Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-01-09

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s"ies t'e place ot assemhlase tor the legislators
irom the Citierent parts OF the union which would
e. able parents to Keep up intercourse with their
children, twas also the resort oi all regnsrs o. IN
formation who visit the coutry, and would afford to-
the institution I'll Tie benefit oltheir experience rs
well rs that of tire intelligence Of our country The
great OBJECTION 20 multiplying military academies,
was tii,s that when they established tLey
cannot be sbOlishc however neXp ef!ient they NAV
be toupd. Restricting the number now, there VOui
beno difficulty in INCREASING them hereafter. But,
establish an academy in Carolina and one in Ken
lucky, ndhy an attempt hereafter 10 abolish either
al thvm, the state would consider itself insute,i,
and oppose 1t accordingly. lie WAS in favor there
lore, ot es ablishing ony at present Perhaps
the plan contained in the bill was not conplete
perhaps there ought To be one large and severed
subordinate academies $50, let there be e1;ab-
'ished one principal academy here, and harnonous
suhoi diaate institutions elsewhere. Ia any paint oil
NV, he approved Of the amendment proposed by
las colleague.
MIR. johnson Of In opposed the motion, as cacu-
lated to destroy the bill The ject Il making us
one people, lac said, d: ar TO his heart 81,
sacred That h. wuuid oppose no constitutions. m.a-
sure eslouisIed 40 promote it, Hut Il il was now
conteuJed that great national military academy
was to all efectlay in that rapprtapt object, bv
S"'eetins at one point and amaigna,ing the militia
~ spirit OF the nation, tlsIs proposition lid not go
TAR enough. IL ought also TO propose TO aboi.h the
academy Ut West Point, rs 20 leave bu. the ont.
now proposed to Ice established here. Nh. T. could
not assent to the idea OF rivsshp between The states
IN consequence ot multiply ing TIE Military acade-
mics. What, he asked, in this view had been the
eiiect oil the institution al West Point Had any
local jealousy or rvashp been p oducea by ii
on tue contrary, it wasatlmtted or al hands tl,at
1t lad produced very beneficial effects without anv
sucii aoy. II great military institution c0ui,l be
established 1t this place, calculated To effect the OH
lect the gentleman had 1T heart, he should not per-
maps Object 10 IT bIi, the ot cons viii n bad been
n'@ie toihe "slao 'shlng other academies applied
with equal ton &C 10 West Point IS To those now
proposed TO be- estab Wished ar other points. Mr. =.
made some Observations going to estab the or ~
advantages 20 be derived from these military a,,,l,
mles, compared with toe cXpence of them Tho
people OF every section OF our country In. said hal
spirit to Nndcae their rights It nev wer. Instructed
III he mode osdoiaE it. Officers on,, wore wanted
10 leSd Them on aad impart 10 the bepy; of he in.
strucucu winch thev have received aud no rnet,oJ
oil forming officers could he cuopai e. Tor ieacv ),
economy TO that by military academies The ex-
pence Of al! tie academies now proposed, including
the pay OF professors. support Of cadets, Sc h.,
Showed by Statement from the proper authority
would not exceed $500. OO0annualiy-a s,nsU sum
indeed, compared 10 the object IL concluded bv
saying that he WAS Gppos d 10 any modification OF
the bill whate YER
alr. HULBEDr a!so spoke against the proposed
amendment. re was opposed To 1 because he be-
HeVea the adoption Ot II would be the destruction Of
the bdl. He beiongedito the committee which had
reported The bill, aUd had given it in its present
sal'e his hearty assent. lie believed it necessary
tlat the institution Of the Military Academies
Should be enlarged in some shane or other Irtie
Que ~ West Point could be sufficiently enlarged.
ne had no Objection To that coarsc but within his
recollection, he said, attempts had been made To re-
meFe that at West Point aud establish ii here.
q" 'hatfian be was utterly opposed and Shouts
the present motion succeed, he believed it would
p"t an end to the idea 81 cn!argir~ the Military A.
cademy ~ all. Mr. H. appeared TO be s7tisie,
uiat the establishment OF one additional Academy
Only, ana That one IN this district could not succeed
ne was deereuly OF opinion that We ought To have
more cadets than we nos have at Military Schools
gaming that instruction in military science for the
want of which failed so greatly in the openne OF
the late war The d.sg aces We have SIT red and
costs VIC lave incurred, do rho that war Il 9 want
OF this instruction form strorg argument in favor
oil multiply ing the means of obtainingit When the
army went into the field at the commencement
OF the late war, its officers had Just been selected
from eiVliie without ref renee 10 their military
science or experience defeat and disgrace were
the consequences. MIR. II. adSeUtrd TO the max
la that an army Of hares commanded by lion
we're betler than an army of lions commanded by
a haze Ia the spirit Of this maxim, Mr. H. cDn-
tended that to prepare the nation for war ought
not 10 have large military establishment in time
OF peace but men of science in every par; of the
nation ready tn take the field in ime of danger
IL 'Vnr be considered Just, SAID he, there will ne
VERDE any difficulty in raisne an army in this eo;In-
ny The people will turn out HG88eif they have
OihceTs Guallhed to command them. X by nieats
Of military academies eight hundred cadets are con-
stan'iy IN coarse OF instruction, there Will be- no
difficulty IN iUding proper persons to command an
army r. ~ es.ts:ti THay egcr want ii nlight
ne SAID hat eight hundred cadets woldbe too MA
ny lac did not believe It. We have seven milf
ons Of people, and if are again involved in war
and have TO select some tiousafd officers, ve
should not find too many cadets to choose from. He
denied the probability of Jealousy riyaIshp be-
tween The Ststes from the establishment Of several
academies; on the contrary, the effect OF the estab-
'ishment at this place oioue Only would be to excite
that very Jealousy dist gentlemen dreaded. Aiiud-
ing TO the Distance ofsome Of the southern and west
eTn states, Louisiana particularly from West
Point and even from the District ot Columbia, he
said there ought,n he Academy south Of ills
pace The committee had r. comEeiicd only
three in addition 10 that at West Point. The poo
pie oi the North, he believed, would be perfectly
satisfied with tat one. They had already been
more than once alarmed with the idea Oh renov-
ing Tia at Aesdcmy. lie hoped HAT their alarm ne
ver would be realized, but that the Academy would
remain at West Point as long as tie rock on which
it's built The committee had agreed to establish
one here. aud one in South Carolina; and obiect-
oro having been made from tile West to this dis,ri-
bltion, the committee hadagreed To recommend
one uherc also. The Western country, lac said
vas eucreasing with uneNempled raPidity-he wish.
@d x was lot encressiug quite SO fast but the ter
ritory beyond the Aiiegaoy, lac believed, would
soon contain majority Of die people u the United
States; aud their esi0, therefore, could not be de-
MED 10 participation u The benefits &c dis Iastiti,-
ton. Mr.. n. said he vas satisfied Tire losstions ia
tie bill were as good 50 could be nads. lie knew
very well u WAS the opinion Of some Ofthe leading
merobers of administration that we should haze b,t
orc Academy, and that Chat ore ought 70 be here;
bat fiat this as rot fi.. D.~,r,er Mace f. 10 f,.,