Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-02-21


tor sight causes-indeed against any which not purely
in selfdefence.
II equally untrue TO that the poorer css Of Ueoe
by which must be meant all the aborcr or generally tbose
who live their wages, have nothing 10 lose by the war
In this and other largo eities of csefy th5usana sts
chants 81 Of capital Who MAY be injured or thrown Sui
Of business there ten thousand living wages whose en-
poyment depends directly indirectly the commerce a.
those cities The number Of aborers proposition
atey less in the purely agricultural DISTRICTS But is evil
dent that in both considerable number must be thrown
Of employment either by the destruction Of commsce, in
consequence Of the essened value aud quantity Of the ascu
tual products And impossible that this should take
place without affecting the Of wages than which
affecting evil could fall on the community There
of pure and elevated feelings who does ardeny
wish that could be devised aneorpte the Of
ciey in that respect that those who live by mnnua IA
Dor should receive just portion Of the profits which
very unequay divided between them and their em=
poyen.
But if the rate Of wages Was not materially asctsd
yet when is said that the poor havs nothing lose by war;
because their lives are counted for nothing Whe-
ther militia, regulars, Sailors The pvatcs, the who
actually fight the baes exclusively taken from the poorer
classes Of society. Officers uniformly selected from the
class which has property influence They indeed risk
CALAMITY their ves but with the hopes Of promotion and Of
system, least Of the regular army, is extremely rare.
almost impossible, that private soldier should rise to the
rank Of officer In the Of thousands kill
cd, die Of Diseases and the residue when dsbandsd
home with habits unfavorahe the pursuits Of indus
try And yet is asserted that they pedisposed for war,
because they have nothing to lose.
As yet however, have had only voluntary
enlstments for raising regular force the pay or bountes
must be increased in order obtain sufficient number and
thus far to become private soldier has been voluntary act
The calling militia into actual service is modified species Of
CONSUMPTION and has also been deemed sufficient burden
to limit the time Of that service months Another plan
contemplated by those who eager plunge the
country into Fearing that sufficient number Of
may not be voluntarily raised they propose that the militia
should be divided into portions those belonging to the
first class SHALL called into actual service be bound to
twelve months instead of and the other portion shsbe
liable to furnish number Of recruits for the army exceed
ing oneenth part Of their total number This last provision
to be borrowed from the Russian military CODE The
Emperor Of Russia requires each village to supply him with
certain number Of men, in proportion to that Of the male poPu
aton In time of he requires the rate Of three for
each hundred maes which nearly that Of ten for
every hundred enrolled in the militia and he also
grants to the ser tho privilege intended to be allowed
portion of the militia by the project that Of selecting
the recruits among themselves
III DC any c@nsolatcn certain tna ain0ugn we
invade England the evils arising from the wsrw be
sensby and permanently felt byGrea Britain than by
the United States Her efforts be Commensurate with
those Of the United States much greater sea- order DO
eeient in every respect expensive Of her
distance from the seat Of Such is the ppiy progressive
state Of America that the industry Of the people will few
years peace have repaired the evils caused by the Of
Government. England will remain burdened with additional
debt and taxation
An aged man. who has for the thirty years been detach
ed from party politics. and who has nothing whatever
hope TO fear from the world nas merit in telling The truth
and acting mn Independent; part But know too WELL and
have felt too much the influence Of party feelings NOT to be
th.a really des;ross o preserve
ing peace will be entitled to the highest praia who shall on
this omentous dare to oct for srselves 1Oait-
standing the powerful sympahics of party Yet sscrss
Of principles isfequed men may remain firmly attached to
those which their party founded and which they con-
scentiously adopted. There chgnexion between the
principles doctrines on which each party ys.veIv was
founded, and the question q war; or peace with |: lsssim
nation which agtated ThcPsacce which has lately
prevailed to convert every subject, from the most frivolous to
The most porsn into party question, desoys alto
gctcr psbona Independence spd strikes The very roots Of
institutions These bsagcs Of party they are Called
make every slave; and transfer the legitimate ausho-
sity Of the majority Of the nation TO the majority Of party
a'u 2 nnAotty VI ue sovereign people,
were permitted TO appeal TO former times; II would SAY
that during the six years that had the honor Of seat in
Congress, there but Of those party meetings called
for the purpose ofdchesaag upon tho measures Por y be
adopted The first was after the House had asserted ss sb-
stac ghto decdeon the popsy Of making appropriations
necessary carry treaty effect Whistler such appvoprs
tons should be made with respect he treaty with England
of l794 The other in the year 1885, respecting the
proper be pursued xcr the hostile and scsndaIous
conduct Of the French Directory On both occasions wes
divided and both the members Of the minority Of each
meeting left at full liberty they pleased with
out being that account proscbd considered having
abandoned The principles Of the party This too hook place
at time when unfortunately each party eoneousy
pected the Other Of improper attachment s other
Of the great begercnt foreign nations. must say that
neverknew belonging to the same party myse and
have no believe that there any in the opposite
party, who would have sacrificed the interests Of the country
those OF any foreign Power confident that such
person is to he found councils amongst our cit
Nor am apt suspect personal visws apprehsn-
OF the effect these might produce My only fear Is that
which have exprcssedthe difficulty Cor honorable men to
disenihra themselves from those party sypsihs ed hsb
audabs and useful in the origin but which, carredo sxces