The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-09
THE ARMY BILL.

IL The reader viii see that the II. Of II .
are engaged on me Dill tor raising @5,UUU au
ii.i~ii..i troops.-On the question tor cneroa-
-'iio ana reading a j.. time, the vote
were Yeas 80, Nays So. Among the ye~.
we're . leueraiisls,vIz. Messrs BleeCker, l.
NOT, Inv in5ston, Quincy, iteed, Strong, anu
IA ilvan-Among the nays, I,epuOncans
VIZ I'Iessrs. bo,d huIty, Macon, NewbOlv,
lNodm>,n, SiniiIr, stow, Wnlle & Wilson
which The Dalttmorc American says be-
e, Go 10 sect, VIZ. Messis. Il 4nuol, III, Shc -
fey an>, ocanIord-tht rest are iedcraliscs-
=" Sniine, ana perhaps the -ther 3, nave
ffH Wa AS republican lf.enus, Un this
ground Inc ol.l proposes 10 COMMISSION no
more than the oAccrs SIZ teA lux -, a..
a.; o-4ths OF inc prlvates tiIfN0se regis hi.t,
occn enlisted "ner csc 3-4ths haur b
r.nseu, the officers tor the other seVen regi-
ments are then obe appointed. Mr. Smile
wishes TO leave 1t disc etionQry with tne Pre-
sident 10 appoint these rsH11ininS officers, O
nct, according as circumstances ma. in he
siii.ion render 1t eApvdient. The mousse has
n 5 lived TINS prop 'sitioA ereiy * ihr,,-
ore MIR. omihc votes AGAINST the zvhOtc bni
RIuch as we have respected the patrio1-
Il spirit OF Mr.. Smnie, 1t Is impossible not to
think that III this instance he is moor
rect both as to his specific proposition, and
- % the lengths TO which it has carried
him.--As to the irst-we bcs leave to Sus-
6ct that the views OF the Executive ere
loao in favor otthe whole $4,000 troops.-
:, Ia, sav, tna Ivy Z O ..i,..;.y asA.C
10000 For DELAY has taken place, and we
have given G.. b. time 10 enlist more troops.
Therefore must not we ourselves have more
trooEs' 1t is just as M To say, that :" a
due regard to this fnrUces OF the country
is III favor OF this proposition fer even il
this biz were so expncit as 10 iiniit enlist
ments To regiments only, would Mrs. 81
that this Is iii the spirit ~ economy Is Ii
cheaper ~ waste cur resources upon .ew
troops incompetent to the service in vlc",
than at once raise troops enough 10 STRIKE
the object one blow Yet Air. >. hsmseif
does not beiriend this mutation even on &c
score of economy Tor he himself wishes tine
President 10 raise the Who,o Ct these troo,.
If he should think t.c times render it ex
pedient tnat is, if q. iirItain does rot cease
h,r sreSsions.-Now, this is Il very clear
dilemma either thai y. britain Kill cease
them, or she will not.---if she does, during
the sitting or congress, Ihcrc no haTnI
done. they may AZ once repea. their owl
zCt.-lt during the re cess, no harm is,ione
the President may retard the progress .;
enistments, til c0ngress Can % convened
lii other respects. it may be ncce-sary TO con
vehe ;ncni, that they may trim tnv l-inl
ot'-NS w. PSIiiI 81 va
Tho great is our faith iva the spirit of the
President, we had much rather throw W
him the responsibility OF making This cal, thi.
the responsibility of raising troops ; he lac
tcT has an air o. indecisiOn, winch weakens
its effect it shifts the responsibility without
an adequate reason; whist it extends the
powers OF the Executive.
But even if Mr.. S. were right in MS pro
vision, was his failure in this respect su'iici
ent cause for his opposition to the bill Itself?
Is it Better for a system OF defence to succeed
with onc defect in it; or for the whole sys-
& IA to perish, and the country to be stIilaid
open to tho outrageous agsrcssions Of Great
Britain?
ON the Goth .Httrit last. the Comet, which
has biaZed 50 long N orr hemisphere, was
seen from the Observatory at Calcutta. It's
distance from the stars Syrius and Procyon
were observed with Il ScXi1nt:
From SyfiOs IL d. 20 tn. f. Z =.
From Procyon II d. 10 m. S. 5 L. 3D. "''
I'm if Mt ., - ~ A