Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-07-03

fran the superor efficiency of The regulars the mi
Gla in The present mode in which the latter were Or
gained
the House bill, and also Of the additional regiment pro-
posed by the military committee, and went ihlo re-
view of the late censurable conduct OF our c"Ie vi
the Northern frontier in aiding aud aoet'ng te
ances there ard deying the civil power, whcn ie"uei-
ed increase Of the military force absolutely heees
sury. r.,:,
Mr. Everett was against the employment of a military
Erce on the Northern frontier for the people were able
10 project themselves and any increase OF the army
must be made up chiefly from enlistment Of foreign
crs and he hoped TO see That DAY wheh !isne"
Establishment and other aliens should be organized ana
armed 10 keen the citizens Of his State IN order.
Air Evans conlendcd that the military force OF the
counry should be enlarged especially with reference to
the frontier of his State, and advered with some Sc
yerily to the recent proceedings in Vermont 10 show
military force essary.
Mr. Brop. preferred waiting ill the session.
the recess was Short did believe that any con-
tingency would require so large an increase
Mr. Harrison made energetic defence o! his amend
meu and insisted that that description OF force was al
sou,ey indspe nsabe for effective defence OF te IN
dian frontier The citizens of that region were uOIe 10
protect themselves but could they devote all lheir e
10 watch vgilant aud cautious enemy Nioreover me
>Geners Government had sent 10 or ~ OOO armed
savages there against their will and therefore the oVern
neut was bound project lis citizens SO situated 1t
would BE- too ae as in the Florida case to send an ar
nv when half the citizens were buchered
MT Johnson VI ocSHuSe AhG o1 va S'"''"i
grounds
Mr. Robertson was opposed to any increase whutever
in the standing army AS for the Canada border, II was
utterly unnecessary, for the civil force was competent
repress violations of the law II ridiculous to say
that New York, with upwards OF two millions of people,
could enforce the civil law but that we must have
military police Nor it required in Maine, for such
were the relations between Government and Great
Britain, that there possibility OF a collision IN
that Quarter As TO the Western frontier, lei all the SUI
perhuous military from The interior be sent there, and
appropriate money TO keep the Indians from starry
ing instead Of expending 50 100000 year, which The
proposed increase would cost tie cautioned the House
TO he ware of the principle about TO establish.
Mr.. Evans adver,ed TO the consistency OF the opPo.
nents Of this bill, who now urging the employment
and efficiency Of the civil power aone while, but short
time ago. when the frontier bill under consldc ration,
gentlemen opposed it because they said the President
should use the military force. 1t no, designed,
MIR f. said supersede the civil power but 10 protect
and sustain IT, .
Mr. Fletcher OF Vermont had intended to give silent
vote upon this bill; but after what had fallen from the
gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr.. Grennr and The
observations Of tue gentleman from Maine MI Evans,
he should DO violence to his feelings, and great ~.
Justice his constituents, 10 remain longer silent lie
was not going to Missouri nor Arkansas nor was he
about make tour along the Atlantic coast. lie
should cnn!ine himself TO what concerned him and his
constituents directly Tie was from Vermont, frontier
State. lie had the honor 10 represent frontier disrc;
tina, section which had been here reported disturbed
by faction II against his district that these charges
had been made it against tie institutions of his
State that these accusations dIrfced aud if he did
not epe' them here in his place, he should be unworthy
oil representing frcemen.
The gentleman from Massachusetts, had said he want.
ed to increase the military iorce-and for what; ID: For
the purpose Of having military police the Vernon,
frontier. Was not this the first lime such doctrine had
been raised in this nall; hlr +. asked when it. III
the history Of this Republican Government that
standing army s.ked for the purpose Of enforcing
the laws Of the Union? Why yesterday it fell for the
first time from the gentleman from New York. MI
Bronson and asonished indeed was MIR +. to hear HIN
proclaim it, and less Ia hear the gentleman from
Massachusetts fMc Grennei!] follow il up This doc.
trine not 10 be found in the Constitution that pro-
vics directly for the "cuhing oyM IF The militia 10
cm'e tie lars cf tic taion. 1t nowhere, by i'm.
pcaon, provides for calling the &c ular troops to The
aid Of the magistrate. He understood the gentleman
distinctly to lay dawn the position that it necessary
TO raise regiments for the purpose Of establishing
upon the Northern frontier military police. AS 10
New York and the Indian frontier he should say
thing; and he again asked when this doctrine first
advanced? Was not this constitutional question !?
Was it not time 20 pause on proposition 10 raise
standing army TO suprTsede the present civil police OF
the country, and in lis stead establish military po
Ice He regretted that the laeDess Of the hour. and
the reasonable Impotence Of the committee, would not
psrm:! him TO follow out the proposition into all lie con-
sequences
We had been told tina, there sexcilement along the
Northern border. Admitted. But what had uccasioned
it, Was not all peace and tranquility until The barbaroUs
attack upon the steamer Caroline, when British assas.
sins ay. assasslrs, like The s,rslhy Indian, shielded hy
darkness, invaded our territory, destroyed our property
murdered de!enCeeSs and slumbeng citizens, and
then for the purpose Of obtcating their cowardly and
nurderous deed. set Ere 10 The i'll ia'ed boat and sent
her blazing the cataract Of NIagara Was not this
enough tie citizens OF he vicinity? Bat add
to this the insults conUmeIv, and threats with which
the Government papers OF Canada were loaded add
this The honors heaped upon The gciiaRt En1gh SIR
Allen McNab, for this brave and heroic and brilliant
midnight piracy. And what could they expect How
did they know but their houses would be the xxi
point of attack their fanllps buchefed and property
destroyed, b. the midnight gang Of British hcr0cs
who had gaantly boarded the Caroline, and taken a
little boy prisoner? This vas that frs, aroused them
and they very naturally expected their Government To
notice this outrage; and in room Of having your General
there to disarm hem they expected hun 10 redress
their grievances Bot they Disappointed and then
il was that The mumur Of discomfort was heard not on.
" in New York, but across Vermont. warke spirit
prevailed for the purpose Of dsregardng the laws,
but to redress the insults and aGgrrsSons To which they
had been subjected. If The Government had seen fl 10
call upon them 10 guard and protect their frontier, they
would cheerluliy have obeyed The call and not word
Of complaint would have been heard from any
The gentleman from Massachusetts has questioned
the patriotism Of the citizens OF Vermont He said lie
did not know how our militia were organised, how DIS
cip!ined nor how far they might be relied upon. This
comes with an i'll grace from the G. nteman from Aiassa
chuses. He nigh, have known organization and dis.
cplue by simply consulting the history Of the fields Of Sa
ranca, Bennington Plai,shurg 1icondcroga and Crown
Point, and OF the whole period Of the late He
would have learned there that regiments of Yer.
mon, militia raised, who served throughout The
can tell him still farther, that yet did
British flas float any section Of Vermont, and
turn TO its original abode. He would scorn TO draw
any invdious comparisons but he would say he regret
ted the gentleman could no, say much for his
State.
The resolutions OF the Legislature of Massachusetts,
and the military demonstrations al Casne, during the
late war, have become portions of the history and will
not soon be forgotten. When their country required
their services. when have The Vermont militia refused
,hem' No, Sir: history has bright page in which are
recorded The deeds of the Green Mountain Boys
One ether point he would refer 10, and he regretted
tina, the advanced hour of The evening forbade his
plying more folly han he shGuid The insinunlinns cns