The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-01-06

ways ara Means. reported bill to amend
an act entitled IAN act laying duties on
notes of banks, bankers and certain com pa
mics. and notes, bonds and obligations dis.
counted BY banks, bankers and Certain com
Panies, and OH bills of exchange of a certain
description" which was twice read and
committed.
CONDUCT OF THE WAR.
Mr.. Bradley. of Vermont, said il swell
known. that late i'll the last session oe N
sress he had offered a resolution for enauir-
ng into the causes of the disasters OH our
frontier. which had not received the appro-
baton of the Houss. The objections TO the
course which he then prop sed to pursue,
appeared now to have lost much If their
force, whilst the reasons which recomm end
ca ca Its adoption had daily gathered strength.
re now again roposed TO offer like reso
'ouon to the House. under the persuasion
that under any circumstances it was neces
ssry III change were even likely to take
place in the state OF our present relations To
foreign powers. justice to the parties CON-
Gerned required the adoption of the motion.
i, 'he war continued, the enquiry was tlou-
Oily necessary, that il might be made more
efhc'ent Tor the future. Mr.. II. said, he
"ou'o not anticipate any objections to his re-
solution, but would content himself with oh
serving. that it was founded in a sense of
jusHcc to the Executive, and not incon.;s,.
ent WIN that confidence jus ly due to it, He
nah adopted phraseologv, too. which he
"eheVeo won remove many of the obiecti.
ems urged to 1t at the last session. Under
:. heSe Impressions, he proposed the following
res ut =: o
Fesoived. That the Presiden. of tho r-,;.o,
2,at be Requested to cause 20 be laid before this
rouse any information IA his possession uot ;mnrn
psr ne nh'incated, which NAY tend to Nus,
a fhar e a
'ne oauses OF the failure of the arms Of the u
states on the northern frontier
M Muller, of n. Y. expressed his b,,.
mat the gentleman from Vermont Womb nn,,
mi1 ms resolution to lie on the table for dav
OF t"o--not that he was opposed TO it, for he
was zeatouel favorable to its nbiect bu, he
carse ne wished to move some amendments
to the resolution. which would reon;re r,o.a
time than would be now afforded fer reeec
ton on The subject.
"lr' bradley declined asserting to a post.
pcnement
Mr.. Wright, of Nd. submitted to the mo
Ver' whether the fact ~as, as stated that
ou' ".'hy nave failed! Such was not his inn
preston. mo '''''
Mr: Murfree. of II. c. required the ycas
and NAYS on the passage Of the resonticn :
Mr iroup OF Geo. said that if an enquiry
OF TINS sort was expedient at all. the shane
" tne proposition was perhaps AS little ex
CePHohaoie as could have been given 10 If
hn' military enquiry, under any crcum
stances was matter CT so much delicacv.
NAV 1t ought to be well weighed and enter
eo INTO with much caution aud cireumsnec-
ton' his arose from the nature of such
enquiries Secrecy was the soul of military
operations. Their details ought to be known
10 nose concerned only; for. if impaired to
"Hers' Percnance they might find their w-ay
M'iitary investigations frequently took Mace
m the British House of Commons bnt tho
InVarable object of them was to turn ont III
MINISTRY. Such an enquiry, however, rarely
was instituted even there; and whenever
successfully urged, it had invariably been
"n?h the object III an expedition or cam
paien had been abandaned. MIR. T. said he.
'hou'o nave Fixed to have heard from tbe
mover ct the resolution something Ike ar
gHnent that much more or sdvant.ge would
result from tn" adoption, than of evil ria,
ulisnt ensue from it. Suppose anv possible
.esu'. OF the nquIry-suppcse, for ms ance
la ny @he nmun'r:tinn in answer to his
resolution. i should be shown that gen. VIII
kinson had baen prevented bv bad wea,hs
from commencing his operations 10 d r. sea
son mat when he reached ST Regis, Gen.
Viklison' "i'hout forming a junction with
zen. nan'pton had proc eded On to Mont
'eai or that, even wing fo, med such
junction, 1t would have been unm;litarv
Ter MN to proceed onwards suppo, q i
would nave been il should turn out that
there had been the best military conduct
possible on the parr of all orr generals mr.
tnat the OBJECT of the canpa gr tailed t. be
,I~pH' lsHed III consequence ofthe miscon
"uCl D, e'ther OF them. or was the result e
cowardice or treason suppose any result
prooaoie or mprobdb a ID where is the co,n
sutntlonal remedy How would the rentle.
man lay his hand on the DELINQUENT ; An in
VeS''gat'3h 1t appeared to him, could not
Properiy De made by tribunal which had
no. me power to apply the remedy. The
hVeStigauon, as we'll as the remedt ,, right
'n!iy belonged to another department of the
goVernT ent Martial law was the onl,,
proper Corrective to he applied to miscon.
d'ct OF military men Not. Mr., T. said.
mat ne vas opposed. TO every species of mil
itary enqulrY. Far from it. There were
certa.n species OF such enquiry which it
might be perfectly proper to institute.
hoF me purp ose Of new mod telling an ar
my sbo!is1ing certain de ,criptiohs { for 20
OF grades OF office such enquiries mioht h.
necessary. Bar, said he, for the purnose of
reecn'nS anyp@rticulsr military comm, nd =
VINO IS supposed 10 have forfeited the = ne;
aence OF the people, the remedy is not ours
" belongs To the Executive. Mot bav;n,,
the remedy liz our hands, the enc urv cann,i
De productive OF any advantage 10 the n,t
lie concerns But with respect {, some o
vis |hloh may result, Mr.. i. said he wo,,ld
400 few words. What description If q
violence would be Necessary tn tue ,n,eli;oon,