The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-03-30

With respect to war-we have, thank God
ia the Atlantic. fosse wide and deep enough to
keep OIL any immediate danger to Our Territory
The belGgerents OF Europe know, well rs we
feel, that warts out oft the question. No, sir--if
our preparation was for battle. the state physici
ans have mistaken the state of the patient-we
have been embarSoed and non intercoursed al
most into aconsumption, and this is not the time
Tor battle. lfindeed the state was about to un-
dergo innocuaton for the small pox, this retluc.
ton would have been according 10 the best medi.
cal authorities. '
Mr.. Il said he would therefore submit to the
House under these views, the best he had been
able to take, two distinct propositions in a single
resolution, in order that the House and the PEG
pie of the U. States might determine whether
they would submit TO encounter the European
system OF loans and taxes, or whether they would
reduce establishments, hich Ito say the best of
them that could be sadly were mere incumbran.
ces 1t was he thought, about nine years ago
since he had the honor of making similar mo
ton in this House, which was the precursor of
the abolition OF the internal taxes He hoped the
motion he was now about to make would be the
harbinger OF protection against the system intro
duccd into the House yesterday-that, at least,
1t 1t was not made the mea ans of taking of taxatl
ON, 1t might prove an antitlotc against il. Mr..
x. then moved 7" that the military and naval es
Establishment ought to be reduced'--not that he
was at ali opposed to a reduction IL my other ar.
d.
anti important reductions might be made in the
expenses of the government. The spirit Of re.
form, he said, had long slept in this House. He
would so - Tar as any man IN retrenching eXpeu.
ces, but he confessed hi, object now was TO take
the bull by the horns. He considered these two
objects TO be the great drains anil siuks of the
public treasure. do not (said he) profess bet.
ter acquaintance with the public sentiment than
others, but believe, if You wcrc to PROFOUND the
question to every man in the U. States capable of
Judging, that not merely nineteen tweniie,hs,
but nine hundred and ninety nine lnn,lredths of
them always excepting those who draw en- ,lu.
ments from these establishments and their imne-
dlate connections, whether in this House or out
OF 1.-THE good honest yeomanry ofihe u. States,
who never saw these things, whose only proof of
their existence is in the money they call for,
would say, in Gods name let US have none of
thea. 1t we are to have war, we know that we,
the people of the u. :. and not the invalids from
the hospitals on the Mississippi, must fight the
battles. -
| The House agreed to consider the melton of
MIR Randolph and the Gues tion being stated on
Its passage IN the following words
"'Rose!rcd, That the military and naval estab-
| lshmcnts ought to be reduced"
| MIR ErPEs presumed that the gentleman from
| Virginia would not ask of the House to decide
| this question ut moments warning have,
said he, no objection to refer the rcsolation to a
committee of The whole House and 10 discuss it
|
| an increase ofthe army and n val establishments
can find in the present posture of the affairs OF
this country sufficient ground to reduce these
establishments, and at the present moment, when
perhaps the first gale may bring news which will
| enable us to reduce them with honor-if it is the
| intention of gentlemen thus 10 stamp themselves
with the charge of folly for originally increasing
| them, cannot coincide with tbem but fit was
originally proper to raise this force, there are no
circumstances which ought at present to induce
| Congress to reduce it. But at the same time,
sir, am tar from saying that do not believe
that both the army and navy may be reduced be-
fore the end OF the present session. 1t is true
that The deficit in the revenue may be saved by a
reduction ofthe army and navy /; but that is no
reason why it should be done when every oihcy,
circumstance forbids it. Thsre is a bill be fore
the House for the increase Of duties it is report
ed in blank. and the ratio of addition will be fix
ed at the pleasure of til, House. 1t is reported
on the principle which is fair, that those who in.
cur tcbt should payt. The deficit Of revenue
should be supplied by those who incurred the sx-
pence which causes it,. voted for the army, and
shall not be deferred from voting money for an
OBJECT which believed necessary and which
! still believe was necessary at the time it was a.
dopted AS to the present situation ofthe army
( OF the United States, am not acquainted with
p! it, except from private letters. No man more
than myself deplores the situation Of that army
and from whatever cause it has proceeded, who
, Sfer ID rCSpOuSiO!S troops III
swamp, hope will be exposed to the public Ii
may he proper TO observe that bill passed this
House yesterday for organising force more con
genial to the feelings ofreemen, which will per-
haps much reduce the necessity of keeping
military force embodied.
Sir, do Motor my part know what course will
be pursued by Congress ut the present session.
The gentleman from Virginia seems disposed
to repeal the nopintercoufse-and consider 1t
perfectly consistent hins to vote against it be-
cause he did so when it was passed--it is per-
tectly consistent in him to say thai it s inefficient
because he has said so beforehand that it is per
fectly consistent in HIM to reprobate every mea
sure taken Tor four or five years past, because he
did at the time reprobate them. Our situation as
to commerce, sir, does not proceed from our
acts, but from the INJUSTICE of the beligerents,
who by their DEGREES and orders at single blow
reduced our exports from hundred and
eight millions to less than seven. During the
year 1909 our revenue was about ten Millions
during the year 1910 it will probably not be
more than eight. / have as / before said, 40 OBJ
lection to meet the question, but the reduction
OF the army will net do away the necessity OF
additional revenue, because our exports are
so much reduced that cannot AVOID this year
increasing the duties, or perhaps for come years
to come.
One reason OF the reduction of revenue is, that
our manufactures have increased so much as to
exclude many foreign articies--nay, far have
those manufactures progressed, that samples Of
the manufactures have been sent TO Engi,nd to
be Initiated and sent to this country to rival our
domestic manufactures. With this view of the
decrease OF our imports, and additional duty of
per icent. on goods paying duty adyalorem,