Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-11-10

tioI, oil the Country VAS aTehoy e""au''
ed by the services they haa frsqasntF
and successfully rendered. II vas m
uo.sibls therefore tsat any large force
could be collected nader this bill, even
retaining The section which had been
.trickea out in committee OF the whole.
But if gentlemen persisted IN calling
upon men for a contribution OF voiun'a
nv services, rot to defend their homes
but 10 fight our battles, 10 march here
and there, without appealing to other
inducements than patriotism and brave
nv, they would only deceive themselves
und the government.
Mr.. Calhoun Of s. c. remarked that
the military force by which We can ope'
rate eon,is,s Of two descriptions: ;ae
regular force, whose general character
IL mrrcerary, the soldiers ents,ing Tor
the sake OF the bounty and subsistence;
drafted militia ca.!ed into sursiee I'M
der legal obligation, nbd volunteers
bro, INTO the field by patriotic motives
only II volunteers were to be obtained
only by The greatness OF the lncuee-
nen,s or the snloant OF compensation
held out, Why Call Cor volunteers a. all I!
| NJ. C said lie would MT consent to de-
rogatc from tic motives OF those whc
volunteer by supposing ,hcn to be nj
together actusted by suth motives
There we're temptations of one KIND hold
out to those who emil in tue regula'
army, and OF another To ,hase who 70
lurteer Love al country is the boast, IL
IS tic Jewel Of The volunteer corps.
They arc unht for the tug OF war, 10.
It's Grugery and !a;igae. Th:y are Pc
| cuiiar,y adapted 70 cases emergency
| OF grea, pc ,nn.l danger, but no, great
! fatigue. We mus, rely on -eGul'rs 10
/ be enlisted, anG, il Rot 20 DC had In sui.
fcisa. numbers, on these VINO shall ee
| srslled fro,n tie whnic body vi the mil
tia. These Two constitute the bone and
muscle Of The army, II great reliance
| had been placed On volunteer tTrce
| WHY had anolaer bill been reported by
,he military committee, wiki exirsordi-
| nary provision. Tor filing the ranks OF
the army Certsiply, the volunteers
! had Nnly been considered CO operating
or subsidiary force, the regulars beirg
the bssi, a bod. Of volunteers, for IL
stance, might Individually and collect
/ ive!y pos,cSs tI.e same Split as the liz
tie army under General Brown. but
they sonld no; be eXpecsed toiendsr the
SANE kind OF services.
slr. Fix oil VI. said that The argu.
rneat Of the gentleman from South Ca
! rolina, extended a little father, would
| !avcr the denial Of any compensation TO
I volunteers for their service. The gen
| tle,nau would then see, how many, pa
| ,c;o,isn alope would ia:'nre 10 Ike the
ieh for two years. Volunteers, Mr.
r. said, were Of lie sane materials as
regulars. ifno, better. None VI Browns
army had 5cn III service two wears, ;na
nv q! them not six aonths and yet t!ey.
lad covered themselves with glory, aoh
c,,ab.i.hed the nasiansi cha ac.er. Va
der The guidance If men who know o"
10 bring ii TO action Tho miiIc'y spirn
with wb:.h the country was universally
Inspired. und, ~ sncn men as Brown. ~c-
iunlects w3uld SON be tted For the
"iug o! w-'."
FIR. Barnett of Geo. sai'l he was
in favor Of the war, and always have
been. and yet he was in favor Of
striking out This scrtiou. In old
times he said. the patriotism Of the
people had burnt ill its object was
answered; now il seems patriotism
is to burn ont in two years. lie
hoped. however. il never would he
.exiinsuished until we obtain the OBJ
iect OF the war. He vas 10 favor Of
the war, he said. and was in hopes
we were 10 fight il out with ball and
powder-we are now fighting il with
words and wind, and ncrer shall bring
it to a conclusion if We spend so much
time in talking about il. Mr.. d.
concluded by saying he was opposed
to exemption in any way.
Mr.. Duval Of NY. asked whether
after faithfully serving his country
for two years. volunteer was 10 be
told, his patriotism was not worth a
rush because il had not carried bin
him 20 fhe end of the war1 Let
ecnilcmcn place themselves in tic
situation Of the volunteer. Why not
serve The nation here from motives Of
pure and unadnllerated patrioii,ml
live have SO much OF II on the tongue
why not l;':ie in practice! The
members Of this House. he presum-
ed, were in general mare wealthy
than the volunteers. Let them be-
min IL i'll, IL q srlxaS md thpn nrrach