The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-09-21

~ YORK, Pennsylvania & Kentucky, what be-
came ofBeckwith & histroops z they vanished
from our coasts and repaired 10 Canada Eu-
ring the present year, not man was suffered!
To come here, until they had sent, Us they
conceived, sufficient reinlorcements To tlat
lroVince. A veryiate Bermuda paper boas-
ted, that as they had sent men enough to Ca
nadia they might now lay waste the Atlantic
board.
III thcn the best way 30 reEcL if1,:Sio,i is 10
send f-oofts % C:MGdg, il is the frs. duty OF
congress to provide suitable means for that
purpose.
But as invasion cannot be totally repeIled
III uils way, bsCause marines and Seamcn viii
SUI be IN Brush ships, TO annoy us, we must
also nave troops on our se.t-board.
we shall want troops. therefore, partly to
drive the storm OF war into the etienly's conn
Try, and partly to meesit ON our own shores
IN; next Question is, io7v we are 70 raise
t''tSc troops We have found that voll,ltQru
eh.to."tehfS vii. not raise as many as we wish
Tor me people are generally too wen of to
take the bounty and the demand for substi-
tites u supply the place of those who are
Called '"to the militia, takes OF mauY of those
VINO would be disposed to enlist.--1'he militia
however nCbly they may act on certain occa
slons, are con,eSSedly not caiculated for the
more tedious and pcrilous movements OF the
war. Livery page OF Washington's Official
letters teens with complaints on t.is head
he asked sor soldiers who would serve lcueer
than three or six months-he asked for
troops 70 serve him till the end Of the war.
Congress at last yielded TO his remonstrances
and Congress must pursue the same course
now. but Ill what way must they raise troops
Tor longer periods? We give the answer from
ths lips the fathers of the Revolution. We
eNpound the hgU1ci1ie in the words of the Sta
tute OF Virginia passed in May 1880:
WhgREAs, the General Assembly, hath received ~.
thentic Intelligence, that his mos, Chilsfi,1, Majesty
Is determihcd to SEMI powerful land AID marine oiy
10 cooperate with the L. >. in elin. the common
enemy and SINCE both the pressing instances OF Con-
grcss y the Obvious interest tins Commonwealth Ia
fes'stiby inpel Us 10 make eveI4ou whereof nos
sesag sur ei1ofty 81 force we May ensure victory, 81
speedily terminate the with safe and honorable
ece--oc Il enacted bU the Ge5-1m .fsSeh.II That
three thousand men shall bc EO-tlwith raised for
u'e purpose ~ completing this states quot, OF con-
cnentd forces, to- until the last ,lay OF December
hs, and to DC arranged in such corps or batiaiions
i,.iongriS I" t'is Commonwealth, az Ills Excclcncv
Tie C"mmsnder ia Cnier shalt direct The several
co'"ues AID CO. !n,atio"s wi;hm this commonwealth
(exsept tiie county OF Illinois, aud except also the
counties william tie territory in DISPUTE between tins
to"lmonU dsth and Pcuusl yanial shall Tor this p,ir
pose each oil hem furnish within thirty DAYS AFTER tucir
miita shall .aTe bec'. laid CT iato divisions as herein
az directed, one ftteea,i oil such ct tlieir
mIua as exceed the age Q! eighteen years, ilclu-
hnS all u!e commissioned snd non-eoin sqonetl
officers unGcr the age OF fifty ve:,rs. tc,irc,ipp
those Who shall have marched AT the time o, the
said draft, either for the assistance OF C,lr0aa or L.
defend the poisson the western frontier but the W.,
lnairEn1 number shalt furnish fifteenth man as a.
tlcssid Ike County Lieutenant Commanding OF
Hcer o. each county corporation within tins com mon
wealth Except before exccpadl shalt inme,atel,
alter the receipt oil tlds act, sunnon the Fieh officers
at las county corpA~on the four senior. Mlpis
tIates, not hciug Field officers, anil the Commissioners
o. Tie taE IN meet at such D,sce he shall apDgin
wiilnn 10 DAYS ster due notice gwen To Them which,
sad Field officers Magistrates ang Commissioners or
MAJORITY Othose attending having first taken The uatl,
20 be administered Icy the senior Niags ate to the oher
members, and by some oae OF the Others him. to do
equal and impartial justice trthe best oi tAcr Judgment
therein, shall, with the assistance OF the Captains or
Commanding officers OF te several militia companies
who shall also be summoned to attend with their rolls
distinguishing carefully thcreon iry;,l.s those persons
vino may have arrived to IS years Of aye, those who
may nave come within the district on his companv
ana also those who may have removed o. died since the
delivery OF his last list to the Lieutenant ofhe county
and sving Standardization mon oath, proceed to lay off
and DIVIDE tie county and militia into SIS many separate
districts ard DIVISIONS as the number Of required
ny iisact sail make Necessary, ia which districts
They stall include all the asses able property in the
s'i county corporation, aud arrange il in the Sc
Fer'i lt Tcts as 10 a Seas equal distribution thereof
as the nstlre O the will admit among the several
divisions, which shall consist as near, as NAV be- of f
teen men earh. The divisions tls cons itmed may
co iectan1ong themselves sum Of money ia addition
to b6unty hereafter mentioned, aud deposit in the
hsls oil one OF their b"iy, To be by them chosen, who
sai proceed herewith 10 ecruita man t. serve In the
continental army until the last dayof December, 1881
H|T01laeE HAT lac viii not enlist Of any 9th
er division than in his owr, until such division shall have
procured man for itself, sc. &c.
subsequent section acquits any division Of the draft
uoI' IT'S apprvhendiug addelyeIing up any dser!sI.
from the continental army from the troops of the
Commonwealth.
Congress VIII have to say how many men
they want, and of course what hrO,lorIi0n of
the people viii be embodied.--But this is a
acre as well as Il quick way Of filling the ranks
the army.
But suppose we raise nen-how are we to
raise mcHey 3--lfw we cannot borrow as much
specie as we want, we must throw ourselves
upon the unyiolated credit ofthe government,
and ISSUE a. much paper money as will sup
ply the dehciency-this paper to be received
~ payment of the taxes-while new taxes
are laid to support our credit.
with such resources as we possess, who
can despair of the republic If with 2,OOO. 600
OF sputs, almost without arms, without anmu-
milton, with few OF the resources of war, our
fathers plunged into a contention with the
same Oppressor who now calls forth our
spirit fin the darkest days of the revou-
ton, when our armies were nearly disbanded,
and New-York and Philadelphia were IN the
hands Of the enemy, our fathers did not des-
pam Of successfully should we wioh 5000
600 Of inhabitants, < with arms in our hands.
ANONYMOUSLY yield up the cause of tic Re-
public , The enemy hove He'd in panic from
Washington-and were driven from BaIti
more. The spirit Of our country is awakened
Massachusetts is up, and the Unign is safe
Provost has fed in precipitation from Plafts-