The defence ofthe country shall be provided for as follows:-The entire land has beenalready distributed into twelve as nearly as possible equal parts, andlet the tribe allotted to a division provide annually for it fivewardens of the country and commanders …

That was an excellent practice, which we observed before,and which now that we are resuming the work of legislation, may withadvantage be repeated by us. It had never occurred to me until that moment that there was any need to economize them, and I had wa …