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<head><del><hi rend="underline"><gap/> of taxation</hi></del> Ch. xxx. Gov. <gap/> <gap/> Federation<lb/> | |||
Copied and Copy corrected<lb/> | |||
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Army</head><lb/> | |||
It is an idea of Mr Benthams, that the regiments<lb/> | |||
and even the companies which compose the federal army should<lb/> | |||
be made up of men from each of the States.<lb/> | |||
If <del><gap/></del> troops are <add><hi rend="superscript">to be</hi></add> <unclear>encamped</unclear> <add><hi rend="superscript">together</hi></add>, <del>and while they are</del> <add><hi rend="superscript">or if they have not much</hi></add><lb/> | |||
<del><gap/> <gap/> they ought to</del> <add><hi rend="superscript">to do, at any time, they should</hi></add> be mixed up as much as possible.<lb/> | |||
But if they are in the field, with an enemy before them, they<lb/> | |||
cannot be too <del>much</del> little mixed. That very rivalry which<lb/> | |||
is bad in a time of liesure, would be good, if a battle was<lb/> | |||
at hand. The U.S.A. have had some proof. All the disaffection<lb/> | |||
that occurred in the Revolutionary war grew out of the <hi rend="underline">separation</hi><lb/> | |||
of the troops, the regiments of this state from the regiments<lb/> | |||
of that State, the men of the South from the men of the North.<lb/> | |||
Still however, when they came to fight a common enemy.<lb/> | |||
they fought the better for being separated, and when they were<lb/> | |||
formed as a body to attack the British on one side while the<lb/> | |||
French as a body attacked the British on another side (as at<lb/> | |||
York town where Cornwallis surrendered) they behaved all<lb/> | |||
the better for being, each for itself. <add>[It is common to distribute mutinous<lb/> troops; and we know that the <hi rend="underline">esprit du<lb/> corps</hi> is quite as strong as any other spirit, often a <gap/>]</add><lb/> | |||
It should be an object with the federal government<lb/> | |||
to get possession of <gap/> posts; and to garrison them, in<lb/> | |||
each of the State governments. The jealousy of the latter may<lb/> | |||
interfere with such a plan for a time, under a dread of<lb/> | |||
<hi rend="underline">consolidation:</hi> but when they see that the Federal Lead is<lb/> | |||
rendered to much the stronger, at so much less expense<lb/> | |||
by leaving the command of such and such rivers and<lb/> | |||
<gap/>, they will be likely to yield. We have found it<lb/> | |||
so . in the U.S A.<lb/> | |||
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<head><hi rend="underline">Militia</hi></head><lb/> | |||
of taxation Ch. xxx. Gov. Federation
Copied and Copy corrected
Army
It is an idea of Mr Benthams, that the regiments
and even the companies which compose the federal army should
be made up of men from each of the States.
If troops are to be encamped together, and while they are or if they have not much
they ought to to do, at any time, they should be mixed up as much as possible.
But if they are in the field, with an enemy before them, they
cannot be too much little mixed. That very rivalry which
is bad in a time of liesure, would be good, if a battle was
at hand. The U.S.A. have had some proof. All the disaffection
that occurred in the Revolutionary war grew out of the separation
of the troops, the regiments of this state from the regiments
of that State, the men of the South from the men of the North.
Still however, when they came to fight a common enemy.
they fought the better for being separated, and when they were
formed as a body to attack the British on one side while the
French as a body attacked the British on another side (as at
York town where Cornwallis surrendered) they behaved all
the better for being, each for itself. [It is common to distribute mutinous
troops; and we know that the esprit du
corps is quite as strong as any other spirit, often a ]
It should be an object with the federal government
to get possession of posts; and to garrison them, in
each of the State governments. The jealousy of the latter may
interfere with such a plan for a time, under a dread of
consolidation: but when they see that the Federal Lead is
rendered to much the stronger, at so much less expense
by leaving the command of such and such rivers and
, they will be likely to yield. We have found it
so . in the U.S A.
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