Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-08

were mainly the intelligent yoomanry
Of the land, plain farmers and me
chanlcs, Of whom Lafayette wrote u
bis vile, mo European army would
suffer the tenth part Of what the
American troops suffer. it takes clu-
zsns 10 support hunger, nassdneas, toll
and the .1tal want Of pay which COM
siitute the condition Of our soldiers, the
hardest and most patient that are 10
bo found In the world"
Coming To the incident, three years
later, Of the threatened march on the
ua.lonal capital, the Rspib lean sage.
In January, 1881, whom tho patriot
army was oucamped q, Morrisiown, y. j..
when Glover wr1.O TO MassaChusciiH.
"i. is now four days since your line N
me army has eaton ono mOu.hiul OF
broadn--a part oi Jho pcunsylvania line,
composed in "a large degree Of Irish I'm.
migrants, rUvOlHd aud, under mo lehd
~ thuir non commissioned Officers,
marched 90 Princo.uu Ou route tp PhilA-
uoiphiu, whore Congress was assembled.
What tnoy doomed indifference % their
wan on tho pArtof Congress reused tncir
indignation, and lci thom in au orderly
manner odcmaud rodru,-in person. Ihoy
were under iho impression that Congress
wasted much precious iimn be- wrangling
over question: " minor importance, nud
tina. tJino Of tho states had grown indif-
.ofont ami failed 90 furnish supplies in
food aud cloimug. " DO OF which thoir
commander. Gen. Wayne, said they were
sadly dHucIont, tnure bong but one
N.H Ia
Gus wlutnr. Tho state OF Pennsylvania,
from which these foyoltof- had boon 70.
crullol, had botu especially btcewurd IN
providing Tor tho necessities of the army,
though % was probably the riches Of all
tho states, aud through tis President ltoUd
DO hal but tu come forward and arrange
ma. tors lu the best way % could, by ray
mont of arrears and promises Tor tho
mturo,io ailay the Installation. Troops
~ Now Jersey, whose ranks. next 20 tho
Pennsylvania limo, Included the largest
proportion of Foreigners. showed signs NJ
being influenced by tho bad example, bat
Warrington intorposod ani suppressed
the r0Voli win strong hand.
N o troops ~ New England, which
had twOnty regiments Ia tho continental
service, had equal reason, says the his
turIau, 'Uf dlscontonU but thUy were
almost every ono OF them native Amou-
cans, trnua huldCfH or sous OF lrcushuldnrf.
Tho passions ot tho army wore qu.uiod
boy thor patriotism, aud order aud dis
cIpliuO returned. 10 should also boz said
ON behalf OF the mutineors that many u
them were compelled 20 ROMAN In tho
service amer their time 81 enlistment had
/ expired, and were true io thuir country
aud gave up two OF SIR Horny Clinton's
omis,arios, whom no scnt to them with
] tempting oilers, aud who, anor trial,
/ were hanged ~ splus. There were nu
] Arnolds smong those soldiers.
Finally, adds the Republican, P
may also be- taId, In excuse oi Congress
that II could do nothing but resolve
aud that the states alone could cxeout,
and furnish men, money, food ant
clothing. IiiI had not been AZ thi
period for the aid OF Robert Morris an,
France, the worst, ~ Washington sai,
Ia his circular letter 10 the New Egg
land states, that could be'all tho uas
cent states might have happened"