Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-04-26


at an carly day further calls will be NIL
upon this State for troops, l respectfnm'
call your attention to the importance ;.
adopting immediate measures for ,
qfiiei ent organization of the military arm
Of the, State. During the long iptorv,,
of peace which We have enjoyed, Will,
our citizens have been uninterruntod :.
their lawful industrial pursuits, tho r.,
portance of a military organization ,nl
discipline has been lost sight Of, On,
laws in relation to the militia have b.,.
subject, during nearly, a quarter of a csn
tury, to numerous isolated amcpdment,
and alterations until as a code, thew ~,
d%isjointed, complicated and altogether n.
cumbrous for the basis of a regular on,
effective organization.
therefore recommend that the Too;-
laturc should promptly remedy these do.
fects, and adopt such enactments as sh,,
provide, efficiently, for organizing, armiDr
and equipping the militia of the state
and for reasonably compensating the off.
GERS and privates, when required to meet
for exercise and drill. '' 'm
I desire also to urge upon you the dutv
of making contingent appropriations Of
money, to be expended, under the direc.
ton of the Executive, for the outfit Of
any additional military forces which NAV
be called for by the General Government
The occasion is an extraordinary one
Intelligence reaches us that the Virginia
Convention of delegates, elected under
the express provision that any ordinance
adopted by them, should be submitted to
the people for their approval or rejection.
has, in secret sessions, passed an ordin.
ance Of session, and that the Governor Of
the State has assumed to order the seizure
of the United State forts, a~rsenalS and
vessels within the limits of that State.
The Federal Capital is menaced by an
imposing and well armed military force,
and the Government itself. and the ma.
tional archives are in imminent peril.
Such is the emergency, in view of which
| invoke your immediate action. The
Legislature of other States have made
liberal appropriations and extensive mil
itary arrangements for aiding the Govern
ment, and their citizens are Fastening to
the rescue Of our country's flag. We
shall discredit our past history should we,
in this crisis, suffer Vermont to be behind
her sister States, in her patriotic sacrifices
for the preservation of the Union and the
Constitution.
| feel assured, gentlemen, that you will
reflect the sentiments and wishes Of your
constituents, by cmulating, in your legis.
lative action, the patriotism and liberal
ity of the noble States which have already
responded to the call of the Government.
1t is devoutly to be hoped that the mad
ambition of the secession leaders may be
restrained and the impending sanguinary
conflict averted. But a hesitating, half
way policy on the part of the administva-
ton or the loyal states, will not avail to
produce such a result.
The United States Government must
be sustained, and the rebellion suppressed,
at whatever cost Of men and treasure;
and it remains to be seen whether the
vigorous preparations that are being made
and the immense military force called
into service by the President are not the
most probable and certain measures for q
speedy and successful solution of the
question.
May that Divine Being, who rules
among the nations, and directs the affairs
of men, interpose by His merciful Prov
idence, and restore to us again the bless
ings Of peace, under the egis Of our ma
tional Constitution. '
ERASTUS FAIRBANKS.
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