The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-01-01

10 lis strength. The nature of the works
In which the officers are engaged, render
necessary professional knowledge and en-
perience, and there is no economy IN COM
hitting TO them more duties than they can
perform, or in assigning these 10 other per-
sons temporarily employed, and too often,
ufneceSSIty, without the qualifications which
such service demands. recommend this
subject to YOUR attention, and also the propo.
sltion submitted at the last session of Con.
gresS, and now renewed, for re-organl.
zation OF the Typographical Corps. This
reorganization can be effected without any
addition TO the present expenditure, and
with much advantage to the public service.
The branch OF duties which devolyes upon
these officers is al all times interesting TO
the community, and the information fur.
nlshed BY them IS usetu. IN peace and IN war.
Much loss and inconvenience have been
experienced in consequence Of the failure OF
the bill containing the ordinary approprla
lions for Publications, which passed one
branch of the National Legislature at the
last session, but was lost in the other. This
failure was the more regretted, not only be-
cause 1t necessarily interrupted and delayed
the progress of q system of national defence,
projected Immediately after the last war,
and since steadily pursued, but also because
II contained contingent appropriation IN.
serted In accordance with the views OF the
Executive in aid of this important object,
and other branches of the rational defence,
some portions of which might have been
most usefully applied during the past sea.
son. invite YOUR early attention to that
part of the report of the Secretary OF War
which relates to tins subject, and recon-.
mend an appropriation sufficiently liberal 20
accelerate the armament OF the Notifications,
agreeably TO the proposition submitted by
him, and TO place our whole AtlPntlc sea-
board IN complete state Of defence. 4 Just
regard TO the permanent interests of the
country evidently requires this measure,
but there are also other reasons which, at
The present luncture, give II peculiar force,
and make II NY duty TO call to the subject
your special consideration.
The present system of Military Educa
ton has been in operation sufficiently long
10 test It's usefulness, and it has given &c
the army valuable body of officers. II is
no, alone in the improvement, discipline,
and operation of the troops, that these Off.
GERS are employed. They are also exten.
sively engaged in the administrative and
fiscal concerns of the various matters con.
tided to the War Department; in the exc.
cullon Of the staff duties, usually appertaln,
iag to military organization in the remoy,
al of Indians, and IN the disbursement of the
various expenditures growing gu, of our In
dian relations IN the formation Of roads
and in the improvement OF harbors and ri
vers; III the construction of Notifications II
the fabrication of much of the material re
CURED for the public defence and in the
preservation, distribution, and accountable
itv of the whole and 10 other miscellaneous
duties, not admitting of classification.
These diversified functions embrace very
heavy expenditures of public money, anC
require fidelity, science, and business hab
lis 10 their execution; and a system whlct
shall secure these qualifications is demand
cd by the public interest. That this oblec
has been, IN a great measure, obtained BY
the Military Academy, is shown by tht
state of the service, and by the prompt &C
countability which has generally followed
the necessary advances. Like all oiheI
political systems, the present mode Of mill
tary education, no doubt, has its imperiec
tons, both Of principle and practice but
trust these can be improved by rigid inspec
tons, and by legislative scrutiny, wlthou
destroying the institution itself.
Occurrences, to which we as well as al
other nations are liable, both in our inter
nal and external relations, point to the ne
cessity of an efficient organization OF tn
Militia. | am again induced, by the i'm
portance of the subject, to bring It to you
attention. To suppress domestic violence
and TO repel foreign invasion, should thes'
caIamtles ovcrtake US, We must rely, IN TN
first instance, upon the great body Of tn
community, whose will has instituted, ant
who's power must support the Government
A large standing military force is not con
sonant to the spirit of our institutions, nor t.
the feelings Of our countrymen and the les
sons OF former days, and those also Of on
times, show the danger, as well as the enor
nous expense, Of these permanent and ex
tenslve military organizations. That jus
medium which avoids an inadequate pre-
paration on one hand, and the danger AM
expense Of large force, on the other, i
what our constituents have RICH, to ex
nnct from their Government This nhicc