The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-08-01
ATALE OF HORROR

upon this picture. The simple extracts are suf-
speak to the heart of every parent, of every mo-
Their, of every sister, of every brother, of every
lever of liberty
Extract from the Message of the President of
the United States, to the two Houses of Con-
gress-Dec. 2, 1889.
eI cannot recommend too strongly to your con-
sideration, the plan submitted by that officer,
1.-THE Secretary at War] for the organization Of
the militia of the United States"
The following are extracts from the Report of
the Secretary of War, thus recommended:
SEC. /. That each and every free able bodied
white male citizen of the respective States resi-
dent therein, who is or shall be of the age Of
twenty, and under that of forty-fve, with the
exceptions hereinafter stately shall severally
and respectively, be enrolled in the militia by
the captain or commanding officer of the compa-
nv within whose bounds each citizen shall reside;
and that it shall be the duty, at all times, of
cry such captain or commanding officer OF a COM
pany, to enroll every such citizen aforesaid,
and also those who shall from time to time
rive at the age of twenty years, or who, being OF
chat age, under that of forty five years, with the
exceptions hereinafter named) shall come to re-
side within the bounds, and that lie shall, with
out delay, notify such citizen of the said enroll
ment, by proper non-commissioned officer OF
the company, by whom such notice may be pro-
we'd; that every citizen enrolled and notified,
shall, within three months thereafter, provide
himself with good musket, bore ofcapacity to re-
ceive a lead bail of eighteen in the pound, suf-
6cient bayonet and belt two spare fints; KNAPP
sack; cartridge box, to contain at least twenty
four cartridges suited to the bore OF his musket,
and each cartridge to contain ball and three
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or with good rifle, knapsack, shot pouch, and
powder horn or flask, with sufficient powder and
ball for twenty-four charges, and spare hints;
and that he shall appear so armed, accoutred and
provided, when called out for exercise, or into
service; and every citizen SO enrolled and provi-
ding himself with the arms, ammunition, and ac-
coutrements, required as aforesaid, shall hold the
same exempted from all suits, distresses, execu-
tions or sales for debts, for payment of taxes.
18th Section.-That the President of the U.
States be authorized to call forth and assemble
such numbers of the active force of the militia,
at such places, within their respective districts,
and at such time, not exceeding twice nor -
days, in the same year, as he may deem neces-
sary and during such period, including the
time, when going to, and returning from the
place of rendezvous, they shall be deemed in the
service of the U. States, and be subject to such
regulations the President may think proper to
adopt, for their instruction, discipline, and i'm
proVement IN military knowledge.
10Th Section.-'That whenever the laws of
the United States shall be opposed, the exc
cution thereof obstructed in any State, by COM
binations too powerful to be suppressed by the
ordinary course of judisial proceedings, by
the powers vested in the marshal, it shall be
lawful for the President of the United States
to call forth the militia of such State, or of any
other State or States, as may be necessary 70
suppress such combinations, and to cause the
Ia 70, no duly ted nd of he
militia to be called forth, may be continued if
necessary, until the expiration of thirty days
after the commencement of the then next ses-
sion of Congress provided, that whenever it
may be necessary, in the judgment of the Pre-
sident, to the military force thus called FORTH
he shall, forthwith, by proclamation, command
such insurgents to dispense and retire peaceably
to their respective abodes, that the militia which
the President is then authorized to cali forth be
of the Active, of the Active and Sedentary
forces, when such force forces of the State,
or of the neighboring States, shall be, in his
opinion, sufficient; and when not, then suchpor-
ton of the Mass as he shall deem necessary"
Goth Section, That the militia of the United
States, or any portion thereof, when employed
in the service of the United States, shall be sab
iect to the rules and articles AFFAIR as the
troops Of the United States.
One of the rules and articles of war to which
each citizen thus called into the service of the
United States, is made liable by this law, is in
the following words.
cart. 5. Amy officer soldier, who shall use
or disrecpectful words against the
President of the United States, the Vice-Presi-
dent thereof, against the Congress of the United
States, or against the Chief Ma istrate ofany OF
the United States in which they may be quartcred,
if commissioned officer, shall be cashiered or
otherwise punished, a court martial shall di-
rect; if non-commissioned officer or soldier, he
shall suffer such punishment as shall be inflicted
on him by the sentence of a court martial"
Having read these extracts, would call upon
every freeman to read over the following state
ment, taken from the Albany Evening Journal,
and to remember that the case of poor Livings-
ton may be his, and that for resenting an insult
offered him, by some puny, mewling pet of Mr..
Van Buren,, who may happen to wear an officers
coat, and strut in "little brief authority" he
may be visited with the same punishment that
was inflicted on this American citizen
BARBARoUs PUNISHMENT.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY LAsHEs IMPLICIT
Ed UPON AN AMERICAN SEAMAN.-F1eming Liv-
ngston, an American seaman, was yesterday
made to un iergo the sentence of a Naval Court
Martial recently convened at Brooklyn, and APP
proved by the President of the United States,
which for eold-blooded cruelty, has, we trust,
aw examples in our naval annals. 4
An eyewitness to the birbarous scene, has de-
cribed it to US this morning in language that |
hilled us to the heart.
The punishment was inflicted on board the |
North Carolina, at New York. The victim was