ELOQUENCE OF THE UNITED STATES: COMPILED BY E. B. WILLISTON. IN FIVE VOLUMES. VOL. III. MIDDLETOWN, CONN. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY E. & H. CLARK. 1827. A L. S. DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT, SS. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventeenth day of July, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the United States of America, E. B. WILLISTON, of the said District, hath deposited in this Office, the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as Author and Proprietor, in the words following-to wit: "Eloquence of the United States: compiled by E. B. Williston, in five volumes." In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled, “ An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned."—And also to the Act, entitled," An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and etching historical and other prints." CHA'S A. INGERSOLL, Clerk of the District of Connecticut. A true copy of Record, examined and sealed by me, CHA'S A. INGERSOLL, Clerk of the District of Connecticut. CONTENTS OF VOLUME THIRD. Mr. QUINCY'S Speech on the New Army Bill, in the House of Representatives of the United States, Mr. CLAY'S Speech on the same subject, in the House of Representatives of the United States, January Mr. WEBSTER's Speech on the Bank of the United States, in the House of Representatives of the United States, January 2, 1815, Mr. CLAY'S Speech on the Seminole War, in the House Mr. POINDEXTER's Speech on the same subject, in the House of Representatives of the United States, Mr. GASTON'S Speech on the Loan Bill, in the House of Representatives of the United States, February Mr. PINKNEY'S Speech on the Treaty-making Power, President MONROE's Inaugural Address, March 4, 1817, 266 Mr. M'LANE'S Speech on the Missouri Question, in the House of Representatives of the United States, Mr. SERGEANT's Speech on the same subject, in the House of Representatives of the United States, President MONROE's Inaugural Address, March 4, 1821, 277 308 364 Mr. WEBSTER'S Speech on the Greek Revolution, in the House of Representatives of the United Mr. CLAY'S Speech on the Tariff, in the House of SPEECH OF JOSIAH QUINCY, ON A BILL PROPOSING THAT TWENTY THOUSAND MEN SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE EXISTING MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT, DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, JANUARY 5, 1813. MR. SPEAKER, I FEAR that the state of my health may prevent my doing justice to my sentiments, concerning this bill. I will, however, make the attempt though I should fail in it. The bill proposes, that twenty thousand men should . be added to the existing military establishment. This, at present, consists of thirty-five thousand men. So that the effect of this bill is to place, at the disposal of the executive, an army of fifty-five thousand. It is not pretended, that this addition is wanted, either for defence, or for the relief of the Indian frontier. On the contrary, it is expressly acknowledged, that the present establishment is sufficient for both of those objects. But the purpose, for which these twenty thousand men are demanded, is the invasion of Canada This is unequivocally avowed, by the chairman of the committee of foreign relations, (Mr. D. R. Williams,) the organ, as is admitted, of the will and the wishes of the American cabinet. The bill, therefore, brings, necessarily, into 'deliberation the conquest of Canada; either as an object, in itself, desirable, or consequentially advantageous, by its effect, in producing an early and honorable peace. Before I enter upon the discussion of those topics, VOL. III. 2 |