Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial & Political

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday, December 30.
DEBATE
On the Resolution for raising
Fifty Thousand
and Volunteers.
Mr. Gardenier said he was surprised
that this bill had passed through the com-
mittee of the whole without opposition. He
would have called for the reasons which induced
that some other gentleman would
posed by this resolution to raise a standing
It was pro-
the report of the committee.
his mind was unnecessary on the one hand
army in time of
peace
force
which
and frightful on the other.
Was it the object of government to
ject of government to plunge us into war?
Was a declaration of war intended? If we
were to be put into a state of actual war
fashioned war, he should wish for one, to war was determined on, however unnecessary. In the last issue or course place ascertains dt sfHe e ws interest of the country they should demanded that in take war care may that be the the such ate of the nation, that he would go to war ; himself in the present yould not give his sanction to raising a force, before war was declared tand, and could not calculate upon. which did not under- Fifty hoasand men at an expence to this nation $2,900,000! rear that the system on which we were Why (said he) I was told ng, the embargo system, was to pre- damity which could befall a nation. I did jar ; that war was the most dreadful ot wapt to be toldi that in order to know it. Gut this dreadful evil of war was to be a- verted by laying an embargo that would krform a great cure for all the disorders of ring the belligerents at our feet, that would he state, or miseries of the country. But ow it appeared that the embargo system as to be abandoned, and war to be com- enced in its place. Is it intended hy this port to say that the embargo has utterly nuse who were opposed to it ? Is it to be ied of its purpose, as w is predicted by inquished because it is in its operation hile, because it has proved that those who maing the efects to be produced by it? comnended it, were not capable of cal- ny amendment to any other question be- id where attempted to be introduced in p in a direct proposition, it is smothered ; Vhenever the embargo question is brought hich, if it proves any thing, proves that nd yet a system is here to be introduced tre the house, it is declared out of order : nd the nation may understand it. If the s go on regularly to repeal it then, that we le embargo system will do no longer? Let mbargo be this grand preventative against ar, whichit is ali along cried up to be, and hich opinion has been the means of gain- g it that languid and siekly support which has received from some portions of the puntrv ; if it is to be continued as a coer- ive measure, then, sir, I do insist that rais- g a military force of 50,000 men is unne- issary. If the embargo be coercive, the lising fifty thousand men for coercion is mecessary. The two different systems re incompatible. If we have embargo, let have wholly embargo; if war, wholly ar. If we are to have peace, the raising troops is wholly unnecessary, especially ith our present limited resources. I wish ot to see those measures. which a declara- on of war only would warrant. adopted fore that attitude is taken. I have no idea having these chains wound round me, bund this house, round the nation ; and I ust the nation will be of the same opinion.

[Speech to be continued.]