Fur the Gazelle ef the Untied Staler. To CITIZEN W. VVILCOCKS. 'TO let yoa know, fir, that there is more impertinence th.ui truth, in" the HiTttrtions daily made, that tlie Demo crats cannot answer your late dogmati cal addresses, I have determined to Itep forward in the injured cause of my friendly aflociatr?. And in the firft placc, let me tell yoi|, fir, that it does not become you, thus to insult the un fortunate. Is it not enough that we have been denounced by all Europe, and fcrnjinized by all the branches of the Legislature of the United States? Called upon to open our doors, and tn publish our secret electioneering let ters, and other correspondences ; and also to make known the names of our iiflociating members,, together with tine term of theii - refuleaee, vefpcctively, a - mong us—l fay, is not this punilhment enough, for all our real and supposed crimes ? 1 answer, yes ! witness the neglect of government to proftcute, or rather to' persecute us any further, than by telling the people what we arc, and what we have done. And yet you, dreadfir, have scarcely allowed us time to breathe under these afflictions, be fore you must add your individual buf fets to those so unmercifully inflicted on us by the Republican Governments of both Hemifplieres. Is it to be won dered at, that we are chop fallen in Consequence ? But we have had our day; and we yet hope, in spite of pre , sent appenianccs, that this may be the cafe again, in due time. And now fir, to begin with your Camel, of which :s you, perhaps, are included in the application, we will not complain. Next in order, I would notice your aflertion, that had men bear sway in our Clubs, and that thefc do continu ally endeavour to run away with that addle-headed "weather cock and tatterde malion race as auimals, the People. Pray Citizen Graveairs is there any thing npw in all this ? As you have quoted Script uie, do you not know that Absalom killed the multitude to answer his own electioneering purposes? And did not Caesar, to answer his ends, propose to divide the public lands among the foldiets? Then, why may not modern Democrats embrace their oiun me rnj, by which to mount the high horse of power, «r the chari u! of fame ? As my rival, I Ihould wifli for no thing m«re than that yoii may go on abuftng the ptople, by telling them the truth—while I will praise their vices, as well as weaknefles, to the very (kies. And as we are both, unrttaiW/y,am bitious, let us try who will win the race for public favour—you, or I. By experience, 1 find, that your mode will never serve my turn, at leajl; and I believe you may promise yourfelf as much success, by telling a decayed rich coquette, that (he is ugly, while fur rtiundcd by hungry fortune hunteis versed in all the art of flattery, as you can by telling the people of their wcak neffes. For my part, I mean to aflure the people (1 mean all within hearing) that they are all " as wife as serpents, harm left as dove*," beautiful a> angels, and as " terrible as an army with banners." Perhajs I may now and then state, that all men above me in place are Ari ftocray, and query whether a guillot ine may not set things to rights, if kept up u»til my ambition may be gratified, by the mob's Most devoted, Moil honed, Molt modest, And mod humble servant, A TRUE DEMOCRAT. From the American Daily /ldiertijfr. Melfr's, Du KLAf & CLAYPOOLK, The resignation of Mr. Hamilton of the important office of Secretary of die Treasury, is ap event which has, (liot withflanding the merits of hit fucceflor) Caufe3 gfeat fortow to his fellow-citizens in general. It is much to be lamented that pecuniary confideratiohs flibuld have de prived the republic of the eminent taltnts of that celebrated Statesman ; but it it well known that a small fortune and a large family urged him to rellnqoifh a situation, the emoluments of which id this expensive eityi instead of being an adequate com- did not prevent the annual en- Crease of his embarraflments. Juflice to his family cowpellcd him to forego the ho nors of office, & to seek in forenfic labors, ftiat aid which is dot only neceflary to repair ftie ifyufy his fortune has sustained, but to snake future proViiion for a numerous fa mily. W&tlt a review is taken of the ♦try frgrisil and fplenrtid services this gen tleman has at variotis timrt and in various fuatiofit rendered his country j when we fttoHift his military fcrviees during the war, their important agency in feeur'ng our independence —How greatly we are indebted to him fortheconftitution, which now secures to us 6\ir liberties, by his talents in the firft inliance, in its formati on, and afterwards in securing its adopti on in the Convention of New-York, and by his admirable Federa'ijl.—How much wc are indebted to him for theprefervation of our neutrality during the present dread ful war, by his wif* councils and unan swerable publications —How much we owe to him the present prosperous state of our Finances, by the excellent and judici ous systems he established in the I reafury Dtpartment —How much the happy ter* initiation of the late infurre<3ion was at tribntable to the firmnefs and prudence of the measures wnich he was instrumental in promoting —When we recoiled his nu merous reports ou the finances of the ti nned States which have been the means of exalting our National Character and Pub lie Credit beyond that of almost every na ion on earth When, I fay, we take a review of all these diftinrruifhed services, will it be believed, that the man who per formed them, was obliged to retire from one of the molt eminent Rations in the go vernment ; from the administration of the finances of this rising Empire, to toil at the drudgery of the tar to maintain his family? Such however, is the fail: with out insinuating that there exists cause ei ther for individual or national reproach, I will conclude with these consolatory re fusions , —that although this great man may be withdrawn from official station, and absent from the feat of government, yet that in cases of emergency, he will be always within the reach of ion/ultation, and that his energy of mind and extent of genius will not only support him in the arduons toils of the bar, but soon supply him with a handsome competency, which will permit him either to resume official honors, or enjoy in the bosom of his mily, the otium cum iirnitate. That this miy soon be the cafe, is the wish of THOUSANDS. Far the Gazette of the United States- Mr. Fenno, HAVING read the lengthy Critique on the representation of Cumbfrland's new Comedy called the Jew in the Auro ra ol Monday lafl. I cannot, from the partial injustice levelled against some of our favorite performers In that play, re frain making a few observations : At this period it i« the more neceflary as the pub lic have not been for some time gratified with the fair and irapartiil criticisms in your paper under the signatures of " Tbt Obfervcr" and " The By/lander," which being candid appeals to the judgment o the frequenters of the Thearre, have ub dergene the tcft and received their appro bation.* But left that public fliould be let astray by the apparent impartiality, bu disingenuous remark* of this modern Dra maticus it is my objeil as well as duty ti refute them. lUCIil* He begins with an Exordium on the larjbips the tribes of Jews fuffer in Eng- Jid f rom national prejudices. laflchimif that" unfortunate people" is he calls them, are in any Christian coun r j so much tolerated as in England ? He next relates the Fable of the piece vhich he tells us is simple—this I am easily nduced to believe from the very ftmplc manner of the narrator. But " who so cnowing as he who knows" Is it not harm less to fufpeft lim—bimfelf a flayer ? He then fays that the Characters are (Irongly drawn that Mr. Wignell's " manner anr! emphasis were remarkably ippropriate" and immediately adds he wanted "abetter acquaintance with the di nes and emphasis, but wanted the Dialefi to perfonify a Jew ! In his great wisdom he then informs us that " Mr. Harwood (ha ha,) personat ed the arch ftmplicity of Jabal the Jew's servant [andj* I believe he 'is) with ex quisite comic, tkis part considerably re piece,"—h<w incomprehensible !—after ' telling us this play (hews the malU-rly pen of 'Cumberland' of ' Mrs. Whitlock's ref plendeflt talents in impaflioned Comedy, that it went off with great Eclat', and a gain' received with diftipgui/hedapplaufe!' Hear ye si men cans—this piece is all senti mental gloaminefj, was it not relieved by Mr. Harwood's exqui/ite comicality! He then wantonly plays upon his own fufferings by feeling a difappointmeat in Mr. Chalmers representation of Charles that he was' defe&ive in dignity,' and « wanting ia\ warmth,' and then by a more cruel Jnvuch attributes those defers to in disposition : Who has everfeen Mr. Chal mers deficient—who has ever seen him and not been delighted ? He builds not, he shall not build his fame on my praise, but who has not heard the celebrity of his name lonj t're he reached the wefltrn world ? Mrs. Shaw a worthy and indefatigable Afirefs lias not escaped him—but letjit be known that this Lady has already ensured the fuffragrs of the public. He concludei by a chiritable innuendo to the Managers, how the cafU of this piece might be mended—that Mrs. Wbitloek ftiould have the part* ofMr.Ratcliffe icr.if this genius of literature be not a dramatic Tinker I beg his pardon) the Managers ought certainly to know befi how to diftr'-- bnte thecafts—but it seems his imaginati on has soared to the veftibuleof Wisdom's Temple and in pure charity I wifli him fafe down again. An unmanly reflexion was a few days ago cast upon Mr. and Mrs. Warrell pro bably from the fame ungenerous pen- Mr. W. stands high in public faror and Mr. W. is considered but as < vade mecum' to fill a call oecafisnally, this is netefiary in a Theatre and he merits great praise by his promptitude to serve tlie public. We lhall probably hear more *f this Gentleman's dramatic lucubrations but he is in the mean time reminded what Mon taigne fays — ' • "be man <wbo shall dare to echo bis o-'jun praise and detract tbe merits oj a notber s vjcll eat nd fame, is one of tbofe vile nothings that is a remove beneath the critic fm of the jujl —the impartial and tbe discerning. THE EAR WIG. CONGRESS. HOUSS o» REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, February iz. Mr. New, from the committee of enrolments, reported the following bills : An aft relative to the compenfstiqns of certain officers, employed in tlie col r.age. drawback on part of the cargo of the (hip Enterprise. An ad to amend t,he aft intitled an aft making alterations in the tieafury and war departments. A bill for the reimbursing of a loar luthorifed by an aft ot the lad feflior >f Congrcfs, was read a third time ant Mr. Coit ntxt moved that the houft (houlri go into a committee of ihe whole, on the report of the felcft committee on the law» of the territory north-weft of the Ohio. Thii wa» done, and the repoit read. The chairman, Mr. Cobb, reported the resolution of the commit tee, to which the house agreed, and a committee wa* appointed to bring in a bill. The house then went into a commit tee of the whole, on the bill to provide for organizing, aiming and disciplining, the militia of the United States. The firft clanfe of the bill was ii these words : Sefl. 1. BE it ena&ed by the Se nate and house of Reptefentatives of the United States of America in Con gress aflembled, That from and after the palling ef this ad, the militia of the United State* (hall be com po fed of all able bodied white male citizens of the refpe&ive Hates, refidert therein, who (hall, refpeftively, be of the age of twenty years, and under the age of forty years. That the said militia {hall be divided into two clafTes, the firft class to be denominated the fcleft corps of the militia of the United States, (hall be composed of all able bodied white male citizens, refpe&ively, who (hall be of the age of twenty years, and under the age of twenty-five years. The reserved 'corps shall be composed of all able bodied white malt citizens, refpe&ively, who shall be of the age ol twenty-five years, and under the age ol forty years : Provided, That in the choice of officers, cither of the fele<9 corps, or reserved corps, np refpedt fhal be had to the limitation of age aforefaid the foregoing regulations to be fubjeft however, to the exemptions hereafte fpecified. It was mored to strike oat this clause. Mr. S. Smith did not know the ftatc of the eastern militia, bur that of the fosthern states was useless for the pro fefled purposes of the institution. The officers would not have marched them, during the late infurre&ion, if it had not been for a general idea that there would be no refinance. This extreme deficiency had made several gentlemen reflect on the absolute necessity for a pioper militia. By the present law you will have an hundred thousand young men with arms in their hands, knowing how to make use of them. They will, by rules laid down in this aft, learn not only their exetcife, but the efiential duty of taking care of themselves, of cooking and of lodgng themselves. From the want of this knowledge, the militia in tl c revolution fuffered much, iitid carried home from the camp contagious difeafesthat swept off whole families. What would be the behavior of Britain, if she knew that you had anhundred thoulknd young men well armed ? She would not flop your (hips on the seas, if she knew that the states to the east of Hudson could instantly march thirty thousand men in to Canada. Spain, on the south fron tier, would be equally cautious for fear of the miiitia of Kentucky and the sou thern states. There would be no need of ever pulling a trigger. The minis. ten ef foreign powers would inform them of your internal strength, and they would be fufficiently careful. Every body wiH tell you that the present time for training the militia is too Ihort. Ir. stead of four days, Mr. S. Smith fup pafed they *would recommend eight. At present the day of exercise conclud- Ed with horse-racing', cock-fight injr, and wrestling. Since the end of tne late war he had conceived a.plan of mi litia on something ef the kind that is now before the committee. In the war he had seen much of militia, and always j very defective. He had formerly seen the eastern militia. They were not good soldiers, though they were excel lent materials for making them out of. He was particularly interested that this clause should pass. The govern ment must either have a good militia or a Handing army, for the prefeht mi litia, at least in the southern itates, do no not deserve the name ; a militia was more agteeableto republican principles. He endeavored to prove that the reso lution was economical. Mr. Sedgwick observed, that two systems prefcnted themselves to the con fideratiori of the committee. The firft, that of compelling every citizen capable of performing the dutie» of afoldier, to arm himfelf, or to teceive arms, to be in readiness to be called forth it defence ofthe country. The other, that of fe ledling a part of those capable of per foiming military duties, and to have them educated and disciplined in such manner, that fhey should be firft called forth, and in some degree prepared to adl as soldiers.. He had the honor to be one of the committee, which had re ported the bill. He did not intend to pledge himfelf at present to vote either Sot or agai?ft the principle of forming a feleft corps. But he would take the liberty of flaring to the committee a few ideas which ought to be taken into confideiation, to form an estimate of the merits of the proposed system. There, were, he said, no accurate data from which the propoled system could with accuracy be computed. He was, however, induced to believe, the pro posed feledt corps would amount to 120,00 D. Gentlemen who know bet ter than himfelf, had informed him, that their arms & accoutrements would amount to ten dollars per man, Making - - 1,200,000 Their clothes to twelve dol lars per man, - 1,440,000 The rations excluding all except the time while in fertice in the field, would amount to 2,400,000, which, at ten cent* per ration, would be 240,000 Add, for extra expence of cavalry, tent», Sec. The value of the time was tot indeed to be paid out of the treasury, but It was a lofsto the produA ivenefs of the public, and not less than four dollars for tach man, 480,000 3,390,000 He would admit that the public fa culties were equal to such an exertion, but whether the utility of the system, would compensate for the burden to be endured, was for the committee to de termine. That the eltimate did not exceed the truth, experience if it ftiould ever be had, he believed, would verify. To put this system in operation would then the firft year, be equal to a con tribution of 3,390,000 dollars. This it ought, however to be observed, would not be the annual expence, for the va lue of the arms and clothing which might be returned, after deducting the wear and tev, ought to pass to the creditor fide of the expenditure. There were some other circumltanccs which would refolt from this system, which had occurred to his mind as necclTary to be considered. The loss which the community would sustain, by interrupt ing annually, for so conliderable a por ti°* time, in the most profitable and produce period of life, all the neccf fary and nfeful occupations of labour, would produce efFe&s worthy the ma ture reflfdtien of the eumrpittee. lii Spnrta the only country where an attempt had been effe&ually made, to create a whole community of foldicrs, the exigence of slavery rendered labour difgraceful to Citizens. They were of course very unlike the yeomanry of America; whose labour is equally ie quired to continue their virtuous habits, and to promote the happiness of our country. He would not declare that the alteration might be not beneficial, but he had no hcrfitation in pronounc ing, that it would produce a new itate of society. Another copfideraiion he would suggest to the. deliberation of the' committee. It was, he believed, im poflible to calculate what effect on the simplicity and sobriety of the morals of the rising generation, n-ght be p.odu ced, by congreg.ting, in large numbers, youth without experience, unreflrained by that controul to which it had been habituated. Mr. Lyman Tindic*ted th« Military ciiaraftef «f tin ic:ts. Mr. Hillhoufe feaied the [ZT"7 from thousand young men. Some of , hr would h. journeymen ; othcr . married. They W «„M b ,. leave their employments ; and lo.'e th, cultomerg, who, in their ahfe„ C(; ' employ others. The militia had be," »ery ufeful in the last year . Th,., Burgoyoe. Mr. Hilthoufc « as feti s | ed that if any other pjwer attacke America with regular force*, it wou| be found requisite to defend he, the fame. No militia could f, !pp i v A placc of Regulars, when attached b troop, of that kind. The prefix ]J. would have a very bad effect on t|. I morals of youth. It w0,,),) be yvrop to have an a, my all of young men f ro , the a ue of twenty to twemv-five would be better to have feme old m among tliem. I k Pa & C f " red »*" the expenc would be enormous; and that it wo U j be difficult to teach a militia the Hi lary d.fciphue very exaflly, but if once they camcn fight of an encmv, a„d j w r ,CC tke 7 soon learn it Mr. Irvine said that in his pan < the country, besides the four days i miiflering there were usually two c three days of preparing as the Swe< hearts of the you.-.g men usually atienc' r , ,n, W that lhc E cnt hrnan w „ spoke lafl had been in the service, bu he could natguefs wheie I,chad !»icic up the information that eight or te s ~ hours in the neighbourhood of an en. my's Camp would make a ifian a foldiei. If some thing is not l'perdily done, w fliall be in the fame fituatibn as in 17-., when the country depended entire! for discipline on the Britilh officers win had retired from fcrvice, and 011 th- Sergeants among Biitifh deserters. H was in favor of the resolution. Mr. Vv adfworth had been one of th feieft committee on this bill, and i might therefore be expected that k should have something to lay about it He that the feriion wouki nt be (tricken out, because it is not pei Though one of the cmiimittei he did not like the whole of the fyftet • reported. «' But Sir," said Mr. Wad: worth, " there never was a bill report " ed to this House, which was so per at not to requite modification " If the question before tht committee " were whether this report (hall all go " into a law, I would rote against it : " but I believe the principle contained 30,000 ""hrthr feCttoinßTTJe'aCTbluTrTy need " fary for the having inch a mihtl]J|j " may be ufeful lo corre6\ any fcddei " infurre&ion, or any foreign enemy " Much has been said of the late ex " pedition against the western infur " gents : but was this the militia of the " law? No, Sir! In every state but " one, from which they were drawn, i " was not the militia of the law drawi " out by the militia law. It was avu " lunteer militia, influenced by thcii " feelings, or by private bournirt, ii " favour of government." Mr. Wadf worth here alked'what a government has to boall of with such a militia ! It it fafe for any government to rely on private individual influence to protrfl it against its enemies, whether foreign or domestic ? No! It it dangetous. The fame influcncff may be turned a jfainft the government. If the present loose militia law lias, and Mr. Waelf worth said Shat he knew it has, produ ced a good m/litia, it has not done so here; nor indeed ir any but a veryXmallpart of the Bwtec States. If the clause is ftnick <>ut, we give over every hope of mending our militia law ; and we mtill remain as we are, in a loose deranged, uncer tain situation. Mr. Wadfworth did not by any means, approve the modification of this bill. He did not with for lial nor even a third part of the number which this bill would place in the felc<? corps. The a&ive militia in the lat« expedition might be boafied of.anr have great merit, but they were no brought into the held by the law, but. were the militia molUy of volunleei* or of private influence. The govern ment has great obligations to them, hwi the militia law, as it now is, would »o produce an army ; aHd if it remain* the government can hope little from it but in any extremity mult on militia of private influence. Mr. Wad I worth wished that the clause rtiigb' (land, and, as in all other bills reported to this commitfee, that flich anw-'- ments be made, as to put ttirß® verumcnt it pofieflion of a force winch can he relied an, and not to remain df pendent on a force of individual infli ence. Mr. Tracy w« again ft ftiikwjf the clause. He imr< t ;i»<d thai it w">»'' be givinjj lip ail pi'etencf to * reform* t ion which was iiiucl»'wanted. ¥ r e militia c r ,
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