Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-27
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"The Hhigs hare Jccn hading upoa Fictitious Copitai
and hnrc JroEe
/ TIE GREAT WING lIuNRCG ABOUT A STANDING
Army, Exploded.
| Ever since the appearance Of Mr.. Rivcs letter
avowinr his determination 10 sustain General Harrison
for tle Presidency the whole land has been ringing
with the cry of STANDING ARMY" Wing Ora
tors and Wing EcclIonecrcrs have been 'ravcrs:g the
country in all directions, calling upon the people 10 op
pose The reelection M Van Barren. The
dation of the President and the Secretary OF War,
gng upon Congress The rc-organlsation oI The Militia,
has been declared 10 be mos, monstrous-a gross at
tack upon the liberty Of the people. They most
solcnniy ,!at ::o:g ike II heard Of III the
history of this nation from the foundation C. the 20
vernlncnt TO the present tlmc-and that it IS an at
tempt on the part OF the President 'to perpetuate his
power So obnoxious to some of our Wing friends is
the recommendation of the Secretary OF War; that they
declare, they viii support no man. who has ever recon-
mended such mcasure-no, not even the illustrous
father of his country-thc great and good Washington
| "it he were to rise from the dead
What will the people SUBSEQUENTLY the Wings,
when we show that GEO. WASHINGTON himself
| did recommend such mcasure-und that the wisest
and best men who have succeeded hun IN the .Prcsi-
dental Chair approved that recommendation, and urg
! ed upon Congress lis adoption And above all, what
shock will it prove TO their delicate nerves. when
inform them that u GEN. WM HENRY liARRl-
| son, N as Chairman Of the Committee of Military
Affairs in the Congress OF the u. s. did, on the 18th
dav of January, 1917, recommend substantially the
same measure which has atcrly called down such bit
ter denunciaton upon the heads of tie President and
his Secretary of War. We here call attention to few
| brief eStracts:t
"NIr Harrison made the following report
The Committee Of the House of Representatives, to
whom was referred so much of the Presidents mes
sage relates TO the reorganization and classified.
ton of the militia, and the report OF the acting Sc
cretary OF War, of the 18th umo, report herewith
| a bill for that purpose.
| hrIrra and
sions has been adopted by the committee in opposition
to very high authority, because II is one winch has
heretofore used in al the States, and because II
appeared better suited to the tactics of the present day
than the more complex system OF the legion recon.
mended by General Knox i'll his report OF l790
The mode of Classification contained in The bill has
been frequently recommended in the reports of CON-
mtees of the House. and in those of the Department
of War The effects of this plan will be felt only
when the militia called into the service OF the I
States, and will not affect the constitution of the corps
as it exists, for the ordinary duties OF muster dis
cpline The advantages of system that will bring
into the corps for the duties of the field, OF the
same age and vIgor, and throw the burden Of military
duty upon that class Of citizens who would be enabled
to perform it with fewer personal sacrifices, were the
motives of its adoption.
| The Junior or middle class will be composed of men
who have small families, those who have none, who
are in the tu! enjoyment of bodily strength and act
vitv, and whose minds will Jc easily excited 10
military ardor and the love OF glory, than those OF
more advanced period of life.
| The solicitude which has been manifested by the
great men, who have successfully filled the ohcc OF
Chief Magistrate of the u S. for the adoption OF sys-
TEN of military discipline for the militia which would
produce the effect mPa:ed BY the first proposition
sufficiently manitests their of IFS Importance
| The subject vas often and warmly recommended by
American PapesMi!ita'g Affairs VOL lst, pages
6S3, 66i, 6fsI, ca.
i've have published Reports entire, Beoruse had
IT. however, Wing friends: desire full
| publication II shall be done.