Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-05-25

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when they actually belonged to a foreign
subject thus were the bonds entered into,
forfeited to the u. S. but on an application
TO the secretary of the treasury, the bonds
were cancelled, and this vas an application
to Congress for the freight of such sugars as
the secretary conceived was forfeited and on
which point he could not recede.
Mr.. jackson moved to amend the jour
nal of yerterday, by inserting an order pas
sed for printing 5000 copies of the Presi-
dents message and documents. Carried.
A memorial was presented from Charles
Turner, of Mass. contcsting the right OF
VIM. Mills to a seat in the house also one
from the inhabitants of Plymouth district,
relative to the same subject and both refer.
red to the committee of elections.
Nj. Randolbh. rise for the purpose OF
making two motions-the nature OF which
| will explain. The President in his mes
sage has omitted to give an opinion upon
some of our foreign relations allude to
that part of it speaking of the standing ar
nv, and 100000 militia. | believe the peo-
pie of the United States never will submit
to see a standing army equipped, armed and
provided with resources, and see the militia
the proper defence of the nation, deprived
of their arms, left bare and unprotected. |
believe it would be the most popular act OF
the present administration, to disband the
present standing army | admit that some
troops NAV be necessary, to prevent COLI
SONS with our frontier n%eighbors &aborigi-
nails but to have a respectable army in the
United States, we must begin anew, as our
planters IN a new settlement would say, be-
gin from the very stump for | believe the
old establishments Is rotten to the core, that
it is not a safe depositary of the arms
of the nation. [ do not mean to con-
demn any man, | only mean to state facts,
only to shew what A. and 3. said, God
forbid / should condemn any man upon
mere assertion, much less unheard. 1t
will be seen | have two objects, first to dis
band part of the present standing army,
which motion | should have brought for
ward, were [ sure that every individual
from the highest to the lowest were as pure
from corruption as the Alpine SHOWS, and
second to give to the administration an OPP
~portunity of sitting from the bulk those cam
ker worms which might eat and are eating
through the heart of our existence. The
second motion is intended to institute an en-
quirv, which shall sweep with the bosom of
public scrutiny, the impurities OF our sys-
tens. With these views | submit the fol-
lowing resolutions
Resolved, That the additional military
r ~ L. 49,
be disbanded, and that the surplus of the
appropriations for its support, together with
the surplus for the equipment OF the gun
boats, be applied to the arming the whole
body ofthe militia of the u. States.
Resoloed, That a committee be appointed
to enquire whether all monies drawn from
the treasury have been applied to the legiti-
mate or proper objects and to enquire
what arrangements could be made to pro-
mote ecanomy in the distribution of public
monies, to enforce adherence to Legislative
restrictions, and secure the accountability
of persons entrusted with public monies.
MIR. fackson wished to know whether a
motion to go into committee OF the whole
on the state of the union would not super
cede the g~entleman's propositions which are
now about to be acted on!
Mr.. Randolph meant to refer to that COM
nittee, and moved accordingly, but 50 va
ried it that each resolution be referred to a
select committee, to report to the house by
bill or otherwise.
Mr.Ebpes said in relation to the first mo-
ton, that If there was to be a deduction, 1t
should be the old rather than the new ie-
! vies, from which such deduction should be
made in concordance to the gentleman from
Va. who has said that the army from its