, 1862-07-12

HlV ~ ~ II d5. LIZ LI0t4 W.,
and vi: Wish the loyal people Of the country /
TO understand 1t, that our functionary was
pleased at the opportunity afforded him OF re-
paying those leac: inan vino Reelected him |
to the position Tt holds We congratulate I
him on the honozs he les woa.
The Case of Col. Paine.
We published few days since statement
that Col. Halbert E. Paine OF the 9Th Wisconsin |
regiment had been arrested at Baton Rouge,
La, by Gen. Williams, for refusing to obey an
order issued by that general requiring Col.
Paine to d.iye Ill negroes III lis cauip out
side the military lines. Tie following is O.
copy Of the correspondence between the two
officers:
HEADQUARTERS iTu Wis. REG'r,l
BATON HorGE, La, June s, 1si2. {
Capt: WicAham Hoffman. Assistant aujut.nt
General:
SiE: An order Of Brigadler General VIII
la1ns Of this datc, has just reached me. Il is
IN the following words, viz:
Headquarters % BR1GAps,}
bA1oS EorGE, June s, 1SJ9.
In consequence OF the dcmo1alized and dis
organizing tendencies Of the troops OF Aar-
horipg runaway ne.ro1s, it is hereby ordered
thAt t1le respective commanders Of thc camps
uld .arIisc,ts Ct the several re.itaenta -
brisacc, turn all such fugitiyes in tneir caal;,s
ard garrisons, out beyond the limits OF their
respective Guards and scntincls,
By order Of B51gadicr General 7. WILLIAMS.
N1cKHaM HOFFMAN.
Tie following are the provisions Of an act
OF Congress, approved march 18th, 1862, en-
titled " An set to make IN additional article
Of war"
He atehdcfea ~ ths ifonSe Of Representatives IN
0.11sss r ~. nssa, 1hat heItat:es the Toll 3win:
,rar tnr ye III, ~ y ~ l. auuls1oa att1ee o.
sta;ce AM; Emil h.. uhrvc7 ani oht.rHd - a s @
Anrl All oticcrs and nsrsons n III te a H,51e- GGe
aud naval sery1c: Of the Cuuitru States, urc urJ-
1iibitcd from employing nuy Of the futces under
their fespectise commands for the purpose Of re-
Ininins aEsaiEcs n lfen service Or laoor, WHO may
unse ssiapee !aola aEs 1'.s7s = "!o9 slieA seq
Mo eha1l h, f,n1i 1i,ii,r hy co,1r ~ oieet
suu;. 1hs ar,iclc be shal he ,l,s:niss.d fco1n ~
the service. A'0AIN
sEc-2. 4ind1. ifJfur'h,r enu:'st!. That this act
shall take effect from and after its passage.
It is true that the order Of Gun. Williams
dots not III terms required regimantal com
1naDds, ITO eiuIloy tucir guards Or seutintls
tor the purpose O: returning tuyitiTt5," but
1t is equally true that the ordrr in effect re-
Yui.e6 nothing else. For it is notorious that
The regilneptal Camps are watched. not o1i,
hs RFessEded s~aea5, Ct. 5 but '4so " men who
-yii, - r,j,r III 71,n tnr,,.9
tb-,,srs +Ia,r' ~. 1s. Is,t', -. ~ ~
7,ersenal In,w1c3,,,- many fnaitivrs h,v,. ,efn
rcctiycd aboard CUR trAusu5rts at ,sitf.rent
1lilcys IN this Stale. by Gen. Williams. AMI
| have, u;,vu clo:e Interrogation. given him i'm
norf',f 1,;1;tarv ;ufnrmSrinn Surh ~ 49, tha.a
IS llayc rot already been returned tn tl,sir
of7ut,; nav sill he found in the ca7nt, Of ,7is
m 70 cI,;,oa~ts .,r h,,ntrs Il ,ssr IN 7r','iict
II scems ~ ne t,,at ,yn;,a th,.;r surrsnd,sr ls
| would b. in naIpaLIe violation ot tho nv #,
would also b. Subject to tho yraycst oa5cc.
] ticn=.
| The order Of Gen, Williams, forces upon ma
| m alternative which is 1,uculiaeIy plinfal: b.
cause with ne sotecieice to orders !" hss u
| ways bccn in practice as wzu as theory Il fun.
| d,1,,c1tai ,uiI,iary maxim.
| + nm co,nntllcd either IA di5obey him or Dr.
| il The soyrltivn uowrr OF the Republic. In
| Ills matter / cannot hcsitate. No punis an,ent
!or disobedience to this order eau be so iutoI-
crahlc as would be the hcconsciousness Of having
| violated tlel law, hy compc!,ing nly guards 10
return to sl1dietiss rebels, ius'tivss whose
Information has been sought and USED for the
benelit Of our arms. M:slle have command
Of lhe 4th regiment Wisconsin volunteers,
they cannot with my consent be emptoEed ln
The violation Of the purpose Of returning fu
gltiyes to rebels. Your ooedlens ser7't,
HA1.pEIT E. PAINE,
Colonel 4;u Wisconsin regiment,
MEAucrAnrEns SECOND BE1oApE,
Baton Rouge. Juae 10, ls69. !
CoI-oSEL:-io our letter of taG otn iust., l.
ru-;o,1i, ~ - ~ 7nr 1u;1 oha,e gc1
ral order 30, iG
| Rv order NJ Rrip Gen. T. Williams
1[EvKY a. F111orT. i. q.
| To CA = II P.inr III, Wisconsin, vo1s
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tehoSEL: ~ consequence u your 'e.ns.
; 70 coyS genera ofqsf No: l9t1s,slN iFol
1h2se hsadquariels, June OH. loo;, you al
' Eere2y piacSd nnotf arrest. iod1 ltnnts vi
, DC tLc enclosure u tuls gaFTlson. luz cou
maid oi Your regiment VIII uesolSc upon II
, next ranking Object 1of duly.
!, L. WILLIAMS,
BTls. ten. VOLS Col
q 10 Col. ID. E. Palne, 4th Wis. Res. vols.
: i correspondent Ct tho Boygan Ipn:
7 vim sent the corresnondcncc ia That nam
:! 'no LIN p0N0~1~e ~ NNA@ r'lS
II The correspondence was read at the rec
:: mental dress parade Iearly IN frent Of tt
y S,rhiC IN tt a