The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-14

ditional force. The acceptance of No,untce,
Corps. g arming and disciplining tile militia
The Senate reported bill, and matured
It tor raising An additional military force =
but ne had net heard that they had taken
any step respecting the Militia or Volun-
teers. We frsr, agree to raise. what ap-
peared to him, the most Objectionable force,
which he feared would prevent due atten-
ton being paid to the Volunteers * Militia.
tie therefore Thought, it would be improper,
III this stage OF the business, for the House
20 rcCede. The Senate, it would be rccollcc-
ted, is part of the Executive Branch Of
the Government and the difference now
between the two Houses is, whether all the
o.hcers shall be at once appointed. Per-
maps they lett desire OH this subject, arr
sing from their executive duty. He ahoald
wish to DC satisfied on this point By a corfe-
renee, before he agreed to rccedc.
or. Calhoun said. that tho House had
ALREADY decided that $4,000 men were nc
ccssary; the only question at present, is a
question Of expence. Can any gentleman
say what the difference of cxpence. will
be tie believed it wouldibe very inconsidc-
rable. The question of Peace or War must
be decided III three or four months; and Sc
veral weeks would pass before tho appoint
ments could be made. Congress would
spend more "n celebrating OH this subject
than the difference OF expenCc would amount
to. In case the whole Of the officers be APP
pointed, the recruiting service will go on
much better than it would otherwise do
If said Mr.. G. we be serious on the question
oil war, we ought not to sticKle about an ex-
pence of 90 or $4,000 dollars. II temper
OF this kind is to prevail in the house, it will
shew that we are not fit to manage the af-
fairs of the nation. He knew the eapences
OF war are considerable, and they will be so,
at all events but war carried OIL with vi
gor would be less SO, than one carried OH in
a feeble, ineffective way /; if gentlemen
were alarmed at a measure of this kind, at
the commencement of our preparations, we
had better proceed 10 further.
| Nh. Randolph said, he would make mo-
ton which would supercede the one before
The House. 1t was, that the further consi-
Iteration of this subject should be indefinitely
postponed.
| The question being stated, Mr.. Ran
doHh rose, and made speech of about
1.-TWO hours against the principle of the bill.
This speech will be given in .coursel
After which, the question on postpone
ment was taken, without further debate, by
Yeas and Nays, as follows:
AEAS--Messrs. Bigelow, Breckenridge,
Brigham, Champion, Chittenden, Daven-
port, Ely, Fitch. Jackson, Key, Law, Lew
Us, Macon, McBryde, Moseiy, Pearson, Pit
kin, Potter, Randolph, Rodman. Shcffey,
Stanford, Stewart, Sturges, Taggart, Tall
madge, Wheaton, White, Wilson-So'
| NA4S-Messrs. Anderson, Archer, Ba-
con, Bard, Bartlett, Bassets, Bib, Black
ledge, Blocker, Blount, Boyd, Brown, Bur-
well, Butler, Calhoun, Cheves, Clay, Coch.
ran, Clopton, Condit, Crawford, Davis,
Dawson, Desha, Dinsmoor, Earle, Emott,
Findley, Fisk. Franklin, Gholson, Gold,
Green, Grundy, 3. Hall, o. Hall, Harper,
ldawes, Hyneman, Johnson, Kent, King, La
cock, Lefever, Little, Livingston, Lowndes,
! Lyle, Maxwell, Moore, Mccoy, Mckee,
McKim, Metcalf, Minor, htitchill. Nor
gan, Morrow, Nel.on, New, New bold,
Newton. Ormsby, Paulding, Pickens, Piper,
Pond, Porter. Quincy, Reed, Ringgold,
Rhea, Roanc. Roberts, Sage, Summons,
Sawyer, Scavcr, Sewer, Seybcrt, Shaw,
Smile, G. Smith, j. Smith, Stow, Strong,
Sullivan, rallman, Taliaferro, Tracy ,Troup,
/ Turner, Van Cortlandt, Williams, Wideery,
Wimn, Wright--97.
The question was then taken on reccding
from the amendment ip the proviso to the
FIRST section of the bin, which limited the
appointment of officers to SIX regiments, and
! was decided as follows:
| YEAS--Messrs. Aston, Andersen, Arch
er, Bacon, Bartlett, Bassett, Bigelow, Black
ledge, Brigham, Calhoun, Chez es, Chi.ten-
den, Clay, Ciopton, Condit, Dinsmoor, Ely.
Fisk, Franklin, Gholson. Gold, Green, Grun-
Idly, B. Hall, o. Hall, Harper, Kent, King,
i4acock ,Lefever, Little, Livingston, Lowndes,
Mccoy, McKim, Mitchell, Moseley, New,
Ormsby, Paulding, Pitkin, Pond, Porter,
Potter, Reed, Ringgold, Rhea, Roane, Sam
mons, Sawyer, Sewer, Seybert, Shaw, Stow,
Sturges, Sullivan, Taggart, Tallmadge,
Tallman, Tracy, Troup, Turner, Van
Cortlandt, Wheaton, White, Winn, Wright
l-67.
! NAYS-Messrs. Bard, Bibb, Blocker,
Blount, Boyd, Breckenridge, Brown, Bur-
well, Butler, Champion, Cochran, Crawford,
Davenport, Davis, Dawson, Desha, Earl,
Emott, Findley, Fitch, Halves, Hufty, Hyne-
man, jackson, Johnson, Key, Lewis, Lyle,
Macon, Maxwell, Moore, McBryde, Mckee,
MetcaE, Minor, Morgan, Morrow, Nelson,
| Newbold, Newton, Pearson, Pickens, Piper,
Quincy, Randolph, Roberts, Rodman, Sage,
Seayer, Shelley, Smile, G.. Smith, J. Smith,
Stanford, Stewart, Strong, Talliaferro, Wild
gerry, Wilson--60.
The question was then taken on receding
from the amendment which formed the 18th
section of the bill, providing that the off
GERS should continue in Commission during
such term only as the President shall Judge
requisite, and carried by the same majority
| as the last,
The next question was. on receding from
the Goth section of the bill. which provided
that 10 general, field or staff officer should
receive pay Until called into service. This
question was lost, their being 49 votes for re-
cediDg and 76 against it.
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