The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-23

shall be ievied and taken uhon all articles
in,torfed ia nentrdf pesscis, nnder his Ma
jesty's Orders in Council, and niion qvhich
no dufy is thereby imfosed or rated, 10 he,'
cent. al paiorem-3diy, uhon all articles
Permitted to be imhorted in British pesseis
from any foreign Eurohean colony liz the
HEST indies or .Hnerica, FER cent. al
vatorcm-4thty, miton all Tobacco when her
nn.ted TO be Landed from British or foreign
peSsris, 3 sfivers per ib.-5fhiy, uh0n Nudes
and Horses inhorted III forei.s,n vesseiS, ef
and from any FOREIGN Euroiiean colony in
The w. indies or Emerica, 10 fer cent al
vaiorem-6thiy. uhon Tar, Pitch, IurHen-
siae and Rosin, svhen Permitted 10 be landed
from foreign Yesseis, 10 Per cent ad Uaio-
rcm-.r1en imhorted. in British Vessels
.fUe her cent ad vaiorem--7thty, uhon all
.foretgn Vine Imported direct from g. Bri-
tain or Ireland, sic sti0ers FER gallon, (ai-
iowing dra7v6ack if crherted in three
months, Of three stiuers hcr gallon 8th!y,
stipn alt Hines imhorted according to iazv
from any Island o. Country besides G. Bri-
tain or Ireland, 10 sfivers her gallon, [at-
ioquing a dravback ifs sfivers FER gallon
If exported in 6months,] and OF the en1tor
safion Of 7cine ,fmtoried previously TO the
publication Of This Proclamation, a duty E.
4aai to the drawback as above.
his Proclamation is to continue in force
mil the 31st December, 1912, subject ho7u-
eUer to be sooner terminated, udrfed or al
tered, as circumstances may require, Of zphich
one notice svW be given, and all persons con-
cerned, will be gfUen, and all fersons con-
eerned, svHk give ready obedience hereto,
and conduct themselves accordingly. Given
4nder my hand, &c. this 18Th Dec. 1911.
JOHN GRAY. Secretary.
The additional .dTn,y.-The act for rails
ing an Additional Regular Force OF twenty
five thousand men having now become a
law all predictions of its rejection having
failed; the opposition prints have underta-
Ken to excite distrust and jealousy by de-
Glazing the Cabinet, that is the Executive
and the Heads of Departments, to have been
opposed to it. We apprehend these asser-
lions to be as erroneous in this case, as the
passage of this very law has proved their
predictions tohave been in another; and our
belief is formed from circumstances as they
have arisen to our view.
The President in his message to Congress
at the commencement of the session, as was
his duty, exhibited to the assembled people
his views of public affairs in doing which,
he went as far as he could with propriety in
addressing himself to legislative body. He
expressed his conviction of the necessity of
a change of attitude, leading to more ener
Setic and decisive measures. The opinion
of the Executive, as indicated by the tenor
of his message, cannot be, nor has it been,
mistaken. His voice was for War, the last
resort of Republics as well as Kings, to en-
force our rights and avenge our wrongs.
In the face of this public manifestation of
the views of the Executive, confirmed and
supported as it is by his reply to the Adj
dress of the Legislature of Tennessee, and
his more recent message to Congress, we
are told that, as less force than IS 900
men would, in the Presidents opinion, have
been sufficient to meet the present eXigency,
Merefore he was inimical to the law as it
passed. Let us admit, for argument sake,
that in the opinion of the President small
Ter regular force would have been sufficient.
We should suppose, that the Executive,
having specific object in view, had also
formed an pinion as to the quantum of force
which would be necessary to execute it.
Il ne exigency peculiarly requiring celebrity
OF movement, of course that species of force
ought to be employed which could be most
speedily and readily raised. 1t appears to
ts volunteer force is of that description
which can be most easily raised, and NAV
be most relied on for Immediate service
rand, that, although a certain regular force
would be necessary to follow up the operati-
ons commenced by the volunteers, the latter
may at first be advantageously employed.
n he regular force necessary would of course
De the smaller, in proportion to the amount
d. volunteer force to be employed. Ten
Thousand men, the number said to have been
desired by the Executive, we should have
deemed, in this view, to have been amply
sufficient; and, as it was probably as great
a number as could be enlisted in any rea-
sonable time (for we trust that volunteers
would be attracted i'll much greater numbers
by the American standard alone, than regu-
Jars would be by the recruiting drum and
hfe), the authorization of larger number
did appear to us unnecessary, and calcula-
ted to produce no other effect than to fasten
on the public purse vast corps of officers
without men to command, or services to
perform. But it was not for the Executive
60 designate the force necessary it was for
another department of the government,
which has performed its duty according to
the dictates of its Judgment and, in the
nave no doubt it will be employed in the SER
vice OF the country as advantageously as
possible.
But it has been insinuated in some prints,
because the Executive did not require so
large force, that an indisposition was
Ehewn to follow up the sentiments express
ted in the message by correspondent mea-
Sures. There always have been, and al
ways viii be, in governments, as in society,
men who are disposed to set up their own
Judgment as the standard of infallibility !;
and to such men, difference in opinion from
them may appear to be political heresy.
But, addressing ourselves to the reason, not
the passions of men, we ask whether there