The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-27


one year. and hat apthorisny TIC Exec,,tivc
20 make rcqn'sitiors On the militia officers Iii
recty, In case Of failure oe the Governors r.,
comply With the demand made On them for
ths' III CT
Mr.. Le.~'e If Va mo,eti the isl'rfai,e bo.t-
tenement OF the bill, and the amendments
t,,crcto. 49,
Mr.. irshcn' Of Pen. moved to lay the SUBJ
on I'll" table, (f,.r the purpose &c .ak;nr
upa moro Urgent message fr.'m he Sena,eS
which motion was opposed nv Mr.. Lewis
Mr. Johnson of Nv. and Mr. Calhoun. 2, s,,,.-
n''t"t y" MIR. Inghan and Mr.. Fisk. and 1yss
rsgatiycd. -
Inc question recurring on indefinite most,
p'nement, on which the Yeas and NAYS were
i"mam'ed--a short dictate arose.
Mr. Castor nv G. rose, he said. ~ c,,,
~, ,ne auei''lon OF ne hous" TO single fact.
he hill, the indatip Dostpcncmert oe Witch
vas now moved it had been stated Inv q. -
chairman or the Committee of Wrnve cpJ
Means, would cost tl.c u. States twenty p;-
hons OF cellars. Bcfnrc cncounteyire tb;s
vast expenditure, the hnusc ought Ia feel =
mora! certainty that sorc benefit would re-
suit from IL in some degree cammensnrate
IN rs magnitude Of the expenditure. 6,
iartron this being the case. the strong. -
S-u''i'ient expressed III favor os the bill VS.
4 h'De INST some benefit would resn,t from
IT. rs amount oF nl,ney, i,e rI,orrbt had
better be expended in thc ola fashioned Wv
~ procuring recruits. Ills bill. he aI-ej
n al done more T. if,De,'e the ador,.c,, a.
cieht measures By Ccre-ese and Tho ooyo,,
r'ent than any bin which Lal hccp hef 10
.nfIn. ife time e'nnloyed on It would have
neSn innch better spent in acvisinr uears 70
~: tae rc'9''ry. &. than rr i BIZ which I've
,'eNcvci' |2 ID pr1'ucc So li'tlc efficient gacd
70 TIE comfy. lie usteG the house wc,,id
now put az end to tbs project, ard empI,,v
the money in the oid-ias!lionei wav &C Slime
ire ranks ct the regular army. Mr.. C.. my,
Posciy avoided renewing the discussion ON The
constitutional question, en- which he was ~
suaded enough had been said
@r. roNf o! Geo. in reply to Mr.. Gas.
ron IS Objections on the score of expense. said
me gentleman was perhaps not aware th,t-
u,I war ,oh1'huing on ITS present footing, tie
u'.lvided power OF the enemv e.rrloved 4.
gaiast us III time t. come, as il hai bcep :,
""e past TN. government must incur an c,t-
Pe"se Tor defensive purposes, in the ensuihr-
y al, ~ not tw'nY merely, hut OF TO V NM
lions ot dollars. This WIS fact f -,,1, whi >,
Ec"uenen must nor, ut th;s p,omeot Shrink
ETnt:erien must remember. that If Conere 9
arc ether not abse or net willing to euSo.,.,-
ter this expense, the safcty or the ccFn-
try vii be jecpard;=cd, ita existence en-. w.
gered.
hr Castor observed, that his ohjrrtj l.. %
the expense To be caused by thie Iii 49,
not That 1t was too nluc!p to BE exD.pfe.1 $ -
Oh defence Of fine county. The f-orti.,n.,,
had pprehended him If he s,inros. y
'hat nc Thought any expense too great 70 g
compi'sl That object. His objection WIS.
chat the n'h pcremptoriiy demanded the ex-
pendisure OF 80 much money. without mr.,
Certainty THAI such an expenditure I.,u,iI
necessary. If this law were not TO paer
there yet remained in existence an act au,
thoiisng the President to call. into setyice tIe
Ntihta to serve. FOR six moths He tLer-
lore saw no necessity for p;sssng q law COM
pel'ing him, whether he dtemet il .necessa-
ry OF not, to call into serviceSo many militia
to serve tor so long term.
Mr.. Hazvti'sa Of Ey. re,narked that fire
statcrenr, to which illusion had been made
that TINS Oil would cause toltke United States
an expense OF twenty MILLIONS Of dollars. was.
altogether Hypothetical. and he could not for
ms part, see en- what data ii had been und-
ell lie bill had an object m view. VI. tor
Obtain men to carry on the war II offered
TO the miltia-uen to be draf ID the altcrna-
tive OF furnishing substitutes In the shane #
recruits Tor me regular army. II il produced +.
regulars, it would bt of thr goad o!d-fashicn-
ell sort, which the gentleman from n. Caro-
ii IA 20 much desired, which were in the san
way obtained during the revolution. If So
- ''N De'iSNt "OulI rCS1it which the gen
tieman desired Of recruiting tn, army AMI
whether 1t had this operation or not, the state
ment OF the expcnce was altogether snccnIs.
tive &c.
Mr.. Ghoiooa DIVA. sail no man would 90
tuTther that hun to raise powerful rre,I =
army, IN any way deemed most exDadisnt
i'ut he considered il his bounde,, duty. enio;n
2" on nm Oy the considcrat :, of what he
owed TO his country ana himself, not to pi,e
ms assent to a'iy such project as mat cnbr.,-
ced III the bin before the House H.. bell
ca i would bring ruin on the country ,h,t
II would p'olong the war, bv creating d..
pS,rie nee an A be ken reed AZ d he W 6 m
VIII ng Their fore. to squande~ h tr asure
nF the nation on any such Dr. ;ect. W.
'i1hll b. VISITED next spring by one of the
most powerful armies ever seen q
nong any people He asked gentlemen r.
,hey were willing such IN army shnuld h..
net ny raw undsciplihed m litia H..
meant TO disrepect to to the militia he .c
~ wledged them brave and high s,iritcJ-
IA, II every man was rs brave as c.
without discipline, they would not b.. core;J
,red competent to me ct and contend go,
he veteran regulars OF the enemy AZ 80;
'ha bill, this would not &c approved bv f5e
nuntry: and II was nothing bnt y ME,
'iil at last Let us not. said he. t,un $50
rom the lessons Of experience. From tLe
lme OF Washington to tbs DIV, fe., men cf
h'htary character, he said had ever recon-