Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-05-23
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. OppUblbluu was III lOuF COuOlleb OF feuQBVIv1Dln
lying west Of the Alleghanies, settled principal
ly by Scotch Presbyterians. Committees wer
organized TO oppose the enforcement of the Law
Many influential and intelligent citizens wer
involved In the rebellion, and Earrings and feath
eripgs and other outrages were inflicted upo
Federal officers charged with the execution Q
| the law. #.I..
On the 18th of September, 1892, Presiden
Washington issued proclamation, drafted b
Hamilton, and countersigned by Jefferson, Sec
retary Of State. in which he said:
~, George Washington, President of th
United States, do, by these presents, most ear
nestly admonish and exhort all persons whom
1t may concern, to refrain and desist from al
unlawful combinations and proceedings what
soever, having for their object, or tending to oh
struct the operation Of the law aforesaid -inas
much as all lawful ways and means will b.
strictly put in execution for bringing to justic
the infractors therof, and securing obedience
thereto"
On the 7th of August, 1894, President Wash
ington issued another proclamation, command
Ing the insurgents, on or before the first day OF
September then next, "to di,perse and retire
peaceably to their abodes." This was the warn
Ing required by the statute of 1872, to be given
before using the military force authorized b,
that act. Inthis proclamation, President Wash
ington, after specifying some Of the reasonable
acts OF the insurgents, said:
UT Is In my judgment necessary. under the
circumstances OF the case, to take measures fol
calling forth the militia in order TO suppress the
combinations aforesaid, and to cause the lawl
TO be duly executed, and have accordingly de
termined 80 to do, feeling the deepest repfe,
for the occasion, but withal the most solemn
conviction that the essential interests Of Il G
Union demand it-that the very existence of
the Government and the fundamental PRINCIPLES
OF social order are materially involved in The
issue-and that the patriotism and frmness OF
all good citizens are seriously called upon, az
occasion may require, to aid In the tffectual
suppression Of 30 fatal spirit"
At this time requisition was issued by tn q
President TO the Governors of Pennsylvania
New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia, for body
OF IL, men, afterwards raised to $4,000
The insurgent counties could bring into the field
about $1,000 fighting men. The movement Of
the troops called into service by the Govern
ment was fixed for the frat of September, 1894.
But before they actually marched, Federal Com.
missioners were appointed to meet com mittee
OF the insurgents. The Commissioners return
ed to Philadelphia on the Oath of September,
l794, and made their report. The next day
(Sept. 25th), President Washington issued his
third proclamation. In this he said:
/, George Washington, President of the
United States, 10 obedience 10 that high and
Irresistible duty consigned to me BY the Consti-
tuition, 'to take care that the laws be faithfully
executed, ,"-deploring that the American name
should be sullied by outrages Of citizens of their
own Government; commiseratiug such as re-
main obstinate from delusion; but resolved, In
perfect reliance on that gracious Providence
which so equally displays its goodness towards
this country, to reduce the refractory to a due
subordination to the laws, warn all persons moi
to abet, aid orcomfort the insurgents aforesaid,
as they will answer the contrary at their peril.
The troops of Pennsylvanis and New Jersey
were led by Governors Mifflin and Howell in
person, and subscriptions were then opened to
support the wives and children of the volunteers
during their absence. The advance of the troops
into the infected district suppressed the iDsur-
rection without the firing Of gun or the shed.
ding OF blood.
On the let of January, 1895, President Wash.
ington issued proclamation appointing the 18th
Of February following as day of public nation
al thanksgiving, "for the seasonable control
which had been given to a spirit of disorder in
the suppression Of the insurrection." a-r ay.
On the 10th of July, 1895, Washington issued
proclamation granting pardon Of all treasons
and misprisions Of treason to those insurgents
who had kept their promise to the commission.
ers to submit 10 and obey the law.
In naprivate letter addressed TO John Jay dated
Philadelphia, November /, 1884, General Wash.
ington thus wrote: .t H.. . ~.
Self.created societies have fomented this re.
bellion, but fortunately they precipitated cr-
sis for which they were not prepared ,and there.
by have unfolded views which will, trust, eff.
fectuate their annihilation sooner than it might
otherwise have happened, at the same time
that 1t has afforded an occasion for the people
Of this country to show their adherence Of the
result. and their attachment to the Constitution
and the laws. The spirit which blazed out on
this occasion, as soon as the object was fully
understood, and the lenient measures of the
Government were made known to the people,
deserves to be communicated. There are in
stances Of general officers going at the head of
single troop and of light companies; of field
officers, when they came to place Of rendez-
vous, and found no command for them in that
grade, turning into the ranks and proceeding
az private soldiers, under their own captains;
and Of numbers, possessing the first fortunes
In the country, standing in the ranks as private
men, and marching day by day, with their KNAPP
sacks and haversacks at their backs, sleeping
on buhWS Win u biuBlo Dlhukots III u bOluleE b
tent, during the frosty nights which we have
had, by way Of example, to others.
These things have troubled the insurgents, who
had no conception that such spirit prevailed;
but, while the thunder only rumbled at the dis
tance, were boasting Of their strength, and wish.
Ing for and threatening the militia by turns, in
tmatiDg that the arms they should take from
them would soon become magazine In their
hands. ..-.,., .-.....
In his message to Congress on the 18th of
November, l794, President Washington, after
detailing the commencement and progress of the
insurreotion, and the means adopted to auppress
10, said: .,5fi.o .a.secOs ~
Il has been demonstrated that our prosperi-
" rests on solid foundations--by furnishing adj
ditional proof that my fellow citizens under.
stand the true principles Of government and lib.
erty--that they feel their inseparable union;
that notwithstanding all the devices which have
been used TO sway them from their interests
the authority Of the laws against -licentious in
vasion as they were to defend their rights
against usurpation. IL has been spectacle,
displaying to the highest advantage the value
Of Republican government, to behold the most
and least wealthy Of our citizens standing in the
same ranks as private soldiers, pre-eminently
distinguished by being the army Of the Consti,
tuition. - y . To every description, indeed,
Of citizens let praise be given. But let them
pefsevere In their afeotionate vigilance over that
precious depository of American happiness, the
Constitution of the United States; aud when in
the calmer moments Of their reflection they
have retraced the origin and progress of the in