Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-04-06
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Col. Duane entirely disapproyes Of The
measures adopted during the present se,,
of Congress. Indeed if his statcmcn,s Co.,,
relied upon' our strength is yet mostly oDn,
per. The article to which we aIlude !, :,
ply to parade in the Intelligcncer some 1,,
ago, which was calculated to produce an n
preston that we were prepared 10 encor,..
the whole world.
The act for raising $4,000 volunteers N.
Duane declares to be utterly inefficient
Respecting the act for aEming the miFt
Mr.. Duane INDUCES himself in unusu, ne
santry. He says it is admirable, if they h, (;
not such arms as Tench Coke provides IN /
such case it would be better to arm them with
each copy Of the act of Congress; they can
not kill themselves by reading, as they might
by firing Tench Coxc's rifles or German fire.
locks. AT this rate, cur soldiers in case Of
war, will have moro cause to fear their own
weapons than those Of their enemy. This
would be an embarrassing situatiOn-sule Of 3
death, dc what they will; attended, however,
with this consolation, that it will be a much
greater proof Of bravery 10 fight than to rum
But this singular misfortune will be attached
to their yalor,-that SO far from being service.
able, it will be injurious, to their country
The Colonel observes that the acI aC'ho'
rising de;achmcn,s Of militia would have been \
iudicious measure, if the militia had been
classcd, as proposed. This nc thinks ought
TO have been done.
On the act TO complete fortiicatloDs en- the /
seaboard, he makes some curious remarks
He says he "couid point out most ImPoF'E
tant work in which there were not Jour ROUNDS
of powder: in another not an ounce; IN an's
other not an ounce guns dismounted Or "N0'
out carriages 10 timber lad INTO h'"A' any I.
and il should be laid ii year at least 10 'I-"0
seryiceable carriages; naD we kno" Of ''''
in which, an artillery officer vas orceF5u "
make !. carriage which should be 50 ec0Do1n'
callv (or comicaily) constructed, as to II .
or Sc FOUNDERS; we could enamegate lne con
tinuesJ other facts equally Gs''H'sS"S 20
word, there ere no s-srbs on tie scGJ'dr'" /
state Of dctrrce at this momcab" &C.
Now IS III, comes fson, nan whom NJ;
jefferson appointed to very a''''"5
post in the army, he must be sII0"eu - u
sess some knowledge Of military aI''s
his statement be correct, are We h0' y"
ty situation to so to war
that g its Wisdom will depend upon the CO.. /
sidera,ion whether it be made aprV"'' ~ u
lating job, or an open public loan a s, N
latin perfectly understands what Is "'>
this hint. !.
OF the Taxes, the Colonel p0'",i >.
serts that the people do not n0' Wv q;
prove of a stamp act or excise WI" Id
are the entering yedges Of fyT8""" ind
the Pehublicqns who sanction ''''
ponder on that remark. II,
The Aurora's remarks eon''D''
following paragraph: ;s any e1i
We cannot believe that '"'' 49,, it'd
.o,;on of war-.yye do nat 5c|jfg' ~" =, II
cause ftllerc was any serious '''' lender 4
neetstion of it. the conviction would '' # pro
necessary to reverse the whole 0' ,u,,.,,sd5i
ossd;n,,. and resor. 10 men d n""F' ,,, ,rl
i IL snoa affairs, instead of footing ava. NC.
and money, and public character
manner" ..o+ comment
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