The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-01-07

II, administration ought not to be .c.r-,,r.
Gu io' Tue o;"' iniutary appointments itn ay
nave ma =, however much i, may desev,e.
n itshaii retain men in employ, when ss.,a,d
mcapaoie TO discharge The duties entrusted
80 thenn.' lie was tearless Of contrati,c ,iou
IN declaring, all cur disasters Strung from
q Cause which nor man IL, the nation cuut,,
nave anttsirared--it vas ncsss to impos, i.,is
any humahbeing could have forescen. ns<I,
less provided against it. i. was y,tb nas,,
and reluctance nc felt il his duty, to- .,,.. r
| OF an officer fallen and disaraced The w,..;,-
ell ne could discover any cause for the sur
render OF Detroit, less heinous than ,rcao,,e-i
'v"r eowardice--between them he saw
nothing.to choose. l.:itice will hereafter
party neat denies it now, prnnoance the
Pian OF the campaign as intrusted to gene
raj hull, easy tn DC accomplished and Judi
ciQus IN its objects. The commandant WAS
FURNISHED with every means necessary, for
S0oCess~-wlth money, men, provisions and
muf'itioHs OF war in abundance VIVA. bet
ter mode could have been adopted, to pre-
vshl .hoi..n hostility and intercept British
nr",pncs o' tue Instruments of massacre ?
mat your army had not been t,rotrpde,l
beyond the point with which communica-
lions Could have been maintained, is evident
from the events which, followed. What
was there to mar SUGGEST Nothing The
commandment at Mahien needed oniy an a.
pology to surrender! What if rhe other
Hull had commanded! Every thing would
nave tallen before him-great science was
not necessary; courage and fathfullness
would have accomplished every thing, A
tram OF heavy artillery was not required to
oatter breach for the assault; it was not
necessary to fire single gun---not CART
ridge need have been expended-the bay-.
ohet alone was adequate TO have taken Mat
zen at any hour from the moment the A..
merlcan army crossed into Canada, till its
most shameful retreat. The fort was mas
enclosed !-one entire side was omen to as
sauit! Yes. sir. had the 6~aye Hull, who
pore your thunder on the mountain wave"
directed the valor OF that army, he would
nave poured the storm OF victory resistless
on the Toe. This black deed, without a bat
tie, was contaminated in the sol:citcns sur.
render OF the brave corps which were has
ee",ns TO HIS relief these, too, we're arrested
ana .nfown back on the community. leaving
the whole western frontier exposed to sa
wage inroad. Hence all our Inisfortnnes.
Afeer this, will Ii be commended that the ac-.
cidental appointment of an improper AGENT
snail cause refusal of the force necessary
to drag our drowned honor up from the
ocean OF infamy into which il mas been
Plunged! Impossible Economy of life
ana treasure call for a vigorous, campaign
away with lifeless expedients miserabie
inertness must be banisheo-zeal and ener-
sy must be infused every where. One pro-
tracted campaign will cost twenty fold
more than the expenditures now asked for
Let this be the signal for resolution-the.
hrst evidence of energetic policy. Letus
suppose ourselves leading the forlorn hope.
and assume the spirit and vfgor characters
issic OF such an enterprize--the army viii
feel 1.-THE people will feel it-disaster and
disgrace will then disappear. 1t is to save
the pubic treasurc-the peoples blood .
II is for the reclamation Of character, I ask
tor hlgh bonnties and preiaiums and SO
asking, hope not to be denied.
Inc question was then taken on filing
the several blanks in the first bill as moved
by Mr.. Williams, and carried. ~
MIR. CLAY (Speaker) congratulated the,
committee and the nation on the system
which had been presented to their c.nside-
ration and the prospect of prosecuting the
next campaign with a vigor which should
ensure successful result. He rose at tb;s
ume, however, 10 propose an amendments
co the bill, the object OF which was to re-
peal so much OF former lava as authorizes a
bounty OF land to the recruits. He was sa-
lshed that as respected the nation this was,
a waste of its capital without produciny =,
single provident result. AS to the recruiting
service, he was convinced, from what he
mad Heard, that it added scarcely any in
onCenent TO the reGruit-that it had not adj.
ded an hundred men to the army. He con-
lessed lie had been much mistaken as 10,
the effect it had been expected to produce
exc. Mr.. Z. added many remarks going te,
support his positions, stating, among other
things, that the land would in the end get
INTO the hands.of spectators, and the indi-
vlduais for whose benefit il was intended
would derive no advantage from it. Now
that 1t was proposed to increase the bounty,
IN money,'he tho't it would be proper oc,
casion to repeal so much of the existing laws
as allowed bounty in land, on which the.
recruits set generally as much value as ifit
were located iD the moon: Mr. G. conclud-
ed ny making motion to that effect.
Mr.. IROUP and Mr.. BIBB stated obiec-
tons to the motion, as going to withdraw
what was certainly, in many parts of the
country, an mduccment to enlist ments, sh
time when every means ought to be cali
LED into action for the purpose of filing the,
ranks Of the army.
MIR. Ciay's motion was then agreed to by
the committee. But this decision was on
the next day reversed by the House, and
the amendment rejected
= The other bill before the committee, 20.
ing to authorize the raising an 1ddItionsS
force OF 10000 men for one year, was them
taken up, and the Blanks therein seyerally
filed.
Saturday, Jan. 9, 1915.
Tie bill from the Senate confirming the
decision of the mic