The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-04-16
The Army OF 1tnryIand.
F[oD, nc Wa,htngt0n Chronicle.

| From the Washington Chronicle.
No state shall. without the consent OF
Congress- keep troops or chips of war In time
OF peace. Constitution OF the Unhed States,
Ar. 1, sec. 100
The State of Maryland is steadily
pursuing her warlike course. She Is
doing 50 with as little ostentatlon anu
display as circumstances VIII permit
Yet no other member of the Union
ever In time of peace made such extra
ordinary efforts to train and equip
troops. Her Legislature, only a few
weeks since, gave $500 600 for additional
arms and equipments. On the 10Th OF
| March, 1868, the General Assembly of
the State passed new law OF forty
sections. nnde" the bend OF military"
| ("8iiLittn" was too tame title.) Sec
ton 80 of that law reads thus:
The military fund, as 1t is received from
pro, Rated to carry into effect the provisions
OF this ACT; and further sum, not exceeding
SlOO,U00 per Hnnun, Is merely aIso aPpfop0-
nLed for the said purpose.
The military fund" Is raised by
mpelling every person liable to mill |
tia duty to pay two dollars year or to |
Join the Irrational Guard" as the |
standing army Is called. There are also |
several classes of fines and penalties to
augment the fund. For instance, Sec
to be enrolled, who shall refuse to de-
clare his true name and age, or the
name and age of any person or inhabi-
tant OF his house, with whom he is &C.
quninted, shall, for each offence, forfeit
or pay the sum of ten dollars" &C.,
&c. Section %: For wearing, without
permission, any part of II uniform, "or
longing to the State. shall be punished
by "a fine not exceeding twenty dollaFg,u
&C. Section s: "AE hnes and penal
ties imposed by civil courts or justices
OF the peace for any violation of any
portion OF this act shall be deemed to
be n portion of he military fund ofthis
State" Section 30: For "neglecting to
| appear at any law PARADE" the sum of
two dollars, &C., &C., &c. From all
these sources it Is calculated that at
least 100000 year will be realized;
and by applying the thumb screws a
little, double that sum can be forced
from the people.
There must be taken into considera-
ton the fact that the United States has
been called upon by the State of Mary
land for arms under n general militia
law. She preferred artillery, and but
| for Mr.. Stanton would have obtained
it. The small arms were not of the
fine quality required for soldiers who
might ut any moment be called Into
actual service, so the ambitious State
purchased rifles on her own account.
| The Maryland troops are not obliged
to bny their own clothing, as volun-
teer militia do In every other State; but
to make the forces effective and ready
for instant service, the Stale provides
everything. The uniforms, being gen
orally gray, stimulate the pride of all
sYmpathiZers with the "lost cause"
Every parade fans the smould erlng
en- bers of treason into flames. No I'M
partial spectators could arrive at any
other conclusion, for the purpose of the
array is not disguised by its patrons.
| They boast that the 10Th of May 1861
cannot be repeated. Maryland from
her geographical position, has been Sc
lected AS tho champion of the rebel
cause. She does not mean TO allow
her sacred soil to be again polluted
by the tread of Union soldiers,--
With her army she expects to hold
every outlet and road in the path from
the loyal North to the capital of the
nation. Already have about fifty thou
sand of her men enrolled themselves in
the active force, and ii is said that
fifteen thousand are ready to take the
field at a moments warning. The city
OF Baltimore itself can parade its ten
thousand. With few unimportant
exceptions her standing army Is OFF,
cered by experienced rebel leaders, OF
whom General Cooper ond Col. Her
bert are fair specimens. The fact that
Andrew JohnsOn's civil appointees who
formerly served In our army bear
Maryland commissions does not dis
prove the prevailing spirit OF disloy-
atty.
The purpose is trensonI Impeach-
ment of the arch traitor, for his usurpa-
tions and crimes, was long since fore
seen. a verdict of guilty would not be
accepted by him rs the Judgment of a
court OF competent Jurisdiction. If Rc-
quilted he would be encouraged to fur
Their assaults upon that Constitution,
whose very name in his lips is mockery
and Contempt. In either case there
might be an appeal to arms.
| We have watched this movement
from its inception, and find our predio-
tons of evil verified. We again sound
the alarm.