Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-07-11
FOR GOVERNOR:
ABNER CoBURN N,
or sxowHrGAN.
Additional Troops-..0ur Duty.
or sNOwuTGAN.

The Pre.iden, has sent out bis rroelama'
ton, m accordance with the reeommenda-
lion. Of the Governors Of the loyal States.
calling Tor 3O0, 600 additional troops. This
NAV at fret view seem 4 large estimate. e.
pscially when only few months since. It
va. said IN Congress. by Gen. Wilson aud
other Members who were supposed to know,
aha, We had there more than We neeied.
There are several reasons that will suggest
them.elye. TO any psr,on. who will take The
pain. to look into this matter, why We may
want more men.
/. We have had almOs, a succession OF
victories for months, in which We have
taken several very important points, such
o. New Orleans. Norfolk, Nashville. Mem
phi,. &c, &c. and thes, places must nece'-
s.rily. Tor the present. a, least. be garrison
ID by bodies Of men, and held against any
attacks Of the enemy. We have no, only
secured Places. cities and forts, bu, We have
conquered back from the enemy avery large
extent Of territory containing within it-
limit. grea, many siratege,ic points which
must be guarded in order TO secure the adj
vantage gained.
Q Our military operation. have been 'oa
very great extent efrars. while that Of the
rebels has been d,tcnar,. Tbs has neees-
sarily taken a much larger number OF men
than has been n"cied by the enemy. This
oil DC seen a, once. when 10 ]. considered
aha, our lines must 30 double the length Of
tha, OF the rebels.
). We have bad our Capital To guard,
which has been. from its location, the great
focal roin, Of all our military operations.
Any risk a, TO this point would have been
sIccedinsly criminal. for great many rea-
sons. The loss Of Washington would have
been blow from which We should have
found hard work 70 recover at al. Ia the
eyes Of the European nations IL would have
been considered substantially an annihila'
ton Of this nation. and an end OF the Re
public Of the United States. Ia such an
event, We should BEEN esiopped in any argu.
nsut we might have made against the TO
eosnition Of the Southern Conlederacy. The
powers OF the Old World would have said at
epee. that IL we could not bold our National
Capital. We should be poweriess against the
rebellion; that instead Of our eonquerius
Isbsliom, il bad conquered US. The Eng.
lish people would have though, very much
- our people woult think. ~ case Of a COL
lision between Great Britain and Ireland,
70 have the latter take London. Then
again. Washington is the home Of the Pres.
idsnt; the place where Congress is in ses-
sion,-where Is lOsased every Department
Of the General Government and its extensive
archives. In .triteseiie point Of view the
Capital has teen and now is Of more Gomez
euenee TO Us than any other. The loss OF
Washington would have involved the loss Of
Maryland TO the Union. For these and
other reasons. II has been one Of the fret
things TO be kept in view. to guard the
Capital beyond al contingency. To DO this.
10 has required large force OF men, and
will 90 Tong as the var lasts.
I. The loyal men in the border slave
States have invoked the protection Of the
federal government, agains, the Internal OF
preston Of the traitors. who have kept upa
perfect reign Of terror in their midst. The
truth is, We have bad no men tha, the Gov
srnment could spare for this speeial pur.
pose without weakening other points ,ha,
ought to be guarded; We, such have been
the urgeu, appeals Of ,hese border State
men in Virginia. Maryland, Missouri. Ken.
lucky. North Carolina, aud especially in
Tennessee. that te,aehHsn,s OF men have
been pu, in the field tor this special pur.
pose. And IL We bal bad more troops en-
ssssd in this good work It would ha'e.aved
millions 10 property. and the Lives OF thous-
aims who have actually died martyrs to
their loyalty in the border States.
5. Our government, as q nooessiiy, has
put in operation provisional State govern.
nents in the rryOl,ed States to enforce the
federal authority. and to give security and
protection to those citizen. who are we'll dis
posed towards the government. the eonstitu.
tiou, aud the Union. These temporary
State governments can only be maintained
BY military power aud authority. The
presence OF federal troops to AID in the exc
eution Of the laws and the preservation Of
the peace ia absolutely necessary to give
authority to the acts Of ihe-e provisional
Governors. VIVA, can johnson do In Ten
sss.ss. OF Stanley in North Carolina. with
sss federal troops to back them up' This