voL.n;:;-7;
REDUCTION OP THE ARMY.
t ;
. Believinp: ihVHouste .will be dispose to
cchcor in .the'sentiTnmts vhich have been
advanced, I shall proceed immediately to
etiguire what reduction it will be proper
t6 mar in the presept. military establish-;,
xtient, reserving any other remarks I may
have to offer in.relation to the danger of
armies, and tO the propriety Qf .relyinport
. the militia, for . future occasions, ) as they
ro ay arise in the course of my. observa
'tiens. i v ; ft , - - ? i ' ;
-Whatever difference of opinion in a v
have hefftnfere existed, as to thernnnbei5
f me yet all hare seemed to think, that
the number of .officers in the army was
unnecessarily reat. ' :The Secretary of
War, however, has invariably adhered to
this branch of the army with wondrrfnl
tenacity; That heshfiuld; have donf so,
. in the report roade at the present session,
. -is, to toe, a matter pf perfect surprise.
He knew well the condition .rf the Trea
sury: he, knew there would be a 'defici
encvof several millions: he also knew
that the officers materially contnbuteci to
the expense of suppcrtin. the arny anr
yet, after all .this informatioOr-he. gravely
recommends that the officers should, be
retained. I should h a ve supposed that a
: very difTerent ' course .would, have been
jpursued; thafhe would have recommend
ed the retention of a proportion of mre;
men and fewer officers than exists in the
present organisation, of the. army; For,
4n the report made by the Secretary in
3818,he says, page 5, "It is obviotsbat,
os the officers are mch more expensive
Sn proportion to their numbers; than the
. Goldiers,. that the pay of the army, in re
' lation to its aggregate numbers, will be
increased or diminished with the increase
or diminution of the former." It is, then,
J say, a roatter of surprise, that the Se-
. retary should have recommended, the
retention of all the officers; when he knew
- that economy waa the object contemplate
din the proposed reduction of the armyi
v and ; when, from his own statement, the
T.'cfficers' were mnch more expensive in
proportion to their numbers, than the sol
diers. . - . . , ' "
From the' same report of 1818,vit ap
)ears that M the army were .full, there;
would be, according to the present orpa-;
nizatjen,' about four, men to each officer,
non-commissioned officer, and,musiciari.
This disproportion has always been a
great objection to the ,tnilitar)r establish-
. xnemV The people saw, and the" Secre
tary of War himself has said, that the ex
pense of . the army was greatly owing to
the number of officers. In this state; of
things a resolution was passed at the Jast
session, requiring that a report from the
head xf the War Department should, be
"made at the, present session, containing , a
1 plan for the tcdyction of . the army. Well,
ir, the report CDtnes in, and what is pro
posed ? Why, that the organization t of
tne army snail ne a nine cnangeu ; put u
Is hot proposel'to reduce the. number .of
officers.' Not only so. But the, objections
to the proposed organization are ,mnth
greater than-to the present ; for, by that
which is proposed, there will be something
more than two men for each officer,' non'--eommissioned
efficeri and musician. Yes,
sir, it is a fact which' no ore scarcely
could have believed, that this enormous
disproportion is ; recommended to us . for
ur approbation. " ' , - ' j
' I will venture to say, there is not an ar
ray in the world, not even in the govern
ments the-tnost profuse & prodigaV where
the disproportion of , officers to men is so
great as it is with ns at this t!rn.e ; 5c, yet,
by theplan'of the Secretary, this dispro
portion is to be greatly increased. ( Mili
. tary characters say, the Staff in particu
. lar is nowlargc enough for: fifty, some
. say a hundred thousandrmen. I3nt, yet
we are tol(J, we must ,not reduce it when
it is admitted, or determined bj the'feso
lutipn oflast session; that we ihall reduce
' the number of men nearly one half. Tf
the staff officers under, the old organiza
tion have hnd not much to do: if, onl ac
. count of theii numbers, t. they 'harcjbeen
. permitted to idle away-their time, how
much more will this be the-case" under
the proposed organization ,
In 1818, the .Secretary, j-epcrt.edytb . us
that the Staff of the ar.ny, under the ex
isting organization; amounted only to 96.
then objected to the correctness of the
statement ; I mentioned that the'number
was ppwards of 200, and called upon any
?;entleman who might , see the thing dil
erently; to correct me if I was wrong; cr
give such explanations .as might'satisfy
the House t To throve how that I ivas then
correct, I beg leave to call the ' attention
of the House to some tabular and other
documents , coctamed' in the two reports
of the : Secretary. " Document B, ot the
late "or new report, professes tbv be. ihe
same as . document A, of the report sub
mitted hi 1818:;' but; yet, the.fqrmer is
.qnite at variancewith the latter in some
f its details. H In the organization, as pro
; posed in the newreport, it is not Intimat
, .by the iSexretary that ; the numbeivof
the staff 'win l?e cncreasetl beyond that
. set forth in the report made in 1818. But
Jhe number of the staff, in the organiza
on proposed in the new report, amounts
7?8 aD tne orgaqization reported
W18, only rb 96. Whence, ir, U ibis
difference? Could - the Secretary
thoneht to imDose on Coneress ?. I
have
hope
not. J5ui, it nejuio, l irusi nc -vvin uc- mis
taken. .' rmust,'howeyeri say, that both
these reports have appeared to me more
ijee speeches addressed to the Armytban
communications made to this House.Y J
I will noW proceed to notice more par
ticularly the staff recommended; by the.
Secretary. ' There ire two Major-Genera
Is. four Aida-de-camp', fourrBricadier-
Generals, foiiV Adsde-Camp, one Judge
Advocate, sbt Topographical F-ngineers,
four Assistant Topograpriical, Engineers,
cne vcijuiant ana inspector oenerai, two
Adjutant Generals four Assistant Adju
tant Oererals; two inspector venera I?,
four, 'Assistant Inspector Generals, ten
RegmentaV Adiutants, eight Battalion.
Adjutants, making, in this department, a
total of 56 i: in the Quartermaster's de-;
partment there, are 37 i Paymaster s de
partment2p : Purchasing department 4 ;
Subsistence department. 1, with as many
AssKtantjr1 asv the service may require ;
Medical department 75 j Engineer Corps
23 ; Military Academy; lProfessors and
Masters ; rpnking; fln- aggregate of 228,
exclusive of Cadets ;" but, if they pe addr
ed, of 478. At the head of this prodigious
staff stand the two Major-Qenerals. No
one but thejSecretnry,"or some other per
son zealously and determinately devoted
to the a rroyi could have thought of retain
ing the Major-Generals.' The Secretary
says, page. 8 of the report, It is proposr
! ed to retain the two Maior and four Bri
gadier-Generals.; Although it is not pro
bable there will, be jconcentrated in time
of peace, a any point, a force equal to
the command of a single Major, qr even a
Brigadier-General, yet, it is conceived
important to the serVice.that they shoiihl j
be, retained ; asN two eg?ments, with a
proper' pro portion of artillery and, fight
troops, cons ituie in our service; one bri
gade, and wo brigades a division, the
command of a Major-General, the num
ber of reginjents and battalions under the
proposed organization, thus gives a com
mand equal to that of two Major, & four
Brigadier-Generals."
Here, sirj. the Secretary admits ,.that
there, will bje concentrated at no one point
a dumber of men equal to the command
of a ingle Major.'.nar even a prigadier
Geperal. He would indeed have: been
eqnallv correct if' he had said that the
wuoie army, uic:er.' tne tian; ijropuAcw,
would, if assembled at one point, scarcely
be cqunl to' the command of one Major-
General arjcl, two Brigadiers. But. yet,
he Tecemnserrds the retention ofc two Ma-
jorond foutf Brimdier-Generals, thus ad-
visincr us o keep in service double the
number. of -general officers which, accord
ing to this part of his reasoning.' he proves
to be necessary. I askjf we shall begrave
Jv told this; if we shall assume it as a
rule of our conduct, and keep in service
the whole of these eeneral officers, when
it cannot be clenicl that there are not men
for their command. ihe most that the
Secretary, could have done,bunder such
circumstances, would have been' to, shew
that there were men 'for the officers to
command, land then to recommend tnat
they' should he retained. But heeeks
further jnstiflcp.tPon. by saying that the
number oF regiments and battalions gives
a command for all.thegenerals. ; t
This! sir. is a decention in argument
, -. T v
easily exposed,; and entitled to no weight.
For, why did he not shew., not that the
number of jregimmts and battalions, but
that the number of men in those regiments
' i v
ano naitanons, wouia jusiny me cpursc
proposed ? Ybu rhay call a ' Captain's
company a regiment, and hus give to a
BrigadierGeneral the command "vrhich
ought to belong to two Captains, of to a
Major-General the command which ought
to belong to four Captains In this way,
sir, we might have the greatest plenty of
general officers ; nay, in such abundance
as to satisfy the .Secretary of' War him
self, w hbsej appetition : for officers of this
rank seem$;quite inordinate.' For.my bwp
part,, I amj unwilling to keep in- service,
at any time genera officers, when there
are not , men for their command. But,
when there is a deficjepcy of several mil
lions io thejTreasury .; jw'hep the country
is onprcssejd with debt, I would dispense
with officers even if they had men to com
mand ; because, by so dcing we get clear
of a great expense", whereas, if only the
men afedkehsirged from service, and the
officers retained, we get clear of a '"very
inconsiderable expense.", ? " x'
- Of what! use, let ittbe asked, are the
two Majfcrrpentrals ? ; The : Secretary;
says; page j8 of the report, Blfsi rpore
weighty and; Hi my opiniohj deciivejea
son, Uy theysbould he retained may
be found jo the principle already stated,
tli at . the, organization ; of the peace es,ta'
blishment. ought to be such as to iriduct
persons of talent and respectability to
Np w , said j M r AV. the argu men t present
ed in so mpchf the report as 1 have just
read, is perfectlyjllusory. tj Do the Colo-i
neis re roam m5?rTivc uecause mey are
satisfied with Jthelr conditions as Colonels,
or'Jrom : a' hope oJbecomingrBrigadier-
IM cnerais r. vjlw.uw crigauiers rentain in
f sen icei because they;arersattsfied with
i thejr: ctniticnv as Brigadiers, or frtnl a
t hope that they.w ill become Mjor-Gene--
! rals ? I take it, sir. that the officer s tfom
tne higbeat Ihj lowest, remaoa in $cr-
!
f vice because they are satlsfi with their
presenrxonaition, ana noi u um iivr.
cf ! getting ;to be MajorrGenerals. It is
with them a moneV-making business, per
baps nSore profitable,4 than any m which
they ? could engage and this the reason
they remain in the army,! as l will here
after shew; Besides this; the argument
19 defective in another point of view: It
is said that; even with the. office of Major-
General; many resignations taKe places
Assuming, then; the opinion of the Secrer
tary as the fact; in this case, tv wit, that
the rank and compensation now given , to
the Generals, are not sufficient to prevent
resignations, what does t prove jji prove
this: that you have not yet Idone enough;
that you must even go further, and insti
tute the office pf Lieutenant-General, at
taching to it the highest honors and emo
luments. : For. we are told it is necessary.
toi' nre vent resignations fri the army, and
that hjprh offices will have tie desired ef
fect. But we are told, again, that the of-
ficesof two Major and four Brigadier-Generals,
already established by law, will
not prevent resignations, f It follows, then,
as a necessary consequence, frrtn the Se
cretary's own reasoning; that we must
create the office of . LieutenanGenerali;
in order to prevent. resiCTations'Thiij
course of argument proves quite too much.' j
But I differ from hun altogether on tne
snbject of thefresignatioh! of ofjfieers of the
army. It is to be ascribed to Ve'ry differ-
l ent causesi. Perhaps , the most influential
cause has been,. the belief officers have
had that the army would - be reduced ;
apd, rather than wait forthis even tv they
have anticipated" it by handing1 in their,
resignations : at the same time they have,
solicited the best civij offices which were
to be.had ;not becausej th ey p referred
those civil offices, but because they tho't
them the only alternative. " But let it once
be understood that the army is not to be
reduced, and; my word! for it, you will
hear jio more of these voluntary resigna
tions. This would be the fCase, whether
or not you have the office of Major or
Brigadier-General. If there were no
higher rank than a Colonel, then all offi
cers subordinate to that, rank would hold
on to their commissions . just as, they do
at present;; Jt is hot the office so much
as the highest officef lwhich is the object
of emulous pursuit amongst men. If the
rank of Colonel or Brigadier -General
Were the highest offic known to our laws,
thenihere would be all llxat aspiration to j
attain it ; there would be all that com
placency and self satisfaction in having
attained it, whch ai-e to be observed in
the conduct'of those ; who . (according to
the Secretary's yiews) -may now b in
pursuit of 'he office, of Major-Genera 1.
Did the officers Of 'Mrt Jefferson's peace1
establishment think the no selves deficient in
rank ? Not at all. There was.then no Maj.
General. But the offices knowing they
filled the highest "military stations, in the
country; were satisfied; and consequently
remained in service. Therefore, the rea
soning of the Secretary pn thjs head either
proves nothing, c or, it proves top nuich,
wr.xn is worse man ncining ' ; a ;
i This plan, said Mri W. of retaining
ro en in er yi ce by the hope ofK rece i v ing
tne greater ranK, pay, and emoluments,
attached to the office of Mojor-General,
is radically wrong. It osts too much! It
is paying too 'dear for (the whistle. We
have two Major-1 Oenerals, with two great
divisions, the northern and southern: The
head-quarters are at Brownville iri the
north, and at: Nashviiie jiv the south.
This i arrangement was; evidently, made
for the convenience, and accommodation
of those officers ; not for the good of he
acrvicc; .-.on, iuc contrary, u inirotiucps
complexity and confusion ioo bur system
of military affairs. . !Ve all recollect the.
strife between the War Department and
the Major-General of the south, relative,
to certain rules of etiquette to be observed
in. the transmission of orders. As matters
nbw stands an order musttravel sill the
, way to Nashville, and then back to Wash
ington, beforejt can reach an officer sta
tioned at the - Marine barracks. nqt dis
tant more than a mile from ..the. Depart
ment from this Capitol! i that is, an order;
most travel twelve : or fifteen hundred
miles before it comes to tie officer who is
the subject pf jt; and who has alwavs been
distant about one: mile from the l3cpart
ment' from whence the ordcf issued.". ; The
same regulation, 1 understand, exists: in
recard to the northern division ; and, if
It . is thus .necessarV that orders should 1
pass . throughbMaJor 4
not uirect ineir nea-qua rier w sue. a i
more favorable positions at Washington
and Bal timore, tot example. Then there
could be no .del ay in the progress of or-:
dei's to inferior officers becansethx Ma-jor-Generals
jthroughj whem, wei under
standi they must pass,1 culd be stationed
immediately'' oh the lines of direct com
municationivlBut -no ; this iypuld 'bbt dc
these 2 office Sf njust, be facccwmpdated
and,: for, their especial benefit; they have
been permitted-to r e side at hbme to live
on tbeirVown farms, and tb mind .their
bwabusiifiess? ireeiying from thfrgovern
ment, at the same time, as nearly as I can
estimate,! about seven : thousand dollars a
year.; Smeicclculate - that the amount
received is considerably greafer. as much
( perhaps - as ; eight! or te thousand dollar
j-a year.'-Sir, I think it, if not'an abuseJat
Hm a Tery grfat jaaee, that .wese
bfficeriwjhile they?, reside at homeshon id
ha'6 received the whole pair and emcau
ments altached'to. their office. The at1
lowance for forage;' fuelfbur'seryas.
seven norses, tnree rooms ano a Kiicneu.
I have believed, was intended for actual
service ; for a state of. , war, and riot 'for
a state "of profound peace to the country
and domestic; retirement of the, officer.
When tliey go abroad, it is saiL all these
paraphernalia accQmpany - th enf . I orage?
fueli4, four servants; seven: horses three
rpgms andkitchen, and 1250 pounds of
baeaee.raU adhere; to, and march oh
with the iGeneraJs t fIndeedi Vsi thei
mus hayeugattrengthtodrw: after
them ' sucli aponderou anpt heterogehef
ops load of item&No1Bas$erni; Satrap
coultf. niove wiih. greaepompj
lAs to preserving and perpemating' a
knowledge f tlie military ; sciejicef5by
keepingthese generals mservke.the planj
I say, is utterly ftiUaciousA Their situa
tionlat home precludes thr possibility of
learning any thing new, and almost of r e
tainjng what they do know. The koowi,
ledge to be . preserved r . information to
be acquired by therri, whjle theyj j'esideon"
their own frms, will qualify them" much
betVer for the corn -Pel d ' th an" th e field of
battle, arid no doubt they study the, opera
tions of ' the former much more than o'f
thi fatter. (I is true, they come on to the
seat ot government, but xr wnat purpose
nobody knows, unless it;be,to drill Con
gress or. attend the parties. ; ;i 5 ;c
tnoci'er reason assignti uy ius .cwre-
tary for retaining. the, Generals i is, that it
will operate upon t he army like the "high
.
that men of talents
will thereby be induced, to enter andxon-
tinue in the. service. Of all the figtires of
speech with which our language abounds,N
I think this , metaphor" the most unfor-
lUnaier wnipu couia possioiy nave Deep se
lected. J?W there ar no tworj things so
little -comparable to each other as a lot
tery and the. recrular gradation by which
officers are5 advanced in the army., The
high prizes in: a lottery are distributed,
not! according to any; rule whatever, but
entirelyby chance; by accident, ; by the
most) capricious turns of fortune. Not so
ip reiaiion xq ine aavancement oi onoers
in the army i'! there ybu have certain fixed
rules, a perfect scale oigradation, accord
ing to which eyery one must be promoted.
Does not every inferior officer khbiV that
all his superiors mustbe promoted inj) re
ference! to' himself ? Surely he does. 'Theh
it follows that this inducement "proposed
by the Secretary operates; not as a lottery, i
nerearier ro-pe orawn, ana m-wnicn po
one knows haw theL prizes will be distri
buted,.; but rather nsa lottery already I
drawn, and in which the faleevery adi,
venturer. is fixed and 'oTetrminedMany
of (the .Remarks, which hve been made
respecting the Major Generals are also
applicable to .the Brigadiers. 1: cannot,
for myjlife. determii.e what useheSecre
taty inends;to make of the four pfficeys
of jthisjrank he proposes: to ke.ep in ser
vjCe ; hat, is; as I . understand it; In th
pav oft government,' These officers are
j allowed forage-fuel, three servants, five
norses, i wo rooms ana a KKCiien. iui jtn,
Secretarytells us there will not 'be con
centrated at, any- ooe ' point a force equal
to; the; command of a single Brigadier ; J
and why be at the.expense of keeping toxjr
of thefn ?. I call upoh gentlemen to, tell us
what'they are to df). It has been suggest
ed that we ought : tO'retajnithree Briga
dicrsone to be stationed h':re, another,
ih the north ,-pd a thrd in the souths
Buti Cannot onCpfonel iri the norih, and
abbther,ih. the south, answer. ; the amqi
purpose fuur desire lor general pincers
seems- triily foextinguishaM
ing abroad; tHese,1 Brigadiers, 'ihusiAalsQ
assume the s. vie of Satraps, and draw:i
after J them a gfeaf .Ipad'of ; jems I'riay;
niore I na ve understood,, from good au
tllorityth at between 3, and 4Q00 dollars
he;beealJoVe to one rigadier, )is a
sfof extra jpay(I suppose) T fr fatigue
duty performed in travelling' Qyer Europe
-ir; perhaps, the, allowancikimade
out of'tjjie. fund -"approp rial edforforign
niter course. .ButI' never . hard ofany
treaties heing negotiafed- by Jfhat gentle
man', or that be was in any respectltohe
considered the diplomatic agent of the 17.
stAtte;), -''V::
By .dispensing with' the two Major Ge,
nenils anfthree :Bngdiers,?fweaisoget
clear of seven Aids de CamP'. - :
I;0KIZATIQCIE
Fourth Annual BepirtJthe Amincaii
Since the last Annual Meeting f;. the
Society, the Board of Managers have
found kt s necessary i, on se Vera! ,ccasions
tocmmnnfeate1 to the fiiejlers,f and to
the"publlci''s6me of theinterestinsr occnr-
The' first of these cbmmunications stat
ed 4 the arrilbrth ElwabethohV the
toast: ofAfricartand thecreceptionandH-
tuatioP pf the colonist3op the island
herbro, and :aiaccmpanied ,with'the
letters of our Agenti ' and the AgentWof
the covernmeht,' filled :witb the htpe &
iHi fr: ; Uolomzation Soc tertr, &;'
Read! at thVAntraal 'Meeflmron:l&rldjivr
. V;-TtV ; f JanWrv 18.1";-:M
expectatlo&s hich then fiattered
.1 ne pleasing; anticipations p ivu.w t. r , ;
this '1nteWipieiio; 4hatt Y t: '
doubts ors of thia 'roost dia : 4' : I
I tressiog calamities 'awaked maby anxious -5
I aDPrehensinn: anif i the. " Address, of tbfr . .;
choly ihtelligehce then remvfcB.1 ahd the 1 . .r .S
truetextent. of the affliction .Vhlchirt ) the j " ; k
unsearchable dispensation v of Providencel ? v; . C ''
had beeii Permitted! to t ocenr; iiThe arrtr ' v c ?
w i r i. t t a. - t-mr AAA.a-4 a AVia n pv
Board a subiect tor its inrmediate & most
otemh;cpnsideratlon.feTh were, in the
first hltrtor determine whetaer a greac
arid beneficent .object the'imbortanr e o
jwpicu 'is scarcer que?uoncu. Buu"
abandoned as hobebss and impracticable. ? V-,.
If a full and fair experiment decided ,tm :..
rtninr-if h"ff?irf 'rAnM had ended m t3 'K
tal disaster, Iproce4ihgfr0micauses ; tna
operation of whiclv they cwuIplW
rprosi
ever migh the. the feelings
yteiTiiio-mntmnfit decree! lat'leasti A
' x ue resuu - oi .uieic-ucuucruwi fw.
pears that:Address,f ;TheJmentedL r;
and in'thafpfrBacpndjMtvBank- -
son; the gentsj6t heT gpyernmeht. th
nntfmelv loss! mthemidst 'of, theirUseful. ;
ness, ot men tngqjy quanneu ror iv uiu
cult and in'terestinfi: stations irt the service
bftheiruntry thefts, fellow-helngs1 and
thHr God, in? which they had
i netate ot, tne omcer ana
)oat's crew .
pf theyaneidetleo by i i
te numane
comraanaer or inarsnip .ior i
e assistants'
of the; , agents, ?was 1 anrffedin :ventf y
calling for peculiar "commiseitipn.; To.,
these abundant u dfsorrwifwete to -
be added, the sickness and todrtality pre- ,
vaume amone xne. coiorcu ; i
ibofers and.
colonists,' 6me pf the most' ns
jful and dey- -
servine ot whom became tn
victims oi
dxsease.');!1;;-?'-.-i-V; f-
But the Board, in (the Jin
of thet?"
resets; could hot see; in? any or all , these,
w
circumstahces; ;the; total ladre of their
had occurred did pot prove to' them, that ,
a?fataland irievitahlej disease" rendered;. v ;
thatl part , (much li'eveiy:iart)-pftdio:7,r',,::!ji
African coasV uninhabitable to strangers ? v V
for they:; awthati.bt'70 put of 68, , '
the' colored people exposed Uie disease, j.
had survived . and " recovered an4 manjr, ' '''V
instances f a much ' frreateV mortality. .V
h adccurred m various '; pjacesl ow iug ;
certainly to other causes thati a pernicl-' j
ous peculiarity of cHmate They were at1
noloss to conjecture whateaues most prc r
bablv operated in this instance.The unfor
tunate7 periwl of theypiibejlis ?arriVaU
ji peing n,ear j tnef commencement wo
rainy . season) vas ; of ItsemsufiBcient " o
exeiteiaiprebeniic. ; I V;'-''',-. '
Te wan ti'6f p rep2ratioti and atxoirj-
modatidh" ''fori theleceptipn was 'ADQther'
caue'-ThUhweageiiCs intda Btate
of great eosare .'.
and the ,early death ot Mr..Crozer left ,
them without medical advice or aid. This.;0
was louowcu or tne lmmeuiaie sickness "
and early death-of the. United States a- v
gents. , The, colored v
supposedi must have-: been! thereby;' left-W '
exposeu to ine attacKS oz aisease, witopuD
that advice aadauthority; care and skill
so necessary to combat; it .with 8accessuv . .
Tbe'ofBcer and saflors of the Cyane were ;-
expbsedi itok theame,a4d. . probably
.irom tiieir cononea siiuaun ui a suiaur -bai)'
6 greaterr dgers,vjand withv oo 1
hetter means bf resisbiaceThe.tBoard .Vl
f elat settlehieutvhadbeen piadefic ;'')
persisted in, and resulted most favorably H
where causes jsucl ai these tould not haye . . )
opetated7so powerfully, Aand where thp
nrsi ravages oi aissase werjp tar more aef .
structive. -The; early history of our own
cMintry fuiiiisheoiiicii lostlnces : 2&wliea '.
they' lookeuUalohg the African coast; .and;
foupd sthatlthf suppbsedv jfatality of cli- .
mate ..ha'd hot deterred the guilty votaries, i
of avarice from arm ing Mud. holding to; ." v! '
this' daytheir; varies establbhments q-"T:
iniquity, "they'copjd not bukihelieveUhat r:
similar? attempts; nndertajkeri,': with- faxf; J"
other ; views,1' and In ; highrreliance :upba -'
Him' ' W hose? Vbiddmir can IrestramV the; - i
pestilence that walketh inldarkness, and . ' I
ine uesiruciton, tnr wastrtn at noonday, - v v ;
Jwtfuldjfce.
thmeans 6f extending i le gipry. oi his V a v
name and . the gpod ?m hlsrcreatnres ?
Thus they must baVe beliejyedeveh with
out that prcf whjch Siertf Leone affords;
ofwhai peneyole f ,
thus relying will he'pefmttted io achieve, t 'S
s' i Aothet.difficulty may jbef supposed ttt ''.; V'
haye interrupted the progress pi their ed- ( ,'l '
terpria: e,, and demanded thle Considerate oa S , !
xi, tne iJoard,- pt iana,naa not beea;
ceded by the nathresi and tome luriaxpecr
ea cetays and ,0Dstacie$ were to De enV
cbmitereheSBoard thbugbt this. was'
to be in some degret: accoun ted for by the'
death Sf the" agent; and ihe-' consequent
absence of 'whatjhe natiyes rmlht consi
de,a sufficient auoHty.j ' Stillthcre waji "
Much difficulty in tbtainin lahda from
apeopie townemtt was Li lit tie or no v!'i
j jueln exchange for uch arUcles as werp i
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nomine irora waica ia presume tnatr a ' t; is
.well.. selected terrjiiothatoeigbhbiH r E Y
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