Chairman of the Military CORM:MCC of the
House of Representatives... • • •
In providing rr force necessary to bring till's war to dhappy termi-
nation, the nature of the crisis in which we are inyolv ed, and the
extent of its dangers,- chiim particular attention: If the ma iii s
are not fully adequate' to the end,: discomfiture must inevitably
his confidently .prestimeil, that it is the intention of the Briti-h,
Government, by striking at the principal Sources of our prosperity.
to diminish the importartec, lftitot tivitestrorthe.poli-tiesl existence
of the United States. If any doubt remained on this stiLijecr,:it hat
been completely removed by the dispatches from our'Ministers at
Glatut wheel' were latelylaid- betbre Cinigress. • - •
A nation contending for its existence against an enemy powerful
'by land. kind sea,'favoured' 1,1.0.-pecittiar•Mainterlvy extraordinary
Vetits. Must make gfcet!exertious dud war great shcritiore. Forted

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