Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-11-18
NEW POLITICAL VIEWS.


FROM THE BRATTLEBRo' REPoEER.
EMBARGO, Non-intercourse, and PNcy Of
the Belkgerents.
NO. w.
In our last number we began qutation
from the Edinburgh Review ofthe french
"Code de Ia Consumption" for th ptr-
pose of showing our French Americans
what sort,of liberty they haveto antiiip'te
from their friend Bonaparte, and WHAT'S
and for number of years has been tie
policy of the principal belligerent. We
here continue an extract from the Edil-
burgh Review of the Code de la Coz
scription.
The CONSUMPTION was first published 10
the form of general law by the council Ps
ancients in the yea, 1898, and has slnEe
undergone some slis hit notifications. lie
d;rectoriaI plan is attributed to Car not, WHIP
in the revolutionary language, is said %
have organized victory in the French ar
miles," Its author, who was enthusiastic
callv devoted to the forms of antiquity, and
still preserves, within the rays of the impe-
rial purple, all the simplicity of anclen,
manners, found his model in the constitu.
ton of the Roman republic, which made
every citizen soldier before the age OF 46
in their annual cvies, which admitted OF
no exception--and in the peremptory or
ders issued by their consuls to the nagis-
trates Of Italy, specifying the number OF
troops required, and the place of assem-
blage.
By the law Of the directory, all French
men are pronounced soldiers, and when the
country is declored in danger, arc ii'hie "
be summoned to its defence. In any other
coninncture, the wants If the army ere
Hevee by the conscription, and the requisite
number of conscrip,s is determined by the
Senate or Legislative body, at the suggs;s-
ton of the executive government. Inc
law which limits the whole number, regu-.
lates, at the same time, the contingent OF
each department, proportionably to Its Po'
pulation. Within eight days after pnollca-
ton, theprefect distributes this contingent
among the districts, by the same rule, and
the sub-pfetect among the cantons ana lnu-
nicipalities. All Frenchmen bet7oeen 'he
full ace Of twenty and toyenty .tve complete
are liable to the Consumption. lhey are
each wear thrown into FIVE classes; the hrst
of which consists OF those who have COM
pleted their twentieth year on the lst
Vendemaire, or 10th September preceding;
the second of those who at the same period,
have terminated their twenty first year, ano
SO on, in the order of seniority. thus the
conscripr, who has attained the full age OF
twenty-five, remains liable, until the gay
and month just mentioned. The mun'ci-
Pal administrations are bound to prepare
lists framed from the registers OF olrtnS'
and from common notoriety, which partlcu-.
larize the name. domicile, stature, &c. OF
all the individual subjects to the conscr'P-
ton, within their jurisdiction. The same
individuals are also bound to enrol them
s:lyes. with similar specification, at the
Office of the municipality, as soon as the
law is published. Both lists are then trans
nitted to the projects, who are responsible
for their accuracy, and who immediately
consig On them over to the minister OF war.
Eight days are allotted to the preparation
of the lists, The conscripts* are then as
sembled in each canten, and examined by
the administration, or by special commits
sion, created ad hoe by the project. The
merits of all pleas of exemption are scrutl'
Missed at these meetings. Such as plead IN
6rmities, if able to attend, are examined on
the spot; and if not, are visited at their
dwellings by " the. inspectors" and health
officers. The latter, generally physicians
$ Two brigades Of Gendarmerie usually
attend. This IS a body Of military, having
the same functions as our constables, and a.
Lna. he. nI.A