Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-14

pencer. is the letters which passed between Inc
Administration Committee OF Philadelphia anu
Mr. Humphrey, in which MI.Humphrey sta'eo
he has letter from Gen. Jackson IN p"ssessio"
containing the e1pression-' The government
ought 10 be damned instead Of reducing The Army IN
,.pubke like this. ii ought TO be increased tsn1otd
ADDRESS
We heroes Of the Revolution, who yet live IN
the land YOUR bravery rescued from tyrant!
We men of venerable age, who, although 100
Young at the period Of that glorious struggle 10
engage in battle, were yet old enough 10 see
your patriotic fathers fight, bleed and conquer
in defence Of Liberty and the Rights OF Man! 4e|
active patriots Of the present day, now Iai'en 70
occupy the places at tina, time Filed oy your
immor,a al sires! Ye generous, brave and man>
ly youth Of Virginia, just entering upon 'ne
,reshold Of active life, and commencing 'he
performance of The high duties which human
destiny and your country devolre upon YOU
w. ask YOU, one and all, to Read the ann' x"d
correspondence. No matter to what P"h',ca'
parly YOU may have become itached, oeiie'i"S
YOU more attached TO your country IMAM 10 an!
partv, we beg you coolly, deliberately anG re-
flec,ingly, to READ 1t. lhe NAMES OF Ea"
Jny,r.oIl, Clement c. BidGle, and OF the other
ri :
cation. guarantee It's truth; and its deep impor"
,.ncr entities it to be kE AO.--Do you love
General Jackson? Do you not love your coun'
,rv more? If you do, READ it.-Do you hate
,be n,es.n, Administration? Do you not haze
a Standing Army more? II YOU do, READ II.
DO YOU re gard the Tariff US curse! Would
YOU moi regard Standing Army and the Il III
ioee Their as greater curse? IL you wou'o.
Read it. VIVA, said YOUR patriotic fathers Oh
a Standing Army in time al peace! SAID they
no, i, was dangerous to Liberty, and desired
only nv Tvr,n,s? Hear their own w"ras rom
the Declaration OF r ,gh,s Of Virginia, penned
| by III. immorr al Jrffrrson:-"Standrng A'mies
in time Of peace, should be avoided as danger,
| nus 10 LIBERTY" Lo"k into the Declaration Of
American Independence, ard read there thai
on. of The great causes which impellrd US 10
ssnara,, from Grea, Britain, was-Standlng
| armifs kept up among US in Time OF peace.-
Fellow cili.ens, do You not assent 10 theSe o.
Dinions Of vour ,eneraed Fathers! II you 40,
read aud reflect on the annexed correspondence.
And " no is II that has dared Ia deny these sa
cred prime iples, taught US by The wisdom ana
patriotism of our departed sages! IL w,s NOV
the venerable Morroe for he signed the bill In
1891. 10 ,educ. the Amy frou. ten to six thou>
sand men,-I, WAS not Henry Ciayj for hr was
an able advocate Of ,aa hill,--11 was no, the
yir,uous n o,haniel Macon Of NC. or Mr. Cobb
| Of Georgia: for they were fur that reelection.
TWAS not HI Congress Of 1927; tor they, by
an overw lining majority, passed Inc Oil Tor
the reduction Of the Army Who, then. Is II,
that has exrcralsd these doctrines, heretofore
holt o.>,,> III, .s.s..2.., ISk"ss -"'Inru
for making tat reduction IN the Army? For
rot ha ing inc reased II TO One Hundred ihou>
sand Menu READ the annexed spon-
deuce and see that il was Andrew Jackson..
And when you have read il, consider well what
would be the eXpcnce 10 the nation OF such a
Standing Army. Consider that il would COS,
upward, Of For,y Millions Of dollars annually
More than double the whole 'rveuue Of he
government R"n"cr on he ruin with which
the maintenance Of such an army won lne'i-
,ably ovrrwhelm he citizens Of this Republic;
for if you have such an army, you mus main
tain it, or i, will tell you. you shall! And, teI-
low Ci,,zens, " hat would ne the employment Of
such IN imm' n>e Army, in time OF peace, main
Iainrd a such enormous expense!
| In the mona hicai governments Of Europe,
. S anding Armv is military iorce, prompt,
,frcIrnt. aud terrible il ITS operation, organic
ed aml paid 20 support the Mona ch on his
throne, and retain he People in tntir >ubjec.
ton "
! Inthis Republic, such an Armv could be KEEP,
up only for ."o object: one 10 Keep the Peo-
| pie in roper suhordinanon 10 the laws OF the
l.nG; and the Other, TO repel foreign invasion.
Is required for the 6rs The known pain.
o,ism OF our frlow-ci u ms forbds sue an j.
dea Is il required, in time OF peace, for the
second? Common stnse Knocks at the absurdi-
" Of such pre- ence. What, then. can be The
Object of that policy viii demands Stand
inp Army, in time Of reace, amounting to 100,
600 men? 1t Cannot be to qoell riots and dis
orders among our clt,z-us; for Ihry are dis
Greet and peace bic people. 1t cannot be to re-
pei foreign INVASION; for while a, peace, we have
no enemy TO invade Us. Can II possibly pro-
coed from any other motive than that Of mon-
archical go.ernm nts, viz. 20 sublue, and re-
tain in subsection, the People Of this free com,
munity?
! Heretofore our best men and wisest 'poliii-
clans have looked TO the Militia, as the natural
deis nders Of our soil. In proc! Of this. we a
gain refer you 20 the Bill of Rights of Virgin
ia; where you will hnd, THAT a well regulated
Militia composed Of the body Of the People
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