Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-09-16
General sherman for Civli:Law.
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: from the New York Tribune.l
E WASHINGTON, September 1.-THE
uneasiness reported TO exist in some sections
Z OF Jhe southern States is at present a su bject
OF considerable discussion Ia army cfrc les
? mere. General Sherman, in conversation has
expressed the opinion that IL would be Tar
DeJJer to leave the preservation of order n nde+
the direction OF the civil authorities OF those
5iales, II they are wiling TO use it, and 70 en-
ploy th 2 army merely as su ubsidiary. He saws
tlAt IN JtIne Of peace, and under the laws as
| they now staud, She army could do nothing
- .us SOei OF the pac OF the
iulsSuTolnS elements. The army, he SAYS can
arrest, but can neither try q criminal nor
punish him. After his arrest he must be
] turned over 10 the civil auihoritifs. and II IL
should happen that the tri Al, which would
! nave TO be by jury was before a Jury
! oI persons ~ mpathizing with the movement
winch prompted the act of the party accused,
II would be folly 10 expect punishment The
only condition of things under which the
army could arrest, try, and punish, would be
me declaration OF IN utial law in the dis uro-
ed localities. The general was under the i'm
preston that congress had deprived the Presi-
oehL OF uhe power TO declare martial law, and
that being 50, he could not see how efTectiye
work could be done il the population persist
ed in opposing it. OF course IL III. trouhIes
broke out into armed hostility, the necessities
OF the case would soon bring the remedy,
congress could be convened and grant the
necessary money, men, and material The
general does not anticipate any acts OF hostll- |
ity toward the army. II the peopie were
driven TO this, the forces now IN the south |
coulu not take part in an aggressive move. /
ment and il is doubtful whether they cnaId \
even maintain the defensive. Nothing more
ls an ntelpated, however, than the employment |
OF troops IN making arrests. Al this date, he !
WhJle cavalry force of The army is in the In 1
dian country at or near the Mexican frontier
The artillery, numbering a trifie above three
Thousand men, Is on the seaboard. garrisOntnr
lhe pIlnelpal forts and Of the twenty-five regi.
nents OF Infantry, eight are n the south, dis.
IlDuted as follows: the second in Georgia |
alabama and Tennessee; the third in the de-
partment OF the gulf; the tenth in Texas. the
eleNehth IN Texas and the Indian country: |
the sixteenth in Tennessee, Kentucky, MisSis |
slppl ana Arkansas; the eighteenth in south
carolina and Georgia; the tWenty-fourth I'M
IsXas and the twenty-ffth in Texas and the |
lEdlan country. The aggregate OF Tins force
: ABOUT nve thousand men. The general OF
me army Is now making such a disposition OF
ms force as 10 secure the most efficient serV-
ice IN making arrests. The strongest force
VIII Oe concentrated IN proximity To the sec.
lions In which the civil authorities are least
disposed to enforce the laws and preserve
quiet. In Tennessee, where the governor ana
ne county officers have shown an INCLINATION
o arrest and punish offenders, fewer tToops
VIII be stationed. The general is an ardent
1eleVer In the effectiveness Of tue pose G. MI
aus and an honest jury for civil disturbances
n times of peace, holding tile military power
Dnly as a dernfeT c OTf