Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-10

I.,a Senator Rivcs Yes, by persons ~ho leeI no ~
. oct either for the mind or the Prnc'pes OF ~ IMAM
c. Riycs this ridiculous 'aie .; g, ,hoso
osons could perceive and keeny feel that disgrace o
,Joonv could be reflected upon Their Veheraiea o'a'e
- ,ta worth;ness of one who had gained her comb
dence and had been once the representative u -.
b;r and spotless character Listen, lrIlo"-
as ;mne truth upon this subject and let That run
tern and severe as she is simple, stamp her inueDse
renrobation on womsocvcr has dared To tre WIN he
Solemn obligations. BY the Constitution OF the onleu
Sates-article st, section oth-lt declared 'nal So
ress shall have power "o pr0rid6 for organ-tHg arm
inn oud discipiinins the militia, and J0r gorer"hs
wsb mart Of them as may be employed az ne serrtce 81
The United States resGrrng to me otatcS' resPeee9
The apponment of the ofcers, and the authority % trah-
ing tie militia according 10 me dtScP"e PeSs'~ ~
Ceuoress" Such, then, is the power vested IN Con-
oress with respect to which there can be no cavll-
There are many of you, fellowczcns, old enough TO
have participated in the scenes oil the last war VIII
Great Britain; and such of you as have so participates
cannot have forgotten the perpexities encountered,
and the injuries sustained by reason OF The defective
ness of our militia system. By the difference IN or
gauiation alone between the regular army ana our mt
ltia much trouble incurred When the latter
were called into the service OF the u States, IN oruer
to produce conformity with the organization of the ar
nv. officers were necessarily discharged supernu-
meraries the State laws allowing to the same number
of prvates Implement of officers, winch The laws OF
the IT, s. forbade BY this separation between the OF.
tcers and their men, violent excitement was produced
AMONGST the former, who emulous of service and
distinction: and the latter dissatisfied and dispi-
ri1,d nj being deprived of officers 10 whom they were
attached. Again-from difference IN training, and OIL
ten from total of all previous trainings the MI
ltia when suddenly called out and most needed were
alike ignorant of camp and field duty, and were there
fore more subject 10 disease less efficient and more ex
posed to defeat from sklul enemy The truth and
the force of the above facts sufficiently impressed
already on ull who recoecl them and IN an instant
must impress themselves on every rational NINA me
Secretary of War; Welding 10 their force, has, IN con-
corm;tv with tho Constitution recommended to Con-
rress the adoption OF some plan OF organizing an" mus
rrng the militia, which shall be the same throughout
the L S-a plan, by which the militia from all parts OF
the country may be enabled at once TO act togethe or
with the army and without confusion or discomfort
such rs formerly occurred. The details OF TINS Pah'
the STRENGTH Of the companies batalons, &c the NUM-
Der Of officers the duration Of the mnsterS, ana The sea
sons which they shall take place, are all referred, Us
necessarily they should be- to Congress- 10 lie PcoP
own representatives chosen BY themselves: but, as INC
Secretary was aware that many worthy cultivaors oil
the soil are not wealthy some Of the wing orators
who travel and make arangues for the benevolent pnr-
pose Of tightening the people, and therefore coha
moi well afford spare the labor OF their sons ana 10
maintain them also when attending the iii'ita ram
mrs he has suggested the Justice of making provision
for their support whilst thus employed from home Tor
the benefit CT their country. And tins IS the proposed
ARRANGEMENTS which The new Wing convert and travel
ling missionary has 50 uncanddIy and unworlly dis
ortrd into the creation of standing army tor Inc esa-
bshment Of Executive desPotlsn.
To expose more clearly the weakness and wlckedness
this parv trick let enquire of whom this pretend
ed standing army TO be composed: 1t IS OF yourselves
fellow citi2cns-llr fathers the husbands, sons and
brothers of the communIty-its sound ana cstlnapie
nonulnton in ~ wise resembling the dcbauchcd and
hcsottcd requcntcrs OF liquor shops OF the towns al
ready cut oil bv nvcerate habit from vlruous assoca-
,iou and waiting and ready TO be bought up for any
term of ycars.-ics, 1t is yourselves :" whom iieSe
! Whn worthless are in such great dread Indeed, these
Wings have always betrayed great fear ana msirls'
Of th,, people And think you, iel!ow-ctzens, be
cause you Shall have placed in your hands, and
may he TAUGHT the skilul Of them Tor the defence
of cur common country, and for the protection oil your
homes and all that cheer and bless thcn that you ""
thereby be transformed into the mercenaricS OF any
Executive ready It's bidding 10 sacrifice every "pcc
your onlcst affections Reflect for an instant on wha
must be the feelings and opinions entertained oil yon ny
men who can degrade youby such suSpclons-and no"
I great is the outrage that IS done yon by INDUCING
them. We earnestly request yon to compare thc s'li
and at any rate the harmless suggestion OF the Srcr'.a
rs Of War, (concident strictly with rrco'nr,".a;
lonr since urged upon Congress by George Na'"'ns
ton and Thomas Jefferson men almost ns par ~ ~"
Trustworthy the Wings Of our day WI" Rnnn,can
7''inm II Harrison, TO place ~"-r"' -:i----T'"'
s'rnctors IN every element, sch1oi ana co.ege
III the Union: and 10 ar'h"rlzc the PRESIDENT OF the
n
GERS of the miltIa, regardless Of any intermediate
agency or authority Of the State Governments: We
ask Won institute this comparison, and thcreupon to
pronounce that award which your good sense, your
Justice and integrity OF purpose shall dictate IT, TEL
low citizens, in the coming Elections seen no
CHER object than to visit with signal and condgn e.
bukc, that profgacy in the political morality OF the
Whus which cnnounds etaccs all shades or degrees
Of proby and which calculates upon like want oiup
rightncss in yourselves, should deem that single OBJ
Snt o.
lover of freedom and of truth. But beyond this honor
able purpose present to you incentives of ncacn
lably greater force Upon your cAertlon al The polls,
hang the questions how far the character the principles
and the honor Of Virginia shall be truly represented in
the Senate OF the United States: whether firm and
faithful son of the Old Dominion shall be cherished
and rewarded, and apostae from her creed, and n
rscrtcr from the ranks her defenders be consigned 10
that contempt and obscurty which should form the ap-
propriae reributon Tor his scandaous delinquency:
our'dccisIou moreover, must essentially control the
hazards of reimbursement of Federalism III the ma
ton, with its attendant scourgrs National Bank, a
HIGH Tariff, system of Internal improvements, aud
that and humiliatng device Of enormous Federal
bribery distribution of money, or aims giving from
the Federal Government 10 the Sovereign States OF
tins Union: but above al-ave, nconccvaby above
all other sources Of dscord and horror the audacious
prcenson which nrrposes between our slaves and their
masters; an invasion this Of rights III property
guaranteed to us we might plead by the Federal com
primitive authority OF our Sovereign State: an an
thorty we trust TO be assaed without just resent
mcni, nor without indignant and nnyicldng resls.
lance.
Amongst other acquisitions Of the Wings upon the
supposed credulty Of the people, their demand for
your belief that William H. Harrison il not Federal
ist This belief, fellow-citizens, you required to
adopt, in opposition to the evidence furnished by q
whole life: in despite of an explicit confession by Gen
Harrison in the face of all Congress, reply to the
charge of Federalism preferred against him by the
late John Randolph: in defiance Of public and en-.
ihusias,ic admiration, avowed late the year sd
of the opinions of Daniel Webster, the Ultra Federalis
and sweeping denounceT Of Independent Sovereignty
in the States. You required moreover, TO believe
that William II Harrison belongs not 10 the mad and
parcide sect of Aboltlonstsa although he has himself
proclaimed his enrolment in Association OF Adolf
tionsts at the early age of years, proof ohs
superior crvor in that tanaticism:a although Just pre-
viousy TO the admission Gf Missouri into the Union he
penned and supported resolution, that proposed
the exclusion of slavery from crery Teriioryhen he'd