Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1813-01-23
INesacu, Dec. 5.

! ne business OF TINS day wes unini- -
lPortant. Had It been otherwise thel
consideration ei' it would probably be-
lost ~ every one III the consideration
of one OF the greatest speeches everl
iiade III congress which hEr. Cuincyl
delivered upon The bill for raising an
additional 20 900 men.
Ar. QUINCY said that he had
samc OPINIONS upv.i the bill, which he
WISHED! 10 Offer in full, though he
should fail, lie feared, from the want
lof health. The bill, he observed. pro
!Pescd to ausiuent the army by 2o,oooI
'aen. This extension, il granted, " oald,
raise the array 10 $4,000. LIZ had bue,.
stated OK that floor by the committee
,os iareiSa relations, that the existing;
iImliiiary est&AiisLment would answer
All the purposes OF internal na.ioua!
service, and That this new army sf 90.
,lcoo men, MAS intended for the Invasion
iei Canada. AS this was the ayGw. d
purpose OF the bill he would bring IL
] lAto distinct on&iderati0ns-ri in
yasion AID conquest OF Canada as i'll
was desirable iii itself, and as it migh,
bo made con!ueivc to the attainucs Il
jot peace. lie directed himself to his
political friends and to his pol;t;cnlI
)! opponents Tor there were men on boii,
lsides who totally disbeiieved that t,,is
5 was the object, and tat;cred their goe,!
.iedrts that II WAS Il mere threa; thrown
cjeut to aid neSotintiou) and ne bid
them beware how they actea upn..
q that erroneous imagination. Whoey ar
j! conceived that the nieusure was pro
Ijected as Il means of peace, or Tor an,
.hInS but an Invasion Of Gana..a, or
: that the war would not be continued
was grossly deceived. lie warned his
! political opponents, who, though witt.
rlupriSht views, Submitted to tie die.
[ tates OF the cabinet, to recoll,et VIA,
their past experience must have shawn
z them. That no proposition which
( was likely 10 be obnoxious to pub,ics
: ccnsLre-no dose which was likely 10
create Nausea, or 10 seour the popu.ari
ty OF the government, ever was admin
istcred by them, but some under opera
tor was employed to sug sest that there
: was some ether object IN ii than ths
Z true ohe, and to assure those whose
. lstomaahs turned at il, that ii was no,
what :hey thought. OF this sort was
The assurance given on the introSac.
/, ton OF the embargo law, which wa.
4 intended TO operate inimically to G
: Dii:a,u; but IL advocates came there
ana urged thar it WAS merely intend eG
! 10 save The essential resources of tn.
/, lcountry-And in like manner the in.
: lcioient steps 10 this war were CLOSED
/ u'e' % al assurance that Mr.. Foster
e had instructions which would enable
: administration to settle all difference.
V with nim--And the vast military es
: Establishments desired are said 70 Ee GU
~ grand scheme OF paciiicatioo.
) Ills political friends too, Bar. Q.
Il iappeaied 20 in u warning voico.-Toc
6 apt TO rely on their own wisdom, they
: maintained that it could not be; it wa,
a ,impossibie administration eoald me
:lditate the taking OF Canada ~ her
5 were the men? where was the money
i The eastern states would be di5gu. tad
d common sense and common prudcac:
forbid if: and therefore, no project wa
l. less TO be expected. But that was tn
/ very reason, he said, why be though.
l. it more likely to be suggested and :
e Idopted by the cabinet; and, paradox
r cal aud anomalous as it might seem
a the reason wig ii WAS nure likely t,
! succeed toe.
o Out of twenty illustrations to which
= be could resort, he would select only
: two upon this subject. When tho wa
e came under consideration, no one be
d lieved TINT il VS. really war for th,
&c conquest Of Canada, or that our cahi
N, net could seriously contemplate wa
!, against Great britain any more thai
II they could against China. 4 natiol
i in the enjoyment Of more than thirt.
r-''ycars peace 10 encounter one in Tia
Ii fnii prosecution of war already O
years Duration. A natio
= without resources; without an army
l. without navy; without militar
J. force, SCIENCE, habits or discipline: I
,flgo to war will, the most rich an
e powerful nation upon earth whicI
II without raising one additional s0ldie
4 or sailor, or eGuippiny ono additiona
l:iship, could carry hayock aud desOla
G. ton over our shcres aud into ouF cities
ut Even now, many were pretty ncarl
c. III the same condition of mind ~ ID
30 gentleman ii Pennsylvania, who IL