The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-03-31

the tofser volunteer laws. but, tiAe sensi-
biy y the people to that Insult upon the national
dag, their readinessto IL their tender Of ser
wees to the goyerNment, TO avenge IL, notor-
Gus in the United States, the insrh ITSELF and nj
they are registered in the memory Of every true A.
o'ei1csn care again told BY the genfiemsus that
he aispays considered these laws merely nominal.
that yon will cali forth diseays OF patriotsm upon
lpaPer-they would give you some patriotic address
sto the President, and few elegant patriotic re.
phi but they would give you only an army upon
paper, and (to his expression) ct pre-
'eres nihiF ir, i'll could bring myself to think
so meauy OF my countrymei, believe that their
teniers OF service hollow empty shows Of pat
! 'iot'sm--thst they would deny they had made
them, or refuse to be bound by them, woud dslaiu
TO DC they Representatives, wdnd hang my head in
silence, would tell it not Ia Gath But we told
,hat It is not addressed 10 any particular officer for
executions and there ought to be muster rolls Of the
names OF the individuals volunteering to seeure their
responsibility and commend their services when call.
ed upon The bill like every law, for raising mill.
tory force, particularly addressed the PRECEDENT
iorits execution, and Ike EVERY other Law will be
made known to the people, If the President choo-
ses not To raise military force, ne will withhold the
necessary executive means, and the army wilt not
ne ra,sett But if tile President wishes to raise
volunteer force this bill puts the meansi his power
Aet ne President by proclamation in each state
make known the law, and call upon the militia off,
GERS TO tern out, to their Influence with the mi
litia under their .command--let the Secretary OF
the department of War make out and publish any
| form Of enlistment which he may deem ssary,
and verify believe in short time the President win
nave an efficient force of volunteers engaged accor
ong to tie form prescribed. Not visiona force,
not your men With hearts larger than pms headsi
pe"yins Their engagements not your discarded
vmsnen. broken unjust trades ed up from
ufphng houses, :" tie cankers Of calm world and
long pe1ee--but. SOLITARY composed of the best
o.ooa Of the country. Ihavc paltry allusion to
nirtn Or fortune. No. sir, mean that blood which
flows through stout hearts NJ I'd sound limbs blood
that warns at the recital oil the tyat wrongs iniiic-
ell upon our eouutry, and q,,ickens the prospect
ol avengins them. t.ts
cannot understand why n volunteer force undcr
commsmi ofplieers appointed bv state authority,
diawn into the feld, armed, equipped and dscipEned
sIopd during tue period of these emstraens be less
eieier;, than the number, no better armed or
i'fIphned, no better experienced. no more enured
20 The dangera OF, fgues of soldier, bat acting un.
DEE com missions from the authority of the Unitcd
states admit the full force OF the reconnentla
ons III favor. OF long enlist ents handed down IN
US IRON ourdeparted Washington. We have acted
uon that advice IN passing ts bill FIR 25OOD TO be
eHiisted for five years. But sir we have not those
y eos ana we are on the eve of war-we have not
a sn'neient number OF peterdna, nor men upon lone
eadstsinents to comIrencc the war The war must
oily. -No'' spec
Yes, sir, with such can be soonest brought into
the held For myself, can saw 1 do hone tn 4 the
nation is not to nger another year under the WRONGS
insults and indisnties which have been inflicted
upon us Much as deprecate war, there are other
rio,l.s
% national Character, OF respect for our government
asid ourselves of the respect of foreign nations and
long list of evils which follow in their train and
nhs upon postcrity, are, to my mind, far more ca
'.ous sec NO other alternative for these great
er calamtes than war. Between the conception Of
a mighty deed, and the acting OF it, the interim is
intul anxiety. This cruel suspense wish TO rem
der as short as possible. How then can the army
necessary to commence the war most speedily be
raised do not believe that in time of peace an arr
my upon long enlstments be speedily raised in
the w. States. We havei,ot %, O0O men without EN-.
P.os insoI ana without means OF subsistence, who
WISH 20 etcr the army for food, and 20 iofer 10 bar
racks Before We San expect to ill the ranks Of the
army OF 25 o00, aIr'eady voted. we must have the
,ound OF war actually begun, waited through the
land. But, SIR let the war he set on foot LET hut
droP of American blood be split in the service and il
wan call forth the American spirit Witness the at
tack on the Chesapeake, which, like electric spark
ran throughout United America. Had the govern
ment then ted the holy flame which was kintIed. we
should not have been in waiting for soldiers The
same materials yet exist in the country Bat the no.
'icy pursued by the government since that time IN
poicy az which mean not to snarD renders it now
more difficult to make impressive belief of war
until 1t shall be known by the cangor of arms-How
then shall we make the onss; by land? saw by va.
hn.eers-oeg,n the war with volunteers; they will
enlist under the provisions OF this bill, because they
believe they will not be called from home, but in the
event OF actual These volunteers can he enlist
ed IN the shortest time by those militia officers
whose conduct rs offer rs has excited attention and
V"'Sc co'iduct III INC Walks OF social lie
mas gained particular esteem and confidence Are
the inita officers less respectable than the rest of
tie eommn:ity Are they composed Of the worst
'natsria's u the nation! No. sir, they are in the
general, rs we'll nppointe as the President of the
tH,teai States could effect. Whence is YOUR army
% 5000 to eomc! From the great body of the mi.
i'iia l nahdi ~ tc= officers, who in times
ot peace have performed the duties of their commits
s'ohs without emolument, at no little trouble and at
some expense They too, sir, desire in mes of ser.
wee, 70 participate according to their rank i'm the
honorable dangers of war. WHY give them corse Of
out part OF the physical force Of the country p.
These officers cs' and WILL it properly treated bav We
q eat weight in forwarding the long enlistnepts
DOCS the gentleman from Virginia wish by giving
specous support to the government in an army IN.
GA paper vi 2atDJ, to embarrass the executive de-
psrtmcnt, by Withholding the means convenient and
proper TO aid the enlistmcmts for that army: Or by
disg"itng the great body OF the militia officers
throughout the nation, TO throw their weight into ora
positions will not ascribe to the honorable tente-
man such unworthy motives. And yet, SIR, his ar.
gu'nents seemed to Inc to have had a sauintng that
way but, as viii believe, without his having been
conscious of their tendency. Does he mean to I'M
dervalue their capacity, integrity or spirit IA If all
the base metle in the union had been coined into
militia officers, and the sterling bullion neglected
No, sir, cannot believe it, because the time was
when many of that gcntleman's private aud political
friends ranked as militia officers, and unless great
changes have been wrought, lis friends would be
now found amongst militia officers.
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