Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-24

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other places of strength along the coas
from the Chesapeake bay to the Rio Grande
which the United States has made to frowl
with its fortresses and bristle with its can
non to repel invasion and alright pirates
and has Illuminated with lighthouses t
point out the paths to commerce-must al
these places be surrendered to the Secedins
States, to pass into the hands of aBy foreigr
nation which may supplant their power?-
If so. the Slave States in commanding the
avenues of commerce from the vast interior
States from the North and West to the
ocean. must subject them as conquered
Provinces What is to be the condition
of Ohio and all her sister States in the
Mississippi valley. if the Slave States are
to give law on the lower Mississippi?
SECESSION.
The secession and appropriation of al
that belongs to the United States in the
seeding States. and the usurpatiOn of all
sovereign rights over the adjacent seas and
the navigable streams and other avenues
of commerce in that section of the Union,
make conquest which strips the interior
Of its Independence and the Government
of tie United States of the national attri-
butes conferred by the Constitution to
maintain it and all the interests Of the
continent committed to its charge l re-
joice to be able to assure you that the Ex-
eeutive's power installed at the Capital is
resolved TO repel this attempt at conquest
1t will assert all the rights conferred by
the Constitution by all the power with
which. it invests the Government The
most vigorous measures will be taken to
resume the authority of the United States
over the places from which it has been
expelled, and 1 cannot doubt that the
stream which flows the commerce of the
regions between the Rocky mountains and
and the Alleghenies will be soon delivered /
by the General Government from the as
sumed sovereignty which the States pur-
chased from France now assert over it;
but as the contest may grow to greater
dimension than is now anticipated, deem /
It my duty to recommend to the General
Assembly of this State to make provision
to its means. to assist the na-
ional authorities in restoring the integrity
md strength of the Union in all its am
,litude as the only means Of preserving the
ights Of all the States, and ensuring the
'ermanent peace and prosperity of the
Ehole country. earnestly recommend
lsO, tnat an appropriation, of nOt less than
our hundred aud fifty thousand dollars.
'e immediately made for the purchase of
rms and equipments for the use of the
olunteer militia of the State l need not
emind you of the pressing exigency for
be prompt organization and arming the
Military force of the State. Accompanying
his communication. you will find a state
nent of the Quarter Master General rela-
i've to the condition of the public arms.
s Signed. aCE3 w. DRNNIsoN.
GENERALS OFFICE, Il
COLUMBUS, April 10. 1861.
70 HIS Erceaeacy William DeRnisora,
Gove1nOr and Commasader-ia- Chief:
SIR / have the honor herewith to sub
lit estimates for arming troops as per your {;
irections predicated upon an expenditure
{ four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. .
iE estimate # cost of arming 1000 cav I
lay. 92o artillery"an1 IL, 900 infantry, al !
wing for the serviceable arms owned by a
he State. fit for troops. on war footing
II 1000 cavalry. 1000 Sharp's carbines :
$50 25-S30.250: 1000 Colts hol-
;er pistols at S25-s25.0OO; 795 regu-
II cavalry sabers at SIS 5O-s757, 80; /
"a sets cavalry equipments at IS 10 q
4.25S: 1000 sets horse equipage at $50 $
$4,000 Total. slO5,295 90.
For 900 artillery for repairs on 46 caG- 4
Ons and carriages, $1,000; 20 caisons at a
3S6-S7,720; s battery cagOns at STA j
: S6. 1876 so; travelling forges at S447. c
5-S3,5S2; 81 sets wheel harness at $
81 27-$4.304; l72 sets lead-harness at |
Sc 25-$9.675; 620 horse artillery sa- I
res atS5 20-S4.977. Total, S36, ,S54- {
For IL 900 infantry. 16.I0o rife mus
It's at Sf3 93-S224.273; 100 sets
infantry equipments at 81 O2-s64.-
p: 2.22I non-commissioned officers and
swords. Sl3,936 3o--S302,-
81 80. Total. $445,09I 60.
The above estimates are predicated upon
e prices furnished by the Ordnance De- P
Irtment at Washington. To place this 6
lmber of troops in the field, to mount the f
valry. provide horses for the artillery and
ggage trains, to furnish camp equipage,
:. would require sum at least equal to
e above - - -svH h
.T- Respectfully submitted. Il
D. L. WooD, .
IA - "a Quartermaster General Z