Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-06-15

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possible the arss of these statements can he true
and that do very greatly doubt the rorvrrsrss,,
Of the second. General orders No aO v.s ;ssnsi
at New Orleans November 90 ,se- "a -.
letter was dated January II. 1868. AIIow;ng
time for order No. 20 to reach Texas and become
generally known, some additional time mus, have
elapsed before its effect would be manifested and
q yet further time must transpire before vou woud
be able to collect the evidence Of What vou ,erm
I" the condition of the country:,' and vet. amer
all this you would have TO make the nec,ssarv
Investigations to ascertain IL order No. I0 n,
something else was the cause. The time. there
fore, remaining to enable Won. before the ,.,b M
january, 1865, to reach q satisfactory conclusion
on 80 delicate and nice q question must have been
very short. How YOU proceeded. whether Won
investigated yourself or through third persops
and il 90, who they were what their comne,ency
and fairness on what evidence vou r.S,ea rnn,
conclusion. or whether Won asccrta;rad anv ts,.s
at all, are points upon which your letter 40 dis
creetly omits all mention that I may usi, =. a.
cused for not relyinp imnI;c;,iv rnor -. ~. :.
my difficulty diminished bv the fac, ,ha, in an.
other mart Of your letter von stat. ,h., - -
the close Of the war a rerv I.,u. no.,;o,, as a..
people have no affection 70; The Eor",n. " w. .
bitterness os fe.l;ng onir uaa ~. s,.... us'
fishing and circulating ,hronah the conr,rr t"no
before IL reached me vour s,s,.mar, ,h., ;ta -
ton Of the ds,r;c, command.r 80 a. ;.,.... ..s
crime and hosti,. fee,;nc aga;ns, The Com..n,n.
been less painful to xenr s.ns;h;,;,;.s :, .s;a.,
noss;blv have o,cu-r.j 20 -, =. si .n'gn'
thing on the subject in addition 10 vonr h.rc as-
sertion.
But wha. was order No An and how .,r,a :,
have the effect you a,tr;buts ,n ,ou, J,..,.ca.,L
that % the gre.t nr;nc;,,,a., =; -, ",o.. ~"
are s,;,l the ;nb.r;,amca os ~ .e.,! noei!
sbould he that the ,;oh, &c ,r;.I r. "a
beas corpus the l;t.r,v of IN. 49,. J,h: 's. ~.
of speech. and the natural rigb,s of ne-son sna
property mus, he preserved. ;, will Won ones,;nn
the truth Of these declarations Wb;cb one or
these great PRINCIPLES OF Iibertv are Won I'D ~
deny and repudia,e? Wboever docs On a,o,,s
himself the enemy of human ,;hsrtx and ,hs .s.
vocate of de.poiism. Was tbcrr any ;,,;m.,;n,,
in general orders No 40 ,b,, an, .r;n..s =.
breaches of law wouId be corn,.,anc.5o ~.
know tha, there was NOT. On the contra,r ro,,
know perfectly well that while the considers
tion Of crime and offences committed in the Fifth
Military District was referred To the ;udgme,, of
the regular civil tribunals" pledge was given
in order No. 20, which all understood. that ,ri-
bnnals would be supported in their lawiu, iuris-
dicfion, and that forcibie resistance 10 Law
would be instantly suppressed by arms" You
Will not affirm that this pledge has ever been for
teited. There has not been a moment since have
been In command Of the Fifth District when the
whole military force in INV hands has not been
ready to support the civil authorities Texas in the
executions Of the laws. And am unwilling to
believe they would refuse to call for aid If they
needed IT,
There are some considerations which II seems
to me, should cause you to hesitate before ipdul-
ging in wholesale censures agains, the civil an.
thorities of Texas. You are yourself the chief of
these authorities, not elected bv the people. but
created by the military Not long after YOU had
thus come into Office, all the Judges of the Su-
preme Court OF Texas-fve i'm numter-were re-
moved from Office and new appointmt n,s made.
twelve Of the seventeen district iu,ipes were re-
moved. and Others appointed. County ofice-s
more or less, in seven,y-fiye out of one bundrrd
and twenty weight counties, were removed. and
others appointed in their places. II is fair 10
conclude that the execu,;re .ra ;na;.;.i Ill
functionaries in Texas are ,he persons W nom ron
desired 10 fill the Offices. II is proper 70 men
ton, also, that none but Registered ci,;zc,s and
only those who cou,d take ,be ,es, o,,h hara
been allowed 10 s.rve as Jurors dnr;ro rn,r A.
minis,ration Now !, !, sc,ns, ,n;. 81 - 90
eminent created bv mil;tsry ,ors- -. s
coming here and 50 comncssd ns -. ,',.s, ~ &
and nol;,;csI fr;.r5s En-, -, 80. .s'.aI
mos, gr;erons .or,,i,;..s ~. n's P.e.ee. 'ne
haxs sss.-,sS ,hai In, ~ "a "a ..'eh .nat you
viii no, ma;n,.;n ,s,;oa LII uo -. INC. uu!, ue;
err. will no, nnr;sh .r;,,.s. III ~, ,t. 'S o"ehu
hunorsJ bon;c;,i.s cam,o;,,.S =. .La % ou' y. vne
months NO, over ton .rrss,s ha ,... ~s. -
bv mean. oS snch orn.s d;.-.,..s - a,a.e' anu
S.,,a.a r., -. SO "e" y, ue"' you
Texas,
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