Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-05-23

cient bayonet and belt, two spare thnis. and
knopsack. sho, pouch and powder horn, twenty
balls suited to the bore Of the rifle, and quarter
OF pound Of powder, aud shall appear So armed
acc0u,fed, and provided, when called out 10 eNer-
else, or into sercc.n--The Globe SAYS, "ihat
thus is now the law Of the lard Ii tins proPo-
sition be excepuonable, ,and II 50 Appeared to
US vet il is not more applicable to Mr.. Pom
set, than is to the Congress OF 1892, and to
Washington himself And let II be remembered,
that Mr.. P. himself subsequently and properly |
modified his bill, by proposing "to assemble the
militia at OF near convenient depotS of arms, TO be
established within the State to which such militia
man belongs thus supplying them with arms
for temporary training, instead ot requiring each
man to supply ms own musket, sc.
II this proposition of Mr.. +. does 90, as the
Petersburg slangwhanser contends, Ito raise m
Republican America, ut time Of profound peace,
a Standing Army Of 100000 men," what will
this Editor say to his own candidate for the Pre-
sdeucy Ave, what will the Il. Wing say, or
=" the dolts and asses" who have been caught by
their humbugs, OF the knayes who have contrbu-
ted to propagate them when they arr told that
their own MILITARY Cheltaln' did in 1909 Sc
rouSly recommends Militia system on the most
pompous and eNtrayagaRt scale" Instead Of the
few days, says he, now appropriated TO the pur-
pose Of training, and the very few hours Of those
i days actually employed, some weeks, at least
1 must I've devoted TO the purpose, aad the men
must be taught in camps oil discipline those stu
| dies, which, representing faithful image OF aclu-
! al war, from the best school in which It can be
/ taught For the accomplishment OF an object
/ so desirable, no pains or expense should be spar
cd"
4 And again have recommended camps q
4 discipline iol insiruclng those who are already
capable of bearing arms but the career OF mli-
tary instruction for our youth, should commence
as soon as their mental and bodily powers have
acquired sufficient strength. ProIessorshps Of
tactics should be established IN all our seminal
RIGS, and even the amusemcnts Of the children
should resemble the gymnaSia Of the Gtceks,,hat
they may grow up in the practice OF those cxcr-
cises which will enable them to bear with the du-
ties of the camp, and the lators the field
/ (And this extraordinary proposition was urged
with great zeal, when he was in Congress after
the war.
1t Will no doubt be urged as a reason for con
lnuIng the old plan, that the poorer class OF oul
citizens cannot, rIihom bemg pad. But is mol
or Government able to pay them II not, they
ought to make themselves so, by laying on add
tonal taxes. Butt am persuaded that the money
which is devoted to other objects, might bc,morC
usclully, and certainly more consistently apphcC
, to this purpose. Under our present crcumslan
ces, The SIX thousand regular troops we have, are
proper but thiuk that oaG hnadicd thousand
disciplined militia would be better, and the mo
ney which Is spent in the former, would soon ei.
G. =. A. III .i;.,- &c H. l.-s,-- "
And now wha. will Gen. Ilaulson's supper.
tiers, his conscence.kecpers, presses and all, say
to these propositions, and those which he made
, afterwards, from the Militia Committee in Con
cress. If Mr.. Eonsell'5 DO standing army
what is his7 ITO days training, eucampment
, pay, Sc, constitute n standing army, what wi
. his five or six weeks encampmont amount t.
with all the pomp and peraphgrnaIla Of war, which
he so assIduously recommends! II Congres
y has no power to call the militia into service, 70
q the sake Of organisation and discipline, what d
. they say to his recommendations What DO the
). further say to his visionary and outrageous as
>. ! sumption Of power to scatter Federal Professor
> of Gymnastics and Tactics through the school
% Of the L. S. What do they further say TO hi
g proposition to supcrsedc a call through the Coy
ernors, for the purpose Of training the militia, an
- to issue the PresIdent's orders directly to the o
"a hcers Of the militia! Why, Gen. Harrison
.. propositions 20 bow-sho beyond Mr. PoInsePl
h And yet, the one Is to be cashlered as nm usurp'
II Of Unprecedented power, and as the author OF
,s damnablo proposition, whilst the other IS to
=, rewarded with the high office Of President Of Il
-. H. s. More dUOa.--b
:, VINO SoyGs.--Gen. Harrison ami Day
=. Martins backing are about the only two hn
- tha, were ever made famous all over the countr
~ merely by regularly repeated yol5cs Of poet
~ from the sacred nine" that live somewhe
y, about Parnassus, IN the 'od country. We
n. member well the thrilling lines that greeted Q
n. eyes IN the grocery sors abou,
"a, The stuff so fine
- That make the boots like negroes tJcc to siun'
N. And we sec it renewed IN aImos, every 90
e. las they are proianely called, Wing paper Il
or we take IN, from the Lehigh journal down
Md the Madisonan. Stuck upon the walls Of eve
7er hotel from Gadsbys up TO the "HoIners mes
Ne Our intention here is not TO find fault with {
81. plan. II may DO well enough. II did succc
vs. for a time with the backing, and there IS no
the ling what effect may have on the prospects
70, ihc General We were led 10 these remarks
,le, one Of the late songs in which the poet aile
ar. goodly display Of son ,arder,' details IN
lch vertentiy would seem'a true historical "G'a'
The song is called Old Tippecanoe, vide Ha
no, sonan Of Lehigh, No. J, page 4. In the sec'
DO. verse are these lines
m" The warhoops fell blast and toe rGes red bIaz
sc But walked up Cd Iippecanoc.
ded Now this is fact, Ii happened when ne
and good naturally encampcd on the ground selec
10 BY bis enemy, he slept most soundly, until the
II a dams were in tho camp" "Let it 90 the rou
,ug. Of the Wing papers. "-.7ilentotrn Bulletin.