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JREDUCTblON OF THE ARMY.
;' ' . i'fTN"'"-'!. ., .'.' : .
fAfr, , JYilliarnya 'pitfh conctudedJ
Next ghtnes tbe " ofBc of Adjutaint and
Inspector GrrWratrTJ)is:i? a pnttv de
cwt rii jr':nrr.rtisIhn, : ttf ,bc ' heWf br a
v tlerk 'in. the pepartmentv ' I?is clutf ?Te
! t nt?Teir tbiW.oT a clerk, and why is it that
Vhe has thif rark.'nar. ancT emttiuTDrnts? of
a3ppadicf"Gener9 1 ? t can perceive; no
reasotv iiriless -it he for' the nirrpnsp in'f
lllusrratin thimjntar7:'establ)hnent.-.
But theetter,way is to graduate-anr! PV
wen arjcording: to the service they render.
If they act as clerks, Uet them be ran Ved
and pRid as'sticb. -If T am-ccrre'ctlsyn-forired,
many cfficers"cfthk flfmvtom-1
' plain rf this .-anomaly- in nnr military es
tablishment.' ' It is idlhr;preVen ineurr
bent wcold prrbahty, not know how "to
march a . corporal's, gtiard Tand ;yet his
rank,ypay, anrj e.molum'ent?, advsnce him
1 finite berndfifcers vho'haTe seen ac
tive, efFcient'service Pjrrmit mehere to
say that I,have nthinp'prwrial.-ajainst,
the pfficer.-When I have had occasion
to correspond -with him be has answered
jn'e prompUy: SorhetimeR I find a little
idifHciirty in readiny: his communication's.
Instead of two Adjutants and four Assist
tanf Adjutant. Generals, the whole' busi
uejjs in .this branch of" the army may be
transacted by one Adjutant Qejieral and
one Assistant. . 'Thus,' we 'may dispense
tvith one'Adjntant General, and three As-
nsianis, ana mereoy sve to ine nation
their pay and emoluments. . I-.'
v Two Insp-ctcr Generals'- and four As
sistant Inspectors arc also too' many rfor
our service. . When this suhicc t w crin -sidered
in the .session of 1818-19, 1 men
tioned thatthe Inspectors, if mv inormar
lion was correct, were' young merupot.
qualified to perform their duties but, jf
qualified,, they had nevertheless ailed fo ,
pcnorrn tneir doty, and that a repmert
in the Northern Division had beenTeview
ed only once- by an . Inspector since. he
introduction of this part of the staff, which'
vas about th,re.e years previous to that
timel,. In repy to thisa gentleman from
"New-yorfr (Mr.StorrsO,whom.I now see
in his .place, mentioned a fact which no
Iqubt fie learned ; from the Inspector He.
icch in tniscirj-. . d ne wcf.A?iistnis, "tna
the cfScerin qrestionhafl hjmself, the
trammer precedinr, visited every post,ex
amined every musket, and performed ev-
ry.Guty wbicb appertained to his ofhee id
..that diyision. Kow, siri'-if the: Inspector
general performed all these duties in the
. northern , dVL.ion- , why is it that he has
two assistants ? x take it.for granted, that
the Inspectcr General of the southern di
vision can likewise perform all the duties
ef his office Jand why is it that he has ah
. bo two assistants Here you have six of
ficers to perform duties to which only two
are tully competent, .Indeed, sir I must
: say; that riir military establishment seems
to have been built up more from a regard
to the men who were vto fill officesrthan
to the service it was expected these men
would render! v: ; V T"-
Tbe bill provides for as many regiment
al and battalion adjutants as will be neces
sary, under the proposed plan of reduc
tion. - If i gentlemen think otherwise, ,1
should be glad they.wbuld point out any
deficiency. v j .v ' -
The Quartermaster's department As
next in oraer, as reported by the Secre
tary. Hcprcposes to retain in it thirty
seven officers. I'admjt, said Mr. W. that
if; there is any one branch of the : armv
more ably; and faithfully conducted .than
. an. others it is this ; and . would - be wil
ling to let the rank cf the fficersremain
out would reduce -their number Tv
friend, the gentleman from Virginia, (Mr.
Floyd) submitted a , resolution the other
day, calling upon the Secretary of War
aor a statement o the rank, number, and
. cistnbution of the, army . at each post.
This statement-has been made accord-
mglyi-butbas iipt yet beeriprinted. o as
io oeAaiacij. our taDles.. -! must, then,
rely c-n the information previously pos
sessed, from which it will be seen, that in
1818, two assistant deputy quartermaster
this place. .At Detri it there .were also
two,' while the whole duties of the th re
giment, stationed at Plattsburir":wereher-
. formed by jaie quartermaster. At' Boston
there were two at New -Ynrt 'two : it
1 1 WesPoint there w as ' a quartermaster,
; where also a lieuteftant of engineers, re-
wjcu.uie p7ry ot quartermaster, whether
lie pertcrmed the duties or not. These
tacts are mentioned to shew that iKc num-
oer ct omcerKin this department was up
riecessaril .great in 1818. As tbeiK du
ties .have not increased, but rather de
creased since that time, thenumber-of
mese omcers may , fie proportionally Jes-
sened,, . Instead of sixteen assistant depu
, ty quartermaster generals, I .would have
only eight:, and instead xf. eighteen regi
V Cental and rbatulion quarttrmastersf )
v:ould.rednce them' to the Lumber' of fe-
,fients and ; battalion proposed in -UK
. .oil!. This would be-'my ; plan. But if it
y lould not meet -.'the: viewspf my friends,
Will t" r r A a o Tn oievAn --m4a. i
ight have, and. will rote for the bill,' be-
trmchmentisyVubv'niea para-
' object.- ;;;v-.y t-. t5
ASa y1? department .requires; -1
:t $-ld think, ccisidcraMcciiioivv The
Secretary nroposed to retain seventy-five
doctori If rood, they are more than ne
cessary.If bad,, they are enough to kill
Win atiori-; In 1818, h e reported to us there
were seyenty'-three posts. J' shall snow
hereafter, that it. is not necessary, to gar
rjsqn more than one half, at any. rate not
more "than twptthirds,; of thenurhberr pf
posts stated to us. 'Put yet it is proposed
to keep -s e.ventyrfive do tors.aV tiumber
mtore than equal to the whole' mimber "of
nosts r :Tbis seems ; to me very, strange.
because, if I was correctly informedi the
surgeon.: at Ainany,; in itfi outperform eel
little cf ro dmyVhe'snyijVVateri
town practised amonjr the neople at largel
professin pr at Uhe same 'time; to. ; belong; to
an arsenal which' was Pot finished, and in
whichvthere was rib; garrison; "The siir-
fpon nrBoston was 'stationed tlsere oster-;
jtibly foir the purppse.of inspecting recruits,
Ijut as soon as rrcnitts were made, they
were sent fo the garrison, m the harbor,'
where there ; were, 'two surgeons. The.
surgeon at r ew-york. was similarly situ
ated. If a like" examination could have
been had at that -timfc;'-of the position of
the surgeon in tneouthrn division, no
donbt thev would have- been found to be
engaged vith eqtial profit to themselves,
if not the army. The apothecaries I would
entirely discharge'. How can they, at N.
York or Philadelphia, tell the medicines
necessary to be purchased for thejroops
who may be ck-at Charleston 'or New-
Orleans ? Would , it not be ' much" better
to let the surgeon at any particular post
purcnase sucn menrcines as my ne waqr
'ed for the sick at that post ? Besidesl I
t. h a ve been rrediblr- informed . by a gentle-
.mar frch Tennessee, who is hot now,.but
-was the.n, a member, that the apotheca
ries ;'wc re very deficient : in - perforniing
'-their duties. 'He mentioned ctie " striking
lfact as commig within hi observat cn 'It
was.inis, inaian auoinfcarysiaiiuucu ti
Baltimore had purchased orange peel, to
send allthe way foNe -Orleans .' Now,
sir, every body ought to know that oran
ges grow in the greatest abundance at , W .
Orleans; nd that, of all articles of me
dicine, this was the least warned at that
place. It would then. seem scarcely pos
sible that any apothecary, however un
skilful or injudicious he might bei could
think of running, government to the great-
- " - i r V y UIIU
expense of tt ansporttng tt to NQrJc ahS,
where in the'jirst instance it could have
been had "for. nothing If this be "the way
in which, they discharge their1 "other du
ties, jthesooner we t clear ,;of them' they
better. -:'' ; ;'.;'" 0 ':: f&JZ !
y The subject of the-Engineer, Corps, in
connexion with the military v Academy,
Mr.,W. said he .ould leave to lis friend, .
the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr.
Cannon) who' would ..'treat it with much
more justice than lie" should be able'to do,
by any remarks he mighf offer '
He had now; he said, taken a cursory
review 'of the staff; proposed to be, retain
ed. .'The- officers of the line yalso, in his
judgment appeared ;tcanunierous. ihe
Secretary says, page 9, V Np position con
nected with the organization of the peace
est ablishment is susceptible of being more
rigidly proved than. that the proportion
of itir officers to the.rank and file ought
to be greater, than in ,a. war establish
ment.'' But what'these rigid proofs are
or what 'should be ytheexact, proportion
of officers to the rank and file, he has noH
vouchedsafe to tell. us. -Most of those, with
whom; 1 have conversed, havebelieved
that the duties 'of an4 army . were more
multiplied and-laborious jri var than in
peace, and therefore, that a greater num
ber of, officers would be required for the
former Condition. The Secretary, nowe-
f vert' says, " It results" immediately from
a Dosition: the truth of which cannot De
fairly doubted! that the leading object of
a regular army in jtime loSpeace, , ought to
oe, to enable the country tp meet, w ren no
nor and safety. DarticuJarly At'the com
mencement of wa r. the dangers r incident
to that' state. , On no pTevious occasion
have I ever before heard it; announced,
that We should retain, in peace, bfBcers
for a war establishment. It appears to
me more rank doctrine than was main;
taintd in Mr', Adams's administration. -f
Whaf sirv ;would h'ave beeny said,' if he
had advocated such cpinionsr opinions as
hostye to the principles of the govern toent
as to the principles bf,hatxlass of politi
cians to whom the Secretary. tfasheretor
fore professed to belong.. For.:. sir, It is a
principle inherent in- the .very naturer of
the, government, and "whjchl had beireyed
w a 'a .almost- uni versafly..--ad niit t e d, t hat a
wen regujaiea nautia is. ineoniy u
. i..' 1' r-kil:l L..-:"l4i,' the?
certain defence ofthis country, f B"
Secretary in t ttecC disclaims -this!
doc-.
trJne ; he holds 'outtheldea ..that Hie
m jare not to be relied cn, and' therefore
iyou must keep on the peace establUuttent
officers to command vbufy aitrniesy ina
btateofwaf. I potest against this doc
trine with my : vliole "streiiKUi ; 1 distlainf
biudep, bythe nature andspintbf .pqr go-
Jtajijiof be xlenied -:tha3HbffiteirfrrVe' the
persons Who originate Vn
feci rdesYeiiSlibukncr With mischkx; and
ruin to; the1- cbunuy riffy.wnici-viheycliei
.it,' as ann-rtpuDlican $ a suess j
gerous 'as exli a wganu ''-C-i
It is hnti-itptiblican, because it ris forr
be::employed" in doins: 'evil. Officers' in
peace, ynave nothmg to nev .ana m tpe na Tjes wicpiinyjieicung uruujps.
bit of commanding' thosebot,themr be- i j ftireourtroop cbuld bave-masced fifty
einlat ien'irth to feel imnatient under -.the i mircsloh the sea cnast,lthe epfmyiint
restraints of government, and ha ve,- in ey- j
ery instance.been the first to rheditate the tt
oyerth row of -liberty D
the Rubicon when'fighting the enemies ot
Rome or after thv were ysubdued. and h
he had . nn'htnor tri do bt toake a !
conquest of the liberties
try , Uet us : tfttepd to our own tiistory. jeans, ana at every point, except on as.
At w fiat time were Ayyitten the letters of.,-j in theexampte b Bp'sinboeWppt
Newburch; Examine the conduct bf alUilvon must rel v Vin the militia for defence
Mrnuci ano you win nuo. i inv, tui n-
are most daneerous in peace. - It is
thehl they- have leisure to meditate, and
opportunity: to execute; such, plans as the j
more, wcked and deigning: among.,inem
may wish to accomplish:! . -:' ;V
y Again, It is of no use Vo feeep officers in
service w;hen thev can render no service r
this ; is .the solicism, the contradiction ip
terms, to Which the adyocates'of the pro
r'pbsedl, organization must ' necessarily be
uncn. ;i iiry ay u,i neiu iu itwiii iuc
officers, butwhen called upon to"pointout
ire service tnese . omcers are to perrorm,
they are at aJoss for ab answer. Some, rea
son however, is attempted to be Igiven by
saying,tbat alth.o' thebfficers may tipt .now
be 'of anjc irtimjediatbjuse'vet they;' will
hereafter bey useful ; w hen ihecouhiry is
engaged in wr :; The Secrety says w
sljall certainly : be. in vol ved - iit J ;war, ..and
that no one, unless' .he ' has the a' ima"-
nation of a poet." can think otherwise.
Inow, sir, T readily admtt that the becrer
jary has not the irnagTbationf a poet
further. if a sort of tautology and allitera
tion ;l if a ; kind I of syhonimqus repetition
arei any defects in style, that -he has as
f slender, pretension to prose. . But," in
whatever character , he is to be. consider
ed, .whether of poetry, prose politictj or
prophecy, he has gone equally, wide from
the markl . He has -not, .indeed, told us
the nation from, whom we are to expect
wfer only ah obscure hint is given, a kind
passingjallusioh isithrbwy out thit we
may-have war With SpaibZ y.But,the late
hews from that quarter though fio! bffi
cial, yet. entitled to credit, fullv explodes
this ideaPiYithQ as
sbbn apprehend invasion from the inhabif
tarits. of themoon as to ' supposeSpain
would eyerattempti to make inpufsioni'
into obt iefritory But imay be suppose 1
land. This 'will tnriir6ut like the eppfe
hensibn of hostUitiesWithj Spaln. The
poin in controversy between us'and En
gland . are so far removed as to render
war wnn inai power a yery impronaoie
event. I ask whether nyman : of.com-'
umpn sense can sencuslv annrehend it in
ahy short, time ? But if it coines it will be
, confined to the bcCan.' No brfe in the pos-
: session and exercise bf bis fight.mind can
suppose Great Br itain- Will ever attempt
: to Wage war enctuaUyagainst jheUni
; ted States by land.J j We may bo tempera-.
ll mar it ime frontier', but wiibsoever 'though t
j.ve snouiq Keep a regular armjvtomeec
that coutinppnr.v riiiiTniliVia nr'f nl -
ijr . ; o j , ; .""iyr- .
competent for tljis service. . Indeed,- the
franjers .of .the . constitution provided ex,-j
pressly forf this particular case when they
-gave, to the general government po we r i to
call out outtheybnlitia (o rppeVrinvasionv
BUt,vthe Seretarysay's; page 47 V the;
tjrjganizatiQn of the army ought to be such
as to' enable the government, at thVcorh
ntncenent of hostilhies, - to 'obtain A re
gular for ce adequate to the emergencies
of the country; properl .organized and
prepared fpr aciuaf service." If, sir, the
militia are not to be called out at the corii-
mencemept cflibstilitieVy if they are not
to be relred on to - repel invasion, when.J.
pray you, are iney.o renaer ;apy service r
Certainlj not after, tbe War. -.shall' haves
progresseii fofvsome time,' because 'then,
every one -adjnitsgove
provided' an adequate ; torce aot reggmar
t roops.. It follows then, accordin g t o this
plan of the Secretary, that the niilitiayih
no .instance and at io time ; are to render
any 'service- ylf they are to be entirely
superseded, fel us at 'cekgRW'thfact
L'ettis not hereafter, s Wey hayeydbni;
lieretofore,' appropriate hundreds of thou
sands bf dollarsvto;arnVtherrijy to pi epare
therb to repei invasion ito quahfy theni
to sustain that nuifc in iheixpuiitry which
theconstituUpb assTs-'t'thmVwluU
the i policy of our ihsttption3 requirjthferb
to hold-y:-'U:;,yi;
y. Wp-speak cnly
fJniWdbtatesaro ,'invaedylidct.th'c
ticfetisiVe,; because oagresslve :ar
begunby ourselvcsi, weycan etcctour
b Wb tinie, and cnbtj therefore) be taken
bv suroi iset Well thehI say.nb one ever
had the madness i to suppose that we Should
keep i"' suffiQigujap fofc to mh t the
klber man ifcll be the numbed of troops ne t
-f'aW for that purpose ? The Secretary
say s tuat, shoolQ a just lrecautibn grip w
gtyqflb"u fbreiga jlansyrt ndetty) t
aignient tie peaceesiabhshmehtto 11558
aid looiLghbstjlVtks, oy.acidihg a few
n.e coflicerW W V juy hyeahaggregate
'.isiiSS NbW, r,ywhatcbuldttiis armyV
mig t he required efebdyibr example,
the idv ii biybpstbn as beiug thecuulykibd
01 rorwc m fcii.fc.Mv&vivi. i.u .cruirT,
1 . "
able "trf meet' tlie firstishocks'bf hostlli
invade New York, and here again XV on
-.wQuidanr; anotlier armyot J yJ5. puxv
i tfie cnemy tne muma musxpecajicu w
defend NewrYork.HIntWsyjih enemy
c uld! invade your whole maHtimefrorH
would
reqwte
Hps half -a mniipntpf
c
accumulation of debt,.
the pressure of taxation consequent upon
such a rneasure, wotdd prdduce greater
pros tratiph'bf -our eJ5er?ies,UwoHld . affect
unfit? vr.'aujr. mc yrusperiiy Jiun.jiiHjjpiucsa
of oiir fellow -citizens, -'than any tning else
whiriixouldeesigned.yy
Our distance'fim .Eurppe-saiS Mr&JV
Will al ways Upw us one, tygi. .or perharis
threeyyears previous , notice and ,can
njerybe In y aded . Withnjufehay ngsp ffict
ent ti m e. to prena re for the e mereehcy..--r
InIurope powerful nat.lop's'-'def.fippn j
Or an imaginary, line sepfatesythem,
I lence 't-isne'eessar?' Iheysftould alway's
Herdybecause';thVy;t.bW)Tio at What?
fiis ine state -or tomg;s is-veryatnereiij? au
vet ieentlemen disPussthis qu stiottTjae-
cording o"p'riVtiples'.-ofrpolicy;';dfcVived
iron Europe, , ani; n.Q V) -i 7uy, .rxl'; "
clawed to the situation 'andcirbnjstances
of pufbWbcoHnt rWy -;-;'-y :; ; .
. As Vo war with tre Indian tribesit , is
not riee.essary;?T prjifn of j
t ne regular., army - tor tnat; purpose
Throughout our -Jwhl'e history jhenilftia
hbstiliiies4 Even in the Seminole - war;
where vou iiab!' to fieht th ree or fotrfun-
dred halfjstaf yed; half naked'iserableiH
l lie mjiitia of :1 ennessee ; ana rventucKy
werie called but to meet theenemy. Wher?
ever he was tric There Js; howeverr-no
never, tp
ch i m (irical la.proi ect ,
ii ne gentlemen Trom . -y,irgini: noa
Carolina TAfr. fWytbiandMrf .SimkinsV
.mi . - -r.. -1-?- .i-.r-
harp said, that th peace pstaljHsnjbent of
.180; amounting to 3.S23.was excessiVer j
ty econproicai; tnat it was munu io y,tpp
strral 1 , an d a ft er w afd s V in y 1 S 18, Wasag-
m en ted to 9.996; In saig. thithey m ust
have forc-o'.tenywhat was mentioned bvi
was determined on as" a proper peace es?
foiKl Jtl manf ' Ttinco orPtelriVrt- tfn ?'i5i 1
snrely econobiicnl,;' or that it yvasyubse
'qu4htly,;'-augm,etited,'. bec'a'use.it wasfondi:
.measurepfepaatbry;Tor;w in siip
port of tlusytissertibn I can oner those
' gentlemen yauthprky theywu
mnch inclined to.respect. ilt js - the re-,
port -of tHe fretary pf Warrrnade An
1$ 18. In pa ge"4 he says : f . ' s . ; . ' :s
i?Eti is bbyipus that tlteestablishmcrbtof
3808, cbmpared; wit
pppuiation.; ip e cniiyKinumoer ana
extent oftnilitafy .--posts; is larger in rb-
ppriicn,:tHan ie .prejseni . ounne unset-c
tied state of pur reiaticsywit.ance and
JEpglabdr at that tirbe.rendeV s ; thV cui pi?
f isoif; nbtentirly lust. ? Pasmg- then that
of 108, let us compare the establishment
of ;i'8(fe Avitlr tft'e hresen t'f-f';:
- , rierer. sir, is eyuicnce. which muse. gcu-.
tlertien mu5tybt?nevp tlmtfrottled
re la tions w th France and En gfijndv pMS
ed thegmttion bfj therjiiy;mp8
I hope then wie riftil ynot: againbeV tl(d
that it WVsancr
red uced too low in 18 02 i; for such is bbif
the ? fact
- h
fepther position
tlenien .from Southy.Carolina., is; , that
12!656! isToot areaterrmVbow
3,323 was ib 1802,t3ecauseof thejnerease
smce. inai. imie, oi ' ou,r -pppuuiuony oliuc
nuberof posty, and ef4ineft fr6ftr.
tibrVvtryjV?vsaid hevkbeWthbSelcfetary
ll- -.Lit 4.1 " - L . J iLTL L21!bl-'!i ii r o
nau urgea inesesaHie -arguments;. mxoipi i
and head JiopecDieWoto
ag,itm, . uuituv al- pPvf cv vut, u nt wc i v
port-th en nade. w as:. composed ot Tnaterrn.
alsyefirly tobV
authyritJo'W
member xrtwu&
fcjforw ard, hehoped to be pardoned W bile
iiEiKUThe secretary says, fc fond In this
Carolina jihat.'becaUseV
eyat4f Was ln ; iSOS van -arniy of
42,656 is not ooW greiUiao33 as
ib' 1802; ilThls is Just a
as ifyahylbne 'should ' iiifflbr$&&-3&0&
thatlid 3 make 112 ifor aolpbbnV
keeping a regular tpiTeaW b3;imebthe
firsi4attacks ofy'an inv'adinirenemv.iilt
'prosbebt"pf!Collis ;
Buthhis we cltreyntwhejp V ' i ' ' :?
haTeesenVttTOfa , : j j
theentlemarifromMarvlandCAIrSmitl j'ii'1!',
RejWa in Coneress atthat thran;f0.tjth??b f ,
is :'ih fhisfepceth tlie herdaym1802 tp?! . ! l ;).;
some were for reducin V- j j
lower; vbile others wished to feBn a frE9nWtIPncrd,jor fli t
".!.. . : ber bf men to take care nf that htnnpfiif. v . , , I
order, stated), v-i; ?v: : cr4rTii-:' -Jte
and avio 1802, we, had an army or t
so We ought now-to have only 6 646. vBaty.. j ?
steM:."-thiss
that
gilUxtrn argument:; 'iJ7 ": '
iSeorairtortdrtP.. tjs irr JfUS.y
thatywe; tbfiia'l ::?YS;postjtbJit in;180:7t
there Werebbly;7Vfcpo theppositmn;' ;. ,
st, jtrwbuid follby;nottjiat ybulconM m
w th'e present e5tabtishm enfof 1336.- F
bntbniy a5put JOQOi a Uttlejinore than ,
el-aejteHprbposed i to be retain x
'nerssarYHblie n garrisoned lam bunt to 70-y:'jXl:,
Thecretarr hiniself old ur n ;answec
taertem''ul'nai' respecting theyelloy
RtnneexDeditibnjbthati Inaianf hostilities
had?essenMaIiv termraateq :ip,tn soujcoi , .1 r
Syestand therefbrje 1 the; troop jl ha4-Jbeer
ordered on
the
lowsthat vbu cannot shew a greater nnm
'ber than aljout dand
the t roops VTCpuid ue tspareq, iiimncinp : ?
bbstsjnignt alsbhe -spairdAfenteid;r;
(wiTO,, resides, in-; toe -nono ,wc ;;uu f V
thewtible of thatj line of Jjostf' might pe..
:dembUsheHeJaidhe;pebJl
aht th?ni dmU , y
1siessaroeeso pdststK
the nortitanl,dutri: yt still, fol- 4
to w that vou canno-'she w a greater AP
votucannotf'prr,4ne;aata assupu oy- ' .
eeretaryyflnd :rm4f9i'yii'
Igerthantharoposedhe fM.i V-X-j
r 1 nrfh 1 nerecreifirv savs,iick u r.
the frontier: at botlv vperiods.1 1 Butv f rpinj
thttm&i rialiTo'raishedi 7caMv athey
aTTiah' be Jied tpcpnci
'ft.kn' nt-'infraeirt' in'lh nrrtOOr-'. '
ZThere-
frontier is griatercthanit wam;l2 iti(;y :i
the proportiPn xif xp Bh lias giy?n- y
both iheUihe ffronti
of posts. forythe 5 eax?J818 bjit forSO
bnly the huhibef ofi posts .4- Tb erible uS
tb'detrrrnihe fajrlvbe iriouldJrfave grve
hioh'statedQhesapeaEe ay tor exam- -
nit ie ot the coast i nere-were sauic. r ;v; ,kii.
sabne distances : from fpoint t pomtf ;and vvV?
ftlie-'we-irxean
dsAi :.It s said. "we nave acq nrea j-k?uisi 5 r ;
: ana-smcexnac umc mi ccra wye ; . ;
I thqgebgraphicaiahd S 1
are not, always, com mensu
Mti -nrifh oorh ,v -- iv I 'J I
I : . - . 'A 3 A - 1 -W A V Mr M A ' , ,-1 . . fill
riectsTtb cbjntra'ttheVirim M
heiiaiheMjt;tKel . )
citeo against us ai any momeiit; ;
.there is jEib daftger. from' .ih'ar' I sot:
source.
ahy fa ;t jierijthe y
U Vv i.v d cjrv irvi yHtJV. III JVMv
Hbwor in whtArjroiJwtiori fmiMic ,Drov5 J
penyyfias increasedwe 5 ; , v
IV'ILi. L, UUl,:U
(i 1 '. .-V I
for the basts' of calcbla- a
tipn the.numbercof guns and toe number bf
lucu, cjjuiwu v,us as peing a v n e w oric fi
irt1818, (and certainly there iSnbt-a mom? i
important post,) we6nd that,ten lhewKoe t
sea,rcoast" thererrcbuldvno
MnM V tkon' oKft., .i Irtrt VIX...' -Z. "';
firinrp thanv.'ahniif r'1 1 nnL RMV ,Tipo bM
stationed at'that tirne,Vbri 'thej whole Coast
requisiteTnumber; The hay !tnterided -'
tuo men, wuicit w more man uouoie, tne '
iu uciciiu; ui: Buurcs, - Ai iQ increases, i w v
sbbuloy suppose: the.army
imtfleiimi-itrf.v
nisneo:i: ;ii is now; xnree times as -large as ;
it! Was in I18025and- thereforel'thrpm c
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as cornpetr. tbrpu ; A . j
gentlemen j ernand ytot"the fsea cbastaa; r
army nucrr larger, than-wheCwe-haU lij i
tie or no naval i fetrenshy- " Thp,Wm tri'. -'"'-.:
thin the afmyobghttb beiacreasexTln a-
'vitiu wuM iuc .iiitjTBac; oi -iue na
ph?-ap' coUhtry;
tfiej.'Wj)olefubj& i to
rlarigerUicb niaythreaterilns: "i and i
they
this
.isertsJnltN -corr'ecijeiibri;) re;can; '; y
jfindbecithjs Ttincfbv anf army as f 1
large; asit4yasl in 1802; Trie great, ? per
ficatibns from decay. '-'llioid in mv handy Ay. '!
sirrfilfsto
"A
f" LiJx,'-' tr-r- i-i.' ""'j ; -'." r
cawiv-jroinni it appears uaLaooutft.50fl
areampty.sufficieut for tbe wboe frontier, : f
to rint but'Mie iacciiracdr !,Bm-' uking
eimerw wejnnn..rnr! nnnt
oB2.656yyv, ?.;j'v?--x.-. v;,-.-;
vy. Up, thecpnraryV rthinktiiit inay telC
Itsnedrath'naryis-fncTelse
fclV ;tBQ2,!: when: hevdanger oC. y
Indian war; in tHat quftet'ttete were P 1 '
tietWeert3 and oarnen;bblyon the wnolo -''vi
nVt'WtertfratieF;,t)4t fn 4818,- after ' - - i
the dhrhad qbite;;subsfle had - ,
bemeertl5and60Oi:;itis the first tirhe. ' M
1. have itnoWfi the rule of invmW nmrtnW.
iii iaucH um; uangier naa oecome less, u 'ijt
tfiestate.,iu' ; !
art yinCorwCl wpuidMhkL gentiemen ' fy i h
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