Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-09-03

Iuo6e'S up aSaius' o"F -"ii''a o!S'eh upo"
several occasions, you will, no doubt, be will
ling 10 hear the other side the story. Please
,,h,;,b ,h.r.e,.. :, ,ha ca.a,,e ,ha fo,,o,v;ro
communicate" ""'eh nut III ia'e
OF the New York American, and which.tSpres-
ses the feelings and views OF
MIIITIAMAN
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he SUBJECT OF our sii'i'ia system mas '"en.N
gorousiy attacked, ana all Us sPareoeu'
with q Skin anu iofce eqaaled o'oy .! 'He pa
RACES oil the worthy corps VINO: .?"P0S. '"i'
"bulwark OF our national defence
The case l fear viii go by default, Tor no
champion appears in defence VI system which,
in the absence OF a standing army seems indess
pensable, and one foe which no subs,iu le, hat
| have heard of, is proposed II is not ury-ip =
ten,ion 10 "ruu a muck" With the assailan s, but
wish, Mr. Editor, TO enlist your symparhies,
for YOUR soliIoouies must be Of the "quorum pars
rui'' order
I perceive by the papers that the STATE OF
Dslatpnre has abolished its militia system an toto
and much 1tstion, and many hopes that IL
NAV be generally followed precedent, ten to
he the consequence Many homily Is pro-
nonnced upon the waste of time and morals
connected with this system, And it is quite
witty theme 70 descant upon the outre appear
ance and performances OF the militia. As 10 the
los, of time, it certainly is no more than what
eveIy citizen ought 10 be willing and able 10 af-
ford 10 nublic Jutv. and a. O morals, do not
believe ,ba, The evil is 90 rrea, by half as is re.
,.ssn,ad mr. thai, i, il greater than upon other
S.s;ors wSere numbers or citjz ms are assem-.
Llsd
T., -. Cor , non,n, consider the necessity
orJ ,,;l;,v or, nili,i, system. II is rendered
,.acsss,,y he the absence of standing army
- ,ho ,roninen, features in our national
s,ruc,,re Wubour some system of this kind
,vs shouId have no resource upon even the ordi.
nary emergencies Of riots, mobs, instructions,
or public executions-to say nothing Of sudden
invasions, 10 which, on all cur ontiers, except
ing the Atlantic, we are constantly exposed, and
not unfreouentiy subjected Moreo,er, it is
indispensable that every man in thi, country
should be more or less accus, oIned to The use
Of 6re-arms-,hat he should be furnished with
military accoutremcnts-that he should feel
himself something more than theoretically La
hi. to act as soldier and to be in readiness, if
reo,;red Now r,i, her of these three ,oin,s
co,,Id he seemed without an orp,nizsd militia
D.; I,r;r, ,bs,e considera,,ons aside. an nm.
sr.nIe r.,son Is 70 he fou,d in the nrcessi
- sc h,.v;rc The military force Of he nation or
a,,;znJ ;n,o comnanies. regiments. divisions.
&C, .ho,,d ,hev no, know the locks of ,hpi,
81. 80 60 The ramrods-or the triggers from
-.,.s rrs,,v NICHE indeed we should
ha ;n =, The commencement of a war. 10 at.
80, Tho orcaniz,,ion Of the defensive force of
k:.;,n.n,e na,ion ,nt or 10 600 600 of neo.
,,Isw;,bo,, GENERAL colonel major. capiaip.
- =. ST. from all Tho ranks nj socir,y
=, ofT;cc,, tho do M, know IN. diff
c,,anSs hs,ys.n nIa,oon and a division. 10
nJ d.;n a,5 ro,rnuyre ,h,ir feIlow.
eo;.'nNi IT, os;r.rs ems, IF necessity h.
c'uH. 70 III 7, un,h bs ;,,s, =.
am ', -, w as - al tom thousand chill.
~ ~ - 80 - lii not tnow how ~ spsII read or
"l." WV WV, " -, -. ,hnn, ,nnn;r, ;ns,roc.
~li'e az" y. n"i rs
'o,s e.'" ,ha, nmr ,;,;,;, .r,Js, ~. ca
% W.. i "e ,aa, uo1au or
Ion.. H 49, ard p,ony n hem as1sc;ailv The
.'a,r,I,, rorns highly rss,ec,ahIe or cou,se
Ido No, comnare hem with regular veterans,
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