Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-10-23

| We SIX miilua men, shot by order 81
Gen Jackson, were condemned and ex.
ecuted, not only Without the sanction Of
law, but expressly contrary to law. Thus
we prove our assertion:
10 1875, congress passed law su
thoiIsing drafts of militia for three months
service.
10 April. 1919, congress passed ans.
Their law authorising drafts for SIR months.
The Law was limited in its duration to
tco years.
In April, 1914, the lao Of 1912 having
srpsrsd, the act of 1895 was revived.
with this additional provision, that militia
might be drafted for SIR months, ie IN
THE OPINION OF TIE PREsI
DENT OF THE UNITED STATES
the public service required it.
On the s<;h May, 1914, the draft of
militia men, of which these six constitu-
ted part, was ordered. Ii was ccnse.
quently made for THREE MONTHS.
unless Che president otherwise ordsred
No SUCH ORDER WAS ISSUED, or in the
Language OF the law, the president did
not give bis opinion that the public SER
vice required draft for six months
The men were maste,.d into service on
the 20th June, 1914, and their term OF
service expired on the Goth September,
1914 On that doy the six unfortunate
men, with hundreds of others, and sever.
al officers, left the camp.
This IS plain unvarnshed statement
Of The Law and the facts in this bloody
business.
II may also be stated, to show what
was the currest of feeling in Tennessee
on the subject of the time for which mi
litia men should serve, that even under
the law of 1912, which expressly author
lied and required drafts for sir months,
and for no shorter time, so great was the
lrepugnance Of the militia men to SER
wing more than three N pths, that they &C
taaliy leH the service in REGIMENTS
at the end OF that time, and could not be
forced or prevailed upon to stay longer.
Gen. Jackson, Gov. Blount. the Secre-
tary of war, and even The president him.
self, acquiessed in this course, and tho't
it was best for the service to detain them
no longer, and they were honorabiy dis :.
charged and paid. The precedent be-
ling set, no militia man served after that
time, except voluntarily, for more than
three months. Thus we see, that mo-
tives OF policy operated against drafts for
SIR months, when the iaw authorised
them-and the settled course seems to
have been to discharge them at the end
OF three months. No wonder, there for e,
that these men were unwilling to stay,
and were determined to 60, when the
taw and justice we're on their side. But
we stop for the present. 1t is sckening
rstrospset.- Columbian Republican.
Anii Tariff Proceedings The
southern gentlemen still continue to
hold large meetings, and adopt vioien.
resolves. Various expedients are spo.
ken Of to counterfeit The ariff,--from
resistance ofthe union, down to a re!u
sal, 10 accept Of western products. The
latter is not the least ridiculous, for, in
addition 10 injuring themselves, il takes
small and easily spared market from
their opponents. How much of the
produce of Ohio, 10 carried to the Car
olinas aud Georgia?-B But, The princi.
pal point OF attack, seems to be poor
kentucky,-a sister 10 the blessings of
slavery. Well, we shall see how
Greek meets Greek. What they ex
pect to gain by such conduct is not cd.
silly seen. 1t cannot surely bs thought
that isrgs majority of the people Of
the U. States, composed of the most
!iutelligen, and powerful OF her popula-
tion, can be driven from their fixed
purpose, by the mere threats of a mea
gre minority. Ifsuch .houghts are en-
tertained, they are the dreams of an
unstable imagination.
Mr. Schenck, of Matteawan, New
York, has published reply to Mr..
Cambreleng's speech, delivered in the
House last session, in which he was
accused Of wilfal and intentional misre.
presentation Mr.. Schenck's reply
conclusive and satisfactory: he has com
ple.ely turned the tables on Cambre
leng. His letter concludes as follows:
"Thas Mr. Cambreleng should Ia
Dor TO arrest the progress ofthe Amer
lean system-that every feeling of bis
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