Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-09
Gen. Butler in Command in the State
ofNew York.
General Orders No Troops DdqiIsd to
Pr1erps The Peace and Prevent Rebel IN
evsions.
HEADQUARTERS CRY OF INV YoKK,


HEADQUARTERS CRY OF NEW YORK,
Nov. 5, 1864. !
General Orders No. LIN obedience to
the orders of the President, and by the
assignment of Maj. Gen. Dix, Commanding
Department Of the East, Maj. Gen. Butler
assumes command of the troops arriving
and about to arrive, detailed for dutyin the
State of New York, to meet existing emeF
gencies.
To correct INTERPRETATION, to soothe
the fears of the weak and timid, to allsy the
nervousness of the ill.advised, to silence
ell false rumors circulated by bad men for
wicked purposes, and to contradict once
and for all faIse statements adapted to in.
lure the Government in the respect and
confidence OF the people-the Commanding
General takes occasion to declare that
troops have been detailed for duty In this
district sufficient TO preserve the peace oil
the United States, to protect public prop
erty, to prevent and punish incnrsions into
our borders and to insure calm quiet.
If it were not within the Information oil
the Government that raids, like in quality
and object to that made at st. Adams,
were in contemplation, there would have
been no necessity for precautionary pre-.
parations.
The Commanding General has been
panied to see publications by some, not toe
well-informed persons, that the presence Of
the troops of the United States might by
possibility have an eject upon the free ex
ercise of the duty of voting at the ensuing
election.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
The soldiers of the United States are
specially to see to it that there 10 no inter.
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authorities are overcome with force by bad
men.
The armies of the United States are
"ministers of good and not of evil" They
are safeguards of constitutional liberty
which is freedom to do right, not wrong
They can be terror to evil doors only,
and those who fear them are accused by
their own consciences.
Let every citizen having right to vote
as according to the inspiration of his OWE
judgement, vote freely. He will be pro
tected in that right by the whole power Of
the Government if it shall become Deces
sary.
At the polls it is not possible exactly to
separate the illegal from the legal vote
"the tares from the wheat"-but it is pos
sible to detect and punish the fraudulent
voter, after the election is over.
Fraudulent voting in election OF United
States officers is an offence against the
peace and dignity of the United States.
Every man knows whether he is duly
qualified voter, and he who votes, not be-
ing qualified, does a great wrong against
light aud knowledge.
Especially is fraudulent voting deadly
sin and heinous crime, deserving condign
punishment in those who, having rebel
iiously seeded from, and repudiated their
allegiance to this Government when at
their homes in the South, now having fed
here for asylum, abuse the hospitality OF
the State and clemency Of the Government
by interfering in the election of our rulers
Such men pile rebellion upon treason,
breach of faith upon perjury, and forfeit
the amnesty accorded them. 1t will not be
we'll for them to do so.
Maj. Gen. BENZ. F. Butler.
R. F. PUFFER, Capt. A. D. O., A. A. Gen.