The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-05-22
[Indorsement.I
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES
oP THE limited STATES,

cameron ana us WIG uoNe oec
unfiluching friends OF the Government
from the beginning of our troubles Il
the present day. There are no NOR
thoroughly loyal people anywhere il
the North, and they are entitled Il
protection and pay for their propert'
converted to Government use. VIVA
is now known as Fort Cameron, Chat
tanooga, was the private property o
Mr.. Cameron. From it's elevated ant
commanding positiop,it had to be tskeI
and fortified. By this means the entir
property, with improvements, ha'
been entirely destroyed for private use
I would recommend that the propert!
be purchased, at a fair valuation, To-
Government use.
U. s. GRANT, General.
1t will be noticed that in this cas-
the property was located il Stat
known as one OF the insurrectionary
States, and that General Grant In
dorsed the claim az just one apC
! recommended it's payment.
This fully commits the President
to the payment to loyal persons fol
property taken or damaged by United
States troops N iusurrectionary States
and the act for the relief OF the Ken
lucky University and many other sim
liar acts, signed by the President, fully
commit him to such payment to persons
in Srstes not in rebellion.
But the question Of damages to Loyal
persons in iusurrectionary States has
nothing to do with the claim of Yves,
Virginia. The loyalty OF our section
OF country was recognize and ackuowl
edged by the general Government IL
the early part OF the war, even while
our State was a part Of the State o.
Virginia
! do not understand that the late
war Was waged against States, a.
States in their sovereign capacity, but
against such oil the inhabitants only az
were In a state OF insurrection, resisting
the laws. 1t is a historical TACT that
all through the war distinction was
preserved in the legislation OF Congress
and the proclamations OF the Presl-
dent between the loyal and disloyal
inhabitants OF the States and parts oil
States in rebellion.
LOYALTY OF WEST VIRGINIA RECOGNIZED
BY THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE
WAR.
As to our own section Of country,
| will cite extracts from some Of the
proclama,ions OF President Lincoln in
regard 10 the States in insurrectlon.
In his proclamation of August 10, 1861
he says:
In pursuance of an act of Congress,
approved July LIST, 1861, do hereby
declare the Inhabitants OF said States
OF Georgia, South Carolina, Virg'nla'
North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama,
Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Flor
ida, except
And here ask the special attention
OF the Senate
except the inhabitants Of that part OF
the State Of Virginia 1.-The State OF Yves.
Virgi MIA was not formed until 1853
living west OF the Allegheny Noun
tains, and OF such other parts OF that
State and the other States hereinbetore
named as may maintain loyal adhe-
sion to the Union and the Constitution!
and may be from time to time occupied
and controlled by the forces OF the
United States engaged in the dlsper-
son OF the insurgents, are in a state Of
instruction against the United States
Nc.
President Lincoln also, in a procla-
nation dated July LIST, 1862, in pursu-
ance OF an act OF Congress passed June
7, 1861, in which it was made the duty
of the President to declare, on OF
before the lst day OF July. then next
following, in what States and parts o.
States instruction existed, expressly
excepted the counties comprising West
VirgInis:
lie also, in a proclamation issued
April 20, 1863, revcking certain excep'
tions made in q former proclamation
expressly excepted the counties OF Viz
GINA designated as West Virginia: -.
So you will will see that the Presl
dent OF the United States, in every
proclamation Of Instruction, was
careful to make distinction in favor
OF the State OF West Virginia, and Iusl'
ly so.
PROMISES MADE TO OUR PEOPLE.
President Lincoln, in his proclama-
ton OF April Is, 1861, appealed &c
all LOYAL citizens, wherever situated
to lend their aid in maintaining the
honor, integrity, and existence of the
Union. He declared that in the effor
to re-establish it's supremacy the ut
most care would be observed to avoid
any devastation, any destruction OF OF
interference with property, or any dls'
turbauce of pesceable citizens IN any
part of the country. This looked as /
i was the intention OF the Government
| to protect loyal persons in their prop
erty, no matter where Iocateu.
During the late war the Commander
ip-Chiet of our armies issued "instruc
lions for the government OF the arm'e'
OF the United States in the field iron
which | quote three sections:
"a. As a general rule, the propert!
belonging to churches, to hospitals, o
other establishments OF an excluslvel.
charitable character, to establishments
OF education, or foundations for tn
promotion OF knowledge, whether pub
| lie schools, universities. academies o
learning. or observatories, museums o
the fine arts, or Of a scientific charsc
ter-such property is not to be consld
cred public property in the sense o
paragraph 81.
(This paragraph, (3l,) recites what
victorious army may appropriate II
time OF war.