Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-08


,b,, there will be enough of them TO complete
Democratic triumph. This is our ground OF conn
dence and have gone into these PARTICULARS TO sho"
that confidence is well grounded, and TO let our oppo
nens know that we view things calmly, ana let iher
shouts mass for what they worth In New lcfk,
they have made out to electionecr their dear-bough
traitor into Congress- and may do the same IN Virginia
Rut they will find the attempt to give The vote oil either
state to Gen HARRISON altogether Inherent piece
business, which will require more IMAM lhey can 10 u
accomplish. --PrOridoncc Herald
From he GicJs.J
W. would o,u attention TO the following extract
from the address of the Democratic COMMITTEE Tor tue
county of Columbia in OHIO The extract has par''cu
lar reference 10 the cutlery oil The feds hgans' Tue m
tia scheme of the Secretary Of War; plainly showing
it to be another attempt on Their part 10 1elu,e VI.
ple by a senscless camor We would advise those
WHO editors. who have been SO wonderfully inoustr-
Gus in creatnr this s'panic to examine lie course Vi
their own idol W II. Harrison, w'th regard 10 llS
same subject LIT them read his letters 10 zen Scout
n which reference is made in this address, ana when
they shall find their scertiiicatc hero warmly auVoca-
tin1 IA late az lr40, scheme putting the militia upon
footing of vastly expense, and OF greater neon
venic nee "a The people than that now recommended by
the Secretary OF War; in hopes they viii cease
their clamor about the 'ssandng army. If however,
they ere sincere in their opposition to Mr. fonsei
recommendation for which no one gives them creuit,
we shall expect them 10 give their hero ms snare %
the abuse of which they have been so prodgai IN ,e
case of the Secretary; particularly when they ma 'i"
tho General would have 900 men in the hcld m
stead of o5 900 and that he would have them under
arms FIVE weeks instead OF ten or twelve days, as re-
commended BY the Secretary, winch features were most
odous in the sight Of these patriotic men, when e re-
commentator came from Mr. Ponseit, but when WIZ
lose all their cnormy though sun more pi"i"h'''''
when sanctioned by their candidate for the Presidency
II is indeed most surprising TO us that Ngnans, oi
whatever politics they may be, should object 10 have
their own youth framed 10 the use oi arms We ieei
almost inclined 10 believe that those VINO q" OBJECT !"
having arms placed in their hands would he ready al
any lime 10 throw themselves in the arms Of Alr Slade,
on the terms which he held Oh, in hs late speech,
which was to this effect that II the slaves oi the Sont
should break out INTO Instruction, and The Norm
should be called upon 10 assist IN Qneng thc', thaa
she uhc Sorth) would have right TO demand me
emancipation of the slaves The price OF her ASSIST
ance:
"Another subject which demands our notice, and
which for the last six months has been the theme OF
Federal denuncaton and patriotic horror arises on' oil
the proposition of tho Secretary Of War, Mr. fo'n>c
that Congress should provide for the more ehecnai or
ganizaton Of the militia The political press OF the re.
tlcra party and their political missionaries are aiarmc"
at the proposition OF organizing 2'tiHo men, arnS
one half Of the humber ten days in each year al Inc
public expense, and furnishing them with arms.
Whether such proposition is serious ground oil alarm
an intelligent community will determine. certain II
is however, that when the liberties c Tie EngilSh pro-
Pile violated, and the rights "I moharc"y more
thoroughly enforced these ends werc brought about
not hy arning the people and teaching them ten days
out Of every so the art Of war. hut 10y rn'ctn@ laws
under the precncr oi protecting game, by whcht was
10 make penal Tor the yromanry 10 possess gun lie
present proposition has been kened 10 that Of NaPo-
leon for raising soluers. The great Girrcnce between
them is, that in France troops and supplies We're lrv'cd
hv the cdct Of an emperor and Tor conquest IN thr
States the reorganization of the mrl'a Effected anu
regulated bv the wishes OF. the representatives. them
selves Bat is it polite for the friends of Cen HART
son TO uhicc; 10 such proposition. The record oi The
House OF Representatives othc United States TO show
that General Harr>on in ISL. concluded report from
the Committee on Military Affairs "ith the following
resolutions
"Resoired, That the Secretary Of War be required
to prepare und Law before this House, al the next ses
sion of Congress- plan Tor the MILITARY I>srRrc roS
or ALL TIE YorrH IS THE UNITED STATES, III The
way which is best calculated for the purpose with as
little injury possible to the ordinary course OF edu'
cation.
.But this same subject urged upon the attention
OF Congress bv General Washington himself. alr
Jefferson proposed the raising and dIscphnng Of Mrsf
hundred thousand men Mr.. Madison s.iG--give m'
leave that the only way TO provide against stand
ing armies il to make them unnecessary The way
to do this, is to organize and iSc,pjn. militia 81
as 10 render them capable of defending the country
against external nvasIons and internal Instructions
Gen Jackson, too frequently adrrr'ed % this subject
and invoked the legislation of Congress upon II. But
| with the question of L. $. Bank, We have sane
ton 70. the measure proposed BY the Administration
which will BE- admitted BY Federalists 10 he Of more
binding authority and importance, tnan the reconnen
dation Of all the Presidents to whom we have referred
That sanction will be found in the following extract Of
letter written by Major General Hilom Henry Jiar
risoa in reply TO an invitation from the Louisville
Legion, 10 be present al the celebration II the d e.
bruary # is dated 'North Bend Feb. Sd, le+0, and
eads follows
"'It may perhaps be unknown to you, gentlemen
that the formation Of such corps as yours upon an eH
tcnsvc scale throughout the Union, has long been Ia
vore project Of nine. 50 long ago The year lsl1
endeavoTed to call the attention Of the nation 10 the
subject series Of letters addressed TO the venerable
revolutionary soldier and patriot, Gen Charles Scott
at that time Governor Of Kentucky. These letters ad
yocatedhe formation oil annGa camps Of dIscP pine, in
which the select corps Of The militia u be instruct
I'D IN their duty al the PUBLIC expense la the House
| oi Representatives., in the Fifteenth Congress- pre-
scented report containing the outlines al q system :"
military education of all the youth "tthe country in The
ordinary scminares Of learning. In short, have ue
elected opportunity Congress, letters, in speech
and in toass public convv!a meetings to urge tbs
importance OF creating national defence suited 10 ,ht
charace. Of our Government
| $50 mach has the subject occupied nv mind, tha
il has often been as lnapposicv introduced as the cc!e
| b!ated 'DELISDA Est CARTHAGE Of the elder Cato
| But my efforts have been in vain The ottcnon o
rulers and the Of The country have been
directed to other objects, considered doubt by then
as more important. Such, however, were not the OPT
Mons of the Roman and Grec;an Senaies, when Rome
and Greece were free, nor in modern times, of Tho
greatest OF British statesmen, the immortal William
Pitt Ohe edcr,} nor of our Washington and Jefer
son. Will the citizens who enrolled the deien
Gers OF Their country longer suffer under this gross ne
glec,' Will they longer tolerate such militia system
(if system il can be called and such pension system
devoid of every feature Of justice and every principle
OF Republicanlsm'
JOHN ARMSTRONG,
ALIEN. TOLERTON,
BENZ BLACKBURN,
JOHN NJ. JENKINS,
D. S. SILEERS.
COMP ARSON OF IARElSONs WITH Mr.. pOlNSCrT's
MILITIA ORGANIZATION.
GENERAL H,nRIsoNs PLAS PROPOSED
The educating of every boy in the L. 5 al the
public expense These arc his words in his report n
the lHh January, ISL this head