From the Richmond Whig. To Mc Hanorolie Me Members of Me Lcgisiatnr
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To hc HenorG5ic he Members of the Legislature, GENTLEMEN: learned from the newspapers q few days since, that you dcvOting some of youl attention to tine better organization oi the present militia system.

 In my humble opinion, your time and talents cap not be better employed, than in consideration of this important sub ject; for such it must be considered since almost the entire defence of the country is in. trusted to the militia force. The present system k very defective and totally inadequate to the purpo ses for which it designed. For if the ilnpres sion made OH my mind is not very erroneous it was intendedby the iraners of the laws regulating the militia, that the men should be trained in times o peace, to the exercise of all those revolutions which are necessary to be performed in times of war. Tb, end has not been answered. Under the present | regulation of the militia, as your worships well know the forces of each county called together fouI times annually-twice in te spring and twice in the fa comprising two petty musters. one battalion and one general parade On these occasions the men present themselves at their respective muster grounds, ignorant, not only of the science of tactics but even of the slmpes. manGuvres. In this situa. ton, they are marched to the field of parade and turned about for two hours by officers but little more skilful than themselves, and then dismissed to go home and forget all they have learned (if indeed, they have learned any thing, which rarely happens) before the next muster. Thus gentlemen, the poor man. is put to trouble and expense, and frequently drawn of from his necessary labor, when he is yirta- ally rentering his country no service And at the present low ebb of the military spirit, it is difficult, very ditl.ult to prevail on gentleman possessing the requisite qualifications of officer to accept any office whatever These facts seem to demand re. formation and I will, with due preference to you gentlemen legislators, suggest the following plan to your confederation, to wit:-Let there be but two musters annually instead of four-one petty muster at which he men shall be exercised four hours in stead of two; and general muster, to take place at the most leisure and element season of the year. at the respective court houses of each county, and continue r four days at least and the souldies to be trained six hours each day. Let the fines be ncreas- ed to make the interest of every citizen to ap- pear and perform his duty. Let the officers be paid just so much will indemnify them for their una. vodable expenses and humby think, that the sol diery of the country, fnot made what it should he, will ut leist be greatly improved. But if on the contrary, you think it necessary to prepare the yeo- men of tie country to perform the duties of soldier then dispense with the present mode of training alto. getler, which is q mere mockery, and convene the forces of the country year. at the court house each county ascertain their strength and let them return heito tr home,