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REDUCTIOK OF.THERl V
Slvth dcbateJaviiTg Jaken piaC this sub
ject in Congress, we presume our readers
-would wish to see a Speech or, two on ech
side of the quest'on. We commencewith
; Mr rixriAset who brought forward the
measure : ' . ':- " ' ' ' '
Mr. Williams said, he concurred with
the gentleman frem South-Carolina, (Mr.
Srmpkins,) who had just taken his seat
'.in ore sentIrr.fT.t,.wbich was, that the bill
. "now under consideration depends for its
support cn thecxhaosted condition of the
Treasury. But. although this was at any
time a. Aery sufTcient "reason, he would
yef remind the rer.tlen nr. from S. Caroli
na, that if was not with him (Nr. W.) the
-only reasrn. He hado.hcr, and he might
. add still higher motives- frrsurporting the
bill, as had been.evjEced,rby bis conduct
on many previous cccnsicn?., When .there
w as no deficiency in the Treasury ; when
there was in ' fact a surplus of some mil
- lions, he had been in favor of reducing the
" army cn account of thecssential proprie
. ty, or natural adaption of such a measure
to the principles cf our government.
Passing, .he we vex,-for the present, this
part f the subject, he would subscribe
fully to the opmion of the gentleman from
Massacrusetts..(Mr. utis) that we car
not go on with enr establishments as they
row exist. To the gentleman frm Mas
sachusetts. Mn W. said he would seize
thl rmr6rtnT.itvr.f rATerine the tribute of
his sir.cere thanks for the very instructive,
impressive, and elcquent speech which he
delivered the other day cn the subject of
- retrenchment and economy. Thai gentler
man's age indicated the wisdom and the
histoTj cf his past life the expeiicnce,
with which he could claim topeak and
to he heard.in this heme ; and on no oc
casion, said. Mr. W. was he ever more
gratified than he was when attending
to the sentiments expressed by the gen
tleman frcm Massachusetts; with him,
Mr.Wr. thought-the time had arrived
when we must resume the practice of eco
. rjemy ; when we must return to that path
of frugality and prudence from which we
vhad most unwisely departed; or persist
in a career of extravagance, , prcfusicn.
and prodigality, as hostile to the nature of
our political institutions, as it is repugnant
to the individual prosperity and happiness
of cur fellow-citizens.
Mr.W.said if he could hesitate between
these alternatives he should deem himself
unfit tocccupy a seat cn this floor. ; Not
that he would condemn any gentleman
r ho entertains a different opinion. . ' Tct
captumt totidem millia studiorum"-! is a
maxim, the truth of ' which is every day
displayed in the proceedings of this Hcuse.
I knew well that gentlemen will hcnesily
Hiffipr in oninion. not onlv cn this subiect,
. u on every ether which may be agitated
Eut, it appears tame,tni3 ainerence wcuiu
net be so great, so glaring, so irreccncile
able, if, we all built cur systems of reason
ing on a 'prcper basis ; if we all started
frcm the same point; Seme reason from
the government Ao the people ; while o
ihers reasciv from the v people to the' go
vernment f some appear, to think that the:
geed, cr, in'cther words, the power and
amplitude ot the government should alone
be consulted, ; regardless, of, the effects
"which any partciulax rneasure might have
. on the people. But, others assert we should
in the first place jcok to the circumstan
ces and condition cf tbe people ; that their
ease, comfort and. happiness; -should be
the sccpe the end, the object of all our
laws. s It is thus we are made to arrive at
different conclusions.. For his own part,
said Mr. V.- he would lookvto the people
as the prcper basis for all cur acts ; he
; would, axamine the ' consequences imme
diate and remote likely to result to them,
from the adcptich.of every measure which
mighi be. proposed., Those who start from
any other, premises must, in my judgment,
f always arrive at false conclusions. For,
sit, who are the. people. of' this country ?
The very constitution- tells" you that they
, are supreme ; that thry are the sovereign
authority ; r that -all power emanates from
them.: The President' in his message to
Congress at the ccrrmentcment of the
present, session observed that this go
vernment is founded by administered for,
and supported by the people," , Whate
ver then promotes the happiness cf the
ptcple must conduce, in an equal degree,
"to benefit the government, since it was to
promote that happiness that the-govern -.
men! was.fotinded. On. the other band,
' whatever injures, afflicts or distresses the
people; must in tfie same degree injure,
afflict, cr distress the government, since
it was .to prevent that injury, affliction,
; and distress, that the government was
formed'; and here, Jr. Chairman, suffer
me - to correct a verjr erroneous idea fre
quently propagated, abroad, andwhich,
much to my surprise, has been reiterated
within these . vwalls by the member from
Scuth-Carolinu, (Mr. Simpkins.) . w i w
W hen an attempt is -made to 'retrench
expewiitures,' we-hear loud cries raised
against those; who think prcper to advo-
' ' cate the measure'.' It is said, that we who
favor! retrenchment are opposing go
verLfr.tut, &c" Now, siri this idea is full
rt tircr ;it is false , I do not' mean by
this to charge the gentleman from South
Carolina with falsehood ; btit I mean to
say, and I will say, that hedges ot right-
iv jndge.our rnotives. Ko'doubt, sir; tbe
gentlerrs'n has more intimate acquaint
ance svith seme portion of executive views
than J have. J "But if this attempt to eco
nomise in our expenditures, and to relieve
i the burdens of the community, 'should be
regariiCO as an busck u cAtvim.v
goveTT.ment.jor any cf its branches, I for
one will say, jthat I cannot help it;, that it
is my duty to pursue what appears to me
most conducive to the public good, with
out reference to anysuch extraneous con-
fsiderations. i 7. 'v .
! Suppose, for cxampTe, half of the pre
jsent army Would answer every purpose
-which this nation could desire. I ask, if
: an attempt tj reduce it would be acting a
; gainst the people, or, if you please, against
; the government ? Not at all ; but, on the
; contra r'y it ould be promoting the just
ehds of government to reduce the armv,
: because by jhat reduction, our expendi
I tures wouldj be lessened, and 'the happi
ness of the' people.would be prr'pbrtiona
blv advance!. jTbere are, indeed, a set
of officers, f sinecure placemen, ofpoli
J tical grasshoppers, warmed ar.danimat
' ed into exisf ience by the sunshine of the
Treasury ; sustained and supported, not
! by Ge p. j jkinson's turnip patches - at
i Ccnrcil Filufis. but bv the streams of
mmrishmentj which flow from the Trea
sury,' who wll, when any attempt is matfe
to rrt'iirp Vnr1?tTirpc irv rtit. the
grvernmrnt is in- danger; the necessary
j establrhrocnts of the ccuntry are abf nt to
be broken w upcn Sic. Rut, sir, all this
is nrthing rftcnc than falso alarm. It is
true, you ."may take frorr. such persrns the
falarit s thrxido rct.earn,am' which cbn-
sequently trjeyclornt deserve; but yon
leave in the jprckets of the perple the mo
ney which is thus -saved.' yVnd I-'aska-gain,
'whether the interest rf the people,
or of govt run ent, does not require that
officers whojdo npth'pg.rr next to nothing,
should be disbanded? I should. think it
dbesi But ;et theie characters swell into
factious importance, and exclaim, when
you are ahot to disband them, ' that you
are opposing government." They seem
to think tHy are the government; that
their individual benefit,, should alone be
considered.
But, sir, I think the people
the government, & that their
at large are
good ought
to be promoted, without re
ference to any particular persons whatso
ever. . J
There are, said Mr. W. two courses of
policy: one is a course of economy ; the
other a course of - extravagance. The
first employjs few officers ; gives moderate :
but suff?cie;nt salaries, and condnctR-the j
whole machinery of government with the
least possible experce. The t fleet of this
is, that evry mari in the community is
either taxed very lightly, or not at all. -He
has of (j-ourse ali the benefits and the
t: chest - blessings the social state can af
ford. He has protection tohis person and
property ; jhe has an abundance of mate
rials for food and raiment, and is never
subjected to the severities of cold hun
ger. On tfie other hand, an extravagant
course of policy leads to very different results.-
Thre many useless fijeers, w ith
exorbitant! salaries, are employed; and
the machinery of government cannot be
carried on without large disbursements
of public money. I he consequence is.
' that thv vvifnditric cfivnneeth rereints. i
land the people must be heavily taxed. j
j Of course, j every man in the community
f finds himself distressed for money. ? His
! means 5f subsistence become scanty ; rfe
j is compelled, perhaps, to lie down sup
i perless at niht, ;and to rise in the morn
j ing with no better hopes, for the ensuing
day. Such, sir, are the two courses of
j policy which this goyernment may pur
1 sue. and which, at different times, it has
' pursued. Under Mr. Jefterscn's adroinis-
tration economy-was the order of the day,
but, under) another administration, great
. extrjivagance obtained. ' ;
j The gentleman from S. Carolina said
1 that the; Arnerican people had renounced
j their prefei-ence for economy, as pursued
, in 18C2,an'd had now attached themselves
j to the policy pursued by . Mr. Adams.-f
j Mn W. said he would beg leave to differ
j from the tentleman, and would willingly
j submit, to the decision of the people the
I point at issue between himself and the
member from S. Carolina. He was cen
' fident the jpeople would decide that, under
f Ir. -Jefferson's administration, they were
j as freea$air:; that little ; or nothing of
1 ihe profiti of their labo was taken trom
them, by taxation ; that the hand ot go
vernment was not ieit to be upon them,
only im tre protection ' it afforded them;
that swajrns if ievenue efiicers, of domi
ciliary visitors, cf merciless tax'gatherers,
were banished from their presence ; "that
every man had wheiewitb to be jclolhed
and fed,and ) wherewith . jtb be hajjy. .
This was exactly that administration of
I the government which the people want 5
j it was such an: adrninistraticn ast iery
! one must wish 6 "see 'in a government
founded by, administered fir,atid support
I ed blithe people. To what otLtr fcdnii
nistration;Tiet me ask the n en ber fixm
? St CaroliLa,:arj or ought the people to be
'. vCV '....'."' .-
t , Gent Atkinson, in a letter to the t cft
f tarv cfM'ar, lately published, oleives,' Uiat
t the grtf hoppers Lit ocstrojtd the turrup.
. patches bcn tfte arn y Jiatt pea?ofea1t
" IfJ by he course, of policy pursued, you
conflict with the: interest oUhe citizen, or
mar hjs happiness, it is not unreasonable
to suppose he will be attached to that po
licy How can an y one of common
sense admire the policy which tends to
strip his body or starve his stomach ?. As
" this government Is founded by, adminis
tered for, and supported by the people,"
it will . be most strong when the people
are most attached to it ; and; the people
will be most attached to it when least op
pressed by it ; irr otheV' words,- when they
are required to contributevty taxation, as
little as possible of their hard earnings to
support government. I 1
1 We hear much abopt national glory.
The irentleman from Maryland (Mr
Smith) has dwelt eloquently en this topic
No one has a greaert right than he has to
speak on such subjects, because ne nas
participated largely in those scenes which
have tended to illustrate and dignify the
name of his country, j Although il bow
with deference to whatever that gentle
man may. be pleased to say, yet, on this
occasion, I must differ from .him, - not be
cause I admire national glory less, but be
cause I love national happiness more.
Hf roliat o Troll :e t fr follr nhrtnf thp enlen
did victories of a Decatur, if, in order to
I obtain those victories the people had been
obliged, by taxation to give up so much
! of their own property as, would compel
, them to go upp'erless to bed ? v Indeed,
' sir, j they would be in an ill condition to
j relish those victories with an empty sto
) mach. I But feed them, clothe them, make
j them, in these respects, contented and
j happy, ; which government can do by.the
i means It enplovs, or the measures it
adopts, and then, with all imaginable zest,
they can enter into.and realize those fine
elevated feelings,' inspired by a recollec
tion' of our great achieve ments by sea and
land." We have, also, been referred, said
Mrj W. to the glory of other countries,
particularly te that of England. No ex
ample could be held up to his view which
he ! would imitate uithr greater, caution
than that of Eneland.i She; had paid too
I deally for her glerjv 'fop he'r distinction
among the nations of ; the . world." To
I prove this, it would be necessary to advert
f only, to what her people' themselves had
I said : and he wor.ld now do; 0, by asking
the attention of the House while he read
fan extract frcm the Review of Seybert's
j Statistical Annals of the United States.
; The extract is as follows: " Wc can in
form. Jonathan what are the inevitable
consequences of heing. too fond of gloiy.
fiToxes upon very article which enters
into the B'outb, or covers the back, or is
placed under the foot taxes upon every
! thing which i is pleasant to, seej hear,
? feel, smelly or tastetaxes upon warmth,
! light, and locomotion taxes on every
thing cn earth, and the waters imder the
(earth on everv thing that comes from
abroad, or is grown at jiome taxes on.
the raw material taxes on every fresh
value that is added to it by the industry
of man taxes on the sauce which pam
pers mans appetite, Lhd the, drug that
restores him to health on the ermine
which decoraies the Judge, and the rope
which hangs tbe, criminal on the poor
man's salt, and the rich man's spice on
the brass nails of the coffin, andnheLrib
bands of the bride at ; bed or board,
couchant or levant, we must pay. The
ohnol-hov whins his taxed top the
! beardless vonth manages his taxed horse
(with a taxedbiidle, on a taxed road ; andl
j the dying Englishman pouring his mecn
i cW, which hets paid 7 per cent, into a
i srioon which has paid 15 per cent, flings
! himself back Unon his chinti bed which
has paid 22 ppr cent. making hisill on
an eight pounQ stamp, and expires in the
arms of an ariothecary who has paid a li
cense of a hundred pounds for the privi
lege of putting him to death. His whole
property is then, immediately taxed from
2 to :10 per cent. V Besides the probate,
large fees are demanded for burying him
in the;chancel ; his' virtues are handed
down to posterity" bri taxed marble ; and
he is then gathered to his fathers, to ibe
taxed no nrorc. In ladditiun to all this,
the habit of dealing; with large sums , will
make the government avaricious and pro
fuse: and the system itself will infallibly
generate the base vermin of spies'and in
formers, and ft still more pestilent race of
political tools and retainers ofahejneafi
pst and most odious "description wliUe
thi frirMlJirious riatronace. -which the col
lecting of this splendid revenue will thrpw J
Into, the bands pt governmeui, wui nivwi
it with so vast . an influence, and hold out
such means & temptations to cormptkn,
&s all.the virtue and public spirit even oi
republicans will be unable to resist."
This; sir, is what .the- English them
selves say as totbe effects.of that exces
sivei that blind b:ut eager pursuit of . na
tional glory; in' which they have been en-
j gaged-vburiiyi then, it rs not a,ht exani-
tple tor ourimuation, v u iiic wu xi j ,
say, et our gii-y vum"i wvp."
nf mrr;nctile ; 'let' cur freedom mriTtsucir
;ppresRrs as- those under which the peb-1
it is tbeu wt-'sliaH have obtained true glo-
: ry ;,it,is tbui we shall nave acccnipiiiii
r ea'tt e gieat ciject for which our goyein
hi.tut was instituted; - Jv
T Wi; n.Uchi M W; thought it.was ne-
-f cessaty tbsu cn) the subject of ..the 'bm
j gOi;rlj and ifi repiT t rJoaaxk$
which had "fallen from gentlemen. He
wouht not, Ivoweyer, be understood to say.
that the extravagantcourse of policy pur1
sued in Mr. Adams's administration was
carried to all those pernicious consequen
ces he had. pointed, out. He said only,
but he said it boldtv, that, unless the good
nft Inf the American neonle had arrest
ed the course, changed the policy, and di
verted the tendency of that administra
tion,, we shonld noVbe as much oppress
ed, ceteri fiarfbus. as the people of Eng
land. As the voice of the nation could
not theni j so- he hoped it would not now,
be resisted"; and that w should again re
sumej those wholesome habitsf economy
from which we had departed. He would,
therefore, proceed immediatelv to th con
sideration of the bill which embraced the
principle for which he contended. ;
Propositions of this kind, it would here
collected said Mr. W. had been before
Concrress for several vears.but as yet they
have been unsuccessful. He rejoiced,
however, in the belief he had, that now
the slibject would be' thoroughly investi
gated; that it would receive that full and
free examination which' its importance,
both Intrinsic and relative, may demand.
For, sir, the amount of a military force
and the manner of its support, are, in ev
ery coun fry ."quest ions of the first impor
tance. ""But with us, they deserve infinite
considerafibnbecaiTse, in proportion as
our, government differs from all others
will jtbese qUestionsbe found to rise in
magnitude, claiming theattfntion nmVvi
giJarfcebfthe American people. . So im
Dortant did CRneress believe thern to be,
ac tne lasi sessionfiiHi a siuiiuii
! passed; calling upontbV Secretary of
Waif to make a report ohthe subject at
the present session. The reportsir, has
been received, and what is its aspect?
According to my judgment, it is a practi
! cal renunciation of the principles upon
which bur government is founded, as well
as of the principles inculcated at an early
period, by that class of politicians to whom
the Secretary has heretofore professed to
belong. To.prove this, the attention of
the Hou:s9 is repecim41y solicited, while
I read some passages.;from the report..
Page 3, j the Secretary says -" It will be.
readily admitted that the organisation of
the army ought to have, reference to the
objects for which it is maintained,' "and
ought to be such as may be best calculated
to effect .such objects ; as it roust be ob-;
vious, on the slightest reflection, that, on
considerations connected herewith, ought
to depend not only its numbers, " but also
the principles on which it ought to be
formed."
Again, in the same page, he says,
The objects for which a standing army
in-peace ought to be maintained, may be
corrjprized under two classes: those
which, though, they have reference to a
state of -war, yet are more immediately
conrtected with its duties in peace ; and
thoe which relate immediately apd sole
ly tjo war. Under the first class may be
enumerated, as the leading objects, the
garrisoning the forts along our Atlantic
frontier!, in order to preserve them, and to
cause' the sovereignty of the United States
to lie respected, and the occupying of cer?
tairt commanding posts in our inland fron
tier, to keep in check, our savage neigh
bors, and to protect oni newly formed
and feeble settlements in that quarter.
These a rei doubtless, important objects,!
but are by'no means so essential as these
which relate immediately and solely to a
state of war ; and, though not to be neg
lected wholly, ought hot to have any deci
ded influence in 4he organization of our
peace establish ment.V.j v ;
From the foregoing, it appears, said
Mr. W. to be the opinion of the Secretary,
that the duties to be performed by an ar
my in time of peace, . ought not to have
any decided influence in the organiza
tion, of the peace establishment." I Thi
sentiment, with others which .would be
noticed hereafter, he deemed a palpable
abandonment of the principles of the gov
ernment. Whatever he might have pre
viously thought, there. was no longerroom
to Entertain a doubt of the fact, since the,
speeches of the gentleman from (Virginia;
(Mr. Smyth,) and the gen leman from S.
Carolina, (Mr. Simkins.) The first of
these gentlemen, from his official station
in this House, as chairman of the commit
tee on military aflairs, fiiust be supposed
to be intimately acquainted 'with the views
and sentiments entertained by the head of
the: War Department. ' Whether the lat
ter gentleman has had access to the same
source 6f information; was .for the House;
tojdetermine. ' ' ...M s "
jBoth gentlemen, pursuing what I had
believed w as the opinion of the Secretary;
have jdiscarded the militia as & means of
defence for this cUntryiT'he gentleman
from Virginia, in particular, entered Into
a series t reasoning ;ounflea; upon : wnat
he was pleased to cali historical facts, to
prove that militia force "was not worthy
to he "relied on- Mr. . W said he also
would rely; on history " to ; prove, not only
that militia - were to be depended bn ,but
tnautnev were, wc, oniy son ctiorcc u
whidrtbjsfroroeotw
it was ooi, moeeo,oisioryi in ine simpic
accemation of the term; such aa the meoi-
ber irbin Virginia had? produced,- but; it
3 CIS Ul A UlgUU - 4UU JtWWtpj itULUUtdUYC
vATiLtier: - It was not histcirv wjit ten b v
one individaal, thai opinion, too, fraught
"ft
I with alf the prejadic? of . him who-'ea
pressed itr out it was constitutional hito-
ry, pronouncea ny nc p?nrioiu zjv
of the country, assembled for tie alT-ira- .
prtant purpose of creating and establish-i
ing governments for the seyerttl states' iri
this wide-spread repubpe , I axamme
this history froro the earliest enodsto
the present moment ;!frora thf ConstifQ
tion of.Massachnsetty clowTi to the consti"
rution of Missouri, and the sme grejV
fundamental truths, areseen to peryade
the whole; they are these,' M1Jat stand
ing fermies are dangerous to liperty; ana
ought not to be allowed ; that 'f. well re
gulated militia are the only sure; and cer
tain defence of a i free peopleJ: Gentle .
men on the otherside rnay pre what
force arid effect they please toiheir histo
ry but hvC will rely on cohstittiorral hisr
tory, which is more Solemn, ajid entitled
to infinitely greater weight thari any aa
thority they oarTpossiblv prodni. Front ,
it I hope, we shall be able to pdint out the
dangersiwe are likely to jneori or should
labor to avoid. I l -f - '.y-
1 In reply to the gentlemen espousing the
oM ; thic hite. Mr. W. said.
l he would endeavor to shew, pn the; lan
guage and spirit of thstt conshttitiooal his -tory
to" which he had referred! first, that
standing armies are dangerousto Jiberty,
anri niirfit' not. to, Do ai owea ; seconq.
" that the militiaf are the onfy sure and
certain defence fa free people - third
that the army of tins country B unnecest
sarilv laree at present, and shbuld there
fore be reducen.
A. government,
like ah individual per
7 - T. : . .' L. ,.! tJ it i: -"
finrr ha& certain pnucrpK-s w w wtr
pressed -jon it at its creation, (which are .
natural to it in every stage of its existence,
and from- which it can nevr jdepart bu
at thelrisk of consequences always hazar
dous, if not utterly destrUctif 6 Nature)
dictates to man, Iri his individukl capacity,
thlove of truth jand justice! if he ever
disregards the impulse of tha sentiment,
he will incur certain j .eyij. : In like man
ner, whatevert appears to be Ihe natural
dictate of a, government shotrl be; care,
fully discerned and. scrupuloulv obeyed f
for, if not, the body politic will become
disorganized and rendered the subject of
every dangerous j infection. t would not
do for a monarchy ;to practise1 upon' the ,
prmciples of a republican government,
nor, on the other, hand, fpr sJ. republic to
practise upon the, principles of monarchy
These two gojneimentsafe joppbsites ia
their various systems of jpolityf, and should
goon in the v separate ; spherjea in whicii
they have been destined to move.' It would
be as;rational to expect the eJeated;oc
currence of strange, anbraalies in nature
as tofsuppose that a republicj could;OC(car
sionally dart into the sphere Jf rponarchf '
and sill preserve : its blessing, in;allthcr
pristine,; excellencelIji',i thefpiret IntHe .
course or revolutions of rebublican' o
vernroent, it is eyer ifond toT be - erratic
if it is1 seen to deviate from tbjose lawim
pressed on it by the fmighty ihahd ' of the
people who created lt if if courts coh
junction with, or solicits indigence id the
costly; the expensive trappings' "and 'ap
pendages of moriarchytherilpronouhciV
the time has arrived tor arresting its ro
gress jand reforming its ekamlple;; ' "
Of all the ' principles connatural to tha
people of these' United Statei; impreised
upon theinattheir political dreatibn; hone
apjpears Tn,bre irjrijwrtat c? announced
,'jth 'more solemnity, thanf . this. that
standing arniteslflirej dangerpfis. to the lij
berties of a free people,; arid ought not to
be allowed " This truth isdstinclyJwrit'
ten inj constitutions formed cnterjaporane
ously jwith the birth day pf tlur independ
ence; as well as in. those ordained and es
tablished at subsequent peridds Bqt it U
particularly the saying of clir 'aricestors.
of thel fathers of the freedejo'' ari Ihde
pendence'of their country; ; Thteugh'odt
their -wbrks-i yon find the same cautioo '
concetti the sums jealou solicitude about
tbe fatal effects 1 rptulting'ffom: ;nn over-
grpVtit a redtindant'and aft'ihactive ansrr
jntim'bf rpeiicEe't rrif astf; if thetur
imaginations were distempered ; if ihey '
were1 alarm'ed'at 'an airy fpharjtorn.';
whether they didtnot speakhhe' labguage
oC scbeness and truth; teaching their ptt
terity how to avoid dangers! certain, realr
and extremeMforTOidablQl ..T N
conclusicti iriua't be adpptedkntl we shopld
re,ceive;thse:constituUonalxfe
arguments of gentlemen' W the contrary
notwithstandingvas 80 ' credcoda iit
the articles of out iticalSaStfu
;? Yes, sir; the champions b our independ
ence and our, rights knew well thalho
lawshd rules of An annv Iwere, in fac
thatan armv wart :anrihti th hnrlrivil
and iHHrinstitvtk
ting influsnceover our pi iniiples, ejiegs,
ad habits. InEnglind, tbje c)imjry,Crci .
uhicb In order to 6e ; sepaf ated Amcriqa
lavished so prodigiously b t$t blood arid
'treaSmTmflrtiai 1 Axwisf cwdefcd sq
miich VvariahceTwHh' ihesbaull portioa
of liberty she enjoys," tbijt it is called
! io JCeaUtyrnoia.law
dulgcdtuier thn-allowj at i,JW'-'
If an-army; and its; rules .fee thus- aiige
yous to British liberty. hqW q li'jnore so
.toihe luny,offAJnferi9anKciU
ens f; As citizens; webbjiist'of but- ebuaU
lip,1 tiut'irf Vaitf doybu? lokor it ia
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