, 1863-10-03


further service at the arbitrary Will OF the
Governor. '..... $500. ..
APPOINTMENT OF DEPARTMENT con-
MANDER.
We AK further, Mr. President; thst ~ X 0
part1nent Of the Missouri, In the place OF
Gen. schofeld, whose sympathies will bs
with Missouti'e loyal and suffering people,
eud not with slavery and PRO slavery men
We regret to feel compelled to make thls Ie,
Quest, bnt duty demands u. gen. acaoa9au
;dent;trinr s himself with our State admins
tTat;on: a1d his policy has beep, as we oe-
f,ave. shanefI to conform to Gov. GamDles
pro.slaTery and conservative views. ne aas
tuhotdinatrd Federal anthortg N MS,
eou1i to State rule. he eas ta.,on ossome
3Entn 3E }ha State service, He has countenanced,
ifrot Sustained, the orders issued rom me
Stsfn 1,eadouarteEs, prohibiting ena5tments
fTnm the enro]led militia into the volunteer
service of the United States. Ohcera actlng
under him have arbitrarily arrested ana lm;
prisoned loyal. citizens, without assigned
csnse. or for daring to censure Gov. CANDLES
1,nlicy and acts. Other such officers nave
ordered loyal men to be disarmed, and IN some
instances the order has been executed; while
under the pretense oi preventing an INVASION
of Missouri from Kansass NOTORIOUS anu
avowed disloyali have been a5mea. II
liberty Of speech, and of the press. Ofhcer5
puthorized BY the War Department. to recruit
colored volunteers in Missouri, for tho Uni.
ted States service, have been recently arrested
by military authority and sent ont OF the state
under guard; and colore1 1ecruits nave ~ 4pa psen
who claimed them as their slaves. And,
finally, we declare to you, Mr.. President, that
from tic day Of Gen. Schofield'8 accession to
the command Of that Department, matters
have grown worse and worse In MISSOURI, TILL
now they are IN more terrible condition
than they haye been at any time since the out
break Of the rebellion. Ihis could not be, If
Gen. schofle1d had administered the affairs
Of that department with proper vfgor, and
with resolute purpose to sustain loyalty and
command Tint Department; and, If we do
not ove1step the bounds Of propriety, we ask
that the Commander sent there be Major
General Benjamin F. Butler. We believe
that his presence there would restore order
md peace to Missouri within sixty days. He
would be received By our people with rejolc-
| ipg, aud they would once more be permitted
to feel that loyalty ia to govern Missouri.
| Mr.. President, We have laid before you q
! frank statement of the condition OF Missouri
atta!rs. We have spoken the simple truth.
| as much more might hare been said, but VIC
wish not 10 weary sou. Seventy Of us, from
every part Of Missouri stand in your presence
| TO witness the truth Of our statements. We
Invite yonr inqsirisS a nRo9 any poins T1sh n1sa
| tiEatlon. We ept,eat you to observe that in
onr Inflated State, the conflict is between 10y
atty and dieloyalt5. It Is impossible that
both should rule there. One or the other
must 70 down. Whether the loya! hearts OF
Missouri shall be crushed, is for you to say,
! re ~ rAfnrH IN
that refusal, more active aud relentless per.
Eecuticn Of Unicn men, and to fsel
TINT while Maryland can rejoice II the
protection Of the Government Of the Union,
Missouri is still to be the victim Of pro.
it rtignt, Does Missouri deserve such fate !
What border elayc State confronted the re.
bellion In Its first spring as she did? Remem.
Der, we pray you, who It was that, In May
1861, captured Camp Jackson, and saved the
Arsenal at st. Louis from the hands Of trail
tors, aud the Union cause iu tie Valley Of The
mississippi from incAlculable disaster. RI
member The Home Guards who sprung tc
arms in Missouri, when the Government Was
without troops or means to defend itael
there. Remember the more than fifty thous
and volunteers that Missouri has sent tortt
i though always slave State, her uncondition
III loyalty to the Union shines lustrous1y be
, fore the whole nation. Recall to nemor.
.. these things, Mr. President, and let them ex
ctt their Just influence upon your mind. W
! ask only justice and projection to our suffer
,, ing peopie. It they are to suffer hereafter, q
now, and In time past, the world Will Iemem
. Der That they are not responsible for th
!, gloomy pege In. :.hissouri's hlsto. y, which ma
; have to record the independent efforts Of he
! ha1rassed bnt still loyal men, to defend them
= = selves, their families, and their homes
| nrnirsf their 1}alnyn1 md murHhr0nR HsA1t
:. ante.
; Chas. D. Drake, Of St: Louis, Chairman.
9sR tSee %eca4s a. & IL I! E. "a &c faotGz eaan.
b Emil Prcetolias, Of 81: Louis Co, |
); N.T. poane. Of GEnndy, Co: sterstarss
d H:T: Combs, Of Harrison, Co., M
e ". B. Adams, Of Montgomery: Thomas Ansel
: naIcofc, q Miiler; $. d beai1, Of cai1oli; ..
!! Reeman, Of Adair; G:o. 4: Dszonia, q PhelpE
n Platte; G. Carpenter, Of jackson; Alfred Case,
= Laclede: John 3. Clark, Of Dade: Enos CLARK,
e. eea's r. 1 u aE
?essn Egg Egg . dssea; v v. " E Eaasias Il
Geafss ss1 4 p saPss 6 u Ga
feaiss; !: i; Hsn;y; e ri S,i HoisonS
q. noliister, of Holt; 1. =. Hol,yleid, q Fols
a. q. s. 1neham. Of Marion; Albert Jackson,
= Lonis: Arnold KlssA, q St: Charles =. A Kui
n q ne1, Of Scotland; ]. g. Mcknight: of osase:
L. W A. AcPikc, OF Perry; A. McWilliams, Of
II Clair; L. C. Marvin OF Henry; William Monl
s Of Howell; T. $. Morgan, OF Hickory; J.
At Moree, Of Jefferson; G; E; Moss. Of Green;
- - Murpky, of Franklin; 3. T. Norton, Of Mario
u: :: \. Peabody Of Cole; y. r. Peniek. Of Buchana
at y. A. Poil!on Of Aul5ain; Il; Y. Pratt, Of Tn
Of D Proctor, Of Caldwell; J. T; nobineon, Of Wa'
q ipgton; ]. +. Rodgers, Of Sullivan: Ell Smith,
of Worth Geo H. Smith, Of PettIs; J. II. StilIe,
ii | Putnam: ]. $. TAomas, Of St. Louis: P.
d Thompeqp, Of ,AtehhLIson; DayId d,,ags WAGNER.
~ ~ Weathe,by. Of Linn; ". Il. Whitlock, Of Gree
J, j. 3. Wright, OF Platte.