, 1863-10-26

OF hts Ie1uEA 10 8uueE doSelAo1 N@A"Ao !"
'DVRo ~ al1eeed M that General schofeld h.d SUBJ
ordipated Federal authority n missouri TO 1
state rnle: and We gaEc the evidence OF II Ia
hIe General Ordtr No SO, OF August ~. 1858,
wherein he, in effect, admitted the necosstty
for obtaining Governor Gamole's permission
mrited II iIi States T out Of the enrolled Missouri
Mili,is-a force Of State troops embodied
withnnt authority Of law; but the President
ignores the point, though ona Of the proml-
Tent causes Of the array Of Governor Gamble's
whole power to procure zen: Cuss'e To-
1sfns,} IN recognize thAt force as oue to
which ha should commit the protection Of
We claimed that Missouri vss as much
entitled xs a, : other St:ta to be protected oy
tie national arms, and that neither aw, ldE.
nTotectirr her should be thrown upon her
rtople and her treasury !; but the Preatdsnt
fhinks our dema1d very extraordinary, aad
aass wherce the national forces are to c3ma.
and whether they shall be Withdrawn from
Banks, OF Grant, or steele, or Kosecrana;
though there does not appea: to have been
m, serious difficulty ia recently detaching a
iaipe hodv Of TROOPS from the army Of tbs
Pnfnnnc- Ia enforce the dsatt In New York,
even while that army Laced the greatest army
In 1be rebel States. In this connection let It
be said, itat there Is probably not faaiea1
Union man Ia Missouri who objects to Mis-
suprisns being employed to protect their oHn
statc. The ortsction Il to their being COM
ue}1ed into service ns STATE force, and sub.
iectcd 10 the command Of pro slavery men,
aud used for the advancement Of q pro olave1y
We seked The President not to allow the
Enrolled Militia to be supported at the ex
pense Of the United States. because 1t was
oiious]y conscr1pted into service withou: law.
ful authority; becaasn its existence Is hard
slip to the loya1 men Ut lhsso1f1; because
its did in carrying out the measures OF the
Department Commander In soae points,
sgainst dis 'oyal persons, bad been denied By
Governor GaUble's order; and bacaasc the
power In Governor Candles hands Of ap-
pointing the field officers of that force is used
TO prescribe Rsdicll Union men, and 7ppotut
in their places men Of doubtful loyalty, and
in come Instances, men who, In tho former
stages. OF the rebellion, were violent seces-
sionis:a but tue President IN bis letter does
not deem these points worthy Of remark.
We declared that from the day Of General
Schofeld's accession to the command Of this
Department, matters have grown Worso and
worse In Missouri till now they are In more
terrible condition than they have been at any
| time since the outbreak Of the rebelltoni but
| this does not seem to have arrested the Pres'
ident's notice.
And finally, we entreAted him to observe
what our sddress abuhdantly showsd,-that In
our Ill fatetl State the conflict Is between
| loyaltyand dls1oyalty; thst every radical Union
man Is wholly and truly loyal, white tho great
mafs Of the Conservatives n1e, aud have been
| from the rise Of Tbs rebellion, .notor1ously
ditloJal; but even tha: does not chauenge ms
attention, 60 as to leAd to reference to It In
Thus Is It shown taat the mat:ris1 points
presented by the Delegation and the Execu-
tive Committee vera passed By, and the case,
apEa5ertly. DECIDED III reference to matter5
not urged by either. ..-...
The only point In which our mtssion was .
succeea, IL that cf the order Of the Prcsident
IA General Schofeld concerning elections IN
this State; rhleh yon will have noticed With
qualification has already been complied With,
only justice 10 General Schoield to say, that
he Issued that order utter q conference with q
committee of Radical Union men, In the
course Of which he exhibited every dispost'
tion to do oil In his legitimate power to se'
cure fair election; really adopting sug'
additional safeguard, Which had not occurred
to them. This result, Of Itself, compensa.es
for the visit Of ouE Delegation to the Prest
! dent.
Radical Union men Of Mitsouri! the case Is
before you. You have done your duty in the
p1emieee, and though you have not gained
all you hoped, there IL no occasion to do
spond. Your cause is just In the sight o'
Heaven and Of men, and must be upheld
Great principles like ours never die. All thai
IL needed to yind;cate and spread them |:
braye. earnes: md patient hearts, and stern
resolnte will. The 1.sRe is upon Us and mus
be met. Again and again 1urge you to real
lie that It is between LOYALTY
and DlsLoyALTY. With the most solemn
earuestnese, invoke every man who loves
his country. hates treason, 1oathes traitors
and abhors slavery as the spring, and life and
power Of the rebellion, to perform his whole
ths third day Of November, let every suct
| man devote bimselt with all his might to tht
great cause Of bis country and freedom, anG
the setting sun Of that day will see the powel
. Of disloyalty finally and utterly broken In Mis-
souri. c. D. DRAKE.
ST. LOUIS, October q, 1868.