Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-06-16

tied The cry of sword and purse was manufactured
for the purpose of injur'ng that weitrea patriot aho
honest statesman Gen. Jackson, because he was
Military Cheftain of the first order-but the sound OF
.ssword and purse which reiterated from one part
of the continent the other passed UNDECIDED as The
idle wind and fall harmless al his feet Mr. Van Bu-
rem although true patriot and statesman IS no
Military Chcltain but the empty sound of "sword
and nurse is revived against him, and will fall equally
harmless 4, his feet w hat control has The President,
under the Constitution, over The purse OF the Nation;
Can he use dollar without express act OF Congress
authorizing il? You know he cannot. Has he ever
us,d \ dollar without an act of Congress author
INV If You know he has not and that by tie
Constitution his hands tied upon The subject
of the pursc-and that it is entirely under the
control of Congress Agan--What control has the
President under the Constitution, over the sword
If the Nation However great his desire might be
TO use the sword in defence of his conntrys rights
would he have the power to declare war: lou know
he would not The Constitution says, that "Congress
shall have power declare war, article lst, section
9Th. Has the President the power to raise afmy:
On no The same article and section OF the Consttu.
ton declares that "Congress shall have power to 81
and support armies Has the President the power 10
provide and maintain a Navy Oh! no. The Constitu-
ton declares that Congress alone has that power. Has
the President the power To make rules Tor the govern
men, md regulation of the land and naval forces: Ger
tanly not The same article and section of the Con-
sttulon has given that power alone to Congress Has
the President the power to provide for calling forth the
!
surrections and repc invasons' Oh! The Consti.
tuition has placed that power in the hands of Congress
too and the article and section has placed IN the
hands of Congress- the power to provide for organz-
ing arming and dsciplinng the militia, and for 60
vernnr such part Of them may be employed IN the
service of the u s. reservng the States, respective
w. the appointment Of the officers, and the authority oil
training the militia according to the discipline pre-
scrbcd by Congress- You perceive, therefore, that the
| Constitution has placed the ''sword and the purse OF
al. Iopl ,nfr onHt hal tup
sdent has no sort of control either Then away
with this slang Of the tsword and the purse being IN
the hands Of the President. The stern Democracy OF
the land arc too intelligent be deluded by such un
founded newspaper slang of modern Whggery
! Next in order comes the writer's empty sound oil
"Standnu Army which has been sounded by the
Wings, like the slang of ''sword and purse from one
end of the continent tn the o,her TO gull and delude
the people; and the measure recommended by MT
Poinsett of organizing the militia, has not only bcen
misrcprescnied by the Wings in calling II Il standing
army but has in other respects been greatly distorted
and misreprcsrn appears by MIR PoInsetts letter.
recently published in the Richmond Enquirer but Their
misrepresentation in relation TO this measure, Ike all
their other Misrepresentation against the measures oil
/ the Administration, will eventually rccoi upon the
Wings and produce real injury TO the 81 Demo
cracv. You perceive that under the Constitution, the
President has control the militia nt the country
but the control and management OF them is placed IN
I the hands of Congress. Them why Al! tins slang Of
nStandnn ARMY, luSt because tHc >cCItliEY VI ~ NJ
has recommended the reorganization of the militia
which recommendation the President communicated Ia
Congress: Is it not proper and necessary To nave
we'll regulated militia for the protection and defence OF
the country, especially when are threatened, as al
present. to be involved in with England: Sure
" il is Is it not good maxim TO prepare for war in
time of peace and does Constitution not recognize
and recommend the proper organization OF the militia:
You must respond in the affirmative The ID article
of amendments the Federal Constitution declares
" of free State, and that the right of the people to
keep and bear shall not be nrInged The Sc.
cretary of War and President, then, merely d:s
charging Constitutional duty III recommending to
Congress the proper reorganization oil the militia
The modern Wings would have us believe that the
Constitution is wrong that the reorganization of the
militia not necessary proper for the defence OF The
country, and was never before heard OF.
! Honest Reader let remind you that this IS not
new measure. The Father Of his Country, Gen. Wash
inrton through his Secretary, recommended to Con
gress the reorganization 9th militia. His successors
approved that recommendation and urged lis adoption
upon Congress. Gen. VIM. Henry Harrison himself
MS Chairman of the Committee of Military Aiilrs IN
Congress, the Eth of January, l~l1, recommended
the REORGANIZATION of the militia, substance the same
as recommended by Mr.. Ponsett, except that General
Harrison went farther in his report, than MIR Ponsct
and was III favor of extending the powers of the Gene
raj Government ntoa the higher seminarles and IN
deed into every school in the u s. for the purposes Of
and one that the Wings might well have complained
Of if Mr. Ponsett had incorporated it in his report but
he did not, and the recommendations OF Gen HARRISON
and Mr. Ponsett precisely the same III every DINER
essential principle The militia TO be classified by
both reports. The militia to be paid by both re.
ports and they both founded upon similar pr'nci
Piles. On the 9Ih of January, ISIS, Gen Harrison
again recommended to Congress the reorganization OF
the militia; and not satisfied with that the I'D oil
January, 1919, he again recommended the same TO
Congress, accompanied by long plan which had been
submitted to Congress by II. Knox Secretary OF War
under Gen. Washington. Wonderful indeed, Mr.
Wing, that Gen. Washington recommended the re or
gan Zation of the militia, otherwise called by modern
Whiesery Standing Army Wonder, the Tories did
not RAISE the alarm at that day and call it "Standng
Army. for they did not, you know, want the country
10 be placed in condition of safe defence, as the Con
stitut;on contemplated IL should be- The same mea.
sure Of recognizing The militia was recommended to
Congress in lN36 and 1887 and on the Iii of May,
i 1885. Mr. WAGNER chairman of the militia, made n
Report, accompanied by bill. The bill contains l6
sections, and provides that the militia shall be CLASH
fled and trained, and the expenses borne by Congress
! Why did the Wings not raise the empty sound OF
"Sianding Army" then The reason is, because il
not necessary for their cectionccrng purposes
and there was no real objection TO the measure.
i If we had time and space, Mr. Wing, we would like
to discuss the SubTreasury question, which you have
barely mentioned and TO shcw The people that the State
banks, which have already proved unsound and made
quae 10 the task, will not answer the fiscal agents
of the General Government and that The safety of the
Government and the well being of the people (whom
the faess conduct of the banks has greatly embar-
rassed) demand entire separation between the banks
and the Government; but we will at more convenient
discuss this subject with Wing friend, and
for the present dismiss it.
| Next, as to the military renown Of Cen Harrison
! Why do you puff him 4 military cheftan? Has it
now become necessary qualification in the estimation
of the Wings for the Presidency This is like their
other ridiculous absurdities When Gen. Jackson was
candidate for the Presidency the fact of his being a
military clcitain was, in the estimation Of the Wings,
sufficient for his defeat, and to elect military
chcilaIn in their estimation, than war,
pcstI!ence and famine 10 the country. But now, when
they have in nomination Gen. Harrison, who is not
titled 10 the character of military cheflan they
attempting TO make for him military character, and in
the estimation Of the Wings noc, The fact of candidate
being military chieaim, is of the strongest rca-
sons for electing him to the Presidency. Beautiful
consistency indeed! Ought not the Wings 10 be
ashamed of their absurd and ridiculous articles resoted