Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-09-22

active corps OF OF the reserve, or counted n
mong the exemp,s who will be liable to he
csfled upon only in periods OF invasion or inn
mincni peril. The manner Of enrolment, tho
number Of days OF service, and the rate of
compensation ouRh, to be fixed by law; but
the details had better be left subDec, 10 regu-
lation-s plan of which ] am prepared 10 sub
mi, TO you"
This then is "the plan submitted by the secrs.
terry OF war for the organization Of the militia Of
the Unutd States. II does not contain the details
which were subsequently, submitted TO Congress,
but II is "ihe plan" upon which the details were 4
ba~d-''the plan" which was sent by the pres
dent with his message to Congress, and may be
found IN document No. 9 Of the las, session, on /
PIP. q ana a., embracing all that is contained in
Mr.. Poinsvi's report of Both Nov 1889 in relation
10 he organization ofthe militia.
The Presidents message Of Dec. 2, 1889 viii
be hund in the same printed document, from
which we make the following extract, which |
WILDE found on page 0.
EXTRACT.
condition of the dcfences OF
aports and Navy yards, as
he accompanying report OF
war, calls for the early and
OF Congress; and as connect
i0g ely with this subject, ] cannot
recommend too strongly TO your consideration
the plan submitted by that officer for the or
ganizalon of the militia of the United States.
Now we consider it as proved that "the plan"
which we copy from The report of the secretary of
war, is neither more nor less than "he plan
which the President, in the above extract from
A. l.
STRONGLY TO TBE CONSIDERATION OF CosoREss."
On the 3lst July 1910, the Pr, sident wrote TO
John ID. Cary and others Of Elizabeth county,
Virginia, in snswer TO their note 10 him, from
which we give the following
EXTRACT.
Unfair as these animadversions are thus
shown to be, this is not even the worst aspect
| in which they have been presented. We have
been compelled to see, not, should think
without shame and modification on the part of
every ingenious mind, whatever may be his
political preferences, the names of fespecta-
BILE citizens subscribed to statements that
had IN my Annual Message expressed n,y ap-
probation Of a plan phich had not oniy never
been submitted to me, but ,ras not epen n,af!rcd
until more than three months after The Message
icas sent TO Congress; an attempt to prove the
unfounded assumption by the publication of a
| garbled extract from that document, with its
true meaning falsiied by the suppression of a
material part. Nor was the avowed object of
these extraordinary proceedings less remarka-
BILE than the acts themselves, being nothing
less than an attempt to fix upon me the design
of establishing a standing army of two hun
/ dred thousand men. for political and personal
purposes. If ! had been charged with the de-
sign of establishing among you, at the public
expense, menagerie Of two hundred thousand
wild beasts, it would not have surprised me
more, r)r would it, in my judgment, be one
jot more preposterous."
From the statement contained in the last ex.
tract, we are very naturally led to the inquiry
What Uas "the plen,' TO use his own words
which the president could not recommend too
strongly TO the consideration of Congress, for he
rays in the extract from his letter, that he was
charged with having approved in his annual mes
sage ga plan 1hich not only had nerer been sub
mitted to him, but ,cas not matursd until more
than nree months after the message ,oas sent 10
Congress" BY looking at the report OF the Sec
rotary Of War we shall see that he speaks of ga
plan" and the president recommends "he plan
submitted by that officer; had it not been
for the presidents letter, we could not have had
q doubt what plan he did recommend. In this
letter, however, he speaks of ga plan which had
not been submitted TO him, and which we are led
from his language to imply was the plan which he
did not recommend Now, we are not disposed
to look among the mass Of Congressional docu-
nents, to try to discover the plan which the pres
ident did lot recommend to Congress; we woud
leave that task TO those whose business it is to
hun, up or manufacture apologies for him.
But the president in his message did recon
mend some plan submitted by the secretary o
War, or his language has no meaning, and wher,
shall we look for that plan but in the secretary
report to the president himself Again, if we are
10 believe the retarys report, he had prepared
on the 30th Nov 1889, 10 submit TO the presIden
his plan of the details, which the president say
in b letter, was not mstured TIL three month";
---sase was sent to Congress. We ar,
ipt a reconciliation among thes,
leave that to ADLER hands.
;cuse Mr.. Van Buren, ofquiblina
49,. falsehood, for we are taught NO
to speak evil Of dignities. We leave every
honest man to make his own comments. But w
are irresstibly brought to one Of two conclusions
either that Mr.. Van Buren,, the President o
the United States Of America, has strongly re
comm. nded 70 the consideration Of Congress
plan for the organization oflbs militia which hsc
never been submitted TO him--of which he wal
at the tim. totally ignorant, ana the coustitu
iionsliiy Of which he had not considered; or he