Delaware journal., 1828-02-12

tie lars and jeaouses which always are got w -
tween two rival volunteer con'pahies. nc WV
companies which compose iis battalion are eo''''"
ded by captains James N. Sutton and John Eddo"es'
hn,h rasnec,ab,e and excellent officers. And be-
tvee, these gentlemen with all the other officers
and men Of their troops and their MAJOR, thefc h's
existed the most friendly and harmonious ih,er-
course | will now undertake to say tfat no o'nei
man could have been selected who would nave CIV
en- more general satisfaction on account OF MS ial.
ness and lmpartiaty and general conduct as ah oi-
GER than Major Arnold Naudain.
We are not thankful to Mr. Harher, whether we
are Jackson or Adams men, for attempting to excite
spirit of opposition to our Major which might END
IN open disobedience to his orders Mr.. Harkerls
himself captain in our militia, and would appear
10 his own sense as an officer II he wound mol pe
dspeased with an attack on his Majors appointment
so as to impair the confidence Of his subordinate OIL
ticers, or excite the disobedience of his men,.
am no politican--I have gone to the polls and
voted ii jackson ticket But respect the Execu- /
tive of n,y own State, and am fond of my troop
not Mr. Bradford, as you have, think, unfairly IN
i sinuated because OF iondness for mere military pa
rade but because consider am doing my fellow cit-
\ zens and my country valuable service 10y shelving
nv readiness to defend them. Moreover, do say
that the troops of Horse this brigade are all I'M
portant to preserve peace and prevent violent mu'i-
nes on the canal that they are now regarded ny
against those violent gusts of passion and madness TO
which we are often exposed from an assemblage OF
four or five hundred lniurated men,
Ifany blame is due TO any man lor MAYOR Nan-
:, dams appointment, ! am the proper person 10 pear
| il. recommended it to the Governor from the
reasons which ! now mention If any man feels
himself agreve by il, he shall know how to OBTAIN
= all reasonable and gentlemanly satisfaction.
In the year 1921 these two troops were comman-
'hp,etnt Nhnp
= Vanderbilt | remember well that their con'mls-
sions both bore the same date though cannot state
A the very day Each troop conended Tor seniority
+ and there grew up between them the most violent
contentious about the majority. The Governor
d (Mr Collins, think) was written to, and his Sec
! retary Of State Mr.. Hall, correspondent with us
% on the subject and recommending various ways OF
J. settling the quarrel and among the rest trial oil 'he
A. RIGHT before court martial The controversy pro-
A. ceeded to such length to destroy the harmony
fthe whole corps and terminated without any deci-
# sion which could rally us again. We were eiec-
e ually routed and dispersed by our own DIVISIONS
n about what should have been considered OF no
/. conseauence-who should be major and which
s. should I've called first troop. We never met IN
1t squadron afterwards. 1t is true we were organized
l. troops but we had head and but little heart to go
S. on. We to be considered suppose, as an or
r. ganized corps when the old law under which we
ie acted was repealed in 1897, and the present law
If was substituted in its place. But when the new
ey law passed, the troops being compelled to reelec
e, new officers (for the commissions OF the old ones
ie were vo) one troop elected James Sutton the old
id Cd Lieutenant captain, and the sther troop elect
ne ed Captain Vandcgri(t again. Applications were
at immediately made for commissions, but the messen
sh ger from Sutton troop got first to the Governor, and
) am certain that the very first military commission
n he ever issued captain Sutton's. But V ande
d. grifts application close upon the heels OF his
IN for they had ridden like Jehu and in trooper style
h, The Governor into this affair and in order tt
ne prevent the difficulty which might arise from putting
OF the old Lieutenant overthe old Captain, ordered botl
tn commissions which had to be made out on the same
ny day, to stand the footing. This was an ac
" of prudence for which | shall always respect him
10 Yet here about TO get into the old difficulty
les again about major. foresaw this, had proper
N ty sir which required protection on the line OF tn
no Canal, and was disgusted with the old quarrel
ne. Forthwith | went to the Governor and stated tn
ed whole matter, and entreated that major Nandal
he might be appointed before the first Tuesday i
ig April, when the militia was, by law, to be calle
LED together casse and organized, believing this tn
INT only way to prevent another dispute which woul
ruin the harmony ofthe corps. The Governor ha
ION settled that after the first Tuesday in April the o.
GERS should be promoted according to dates OF CON
missions and that in the mean time he would try
ION commission them ALL If an officer could have bee
zeal promoted according to seniority before he had
" called his company together under the law, and
fact before the law went into operation, then capai
teo Sutton would have been entitled to become mao
~ General and the other company officers
any who were commissioned before any field officer
cen w.. wy -. La, ,,romotod 10 pr;r,d;.rs CoIonol
M ,c and Majors, before they had once paraded. Henc
us hs dates of commissions in appointing before the Il
Nv" " Tuesday in April in all cases, understood
,un- u,eies, We 'e.l f 1n, ,, ~ tha s,n,o r;lt Il