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VOL. III.
MILLEDGEVILLE, TLESDAV, MAY I t, 1822.
No. 11,
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
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XY TIIRKK DOLLARS. IN ADVANCE, OR FOUR
HOLLARS AT THE EXPIRATION Or THE
TEAR.
(nr Advertisements conspicuously inserted
nt the customnry rules. T.s tier, on business, in
nil eases, must he post pud.
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AN ACT to author ire the Secretary nf tlio T rea
surv to exchange a stock bearing nil interest
of live per rent, for certain stocks bearin'; an
interest of six nnd seven percent.
H" it enacted hi) the Semite and House of
lUprescntalives of the United Stales of Ame-
1 i.- t in Congress ns.icinble.d, That a subscrip
tion to til" amount ofhvrlve millions of dol
lars. nf the seven percent, stock, and of the
vis per cent, stock of the year eighteen him-
ili d and twelve, and also, for fourteen mil
lie is of six per cent, stock nf the y ears cigll
teen hundred and thirteen, fourteen, and fif
teen. lie, and.the s one is hereby proposed :
for which purpose, hooks shall In' opened at
the Treasury of the United States, and at
the several Loan t tffiees, on the first <1 iy of
M iy. one thousand eight hundred and liven-
tv-two, to continue open until the first day
fir .Inly next thereafter, for such parts of 111-
phoie mimtioned description of stocks as
shall, on tile day of subscription, stand on the
bunks of the Treasury, &. nn tlin«o ol the se
veral Loan Ollires, respectively, which sub
scription shall lie effected hv a transfer tnthe
XT. States, ill the manner provided liv law for
knell transfers, of the credit nr credits stand
ing no the said Imoks, and by a sui render of
the certificate* of the stoek so suhsrribed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
fir the whole, or any part, of any sum, which
shall he thus suhsrribed, nf the six percent,
stocks of tlie years one thousand eight hun
dred and twelve, and one thousand eight
hundred and thirteen, credits shall he enlc
«d to the respective subscribers, who shall
be entitled to a certificate, nr certificates,
yiurportir.g that the United States owe to
the holder, or holders thereof, his, her, or
their assigns, a sum, to lie expressed there
in, equal to the amount of the principal
■3i'ick thus subscribed, hearing an interest of
fie per centum per annum, payable quarter
lv, from the thirtieth day of June, one tbou-
■s'rel eight hundred and twenty-two, trans-
ft-r.-dfi in th. '.af.ie th inner as i* | ,muled ny
Jaw fortlic transfer of stock subscribed, and
subject to redemption at the pleasure of the
U .• ■ (1 States, in thu proportion, and at the
p imls herein defined, via. one third at any
time after the thirty first day of December,
one. thousand eight hundred and thirty; one
lie d at any time after the thirty-first day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-one; and the remainder nt tiny time
alrer pm thirty-first day of December, one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-two—
oiid that for the whole, or any part, which
sh ill he thus subscribed, of the seven per
es'iit. stock, credits shall bn entered to the
respective subscribers, who shall lie entitled
to a certificate, or certificates, purporting
that the United Statesoivo to the lioldet, or
holders thereof, his, her, or their assigns, a
vim. to he expressed therein, equal to the a-
inomit nf the principal stock thus subscrib
ed, bearing ail interest of live per cent, per
tmnum. payable quarterly, from the thirtieth
<J iy of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-
two, transferable in the manner as is provid
ed I,y Uw for the transfer of the stock sub-
eciilic.d, and subject to redemption at tlio
jileesurc of the United Slates, at any time
after the thirty-first day of December, one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-three—
Provided, That no reimbursement shall he
m ule, except for the whole amount of such
r.ev.’ certificate, nor until after at least six
months public notice of such intended reim
bursement. And itsliall be the duty id the
Secretary of the Treasury to cause to lie re
transferred tnthe respective subscribers, the
several sums by them subscribed, beyond the
Amount nt'the certificates of flie percent,
stock, issued to them respertivi Iy.
See. .i. Ami be it further enacted, That, if
'the ainouat of seven and six per cent, stocks,
authorized to Im subscribed by the first sec
lion of this act, shall not have liven twhscrih
by I he first day ( f July next, the remainder
of that amount may he subscribe 1 on the
bunks nf the Treasury, at any time between
the said first day of July, and the first day
of October next thereafter ; and for the
whole, or any part, of nuy sum which shall
be tints subscribed, of (he 0 per cent, stocks
of tile yems 181-2, I81.‘3, 18M, and 111 lb, cre
dits shall lie entered to the respeclni snb-
iicrihers, who shall he entitled to a eertifie ale
or certificates, purporting that the United
States owe to the holder, or holders thereof,
hi', her, nr their assigns, a sum, to he ex
pre*.i*11 (her in, equal (o the amount of tile
yi'iuci|iid stoek thus subscribed, hearing an
lilt i.-t i" -t of five per eentuni per ,annum, p.iya
h!e quarterly, from the thirtieth day of Sep
tember, one thousand eight hundred and
twenty two, trao-ferrahle in the same man
tier, as is provided liy law for the transfer of
the stock suhsrribed, ami subject toredemp
tian, at the pleasure of the United State -, ii
the proportion, a.tjd at the periods, herein dr
tl eul, viz : one third at an) time after tin
thirty fir.-t day of Deremlier, one tlioiisam
Aught hundred and thirty ; one third at an;
time after the tlii-lv fiist <|ay o( Decenihrr,
flue thousHiid eight bundled and thirty one:
fl'ul tin: remainder at any tim, after the tliii -
ty-lbst day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty two ; and that, for tin
Whole nr any part which shall he thus sub-
1**1 nf the seven per cent, stock, cr< dits shall
be entered to the respective subscribers, who
ahull lie entitled to a certificate or certficati
I heir assigns, n sum, to he expressed therein,
equal to the. .iniouiit of the principal stock
thus sulrscriiied, hearing an interest uf five
per centum per annum, payable quarterly,
from the thirtieth day of Srplut'ihcr, one.
thousand eight hundred and twenty-two,
Iransferrahle in the manner ns is provided liy
law for the transfer of the stock subscrihtul,
and subject to the redemption at the plea
sure of the United States, at any time after
the thirty-first day of December, one thou
sand eight hundred and thirty-three : Pro
vided, That no reimbursement shall he made,
exeejit for the whole amount of such new
certificate, nor until after at least six months’
public notice of sm-h reimbursement.
Sec t. And h- it further enacted, Tli.it the
same funds which have heretofore been, nod
now are. pledged liy law for the payment of
the interest, and for the redemption or reim
bursement of the slock which may lie sub
scribed hy virtue of tlio provisions of this
art, shall remain pledged for tlie payment "f
the interest accruing on the stork created liy
reason of such subscription, and for the re
demption or reimbursement nf III” principal
uf the same, It shall lie the duty of the
commissioners of the sinking fund to cause
to he applied and paid, out of the said fund,
yearly end every year, such sum and sums
as may he annually wanted to dischurgn the
interest accruing to the stock which may lie
ereati d hy i irtue of this act, The said com
missioners are hereby authorized to employ,
from time to time, smell sum and sums out
nf the said fund, as they may think proper,
towards redeeming, by purchase or reim
bursement, in conformity with ttie provisions
of this act, the principal of said stock.—And
such part nf the s iid a on tal sum oft ii mil-
lion.sufdollnrs, vested hy I iw in the said com
missioners, as may lie necessary wanting
for the above purposes, shall lie and cnnli-
n le appriated [appropriated] to the payment
of interest and redemption of the public
debt, until tlie. whole of the stork which may
be created under the provisions of this act
shall have been red emed or reimbursed.
Sec. j. And be it further enacted. That
nothing ill this act contained shall lie enn
ui rued in any wise to alter, abridge, or im-
ji'iir, the rights of those creditors of the U
States who shall not subscribe to the loan to
lie opened by virtue of this act.
I' III,ll> I* HARBOUR,
Speaker of tlie It rise uf Representatives.
It),IN (i All,I.MU),
President of the Senate, pro tempore.
Washing!on, March 20,1822.—Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT to revive and continue in f iree “ An
Act, declaring 111” as-ent of Congress to cer
tain nets of tlie Suites of Mary land and Geor
gia.’’
He it enacted lit/ the Sen ile and Itmsr of
Representatives of the United Stales if Ame
rica in Congress assembled, That the act pas
sed the seventeenth day nf Mar<M. i.i the
year cue thousand eiglit hundred, entitlea
•An Act, declaring the assent of Congress
to certain acts of the Slates of .Maryland
ami Georgia,” and which, liy subsequent acts,
lias hec'ii revived and continued in force ini-
ti! die third day of .March, eighteen hundred
and twenty-two, lie, and the same n-reliy is,
revived and continued in force uii il the tid
day of March, one thousand right tin i I d
and twenty-eight : Provided, That nothing
herein contain, d shall authorize the demand
of a duty on tonnage nr vessels propelled by
steam employed in the transportation of pas
sengers.
(Washington, April 20, I V,2i.—Approved.
AN ACT to establish the District of Blakeley.
He it enacted bi/ the Scuttle and house of
Reprcsentutivis of the Uni'.td Stales of A-
mericit in Congress assembled, That, from
and after tlie thirtieth day nf June next, the
Alabama, Middle, and Tensaiv rivers, in tlu-
stiite of Alabama, and all the shores and wa
ters on tlie east side of the 13 iy of Mobile,
and all the rivers of the said state emptying
into thu Gulf of .Mexico, to the east of said
I3.iv, shall form a Collection Di-trict, to he
called the District of Blakeley, of which the
port of Blakeley shall he tile sole Port of fin
try—and a Collector for the District shall
lie appointed, to reside at swell place as tile
President of till United Stat -s shall direct,
near said port, who shall lie entitled to re
ceive, in addition to the fees and oilier emo
luments established by law, the annual sala
ry of two hundred and fifty dollars.
PHILIP Pi BARBOUR,
Speaker of tlie House of Representatives.
JOHN OAlLLAUI),
President uf the Senate, |iro-tcuipore.
Washington, April 17, 18-22.— Approved,
JAMES MON HOE.
AN ACT to remit (lie duties nn n Sword im
ported to he prci'iiti d to Captain Hioaias
Macdonoiisli, of (he United Stales’ Navy.
He it enacted bp the. Senate and House, of
Representatives of the United Slates i j Ame
rica in Congress assembled, Thai the duties
•.vliicli have accrued, or which may accrue,
io the United Stales, tqiun the import it ion
if a Swurd, In he presented to Capt. Tho
mas VI ledonougli, of the United States’ Na
vy, in behalf of the petty officers, seamen,
and marines, who served on hoard the li:i-
gale G.terriere, when she was lately under
his command in the Mediterranean, which
sword is represented to he, or lately to have
been, in the custody of the Collector of the
Di-t ii-t of New York lie, and the said du
ties are hereby remitted.
’ PHILIP P. BARBOUR,
Speaker of the House nl Representatives
JOHN GSILLAIU),
President nf the Senate, pro tempore
\YaMiiiiRtou, April 17,18:22.—Approved,
J AMES MONROE.
AN ACT In amend the art, entitled “ An Act
te establish the District of Bristol, and to iin-
i ex tlie towns nf Kittery and Berwick to the
P,strict of Portsmouth,’’ passed February
25tlr. 1801.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United Slates if Amer
ica in Congress assembled. That, from and
after t ’e thirtieth day i f September next,
tire District of Bristol, as described in the
art, entitled “ An act tn establish the Dis-
hundred and one, shall he railed arid known
hy the name of the District of Bristol and
Warren, and that Bristol and Warren shrill
thereafter lie considered as one port of entry,
and shall possess all the rights and privileges
which now belong to the port of Bristol.
PHILIP P BAHBOUIl,
Speaker of tlie House of Representatives.
JOHN GAILLAKI),
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Washington, April 17, 1022.— Approved,
JAMES MONUOE.
AN ACT tn fix the limits nf the Port of Entry
mill Delivery fnr t lie District of Philadelphia
lie il enacted In/ the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of.liner
ica in Congress assembled, Tliul Philadel
phia shall, from and after the passage of this
net, he the sole Port of Entry and Delivery
for tlie District of Philadelphia, which said
Port of Entry and Delivery shall he bounded
hy tim Navy Yard mi the south, and Co
liurk-kin creek on the north, any thing in a
ny funner law to the contrary notwithstand
ing.
PHILIP P. BARBOUR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN OAlLLAUI),
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Washington, April 17, U!22.—Approved,
JAMK.‘ MONROE.
AN ACT, supplementary tn nn net, entitled
* ( An art to alter the terms of tile District
Court in Alabama."
Hr it enacted In/ the Senate and House of
Rr/ireseutativcs of the United Slates of Amer
ica in Congress assembled. That the third
section oftlie act, cntilb d " An act tn alter
(lie terms uf the District Court in Ala Lima,"
lie, and the same is hereby, repealed—and
so much nf tiie second section of t ic act,
entitled “An act to establish a Diali id 13nurt
in the state of Alabama,” and was repealed
hy tim said third section, is hereby revived,
re-eiiaeted, and declared to he of full force )
and effect.
Sec. 2. And lie il further enact'd, That all
cans, s,actions,suits,indit tincuts,lib,'Is,picas
processes, and proceedings, of whatever
kind, nature, or dese iption, sued not, com
menced, or made returnable at Cahawba.
•-Il ill lie there proceeded in and determined :
and. in like manner, all swell sued nut, com
menced, nr made returnable tn Mobile, shall
lie. there, proceed "d in and determi led.
PHILIP P B All 13OUR,
Speaker oftlie House of Repiv-utotives.
JOHN GAILLAKD,
President oftlie Senate, pro tempore.
Washington, April 17, 1842.— Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
now lie indulged with their attention. Hr
askrd it not for hi nisi If. but fur \\u- subject
that was now under their consideration.—
That subject was important, fur, 1 confi
dently assert, said Air. T. that, if you pas-
tliis hill, your army will very soon become
worthless and inefficient.
This hill might he much mure properly
called i hill for disorganizing, than a bill lur
organising the army. It is calculated, hy
the destruction of the staff, to make it a nest
ofidleis—a disgrace instead of an honor to
the country. Tin* professed object ol the
bill is sot, indeed, to destroy the staff, but
that nil lie its effect. Gentlemen may r. Iy
upon it, that will be its effect. He had, him
self, no very serious apprehensions oi tlie
passage of tlie lull, provided the present mi
litary organization were fully understood,
and provided the odious features oftlie hill
were Jaitl open to view. The honorable
chairman himself, (Mr. Eu-lia.) who i* the
reputed fattier of the bill, he had sunn sus
piemrg was already con-iderahly weaned
from his first attachment to it, and began to
feel very indiffi rent as to its passage,
Tlie hill, sir, said Mr. T. contemplates
the total destruction of the military part ol
lie staff, and the striking off from the roll ol
t'H* present army, a Major General and u
Brigadier General. Il provides that the
Brigadier Gem-r.il (when not otherwise em-
ulopeil.) shall discharge the duties of tlie
Adjutant and Inspector’s D'partmerits at
lie si at of government, where he will lie
permanently located except when lli - lineal
man lias suggested to me, in conversation
that Itie absence of the Adjutant General
would not he sensibly fell, because lux place
would be sufficiently Well supplied hy the
i Hirers whom the lull authorizes him to de
tail from the army, to assist in duties of the
department. Who, sir, are these nffii'eis
alluded to, and why would they have been
detailed ? Why, sir. they would have turn
taken I'runi the subalterns nf’ tin- line, and
their duty in the Department would lie
that nf Clicks. Would they lie th emed the
persons who slunild lie aiisWeiahh fur the
eoi reel ness oftlie orders that may lie issued
What information run tin y have reaped in
this department? They would he heller
Clerks, indeed, but perhaps Worse officers:
and all that they would have p oh.ihly nr
qnired would lieln write heller hands, and
to stick their quills more gracefully behind
their ears The stool of the clerk is not tin-
proper stiqi to null, in your army. Tlie
l’iesidelif of 1 lie United States, arid the
Secretary of War might not be military
men, and, in nine eases out often would
not lie. In the absence nflhis officer, there
fore, they would he completely ham-strung
— they could not stir an inch—they would
want an officer to advise vvitli and give
shape E: efl’ect to their plans. The present
Secretary oT war is ceitainly as alilt an offi
cer—nay, sir, I Will go further,(for I am no
approver of Ids political principles, and 1
will, therefore, be more scrupulous in giving
him all that is due him) he is, perhaps, the
most able officer that has presided over that
duties may call him away. It also reduces Df|)aitmeut for many years. Ilis t denis
the rank oftlie Quartermaster General to j and eliurartar seem to be peculiarly adapted
that nf Colonel, and strikes off tlio two Q mr- to the situation ; and yet, sir, lie I-, no doubt,
rely implicitly upou their report of each cp
tiler ?
But, above all, sir, this bill would make
the inf trior llic corrector of his superior.—
May not, then, the superior icfrain, in some
instances, from a proper severity to the in
ferior, when that inferior is soon to hjivc thu
light of making a stent report of him r—
Your Colonels and other officers would soon
heroine couriers of popularity, instead vf
exhibiting a proper independence.
The sternness in tlie discharge of duty, so
essential in an army, would snon yield t,o a
feeling of selfish policy, Built a fcatuie in
jour organization would be odious indei d.
Eneli olli, or would la turned niton spy upon
his biotlur. It would, depend upon it. Le
iioikihg v our officers a set of informers, (tlie
vilest chrti i'cler that man can assume.) and
would destroy all lint’ fine noble h t lii g—
that fi'aiikoe-s of manner, penero-itj of spi-
i it—that si' mess and fidelity m the dis< bulge
of every duty, social or pnlikc, that so dis
tinctly murk tin character ol the “ old sole
dier.” Il wuiiid make him suspicious, win re
he would otherwise confidi—and tuned in
the discharge of his duly, vvlieie he win,Id
otherwise he bold Nr inflexible. In short, nr,
it would make him every thing hut wh. iv
true soldier ought to lie. No, sir, w lie.ii >. u
create } our inspectors let tin in have Lotui.ijj
to do w ilh the. fine, and all things will gi nrv
well. The good order, morality, ai d i tliu-
ency of your army, w ill he preserved.
One glance at this loll will satisfy ny
man, that its object is (at all evcuts its tffnt
will he) to destroy the stall'—destroy ti n
stuff, and tiling in a toll then to destroy the
army, and I will give il my vote. Take iv
ter lusters authorized by the art of Ki-21. entirely ignorant of the details of military the st ,ff and jour auny vviil soon 1,
Oftlie importance of the staff, there ought j matters, r J lie tact is, sir, the Meads ol
not to h- a doiilit. Upon it depends most Departments are statesmen bred, and you
SPEECH
Oftlie Hon. Edward b\ Tattnall,
IN THE HOUSE OF RE PRESENT ATi V123, |
On the Bill in addition to the ''Ac! to rrd'.Uc 1
and fitlhc .7 Hilary Peace Hstiiblishment." , have expressed it a- his opinion, that no rank
Mr. Tattnall m*c and rnnsirkt'd, that j should bp given o thisoflicer over til* other
ue was about moving; to strike out (with the members ol the stall
itally the character, fcoo<l iliseijilim*, ml
efficiency of your army, it was an anxiety
with re^ani to this important, tin-' essential]
branch of the army, that had brought him I
out of a sick chamber on this occasion.
I will, however, said >lr. 1\ proceed nt
once to the subject. I will endeavor t»»!
shew, if my strength will permit me, whai j
the act of 18*1 established in this particuhn 1
—notice distinctly, though briefly, the res j
pective duties of earh of the members ol |
the staff*, and then present the objections to
the alterations proposed in the present bill.
Tin* departments of the staff, in which
the lull contemplates alterations, are those
of the Quarter muster (Imtr Jhijnlaut (it-
Herat, and hisprct jr dr ■:i ral. Fir-t thro,
sir, hn to the Quarter master General's Dr-
parlment. On this part uf the subject, Mr.
T. said he would not dwell The hill, -is
regards the (Quartermaster General himsr’J' i
had oothinp; in view hut tin* red c ion of hi.-
rank to th -t of folonrl. Mr. T was aware
of die importaijec of this department, hot
he candidly confessed, if the subject could
have, I,n o under his consideration when the
lie, t. * v»r£'Urination too phtcr, he should
exception of the enacting clause,) the v\ hole
of the f»ur first sections of the lull* lie
had embraced these sections in his motion,
hs they ere essentially blended together,
I f e would not be un
derstood to s iy any thing in the n ay ol ob
jection to the otliccr, who, at tnis tune, fills
that station. He was as gallant, as able, and
as distinguished a young soldier as our coon
and could only he fully considered hy being try could boast ol. lie spoke of the ojfic
taken up together. Uis object in inovii
to strike out tuese sections, was to test the
sense of the committee upon the principle
nf the bill. This bill, said Mr. T. which is
now presented to tlie consideration oftlie
eommiit. , had in view the most material
alteration, nay, the almost total subversion
of the present organization oftlie army. I
trust, sir, said Mr. T. thai notwithstanding
t.ie prejudices that have heretofore prevailed
in this country against the regular army, it*'
w< il sustained reputation, and its vast impor
tance during the late war, have, made it, as
il ought to he, an object of less suspicion
and uglier estimation. He hoped the com
mittee would hear with him, for a short
time, whilst the endeavored to shew the ill
constupierx cs that would inevitably follow
the adoption of this part, at least, oftlie bill.
Ie had had. as an officer of the regular ar-
ny, (to whicii he w .s attached during the
var,) but little experience ; but, little as it
had been, it had enabled him to view tlii-
bill in a very different light from that in
which the Military Committee had appear-
1 to regard it. lie claimed no power ei
ther to amuse or interest—he had no pre-
icndons to oratory—he was a stranger to
parliamentary exhibition, hut he trusted, as
Im hail nol been hitherto a frequent intruder
upon the. p itip.nee. of members, he should
* Tlio «c<:tions are in the following words:
That, from and after the day of next,
lieu of one Major General with two aids de
camp two Brigadier General* with one aid de
camp each, one Adjutant General, two In-pec-
i irs General, and one Surgeon general, there
hall be one Brigadier General with one aid-
le-cnrnp, to be taken from the subalterns of
the army.
Sec. rind he it further enacted, That tlie
Brigadier General, when not assigned tootliei
duty, shall have charge oftlie office of order.*
uud inspection, which shall he attached to tin
War Department; and that lie be* allowed,
with the approbation of the Secretary of War,
to detail, for temporary service in the same,
many officers from the line of the a rim,
may lie necessary for the discharge oftlie du-
lie.- of that office; and, also to detuil one sur
'.••on, or one assistant surgeon, for duh in tlio
said office, and that an additional surgeon he
•ippointcd T necessary
Sec. 3. Jln((bc il further marled, That the
rnjui-ite inspections in all the arms and de
partuients of service, including thu ordnance,
.-hall be performed by field aflicers of regi
ment.- an I corps, hy districts, and in rotation,
in order that the ‘nine officer shall not inspect
the same post twice in succession : Provided,
I liat commander* of regiments and corps, and
the senior officer of all soperate commands, as
far as it may he* found convenient, shall corres
pond wiih, and receive orders from, the De-
ourtmeiit of W ar, though the military inspec
tion office attached to the same, excepting
such parts of the army as may be united iri
large bo des.
S'c. d. And be. it further enacted, That the
v'iumtermaster General after the day ol
shall have the rank, pay, and emolu
ment*, of a colonel, and that the offices of two
would he as likely to find one of them aide
to manage a division of (lie army, or to know
the wants of that body, as he would he to
work a ship <>f the line, or know what she
would require t*» In* “ ceil found;’ 1 and yet
tin* IN rsidcot of flic Lifted States, it will
he recollected, is commander in chief of the
navy as well as the army. No, sir; you
cannot rely upon the military talents of) on.
I leads of Depai lim utM. lu ninety • nine ca
sesoutol a hundred, they would le* fond to
he very similar to those who slu d so hug
and did nut see any strong reason for the
pieced* nee given to it over each of the other
d* partments of the stair. Filled, howevei,
is it is, and important and arduous ns an
ils duties, hr did not see any urgent reasons
for the alteration proposed. On the subject
f this department, tie would not, however,
detain tl,** committee, but leave it, ^ sever
al other matters of detail in the bill, to those
gentlemen whose strength would permit a
note ample discussion.
He would now call tlie attention of the
comrnilleclothe Adjutant Gear ral’s Depai t-
ment. This department, said Mr. T. is o
essential importance, and ue would there
fore, l**g the particular attention of the com
mitteo tnthe few remarks !)*• diould mak
with regard to it. Such a department must
he indispensably annexed to your military
establishment. It is the/ry of the army ; ..li
orders of a general nature are issued through
it. It is through it that all the movements,
all the dispositions nfyotjr forces are ell* et-
ed. It is charged with the whole military
correspond-:nee of the army. It is, in this res-
puct,to tin* commander i,i chief, what the
Secretary of State is to the. Kxecutive of
the country. The various returns of t‘ie
strength oT the. army, comprised in reports
from the numerous posts and cantonments
occup ed hy the troops, are regularly and
periodically made to this department. So,
also, are all returns of courts martial and
courts of inquiry. It is the important medi
um of communication hutu een the comman
der in chief and the various me her- of
the army, li is in this department that the
records of the army arc kept. In short, it is
:m essential feature in your military organi
zation. So hu trusted every member ol the
commit ** would regard it. So, it) fact, the
f-liairmomf the Military Committee, (Mr.
Huytis,) himself, was fain to acknowledge it.
for lie proposes to allot tn this duty the high
est officer that is suffered to survive the con
templated wreck uf the present establish
ment. Hr allots to this duly the only Briga
dier General proposed to be retained. In thi^
respect, sir the gentleman evinces the most
palpable inconsistency. He plainly ac
knowledges the vast importance of thi- office,
by attaching so high an officer to it, and yet
lie gives diner duties to the Brigadier Ge
neral, which bci ‘.gsto his character in line ;
duties which may, U probably would occa
sionally ft: 11 him away for a length of time
from the seat of government. T ,e gentle
man seems to In* aware of tho importance
of the department, and yet he attemnts to
have its duties discharged by an amphibious
being, that is neither « nlirely one tiling nor
the other—an officer 4i of the true mongrel
breed.”
Suppose for instance, that this officer be
called away to a distant pu t, ipona sudden
emergency, suppose, for instance, to Dcctroit
or to Pensacola-—what is the consequence r
\V .y sir; your army is without an /Idjut nl
General, and that office is vacant w hich th
s
rting that tlie L’aitcl States o
,rift 'if Bristol,.mid to annex the towns of j quartermasters, with the rank, pay, ami emo-1 gentleman deems, the most important io Hi
Kittery am! Bmvirk to the Distriet of Torts- J laments, ot majors,
holder, qr holders Uie/imf, higher, urj mouth,” passed February £Jlb, ciglitceu j • day ot
he abolished after the said | army ! 1 do not know, sir, whether it wo.do
I be in order for sue to state that the gentie-
n lustre upon the field nf Bladensloirg. Tins
alteration, in .short, sir, is totally inadmissi
ble. You most have a military o. ie iftalents
and experience constantly at llic elbow if Iht
government. So much,sir, for the .Adj Rant’s
Department.
I ome now, sir, said Mr. T. to speak of
the Inspector’s Department. The d i'Y of
the Inspector is personally U< inquire. (I lay
a stress, sir, upon this word, for therein een
sisls the esse,,• >■ oi tin inqtiny) it is Li- doty
to pm son.illy inquire into t ie slate of th o -
my — In see whello i its Ui-. ipl.ee, its p.,hei ,
ns innralitv. n ■ , q ipmrn „n<t its .-ffieie. ei,
lie such as it ought to In vh thei the lii-
eers are qualified hoi!) Ilieoreti .illy f< prae
tieully for their stations, and vvtietln r thex
attend to their duty—whedo-t the Limin' ,If
ons, arms, mnmonilimi. and oilier public
property, are properly taken care ot, to d
whether tlie rides of Hie army are strictiy
ohserved. In short, l i sue eno oeralioo.
said Mr. T. I would rema k that ill title ex
plains what the duties wim.d he. |i is (In
most imporlatil memher nl llie . I if. and
without it, an army must soon sink io il-
clurao er and lose 1.1 its effieien y. loq o -
i ,oi, laiwdver, as tl is, ti.is hill meditates it
destruction. In Euro,,eun a ones tins sl.-.ii-
oiiis considered ol the utmost importance,
ami, in our own country, it has also been s-
considered. Hen. Washington alw ays lo^li
Iy estimated it, and, at a late period ol lii'
life, the: lection hy him of Gen. Ilamiilo'
(then Cm. Hamilton), to fill tliis station, and
the rank given to him, (that of Major Gene
ral,) shews, its importance both ill Ills view
anil that of ('oogress. The opinion, on such
o soUjeet, of this great patnotnnd evperieoe
ed soldier, is, I trust, not undeserving o'
igllt. I would here also add. said Mr. T.
that the Inspector’s reports are sicnt and lii
i'its unecpceltl His reports meet no eye
xcept at the seat of government, whittoi
they are rc.gul.irly forwarded— md, r. use
qoe.dIy, Ins communications are fi eo aed .o
irrassed. His visits ton, being unexpict
ed, the officers at tlie various posts, not know
ing w hen to look for his presence, are con
stantly on the alert, and carefoliy attentive
to every mi mle part of their doty. The
Inspector is selected 00 account of Ids talents,
military experience, and peculiar fitness fin
the office, Not having a;.y connexion with
the line, or with any corps of the army, In
has no partialities to Idas his judgment, and
being kept constantly on the mug he nei-
the r forms such personal intimacies, nor con-
tr els such personal prejudices, as w mild n-
p. rate to discolor ilia opinions. Thus, sir.
said Mr. T. I have endeavored to cxplaii
the duties uo■! point out the peculiar Larue-
ter of tliis o licer. I will nmv hneily state
my objections to the alterations proposed hy
tliis hill. Tile bill proposes to do away tin
inspecting officers, and to substitute, in their
modi, the field officers of regiments, i. e. Ih--
('(llonels, Lieutenant Colonels, uud ,Majors j
w ho are to discharge, in regulation, ail the
duties of iusp' ction. This alteration, air,
will never ati "er. In the first place, it i-
uol alway- that officers of the tine are com
petent to the perfect discharge of this duty.
Though possessed of all tlie -ciencc ,Ni infur-
alien required, they may bo deficient in ci
ther qualifications. They may w ant, fur in
stance, the talent of observation—may be
naturally careless or negligent—may not pos
sess tlie necessary scrutiny of character, or j
the disposition to pry deeply into every
thing, and so fort. Besides, they are subject
to improper bias, as they belong to every
corps, and form a component part of that
very body, with regard to whom you would
require them to report. If you wish to cor
rect abuses, in your War Department, ymir
Treasury Department, nr your Post Office
Depai tment, would you select a man from
tin- Department which is to lie inspected, tn
examine into it and to report to you? I
think not. Besides, sir, these officers are
constantly in the habit of close association,
and will they nut necessarily cither become
partial to each other, or pnjudir ''against
ntrie il---ipaL (I and wnrthie- 1 ?.—li
of it wilt ie no watchful iyi mu tin in,
and will abandon themselves to i,lienee.-, a d
its coinmilitant vices—the Very prince ’c
producing efficiency is Conxion—the Soulier
like the school hoy. (and we arc all alik . ia
this partieiilai, w In i e the di-ch rge of duties
is ii k-cnie.) r< quires I he eye of authority cone
staidly over tin in. In short, sir, desti ny llnj
s',air.n,d yon destroy the very life hi d usfie
fulness nf the am y The members of the
stall’aie so many veins and arteries through
I winch ll'.v the very life-blnud of the hudy —
j ii. si my ilu"e, and the rest is
uf litul.w "bull will sooii become no rupl—
or, if it be permitted me to make ant,tin e
comparison, the staff is the main spring at
Hie military mailiiaery, and if you destroy
that, all efficient operation ceases. The ar
my is. at this moment, more efficient and in
higher oi ilei. both as to its police, its equip”
mem. and its tlist ipMiie. than it b s perhaps
pit*, hfini before. Whatever it be. however,
it ne i s almost entirely to the st ff.
Gi'iitlenieri are in the daily hah t of rciH-
p!;i: oirigof iln size of tin* present ‘ t if. They
s iy ” they have mi idea nf a large st if Ini a
sm.ll army'' Sir. vve hart nut a ‘Inin*
sb.ff,'' uliln ngh vvi fi -11h1111y t,.,ve • a Sii.cll
’ mi” Geriili nu n fret Ihein-elvi ■ into a
In,iin-fe>t r, mill then imagine things to x-
I W hit'll III! c Oil t Xl-H me n b . I ever. Let
ns see where is this •• la ge ,\l jf itir a small
army.” And heie, sir, said Mi. T. I speak
of the military part of the stalf, which is tiie
Iiliji et nf the attack of these gentlemen.
1 will fust stale the rase a* to the , h/ju-
lai.t's Dtpar!mini: l i d -r lae or . e.izalmu
a hit'll prevail, d iinni'm ie iy pu Viu e- tn liiu
adoption of the piesent system. Ihcntjtvt re
two .Major Generals and tour Brigadier G,i-
nerals, the former of whom had each an Ad
jutant General, with the same rank as the
i ristnt Adjutant General, and il.c four latter
nl w h.on laid each an A istant Adjutant Ge*
n«" a I with the rank of Major, making when.
Minion d up, six field vjjictrs attached to this
department, besides an Adjutant and Irispec-
Ln Gents.d. vvitli the rank uf Hrigad'ir ils-
». o', permanently ioealtul at Washington.
Ilow many have vve now? Why, -ir, one,
and but one, and his rank only' that tn a Co
lonel.
Now. sir, as to the Inspictors. How ma
ny h M we under the old regulations? The
same number us of. Idjutants, and with i..c.
same rank, viz: six. ivvo with the rank uf
Col hi, I and four with the rank of Major.—-
llovv many have we new ? Two. As few
as il is possible to have for the discharge of
ihe duties. Unless gentlemen can, liy an
act oftingress, give to one of them some
thing of the obliquity of the Deity, twa
are as few as can discharge the duties. 1 he
committee will hear in mind that the t i-its of
the Inspector are personal, and, when we
have in view the immense tract of country
over which the troops arc spread, and tin t
it the most distant posts thei e will always
he more remis-ness in llic di.clnirge of doty,
md less cure, in the pit eri valinti of puldio
property, we must at < m> lie satisfied of
the alisol .tv necessity of keeping in lervico
it I. :ist two Inspectors. To -urn tip tilery,
lie whole of the stall’, nridei lie. former or
ganization, (i. e. the Adjutant and lnspec-
inr’s Deg o'tevu-,1 thcic will to* found to
have been thirteen, cm: one Brigadier Ce~
verst, bull (Von<Is.and e ght Al.jhrs. N ty;,
•■taler the pri sent aw h r die same Depart
ments, there lire t'.nc Colonels. And o
much, sir, for the “ large staff for a smulh
army."
This, Mr. T. said, was as far in his rcmaiks
as he expected to have proceeded. Ilis
strength, lie found, however, greater than lie
had anticipated, and tie would proceed on
with its observations on the bill.
The bill also proposes the reduction oftLe
General Offiri is, so as to -Hike off one Ma
jor and one Brigadier General. As tn the
returning of the Major General, I confess I
am not particularly solicitous, lie is by no
trie,ns essential to the army—i. c. the army
could get along very well wi bout him. )lo
has, however, duties to perform, and his in-
lluence in keeping the Inspectors attentive lo
their duties is beneficially exercised. 'J ho
only reason for si liking him off is the saving
which would be effected of the amount iif
his pay. Ilis services during tlie war ivero
distinguished, and perhaps, as lie is now a
member of the army, it may be as well to
retain him. On tins point, however, il is
duo to tnysell to say that I am by no mtutis
anxious.
AN ith regard to tlie propriety arid necessi
ty ol retaining tlie two Brigadier (liner. Is,
tin it ought not to be any hesitation in the.
each other ? And, in either «e, am you, — ^ “Jf ^ ^^