M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-07-28
The National Guards not Legally SUBJ
ject tO Lineolu's orders
From the Ohio State Journal OF June 18th
THE OHIO RATIONAL GUARDS

From the Ohio State Journal of June 18th
THE OHIO RATIONAL GUARDS
The Governor of Ohio proEerej
ssme 35, 900 men, citizens of Ohio, tC
the g neral Government tor military
service. That offer having been &C
cepted, tho same was make good BY
ordering out those who hUt volunteer
Ell into tue militia organ zat;oi
known al the Ohio National Guards
They responded to The Governors or
der, and we're duly mustered into the
United States military service tor one
hundred days ,..-, 49,. ....
THIS may have been all very woll
But at the same time other Govern
ols made q like profier ufmen Tor the
same length Uf scr vice. So far ne al
present advised we are not aware tha
any other State has redeemed III
pledge Of men IN this regard. Con
seqnent)y Ohio has TO bear the brun,
vi'iis magDa nous ctier 70 the Uni
ted States Government. Perhaps
this might not be objectionable Bn,
wheo G1vetn"r Broagh otf.rcd these
35 900 men Of Ohin to the Govern
men, they were assured that their dn.
ties wonld be confined to GARRISON In
| ~, guarding lines ofco nmunication
&c. &c. The lac.. oi dnll and wan;
of familiarity with field duty, made
il obviously inOxpedient to pugh them
forward up to the 'front.', a service iol
which they never enlisted. And .hC
question now, is, has good faith bsen
observed by the Government IN this
regard towards oar National Gurdsl
We understand Thar Some OF these re
giments have been ordered from the
entrenchments at Washington direct
to the front before Richmond. We
do not bolieve that the Ohio National
Guards y g subject to any such or.
ders, either by the terms ot their en-
Iistment, or by virtue OF their muster
ing into the rYics nj Ter such
p'edges az were given them from u,
hcial qnarters. And Gov Brougu
owes it to the people Of Ohio to see Il
it lAaL the pledges voluntarily tender
ed in this matter be faithfully obser-
we'd by those on whose behalf tn,
same were made. '...... ...,..
In confirmation of this, we give the
following extract from a letter of one
of tas ofi -ers Of the 142d D. N. q.
dated
On Board 9. S, TRANsp'r W1NoNN
Wednesday, June 8, 1864.
DEAR PARENTS: | wrote you iust
as we were starting On this new ex-
pedition, from Fort Lyon. D
No doubt your minds are fully oI
anxiety about me, but hope | will BE-
able to write you often, and soon thai
we are again qnartered. ''n
Our regiment embarked at Alexsn.
drla Monday evening; and thus iar
have had very calm sailing We are on
Tue York river, and nxpec. to reach
tn. White House about two O'Clock
To-day. Our orders are to report
at the White House.. What our or.
ders there will be cannot tell, bn,
We hope for the best. 10 -.
ltiA too late, or Iot the proper tune
to question whether We have 5eell
wronged Or not. 1t ;s for Gov
Brough to watch that the faith he re
passed in President Lincoln, ia moi
abused. OF ccurse Il would be out
ragaoas to send such troops as ourt
entirely unacdusintad with batta-
lion drill-directly into the front with
old veteraus. Disaster and disgrace
be likely to follow; however brsve the
men, to say nothing of.he injustice
and breath Of faith H,9' al 9 'i'i
Tho probability ID ther w.!t not AZ
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