Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-06-25


every material measure demanding legis-
lation. sroniaI g..df os - alaf- ~
HH iHa rAY OF LEGION 80 =
Another measure earnestly pressed BY
the Governor, and upon which i'm m ediats
action was demanded by every principle
OF justice and sound policy. was suf
ficient appropriation to pay the officers
and men Of the Indiana Legion for Their
services at various times in repelling in.
vasion and protecting the border. The
great Importance of the service that they
had rendered was not to be denied, bu,
received no consideration at the hands
of the majority. who intended only party
aggrandizement and revolution. The
Military Bill did not provide for paying
the Legion for their services but did pro.
vide for dissolving their organizations,
and depriving them Of their arms.
| STATE ARSENAL.
The subject of the State Arsenal had
been prominently brought before the Leg
islature in the Governors message, and
imperativsly demanded legislative action.
After more than half the session had ex-
p;red. finding that nothing had been, or
was likely to be done, the Governor sent
in special message on the subject, urg-
ing that immediate actisn be taken. A
committee was appointed to consider the
matter, who. on the last day of tho ses.
sion. made a report highly complimentary
to the condition and management of the
arsenal; but no appropriation was made,
and nothing was done for the continuance
Of the institution.
PAY DUE SOLDIERS.
About the middle of the session, the
Governor, in a special message urged
the Legislature to make provisions to adj
vance the back pay of the Indiana troops.
and suggested a plan by which it could be
done with scarcely any loss or sacrifice to
the State. Mr.. March, the Senator from
Delaware, introduced bill into the Sen
ate appropriating two millions of dollars
for that purpose, which finally passed
that body. but it was manifest it could
not pass the House. a~ad
In the House, the only action taken on
the subject was to appoint committe to
confer with the Secretary of the Treasury
This was q kill-time kind of operation,
and resulted just as it was intended it
should-in nothing.
sILvE2s's coNTRAcT-NoRTnERN PExITEN-
TIARY
The late board of control Of the North
ern Penitentiary had mad a contract with
Mr. SiIvers for the construction of the
shops. The work had been well and
cheaply done. and with great advantage
to the State, and without the advance of
any potion of the contract price by the
State. The work and the accounts were
examined by committee. and found to
be correct. and justice to the contractor
required that ayment should be immedi-
ately made: to delay the payment of it
a day was great hardship. for it had
been shown that the work had been done
at very low igu,es. and that the profits of
the contractor were small; and the pros
pect is. that an honest contractor. who
reposed faith in the honor and justice Of
the State. will be wholly ruined. But
this. too. like everything else, was put be-
hind the Military Bill.
Week after week was consumed in
violent and reasonable discussions; and
abundance of time was found to denounce
the Government. and to get up resolu-
tions censuring the Governor. and calling
upon him to state whether he approved
certain resolution adopted by tho army;
to fish out invitations from the Legisla-
ture of Kentucky; to create partisan COM
mittees to leave their seats. and run over
the State. hunting up evidence on the sub
ject of arbitrary arrests, out of which to
manufacture political documents; and. in
short, to do any thing and every thing.
except to attend to the legitimate business
OF the State. aud to do those things which
honesty. fair-dealiDg. and their oaths re-
quired.
MILITARY BILL.
We propose briefly 10 discuss few OF
the provisions of the Military Bill.
coMMANpER-IN IN CHIEF.
First.-The twelfth section of the fifth
article Of the constitution Of the State is
in these words: rr st
"SEcTIoN IL. The Governor shall be
Commander-in-c chief Of tho military and
naval forces. and may call cut such forces
to execute the laws, or to suppress insur-
rection. or to rcpel invasion" -seI
When the constitution makes the Gov
erncr Commander it confers all
the power necessary to make his command
an efficient one 1t means just what it
says, and that he she.l have all the means
necessary. to enable him to exercise the
power conferred. a
1t is an universal priciple Of construc-
tion. that when thing is granted. what
ever is necessary to its enjoyment or ex-
ercises is granted along with it. Let us
apply this principle to the Military Bill,
the twenty second section of which reads
as follows:
"SEcTIoN %. 1t shall be the duty of
the Assistant Quartermaster-G General on
the staff of the Major General, with the as
sistance of the other officers on the staff
of the Major General. 20 forthwith call in
all the arms, military accoutermsnts. and
munitions belonging to the State; and
should any difficulty arise in the collection
Of such arms, accoutermsnts, or muni-
tions. the Major General. or any member
Of his staff. may rsplevy the same, in the
name Of. and on behalf Of. the State Of