Squatter sovereign., 1856-09-09
Important from Wash ngDn.
rRE MILITIA oHDEnEp OUT.

10 the justice of our chief magistrate and
his determination tesee the laws executed.
- Time prevents any comments.
). WAsHIseroS, September 6.
The Secretary of War. writing to Gen.
Smith, under date September Sd. says:
Your dispatch of the 22d August, ana
: enclosures, sufficiently exhibited the mad.
. e1uacy OF the force under your command
to perform the duties which have been
: devolved upon you, in the present unhap
py condition of Kansas, by the orders and
e instructions heretofore communicated
4 To meet this exigency, the President has
directed the Governor of the Territory to
complete the enlistment and orga anixation of
militia, as You will find fully set forth in
: the enclosed copy o letter addressed ohm
by the Secretary OF State and the Presi-
dent has directed me to say to you, that
you are authorized. from time to time. to
make requisitions upon the Governor for
such militia force as you may require, to
enable you promptly and successfully 10
execute your orders, and suppress the in.
surection against the government of the
Territory Of Kansas and, under the cir.
icumsiances heretofore set forth in your IN.
struetlons, TO give the requisite aid to off,
GERS oi the civil government, who may be
obstructed in the due execution of the law.
Should you not be able to derive from
the militia of Kansas an adequate force
Tor those purposes, such additional number
OF militia as may be necessary, will be
drawn from the States of Illinois and Ken.
lucky, as shown in the requisition, copy
OF which IS enclosed. The views contain.
ening Your instructions te the officers COM
manding the troops. under date Of Angus,
18th. are fully approved, and accorded SO
entirely with the purposes of the Execu-
tive, as to leave but little to add. In re-
lation TO the course which it is desired you
should pursue, the position of the iusur-
gents, as shown by your letter and it's
enclosures. is that Of open rebellion against
the laws and the constitutional authorities.
with such manifestation of purpose as
to spread devastation over the land, and I,
as no longer justifies any further hesita-
ton or indulgence. To You as well as
every sollier, whose habitual feeling is to +
protect the citizens Of his own country, and.
only to use his arms against the publ ic
enemy, ii ca.nnot be otherwise than dee ply
painful TO be brought into conflict with any
portion of his fellow-countrymen, But
patriotism and humanity alike, require tina,
rebellion should be promptly crushed, and
The peace and security OF the good people
Of the Territory restored"
NEW YoRK, September 6.
A lengthy correspondence b.nweea the
Department at Washington ar d the au--
thorities in Kansas is publish ed, together
with Instructions to Col Geary., the newly
appointed Governor, who was At SIS. Louis
on the 4th inst, en- route for t. ,s, scene Of
The force of troops being ii adequate to
the exigehey of the case, the. Governor is
ordered to enroll and organize the militia
of the Territory; one division. under Gen. t
Richardson, is already in the field. Re- !
quisitions have been also ma ie upon the
Governors of Kentucky and Illinois, for
two regiments of infantry, to be placed uu-
der the enrolment of Gen. Saith, TO aid |
in suppressing insurreetio aary combina-
tions against the constitute nal government
ef Kansas.
Secretary Marcy writes as follows to
Gov. Geary:
DEPARTMENT OF STArE,
WAsHINGTos City, august 26.
SIR: The present condition of. the
Territory OF Kansas, re- iders your duties
as Governor. highly responsible and deli
cate. In instructions heretofore commu-
nicated to your predece ssor in February
last. in the Annual Me. sage to Congress
of the Gath of the previ Gus December, and I
an order issued from th War Department,
printed copies of which are herewith furn-
ished, you will find the policy of the Pres
ident fully presented. It is, frst,. TO OBJ !
tain order and quiet in The Territory of
Kansas; and secondly. if disturbances do
occur therein, to bring to punishment the !,
offenders. Should the force which has j
been provided to ob'ain these objects prove f
insufficient, you will promptly make known
the same to the President, that he may !
take SUCH measuses n regard thereto, as to {
him may seem to be demanded by the ex- ,
igencies Of the case. 1t is important thai, !
The Pr.siaen. should be kept well linformed =
as to the state of things in Kansas, and :
that tie sceurce Of his information should !
be such as to insure its accuracy. n
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