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THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE.
VOL. ll.]
GEORGIA, LOUISVILLE every Tuclday, by AMBROSE DAY, at 3 dollars pei aon. payable halt yearly.
Executive Department,
Louifville, Jan. 13, 1800.
ORDERED, That the afl
entitled, an aft, to give
fnrther time to the officers of
this Gate, to take and fubfcribe
the oath required by the a ft
entitled, " an aft to compel
a ll officers, civil and military
within this ftatc, to take and
fubfcribe an oath to fupport the
confutation thereof;**
Be publifhed in the feveral
mattes of this flate, and all
officers, civil and military, with
in its purview arc required to
govern themfelvcs accordingly.
Thomas Johnson,
Secretary.
An ACT to give further time to
the (fleers of this flate , to take
and fubfcribe the oath required
h} the act entitled, an aft to
compel all officers , civil and
military within this flate % to take
and fubfenbe an oa h to fupport
the conflitution thereof ;** pajfed
the 1 6lh day of Feb* nary , one
thoufdnd [even hundred and
ninety-nine.
See 1 tnafted hy the
’ JD Senate and Houfe of
Rtprefenialives of the State of
Georgia, in General Afftmhly met .
and by the authority of the fame y
That the civil, military, and all
other officers of this (late, who
now are in commiffion, and have
not heretofore taken and fub*
feribed the oath required by the
aforefaid a6l in terms thereof,
ffiall nevertheless be permitted
to hold, exercife and enjoy their
refpeftive appointments, until
the firfl davof Oftobcr next.
Sec. 2, And be it further enaft-
That if any of the officers
°f this flate ffiall negleft or re-
We to take and fubfcribe the
a orefaid oath in terms of this
ever y fuch officer or officers
for fuch his negleft or
fefufal be removed from office,
as in cafes of mal-praftice or
QJiobedience of orders.
. c * 3* And be it further enaft
h»t all civil officers hereaf
lfr tobe appointed ffiall, before
* ri^^ Cr ° n duties of their
rp peftive appointments, take
fubfcribe the faid oath, in
laT ?° . the oath of office ;
n all militia officers hereafter
0 he appointed, ffiall take and
Wcrioe the fame before the
J 0 lbe Superior or inferior
art of the county, and obtain
thereof * before fuch
b er any command
' ° run( ler fuch appointment.
ed Tu^ b c farther enaft
have betn ® !1 Proceedings which
any 0 f (l " ha f d or obtained before
e af orefaid officers who
TUES D A v . February 18, i3oo.
truth impartial
have not taken and fubferibed
the aforefaid oath, in terms of
the Paid aft, or that may in fu
ture be had and obtained before
them or any of them, previous
to the aforefaid frrfl day of Oc
tober next, ffiall be held, deem
ed andronfidered, to be as legal,
as if fuch officer or officers had
taken, and fubferibed the afore
faid oath in terms of the faid
aft
Sec. 5, And he it further enabl
ed, That any part or patts of
■ the aforefaid aft, which may
i militate againfl this aft, ffiall be
and the fame is hereby repealed
David Meriwether, Speaker
of the Hcufe of Rcprefntatives.
David Emanuel, Prefident
of the. Senate.
AfTented to Dec. 5, 1799.
James Jackson, Governor,
SIXTH C NGKESS
OF THE
UNITED STATES.
House of REPRssKNTAtivEs,
Thurjday , Janu u ry 9.
important debate.
Reduftion of the Standing Army.
Mr. JUNE S
Said he would not have rifen to
trouble the committee after fuch
a length of debate, had h« rot
conceived it neceffary to give his
reafons for the vote hr fhouM
give on the prefent queffion
He had made the motion for
the reference of this relolution
to a committee of the whole
houfe, in order that it might
undergo a full, free and fair dif
cuffion ; he felt himMf highly
gratified in obtam ng ffie indul
gence, and he wou d now ac
count to the committee how he
had improved it.
Sir, faid he, I ffiould feel
myfelf unworthy of the bleffings
of a free citizen if I had not
taken the fubjeft of a (landing
army into my mature refleftion,
before I had the honor of taking
a feat in this houfe. Upon this
fubjeft 1 have long ago made
up my mind But thequeflion
of the propriety of a finding
army is not now to be difcufled.
With refpeft to the refolution
now under confideration, 1 am
fice to confefs that 1 thmk
it introduced at an improper
time, and th *r from the prelcnt
fi uation of our aff irs abroad,
it would have been more pio
pcrly delayed ionger, At a later
ftage of the feflion, the influence
this meafure might have on the
nrgociation which is a fpecious
rather than a fohd objection
would not apply. I did pot
therefore expe£l to be railed
upon to give my vote at the pre-
Tent period.
This fubjeX prefented itfclf
to my reflcXion atihe timewhen
this law pa (Ted, although not
then a member, being a citizr n
it did not e'eape my attention.
I did not think at that time fiom
the information I was poflefled
of, that there exifttd any cir
cumftance which could give
ground to any probability of
invafion from France or ary
other power. However it was
thought otherwife by the legifla
turc, and preparation was made
for defence. Thofe meafurcs
being in exigence, and our cm
bafladors having gone to Fiance
on an accommodating million,
I fhould have been fatisfred to
have awaited information from
them withoutwifbing any charge
in our pofttire. But as fevcial
other gentlemen, over whofe
conduX I have' no controul,
have thought otheiwife, 1 mufl
meet the vote and (hall not
(brink from it on that account
The fubjeX having been brought
up; I have given it all the re
flexion 1 was capable of in the
fhort time 1 have ha i to deter
mine. I have looked over and
examined the fcveial meafurcs
of defence Which have been
eflabiifhcd againft France. The
rclult is, that in rny judgment
; rhis is amongfl the leall opera
tive, if it ought at all to be claff
ed with tho'e meafurcs of de
fence which were cflablifhcd by
Congrefs on that occafion. For
it Teems in feme fort to attach
itfclf to the permanent military
force.
The firfl mcafurc I find adopt
ed to repel invafion was the or
ganization of 80,000 militia.
That was thought an efficient
mean of proteXion at the time,
but th it law has fince been fuf
fered to expire.
The next ftep taken was to
pafs a law authorizing the P i
fident to raife a provifional army
of lo 000 men, in calc of war
or ii.vafion, or imminent danger
of invafion, and to empower
the Prefident to accept the fer
vices of as many volunteer corps
as he fhould think proper.
In confequcncc a number of
independent corps had been
formed in different parts of the
continent, armed, uninformed
and equipped at their own ex
pence, offered their fei vices and
hid afclually been accepted by
tire Prefident ; and fldl held
themfelves ready to be called out
on the firll emergency. It can
not be forgotten what a fplcndid
appearance the numerous volun-
: tecr corps of this ci’y m »de on
1 a late melancholy o'cafron,
amongft thofe was a f onfrdctable
band, M Pherfon*s legion of
Blues, compofed of cavalry,
infantry, and grenadiers, which
he underlined had aHVria rd
for the purpofc c f being enrolled
and ready for fcrvice, on the
call of the Prefident. He did
not doubt that fimilar traits of
a patriotic fpiiit had appeared
in other large cities, and
fimilar corps had been formed
in mod of them for the fame
purpofe.
Anoiher Hep taken for our
defence was an a6t to autho izc
the railing of 24 regiments of
infantry, a regiment and ba»* !-
ion of nflt-men, one ba 1/ion
of artillery and three reg rr. r. s
of cavalry. 1 his was r.» h d the
eventual army, being ru
*n cafe war (hould bieah out, or
danger of invafron.
We come now to the nav.d
armaments; there won II in;;
of war of different Irzes com
miffioned, armed, manned, and
fent out to c u zc again!), and
thefe as well as private a»med
(hips were authorifed to make
reprrlals and captures upon the
vcflelsof F rance 7 his was the
mod operative and the mo(l
confident mode of defence en
-1 tered into, or that could he, bo
ra ale it was by foa only that «c
: were aftac ked, 7hs he thought
me only afclive and ufclul means
of defence th u was attached to
ghe whole f) Hem.
But fomc ge tlcrren had fup
poled (he could not tell upon
what ground.sj that this was the
commencement of a regular
debilitating fyllem, in order to
prollrate the who e of cur de
fen five arrangements. Mr. (ones
laid lie truited it was not (o ;
I on the contrary he hoped every
‘pattol the plan of defence now
lin exillcnce would remain, ex
j ccpt the alteration now proposed.
Viewing it as he did, that the
edablilbment of an a- my of 2000
I men was extremely immaterial
to the fupport of the of
I the nation rn the view of France;
viewing it as not in the lead ulc
ful at prefent, and perceiving
not the lead probability of m
vafion, and viewing this not a
neceffa y part of the defenfive
lyltem, he rould tee no impro
priety in difb ndtng them, and
laving the cxpence.
Mr. Jones laid he would row
' call the attention of the corner if
tee to the conduct of a rial on
from which it was become a
favorite pra£lice to draw prece
dents fu* the United ' tates, I
mean England. Trie 1- Pi icfo t
of that government In all ;:mcs
[Nu. 55.