The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-02-04

III, any particular course of measures can
not refrain from believing that such a
Course has been suggested and regulated by
SO obvious and weighty an interest. This
subject is capable of much greater elucida-
ton but, according to your suggestion,
sir, shall conhne myself to trace the con
INJECTION ct this master passion of the Cabinet
with the bill law under consideration.
The projects of the cabinet, for the pre-
sent year, are leans, TO the amount AZ least
OF SO,o0O, 0O0 an army of SIS 900 men a
grand scheme OF pacihcation, founded ON
some legislative acts or resolves and per-
petuation of the war. The loans are ex-
pected to be filled. partly from the popu-
iar1ty derived in the commercial cities, by
the vote tor building 74s; partly by OPEN
ing Offices, for receiving subscriptions, in
the interior. Whatever is received will be
diverted to the army service: The grand
scheme OF paciication will be made to ap-
pear very fair. in terms, but, i'm the state of
irritation, which has been produced in G..
Britain by the continuance of the war, after
the repeal OF the o,ylers in council, and by
the pertinaciOus perseverance in the threats
and preparation to invade Canada. will, il
is expected, be rejected, by her. This, it
is supposed, will give popularity, to the war
IN this country. The forty dollars bounty,
Will, 1t is hoped, fill the ranks. The army,
for the conquest of Canada, will be raised
10 be commanded, by whom This is the
critical question. The answer is in every
mans mouth. By'a member of the Ameri-
can cabinet; by one of the three by one
OF that 'itrio who at this moment, consti.
tute in fact, and who efficiently have always
constituted, the whole cabinet. And the
man, who is thus intended for the command
OF the greatest army, this new world ever
contained /; an army nearly twice as great,
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our revolution say the man, who is in
tended for this great trust. is the individual.
who is, VIGOROUSLY. the selected candidate
for the next Presidency
Mr.. Speaker, when assert that the pre-
sent Secretary of State, who is now the
acting Secretary at War. is destined by a
cabinet OF which, he himself constitutes one
third. for the command of this army, know
that assert intentions to exist, which have
not yet developed themselves, by an offici
al o~al-The truth is, the moment for an
omcial avowal is not yet come. The cabinet
must work along by degrees, and only show
their cards, as they play them. The army
must first be authorised. The bill, for the
| new Major Generals, must be passed.
Then, upon their plan, it will be found ne
cessary to constitute a Lieutenant General.
And who so proper" the cabinet will ex-
claim, =" as one of ourselves 7" And who
so proper as one of the cabinet % all its
tretainers will respond, from one end of the
continent to the other. would, willingly
have postponed any animadversion upon thi.
intention of the cabinet, until it should have
been avowed. But, then, it would have been
too late. Then, the fifty FIVE thousand men
would have been authorised, s. the necessity
for Lieut. Gen. inevitable. Sir, / know
very we'll. that this public animadversion
may. possibly, stagger the cabinet in its pur-
pose. They may not like to proceed, in the
design. after the public eye has bean direc
ted distinctly upon it. And the existence OF
1t will be denied, and it's partizans will as.
sert that this suggestion was mere surmise
se - &c. it is, comparatively OF little inn
Portance, what happens to my person OF
character, provided this great evil can be
averted from my country. / consider the
raising such an army as this, and the put
ting 1t under the command of that indvidu-
| al, taking into view his connection with the
present cabinet, so ominous to the liberties
OF this Country, that l am not anxious what
happens to me, if, by any constitutional res
possibility, can prevent it.
however, to the end that it may not 'be
thought have made this assertion lightly ]
Will briefly state the evidence upon which it
is founded, and which to my mind has given
perfect satisfaction Of the intentions of the
cabinet.
First. AS long aev 90 'a0' J"re, $. wao t,
my knowledge asserted ty individuals, con-
nected with the administration, in this and
the other branch of the Legislature, that i,
was the intention of the American cabine,
to place the Secretary of State at the head
| of the hrmv.
| Second. This intention was, early in the
present session, distinctly avowed by mem
bers IN this and the other branch of the Lee
| gislature, to be the intention of the cabinet.
And these members we're persons intimate
with the cabinet, and connected with them
in politics and of all men the most likely
tn know their intentions. This can be prov
ed, it denied. But it will not be. / do no,
believe there is n man on this floor who is no,
acquainted with the fact rs we'll as myself
| Third. AS soon as the session opened, the
old Sec'y at War was hunted down.
| Fourth. The burden of the whole Depart.
ment of War is now transferred to- the
shoulders of the Sec'y of State. This great
ana oppressive trust, which at the last SEES.
sion it was seriously urged, no single living
wight could bear, but that it required fhret
fcrSons to support its pressure, is now casI
solely upon this individual, who it seems i.
able to uphold the mighty mountain Of thai
/ Department in one hand, while he balance,
the Department Of State in the other
Fifth. The Secretary of State has moi
merely entered into a still life possession o.
the Department of War. He is actively EN-
ployed in arranging its details, and putting
it into a state of preparation. This work
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