Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-07-31


language and. as the law requires. dnilad ia lhal
language and by che tactics oI lhe United States
army. These were retained. and are now part of
Ihs first regiment, on the way 10 Mexico. The
other three companies. which were rejected, did
not generally "spgak and understand the English
language and drilled by the German tactics.-
The spirit of the paragraph Of army regulations
quoted in Order No. s, if itmcun anything az all.
is applicable 10 thc volunteers as well as enlisted
men. and with teHlod more force To the former
whose term of service is one year. than Ia the
latter. whose term is five years. In making zap
The rgQuIs!uon and organizing the troops, the
Governor was instructed, so far as be had in
slructious al all, tior they were few and meagrc,
and always confused and iudclinitc.) TO be- guided
py lhe regulations prescribed for the army of the
OnItcd States. II any exception To that salua-
~ provision of the regulations was to bC made
in favor Of volunteers, or It any "modllicauon'
of that restriction, not contained IN the printed
book, did exist, why was not that FACT at the pro-
per time, communicated by the Secretary Of War
10 the Governor! Why did not General Wool
know Of ia! Why didn not old and intelligent re-
culiting officers of the army so understand III
Al these were consulted, and the Governor was
as much induced by their representations as by
the printed regulations, 10 reject the HHdRgijci.cd
Germans. General Wool did say thai il they
were Incorporated into one Of the regiments, and
BY the Governor turned over to him, he, without
further Instructions, would receive them; but he
thought they ought not to be received, for, from
their ignorance of the language, they would be
an embarrassment TO the regiment TO which thcy
should belong, as well as to themselves rs a COM
poncnt part Of thai rcgimclt Bat all this is OBJ
yiuus To any man, military or not military. Ev-
cry Intelligent citizen not mbucd with a spirit Of
.damagogucism so profound as to sink him into the
knayc, will admIt that the good of the service and
the good Of the men themselves, composing the
priyalcs of those German companies, required
their rcjectiun; notifications or no notifications.
As TO the aforesaid "modiicaions," spoken Of
in the letter Of the Secretary of War To The Gov
crHor going the rounds of the newspapers. am
prepared to show that none such docs actually
exist. That Of lGll, referred to by the Sccrcla-
Try docs not touch the point of sJcakiag anil mn
|dJrSiaAdiHg He EHgiish iaHgU0ec, and no petit
logging of the Secretary can change th' fact
But tho limits OF this communication will not adj
init Of such showing up of this very singular
proceeding ON the part of the Secretary at the in
stance Of designing politicians the naked truth
would authorize, and usDico OF the ease seem to
demand. This / will leave for another occasion.
assure you, sir, that the uulcry You hear a.
gllnst the Governor and others, charging partial
ny, injustice, "naliycism," &c, in rejecting vol
uutcnrs, Is all for political effect, aud from no
sense Of wrong inflicted. The representations
made at the notorious Indignation (poIiricaI) mcc-
ling at Cincinnati were SO paIpably spccous and
uuloundad, that they failed Of their intended cl
feet al home. All respectable people there, of
all political parties, understood the men and mca-
sWcs Of that meeting and gave to them lhcirpro
per appreciation. II appears, however, from re-
cent newspaper publications, that the Secretary Of
War is disposed TO give car to the Measurements
of that mocung, and the misrcprcseulations Of
politicians, who would manufacture party capital,
though ruth and justice should be the sacrifice.
Very well, if the Secretary, upon such hints,
will speak and act, rather than upon information
derived from the proper official sources, in the
proper way, the consequences are with himself
and the administration of which he is doubtless
bright aud shining light. The Governor, take
it, conscious of his own rcclitudo of purpose,
needs as lulc this undigniGcd interference Of the
Secretary, rs he did the numbering Of the so-call-
ed Indignation mcclino.
=. W. BRlCE, JH., AdjH'aW GcacraL
! Col. WIN. HAWKINS, McConucllsyilo, Ohio.