Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-08-17

The following military order has been pro-
in New Mexico.

The following military order has been pro-
mulgated in New Mexico.
HEADoUARrERs DEPT OF NEW MEXICO,
SANTA PB, N. NJ, July 4, 1865.
General Orders, No II.
]. The Office Of Provost Marshal Is hereby
abolished at all posts within the Territory
proper Of Now Mexico, except at the post Of
Fort Sumner on the Indian Reservation. All
property In the hands Of Provost Marshals
will be transferred to the commanding officers
of their respective posts, and return will be
made thereof to Department Headquarters.
II. All moneys In the hands Of Provost
Marshals will be sent to the Adjutant General
Of the Army in compliance with the orders
of the War Department.
III. The records Of the Office Of oach Pro-
| vost Marshal above alluded to will ut once
be closed, carefully boxed up, and sent to
Department headquarters Provost guards
within the limits named will be discontinued
and report for duty to their several COM
manding officers. The security Of life and
property, except as against Indians, and the
responsibility Of good order rest henceforth
with the civil authorities in New Mexico
This rule will hold good so far as the people
resident Of this Territory are concerned; but
to all those who come from the States late in
rebellion, or WHO have been aiders and abet-
tors thereto or therefn by overt troasonable
acts, this rule cannot apply until further or
| ders.
Such persons come properly under the
scope and puryiew Of the military authori-
ties and martial law, until their several cases
shall have been carefully inquired into, and
decided upon at these headquarters. There
fore, all such persons are hereby required to
report in person to the nearest military COM
mander, on their entering this Department,
where they will be examined and held until
their cases are reported upon and final orders
in relation to them are given.
". Tho portion Of Texas remaining in
this Department, being still under martial
law, owing to the absence of all civil officers,
will remain as IL is until further orders.
V. Now that the army Of the so-called
Confederate States, which was operating in
Texas under tho command Of Lieut.. Gen.
Kirby Smith, has surrendered to the forces
of the United States, it is practicable and
proper to abolish the passport system through
out the Territory Of New Mexico. That sys-
tenn was established for the better security
of the people-and for other reasons of a mil
itary character growing out Of the condition
Of war into which our country had been need
lessly plunged, and through which she was
forced 10 struggle for her existence.
The General Commanding the Department
takes this occasion to thank the psople for
the cheerful manner in which they acquiesced
in the requirements Of that system, and for
their willingness, generally, to be put to
some personal inconvenience for the public
good. In this, while they sacrificed no dig
nifty pertaining to themselves as loyal citi-
zens, they gave evidence Of their readiness to
stand by the country and surrender any Of
their rights pertaining to q condition Of peace
to the just demands Of the nation under con-
dition Of war.
This. last condition, happily, has passed
by; and once more the people in the loyal
States and Territories resume their wonted
privileges; while the military power, now
that IL has saved the country-returns to the
status 1t held in times Of peace-that Of
secondary importance and subordination Ia
the civil authorities.
We have presented to the world the sub.
lime spectacle Of the finest armies which ever
trod the earth, after having preserved the life
of the nation. disbanding quietly, and each
individual returning peacefully to his home
and to the pursuits Of private life.
These armies were no Pr@torian guards to
overawe the people and to proclaim this OF
that man as ruler, but armies Of intelligent
patriots, who, having seen their country past
Its perils, fell back into the ranks of the peo-
pie, and, only as men Of the people, with the
power Of the ballot alone, show their prefer
ences in common with their fellow citizens
for those they would see in official position.
In these days, thank God! when bayonets
ard sabres Mink, the liberties Of the people
cannot be endangerod and, so long as the
schoolhouse stands, the country need not fear
the rise Of an usurper. That humble edifce
more potent than armies or fortresses-is
the holy sanctuary in which Liberty can dwell
without danger, while cultivated Mind can
hold watch and ward over Ignorance, and
over mere physical force, however skillfully
directed as an unthinking machine.
By command Of Gen. CARLETON:
| BEN. O. CUTLER,
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