Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-03-04

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| I'd. The French conscript was called out
to fight for the support ami ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
of a Particular faniriy, and for the support
also of mobiles in the possession Of their titles
and estates. II was the honor of the Crown
that the Frenchman was called on to fight
TOR. and that, too, in distant lands. The
American citizen is called out to defend no
SoUereien family, no Crozyn no no6ieS, to
give no security and to gain no renown for
them, or any of them bnt 10 fight for the
safety, liberty. and honor of country, where
there are no distinctions of rank, and where.
OF course. every individual fights, when he
does tight, In his oSvn cause as much as in
the cause of the President himself.
Sd. The French CONSUMPTION compelled
| Personal service. The American levy con. !.
tains no such compulson. Every twenty
| i've men. between the ages of Is and As. are
TO furnish one man. Ifno one of the TWEEN
tyhve will serve in person. the whole tween
'y-hve together, are actordine 10 fAei,, hro.
herfy, to pay certain sum of money.
9TH. The French couscript, while he left,
perhaps, An aged father or mother at home
living in penury, was fighting for an empe.
ror, whose wife carried about her person,
at the nations expense, decorations, which
cost as much as would have fed thousands
OF families for year. The American lew.
man knows, that his Government, all taken
together, President, Congress, Judges, Sc.
cretaries, Clerks and all, do not cost so
much IN year, as is swallowed by an I'm.
Perlal Family in one single day.
5th. France was not nUaded This is a
very materiai point. America was, and is
invaded. Her villages, towns and ci,;.r
nave oeen plundered and burnt, A contir,
nafion of this mode OF warfare has b.an
distinctly declared By our Admiral 70 bav
! been resolved on 1t IS invasion. il is de,
VISITATION. it is fire. it is the sword r. ;s
piunder, at their very doors, and in their
very dwellings on the coast, that the Ame>
rican levy are called forth to repel, to pun
lsh or to prevent. 1t is no possible. no ina j.
| glnary, no distant danger that has called
torth TINS measure from the Congress. it is
Gcflfal iHOaSior it is an enemy in the conn-
try there laying waste, plundering and kill,
ing; lawfully, if you please; but. that is
| no matter If Napoleon had landed an ar
my mere, he wonid have been justified in CO
| dong by the laws of war; but, when we
expected MN even to make the Qtte,aht. ar
INVASION did qYe conine ourselves 90 mea
SureS ike TINS OF Mr.. Monroe? Did we not
| eau upon the TUhole of the people to be rea
| ny 40 Come out under marital kazu 2 But 7
am here anticipating another part of the
| subject of my letter.
| 30 much, then, for the Teseza5Inrce no
tween the Preach CONSUMPTION and ,hs
american Levy; and, I am sure, that vonr
| l'ordship viii allow, that they no more re-
semble one another than this REcrsrpp
resembles the Times newspaper. What
then, becomes of Mr.. Walters bombasticaI
! trash about Sanguinary des1lots and cbo,,e1
conscnftS 2 Yet, he will find dupesI h
has found dupes for many years, and he
will continue to find them upon this subject
lear, till we shall see an american feet on
the coast of Ireland, an occurrence more
probable than, at one time, was thought the
! capture OF an English frigate by a Republic
can thing with Bit Of s!ri7ed bunting at rs
mlaSf heaa' as Mr.. Canning thought proper
to describe the American frigates
| But, my Lord, it is not with the French
CONSUMPTION alone that mean to compare
the Republican Levy Let us see (for that
Will bring the thing home to us) what is the
nature OF this measure of Mr.. Monroe
compared with eur N12itias,
We have two or three Militias but
there are two clearly distinguished from
each other One is called the Militia. and
the other the Local Militia. The former
consists of men called out by BALLOT.
| WITHOUT ANY REGARD TO THE
AMOUNT OF THEIR PROPERTY
| Each man, so called on, must serve in per.
son, or must, out of his own pocket. And q
man to serve in his stead and, seeing that
| tie service is, in all respects, except thai
of being sent over sea, the same as that of
| regular soldiers /; seeing that the man may
| be marched to any part of the kingdom
may be dCartered in camp, in barracks, <
| is subjected to all military pains and pen
a!ties, the price of substitutes has long been
so high, that 40 labourer or journeyman
| has, out of his owl! pocket, been able to pro
! cure substitute. Now, you see, there is a
wide difference here. For the man of small
means in America has twenty-fJur Others
to assist him in paying the money necessa
| ry to engage a substitute. Twenty-Five
men are put into class. IF one of them
| goes to serve, the others are able to make
| him handsome compensation. II one Of
! them choose to serve, the money in lieu of
| the service OF one man is to be collected
| from twenty-five men. And, which is the
beauty of this admirable sche We, when it
| comes to the payment of money, each per.
son is to pay, not the same sum, but a sum
| in PROPORTION 10 the amount Of his means.
In England the names of all of certain
ages, in each parish, are put into box, out
| OF which the number wanted are drawn
II happens, Of Course, that, of four, one Is
a rich merchant, another farmer, ano
| ther journeyman taylor, and another la
| borer- Each is to serve in person or find
a substitute. Tie price OF the substitute