The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-06-04


|. SAFES into dgfiifary disfrirfs. and
20 osgsnixs sl!s IA in each district. 80
] as 10 hare b. Of iwelse ihopssnd
iss-hnndred mia ACTIVE SER
: VICE. sad snel Of equal number as
. reserve. Thsonld give an armed
; militia force TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND IN. 90 drilled and
stationed as 70 ready 10 take tI,eir
plaees ia The - in defence Of The
eonn,ty. whens called upon 20 OPP
pose the enemy srpsl he invader
The age 81 he .cRUIr 10 be from
20 20 81; Inc We term Of service 10
be eight gturs-slr years in the hfsi
class. aud four zoe reserve: ene-foufsh
lpsri. twenty-five .usand men. 10 iszse
The service esefyesr. passing. AZ slle
conclusion Of ibs "a Term. into The re
ssrre. and exempt from ordinary mill
IA deity sIlugeif al The end OF the
second. Ia lhss banner. twsniy-hse
thousand men wibe discharged from
militia duty every ksr. and twenty Eve
thousand FREsfREcRUITs be re-
ceised into the sere. Ii win be suf-
heient for ell usef purposes. that The
remsinder Of she iliiis. under cerisin
regulations propidI lor their govern
meni. be enrolled nd be mustered a
long and slated uqFvals.--for. in due
process Of VA y The Whole mass
OF the militia .<ili \ = ihrough The FIRST
and second ciasFessnd be either mem
bers Of The active cps. or Of lhe reserve.
OF counted snippg the exempts. who
will be liable 10 b{sslled upon only 10
periods Of dsngersr imminent peril.
The manner Of ehroI,ens. The namber Of
days of service. and he rsie of eompen-
ssiion. ought 10 be 6rd upon bv law
boz the details had beer be left subject
70 regulalion---a plan II which | am pre-
pared 10 submit 20 yol"
Well--ihe bin is nothing Bat an AN.
pli6esiion Of the report. SO thar, ever
il. as Is slyly insinuaed. mol boldly as
serted, as il wooldbs If IL were true
that the Presiusst never saw The bill
Vet he did s'sirongly recommend" III
''plan" dimly sIladowed forth in the re
port: Aud 10 shal We hold him. M
ingenuity. no sophissry. no special plead
ing, can extriesle him from this position
IL will stick 10 him like The po,soneI
shirt OF Nessus< Ia some respects. III
report. which lie President Did approve
is more odious >shsn The bill. which
is said there il no epidence (piiiful sat
irIfnge y thar he erer-.---- ra'fffi. Of r =, -
0skns ufuary districts insv -, =.
country is disided, there is 10 be 81
body &c 1880 men In acfiUe service.
making sfanding army. to all inteni'
and purposes. if ihere be any meanin,
ia The language. OF 100000 men. with
drawn from The ordinary ssocstions 0
life. taxing he treasury Cor their sup
port. and forming class of citizen sol
diers having interests distinct from ih
mass Of The people. and in process Q
time perhaps becoming the willing ia
slrumenls Of their subjcctiun 10 the iro
sway Of some daring usurper. For no
only are they 10 be in "sciive service.
but they are 10 be"STATI0NED" a
convenien. points--and The Term IRE
CRUITS" is applied 10 ihem,--a tern
used heretofore in reference 10 the re
gulsr army, and never sppliej even y
time Of war 10 militia in active service
This language al once shocked aud q
Harmed The public; aud hence Mr.. Poin
set. in his bill. absolutely mod fed IN
original .plsn," which The Presiden
did see and approve, by substituting
camp instruction Tor term not exceed
ing thirty days. twice year, Tor ih'
proposition 10 keep them in "ac,iy'
SERVICE" and '.sia,ioned" al convenien
points. whilc he siudiously omilled ili,
word .recrui,s" aliogeiherl
lei i, be true. then, as We believe !
to be Otherwise. that the President ha,
mol seen the details of Mr.. Poinseit''
I" plan." when lie so "strongly recon
mended" The plan itself 10 the consid
Grafton of Congrcss,-wea conceive tina
his endorssiion embraces principles III
ierly at war with he genius Of our In
sliiu,ions and with the pursuits of on
people. and which. had Il no. been re
buked atslhs outset. nigh, have beef
forcedupon the country. as,hs Sub-frea
sury has well-nigh been. through III
combined influence Of executive patton
age and party discipline. lilus "conver'
ing the whole county into one grea
camp. and reducing almost every thin
under martial law"
We have already on,rnn our space
however, and must conclude lur IN
present. We shall hereafter invite pub
lie attention to other features Of this mon
slrous scheme, which is sufficient OF i
self. il there we're no other ground Of OF
lection 10 this Administration, topsin
Ilt deeper than falhom-lIne has ever reach
ed.
Correspondence of The National IafeH
gencer.
Cincinnati, May 6, 1910.
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