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SATURDAY, MARCH 81.


r, TuEspAy, MARCH 20. .
ION the detachseutef Miftis Bill
[coNrlsuED.1
{ The question having been stated ~,
..sshslt The bill pass" = -. g.,
I'M, Psnsr's Speech e'nelHdea'1 =,
:, WHEN take another view ct the Prooa.
Me use of this army, and consider 'hss "
-; h. made use Of in offensive war a.
"s;a.l Canada, and ,ha, it is 10 ,bs ksptuP
t. rnn. regular s,s.em Tor twenty
go 40 form buiwa,k Gs / understood
n,,.man from New Jersey (Si'.
Ss,S.,d) 10 say, ard that with .htm ne
;,,lc,o.. The lin,s aud aunex Canada
w mi, country. Wh.n hear SO muen o.
Ills na,riutie Canadian FIRE, II leats me 70
49, ;mmesia,,ly Of the dsirneelsss sisua'
,:"n AZ The state that ! help t.eby to repre-
80, and ,ha, MS soon 10 the time shall ar.
{ r;r. .iha, we shall make an attack IN Ca.
3 r,l. or Quebec, that the best Part 0i that
.,,,. mpst again fall a sacrifice TO the Eng.
i;sh who can with a at,s take possession OF
j, when they please, and | would no: give
cue huntlred aues OF it tor The ~noie pro-
vince of Nova Scotia for me 10 live on.
. The besr part Of that state was IN pos
..s,;on of the enemy the greater part OF The
las, war. They provsd very tad tenants
,L,v hn,n, OH, houses and ,ut down our
orrha,ds, and neither paid rent Or DANA
oe,, Notwithstanding all this, that state
SSIni.h, 4 a.many continental troops as a
numbers, and such were lis exert'ons and
: situation, that when the war VAS over i.
was in deb, several hundred thousand dol
lars. incurred in consequence OF the war,
having this debt to pay and its government
10 support by direct taxation, deriving no
b.n.S: from the wild and unstttlsd lands
IN the United States, which were prese:v.
ed as well BY the exevtions OF that state as
bv those who have been exclusively bene-
fitted by them. Nor was Rhode Island so
fortunate in the assumption of',he state
debts as TO have this debt, incurred in con-
SEQUENCE OF tbs war, assumed for them,
while other states had considerable sums
assumed for them upona superstition thst
they had advanced more Than their proper.
ton, and upon final settle ment they were
found in debt and would neither refund the
sum that was assumed for them or pay the
balance thus reported against thsn.
Z Many gentlemen who talk strong tor
war. If We should have one, from their To-
cal situation would hear but i.tle oft nor
could they be much injured by it: while
those places that are the more exposed,
soch as the state that represent, must'be
defended and guarded, it at all, | suppose
by torpedo.s. And if they should not
prove sufficient protection, and our towns
and houses on the sea coast should be burnt
we must then msve back into the country
and live in the log houses of some large
land holder or be shut up in some large
manufacturing establishment to work tor
our living. ...s.s 81. ~
But, sir, we are told by the gentleman
from New Jersey (Mr. Son,hard) that the
governor Of CaRada has made war speech.
That gentle man has no occasion TO be Q.
harmed, for in that kind of warfare we are
able TO contend with all the world. And we
are the last nation that ought TO be brighten.
ed into unneeeasary rxpenees by high tened
.spsrckes, let them come from where they |
may. Hy what have heard Of his speech
/, was oriy calculated to calm the fears Of
,be Canadians, and 20 persuade them moi,
t0;he frightened assour war fspseches, by
.sll;as them ,shat war did nos dspsad 90
,rneh upon those speeches as upon the mo.
S,,a,;ofs of his msjsssy. presume II we
,.;ll =. thsnSalors ON che land, they will
Il ana against this detaehing fsrmany req
-. ma hsye g,eas weight en- my mind.
- the state Of Rhode Island we have fifteen !