Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-08-28

VIC hooPtSl0S So<ES tGeIe iiiISEt Hd'C
been doubt certainly, but the Federal
Court only interfered so conplicsse--
not to decide or overrule.
Anyhow it is no business Of the aru,y
to enter upon such questions, and even
if it might be so in any event, if the
civil authority is supreme, as the Cor.
stitutioa declares it to be-, the Sogth
Carolina case was one in which thearrpy-
had plain duty.
HAD GENERAL RUoER ASKED lie rG3
ADVICE,
And if had given it, ] should Of course
have notified you Of my action imneli-
ately, so that it could have been prompt
ly overruled if it shorid have beer
deemed advisable by you or other supe.
rior authority. Gen. Rager did ro;
ask fer my advice, and inferred from
that and other facts that he did not tie-
sire it, or that. being in direct .conmun-
ication with my military saperiors at
the seat Of government, who were near.
or to him in time and distance than !
was-he dcemed it necessary. As Cen
Ruger had the ultimate responsibility CT
action and had really the grea. danger
to confront in the final action ir tho
matter, I did not venture to elnbai i.ass
him with suggestions He ~as de-
partnlent commander. and tho lawf'i:
head .: ,le military administration with
in tbs limits oi the department; hus he
sides, I knew he had been called TO
Washington for consultation before tai:-
ing command. I knew'tLas b. was in
direct communication with, my snnariors
! in authority in reference TO the delica.s
subjects presented for hin consideration,
or had ideas of his own which. he be
lieved TO he sufficiently in acoo-d with
the views OF our eoMa.oa su-seriors toen-
able him to act intelligept.y according
! to his judgment and without suggestions
from those not On the spot and not as
fully acquainted with the facts 81 kim
SELF He desired. too, to be free to act
as he had the eventual greater -esponsi.
oility, and so the matter was governed
as between himsnd myself.
THE Army Ant; srRz .kya
As nave been writing this freely *
you, l may still, further e,uaoso,u my
self bv stating that have not though'
i: lawful Or wise TO use federal troops il
such matters as have .ranspiredeast o.
the Mississippi within the LAST few
months, save so far aa they may b,
brought into nctioa under the article o
the Constitution, which contemplate.
meeting armed resistance o. invasion O
STATE more powerful, than the State au
thorisies can suhdue ty the orlinar,
processes, and then only shen requested
by the Legislature, or, II it could not b
convened in season, by the Governor
and when tac President Of tic Unite,
States ntervenAs in that manner i is
state Of " a., not peac".
The army is laboring undr- disadvan:a ages
and has been used unla lawful, at times in tn
Judgment Of the people t:a mine certainly
and we have lost great desl Of the kind
f,ol; o$
felt for us. ut Is time 10 81, = and unload
, Officers in command OF tro>,l,s ofteh f..d
difficult to act wisely and safely when superi
ors in authority have different v;ews ot tn
law from theirs, and when legislation ila
sanctioned action seemingly IN conflict Wit
the fundamental law. a,if ti,ey generally de
for TO the known Judgment II their SUPER
nrs. Yet the superior oehsara Of the arm
are 80 regarded IN such zrea, crisis. aid Ar
held to ssch responsibility. especially :hose Il
r or near the head Of II, tnat it IS NECESSARY o
such momentoua occasions W care TO Ge;=nr
inc tor themselves what is .s- full and what
not lawful under our sysis,n, if the n,iii:ar
authorities should be invoked as might r,ss
Y bly, be the case III sue.2 s.oeptionai tiunt
when there exlsted such G!rsrgent Vlehs 4
I to the correct result. 1he army will suft
from its past action if it has sctod wrung:ally
: Our regular urny has little hold upon the q
fections Of the people to-day. and it's SUPERB
e u:fice.s should certainly, ns far H. lies il the
q pawer. legally and with righteous inte 1t al
Z. 70 defend the right, which to lis IS the Law
and the institution which t::ey represent.
is well meaning iu>titutioE, aud !: wJu
+ be well i, ii should have Az opportunity 10
e recognized as bui~ark - support u. Il
rights Of the people aud Of tho law.
+ am truly yours, ". 5. HANCOCK,
To Gen W. 4. Sherman. C ,:.imaal! II
of the United States. " ssliingtuu, l..
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