Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-12-17

r0n1fEdE u oU Svos'"~ a..
t,u IL is litesslly a FRENCH cON
SCRIP rIoM; rssor,sd 10 a.owed'y
.,r the conquest of Canada. The re-,
yo,n,iouary government, (howevsr it'
authority may have been quoted fur
nisLes no such example. The old Con
gre.., supported as 1t wasoy the a'mos
unanimous voice Of the peoPls, dared no
resort 10 so dangerous an expecient !;
and it may with safety be asserted ina
neither the people. nor the states could
ever have Designed to confer on The ge'
neral government, q power, rendering
il. 70 all iatents and purposes Ass'
LUTe.
I'd PLAN.
otis prepo.ed to divide all The e'u
zen, Of the United States, capable Of
g bearing arms, into three classes, 10
be regulated by ago. any portion .,
u e;,bsr OF which. ,h- President shall
q have power to call into service. VIXEN
q in Vi, Judgment, the esigene'cs OF
. the country NAV require 1t; 10 re
g main "a service tw, years, from the
50 time each corps shall be as,smSlsd
I. 4, IN. aoaointed place OF rendezvous
II i, also hroho 'ed IL hrohi6f &c en- :
:. ai.yaen, Of sub tpntes.
IN lieu uf this project, so ebiaetlona'
BILE in mast Of its features, the toiios.
iny is Submitted to the consideration OF
The public via:
Let the MILITIA Of each comfy or
township. DO divided ints three classes,
as nearly equal as possible, to be rssu
Lifted not nv sye, I'd, wcalth--ihus, let
,,.t ,hird pl.t Of the whole militia force
IF ID. county or township, paying indi
,i6sally the largest mount OF taxes,
constitute the drst class--;hat third pay
ing individually the next largest
mount. constitute Tho sscond-ibe third
or la,t class beiag composed OF the re-
u,inde-. Tai, cia,si6sa,ioR might be
made By tbs militia officers, or by per.
son. appointed far tho. purpose, md all
iniiviiu,!s mavias in,o a county os
,oSnsaip subsequent ths'sts, might
b. attached t" si'ber class. according 10
the anosnt ofhis tax DILL ; care being
taken, t1,, ne shsil nat thereby escape
the psrformi,ce Anv tour OF daty that
Is to re, or may have been pcriarmod
Nv IA. c,ss. 10 which he is attached.
lie, thu PreidYnt 81 the U. States be
authorised at a,y time to require draft
Of such por,ion Of thu r",!.iia' as IN
hi. iadr.reat tho public service may de-
,,.nd such !orte wien detailed. TO per-
fern ,cur % ~, years acfuat dnsy.
Let tbs dr.H or district bcgia With
the S->t Or realthieS class lie each coun.
" or township, and contisus regularly
ON, through the FIRST second aud third
care bcirg ,sSda, ia going through the
cla.,es from iae 6rs. time, IT, psss over
such ia,!i.,Gu.ls as aase already per-
fo-c,ed their respective tours, UNTIL The
res, of the militia shall have done the
same.
Let any individual Of either class,
Wh. shall be detailed far duty, be per-
mitted 10 furnish a substitale, exempt
ing him from al, further service Eek
cept in case OF call en- masse J until al
the other me ns2rs of the three CLASSES
shall have performed their respective
tours. But in case any individual shall
fail to appear, when detailed, or TO isr
nish Substitute /; let him, III mem
bcr OF the first class. be fined in su"
not exceeding 5 400, and he placed mrs
on the list Of the next draft, subsequent
% the discharge Of those ds,silcd IN tn:
FIRST. Ifs member Of the second class
let the same rul: be observed, sniv H.
hitting his 6ne to 8 $50. II oil this
third, still pursning the san-e course
bat Limiting his 6ne TO 8 100.
Such are the general outlines oil
pl.n, whose advantage, over The one
proposed by the Secretary OF War, are
conceived to be, at once more ehectivs
and less oppressive in hs operation.
An army drawntogether on the Pfis'
ciples Of the Secretary, would eonsrs
in great measure Of men torn reluc'
,an,iy from the bosom, Of ther families
and their ordinary occupa ions, and
forced into . service, for which some
would have been untitled by the previous
habits Of their life, and others by 20
cuiiariries in their constitution or cir
cunstaness. Sush an srmy would ne
cc.sarily become the hotbsd oil our
muriog and discomfort. Its members
like the esnseritts 81 France, denied a.
exemption from military duty either oy
hoe Of. srssau,e. would consider ,he@.
selves: p'-lsce.safiiy oppressed and
ssuld be- deferred rom DISSECTION, o.
(what is .,iil ~etse) from insurree,'en
BY noshipg short Of aspseies OF disei'
pine, al The base idea OF which every
indie peadeut mind must Instantly revolt
A force thss constituted, would oppose
buia feeble bsrrisr TO the disciplined
r. al