The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-09-17
THE MILITIA SYSTEM.

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in Chester Ds,rirt ,h,, b,yo ,bo rali,;';,S
number, Away then will Ills 49,. .'',
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tme to abandon tina ,roso,, a,,l rN,''-
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IN fsrl In lt.. tFAl. I l. A
our country. ,hat,Lc i.iJs or Mavinn s,V ,';,i nj
attest the yalue of rho sve,er ,rd 90
forth. and % f,rth Now wa ,,nrIJ ILL.,
to know if anv common man. Ioos La,;o"o ~
in his hoor, ibo, oni,,o 4 t;,,,os ar,s
an old field mr,,rr nnI LroroI;no, ,aa,
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ticle TO the brovery. sLiH or scIf resr,1ot 49,
natural. or nrovipciol n,;lo of Lmu'o,
creature. # there be anv srrh Lo mo.,
surely nust hc wofullv dniudoL In nroor
W. arncol to the ner.o,al oyrar;odoo -
! every man. Aud' if men viii onIv be
frani and honest, we kpog what vii, LN
their verdict. Then how can il be Of any
avail for e,n.,rerci..2 Tho f,c, i ,,,
have heard one who i with some rsasnn
rcpu.eI to be the hest drill officer in ,Lr
State, and who has LARGE active military
experience, say raw troops. who had newer
teen called ou; to affty or Recimentol
muster, were Great deal easirr - ba
taught the ,iu,ies of a soldier than those
who had the ordinary old.field ,rainiuo,
/ VIII the General pretend to mn, his jaco
dixii, or o0iaion against the ac,uaI er,,..
rance Of this officer?
But again-,he General anncals 70 rhe
Revolutionary syitit of 70 'tn G,s,c, ami
maintain the system. This sounds 70 ne
as pure clap trap. II reminds us (orcibIy
Of Il late enthusiastic writer in the cause Of
Kansas, who ",hrew The fat in the fire {"
w stigmatizinc all, who declined TO snb.
scribe means, as having a remnant of the
Tory spirit Of '76 in tleir vSins. If the
General had not stopped short. lac womb
doubtless have found himself involved in
the same prcdicamen,.
But the General asks, by what system
of nccromaacy is il proposed to abolish
all that is Objectionable in the present sys.
TEN and still retain what is Desirable
Here we confess we are at fault, and he