The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-06-20
Mn. WINDHAM's

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Mn. wINDHAM's
&ATE ADMIRED SPEECH IN THE BRITISH rAR11A-
MEET AGAINST THE vo1vNrEER SYSTEM
Mr.. Windham faid that he thought the fynem tina,
was purified tended abiolute ruin The auction
was not, as had been Rated whether we fhould pai.
tis DILL or dhband the volunteers If this bill was
never Patied we would aill have the volunteers He
would go fill further, and fay that even if the ex-
einpsons Were taken away, this would not diiove the
volunteers, though 1t might politely diuirth their
number conideraby. The object Of this bill was the
Improvement OF the ditcipline ofthe volunteers A.
gainit an Immediate attack, this provion was worth
nothing ltwoud be .onle months before it could pro-
duce any eiie6. The uppoiton that our preent erro
neous military iytem could now be changed
reited on two ponts-fri, that the darccr Of nvaon
was 10 geat and immediate that nothing could be done
but Co iand and meet and fecondly that period of
more le4sure would come when this danger blew over
or was overcome-As the firt our practice wa, ~
variance with every fuch belief. five were convin
cd that the danger was immediate, we were doing
thouiand things that ought to do (patne this
bill among the re, and neglefing thoufand tbinqs
Brat we ought do. AS the fecond he depre ssted
,he idea Of being fo entirely eugroGed with fenfe of
prefent danger have no regard to the future B,
there were two fpecies of the prefent DANGER. one
that was tremendous but for the moment
Cita rnors VENT aut victoria leta
The other, which however formidable at the onfet,
was p'r the commencement OF long ferries of peris
Such was the preient. Ii was therefore, not uicent
to provide for our iecurty agan the dangers of the
PFeent day, but ALTO take confederation tho of
tomorrow, and every fucceedng day to very dhant
Period This was war in which filtration was no,
to be computed with what it would be in time of
peace, but what it would be in any oti y5sa TA,,
war in which va ifopody fad it was WIFI or go
out they infi!ted the danger of cbano;n :.
"asthe cafeof general who had his ARM, drs,,,S w
Dad POTION and who faw there was no DANCE nr
,s,ngirg' but ii he law that in that petition he was
70 De attacked, and If attackedhe mutt be defeat
ea, 1urely nc would think it wife to chance T. 80
the lame cafe with hip at fea going riebt b,fore b
"'nd IL Inc put about at there was danger of her
oPiettihg' but IT The was on lee ihore and certain de-
itruction was the confequence of her GOING fo-,r1
me would certainly prefer the ril. of PUTTING abont
Al 'he alteration could not be made now when the enc
my may certainly be our COATS how could l. h.
made fix months hence, if every means of cu+t;a. -
she oeit and only fecure decription of our n,;,s-
Iorce was continuity purified DiGolyno = voIrr,a.
force was not like di1oying an army The volunteer
was inn to be in the fame place, with the fame In,b
ano the lame heart, though politely wanting fone of
MS prcfent trappings He obie69ed moi fronoI, -
,e confirmation of the exemptions in the preenf hill
IL would tend more efeauallyto keep inthe vol,,.e
corps thoie young Jingle whom it was moi ellen
tla to have eHpofed to the ballot the dread of vbL
was oiten very itrong motive with them to en.e- m
10 the regular army. The yex;tious provGo,s oc tb
OH "oni7 on the contrary, drive al hofe whom il
Wasmot eiientalto keepin the corps hecaui tbe,, ~
not expoted TO the ballot of the older men ord
,diiiies' He condemned the idea of brnoipcthe W.
iunte rs to meet the enemy i'll regular battle If
mrtaEe exactly fimiar to this which Ion tbs ,,,
10 " imam the Conqueror, the battle of tafinos.
plee .na' ought to be warning thoie who would
npIr frfrfl r Fill. =
80 P' eH u uit al 10 iailacious all idea. The Ven
oea'S gave up their country be rayaoed and tb.;r
villages TO be burned, becaufe they could nor beI =
oo 10 Tor the Purpoie of attempting co,,rC. nj
WHICH ne feared, we couldno avail orfelvss in caf r
any diatter under the preent fyaem He cert,;rIv
~lowea II was the belt way meetthe enemy at oncc
@.u 'e@' Nun But this was like the receipt for rum
nlhg race, to take the lead and keep it. A Iau,b
Inc Vendians had never once sG.n,5led 20 Col, 81
regular army, except one memorable occaGon
"hen they met to march TO Granville IN tb |
NUMBER OF forty, fifty, or as fome fad eighty thon
'and men for the Purpofe of receiving the fun |
PeS OF arms which they expected to have brouyt
tnen 1t was on this occaion that the French -
took the advantage to cruh them in f,cb n
.at they were never after able to make any Eor,,i
pie ehorf' though they yet fuftaned themfeve. h.,
noDie energy II was once conidered whether tbev |
mould again meet their enemies in regular batt. bn,
u was coldered by all their generals that thew woud
~ iiluSh uh"dVahtaSe IN regular conGid with
and
They had again recourie to that warfare in hi a.
could not resehthem in which they were in the
Htuation OF the goit who fsys fooner 1slt tb 81
Keen air with thy truncEeon blade divide ,ba 49,, ;,
mat iylten they till eiuded the force of poer
winch iubdued all Europe, and which did NOT E,b,,s
them till IT bad fubdued all Europe. He conGdereJ
tne Tort OF diicPlne the volunteers would o,a; az
SSdyant1ge II brought to his recollection whar Pone
iio o. CuFi circulnciiion-the ceremony was in,dr
IuPtea and he was left half eircumciled which in rho
yrNin Ia" vas worle than not being crcumei(ed a,
all L f@d been fad on this Iubeel on former 60.
%,., 'nN' . tte knowledge is dangerous thing
az NoN coHrENDT AU1 PEaFfcr. The CO.,, :;
his OPINION ought to be entirely changed The French
uaro'' % often cited as publication for regarding ,b
volunteers as regular troops were employed a, Gra -
g"TfIion towns in efcorng convoys, or nerb,o
ueflng pFo1er' IN cold blood; but they were NOT psc-
80 III mont o. the battle, till they were become re9,a,
roc huihey had been eighteen months in re5,,lsr
tIvee not ike the volunteers here going fifteen nil.
10 rage coach to exerciie, not doing REGULAR n;,ar
1Iy This was particularly the cafe a, Terosrr, | !
where the battle was fought in November, lSsa .lJ