Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1814-02-26

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knewn to have existed IN some OF
wh,eh, interests Oh a peculiar character
and great Tagmtaae have been at
sake. Withtnis knowiedSe oil the
past imast nave evidence OF some
change inule purposes OF administra-
uoa' setore 4 can vote Tor tins bill,
onuer an expectaaion that protection
WIZ tnefeby De aherdsd to either from
.ier OF tue union. " such change there
Is no 'ntimation. I'm the contrary, gen.
tiemen tell US, ex2iicitly, that the ac-
9alsit'en Of Canada IS stlli deemed to
We an essentlai oeleet and the vote OF
me the house w,tilin the last halt hour has
v"t tpe ma'ier beyond donht. An
T non, gentleman From Virginia, (air.
Speney! mas proposes an amendment
70 TINS OH, limiting the service OF the
troops 70 ns ra.setl ey ITS provisions
20 OBJECTS o. dereuces 10 the bill thus
amenaed, ne oitefsd nus support, and
wou.a nave peSneheer'uity foiieweds by
MS iriea1ss ne aMendments was re-
Jecseus is<ssssatls therefore that
ei'e '.i 1ea, oujec: or Tbs Proposlt.sn TO IN
crease the m'ttary force to any cxs
'rao!dinary degree, by extraordinary
mean s. is 10 act over again the scenes
Q, 'he Two last campaigns. 10 that
enJec.1 cannot iend my support. J
a ~ aiready satisheu VITA the exhib"
'io G:
uve me ieaye 10 say, SIR, that the
,ohc On Inc sanJect OF the conquest Of
oahana seems 10 BE net little chang
eu. Deiofe inc war that conquest was
represented 10 be qaite an easy affair.
ne yai,ant sPiIl's VINO 'neala'ed II,
were only fearful lest 1t should be too
arsSe 70 We slor.ons ansy had no APP
io' ee so powerinl as 10 render the VIC
tory splendid. These confident expec-
tahons were, however, accompanied
with a commendabIe spirit Of modera-
hon, the true mark of great minds, and
1t was gravcly said, that we ought not
to make too large a grasp for domini-
on, but to stop in our march Of conquest
northward, somewhere absut the line
Ut perpetual conSelation, and to leaye
TO our enemies or others, the residue
oil the continent to the pole. How hap
pens it, sir, that this country. SO easy.
of acquisition, and over which, accord
ing to the prophecies, we were to hsv We
been, by this time legislating, sdivid-
ing it into states and territories, is not
yet ours Nay, sir, how happens it !,
that we are mt even free ofinvasion
ourselves that gentlemen here cal! on
us, BY all the motives of patriotism, to
! ASST IN the defence Of our own soil,
andPourtray before us the state of the
iron'e, - .5ei aent and animated alIi-
s,ons 'i &c topics, which the
n'oa .s OF insi-u warfare usually sug-
RI, =.
~ 81, - mol what we were pro-
n''seu: MS is not ,hs entertainment
e e. mhlcn we we're invited. Fhis is no
."tnil' en-, Oh ,hose predietions. which
' 1s ~, o"s 'y 'seii not 70 ne
~. MS IS not 'ha' harvest OF
Ssa'hsss pna Story, inc seeds OF which
".'e suPPosen 10 DC soWu Win the de-
oiI u,1 OF war.
49, "1h we ask etf' Tor Tire causes OF
Ia u,sapPo"t'ne,ls' we are told that
~ are o"lh5o TO the opposition which
.'o. wa, encounters 10 th,s Rouse, and
am: ,se people All inc eviis which
49, 81" NJ EQUITY are shpuiea,o oppo-
ta;n !his IS 'hs fashionable One
- no''i mere anu ciseWhere. Us
a ~ &c o"'h 10 oPposi''ph 'ha' Inc
onnos;t;a 'e "ecessa ana OWLS 70