North Carolina Newspapers

ff UflrrKtWmt ' rte OeWaV choice jf them mt, expese'thm te the fengeahe. efi'o- sentathm rf,!.l- excellency the f l 41 ErecSS " hlpellk Mm t?,do" rffef indignation , . r d.li yofwUI recejve He cWuioglv order, 4. by deuel.i ihe think of a grateful people; nJ much oblige! eould not aiidtfrt W Ihafrttw J SSOuJ faet whM b!S Sr7' . -- .'-. 9 . '" . . . .- . . u iii'v xt r;-i r. -htmi.;. c. J iv.i. u AVa.n:nafmn nf all the doei! Jtno.wrieuire, wouiu relate- to th' r ri ft u a i a v MBBBiiB-.BiwrBTBraBBkBiBBBBa i in . m n. tai, a mm a- m. h . 'i -i B. .MV W .4 W V vua V "W- mmw w I ;-;r 1 4 'V" ,-t fluiv.; l his was stmii one s aner aiMmi if hottri hard fitjhtirfjj, aJd.thV-on8tuhtfV.ftapt8'dP?, Wflifuiiauistionable authoriiy, Cokniel Upliani ryd ?eat ;w'!th abput ftoofnifthkt :Motrjeal;.Ws 'gu'dnrded by onl 000 mea. -.1. '-l' iiit ttiatn PhIIauii ' A too f "Jul ftti JVDI SAO will) f '' '"' .( t 11 ret 6 tie iw got tbere just in tiniVtb a'ee" tUetr fell wsj-tai i "did you" eversee whale.; - .(t )Ty J treat, Jaitting ifccjr d'ad arid WoiiivdM onlhe.. -jv' : r ' '""''t;-; , , liniaiisertf'lhatiUAtherieair , y p.i ;. . iwa.l.-'i-Xi .i "T " ...j . k m .t i tdE fqfrf E6T o? this tAT audi Wft! ucrwcrc uiv:nti uhmcu, v y K. , ... - .-.'.i. ftti I-iv-tA a iAk "'nit Tin f And tfiMi'u fj Vl rftrtWtli '"V '- 1 ; tbft examination WMitl couWeted vith ihe subject. ' ' It had been Mserted oil the. floor that the eommunieatioos if liis exeelbney were luffisired to Wmaina Iwig lime fu the wir office :witlittfe'Wpiyi nd the that the auswers whh WHensili arrt written by snD-eiei-K lu tie ueparijnem. i wa certainly a great disparity between the two Whei?lAteivin Kewbeb helmil u: quaiutttd with an bineer of the ' armv Vlr-6 W;)1mldi, r: Glark'belicdJ; J hu way .to.isipeet the (roops statioiieiF-ii $Jt Hampton? ; A u Lieuteiiaut; there- had maja gi uv fuuuiut uiui mi nidi uuu recwveii i(ioutQ each other ;and tfcefce are thf? rertWni which t he Gf ai In fymteS -ue$dgy -..:.....-i,f-i.1.K--?H: MrC&Tfe. moved that the repjtrt, Uwret l-.ieA.:!U lilt: aiiiHrinaiiaucianau , x agreed to, Ue sam hi? was JrtjbuViflww the lead bftliej off clothes. -The blwria was attributed ift i. . ; department was ai tuetcoiuiers. 11 were t&v. a.. vum maujr jitue were iQUii jiay, JV dr.- 2 v t theeaie 'it was npt'WonUhing that auhr f in th?ir censure, rlie.ut first fell iuto the 8am. !pPt Cf r clerk'klinald amw.er his excellency's communi-j train of reasoning,' aiid. thought there wU8tu crl'at haste to advanee aod did not like this ah eiv th titiis iiild 'the on the itud by the force iinnn urhii'li he fmliitlcd his BIOllOll. i fr toioin ' unit-n ert-a rn inir .liihkk nri . &zner.Vs jireroiftespnow'for'his dedaoMr. UflrsaU hcywoiiiu Uosrt i : n:ir maathatiWem able-to fun iumiit'd- mao,wouia eive nun me uuor. nr f the gtntlo- Iiad . hoped cations ? nor eould It be fairly, construed into a mark of umitiorence or ueclct. .he' boal leaiVV .their'jJead aid woiinded not to have . been ,eorapelJe to enter iuto an vx e field of bafiYwitUne pteciv ofarUlle of the n:p t and address of the eoni- y the force of oiTs 'wer able toain the mijtee biat as ? he was . thus called upon he must k. Sktraige neglect-some where.? .(tor ' more' tai&jJJ enanirrinto thfrfaetrJllaiorW. infmmAri i.; t0 ;o IVespThe eoiftutiUee then itaW " that no forts have I that the delay was occasioned-solely by the oHi, , i now p-the table, j been erected." This ,h wo;tW notejiy ; but cer comraasfdtng having raade his returns, nt t the "gentlemau from Vve re there i.ot n mh withiii the hearing of to Major Oenoral Piakney as he ousrht to hi 1 stateto the Ji6:jse the reasons j iiia'vhfee who knew that a fori ifi cat ion had heeir done, but to General Jonei of this cttu. u eommeiieed at Beacon Island, under the admin- Ciark said that from this, and other circun : istralion of Mr,? Adams j and that it had been stances which had come to his knowledge, discontinued fi'ofli the. representations of per- could undertake. to assert as a fact, that th . sorts t who were supposed to have weight' with , reason, oiaiiy'of the troops had not been yud the ' admiiiistralioiu It ; was then said that a uftVwas because the proper, returns and timtlf tort at tfrat spot, whtoh.i now so jiigiiiyi'recom- requisitions liati not been made toithe result i H Autrieau hor. ;IenM'fypa?acompelled to vould not s.hrmt lrom the lasK. uenuemeiu menueu, could ouJy prelect aneu-uasue, ana oi.icers ior receiving uiem, in now many in adont this ridieuioua conclusiom-that beeaus6 had, heretofore asked for'a recommitmeuf, that j thai it w.vs not ikerefure, intended to dofeud stances thisnvas the case, he could not under-, tboe that were not k-TQeii.t' tyeund yew ble they-mf gut present to the nouse siien. a rep;irii xi wnern,ient'in, wavunfeionooe.iMU iotueiie-..-iaa.e to, say.; uia ue nau uuaer iti eye.gewtit1 -A ' -fr '' 1: x . :. J . i.V;'1 T U.. V.nl I. t .. k 1. A. Lull! liili nmu llial llniu ll . ,1 . ln&itHt jan' a. Knl..ayl 'fintk.it lit' 11 ' I Tift AiH I ll !l 1 trt i II fri a ' lidi uut! Af.'lillinai f S JU1C Amei'lva'ia 0"v'"l,'e' VllOJ J.:,.. .WHl UCrc; vui tsv lliiun jif ill uu t. mi.) iii.j wj y w .vvj. uuv.ii ainiiiiiiriii uu Hint 11 tiw v ."wii.ijLii... u.i.j . ,.na vv v.. uy.ng lviMarUO(l . .. 1 . t- y ' 1(4. ' ' .J 1 .t Iki T ...'..r ' .. ...' .. .-V. I f,.i..lr.k.l (kiu I..lktl.llM 4 hnilli iil'f Knun A.nl a. I fit. Ttilt i I . I . I ... ! j ? i I. J k. I . . I. . . M 1 t6 be expeitgQt 'HttdeHtoed'thai' I mean no ceii Stiri' W Anierieau troops, for 'if verily be JUee i that witli ; skjlful generals they will do ho rto their eoiintry;'.':,, .X"" ': . ,,.,'" ,., lJei tig iuVacQnaitHp Ht t ics ami ; fecJinio CQntidi-'iiep in my opiuion, it is with some dilHdenee that (i a. the (iidstioiSvh v tGen!! vWilkiuseii vua send a force that would ' cusure. the capture of this,. ' tenzifig aiid gWatehing'' party, aiid piirUffularly after he found that he must tight tiiby w'ty, as he was in great haste, diif hetuot despatch a force su.'- ifaiifaifin uambeitofensure speed as wed as suceels to the eaterprize ? I admit-that these are no in is inai auirui luue uiacusea aim ueciu- fed by 'those, skilled in . military , eicucp aud 1 1 oer 0j- jie from Uie length of time it had been in. the nur sry.ii scarcely deserved the rffnominatioo) he would ask the senate il' it appearetl iu that per feet and correct shape which .might have been 'expected;? He .thought it did no. il pOM 'port moa-ure to be attributed to our own The next position assumed was,..44 that no vessels of war had been stationed in our waters." Vhat did.-getithmteu mean by this t Did they mean 2ii-g.it n ships, fricates, or 74's i If these The ursi position-assumed by the committee; ould get into our waters any where it was only in tiieir reituri ua '4 that he constitution, fcav-. Wiliuinsrtoo ; and he much doubted whether iog vested in the general government the right1 lhey could be even there eulpJoyed with ad ! to declare ar, had imposed it-as a solemn duty ! vantage. He could hardly suppose that com- upon inai governmcm 10 juoiueir uic geiie-i . .. - - ral defeiice of the utiiou.'' The correctness of; gverment had very tew of ikcm. He this he verv cheerfuUv admitted, and would r,llisl s"ppJse, men, tnat ,inose aispitea V ' - W m was in a great I o (fie prOff 'Unrted States' onicer, wereit ! citizens. to the' Adjutant General of this Estate. 1K& -proceed to th rjxt assertion in tha report. 4 Noilh-Uarolina bein u rk i in rkrtff i nt ill m with a sfa-eoast r n ! i n i v ft i t' , W'". w w?mt;.ii , kflti but few vulnerable poiuis, and those lpdatheia liut shall proceed to -loUow lie j Cil.)a:,K. 0f being plaeed at' little expense in a lG?aeral la his goverfiViital, expedition. Ibis 0f safely against the enemy, confident f - i ,uaiue 4eiu3ei.ueu. ui6 ' y "I" Pi1'-1 exoeeicd that no time would be lost by the geu- things, tiioticjluatTn butteries-, the so tnueh rid cuied guu-oaH, were meant. When there was no essel . .. . . . . . ..' " i irn a ill.;, i ii r i nn p ik..ii. Liiiur..ii i iif.w.i vocuf.iw u . l VOULVb l M 1111,11 V I .1 IIUIII'.MJ V . V. -3 1 o.jvi.j , itcic gcuuiunj mm uji ill uiuuiai y , um iacu ! the niomeut lhey promised to ue oi' service ar1- , riveil, Uiiioi tiiuatei v tne enemy had a superior governor Jumseit Had informed lum oi' (ii,g: faet. Hence he could not but believe, asi.l 1 thought the senate would be impressed wild the correctness of the. opinion, that t!t ilelay in the payment of the troops and thefuN nishiug of the necessary stores and supplies was chielly to be attributed to the ignorsnoedf i WoUieers, commanding delachments of mili tia, as to the proper places, where appiicatioa was to be made for th em - lie Had every reaoa to believe, tJuitlvhe never application was malo in the right quarter, it was properly attended to. It would therefore be extremely improper to censure the General Government, on accou it of charges which were " evidently exaggjratcd if not entirely unfounded, V We are next told,4ai. Clarke, "thai ' a . " i . . - I -f,-r s . -ceeueu town tnc river, aname us'.i nay, line J.lL.,1..niot tn a t l2Ui,) joined the detachment under Gen, Hrov.i, p..a.i eiiieient detence. In this expectation v hvin5, stt9Uued a low Eet more than 35o ; .e ttiaue( untii Cliemy invaded our i?r- .if- x. . ..r. .... .. .tanrc. it was cerumJ force, aud goveruiuent iiad not tiie po.ver to des- many hundred ef regular troops have been vo- miio. Here after mature deliberation he de- leraiinesi.VB g into - wiuier ijuttriers, hbi ir gtaje luj . . . At. A . ... I j . I. ... . I- 'e- vulnerable ' l'f c" l"c'" w o lv y ""b'"1 ,? A?z, tsii, However, ivnv nau iney not neeireiu :iore the hloekaJs.' ? lie would UiiMely rejoin that it became the d'ltv of icoveruuient to give its- 1 1 lie 4ri ea.si-ainuor , want .of .proyisidn, he says expressly,- but be ; caua Jiawas disappointed in not meeting ueue C voai'd eail the atleution oi gcntieuieu tofde words her own eftorts," and le would then at Hamptoa on the opposite, siiove, as tie was .tt.k. u tLis Mhe tvuth,-the - hole truth, and rueredDoworgfJW. i-vpnui asK, let us exa- nAlhll v;lt ,k- ,riI1h ? iinrtfii -ihe invasu.4 ?iae Jltea there. not eutf company oi regular frocps a (ivHm:iiiiv iitr ttiui nur si iitiiiiii4r 111 rMii unn a . j-. t i . i.t 1 0T .Vfc 1 ' I " k "" ft I B14HUIICU at iUlV IJillU jnuii au ujiwhivi i. , iW1 "wmin H.ywB'-cMVtf,ucii..joflul0llp i jiere eertamiy was. ile hwnse iWtt V.eowB. jnuxment,"Ahut intimates,.:. - af(ePtbe aritUii had left our waters, on I,tiiaf4i-Ham Fe'tM"mWUn ne-'Us.-ilieet.liim at fet. :tici. -ftiev had been in the performance of w.-ji w.,4h-.v" v. c,UTWOn uuiy. ami w ere toreeu w remain at .uie : 1 thn iirHfllTTinaB nl f n . ttk I llilfnnfnn d t aV ah lueni f more tnipui lurit to tle"- feud Viuladelpiiia and New-York, than New iieru and Wilmington; aud it was proper lhat Norfolk shonld iveoive greater ' attention than Ucraeock. ii'tt it lias been said that these ves- luntarily enlisted in this state, and lhat, in stead of sending those troops or a part thereof, to the defence of Our sea eoast'or the. relief of our militia in service, the general government has sent them elsewhere. -vVs this the trutB and nothing but the truth ?" Were there not1 regular troops enlisted in this' state, employed , in the defence df the coast ? Vhere had Capt, Brian's eompanv been raised.- In Halifax, Edgcombe and'the adjoining counties. When did cuptv Copeland reVuit hU men ? In Pus- seld mighii litis e beeu const meted here, that they jfUaigii have ueju bUiU within our own waters. ; quotanks :lerfiuimbns, Chowaiu &,e. Tluse " . U .-,1 - ! . . all ' . , .1 .-i i uu. i5.il uie resources oi gournra;n were troops nau ueeu sent 10 tne coast ; ami somoot inadequate, to meet all these demands upon ihe"; them had remained there to his kuowledr a- puIWie nurse, lhir task al this UnuT isTioTati , bout hiiie months. Cant. Coneland'sniett !.ad easy one, said Mr. C lark ; more especially as f not been removed until another regular dunpa . . . I K ' k ' a . W il ep-'ny had arrived to supply their place ; fvo- u.A Tad vthe other been marched, until thlr'siatib)' vvl St; Uegjs was triepend i.the lirslace upon fort until r.iloved by a-company of militia, sJb-j ,,avc iw Uiui a poeriul thaweakiicss of Geuera UamntDn's foreel &, on m. . . - . L a. '-. -rvJ 1 1"" -Nt-v-AjHaad ati.l elsewhere, j this noiht. G ! 1 .'i l ... ! much ougiit. uoi to oe expected from then! ; ior supplied by the' militia ordered iiit.'i the s diseretfoVriifd It would havT been t hi height o ,'vv, Z e Zh toe .rrMZVaVn , I U'iu' "c,lhe r "uiiitseit uoP i ? the United. Slates. Was IP prVper, th,n, ' v ofiuittSticeiiet erily ' todtimgelf, but to the troops' - 4W...Mi...l ...! .h,l ..m ..tam .11,.,,... - e"01 H,ec'ea Losee every tnn.g. ami con ' iludef his command, lmd he; decided that he was, . ' .. .i... Jtrol every thing -i . j i-v"i. -: ii ' 1 i .i ' i lie lie.i assertion ni inai uio .crurai iaa break to face the enemy : what then was ' , . . , . a.- .... ?' .1 'i f.ai -1 I ij -i jroveriuneni uau proviuea no aneuuaie means I :'t!na diunnnninhn?fit f Imd hi in -1 Mam nrnn mi 0"!,-, 1 . j .'-'.-:," .i7" 'Vt'a 4 i u i either o protection or deienee, ana iiad witti I the ,;ojiWsitelinoie, it. would have been evi- . -i , .... , , .. , 1, - , ' A x - - , u ri , ...v.n . drawn most oi those whien wre loiiud upon our I deuce'ot:his weakuess x aud a, Gen. Nyilku)- ' . . . i ; u ! . - i. . .;?,. T; '.:::.- f y e-1-, .. V coast at the List moment of danger. ' How- 1 'tC' ever-mneh it may be regretted itis certamiy SimW? ft"?10"? I undeniable, that' in a great confederacy; like tipMrtmarkethaUhis circumstance, ; - t,lC'Ulirtcj S(ale. lUuusl bc impoUihle vf '.,-; "V i .i - t. . . - V i ' . ! lor the general government to extend adcouat I . .i. ?'..-i.f i.v ji... i means oi p The uexi .-complaint was, that 4 no fecular troops had' be'ei stai roned upo.i our coast V.X-, ccpt one couipaiiy oi artiilci y at Fori Joli.isoiu -'' Had such an assertion been made oy men who were iguorai i oi c-.TrniiMii occuirenees, it would uot have been 'matt .. r of surprize. Hut w hen it came from the utile committee, who had made the report, he w as pcifccli astonished. Able, he very freeiy acknowledged t:.eiu to be; nor was it candid or generous for gentlemen to come forward and palur upon the so-iate, at facts, things which vete really not facts, and w hich v were unsupported by any chain of evi. denee ?" He would not undertake to say fl'at the general erovernment had exerted i stif greatly in our behalLorJhatit Jiad seiitiMjiuJi-'31 OL-jijiiiii.A' 1.. it i.i.Allilmi.11 lt.-..at t I t 1 lu-)413iailbC) Ulll ICI lllft gUHCllXCIt ka.t Mini ' whieb.had no foundation in truth. , V,? The report jiext staled, 44 that j.t the monwt M-heii the Secretary of State for the U-iiad iuiv.i,imu. w wiij ijmi. iv mi. n ,.i i.- iiujiHie iiL alllil ll.T l (lllllli lllee OI eiiuai Sfiiu vviia unnn in- lipnprul I'lnLnnv nt I IB . I UUCJ iU 1.11 li 3Vult.ll T.. IT Hl T 11 IIWI'5.1111. URT ; - ai .1 . f : J 'n ,. . . .... - .viemmaeiieein 'lit ofa contest With auv lialiou we ..i..,..o ....-i.l t... ...i.. ...., i , ...... n... i..,; I.,.,..!. ..:i:.. i .....' i:- irUiu'.v D-eure, ue rotinaiy asserts, inai iue eiiftmy s r . . .u mi, a.iwvn.u n um mv n.u ..1.01.0. sam:ig oi mc cianij a ai mnDiem uuui uii"i foree'at'Mtiiireal trWo'O) ' In the first place JinuH .a4wR)'.Hv' 80tnti i,arls' m.e.xPscat He and that its probable destination was to tb 1 say, GovWilki'usohi. ttnd however much it might he tbe trnth, me whole tnitif,-and iiothiug 'but southern States, the regular troops ivhieb lud that'Gen" Hainflion' would have met him at St. u,3ilCii that we .might be every where pJ-epar- tjle truth and h no regular I roups except one been in cantonment at Salisbury were under He-is, ' becmshe had ut It irpou the eonfin- !eil a c0uid "ot U .cafe ev'eu.,i we heiU bai. company of artillery h.al been found stationed marching orders, aud have sinee marched be- eeaVf of Qio". lliftipifta's'lftabiiity to face the F"--.- deieud the wioie coast oi iS. -0pon Our sea-coast r lUi there j.ot been a enm- yond the limits of the state." He saw in thi enemy Wuuhe had no nght -i e.xpecf him ' V11'1 WuultI tortiheations ior at least jmu stationed ui a'oi i Hampton tdr nearly nine h , hiug to prove that the President had beea i aTOtlr'round : thretarvWwar had oile ,ll,dreli extent. Jj or insttiiee, Ai- m)Mlils f xnd did not Captain V. opeiand s com- m-Ii-ent of his dutvf He had it from authority f 1 Mwvkiti.rfl m IliA a all .-V f ta W. F- Kill Ii till i. LI1U Clli,l V IU ''jrtaJ.ftlataLUl.. - an ..e fi.3--iV:ii':io'-'ii'i'-5t.1? irii-: .:....'. bemarle sound is separated trom the oeean by were on Like hamplaiu fah' , 0)v 8t"f ol, buf e various ,n- tt( iorlJo Gl en. Hauiiiton to WrVideJ,iafhiSeH-ith M.iuniugV, h.c i tle barges ot the enemy lh(,: wm. provisions, he mast hay h iye takorat least twenty day them at that seasdn errand, for th most part of the! wayvth? rbW .W.nrii.a .r;... ; i.ed .niil theeup ol Jiumiiiaiien ami bilierness on which he could fully rely, that these troops had been itudbr marching orders ever since Au- e'Jcnow.'llIiai;iC.W0:nhr'TO,5,UL MU too, min5u erct j fuiai. . n0vv tia-ra, arnved to supp their place, thus s to have earrttd mi-'u"lieu Jfe goveruor s message snouiu oe inStead.of ouiy one company it eould not be de- a . . l.!'....i!i-t X r ' wip. tuiil 1 v. I -!la rk- il will h.'ul .1 . i. .. . . .1. .. . 1. ...!.. of the Tear jfrOfll JLake ,-""-"v,"w -"j ""k.- -7 - j - - - men mat since uie wai mice cunijiiiiues uitiu- . ruin... on.!, .tv.k ..v.j ...v, . SIV. OI amaii uuiacoineiiLS 111 ueen siaiioneu pany oi'iniantr leinaiu the same icnrih ot lime I. J OJS ilMJl! . XIIL CCi IUIIII UIU , lUIU MUCH ordercii awuy, the lOinpain oi artillery tust last. Was it then to have been presumed, that these troops, which had been under maieu- ing orders in August, were still," so late. aTTh last of October, in they eantoniuenl at Salisba- inauitcly worse than . the direct ronte to JtSoii TVrtAl irlliW Tf Hit VPI' IIP' j . ..ai . j -jb-a 11 u.i aa m a an. a.aaw w w a Gau.AViikin?on was not, orVat least he&ght l unSc"croU!it ; v. i. i., 1 I?1: ..dri .j t v.!. tL.Li !railravernment-fbr not 1101 10 nave ueeu ui&uiiKnirneM ih uoi iiieciinir , , 1 .1 1 i ii.. i'i!:'r-ivi. t ....T.ovher puwer to do., P W- AAUIIIlflUII ) He thought on our coast. . 1 ho assertion, tiiereiore ol the committee could not be takeu"lo"r 44 the whole Ueg - that. Was ry ? It w as not. Having mentioned this circum stance to an oHieer of the thjrd regimeut, he ex pressed his surprise- and Viseryed, that on a Into nrnninn. nHin Hint r.-;m,ni received .0 coiiipiaiu of the 1 s,.. The ireport then goes on tostate that the'de-. orders to proceed from Ne-Orleans, they tleiiic what was nol in-u ariiculariy as it was well ; te(j cjtaes, Jiave been much neleeted. They nitioii and basease;"- nlyine in their boats a 11 1 truth." co.mniina4dtiou f.1 jldn lit lliil J? (1 -I u T tti'iil r a n n at .r V-'. - .'11 "1.1. v Lvt. .... i t.Xl.i.; ..iiT.l . oi rjs,j(ri;;u'uec ueiwcew uic aw IMlKlj lllllli V!ll tk A 1f?A kiiowti to be tlteduty of the govtinment tirt to . have been furnished with but lew tents to nro-Jonl5a Miss'issinni.Tha calculation of.tlie tdiiflt t cenaiiv Vf llie..'itW Jr': ta'.! of those states ;hieh;teet them trom (le'tnclemench of the weather j cenrrartfoverumehf then must have be higWT4W T wanyof itgite:me much pleasure that (hi Mlets1 mi yF"'Ht .nfedicar t hiah were innstl v cniftcti ral iiiul fninhled ursl compmiu. v . upon an -.-asse-miiageF' ejr'enmsta-ircos-hear 'a,f -The" "iieit assertion was 4 that the gun boats them have been required to perform nrdi i . , precise coi rrsporuleiice with .?th'e facts ftincc dis- 'xvhich were iiimmrssion' whenjthe war was' garrison duty." Thai the militia had 40 I closed 1 woiild -notV'ask, liovr lm'i'ir is t he pa- declared were' laid up in ordinary." Tiii, not ' form ordinary -garrison' duty,' aud. that Uiey 1 lie.u e ol flinencans to be trifled with r-W heir neinsc m possessio.i .oi tue tacis, ue wouiti noi are our iiij'.iries to be redressed ? Is it 'not enough deny ; bu t he; eOuimittcc weiit on-to assert lhat that our national rights are .violated with impu- 44 a'eoiripany of regulars, that garrisoned Port tea la loci nun rl ? lint. Tf.imntoii bkd been scnthovmid the. luui.ta fit he , a 9, r IB, bb a w V, SO V- 1,Uf t U V 1 J' , . J - - - - - ,'' coaulry invaded ? 1 0,ur cities and towns burnt ? state.'" 1 he imprcssiou whieli appeared to he ireMrrareriivi'riimeiif then must have been. hn . :' them have perished' from the w ant of in October the troops which had been atSalu . bery were on their road to the northern iroun tier. - ' Another assertion contained jn the .report was, that' 44 although North-Carolina had fur nished almost as many regular troops to the (J. States'ai'aiiy other state in the. union, none w . . them had been employed in herefeuce." He -did not know how the, first of .these position was to he established. No calculation or docuv mania ira n a A t tt net A f t filittnn H it '"and as to t n I hospital stores to resist the 'ses of a sickly climate, and the suiviuors of inary per- were ill provided with lenu and hospital stores, Mr. Ciarke said he should not deny, but if it were meant to impeach the disposition of the general government to' make, the necessary provision for the men called into" its service, he. must r- 'I'll v f J r .ii !. In. " 1 in i ii a 15 i "ii.i;.i.. nStfivpil. hrft- ;tlf iit.iioh not in Iw iik. iv.i il.nt Epive it a tiusitiVe canlradictioii. "Was the cir- ntliir. tlnlt ttnna of the rrooDS raised itt ded n ith disgrace ? Gome forth ye" ralilnet se-". the garrison of Fort Hampton had been sent just icumstance to be accounted for ni no other way-fj state had been employed in its defence, he tbol ' . . m ? S.I 9 . J I - i . . l ... ...... -Al.rA ji.-. eret-keepers. Jet us know the causes ot all these- oeyona me noruers oi inis state ior tne purpose hliiimcftil disasters 1 Arejoti afraid t(tak'e i being employed in the defence of some one .Canada lest it might create a propouderating adjacent. Now why not statelthe whole truth ?. iudiienee against tiie VirgiuiaiU nasty ? s Uie1-c. The faet was those-very men were. under Geiie a secret' uuderstaiiding between you aiiil theral tlaibptoji, in Canada, fighting the battles of coumander of our armies on that subject "If "T their 1 country, ' lie vvould ask what were the you have not love of country enough, t,o tell the i'oujooo militia called into the service of the tru t h, permit tne to t.ppea.1 to thu general's. 1 United Slates, to dni, if they' could not be em- xioia uuu ji .iiifkiiebs aro lue iiisiiusr'usniuir pm;.'u in uic iRuunuiiutt u siuiiiuu uuit. tell us i he- traits iii the character. of a soltlier : bt-H'!i you. ye- guardians ofour lives,-rights and 'liberties, wJ;y . uijti v!iL'elore have uot our wrongs been redressed ? Why h& not the cue my ii'vn maue Taiieei tne energy ot.Aiueneau j viiion . If )uu have oaids amonjoiij point j lTly had beed tried, aiid refused to-cro$s the lines.' They were-t Hereford useless oh therfrou tiers j except indeed the western militia who had fo ugh L like heroes and set an etninent example, worthy of being followed. . 4V V: AVVliave it next asserted,44 that the rfpre- It unfortunately was the case,' that the'Presi aeni oi ine unueu oL4iies,vas generally com pelled to trust to the reeommeudalious. of others in favor of those appoin ed to oiiiees in the ar my." This he did not mention. .to reproach any one j '.or to derogate from the merits of deserv ing inen. The result, however, was, that ma-1 ii v had obtained co.nniissious' in the army who might much better have been left at home. He would ask if it was 10 we supposed, that oilicers, whatever might be their ! military capacities, eould at first understand all the complicated duties of a camp ? ' : Many of them he w as con vinced could neither make o-M, a pay rolla mas ter felir nor an iusueeusi retuxn, musk lss he had sftewu.it to be a most unfortunate post' troTii' which cpnld not be siibstantiater'. ' It haa,"however, been dwelt upon withgreat emphasis, that ouf troops 1 were compelled U v perform garrison duty! He' was reaily.astnn- ished to hear language of this kind. What duv tv werethey to perform, if they were not to be emploved within the limits of their own .state f They had been tried aud wouldjiot- cross the lines.' -If, theu, they could hot be taken out.or our limits j if they were hot to perform garri son duty rand 'if the-interior of the country . never was invaded, how he demanded, coul the militia ever bo brought, within reach of the enemy r They were eertainly called jnto the