Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-03-14
NJ NlBER l2.

p'"P'e 'hemsclscs And that they ieestd tho
op"'aps 81 the f,jdr, Of Ais eouni,s. hose ,oatl
uenis 90 all subject. fa,erel a. laws "tks, n,
dens'ng aud establishing well regulated Militia.
"""" be genuine SOURCE It Legislative henor sed
perfect liilc 10 public gratitude"
loHt memofialt.s would tespoetfilly ,sk # Tho
rrescu. syslrm Of Our Stale is hat well foeulsted
Militia, The de,isug aud establishing" which. hs.
1cen' or ever vii be "a genuine soutcc Of lsg,.I.-
No honorr That q, IL bot such Is snflieenlIy own.
eod by The fact tibet every Commit &c on Military
Aha'FS' ~ every succ,ssi,o Lcgisslute by fepot,s
"a i"F"t 81 'epeS's, cneudsops and additions have
cits and .moJy the pic,ailnr evils or tho present
system. Tina, IL is radically defective AZ PLAIN
ms hight Not long sinoc, by resolution Of tho
General Assembly The Governor uf the State up-
pointed special commtttcc TO revise the Militia
/ Ia~ aud maze report thereof. They made report
accordingly and all he MOTIF then taken of It ws.
the Ordering tie printing nf few copies and which
after repeated reference from session TO session
now hes volumlnous and uuheedcd document up
CA your table. Had that report been lees inner
/ eci-had II answered the design Of the resolution
had II provided remedy Tor every wrong stf
mel every point desired We shall beg leave TO thbk.
from tie disposition which the Legislature has ever
manifested towards vs. that it would st have net
tho same fate II already has We would ask.
what is intended to be done 7 The Deficiencies of
1 the system are confessed. Its revision j. called
! for and It's necessity admitted. Does the General
Assembly THINK 10 effect a remedy by &c peaod acts
/ oi amendment, They have hecn trying that for
/ the last forty years. VIII they repeal Tint
has been tried uil almost he whole efficacy and eff.
/ feet Oft Act of Is Ia lost and become dead
/ letter. Would they abolish The sy,iem entirely
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a,'. 10. '" r'e"'"'ed '""f'a Is n'e'''
guy - fee oi"tf 10 carry these principles
a, ,''' n"''s' 'uno" o. Our own slate de-
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h,tioo, yf,b ;e,;on. aad 1870, .e,' -
greatly 10 the Constitution Of Tie Uniicd Sf,..oaa
he Legisiature ef this State shall direct" Direct
ly IN conlraven'ion and in the face Of these fund,.
men'Ol principles of the general and Stale Con,,,.
tniions, the Legislature did for time, abolish the
Thinning Of the Militia - thereby they engcpdcted
dIsirust of the sysiem, aud exer,ed upon public
opinion disposition TO sap s very foundation, md
throw lgnomny mud reproach upon those whom il
was their prescribed duty to protect and eneou,.
age This was, in part, Il consequent Of that rsdi-
ca! aud di-orgsnizng sprit which peryaded tho
whole country, and from Hhch our present system
has not been restored. The sys,cn,s Of The oth.,
States sooner recovered Lcceuse frs, infected anJ
lie reaction of iaJsmen, mud good sense SOON,
succeeded pucne thoughts aud unroyeruab!o pcen.
uousness; and they are aow placed upop a better
foundation than they haze ever bcfore ocsn. We
have long looked Cor rc,lsion Of our own bLi as
yet have looked in vain An h0er the untlrng
cxerlinns If the connit,> Of ihe lest session, We
dad hope that jusiice -on'd ot length be dou. ".
Bat thuse excrtlo'1 mot the fate Of al preceding
e""ea'ofT' We no" com" ana rec