New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-11

Hear General Jesup's speech and toast When
the soldier speaks let al plain citizens give ear
True the Generals speech comes not first IN order,
bot there 10 in 1t one confession precious, one
truth 90 pregnant, one bin, worthy Of being i'm
proved, that We csnno, delay our grateful sckno~'
Judgments. We are in the bsginnirg-nsy already
In the very criss-of contest between the Civil
and the Military power between the People ana
the Army-betveen the Constitution and tee
Sword Fortunately for those who have 'ne
virtue and tie coursge 70 battle while YET tney nay
for the rights OF the People and their power 70 oe
fend themselves sgsisst danger from abroad ne'e
we have 10 this speech Of who Gays ne has been
, soldier from bis boyhood-Ee have hn e1Phe"
declars:ion-"If you hare offers Of education u
re2res not more than t;.o months 70 o0rTerf fie "
PIE Of orr country into di'ciP'ired 'o'der' nA'
more then do we need What occasion 70 main
tain, forever, standing military force, which even
in time OF profound peace IS 20 cost the nson sOe
sl2 Ooo. 900 or SIS 900 900 annually Oar PoPuls
ton ia or soon vill be- increasing At The rate Of
million year. Does eny one dream o. oah5e' u
invasionf Where then the necessity Tor en- army
except 20 augment Executive influence and ehoAn
ger the peace Of the country and the safety OF our
institutional Educated officers we can easily
have. Let the Military School be kept ap at West
Point. From that poin. the seeds OF military know"
ledge may be annually distributed through every
State in the Union. There is DO occasion 70 guar
sntee 70 its graduates either employ nent sa'a >
or commission. The education Il bsstofs - 'he
very best preparation for every employment oil IN
dustry and talents There is no occasion Tor "nicn
il doe. not prepare the body and the mind and IS
long az il offers the advantage OF scienthc ana era
tnitous education there will ever be as now Ihou
sand, Of applicants more than can be admitted '" ny
should there not be , Its course embraces study
of the living languages mathematics from me low
est 10 the highest branches, civil engineering and
all the natural sciences. Suppose to be enlarged
or others of precisely the same character be estao'
ished in other parts Of the country instead OF one
hundred one thousand educated officers might be
provided every year, and sent into civil HE TO re-
side among the people, who in case OF emergency,
according 70 one whom we consider unsurpassed IN
knowledge Of the subject, would require not more
than two months 10 be converted into disciplined
soldiers" For one half the cost Of an army liable
10 be used for the most dangerous purposes school
Ike that al w est IOlAl biiHuL NC H4otN-N-'% So
every State in the Union. Half its cost would
serve 10 make Harbors and Railroads all over the
Union. adding beyond all calculation 20 the wealth
and power and military strength and safety OF the
Nation.
Every one knows tina, party 10 fast taking the
place of the Constitution that Congress intent on
the spois for themselves or their families has
a. NJ 70 "a
Of their idol elect No longer do they seek Tor chiei
among men illustrioos for wisdom aud virtue. Inc
only question among the leaders, IS a, the nomina
ton OF Polk is now for whose election can we com
bine the greatest amount Of influence the more
obscure the less ObnOx lOgs-the more unpr.nciped
the more unscrupulous-the more ignorant the
more complying With such men in power, who
can answer. as We have seen for the use that may
be msde OF a military force, however small DE
can make none that his parasites are not ready %
applaud Mendicant tools, dependent on the iit'e
{. rant for bread and ambitious 70 inherit hs po yer
they have neither opinion nor character. To what
meapoess would not the rest of Tyiers Cabinet
have submitted, like Mason, TO be kept in place ?
The despoi Kouli Khsn supped with aayorite.
new sort Of pulse was served up There Is moth ng
more pleasing and wholesome than this sort OF
pulse" said the monarch. Nothing more pleas
irg snd wholesome" said the courtier. After
supper the tyrsnt found himself indisPosei. lie
could no, sleep. when he arose he said, There
is nothing more detestabe and unwhole'ome than
pulse" Nothing more detestable and unwhoe'
some" said the driveng cour,er g But you did
! not think So last night said Kouh Khan " what
has msde you change your opinion Ny re-
| soect and ny dresd,' replied the sycoPhsnt "
can curse the food with IMMUNITY sn the slave
of your highness and no; OF the pulse' so is It
with these miserable psnders 70 the proaigacy and
the ignorance, the selfish passions and groveing
ambition Of a man, who. feeling his own insgnii
canoe and want Of popularity, plunged his nation
into " an unnecessary and unconstitutional war
and would oyerturn the Liberties Of his country Tor
the qualification OF his own vanity and ambitioni
predetermined TO deno1nce all who should raise
their voice against his violation Of the Constitution
as 90 many aiders and sbettors OF the enemy.
! And il II into such hands that Wings entrusted
with power for the honor and salvation OF their
country. would place men without number and
money without count
That this war. if closed TO morrow, with al It's
claims for losses and pensions for half century
70 come will cost the nation some hundreds OF mil
lions Of dollars, no honest man will deny-but who
can say when or how we are TO get clear OF
sn army of 10000 men. of whom every officer is
thus to be made an idol by citizens and leeis
lators Let il be remembered, on the evidence
of one of them of undoubted talents, one who
has been soldier from his boyhood and 80
well disciplined that he can frame his estimates
70 order and show that there Is a royal way IN
msthematics"-let it be remembered We say on
his evidence, that in the absence Of standing
army at requires not more than i''O months TO con
vert the people Of country into disciplined 'o'
dierso 1.-THE people forget that, it shall not be oar
fault. Gentlemen, I'll your glasses-a bumper to
Gen Je.up and his toast free press-a people
well educated in jealousy OF executive and militia
~ power and good mail establishment to dissem
mate the principles Of liberty
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