The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-08-22

optnued and the persons connected win tnis ofahen
~ cubic service thus be deprived suddenly Of tho en-
ESSENTIAL " thelf saosistsnsel nor y merely
ths waste CONSEQUENT on the forced =
s.sboard Notifications, and Of the intsr,O. -
and other establishments and the expense Of
crung and reorganizng the army and again distribu-
ling Il over The vast regions which il occupies These
are evils which may Il is true be repaired hereafter BY
taxes imposed on the country.
Bot other evils are involved which expenditures how
eve lavish could remedy in comparison with which local
and personal injuries interests sink into nsgnihcance
ss..ssst part or tne army is shs remote
frontier or in ths deserts and mountains Of the interior
To discharge large bodies OF In such places without
the means OF regaining their homes and where few II
any could obtain subsistence by honest industry would
be 70 subject them to suffering and temptation with dsre
gard Of justice and right most derogatoy to the govern
ment
Ia the Territories Of Washington and Oregon
bands OF Indians in arms and waging
mination against the white inhabitants and although
troops actively carrying The campaign we have no
intelligence yet of successful result On the
plains notwithstanding the imposing display Of military
force ly made there aud the ehassement inflicted
on the rebtious tribes Others from being dismayed
have manifested hostile intentions and been guilty of out
RACES which, If designed provoke conflict
show that the apprehension OF it's insufficient wholly
to restrain their vicious propensies strong force in
the State of Texas has produced the temporary snspen
sion Of hotteB there but in New Mexico, ncessant
vy the part Of the troops Is required TO keep in check
the maraudng tribes which nfest that Territory The
hostile Indians have been removed from the State Of
Florida and the withdrawal of the troops therefrom
leaving that object Noncompliance would be most inju
rous to the Inhabitants and breach of the positive
gagemsnt Of the general government.
To refuse supplies to the army therefore, is TO compel the
complete cessation of all its operations and its practical
disbandment and thus invite hordes of predatory
to spread devastation along frontier of than four
thousand miles in extent and to deliver the sparse popu
laon of vast tract ofcountry to rapine and murder.
Such in substance would be the direct and immediate
effects of the refusal of Congress for the first time in the
history OF the government TO grant supplies for the main
tennnee of the army the inevitable waste Of millions OF
public treasure the infection Of wrong upon all
persons connected with the military establishment by
vice, employment contracts the recall of forces
from the field the fearful sacrifice of life and ncalcuable
destruction property the frontiers the striking
of national flag the batements of the fortresses
which defend orr maritime cities against foreign invasion
the violation of public honor and good faith and the dis
credit of the United States in the eyes of the civilized
world
confidently trust that these considerations and others
appertanng the domestic peace OF the country which
cannot fail suggest themselves every patriotic mind
WILL reflection be duly appreciated by both houses OF
Congress- and induce the OF the reque provis-
ions of law for the support Of the army the United States
Hs FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WASHINGTON August 81, 1866