The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-02-15

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oinaiy mode; but believe it wolla cds; the
people much less. Indeed ] very much doubt
wpetner cur soldiers do rot now cost US
io2Co each, taking into Consideration the boun
~, premiums. pay q rations to recruiting Of
hcersi loss OF money in the haGcs Of some of
'hfu,, ana other Incidental expences. / am
iio' ao'e TO anticipate any Constitutional OBJ
Je. t'ons which can be urged against lie plan
have proposed, even by-tbe most scrupu-
.ous. Nor Can presume that il viii be sub
JeCt TO the term of :" CONSUMPTION" word
winch 10 snmc is 50 alarming. The present
uirect tax CT SIX millions of dollars, if a piled
IN the manner proposed, Ill wing TWO nun
uIeo collars FOR each recruit, would raise
$4,000 men; but it cannot be calculated that
the whole tax will be thus .ppiie,i, even if
the citizens should i'm no pant Of The conn
~ ma Any difficulty in procuring sufficient
number OF men, because there will in all az
the states be more or l,ss property owned is
ne'i-rSslcents, to which the Classification
would not be applicable. Ii might therefore
D. tar to calculate that from the cause have
Just mentioned, AMI Otixr Incidental causes
not more than 20 or 25 600 would be 4btain-
"a, "hhe the balance Ut The tax would Oe iad
IL money.
viii not = present hazard an opinion as
70 the number which w otight to taicuiate
on raising. provided ,he plan is adoDtetl--th,t
beng subject which more properly belongs
10 Others but prosuming that 1t might be.
ehPedient tn increase the tax for The present. .
year, with view of eniarging the nu,at.er O.
men beyoni what the SIX millions would raise,
nave proposed by the secohd resolution an
enquiry that subject
may perhaps be told, that in consequence
OF the pledges Contained N The direct tax bill. =
aad the engagements fthe government foun-
aed on them, there is an insurmountsb,e diff.
ncuity IN the way OF adopting the p!an have
nd Gu, a.
am myself Incllned to differ opinicr
Ii however there be no ether way Of ettips
over the supposed diff ~ ties, ] should be II.
favor OF substituting other new taxes, OF. Of 81
increasing the present direct tax as 10 make
1t SUFFICIENT to procure proper number Of
men, leaving the present six millions to find
the,r"ay to The treasury. Gentlemen perhaps
VIII say, that, TO substitute other Indirect
taxts FOR the present dircct tax, or to increase
the direct tax in the manner have propos-
Cd wa be to impose burdens upon the PEG
Iie hcavier than Gnu be borne
admit they viii bc heavy. hut 81, the
people OF tals country had vather SUPPORT
tae &c rights at any expense than slraeilc r
TIM, ald-l am altog0sucr Il. AIKEN rs 20
pAahc opi"ion, or 1t is clamorcus from ey v
qu rter, for thc government to adopt strcJt-
energetic measures. such as with co,an n
prudence and eXertion will ensure succl
nave not the vanity TO suppose tlG.t 4 e
prcpoSltcns, have submitted ere flee firm
Objections. But u;'ieSs something Ga be If
Tered less Liable to theni h . thcy NAV b.:
aiopied' Tor SUITE am thar we ought tn do
sfhethn S ana tilt without DELAY Should ID
De o J cted that too great delay will att nd
tie PlanI have submitted. Il ash of qcntIernay,
TO present one which shall be practicable.
ana which viii be attended with less and g
SURE them mat Will give my aid in adoDtiug
IT. But beg ufge ntlcInen that we NAV not
let TINS session pass by without doing eoroe-
thing which will have a tendency Go re
ileve our citizens from their fearful apDre-
hensior,
Mr.. Wr6ster opposed the resolves. and
demanded the yeas and NAYS on their adorti-
on. he objected to the consideration, ~ tslje
late honr, f new projects. which, thossh
they would seriously obstruct the rrctu,ti1g
service, could produce no good. The prso
sent direct tax, he Observed was pledged TO
SPECIFIC purposes and an addition to the d.;
rect tax was not practic lble, that tax being
ALREADY as heavv as could be borne The true
interest OF the country, he believed, indicated a
reliance on voluntary enlistments fer filing
tile ranks Of the army, &c.
Mr. Gotdsbor2Hgh appeared to be inclined
10 see TINS SUBJECT referred to a committee
OF the whole, for full and mature conside
ration.
CIR. H'Ight expressed his regret at seeing
sum llopusillo1 introduced 1T this time
Tor sure he was, it would produce no good
cut' besides consuming public time the W.
~ publication Of the motion would iqve a
t-hdeney to check the recruiting scr,;ce.-
Tie had information which atithorized him
to say tn there was a perfect confidence
the army would be flied IN good time H.. the
ordinary process # recruiting and, if we
had been able to obtain money 1T the com
mencement IT the session, he had no doubt
but the array would now have presented n
very numerical front indeed. He advrrted
10 tue nigh bounties now paid, Compared to
those PAID during the revolution which
would soon produce good army, aud on ar
my OF wealthy men too each entitle bv -
tue OF his enlistment u 900 acres e lind. &c.
ne states, too, were rais,ag lroops, cf,ybirn
the state OF Maryland had mag ..anirY,,usty
voted to raise 5000. These now nrojct5.
w. feared, would defeat the only one IN
which reliance ould be placed, viz. the re-
cruiting service.
Mr.. CrosUeHeT said he was totally oppescd
to this mct'n, 10 principle, which was re-
sides impracticable. The assumption O. Inc
direct tax by some Of he states iuterros,r ~
itself an insupersOle difficulty ia tie way Of
tins wild project.
Mr. GloLscn said ne did believe II At the
subject Of providing for filine the rjrkaof