, 1879-06-23

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hlc country hnd tleru boon 40 carneat purposo
on tho part Of tho Federal forces IN that dtroc-
non, properly 6raccd by w1llnRneHa 10 Incur
suen peraonal risks as become Tic profcason Of
But thc guerrilla warfare rncet in these coun-
Ties had not, at the date of th!e order, noarlv
depopnlated them, AZ alleged by Hcrl. schoAct.
inc inhsb!sauta posacsaed fcrttle md valuable
lands- Many OF them Ind hccone wealthy, nnd
alt possessed comfortable homes, from Which
tho fruquent dcprodationa of Kansns "rcd-leRs :"
and Confarato buahwhuckertt had succcctts III
ekpel'it'E them. The sweeping nHd tndfscrIm-
inato order. 'hcrotorc. operated In all tta dia.
qtlite as numerous a. tllcn tnllabltel an eQuaf
number ni anY o,hor borJor counties OF our
STATE was present when no officer reported
TO uen: Ewing lilat scrsfal hundred citizens,
military post at narrtsonsillc, Cas- County, Ind
proved their loyalty. to tho Satisfaction OF the
olt'car In cofnmaHl there, and carucsty rcqneAt.
eu That they might be armed H. order to defend
themselves .h, md their property. Ihis reason-
tended that their property should supply other
wants than those OF kts owrers.
:, II y sh1fl bccomo necessary, l feol confident
Tint It cnn DO cAsly slloWn that not rnasun
given by Gen. Suholrld In Justification Of This
the facts relating thereto. Ills e1ort to mako
1t Appear as tic result OF a necessity analogous
to that which warranted the conaagratlt,n Of
Moscow Is sufficient to excite the rIsthllty Of
any ono familiar With the two cases. Napoleon
WIS entering Moscow viii. victorious md over
vhemInK forco IN tic n,i1st Of Russian winter,
during which Ills only RELIANCE for subsistence
would have been upon The supplies stored within
fore Of these wa, tic salvation, Of the Russian
Empire. In the case o: tho measure which hc
undertakes to defend, tho overwhelming f0rfe
was With Gen. Ewing, whose duty It was 10 pro-
tcct The people md cxpos iile eushwtackerh who
infested their country. ln'do',g th!s, howcycr,
he would necessarily hare cxpoaad himself ind
communal to few casnn1tfcs Incidental to
wnr. I1o thcro!ore adopted the policy, safest to
himself, Of e1pcllIng tho dsarmcd md dofcnso-
lcss people, leaving the COUNTRY In rossession Of
their encncs, who had no difficulty IN rsocilr
Ing ali tic supplies they needed IN tho cuuntics
Immediately adjoining.
Such an order could scarcely bc justified a. d.
rooted ngaiust communities on level III tnpray-
tnorrAh; vet those whom It embraced IN Its
ru1nous swnop, In all tho virtues which chasac-
terizc q Christian community, would not have
suffered In comparison with any other rural
best determined by few facts Of slelr history.
In tie election for mernbers OF our 8tata Con-
vcntion early In 1861. IN which the question OF
Secession wns distinctly involved, not single
was cart for n Secession candidate, md those
charged with beiuE inclined in that direction
wcrc defeated by overwhelming ina]orittcs.
During the entire period OF tho Wnr, outraged
mid oppressed al they were, they furnished, nt
evory call for troops to seplcnlsh tho forcos OF
the Union, their full quota Of volunteers, thus
responding to the necessities of their GoYern-
lncut without thu compn!sfon Of draft,
Gen. Schotleld ut.generoMslv attempts to
make President Lincoln tointly responsible with
himself and Gen. Ewing for tho execution OF
this order. It is evident, however. tliat tho as
sont md appreciation Of tl!e President wero
ptcdicnted solely on the representations Of hts
General, and not upon tho ncttal facts relating
to tic nlnttcr, uf which Elo could l,nve had nc
personal knowledge. 1t can he proved that hu
went up to Kansas City from his headquarters
In Ut. Louis for tho PURPOSE OF rosclndtng this
ordor, trom The execution Of which purpose, In
harmony with the noble instincts of humanity.
he was likewise deferred by the same command
Ing influence which has induced Him to attempt
It's defense.
Gen. Ewing has doubtless discovered that this
his cEownlng tnllitnry achievement Of 1865 wds
not of q nature rs well calculated to secure tho
1aver of tho Democracy with whom he Is now
associated, as 1t WAS to viii to his support tho
jaYlIhwl1crs nlld corrupt rabhlc of Kansas,
through whose aid, there Is reason to believe,
l,o then looked for political prufcrment; md
hence bis effort, arising irntn tic necessities OF
Ills shifted aspirations, to sccuru for It gloss,
which his associate In responsibility therefor has
endeayored to put upon It, Mt the sacrifice alike
OF iu8tIcG and truth, G. C. BINGHAM,