The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1839-12-13

rev art back 10 the N0tiBlue' :
and ,hs State, BY this means, be dePr'>
yed Of The land altogether. But 4 no :
;d,ffio0lly Of this kind exisled, lbelisse
,t.would be bad policy for The ota.e 70
disuose of this lot Of ground. hs Inca be
tion on the canal renders itsn eileio's a.
site for an Arsenal, Barracks and =
Military Store House,; end wlth soI'e ~
,mproyemeD, il could be made des'> g
rable parade ground. An arsenal Is no" :,
indispensable for The preserval.oo OF me il
nublic arms. Barracks and military "
stsrehousg; would be required at the .
seat of(ioyernment in time oi war,and r
a general parade ground would at all il
times be desirable. The quantity .oi i
and in this lot is not greater than would
akbe wanted for various military purposes. +
fThe old Peniten:iary honse situated on
I | il has been fitted up during the last sum {
tner under the direction OF the tauartef. ,
master General for an arsenal The
public arms are now deposited in II, and
. | if soms sheds were erected for the pres
eryation OF field pieces, it would answer
tha nurposes Of the State until a bet
r Ter one could be buik. ! respectfully
snbmit. whether, i, would not be good
a noIioy 10 retain this iotof ground for
military purposes. With this view
d would recommend the passage OF law ,
d repeating the above act, and Vacalihg
II the streets aad alleys laid out through
CT said lot establishing permanently an
il arsenal thereon, authorizing the erec>
IN ,en of sheds for tho preservation oi
ID Geld pieces, and directing that the
Of whole lot be suitably enclosed and pla>
GO ced under the care efthe 0uar'ermas-
no Ter Genesal Il
a. In April last theueqoisite ordsrr We're issued
c. for drawing the quote Of arms due this state,
ne from the United States, under the actof Con-
es cross, for apming and equipng the militia for
en- the years 1887, and 1889, and the ordnance de-
mi partmeHt was duly notified of'lhe kind OF arms
!, and military stores desired by this state.
ID" orota due ahe state for the three years last nam
~ ed is five thousand five hundred and twenty s'1
ae and 9-l3 mnskets. They have been copmuiet
~ fcr the following military stores, to wit: Twen
I:' . " acts ds artillery equipments, eighteen hun
=. dred half stocked rifles acknowledgements ant
twothousand two hundred and eighty muskeu
Eandaccou,resnent l have been notified by
l,s,er from the ordnance department, that thes
hro military stores have been directed to the orde
~. ef the Duar,srioastsr General. They were es
t,a pec,ed some time since, but have not yet bee
ont received When received, they will be d
rea trbu,ed among the several divisions ei :he mi
and i,la Of ,he state according to law Inc oalan'
of arms comnuted for 1856, were receive
, be during last summer, being seven hundred al
ros. twelve pistols, and Que hundred and thirty ca
the bines.
tbe9 A well organized militia is our main arm
nst- defence ogainst foreign aggression, and d0mf
With tic sumuI M,s npo, ,a,s s 70 dslsod our cou
:ress we NUS .;,,s ps Abroad and to aid the civil
al ,h,r;t;es in the preservation Of order at hon
now and the due execution Of Tie laws. Oufs !
,6orcI aoyernmelh oil the people - u emlnated ~
- ihem. and to them il belongs. The deien'
Ine horeGra ofour free institutions is very prop
dies, ~ and safely entrusted to their hands. sal
oyed ;nc army is opposed 10 the genius OF our rep
n the lean form of government = hostile 10 lber
=. ~ and repuguunt 10 the ieehngs and opinions
~ our citizens. Our only reltdnee tor deief
~ 10 therefore is Oh a well organized militia
their they can be 80 organized as to constitute al
intel cient arm Of national defence cal,nol oe 40,
10 eah ed. But hasl uo uu'"u - ;" country which
ss Of aho a" as hs o,nec,4d 10 chsracterizs our mil
ONLY m avail hut Little on the field Of battle in
,atioD, present refined state of modern warfare,
useful out skill and the proper hl,aiy oas'"a ,n' %u
,mi,ies ofwar,p deuce requires that we sll
9 have % aan,,, ,ncb mea /, as will insure the efci
of the az the only force upon which we can re
lastino ,ie hour OF danger. II 10 deeply to be re
led that better organization does mol exist
"'p'o' ,nr9 9miIits. but little better could be exp,
10 the nndsr the existing law. There Is hpwev
ry. die presier portiuif of the stale. military
of ,he whirh uudgt itdiGious law for organizing
h 1890 disc,piipg The militia, couh not fail to br
bml, a decided chan 9 for the better. Ih
VIC one sent law does not meet with the aPproba,
10 co.'s the officers aud those most experienced II
lure pas itary affairs, and whose means OF ]udg'ng
nber IL defect are derived from practical otserv
l, door, The difficulty OF framing law on this 8
~ | TO answer the purposes Intended, and TO
SO as TO bs grea, object desired, an eiicien, and
bearing organized militia is evnced by The repeats
company passed within 5,he last ten years on @ ,ao
ering subject none - w,sn Ssu ,Ss, UeuI oa % @s
aud to gn;s gh;s % hoSsvsr % souId no, deter as ifom
ppOinted temp, emp to form such system for organiz. .
tie City militia as will meet the expectations ol'i
nplauon ic The limits ., 'ls Gon d..o,. S.auII nb;oh
on. HIs perm, ~. sU |" % 'bs % nressn, law. Il i
ew days, ever, aver greatly detective, in my judgmer
, laid be- should be carefully revised. Thedut
he emI- powersnot commandments y .Solnpaile y
industry sess'ng nmeS S,"% "s "o ofcosc,"s P @ 6ne
aldy him U'sp be rendered @ pain and more staple e,
in cases Of appeal to the court olcorhmc
we Teso- Justices oitepeace should be req9,lr
his re- on All deien9uen, hss % s,eefeu 70 us