Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-01-21

il4,2.6 ;, 7ss.-l 3,476. These are n.
lar troops actually in pay, exclusive # iiea
In making this comparative estim a,l@
was willing, in these degenerate DAYS ,s b
two, nay three for one, over the ponuI. @sAt
l775 and l776; and it would appear tj,s.
committee had not drawn upon tbe ss s. %
population beyond mederaton.-Wib n sall
bic, nay threefoid population with m,s. 10y
fuadrupled pecuniary resources with ua
pacity for furnishing munitions Of war "a. sIc
one hundred fold, tie committee prono. auV
draw upon the existing population for a;
regular troops in the Whole. In l77s -.
were actually in ,he field and paid, 4s Ttl
guIar troops, exclusive OF militia. Crea,nftt
tain, with a population OF but little more .1
double that OF the Z. States laborinp to,
der debt of more than seven hundred MIN, w.
of pounds sterling, has at this time IN
land and naval service, perhaps 3OO,ooo ne"
yet an alai IN seems to be produced hero
proposition to call into the service of
United States, thirty-fve thousand men. ra
too for repelling the aggressons of the s,m
G. Bl%ain we encountered in IT'S and ~"
and for the same cause. Yes, sir i l..
much question of independence nov s.s
was Then, 1t was then question, wbett,'
G, Britain should impose tax of three per..
per pound on tea, wien in cur colonial sts,si
1t is now a questions, whether c. Britain sb,l
regulate by force the whole of cur CONNER.
in contempt and violation of the laws Of n,
tons when we affect 10 be an independp,,
state If, sir, our fathers had condescsudss
to calculate the costs Of tax of three per,,
on pound of tea, compared with the costs d
the war for achieving our independence, ,,
some of their sons are now ding with re,pec
to the value of our commerce Submutedt obe
regulation of G.. Britain, we should not NJ,
have it in our power to degrade their memc.
ries, by the profligate abandonment of them.
dependence achieved for us by the profusira
of their blood and treasure. And what ST,
became of the 46,S9l men raised to oppose G
Britain in l776 We know they were Often
comi.~tled to fly before superior British forces
and by the waste of the war ard SHIRT enlist.
ments were reduced in 1888, to 1916 YET
we seem now to be willing to fall into this ia.
tai error. And Tor what apd from what
cause? From groundless and visionary fear.
of the possible influence of regulartroops up.
on our liberties But, sir, these fears come
too late. They should have come uponu
long ago. Ii is too late to say, We are nor
afraid of the means of annovance, than the ent
my to be annoyed. We ought to have SUB
mitted long ago. We have now takenlt
ground of resistance. md cannot recede ii:
hoped that the considerations urged the oths
day upon this subject, were sufficient to DE-
monstrate the faIlacy Of these alarms, and then
unfortunate tendency in relation to the pubic
welfare in the present state OF our attalA-
Upon these views of the whole sub ect re
trusted that the senate would concur with the
committee in opinion that the number Of men
recommended, is not too great for the purF'
ses Of the government; nor beyond the con-
ycnient abilities of the i. S.
sPEEcH TO BE CONTINUED.