Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-01-16

1crltO0u nlms tnat ttiC cihodi6" A"o
failed 60 far as to its cocrcivc charac-
ter. Is it the fenft of the Houie
(as the gentleman from Msfachu-
ietts, alto intimated as his opinion)
that there fhould b: declaration OF
war I! If 70, it might be proper to
raile an army. But | have no dilpo-
6tion to rai1e an army until there be
war.
There hal been time, Mr.. Car
denier faid, when the rafting OF
1900 men was cs~lidered and held
out BY many honeit politicians as .
meafure dangerous to The 'ndepen-
cence of the rates and TO the rights
of the people individually. Lat year
6ooo men had been RATED, and, now
hf:y thoufand more were called for.
he had thought that in this country
no itsnding armies ihould be rallied
in time Of peace; that there was .
facred INJUNCTION in the conilitofion
forbiddiDg it. Perhaps be did not
correctly uhderitand the fubjea )
this might not tie 4 itanding army,
becaufe its term of fervice was limi-
ted to two years; but il might be
extended rue or ten years more. He
put the queition to gentlemen whesh-
er, in Rate Of peace, under the op-
Grafton of that very fyitem which
had been reprefrnted as 2 inbititute
for war, it would be proper to raifc
this foce /? flc could not reconcile il
with due climate Of the inrcrefts
of the country on the one hand. or
the facred injunoions of the coniti-
ration on the other, to raife an army
to fuch an extent. An army is To
be saifed the mode in which il is to
be employed is uncertain. The
twelve thofand men which he had
before mentioned, was body which
could not be employed TO the detri-
ment Of the liberties Of he countryi
for almoif every fedion could raiie =
force to rellt flch an army Il An at.
tempt had been made By it TO dsttroy
their liberties. We lad another fe-
curitj too againR this force being u-
led 10 . bad purpote. AT the head
of the rctolution-and ALTO the man
who had next TO him done more fof
the PROPERTY Il the country than
any other, under whole luminous
and creative mind. the refources OF
the whole country had been brought
into aetion. and fpread an univeTial
brilliAncy over the nation inltsad Of
that gloom and poverty which had
preceded his influence in the Uni'ed
states.
This army, 70 fmalI, and under
fuch commanders, threatened net the
public liberty. Yet there had been
who had ieen horrors in this fmall
army which they could fca-ceiy hnd
words to depict. Where were thefc
men, he a&ed, now thar an army OF
more than four times the number
was about to be RATED when thote
two her les were departed to the IL
lent tomb, when other commanders
were 70 have the direction Of this
military force Where we're the
men who had been truck with this
patriotic alarm /! Why were not
their VOICES RATED now, when force
was offered 10 Be RATED, which,. il
employed TO overturn the liberties OF
the people could not be reii'ted. bus
would fpread itfelf over the country.
and ltia: the efforts Of patriotifnf.
10 which if reiiitaace thould be
made, either the country matt be
put under military dcfpptifm, or the
itruggle would colt the country all
it had acquired fnce the revelation.
and the sltizens would have to wade
knee deep in blood TO preterve that
liberty which they gained by TIM
itruggle Of the revolution.
Are we more fafc now !faid he) With
an army Of 10000 men under our
preieat commanders, than we were
with IA .ooe men under Waifing on
and Hamilton could with to be-
lievc that we were But | have not
that faith which blinds my Judgment
and deltroys my recollection. No,
CIR, indeed have not |; | cannot exc
frora my memory that IN one
leGtion OF this country the liberty of
the citizen, the judicial power WINCH