, 1863-10-03


to true loyalty, and to the vital interests Of
our State. No factious spirit dictates that op.
position. We would rejoice to support his |
administration If We could, and be faithful to
our country, but We cannot and will not,
while hls pro;slayery policy Is adhered to, for
make and abide By that resolve constitutes Us
a faction, then are we, and, God helping US, |
will continue to be faction. II, on the other |
hand, Mr. President, It relieves us in your |
mind from the imputation Of being faction, |
and gives us in your estimation our true posi-
out hesitation IN your Justice and your friend
chip.
TILE EFFEGT OF 4 Pro SLAVERY POLICY.
The policy Of our State Executive reprcss-
es and chills the loyal heart Of Missouri, as
pro-s1aveIy policy repreeses and chIlls loyal
hearts everywhere The true and earnest
patriots Of our State have been made to feel
In every ray that there is little sympathy be-
tween him and them: No word has ever
fallen from him publicly, which recognizes
what we consider to be vital truth that, in
the rebellion, 1t is slavery warning against
our noble institutions Of freedom. In our
deliberate Judgment, ho who has not yet
learned that truth, is wholly unable to COM
prehend how to foster and uphold loyalty, or
to discountenance and suppress dfsloyA1ty.
We do not believe Gov. Gamble has yet at
tained that point, and We have no hope that
he Will. You will not therefore be surprised
to learn that no word has eyer, passed pub.
or the arIniDg Of negroes. On the contrary,
1t is the universal conviction Of the loyal
people Of Missouri, that he Is opposed to
both; as nearly all who support him are
known to be.
GAMDLE's sTTLE OF LOYALTY.
It Is as well understood fact In Missouri
as any other In public affairs, that no mans
loyalty to tho Union con. mends him to Gov.
CANDLES favor, unless It be accompanied BY
well. defined loyalty to the State adminis-
tration; which latter description of loyalty
bus secured Important positions to many.
whoee promotion could never have been just
II based upon their devotion to the Union
canec. But not in such points alone have
the loyal hearts Of Missouri learned that be-
tween them and Gov. Gamble there is little in
common. The whole policy Of his admins
tration, so far as it connects itt elf directly or
remotely, with the civil strife In our country,
is adverse to them, and lenient, II not faTora-
BILE, to their adyetsaries. He his iuterposed
| bis official Influence to screen d1sloyal men
| from military measures deemed necessary to
spbdue the spirit Of treason. He and his
| partisans used their influence to procure the
1emoval Of Commanding General of the De-
| Eartmcnt Of the Missouri, whose only offence
| 60 far Us known, was juet severity toward
4 rebels aud their a1ders and abettors. lie has,
without authority OF law, In the judgment Of
some Of our ablest jurists, drafted into scnye
service under the State, large bodies Of the
crrcl1ed militia Of Missouri, every officer Of
which above the rank Of Captain, holds Office
ut his pleasure. We declare 1t to be an incon-
troyertib1e fact, that known Identification
with tie Radical Union party Is almost cer;
position In those troops. Many euch men
hare been summarj1y dismissed from import.
ant commands, without explanation, and
their places supplied NTH men Of doubtful
loyalty, and In some instances by those who
violent seceseionlsts, and who now combine
With protessed Unionlsm conseryatie q
which 1eayes no doubt of the quarter toward
which their sympathies flow. 1t has been TOT
marked fact to escape notice, that the off
GERS thus dismissed were generally those whe
with which they pursued traitors, and thos'
who fed, clothed and shielded them; whilt
ne believe it to be strictly true, that no on
has been diemissed because Of neglec. Or In
efficiency in TINT work. Companies and reg
in.nts OF tue enrolled militia, which pnT
acccDplices with legitimate severity, hay
been dibbandcd, under circumstances whicl
left upon loyal minds the immorable convic
| tion that their oftense was too active an
resclute effort to rout aud destroy thos
: f1eEdish msrauders. In every way the peopl
, | rigor towards those enemies of Law, order
: property, life and loyalty commcnds no ma
, to the favor Ct onr Executive. It is equal
, well known that those who cordially sustai
. your Proclamation of Emancipation, IN
; your policy Of armlpg the negroes, iall undt
: mcnts.
= D1s1olALTy DEFIANT.
! The result Of all this is only what Wou1d i
l nxrSfn II, fr1f nfa11 IN tHn
: Of Conservatism, is prcsumptuous and del
: ant. III large portions OF our State, 1t is Il
eafer to be known as dIeloyal, than as tru
! loyal. Thousands Of Union men have bee
: : driven from their homes beggared, and mul'
q tudes have been murdered while pursuir
I eIce Of their families-for no o1ense but tn
= Of incorporating fidelity to the Unio
= = The whole country was shocked at the recel
y awful tragedy at Lawrence, in our neighb'
. State Of kanEas; but were that multiplied
t the outroges which loyal men have suffered
;. Missouri, but which, occurring IN detaeht
:; instances and ieolatcd positions, are lit
;, heard Of AWAY from the Immediate yicinit
= and therefore come not to yonr knowledg
!: 1t Is lamentable fact, that in the larger pa
u efoar State the property and life Ct Unle
+ man are less secure now, than they were whit
. the rebel armies were there.
Z ! Indeed, Mr. President, In sober truth, Il
= condition Of loyal people there is rspidly b
y | coming intolerable. To what further cxtel
+ the load Of nnmeIited wrong which press
-, them on every side, God only knows. 4,
> all this we unhesitatingly lay to the char,
= OF Governor CANDLES pro-slayery conserv
- tfre policy, which Infscts al admtntstl
2 2 tons, civi! and 71 military disco, diseouraEg 4
10. atty into pre- dominance which Is gal]fl
to the last degree to the unconditional Uni'
men Ct Missouri.
= THE ENROLLED MILITIA,
- We desire, Mr.. President, distinctly to
n woke your attention to tho organization
-. Gov. Gamble Of the enrolled militia Of IL
= eouri. It y matter IN which, In our j. 5ud
: Is concerted. We have already stated that
u is the cpirion Of many Of the ablcst juriE
-, - Of our State that the organization Of th2t 4
- litia force is without any warrant of Law.
q. has proceeded solely from the will Of t
10 Governor. Seventy five regiments have be
~ " organized, ard, rs above stated, all the Of
~ ~ GERS above tie rank OF captain receive til.
= appointments from him. 1t has been off1ci
- II announced that this is q State force. urgs
"a lied under State authority, whose duty is
ID enfo.ce the laws Of the State, and that
" those LAWS alone ale they amenahle. II
oof force is furnished with subsistence, fora
~ ard transportation by the United States; a
~ II. yet, by orders from the headquarters Of
ve Stair, they. were prohibited from rcuderi
'e. aes!st7hce In enforcing some orders issued
y, MED for the purpose Of returning fu
- tive s1ares to their owners. In organizi
10 this force those citizens capable Of perfor
~ ing military duty, who declared their 81
"7 raihhs to be with the rebellion, were, vi
ont commutation, exempted from render
military service, and ret have received t
va protection eyer since; many OF the loyal Il
re- itiameu being compelled to stand guard O
nd | their properly. At the same time loyal c
H. zers haye, without authority Of Ian, bt
as forced, without having previously voluntal
lite periods varying from one to eight and
he months; in many instances leaving their ia
30 lilies wholly without the means Of suppl
In The organization Of those troops has assu1
he u quasi permanent character, by the Great
ny of force known as Provisional Rfginent
ne, The intended strength Of this force is
. known. That rests entirely with the Cove
zen or. It is organized By arbitrary detail #
ion the enrolled mill il, By officers selected
we service IL indefinite, its nature and objt
no underlined by law and unknown to those =
as are detailed, and the selection Of the solt
rho is independent of any fixed rule. His t
les, | intimatfon Is that Ae has been detailed
cen te1ve In provisional regiment, aud he Is
permitted to inquire By what authority
las been detailed, or In what service he n
enter, or for what length Of time he n
~ terye It is sufficient for him to know
~. ~ he has been detailed, and must go at o.
self -os,.ond inmeSinfeIu to The rail- h
aa nas hunted out and compelled into the ra
s ass at the point Of the bay youet. In the exer
eas Of this arbitrary power intolerable burd
on- hare fallen upon loyal citizens, from Wf