The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-06

ed by the committee Of ,l,is house. If the Sc
nate send us one bill, and we, instead, of act
my ON it, send tlcm another, it would place
the two houses IN an awksrd pretlicament.--
IL seemed to him, he said, that the whole ar
gnmeut otthe gentleman agains, this bill was
misplaced. This bill, as well as the gentle
mans bill, would produce 4 Certain .'un.ber
ct recruits tor tho regular army. Should the
bill reported by the gentleman prevail, it
woo,d give us either regulars CT money #
tins bill should pass, we shall have regulars
or good inritia. Both bills We're calculated to
produce rcgullrs, if they cUnld be obtained by
purchase. If absolute certainty was the OBJ
Ject OF the gentleman. it could only be attained
ny resort'ng to regular and fair system Of
conscrption. 10 the result Of any Other sys-
tenn, whether that reported by the miiitiry
committee of this house, or that now under
consideration. some uncertainty must attach
The bill from the Senate promising as much
Certainty as that reported in this house, he
hoped 1t would De gone th,ougi, with and e.
na''y passed.
3 The question was then taken, without fur
Their debate, on tho motion to strike ont tb,.
first section Of the bill, and decided, as fol-
lows:
For the motion 62
Agains. it 6l
~ the motion to strike oct the first sec,ion was ~,
giived IL may he proper to observe tia, every Fed
era! Member, with the exception of some one or two
voted in favor otitom obc cois 10 lie. hill nrol,,
bly,, directly the reverse oil those pressed ,u,t,,ho
coln'nuee by MIR. TrouAl
Mr.. Jennings moved to amend the nDoc--
tionment for Indiana territory by striking out
$40 and inserting 500 The notion was Oh,
posed by Mr. Rieo of Ten. and nega,iveti,
90 or so members only rising in favor of it.
Mr.. Lewis Ct Pa. moved 20 strike out the
present apportosment Of the District of Co
lumb;a. VIZ. 43o, and insert 80, which he said
would be at the rate of every twenty fifth man.
in's motion was opposed BY Mr.. Rice, and
negatived.
mr.. M'Nte q IL. -rnoyed 20 strii.e OH,
tte 9TH section cffhe bl [whiul,Iira;,s .he scr
vices to lie required Of the dvasse,l militia GO
the bounds OF their oyti and any adjoining
stat, with the exception of the western states,
WHO are, waen required, to serve in Louisiana,
and those of. Pennsylvania and Virginia in
ike manner In tie Michigan territory, &c.
lie Could not see any possible benefit to arise.
from 1t, but he could see great Inconvenience.
Ut might frequently be inportant thar the mi
iitia Vt one state should serve IL, safe which
was not adjoining theirs, and in some sections
OF the country might refuse their CO operation
III CdS~, themselves nntiSr thts
provisions OF this act &c
This motion was seconded by Mr.. .Sb0rb nj
Ky. who thought this section calculated TO cx.
cite feelings or dissention and state an! local
preJldiceS. We ought to iesislate as il 70,
A nation, ard nDt for state authorities
we ocght 10 encourage national feeling.
not sectional views. He should ike 10
sre flat feeling diiTueed through the nation
which prevails in some parts OF the uuion,
that woaid i1Iuce the citizens freely TO march
iroin one extreme TO another To meet the
eneny, rather than be should hold foot OF
the soll. But when yor recognize the prin-
ciplc ttat the i&lli,iQ oi one site, say Mas
sachusetts, shal! not, on occasion, be liable TO
march for the defence OF the shores Of aao-
ther, say Maryland or Virginia, or that the
9!liha OF the state OF Kentucky or Tennessee
should not If necessary march to- the defence
O. Massachusetts, you sanction , local STAT,
feeling which viii beithe tane u The prasDc.
riiy Of the ration; The states West OF the
Mountains and thcse East Of the Potomac,
were as much Sister states, lie said, ia if they
lay contiguous TO each Other. From the mode
OF legislation embraced il; this section, Mr. S.
feared the excitement of sentiments hostile TO
the Srandeui' of tie character Of this nation
as welt Us to It's honor, both of which could
only be attained by IN anlalSamat;on OF ia
tional feeling.
MIR. Caktou7 remarked. that cvch we're
the section stricken ont, it would not iratcri-
ally vary the nature Of the service Of these
militia forces, which would bc confined to
thclr respective states un!css necessity requi-
cd their service elsewhere, IN which case such
a limitation as is contained in The. bill would
be very announcement. lie therefore concurrcd
III the opinion that the section ought to be
stricken cut.
MIR. KN1ourr Of Ohio Imported the motion
to strike out the 9TH section. lie Conceivedthe
militia service already sufficiently injured if
not tuSho'ored by IL construction of the con-
stitution which had limited its utility. He
hoped il wou.1 net be further restricted in
such Z provision as this. To shew its inj,lri-
Gus tendency, lie instanced the case, which
night happen, a. Ike militia of New-lerscy
being called or 10 cross the Delaware to aid
III tie defence Of Pennsylvania or Delaware
----the enemy retiring across an imaginary line
iEto tlic state % Maryland, to regain their
chips IN the Chesapeake, tlIc militia would,
uiiJcr this citon; be rreCi:,ded from pursl-
,ns them You'd .he Inc, unless it suited their
pleasure, S,c.
The question on striking 5nt the 7th section
was decided in the Affirmative By large ma
jorty.
Several CHER unin2artant amendments
were proposed. giving iisc 20 dcsuitcgy dis
cu,sio". which were var;ous!J d.sp0sedof
Nj. King II \. (. moved te amend the bill
so as MOTTO conGne .Gc Governors of states, u
the selection Of tie officers to COMMAND tue
militia to be drafted in pursuance cf tie bill,