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. i , , ' ' 1 : ,' -, ,; t!,v, s,.i ...j. -v v . - t:r'v;' J&iffir . . ' V Uffi , ? tt. ryr-rrr-r-jr Vrf.r .'ii ii 1 MRlCLlAU'gl?EKC i ?J tod lt.UUn& ta-toff J r iuj.-;;-.ilrnn., nu do hv- . ai in rftntain tithin theWi&Qf the ..pwnnco: of ;hich he had "11 rfpresenUdg Grand Mcnan wihe most vafaable island, f. tipulatins; an amicable Tand eqaitoWc . one root of U.e territory of fhc UniUd States? irourtHJetoMoose'and i5 draxvn in question, that of Great Britain to Grand Menan is equally bo, TfumaTlose the one, .he majtfie cLher. the treaty, it was true, con tained a provision that iepartTtMi; session, at the time" of the ratfe Vnn mir hold on until thaquestion of linn. ma7 noiu o -it is tleciiled. Hie committee. would obscrvo that this sUpu moment of the iigoature, bulloiAed to , the period or;.tiie ratification of jtb, treaty. The f American .commission-. ers had thouihfthey tnit ?aleljr.reb on the valofofMaswhuiw, arms of the Umte'd 'State, to drive the invader from our soilf nad.5.,so hoped that ve.mtgbt obtatn possession of Grand Meiian: Itistrfleev U? be en disappointed in the succeiul ap--.i:..,:r, nV thp. farMsorthat atateadd !.r rl,'lTnion. i -But It 1 oti tme that we have parted with the rizht It is fair to presume that Great Britain will with good faith, co-op, rate in carryinK the stipulations into fffeet: and ahe has, in fact ; already promptlr proceeded to tbe.apiiin nieut commisoners under tl.c trcatr. ' . t a -V-. n-iinfl hv the war r xi. c kr h( fihewn that we had Ut noUnng in rights, temtorj or ho run nothing fur iich ve ou-ht to have contended according to the prin ciples ofjntlemcn otithe other side, or according' to our own. Have ,we pained nothing bj the war?- Let an v man look at Uie derau'ed condiUtm of this country before the war. TH fcotu of the universe the contempt of oarsrlvcs ; and tell me if we, pined nothing by the war 2 " hat is oar present situation ? llespectabili- tr an 1 tharacler abrvad f ecunty and And constitation arc placed on a solid basis never to be shaken. The glory acquired b? our gallant tarjj by our Jackons a'mloiir Browns on the land tut n.n' nt ? True ve have had r.ur vicissitudes that there were iiu iniliatln events which the patriot could not review without deep regret. Bet the sreat account, when it came to be balanced, thank God, would be found vastly in our favor. Is there a wan", he asked, who would have, obli terated from the proud pages of our v. r. . - Prior to lhe r e occup1 -Mose. r vi.mr ihcr tire vitmn xne -CthVtrestv ofir85;v a!)d pteif Bn- confidence at home. It wc nave not pot the year imgjtt to ne inetoy tne re obtained in the opinion of some the full j(vcuuo-jf the. jcar. .iTln time of war rr.eanrr of nftribution, our character Lit were imposiible to observe tlnsirnle, i history the brilliant ,acmeemenr oi i Jackson, Brown. Scott, and the host of heroes oa land and sea' whom we would not enumerate ? Is there a nan who could not desire a participa tion in the national lorr acquired by the war ? Yes, national glory, which, h.wevr the expression -may be con-i demncd bv some, must be cherished bv everv genuine patriot. .What do I nutn bv national glory r Glory such a Hull of the Constitution, JacUon. Kiwrcnce, Terry have acquired. ' And are zrtttlemen insensible ta their deeds to the value of them iu animating Use ctunfry in the hodr of peril hercaftar? Bid t!te battle of Tlierinopvlrc prv icrre Greece but once r uhiUt the Mississippi contihucs to bear the tri bute of the Iron Mountains, and the Alleghany, to lief Delta and to the gulf "of Mexico, the t 8th of Januan ihall be cemenberedand the glory ol thaUlay shall stimulate future patriots and nerve the arm of unborn freemen in driving the presumptuous invader k frimi our countrv's soil! Gentlemen 'may boast of their insensibility to feciingi iapi:ed by the contcn.r..ution jj :K ..-Ar-eUXnVaA-.,,n!i -he. would', aslcfi doef tne1 recollection of linker's hill, nf SfiVWibVa. of.YocktoWn, afforAthem i .f.tj :-ii;r t Hiintpr' nm.iiuy Dasiexuencutc, iu ucrsvcrc tuiue np pleasure ? .Eicrjj act f noble sa crifice, to tbe country- every bf patriotic demotion , 'to her cause, has itv beneficial" influence. nations Character H ithe xsum -of, its splendid rfee'ds: vTheyconsUtuta'ond common patrinibnr the nation's Thewe foreign powers. ' I hey a rouse ard animate our own people.. Do gentlemen derive no pleasure from the recent transactions in the'Mediter ranean ? Can thev regard; unmoved, the.honorahle Issuer of a war in sup DQrt of our iiati5naF righU,. declared, prosefAit'ecTand terminated.by a treaty m;whrcUf the enemy submitted to a rr4 KtnWrhf. in ihef short neriod of fortdayrf ? The days of chivalry are riot zone- .-Thev have: been revived in the person 'of. tomniodoref Decatur tleir country and their friendS, has placed himself beside thb mo3t renown ed knightjr of former tiine?.;jHove true glory, said Mr. C It is the sentiment which, ougUt to cnens-Jieu ; ana inspire ofjCAviliand suceri and attempts t puf it down, itwill finally comluc this nation fo "that height to which Qod and uature have destined it. Thrae war ; those, who at present; administer thiaj gbYcrnraent may say; .and say with proud jatUfaction, they liavo safely I conducted u mrou-n. . pvo wnu .1 f r! i powers which, though otherwise con- uuder tribute sUrihute from which we are exonerated. The third, with one X)f tha most'gigantic powers that te world eversa;.' these struggles have noLbeen without their sacritices, nor withoutitheir lessons. Thcy have created orrather increnedthe public debt, Th'er-have taught that to pre serve thercliaracterk we nave cstaouwi ed, prepacatioR'for war M iieceasary. The public "debt" exists". 1 However contracted the faitb'otVthe nation is pledged Yor its redemption. It can only ba paid by provjijing an oicew of revenue beyond eipenditure, orvby re trenchinenU Did gentlemen, contend that the results of the report were in accurate that the proceda of the re vcuue would be greater, or the public expenccs, less than the estimate f. Op these subjects, hebelievd , it. would be prciuimplidri in Itim, when tha "de fence 'of the report was' hi such abla hands, (Mr. Lowndes) to attempt its, vindication. ' Leaving the task to that ,gcntten v e ,V(iUu af iu'mcvVfor the present its accuracy: lie would lav doui a general rule, from vbich,there ourlit never tabeadeprurt'irevitliout aisblute neccss'tyj that thu eipcnces we ought, in Jtime of pracei, to provide fotr as Jpeedv-adisc)iarg of the debt cohract.ijd .in' the 1 preceding war, Js possible This cau "only bedone by an effective sinking fund" based upon an excess of revenue bcWmd ejperidi- as prom Xyaji because of a failure to provide such a revenue,anu uccausethe .intervals of prace'iQ tliat" country haij been ,foo fewand too.shoif. ;lVoui the revolt: tin.to;1812 a peritxl iof 1 4 years, there had been GSvyeam 'of var. and tfonal dentiat tlie peaco'ofjlJtre'cht, ai mounted: to 55,681 A JGL arid during the jpeace. which fidlowed,:beIng $t7 years, from 1714 to 1740, there, was ajcharged foplj 7,231?503. When the operations of our sinking-fund are centraife'd vvti those of Greet Britainy they would Us ' found to present the most, gratifying results'; Oiiri.puhlic debt existing m thn .4t',nf January; $D'2r .auioanted ftb S 78,754,5C8.v70 .-cnt,and ou,theistV)f Janilary;i 815, e had .exthiuislied AS33;373G3'"p8 cents. nus. ii 13 yars, one half the period o f peace th Al'followed the t rea ty of Utrecht, we had discharged more public debt than Great Britain did dur ing that period. In 26 years1ie 41 not pnv mnch more than a severitli of her debt, '-In thirteen years we paid inure tltana third of ours. If? then, a public debt, contracted ip a manner, j , j , : ' imnpscd upon U2 aPty to pwidc for jj lure, anu a(proiraoiion oi tne neriouoi i j)eace,. If irEngUiiA ttieinkfng fnnh nadiiot fi:1 filled iwhat was promised, it I ui.ijr ui ui ucm.u ; lucre nau ucejR ContractDil p3d.t 29.'5rjrfc xf H elft,Vaud di?charged only 3Xi9'4.$V$. M The na- its payment : U we wCre,ncotiraiedi1l,thi application of an effective sinking fund, he would again repeat,that the only al- at ... it. ,i ir . leraaiives were uic auwuviuu ui a. ttmot taxauon nrouucinaitne reven ue estimated by the corjamjjttee of ways and means, or by grcateireDchment I of ihe public expences.p r . v . ia wnat, respeciv cau. a, reuuciiou or the public expences ue.ertecteq r uen- uenren wuo assajicq. we reporx oa wns ground havei by tne'iri'difinitVnat'ure of theattacki great advantage oh their siae. insieaUiOi.) cgnieuunx wiem selves with cryiis: out .retrenchment ii retrenchment l a tlieuiei always plau sinie, an odjcc always proper, wneu the public interest will admit of it, let them' point the a'ttentionOf the house to some specified subject. If they really thjnkja. reduction of the arpy and navy, orither of tljem, be proper, Jet them lay a resolution; upon the ta ble to that eflect., They, had general ly, it was true, singled out, in discus- sing this report (and-he! had. no objec tion to meet them in this Hvay, though he thought the other the fairest course) the military establishment. Mr. C said he was I glad, that, the navy had fought itself into, favor, j and thato one appeared diposed to' move its rei Unction j: to opposeit gradual aug mentation. But the "standi tiarmy'J is the great object of.gentIemen?s ap prehensions. , And those who1 can bravely set at! defiance hobgoblins, the creatures! of heir own fertile imagina tions, are trembling for the liberties of the people, Gpdangcred by a standing anny oi w9vuy men. i noee wno,can courageously yptd against fcaies are a-i laruied for the. safety 4f! the constitu tion aud the o6untry9. at such, a force I scattered ovciioUrtensive territory l This could not haveibecn expectod.'at f,least in the lionorable gentleman1 (Mr) , lloSs) who, if he had been storming a i fort, could not have 'displayed more cool, collected cuuraet( than he did, when he Ucclared that he -would shew to Pennsylvania, tht she had on; faith ful representative, bold, and indenen deut; enough-to vote against a tax! S A I f 11'' 1 " Mr. C. said he had happened, Very incidentally the other gay, and in a hianner which he had supposed could iiiot attract particular attention, to tate that tlie general condition of the world admonished us to shape v oil r measures with' a view to the possible conflict into wluclrwe mjght be dranr and he salcl he did not know when ne should cease to witn (the attiicfa made upon him in consequence of that general remark, hen he should cease 1 i aa . ' r It' ' " I iu-.ne.ar uie cry oi.stanamg army, ' ? national glory ,?'' &ic. 6cc.r- FrotnVthe tenor of, gentle"meii-s observations, I it would seein as ifrbxtth first timei in 1 tne History -oi mis government, jt was now proposed that a crain regular force should constitute apportion of the public defence. Bat froW the admin istration of Gen, .Washington, doWn to this time! a regular force j a standing armjiXgentlemeiirplease had exisj-i edfanU the'only dtiesUtln 'abqttt it, at I any time, had ben'whai should be tlie amount. uenuemen'tnemstlves-iwbo most loudly docrj thisestablishihiifjj d,id not jropose an entire disfndmptft of i t : - a lid : the uestion evr vritb them-, is i not whetlfer a! regularyorce be necessary, but whether a reular ftJrcc ofTCfiia or that amount basiled for by,the 'actual state ofor afilurs, ' The nucstiou is nuti.onanvsida of khe housed as I to ithe riaturjQt tlie- quaniuuioie i.orce. : .turt. saine m4i ntained the position .'- that, if there was the rnost lirofoudpfeace that ever & jct&.ted ; if ;ei had no: fear from any quarter , vhiiteV0rj!f ll; tliV wofld, was in atate of thinqsi pfofoundand( aooiate repose, a recuiar xorce;oi ten I thousand men was- not too greaf fcrri tna purioseaoi:mis govrninenui' v e know too much. hesaid,ofiilie'vicissir iuucs oi nvmau: anairs, ana rq uncer dehly aiise knd bring into a"H state ganizati on anfl disciplinp 1 WKen.gen item en ialked of the force .which w as deeiue(f-suiiicient "iorup !twepty yeari' zp, -wnaimp WSJ mean:r. junat tais; force wainot tibe tirbgriessive r iThat the full ownfman'ount jto wear tfie; clchea and1 habits of his Infancy ? That the esUtUsIenU tintaiued hy taiiiy pi au our caicuiaupni,. pof Know that eyed in- theipstprofouna tranquility-, Tsbme. tempest .mavsud amounted sh'ouU. be-tth? slanUarid h j vhtchjinr measures should be irguiaYell . in-lall Subsequent Stales qf the.cterJt1 slitiuld not agreed He cftewlthat: cauiuiianiucms ougnr. to ue cpmraensu- trv. should rinwtiif-li a 4w f V f'-n A keep pace with its prosiessjOooj that map (said he. pointing to thd IkfCi Map of the United States which "liauS in the HaJl ofRepresentativesJ-at the yast extent 'of that ; country whicli stretches from the Lake of the-WbBHs. to the, BaofFundi in the eastJ Xo ai ihe.-iyast extent of our. maritmie coast f Irecollect we have -.Indians; anil juwj jui iiauous cpocerininous on iiie vvhole frontier and tliat we kitow not at ;Miat Wtrient the-lavage' enemy rSfe vjreat ,jpntif nefseu may seen, muke waF;with''a34vti)ught the ftrce of the country to Be graduated bjr the scale of our exposure, or are, we to be iutluenced by the ipcreasevoTfour liabi lity to war i1 Have we'forgotteh that t h e p o w e r of Pm n c e . a? a?cdu n t erpo i se to that of(?i'ef'Britaib?isan'hihHate(l-i gone ; never to rise again, I believfe,' under the weak, unhappy and imbecile race who sway her deistioies f$&nf individual must, I thihk tome to th same conclusion with 'invselk ' who takes these; considerations; into vieW, and reflects on' our gtdwth, .the state ol our oeteiice. the situation ot the na tion s of the world, ami above all, of that nation with whom ;, we . are most likely to come into collisipn-forit is in yaini to conceal it ; thisj country inust nave many a nam ana uesperate tug vvitlf.OreaBritainj let the -two gov eriiments be administered how and:hy who,m the5;may . fhai man musbe" blind to the": indications bff tlie future, who .cannoseSthfitwaredes to have war aUer war u, until, if oneof the Vwbtidns be not crushed, jaUfounds'of collision shall have ceased between us. I repeat, said Mr. C.if the condition of fi ance were that of perfetTefiose instead of that of a volcano reaUyo burt out gain with a desolating i. eruption y if with Spain our diJl'erences' were sotj tied ; if the dreadful war raging in S. j Ameiicaverestermiiiated ; it the. ma rines of all the baVv Ajrsin Europe were j resuscitated as theyistood prior to the feyoiution or r ranee ) ixnere vvaj uni versal repose, and profound Uamjijiiity among all the nations of thdearth, cun sidering the actual growthiof our coun try, in iiis judgment the forcet' of 'ten thousand men jvould not be too great tor its exigencies. Do gentlemen ask? if 1 rely uii the regular orce- entirely for the defence of the Country ? 1 an swer, it is for garrisoning ahd keeping in order our Jfortificutions' lor therej' servtibn of tlie national arms, foi something like a safe depositor .ofjnil litary "science ' and skill, to vvhich ivel may recur in time of dang;erthat I de sire to 'maintain? an adequate re.gula'i torce. ;i Kiiuw, tnatntne pour 01, pe ril, onr great-. refiaitJe must "be nth;e .Whole physical force pf theounti'y, that mo uetaenmem oi it can pe exriu- siely-depeudCd on'. 'plfxptoify proves j tnat no nuuou, nuuueswiuLc ui uie ini-r. litaiy art, wnose peome wjr unijeu hi iideience, ever Vas .cofttVevdt is Urue'j that iii cudhtries ivhere staiwlbg; armies nave ueqn euu iiyvvewevi uii j u armies nave ueeu uuuuefi, jauu ui, &uu juration of the naonsbethi sequence, of iti iUrib!me;ii5y be touqd of a ;nniejl people jbeing-con ouercf, who.jpossevfl aiiUqiiatoe.' tin fimrh, in'-'tt A nil hi i ri rfttirlD lltlfei fin arnuftg,! discipline 4ttad;gng. i-epVclfi-e thti militpi V aui foripByidv nig me nauon wjui utci j .uutaiMip. Mlec , and let -qrltaiulVaJte .wi howftae for 7 tnei purpose "lihare' already lleif . .Cflpeu ait gptcMiCtt. wio prvput: to reUuc; the army, if tliey liave exaf mined in detail the nnjnber andxtent j ol the posts ana garrisons on our mri time'and -interior frontier ?V If they hare not gone through this process oq rjuaono juow fthaii we amvo at toe ItbfourorfiyemllHbna mm Cesafully-, against the VOvrwhelmin force of Persia i Took prceritly ar SoaihVr I1 have1 teatQnuUpceiii tlie milUia anrHuldltl orable VolieXgue; Mf. MjKwhosc Vmws'I-iwvrehoiieVtiian IF : aaepateiyteicarmoiieiH.at i j turnilnj.cu 'foreign f8fry!e,ann PBiwe maximum -was llfpeeeeipV ries (jtn gpresetim rn i-r'.: -'?rf?rM,fa-rJi iouucai 'av. cilia f i i i y 1 1 r i Toxeio increase present tdf . i mmfomSfimc aktad !presemfch&; . jiuaimim,; pi iorce ; 1 anavnoc , whe;imtiitd e3tist.tf inaalstt ,vpjace :himself beTofe the' people pd proposition :ibi;!t abointeidiandou kmenM Hantted autibn3aator I'o.nadittUYlajit bcarrie4-f9 farsl ' j a iow w iv u. ijucaii.uu ii ,jruicijpte ir we, were tb propose to) retain' aiiianny of ' r thirty or fortypfl tnen xruiy tne .question would present; itsolf, whether o,u r'rightsHyerev not id spme danger f reihti sii cfi a 'stand incr u in Vy whether rjeKance wa to be jplaced Khe nrincjple'g 13 tics But; bt w en fi veand 4en"thoy sand "menfr teb thousand; it coufd not be a. question of principle fej unlesi. gentlemen, are' afraid oTicfr imt perscU oh a frontier of lnaiiyV'thousani miies-r-nere twenty or thirty, there au hundred, and the rargest -amount at Detroit not ete$Mik& ftgimentw' And yet, brayihtt,eogentlemea wlip afe'not alantM.atbbgbbH who-pan intrepidly ;tte en agahtst taaxsswpikhTti of tbi extent i 'Wbat, belskedf was the a inptint ''bfrlhcrniy!nr4he timer of Mfc fJeffersdn,N tim "the orthodoxy of wiiivii uau jjccii si; upicuiimuMY pro--' claimed It waV'tr M&oa 'that ken tl ejman came into ower, it was his der termination'to retrench as far as yractf cable. Under thefull inflrierice u thes notions, in4 802, the bbd stefi.of whol ly iabanding the Him ieVeV was thought of.f The military peace estal Diisnnient waf tiien nxea arapoat four thousandmehc Mr,. je"f- ter&pi veVt duifpwervhit wai d(me-tha;'t is, in April I80B r' In ad ditionto the then existing pace esta-! uiiMiuiciii, tig'u tsfgiinenis, amouuunjr j precisely ?f5uaJ the-present peacK estabjishi.h?nt. 7 It-waaUrue, that .all - - 1 . ' A 1 " tins -tarcemaa never been Actually en listed andnliottibd : thit therecruit inAeTMciiadberisus ; and tlat ahipmnntement War 'g Jiad '-fisfjpf IrohlsaumtV'Tand, .)VJ0i$at ty ten 5 ousanUm J bej njat least i phpUsatiid tletientif tlmt np.mberi Mr Gt aSvcrlepovljfa said onthiind"bhpr ferson'Jlot having 4cJ2d thegfaviira. , o5 e ' momeniitWar which waiafiruS: l;tl$acn tiysapeake.' biaid9Tthafgef frank XourJjh yihg 'to tlie tisli -''t 1PP.Wvtfclo;itt t make. U ypar cause or, uohat govern ment did sanctim the aet; -aiine'$tudro' ali 'oftj&efefor' a long-time withheld H?:aa.&tt$e ten 3Mt&MlKJenerqn had Used his ri:mr:iy;lve cau ntri into a war at .pavpcrpuix mignrnave oecn sap parted' W pjdbli ppiniyp during the momeni.of lever, bat IVwould oou a- l bdh:peoplelivaold'':begl to avniwar naa .ietihetl2er the British goernmeflivpweq tn cqnauct its, ottjeers ocH the- threateninoraspe Ot our relanon 'with England had tered into the, bonsyleration winch simie&rl f ko. mttr-fivico f"flio -r tr ar VA. UV V. fc . ft v. ViWV. VTA 1,111. Y M rations equally strong at .. tW11 ivitb bur aagmentcd popujj,,:D.? -r aitogetner on a? staqding army or oil ,hat "tuwlafee$nce; w)iich, nc ' . cording to the lauifeflflhe country &? r: jjpssipje uvlz anyiaanger, couia ne ap . prelediirqm ten fiiiisaid men,Uis jo oveeiriive an,u,six tnousanu men, Ve.ceMutlrppse'i'lH.n forcja f;rf i" li It ;:1 f'-'i 1 t' Ml Wm ' ml r. ! i 4' A
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