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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.
