Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-09-11
Kansas Affairs : Official Instructions to Gov
ernor Geary and General Smith,
WAsniNGToN, Saturday, Sept.

WASHINGTON, Saturday, Sept. 6.
The Un'on OF this morn ing publishes official
orders to Governor Geory, Of Kansas, as fol.
lows:.
Reliable inforn alton having reached the
President that armed and organized bodies OF
men, aycwedly in rebellion against the Terri.
tofial government, have concentrated in such
numbers as TO require additional military force
for their dispersion, you will have the militia Of
The Territory completely enrolled and organ
lied, TO the end that they may on short notice
be brought into the service 0. the UnitedStateS
upon the requis;tion or the commander Of the
Military Department in which Kansas is en-
bIaced.
You will furnish, by companies or regi-
menis, brigades or divisions, such number and
composition Of troops as from lime 10 time you
may find in his repor; 10 be necessary for the
suppression OF all combinations 10 resist The
laws OF the United States, loo powerful 70 be
suppressed by The civil authority, AMI to the
maintenance Of public order and civil govern
ment in the Territory. Signed,
w. L. MARCY.
Secretary Davis 10 General Smith, under date
Of September 3, says:
Your dispa,ch Of 22d August end Enclosures,
sufficiently exhibit the insdequacy OF the force
under your command to perform the duties
which have deyolyed upon you in the present
unhappy condition of Kansas, by the ordels
and Instructions heretofore communicated
To meet this exigency, the President has d.
rected the Governor OF The Territory 10 com
plete the enlistment and organization Of the
militia, bs you will find fully sci forth in the
inciosedcopy ofa letter ajdresselto him by the
Secretary ofSiate, and The President has d.
iected me 10 SO 10 you that you are authorized
from time 10 lime 10 make acquisitions upon
The Governor for such militis foIce as you may
lreqnife TO enable you promptly and success
fully 10 execute your orders and suppress the
ilsurrecii9n against the government of the
Territory Of Kansas, and under the circumstaH
ces heretofore communicated in your ~iustruc'
lions 10 give the. requisite aid to the officers o
The civil government, who may be Distracted II
the due execution OF The law.
Should you not be able 10 derive from tht
militia Of Kansas an adequate force for thest
purposes, such additional number Of Militia Q
may be Necessary will be ORA wn from the State
OF Illinois and Kentucky as shown IN the req
u~isiiion, q copy OF which is inclosed.
he view VS. contained in your instructions L
the officers commanding The troops, under DAT,
OF August 10, are fully approved, and accor'
SO entirely with The purposes Of the execuliy'
as 10 leave bu! little 10 add ia relation 10 tn
course which il is desired you should pursue
The position ofthe insurgents rs shown Iy you
letter and lis Enclosures, is that OF rebellion
against The laws and constitutional authorities
with such manifestations of their purpose
spread devastation over the land, as no longe
justifes any further hesitation or indulgence
To you, as to every soldier whose habitue
feeling is 10 protect the citizens Of the publ
enemy, it cannot be otherwise than deepl
painful to be brought into conflict with an
!. portion OF bis fellow countrymen, but patriot
J ism and hbmamty alike require that rebellio
shonld be promptly crushed, and the perpeirs
tors OF the ctimes which now disturb The peac
and security Of the good people ofthe Terrific
n, punished.