Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1815-01-02

the Houfe of Representatives, with fome
amendments, and alterations, and has
gone back to the Senate for their concur
renee. The attempt TO put the reqpiIi.
ltion upon the white population failed 4
the Houlc, and the term of fcryice was
reduced from years, to year If We
underitand the tate of it correctly. the
Honic removed the limitation of icrvice
of the militia 70 their own or an aaiolas
ing State, +, that, as the bill now iiands,
the militia Of Connections may be ORDER
cd 10 New Orleans, or the fhorss Of Lake
Ere
1t feemed, by the courfe Of debate on
the Iaih, as if there was fone danger
thar this isvouri,e msafurc of the Admin
iitration would have failed. The party
| fell into great confulion, and 70 broke up
on that night .,cfcre the neyr day they
were zempsed in to iuch a degree thar,
on The hpai quelion, a majority of Il
was obtained.- Ii remains 10 be fecn
what the Senate will do with it in its pref
ent fate. We preiume they will con-
cur, though with fome reluctance, for
fhe Bill has loft one Of its mott i,nportaar
features, in their opinion We alluds
TO th- reduction OF the time of fstyice
| from Two years TO one year. We nave
no doubt The trainers of the Bill coniid~
cred the two years feryice as one Of the
itrong points in the cafe. We preiume
it was expected by shem. that the nailra
would 70 greatly dread fuch length Of
lervice, thai they would generally hire
tubIltutes for the regular army, and in
thai way, fupply the government with
fpecies of troops which they would Ike
much batter than they would even Con-
lcripts. 1t mutt be agreed that this il an
ingenious mode of laying and collecting
a rax for the United States. 1t is a fort
of forced loan, which nothing ihort Of
the wits Of our Administration, or their
warm Importers, would have invented.
II appears thar one of our mott diifin-
guiihcd patriots, is quite diisurbed at the
glamour RATED againa this exccrabIe
mealurc. we allude 10 Mr.. Adiutans
General Duane the doughty editor Of
the aurora. This impudent vagabond
is not content with holding high and
profitable commiilion under the PreGdenr
and being ifationcd entirely enf Of baym's
rvay where he can enjoy his cafe, poker
his pay, cat his rations, and write for his
paper. lie wants, in addition TO all thefr
comforts, to have it in the power OF the
government, and their tools, to force
| the honef and induitrious farmers, mechs
anics, and labourcrs, from their families
and occupations, into the United States
Iicrvicc, to brave the dangers, and endure
Itac fuffrrings and hardihips of the camp,
under fuch reGegadoes as himfrlf (excepr
thar they mutt have courage. for the
tpurpofe Of fighting battles for Mr.. Mad
lions popularity, and if they Come Of
alive, to taks their pay in Exchequer
1 Bills "a iecond edition of Continental
Money.
In avery late paper, be has favcurcd
his readers with an article Of nearly three
|columns Oh the fobjed Of this meafure.
One great objea OF the piece is, to per-
fuade them, tha, there is nothing very
lfrigh,ful II Conferipton. /" liz terns
CMycripfion says he, Ggnifss 10 more
Titan TIE sy,itins dczsu tie namrs gf ter55as
|u 1esjaer 5r ~. ~ gevsrnn<.ts.