Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-03-05

tkonsand mta. oac bali TO be IN active ser,lce,
Vie uttet halt 10 fern preserves" the term OF Sc,
wee 10 be eiglt yoaishs troops to be armed. t1u-
l<d and paid By The United STAIRS, ''aceordns 10
SAFE Of compensation 10 be fixed by la",' but ~
sti,er respects to be under The regulation IL the
War D.pa,tmtni The annual cost OF such a
force. according to any cone pton can iorm OF
The Secretary plan, under the outlines he has cav
On Of il. could not fail TO add many millions 10 the
public burthens. | speak only OF the ques.
ticn Of expense; but in oilef aspects, this most eN
paorJirary PROJECT, emphaticns endorsed as i Is b,
the Presient, for 10 his message 10 Con srcss, he
SAYS, Il cannot recommend il too sirongly 10 youi
consideration" deserves tho most serious reflection
Of every friend OF tic public Liberty.
Is not this militia force, as The Secretary chooses
10 call it, the hall Of il, al lrss .hc. is To
be "in active strvice"'.ree,uiied. sr eight years"
"stauoned' whetev't nc Secreiar, Of war shall d.
~sect---"armed and paid by the United states.-io
all intenis and purposes, standiag army, and de-
nominated militia force, only avoid the nstine
tive jeaiouses which the name OF standin. army
calls up in The mind OF every fireman. Can such u
force be called m,liia IN the sense Of the Nngtnia
Bill Of tights. which declares that "a well regulated
militia composed Of The body Of The peopte trained
arms. Is the proper, natural and safe defence &c a
free State, in the OF the constitution OF the
United States which auihorzes Congress 40 pto-
vne Cor calling far the militia 10 The laws
of the Union. suppress Instructions aud opel nya
Sims" Is there al this moment, Insnrrecton, iuva-
sion or y, sistancc the laws of the union, which
would Justify calling foiIh the militia into "ariua
service" ~ "reerus," ioi eight wears term of
vice No such constitutional exigcney exists or is
alleged; and can view the Sec,ciar,'s plan in no
other light than as proposition for raising large
standing army without cbconntrfug The well found
ed Republican jealousies which its nan c excres or
otherwise us a mos ing NOUS device fof extending
The influence OF the Federal executive by setting
spar, from the mass OF The people two hundred
thousand roting. not Fighting men, receiving pay
from the United Suites militia ''in actual service"
aud looking mp TO the President as "their eotcman.
der 10 Chief" The constitution. IN that case ,ro-
vides aud directs. know oi but one precedent for
% profound contrisaDce; and thai in the days
efsl,e "Engiish C.. mmon@ehllh. :" 81 called. when
sass lily statesman, Oliver Cromwell, divided the
Kingdom iu,o twelve military iurisd Ieuns." jusI
as the Secretary proposes 10 divide The United
States into " eight military DISTRICTS" AID under
cover Of o'gabsing The militia. caused them 10 be
a. enlisted or recruited under proper OIL
GERS. aud irregular pay 10 be Distributed among
thcm;'' which the historian says, the Loid Pioicc-
tor found 10 be most ,fleefna "fcsource' Tor re-
pressing his political enemies, but which all reason.
able men considercja as ''hrowng aside the mask Il
iibcuy," and "paeelIing on the fcop'e into so ma.
nv Sub visions OF slavery" ! have no disposition
10 question the originality OF The Secretary, by IN.
sinns,ing lhat he msy have derived the hint oi
his plzn from so celebrated an auhority
To show low utterly inconsistent this new view
OF the application oftbe Presientla,cio is wihtLe
aid republican doctrines, ! need only refer yon 10
MI. Jcffrsun's official npiniop presented 10 Gru.
Washington on the eonstnlionality nf the Bank
char,e, IN l1oi, 10 which lie says the veto WAS IN
tended By The Constitution as shield TO protect the
constitutional rights u he States and Of ne co-or,s
nate departments Of The gotcrnHeni from The inrdsions
Of the Legislature, and even in such cases il onaht
not To be .ntetrosed, unless the question should an
pear the mind 81 the Ptesiden to be a - 9ear'onr
and Tree i'om all reasonable doubt. II. owevet,
under the novel theory broacelb by the present Chel
Magistrate, this light aud delicate power, lIoln hring
the extreme medicine, is To b. CONE The daily food
of the Constitution" and may be lecrimately used
arrest an ordinary act Of legislation upon a mere
difference of opiniJn to It's expedency II is pliit
that Il works NJ once - fundamental revolution IN
our Republican sy,tem, impating TO The Executive
power irresistible energy. and enabling the Pre-
sdrnt in practice hAbliually 10 SCI al naughi the
decisions OF The Legislative department with the
great influence his station conies, he can rarely #
ever, faii 10 command The support of one urd OF one
or The other of The two Houses Of Congress which
would be sufficient to sustain his negative, aud thus
put II in his power. By single IT, TO control all
the res, OF both Bodies OF the Legislature.
In relation to the dangerous schemes of radical
innovation heretofore recommended and encourag
ed by the President on The subject OF the currency,
and so deeply affecting those daily interests OF
lie which f" come home TO The bushes, and bo.
soms Of men," the late message, instead of disclo.
sing any salutafy mud fchiion OF his former opium
lens. reproduees those opinions IN Il more nah ed.
uneqnvocal and alarming foim than they have
ever. heretofore, been presented. 1t is evident,
whatever my have been said BY his rar,'z7ps =,
the contrary, that he aims al total o,c,l,ow and
destruction OF the essliug monetary system of III,
country, and not merely AT safe aud prudent re
form VI the errors and abuses which may have at
tended II. Alter speaking OF certain gross iucgn-
lariles in the course Of businrs. lately pursued b.,
the PENS ylvania Bank Of The United States and
Que or Two other Banks, irregularities 10, which
the system IN general cannot with Justice be held
answtrabie, for they consisted IN an Acknowledged
abandonment OF the fundamental principles aud
designs OF banking, aud a deviAt on, as The Presi.
dent himself says, " lrom be former touiso oil u-
siness ~ this counlry,'0 lac proceeds TO exhibit i
highly wrought picture OF the evils and calamies
which ensued; and then pronounccs his deienda
est Carthage" against the whole s,sieIn IN the
sweerng declaration that :. these consequences are
inherent IN the present sysiem--lhcy are not nnu.
sncedb the Banks being large or small. created
by National or State Governments they are the
results Of The irresistible laws Of trade and credit"
lie iolp"s up this declaration with much more
about the evils off, credit currency" and the IN
jures Inflicted" by the resisdess laws Of n credit
currency and credit trade" and 6nally a(ier ear
nes'ly urging the policy and duty Of the General
GJvernmeEt 10 collect its dues and nav its deb,s
~ gold and silver, he says, very Significant thai
its example in doing. would serve as =" raIl,.
'ng punt by which uaoie coantrv may h.,
efonsht back 10 that safe and bonorrd standard ;,
Now this certainly sounds very much like an ex.
elusive hord money currency. 1t is true that the
President IN another part OF lis message saws ,L,,
- IN country so commercial as ours banks i,
seine form. iii probably exist :; but il is evident
rom What he says in the same connection. thai he
sncats TO exclude banks &c circulation. as pow =,
,s'ng' aud We have banks at all. they a,e to be
hln ST. =.