Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-05-02
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
ns Gov. Magofnn q TrattOr--Dis-
pntch from Secretary walker
= --RequireIneDt of Kentucky
Troops Wanted TO March ON
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see ,lfromi the Louisville Journal, April ei,h]
"a, Some Of our readers may have been much
surprised at the fact published by us yester-
day that Gov Magoffin, on meeting Capt.
spesha and his men on Monday, at Jericho
ion their way to Louisville, begged them to
turn sack, assuring them that their services
swould be needed ut home. IL was evident
10 every reader that the Governor must be
in the possession of some important informa-
ton which the community did not have ac-
cess No one supposed that there could be
any prospect, for aconsiderable time at least,
sofany fighting in Kentucky, unless indeed,
an organized conspiracy was on foot to rush
Kentucky out of the Union in open defiance
of all constitutional and legal provisions and
by means OF civil war among our own citi-
zens.
ID. Such u conspiracy, we have little or no
doubt, exists, and very probably an attempt
will soon be made to carry il into execution
but in the mean time, Gov. Magoffin's = at
tention seems to be invited by his cocoon
splrators to another matter-the expulsion
refthe Federal Government from Washing.
ton, if not from the continent, and the seiz-
ure Of the Capital by the Government of the
Confederate States. Our Governor is asked
by the Southern Government to take hand
in this work. The following dispatch has
not been published, but we solemnly assert
that we are not mistaken in saying that il
was sent last Monday from Montgomery to
frankfort: -
MONTGOMERY, April 22.
Hon. B. MAGoFFIN, Frankfort
!, SIR: Your patriotic response to the re-
QUESTION Of the President of the United
States for troops to coerce the Confederate
States, justifies the belief that your people
are prepared to unite with us in repelling
the common enemy of the South. Virginia
needs our aid. therefore request YOU TO
furnish one regiment of finf;Lntry without de-
lay, to rendezvous at Harper's Ferry, Vir-
ginia. IL must consist of ten companies of
not less than sixty.four men each. The rcg-
llment VIII be entitled to one colonel, one lieu
tenant, colonel, one major, one adjutant
from the line OF lieutenants, one sergeant
major from the enlisted. Each company il
entitled to one captain, one first lieutenant,
two second lieutenants, four serecants, fouI.
corporais, and two musicians. The officers,
except staff officers, to be appointed in the
manner prescribed bylaw Staff officers are
appointed by the President. Term of SER
wee not less than twelve months, unless
sooner discharged. They will be mustered in
Sio ',i'no VI Ihe COnIeuerate states at
subsistence will be provided from the the points e
ofdsparture: They will furnish their own
uniforms: BY communicating, arms and
ammunition will be sent to Harper's Ferry
or to such points as you may designate.-
Answer, and say whether you will comply
with this request; and if 10, when. ~
- L, p. WALKER,
VI Sec'y Of War of Confederate States.
And now lot US see what our Governor will
90 The authorities of the seeding State.
seem entirely confident that he will aid them
inthelr war against the United States, and Il
nnot unlikely that they are in possession of
hcfs which justify their confidence. Clear
Hhe Is expected by tho Montgomery au
thofities to issue his call, as Governor of
hentucky, for regiment OF Kentucky in
mntry OF not less than 640 men, to be muster.
ga at Harper's Ferry into the service Of the
Contederate States. II he were true and
loyal officer, or true and loyal citizen, he
would regard the Montgomeryinvitation as d
deadly insult. II is an insult to Kentucky
20 the person OF her Chief Magistrate, and
Kentucky, we trust, can nppreciafe II
whether her Chief Magistrate can or not,
Gov. Magoffin, in taking his oath of Office,
solemnly swore, upon the Holy Bible, to
support the Constitution of tho United
States, and he should have some regard fo,
the Word Of God even if he hasnone for hi,
own If he claims to have been absolyed
from his oath, let him or his friends tell n,
whether il was God or man that absolyed
him, and when the absolution took place,
what is the meaning what the significance
or his oath to support the Constitution
and Of his allegiance to the United States.
~, without breaking them, he can, whilst
ne and kentucky are still in the United
States, muster troops to fight in behalf of 4
foreign country, or what he considers and
what considers itself foreign. country
against his own country, and for the utter
subyersion ofits Constitution? We are moi
willing to use any harsh or even unkind
ms,Cbut, IL this would not be a direct
paipahle, gross, and atrocious violation of
his oath Of office, then what net within all
the wide limits of possibility, would consti-
tute violation Of it? If a nan inay take
an oath, as Governor ofa State, to support
the Constitution of the United States. and
then use his whole official power to east that
Constitution of, and trample it under foot,
must not all oaths bc as poora cheat, as vile
and empty and hollow mockery, as the
human mind can conceivep - 81
o. Goyernor Magoffin refused to call out repi.
ments to. serve the United States, whose
CoaStltutlon he is sworn to support, and
public sentiment here sustained him: but.
ifhe shall now call out troops 10 serve a for.
elgn country against his own, he is tho thing
we will not name. ~
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