The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-02
Weston, West Virginia, October 2, 1880.
Tho Example set by Washington
.EoiiO,cetL bH II0ac0eh;.

the officers and soldiers called out
to suppress the rebellion in Penn
sylvnria in 1905 as follows:
Every officer and soldier will
consistently bear in mind that the
essential principles Of free gov
ernmcnt confine the military when
called forth on such occasions to
these two objects: First, to combat
and subduc all who may be found
in arms in opposition to tIlc nation
al authority: secondly, TO aid and
support the civil magistrates in
bringing offenders to justice. The
dtspensation of his justice belongs 10
the civil magistrates, and ist Il eveT be
our pride and our glory to lcaus tic
sacfeeE deposit there iaviOlae.
After tho rebels had laid down
their arms General Washington
wrote tho following letter to Gen
.erll Morgan:
PurLApELpI1tA, March, 1895.
DEAR SIR: Ithas afforded me
great pleasure to learn that tho gem
eral conduct and character Of the
Army f12,0O0) men shave been
temperate and indulgcnt, and that
your attention to the quiet and
comfort Of the Western innabi-
tants has been well received BY them.
Still Il n,ay 10 proper constantly and
s,ronglyto impress upon tie Army thai
they are MERE AGENTS OF TIE
CIVIL no YER; hat oui Of camp
they hare no more authority Than other
citizens; that ofsascs a7aias. The lu,cs
are 10 Gs examined, not Jya military
officer, ba Jy a ntagis,rate; that they
aro not exempt from arrests and
indictments OF violating the laws"
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
What does General Washington,
in defining tho essential principles
of a free government, say Of the
nun who aspircs to be his success
sor in the chair Of State? What
does lie say Of James a. Garfield,
who denounced General Hancock
on tho floor Of Congress for repeat
ing the very words which he adj.
dressed tosthc Army Of tho United
States, and, which were to be OBJ
scrycd=as=long=as #tlle=American
Government Should last, but that
Garfield was committing treason
against thefrccz government Cen
cral Garfield demanded tho re-
.nloyal Of General Hancock for obey.
ing orders siu,ilar TO those cf.Wash-
iRgton, declaring that he had been
sent down to Louisiana with orders
to deal out justice as n military
officer, according to the radical
theory, that tho cisa should he at
I'LL times subordinate to the military
law. Garfield declared that the
dispcnsation of justice belongs to
a military, and not to n civil officer,
rs Washington had said.
General Hancock followed the
example and ebcyed the orders of
Washington. Whose example and
whose orders did James X. GAR
field obey? AnswCr-The exam
pie and orders OF George the Third.
In TIL Thomas Jefferson wrote a
petition to his Majesty George the
Third, which contained tho follow
ing among other grievances EMU
merated:
TO render these proceedings still
more criminal against our laws,
ia&ea2 Of suJjccting The military 10 the
ciuR poser, his M9jesty has expressly
nunls tho civil subordinate 10 thc mill
mry. But can his Majesty thus
put down all law under lis feet?
Can he erect q power superior to
tlmt which erected itself2 lie has
tlono it by force, but let him
remember that force cannot give
right. Let not the name of George
the Third be n blot on the page Of
history. No longer pcrscverc in sac
rifciag tho rights Of one part Of NE en-
rirs to The inorlinG,c desires Of a"olhsr.
The God who gave us life gave us
liberty ut the same time. The
hand OF force may destroy, but
cannot disioin them.
If General Garfield is elected
President the illcas Of George the
Third resume their reign over tho
American people, rs they wero be-
fore Washington conquered the ar
mics scnt tn cnslayc them,