Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-01-28

e the Guerrero by the Constitution
nnder command of Capt. HUH oeen
me what furnished by the iact' or q.
last the belief, that great part OF our
rev wsre Britons. Call not foreigners
50 your aid, let American oa'lles INV W
f,ug ht by American sons; 70 '"'"
part the honor or the shame.
A, TO the bill under considerations
consider it perfect nuIli.y in point OF
PRACTICAL efficiency. 1t will add to eH-
,,snces. already too great for the people
!, bear or this Legislature fairly to pro-
vide. For, sir, SO to'tering are inc
o OPS of this war, they will tall the l"'
stan. you touch the pockets OF the pei y,
pie in anyway which they viii see. lss'
and underestimate know your reiiahso
is on loans. to aid in providing tor inc
expenditures of the present year' wnl.n'
if this bill passes, will exceed thirty
i've millions of dollars.-Thls MODE "
Getting money may fail, and 1t 1t aoes
not, little comfort is afforded by II 20 ;
nose who look forward to the Gay "
payment. No honest man derives 'rue"
consolation from being relieved from
hyomht payment, if mortgage Is RI
vet,ed on himself and his posterlty'-
Already you have officers IN NUMBER
sufficient to command thirty-h'e thou
sand men, independent of The SIX nun
dred which have Just sprung up by the
bill that was passed yesterday Dup.
pose (for the sake of argument) t'a'
here are at this moment not more th'h
fifteen thousand men enlisted in the pre-
sent establish nent it follows, OF course
that there are already supernunerary
Ulcers sufficient for the command Oh
10000 men, besides the additional ooo
exclusively intended for the recruiting
service. =,
Why then with so many unemployed
Ulcers in commission and pay Ia num-
bsr almost sufficient to admit OF re-
c,aiting officer opening rendezvous IN
very courtv, town or village in the "
S'ates> shall we have entailed upon US
he curse of this additional mass OF use
less cxpence? If there is any peculiar
chaum in the period of twelve months
to induce rapid enlistments, alter the
law which at present exists, authorizing
the enlistment Of $4,000 men tor Is
months-let these $4,000 and 5000
more. if you please, be enlisted Tor IL
instead of lS months, and you will have
al! the men contemplated by this bill,
without the unnecessary multiplication
Of ufticers
/ understand, sir, the present CAIN
paign is broken up, no more fighting or
attempts on Canada are intended during
the winter. Let your officers, instead
of lollus in the tents, or spending their
tine in amusement, exert themselves III
providing force for the spring, and II
men are disposed to enlist at all, as ma
ny Can and will be had, ia the manner l
have mentioned, as there would be II
you had recruiting officer at every
mans door in the country.
But, sir, when consider the intrinsic
objections to short enhstn,cnts Tor distant
offensive operations when l reject on
the theatre where this war is to be pro-
secuted, and the consequence OF oppo-
sing raw undiscipliped troops in contest
with veteran soldiers, cannot avoid ex.
pressing my establishment a; the imbe-
cility and wildaess OF the project con-
,empla,ed by thi, bill, and sdn,onish
gentlemen of iIs total incffsCaCy, in
bringing nearer to them the object OF
their wishes.