Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-05-17
The Massacre by Federal Troops In
MEsBetars

From the New York Neul, 1y Is 81
II ever 40 even: bsa occurred, that should call
forth general sbhosrence and indignation. |, is the
bloody ard infamous catastrophe. on Friday last,
near the 0 ty If ST. LUIS. Siscere, ratriot love
for the unry, and reverence for the C,os'itution
s,i prevail in the Uaited States, and the time has
com to exhibit both The times are sadly out of
joint; Rel ubcan NJ srule has already reduced me
sf airs Of the nation insx'rioahle confusion; the
passions Of men have become unehsiIed; 9 roriion
Of the Press daily calls for deeds 1t for none;
and rrepsrakle disasters seem to be In prospect,
YET We can scarcely beieve that the ruthless mas
ssere OF Wornsn and children. which tOsk plsce.
ulder he orders Of Captain Blxuogski, will remain
uune'iced and impoverished
These immense ornaments preparing In all parts
Of the No thsrn States. by order of Mr.. Lincoln,
are justified By him under that clause If the Con-
st ion which provides that &c ,pgress she'll exer
else authority over sill places purchased by The con-
sent OF the Legislature Of the s. ate 10 which the
same shall be. for The ereciions of forts maya
zines. arsenals. dock yards, and ether Depdfpl
b1ldDgs, and that the President sb all take care
that toe laws be fli'hfully executed" Mqny of
our best Constitutional lawyers consider the recent
measures Of The Executive to have already IN soly-
ed an eneroachment upon the preroes ives Of Con-
gress, and believe that he WILL soun r or later be
led to severe account for the course be ia pur
sainE. Not one sensible f-ien3 of the Admiuis,ra
ton h oteB 70 insane as to attribute 10 him or 10
tbOri = than the mere rettkirg Of ssiz ID "placer
aid properties as rresig fef in his inaugural
adjres you'd insolEe. The right to put down in
surrecton within sovereign tie has never been
dreamed of ss allowable from The days # the Fa
tber Of his couutry until Tue principle that
would justify it would lead to a military desp tism
an 4 as"rchS and s residspcs in the United States
vould be intnlerabe than it ever has b. en- in
Mexico, IN the most eonvulstd peiiod of its oiv
ws-s.
Art iv. see. 4 of tina Constitution provides TIA
The United States shall protec each State ,, ins
iuvasi NJ and on application of The Legislature 70
the ErSca'ce (chen The Legislature cannot Be ed
against domestic violence" the .'invasiont ;. RS
clu-iyely to Ibe case of hcsiiiies by fol On
PoW.r. The latter clause, ia so explicit tia -
imsgi, able pallis'ion can be ind for an ser OF
troops so forgetting their duty TO &C. 10 VIOLA
tion Of it Now what were The fac's al 81 Louis?
Lyon, Cap'sip Of he Second Infantry, vas in
+ rmed, truly il seems, that bFigsde of Missouri
m Ii IL, under the command Of General Frott were
encsmped at Fort jackson on the western skirts
of st Louie. more or less We sccreditei rrIDor
hal also 4ched him thAt numbers OF them SYM
pShzad With the secession movements in the
Southern atss. Cap. Lyon, thereupon upau'bcr-
lied by the Governor OF Missouri, or by the Leg
isature Of that State, srrogated to himself dIcta-
foral power, and addressed o communication to
General Froet, Of 20 unnrecented aeharscter, that
it canrOt fail, in sobGrer inee, 10 meet with the
unqualified condemnation Of every lsw abiding
citizen Let that psss. Gen. Frost saw 1T TO lay
down his arms and to surrender; although the sum-
mons, as we'll his arrest and that eff his troops
wss unconstitutional, aud unwarrsIted by any
overt act, or legal pretense Of act, they had
mitted. Even had il been so, they we're in no ways
amensble TO Captain Lyon, whose impairment inter
ference insult TO the State Of Missouri, and
a warrior breach ef The peace.
General Frost, tatever his merits or dement's
may be. loyal Gisloysl subject Of the United
STATES deserves great cred,t for having rather CUB
mitted 10 wroug than Re the ans Of considerable
efusion OF blood. His judgment and forsesrsnce
were, however Of 10 avail, against the boodihirsty
spirit, which had been iPstllled into The Federal
"a TX and f.e, by their officers. According to the
account. published in our Republican papers, q
few in the snrrounding crowd used abusive epithets
towarC come Of the soldiers. and, upon this "only
ProvocatiCr" "shots were fred upon the Iroope,"
A Car tain d autoWtki is the tficer said to have
given the ccmmsnd. Whoever he may been
hesn he deserves to be held up the execraticR Of
mankind as an inhuman monster, and none of those
Who were imp i,ated in the murders, C, nitted by
Lis ordcrs, should escape UNPUBLISHED. Two Dno-
Gel WI men-Hrs HcAulif and Mrs. Chairman
were am ng The forty who are said TO have been
slaughtered and several little children perished By
The bullets which we're showered into the assem-
bsge. lit is der tOod," conclude our dspa ches,
'That thorough investigation of the matter has
be, ordered by Captain Lyon and several Of the
troops under arrest" Poor CO.'S lsiicn this to
the Wet ms. Captain Lyon, himself is the very
FIR who sboHld have heen arrested.
Tai, SD relation speaks for ITSELF It is he
n serious, thus far, of al endless ebroa.
iGle of crime, which will develop cut Of the
fir tri5ida war that has begun, under the aus
pice- Ct an Abolition Administration, uulese
ssures be adopted 10 bHi q it 10 elise. Il
should cause tb mixing TO pause, and @ ut the
cost Of the Internal conf CT, int which Gemsgogsu
and far sticsm have plunged the ry, b fore
tens Of III oussnds CT valuable lives have been rae
ri6ced 10 the demons Of sectiOnalitm, hatred and
revenge.