Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1814-02-12
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CONGRESS.
SPEECH
OF TIE
non .NR. MILLER, Of Nev-Tork,
OF TIE
ON TIE ARMY BILL.

the hill now unIer consideration nor
can content myself with sileut vote
Il am opposed toihe bill
Isl. Because the force it seeks to
raise, is to be used III this toar OF
csnqasst-rhe crusade against Cana
da.
I'd. Because we have NOT the infor-
tioa we ought 10 have, before we grant
more money; or raise luere mep, te
prosecute this ru:nous and Disastrous
war. ~.
Sd. Because think-tl,is ada,;r;stra-
ton Is imcsmpsteat to conduct the war
to u successful issue.
18th. Because | au; utterly opposed
to the priacip!s which have leen n
vowed in the progress OF the war,
l. 10 not nay iateGt;nn toteueh the
details Of TIE bill on the table. al;
; though l think them very defective and
objectionable. ! am opposed to The
whole hill
Ist. Eecause tie forse is to BE used in
t6iS ,oar Of conquest
We lave been told b. hen. gentle
men OF the other side the house, that
however much VIC may have been on
s'na!!y Opposed! to the var, il nav &c
comes our daty to withhold our oppo-
sition, and afford oil the means in our
power TO carry it on with the utx,nst
visor. To this opinion cannot suo-
scribe-it gees TO the destrueiiom oil ci-
vii liberty, and will not lind advocates
on this slde OF the house. This doc
trine strikes at the yilals OF your re-
puhiican institutions. 1t amnnats TO
neither more nor less than thi>-that
u weak and wicked administration. q
spe ak not particularly of the present
meh IN pover) finding the confidence
OF The people Withdrawn, and their
power aaoHt IN pass into other hands.
have nothing to do but declare war.
ana instantly aliorpositioa mast cease
the men whe happen to be ia place,
at ihs time OF the declaration of war,
however weak, howevcr incompetent
ana however profisate, llust be sep,
ported at every hazard. To this doe
t"iuc : naieef, as il goes directly 10
tho obstruction OF civil liberty. 'fhe
people OF this country ain proud to
say II, the people Of this csuairy have
an undouated right TO pass upon The
conduct OF public niea, and examine
the tendency Of public measures, tx
war, as well as in peace.
LII seems 10 be agreed on all side,
that this is nnt the FIT occasion to dis
enss The merits Of the present war. i
snail follow the example Of other GEN
titmsn III this particuiar. Pcrp,ii ue
however 20 remark, that at the time or
the declaration Of war, there was re-
spectacle minority IN both houses of
cong ess and must / say minority
III Tie nation, who disapgreyed OF the
war, as ineXpedieUt, Dneessary and
unjust. Siaec the declarations az the
war. re main pillars Oh which Il rest
ed (thc orders III couuciI) have beeu re-
moved usd ii rests uow principally.
ii rot solely Oh The grouad Of la press
meht. Many WHO approved the war at
liz dcciaraticn, might now well Doubt
TIE Propfiety ofits continuance. I.is
not, sir, under circumstances like these
that The minority can lie fairly called
on, to gran men and Eioney TO prose
cute this war---a war which thcy con-
sldered inexpedient, unnecessary and
unjust in lis origin and the principal
cause of which has since totally fail
ed.
Tho conquest Of Canada has been
distinctly ayowed as an object OF tile
war. hy hon. friend fran New
Hampshire DIR. Webs,er) stated 20 you
that lis constituents did not want
Canada THAT they were opposed TO
this war ST ambition and conquest. An
hon. gentleman from Penn who Just
sat down. tMr. inSersoll) said his con
slitUents considered the war lust and
necessary and The conquest OF Cana
da Indispensable. He said also that it
was patriaiic 10 enlist in sGci cause.
l would like to know how many OF
that hon Sentienian's constituents have
enlisted for tjIis war, so necessary and
so Just And how mopy OF then. have
marched for the conquest Of Canada
which lie and they think so indjspensa-
bic Does hc see the dilemma in
which he may have placed his consti-
tuests. / pat ii 10 yop, sir. If that
hen. gentleman proves to IRE thot this
war IS necessary and jUst--fhai the
conquest Of Canada is Indispensable
that TO JOIN the army is patriotic, and
that his constituents know it [; and l
prove to him ;hat his constituents have
net JONES the army for these objects,