Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1836-08-31
His Excellency,
N CANNnN.
Gov. of Tennessee,
Nashville,


Tennessee.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
| July 25th, 1886
Sir,--Maior General G lines has Apr Used this
| ID apartment that he made rsquisition upon your
Excollency for a regiment of mounted gun-men
for the service Of the United Stat s.
Copies of the dispatches received from Con-
Glnes have been Transmitted to the President of
the United States, who will issue such orders up.
on them as he may think the circumstances re-
quire. Meantime / have the honor to.inform
you, that in order to prevent any inconvenience
or Dolby, in the event of the confirmation of IN
g ines requsiton by the Pr ,sldent, Disbursing
Offer will be ordered to proc ,ed to the State of
Tennessee with the necessary funds.
c. A. HARRIS, Act. &c., of War.
His Excell,ncy, N. CANNON,
Governor of Tenn ssee, Nashville, Tenn.
The above letters from the War DEPARTMENT
having been enclosed to the President by the
Governor, the following WIS received in answer.
HERMITAGE, August 6, 1886.
Sir--I have received your letters of the 29th
ult. and the 9TH inst. accompanied by tn, copies
of communications which W re addr sssed to mo
on the 18th on May, and the 25th of July, by the
Secretary of War, and also accomp anied by your
Proclamation of the 26th, founded on the rsquisi.
ton made by General Gaines, bearing date Of the
10th of June last. The documents referred to in
the communication to you of the 25th ult. from
the War Department, have not yet been receivod
Tho obligations of our treaty with Mexico, as
well as the general principles which govern our
intercourse with foreign powers require us to
maintain strict neutrality in the contest which
now agtates portion Of that Republic, Solong
as Mexico fulils her duties to us as they are d..
fined by the treaty. and violates none of the rights
which are secured to il by our citizens, any act
on the part OF the government of the u. Sites,
which would extend to foster spirit of resis-
tInce to the government and laws, whatever may
DO their character or form, when administer ID
within her own limits and jurisdiction, would bs
unauthoriz I'd and highly improper. A scrupulous
sons, of these obig ,tions has prevented m, thus
fl from doing any thing which can authorise the
suspicion that our government is mindful of them,
and hope to be cautious and circumspect in all
my fJatare conduct. 1t is in rsf,ronc, to these
o5lig atoms that the rsquistion of Nor i G aines
in the present instance must be considered, and
unless there is strong essity for II should not
be sanctioned. Should this necs ssity not b..
manifested, when it is well known that the dis
position to bcfri md tho TSxilns is common feel
ing with the citz ,ns Of the United States, it is
OBVIOUS that the requisition may furnish re ison
to M ,xico for supposing that the governm ,nt of
the United States may be Induced by inadequate
causes, to overstcp the lines of the neutr ility
which it prof .ssos to maintain.
Before loft Washington, Gs.,eral Chimes in
timatsd to the Department. of War, that some in
ticitions of hostilities from the Indiins on our
Western frontier had bosn mado and that if it be-
came necessary, he would make c al for the mill
tin. He also informed the Department of his i'll
health, and asked for furlough to en- lbie him to
visit tho White Sulphur Springs. directed tho
Secretary of War to grant him the furlough, and
to inform him of the appointment which had bssn
made OF the 10000 milidI under the cent volun-
ter act and if the emery sncy should arise which
would make 1t necessary TO increas, the force I'M
der his comm md, that thousand volunteers in
Arkansas, and another in Missouri, raised agrssa-
bly, to this act, would be enrolled and held ready
for the service.
This force aided by the portions of the Drigoon
rogm that would DO stations cd in that quarter
and those of tho regular army alroldy there, were
doomed amply sufficient for the protection of the
frontier near to the Indians rofsrrsd to. Thcrs
aro no reasons set forth in the rsquistion which |
the General has since made upon you, to justify !
tho belief that tho forco above enumerated will b.
insufficient, and cannot therefore sanction il at