Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-01-11

speak ~ an 0kcer ellen and CisTracec--he !
wished lie could discover sny Cause fer tic /
surrender If Dctrof., less heiUUus ulan trsach !
cry or cowardee--bctween them he saw no
thing TO choose. Justice viii hereafter, itpar- .
~ heat denies it uow, pronounce the plan of
the campaign, as Entrusted togen. Hull, easy 20
be accomplished anil judicious in it's objects
Tie commandment was furnished with every
alranS necessary for suecess--Hiih money,
men, pro~is ons and munitions Of war in abun
dance. What better mode could have been
dopted, 70 prevent Indian hostility and inter
eept British supplies of the instruments Of
| massacre! That Your army had not been pro
| truded beyond the point with which oon,Iauni-
| cations could have been maintained, is evident
| from the events which followed. What was
there to mar SUGGEST Nothing! The COM
| Inan,lant Of Maiden needed only an ~poiogy ia
surrender What the other Hull had CON-
handed Every thing would have fallen be-
tore bin-grext science WAS not necessary;
courage and faithiulness would have accom-,
Pished every thing. A train OF heavy artillery
| was not required to batter orescs for the as
saulti it was not necessary to fire single gun
| not cartridge need have been expendrd--
! the bayonet slone was adequate to have taken
hSlden at any hour from the moment the Il
! mer,csn army crossed into Canada, till lis most
| shameful retreat The fort was not enclosed
---one entire side WAS open to assault! Yes, sir,
on the mountain wsve," dircctcd the valor Of
that army, he would have poured the storm
OF victory Tesistless the foe. This black
decd, without battle, WAS consummated in the
so.icis9Hs surrender ofthc brave corps which
were Fastening 10 mis- relief; these, too, were
arrested and thrown back on the community,
| leaving, the whole western frontier exposed to
savage inrosd. Hence all our msforsunes
Ahcr this, will il be contendcd that the acci-
dental appointment Of an improper agent shaii
cause refusal of the force necessary TO drag
cur drowned honor up from the ocean OF infa.
my into which il has been plunged ITnpossi-
bic Economy OF life and treasure csl for a
| vigorous campsgn-away with lifeless expedi-
| ents; miserable inertness must be banished-
zeal and energy must be Infused every where.
One protrscted campaign will cost twenty fold
more than the expenditures asked for.
Let this be the signal for resoiution---the FIRST
evidence of energetic policy. Let us suppose
ourselves leading the forlorn hope and assume
the spirit aud vigor characteristic of such an
cnterprize-the army will feel it---disabtcr and
disgrace will then disappear. 1t is to save the
public trcasure-the peoples blood it is Tor
the reclamation of character, ask for high
Counties and premiums aid so asking, l hope
not TO be denied.
The question was then taken on filing the
several blanks in the first bill as moved by Mr.
Williams, and carried.
mittee and the nation onihe system which had
been presented TO their consideration, and the
prospect Of prosecuting the next campaign
with vigor which should ensure 2 success 'ul
result. lie rose at this time, however, to pro.
pose IA amendment to the bill, the object oil
| which n as to repeal much o. former laws
| rs authorizes bounty Of land 60 the recruits
| AS 10 the recruiting service, he was convinced,
from what he had h srd, that 1t added scarcely
| any inducement to the recruit-that it rad not
! added an hundred men TO the army He con.
| fessed he had been much mistaken as to the eff.
feet 1T had been expected to produce, &c Mr..
G. added many remarks going 20 support his 20.
sihons. stating, among other things, that the
| land would IN the end get into the hands ofspe.
cuistors. and the individuals for whose benefit
i was intended would derive no advantage from
| 1t. Now, that it was proposed to increase the
| bounty IN money, he thought it would be q
proper occasion TO repeat much ef tie cxis-
tihg laws IS allowed bounty in land, on which
the recruits not generally as much .vsue as il
| II we're located in the moon. Mr. C.. conclud-
ed by making motion to that effect.
Mr.. Troup and Mr.. Bibb stated objections
TO the motion, as going to withdraw what was
certainly, in many parts of the country, an in
| duccment 20 enlistments, a. time when every
means ought to be called into action for the
purpose of filing the ranks Of the army.
Mr. Clay's motion was then agreed to by the
committee. But this decision was on the ne xi
day reversed by the House, and the amend
ment rejected.1
The othor bill before the committee, going
10 authorize the raising an additional force Of
10000 men for one year, was then taken up
and the blanks therein severally filed.