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ncc'ed with the project are made known
as they must bel hope 1t is not presuming
too much, on the reason and intelligence Of
a free people, to fotetel that the Issue will
be, the destruction OF him and bis abettors
therein, - the whole number OF the for,lfi
cations now contemplated. being no less
than ONE HUNDRED AND ELEvEN!!! The
cost thereof to be the mere trile--in the
eyes Of the statesman who propose them
! of one hundred millions and even treble
that won't defray the whole Of the enor-
nous expenditure that will be subsequently
required TO man and equip them. nine
TEEN new ones are proposed by the bill
Of this session; the location Of fifteen of
| which is, with an adrotness Of selection
not often surpassed, fixed in the States
north Of the Potomacl Can the people OF
this country fail to see the drift Of all this
Poor Mr. jefferson and his doctrines--and his
dete station of a standing army in time OF
peace, which were therefore deemed by the
party as sacred as the unwriten laws delivered
on the Mount--were alluded to by Mr.. Ben
ton, with any thing bu, veneration mill
tarv spirit, forsoo,h, was and is necessary TO
be kept up, to insure the defence Of nation !!
Start not /; such is the only inference that can
be drawn from the tenor Of 10 days proceed
ings. Mr.. Balchnan, Mr. Wright, and others
of standing for intellect that should have
placed them, at least above joining in such a
slavsh cry--even for party purposes appear
cd to drink in these remarks with satisfaction
and in conclusion they seemed ready TO echo
and TO act upon these sentiments, that mas
a. c. 4. a L.,l,
bone of the projected system ofdefence-dlidi,
of expenditure, for party purposes, their whole
existence as party, hung. as the whole sys.
ten, inevitably does upon the aid which should
be given to the bill for the nineteen that were
proposed to dav.
Mr. Preston will take his stand against the
system. And has given notice that he will
move to strike out all FORT fica,ons for which
regular estimates, &c, have not been furnish
ed by the Departments; and all Notifications
comprised within the second and third classes
-also.that he will move to strike out, the pro.
position Of 5000 900 for seambatteries and in.
sett 100000 for experiments thereon.
WAsHINGroN, Feb p,
The significant intimatlon given by Mr..
Preston, that he would move to strike out
any appropriations for Publications, fer
which surveys and estimates had not been
prepared, has bad its beneficial effect Mr.
Benton yesterday having diminished the
number, stated before as the minimum alb.
solulely necessary, from one hundred and
eleven 10 ninety three, Eighteen GcTliGaa>
tons, therefore, are cut off &, one fell
swoop, and those not the least IN maEn-
tude as to expenditure, or imputed lmpOT'
lance, He also came out with 4 statement
intended TO work its own putPose-o. the
least money which will be required 10 con.
struct them. Mr.. Preston has taken an
enlarged view of the subject maintaining
thai from the redundancy of the Treasury
a redundancy which was increasing and
must yet further increase, beyond the cst
mates Of the most sangulue--it was impoesi.
bic 20 effect the leading object Of The ad.
ministration, VIZ; 10 absorb the surplus
public revenue. 1t was impossible, he as.
serted, that they could do 1t by any system
Of expenditure for defence, however prod.
gal or proillglte not even If they built
their Notifications Of Parlan marble. or if
they made them so brilliant, as was alleged
of some Spanish forts, as to have induced
tain if Mey were constructed of silver! 1t
was vain attempt TO create waste wei,
Of this description. The proposition went
to distribute ten millions in the coming
year. There were thirty millions in the
Treasury nolo the very last quarter alone
had produced eleven millions, although es
timatcd by the Secretary of the Treasury
at four! The revenue from the public
lands it was ascertained, would produce
twenty millions for the year, whilst est.
mated by the secretary at one fifth Of hat
four millions :! So that laying entirely oul
Of view the most judclous manner by
which the public money might be cXpand.
ed, it wos au utter dclusion TO suppose that
the projec; could remove the great object
ofmGn's fears now a.days-a SUrPigs Yyc1-
sHry. Mr.. P, alludlng TO the pOmpous
manner IN which the necessity Of erecting
detences was stated by Mr.. Benton to have
been sanctioned by the high name of a
Washington, a Monroe, a Madisona Craw.
ford, Bernard, Totten. aud long list
of others of celebrity said he could not
help being struck with that narrative in
Tacitus, wherein it is stated, that to do
they were borne to The place Of sepu,ure,
the people of Rome had wed with each
other in sending to the funeral procession
their most costly statues, The lady was
the sister Of Bruius, ard the wife of Gas
sius but while all others of the patricians
had sent their statues. it was remarked
that those Of Casslus and of Brutus were
not in the procession. 4" Scd prGjuigebant
CasSius ct Brutus 60 ipso quod cbigjes eorum
non UiSebantur." SO he could eXclaim, that
the name of his honorable colleague, that
was not given IN the long line of the pro-
cession of the previous day, was made the
more illustrious and the more distinguished
by the very omission. Who, he inquired,
urged and urged, and warred, and who was
warred against, for his energetic prosecu,
ton OF the very subject now taken up by
the Senator from Missouri and the Admin.
lstration' Mr.. p. concluded an animate
eulogium upon Mr.. Calhoun for having car.
RED out his projects, and given ali necessa
ry aid to the proposed system of defence,
nv Gen Bprnnrd nv ayowinr his