The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-01-11

seats m congress. Tie SnOuiu be Justified
in saying that there was at least as much
military talent in the nation at that time
as there is now And it II was at that day
expedient. On mere prospect of war. to
ppnlnt Lieutenant General, he could not
for he's own part conceive that the same
'tep was not equally necessary at this tiav,
wien war actually exists. IL must indeed
be admitted on all hands. to be more ncces-
Iynow than it was raen. 1t was fact,
he said, OF which no gentleman in the House
could be ignorant that the Secretary of\Var
had been absent from the seat Of g, .vern-
n,ent for some months. for the purpose, as
report said. ct giving effect to the operati.
ons of the campaign. II such was his objsct,
what was chat but assuming upon hi,psclf
the Office of Commander in Chief. If it
was necessary sch an Office should exist,
he conceived il highly proper that another
othcer sh uid be appointed to execute its
duties, and that they should no, devolve on
the Secretary OF War, III addition to the i'm
portant duties presCT ibed for him to Ter
form. II was true, Mr.. Nj. said, that he
himselfhad no preten. ions to military know.
ledge; but, Hithout making any pretention
to 1.-THE miehtbe permitted to presume tina,
the same men and the same measures wouId
IN the mex campaign produce the same re.
suit AS In the last and he offered the above
resolution under the hope that some benefit
would result trom am change whatever.
Mr.. trtehf, u I'D. said he did not rise
to oppose the reference OF this subject t. the
military committee but he rose to put the
gentleman right as to the feeling of the
house and OF the nation. which he appeared
So much TO have misunderstood Have the
arms OF the United States failed in the can
Paisn Have we not on the contrary been
maIvelIouSly successful We have gained
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Lake Erie, great inland sea, occupied w
the enemy at the commencement of the
campaign. and all its shores, are ours. We
nquefed and took the army of The enemy
IN that quarter we reduced all the Indian
tribes under the vnka o. the Uni;ed States
SnH compelled them o beg for Subsistence
FOR t7er wives ADD children f-u,n us. Here
, there is Whole Country emancpated from
re BRITISH sway Yes, sir, we regained a
orovnce we had los', ard conquered ali Ca.
NADIA to the East end of Lake Ontario. Tn
| Ger a I !ke. did we no. succeed in taking
| YORK Odd we not succeei entirely IN eve.
| ~ thins previous TO the close of the ca,o
paign! On Lake Ontario the great Yeo.
VINO was to Conquer US with SO much facii-
ty was driven lnto port, and we were IN
possession OF All the waters of the Lake
with the exec ption of the water in The yjci-
nnv OF the harbor of Kingston. Three
weeks storm and rain washed our tronns
nit' se"cTai sickness and debli V, and vet
lthey proceeded on, and are even now living
at the KEY of & NADIA and ready TO desce.d
to Montreal he moment the SEASON per-
mits, True it is, said MIR Wright. that
tn public cXpe tation was vaised TO bieh
pitch. What man could do. We could u
chieve but 1t was impossible to war
gaInSt the elements or we sinuld long ere
now have been il. possession of Montreal -
For his part, Mr.. w. SAID he attached No
blame to any one and ii was ,ruei. On
lsach SUBJECT as this to anticipate jude
D., ment before the evidence necessary 70 ena
ne tnem to decide was submitted to the
House. TWAS a calumuy 70 say our arm
h failed. We had never directed bioD
that had not it's due effect Bat it was said
the Sec'y Of War ASSUMED the command -
IT Lie"teaai; =, {. T,1T~i % appointed, Iyir
W. said b. would be as muck subordinate 70
me orcTetary ot War, the present Off
Gers OF the army were When the last sss
SIN of Congre-s ended, and be could with
| 'ut disadvantage leave the seat Of govern
o'eni, The Secretary of War. had left bis
Ease here and voluntarily encounte, ed all
the toll and fatigue Gf ii camp lite, to Con
tribute his best efforts to the success of cur
| arrns Ind was there any man in he naf,or
who would disapptove his Conduct We
do injustice, SAID Mr. W to the characters
we thns censure, and not much credit &c
! 'urseives. The man who undertakes tc
Eg've an opinion without evidence, is not qua.
lined 70 decide on it when he has it before
! q m--t;r he must be too preudiced to Judge
correctly. Ms. w. observed he had obiec.
! ted to the resolution passed the other tlay
because there had been no failure of our
arms. NJ officer had deserved condemna,i.
On until evidence appeared against him
ard there was no evi1ence against the cou
rage or conduct Of our army which had dis
IPIayea, not Roman but American valor-sc
conspicuous inleed had been TIE Courage
displayed by both our army and navy, tn
ne hoped the man who should hereafeer
sneak OF Roman valor, on this floor, would
be Considered as speaking in the second de-
gree aid not the 6rst.
| DIr. Fisk ofN. Y. said, before the oues.
ton was taken on this resolve, he should
prefer to see the House Engaged in raising
an army calculated t. require the cammand
OF AN officer OF so high a grade. For after
| I'll that might be- said. and all the enquiry
| hat could be had. it would be found TO be
owing TO want OF soldiers more than want o,
ON ers, that our army h I'd ROT accomplish !
all ttat was expected of them during the
ast Campaign. With ? desire that Con
g~~ss should FIRST organize a rec large
enough for The comm and, before they insti
tuted an Office Of this Grade M. +. moved
that this resolution i,e On the table.