Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-31
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s1e q be inflated volunteers, TO be Armed !:
and snesmped. 70 ~, Il;
J ) you want,to add 20 your army nv. Nv
apsht 10 en,is, ihsm. If you want miiies! =. J:
- "a The duty assigned them BY the eons.'-
s,n,;on. tot nfurce your laws, qaell INSURED.
,;nn. ana rspei invasion, arm ,hs m, ana
49, will do their duty. You eaunot carry
~. 'm;l;,,a out Of The u. S. by the conss'',i,
,;on. If the constitution gives that power
!, 81, would rot want Q law to that ifeef' snd
e il does not, any law that on may maHe
all b. unconstitutional and not binding:
pm. sir, whenever, that time shah come,
,h,, we have an army If one hundred and
ten thousand mtn a. the command OF IRE,
aid. nj. and perhaps one Of more mar!ia'
ambition than the present, our const,.ut'Gh
will gradually lose lis virtue, and will only
answer for US TO read and see what we nave ~,
hem have always belonged 10 the milf
Tia. until exc USED Ly my age, and stood my
chance in The last de,athments, END nave
AWAY, been. ready to perform that duty
wh. never called upon. My practical rsfue-
licanism ne, tf weu.d permit me, to eo'aln
a travelling title, fer the purpose CT sxeus,
inc mysen from ,ha, service. But VI had
sunnos.d. ,kas the constitution could have
Nm so construed as to have authorized the
Gs,sth;ne or impressing The militia Ter nine
months regular service, ard that l. could
have been for that l,ns,h Of tune, eneamp-
cd q, New ORLEANS, or on the snow' IN Ia
NADIA, or before the walls of Quebec, It
would have pu, me 70 thnlingve'y serious
ly ut least.
NV. on account Of the sXptnce. IT :Es
Whole Of these men can enlist, their guns,
&c. will be worth . million OF dollars at
Iras,. and Il they .ncsmp, the twenty days
in the two years, the pay and ration: with
m. tents and camp equpage, with the ex'
r,nce Of transporting those things, al,ose'
;her will be equal 10 dollar q day FOR q
MN. including officer and soldier, which
will make ,wo million OF dollars more
And 10 this the sxpsness OF your armofers'
md The rent e your arssra!s, II you nave
fye hundred men eresmp'd, in aPaee,you
must have ~ O hundred snc:mpnnsn:s, ard
"a MANY armcrers, and arst mails. And u
vou don't have more SEINE ct the mt n must
travel great distance. these 'xPene's
must M be incurred by this bill, prov lded
,h.y sbou,d never be called into actual ser
vice. 49,. D..
We now have bu, little money, and our
dwindled to almost nothing. 1t is there
fore improper, under such circumstances, to
increase our expences, which viii compel
Us to lay additional duties and burdens on
the peer.e; who already have enough 10
DO.
A few days since, while in my seat,
thinking how long we had been here, and
how little we had done, and how much we
had cost the nation, my attention was called
very agreeahy to speech of gentleman
On my left from Virginia (Mr. Epres) de-
,cribng the great wealth OF the u. S, shy.
ins that they had solid capital OF tan hum
t!r, d million of dollars. This Immediately
raised my spirits very muth, thinking il
thar was the case, a few millions Of dollars
souandercd away would scarcely be missed
but when heard that &. Gentleman describe
this wealth and inform US, in what it con.
sisted, and that it was, in an unsalsable and
unrroduct?ve wilderness, must confess
again felt the necessity Of econemy. have |
always been pleased to hear that gentleman,
he speaks feehngly, and generally with a
full knowledge Of The subject but as hepe |
he never has been reduced to the necessity !
of borrowing money, he may not know |
quite as much on that subject as some SEN
tIemen, who may hav: experienced the i'll
effects of it.
presume, sir, that i. is on the credit of
this unproduc,ive wilderness, that we arc
to borrow money TO build and man ships,
raise and support armi.s and to carry On
war. /
1t is with government, about borrow. ,
ing money, as with an individual. As long !
as there is ability to pay this interest puuct.
ually, and the principle in reasonable
time, you, credit will continue. But if
Won cannot pay The interest, your revenue