The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-23


eral of the great battlefields Of 1923. New
York mustered and put into the field nearly
$4,000: Pennsylvania, 33S, 900; Ohio, 3l3uOO;
Illinois, $4,000; Indiana, 10000; Massachu-
sets, l46. GEO. These magnificent armies
for whether the men stood in the ranks at
the front with muskets In their hands or
were peacefully occupied at home they rep
resented the war strength of their common
wealths-were each under the control and
direction Of single head, the governor OF
the state which raised and equipped them
Suppose one of the four with the big quotas
had risen in opposition to the government
What if Pennsylvania had posted her bat
talions on her mort heru border and said to
New York and New England, NO thor
oughfare for troops marching to make war
upOn the south?' Not only 33S, 600 soldiers,
but about double that number counting
every military man in the state, might have
backed up the threat.
Suppose New York had taken a stand of
that kind and cut off New England II
either Indiana, with its 100000, or Ohio
with over 100000, had Joined hands with
Kentucky what n stumbling block would
thus have been cast in the way of united
north, and If the three greatest OF the sol
diqrIproducing STATESMEN York, Penn
ENlN0flt
ally nut under arms and million more in
reserve, had declared for peace the north
couldn't have made war at all. Yes, these
great states were each nations in them
selves. had armies Of their own and could
have made respectable showing as things
were in waging independent war They
need not have waged war at all openly IA
have changed the whole aspect of the
Union struggle.
The governors who rallied and marshaled
their people on the side of the old flag were
heroes in their spheres as truly as were the
war president and the field commanders III
theirs Each was commander in chief otthe
state militia. There were faCtiOus and con
esrvative elements to subdue OrCOnvert, leg
islatures to inspire and an undercurreut OF
persistent auti-war feeling to neutralize
When the crisis came on the 18th of April
all hearts stood still until the states had
spoken, and for the time the several gov
erpors were masters of the situation. The
technical legality Of the president call was
questioned but no matter about technical
tiles if the governors chose 10 recognize the
call.
The first troops to reach Washington
were the Pennsylvania aud Massachusetts
men, dispatched without moments use
less delay by the famous war governors,
John A. Andrew and Andrew q. Curtin
In these two executives the extremes q
Union sentiment were represented. Al
drew was a radical, Curtin a conservative
Andrews soldiers Travelled farthest, wer
the best equipped and spilled their bloc
first. Curtin's men were nearest the seer
of danger and reached there day ahea
of the Massachusetts boys, but they hi
been snatched up on the spur of the m
nent and hurried off without arms
equipments, anyway and anyhow, SO tha
they got there TO show the good will of tn
Pennsylvanians and their governor. Al
drew had been at work for months TIL
day after he took the gubernatorial chair
Jan 5, 1861, he sent out secret message
to the neigbboring governors stating tina
he believed from advices from Washington
that the national capital was in danger ant
that he would put the state militia on
war footing. He advised the Others to d
the same. When the presidents call wa
issued, he had five regiments, one battalion
and one battery ready to march.
For four years Andrew was leade
among northern governors in rallying SUI
pOrters to the Union cause. He wrote til
address issued by the governors to the pee
pie during the dark days of 1862. Yet hi
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hour did not blind him to the claims {
justice. He advocated emancipation q
sound policy, but he opposed arbitrary a
rests for political opinions as an uncalle
for tyranny. Curtin, who was later to "
with Andrew in warlike zeal and activit
was wholly unprepared for war when
came. He labored until the last to pr
serve tranquility. When that proved hop
less. he bent every energy to the prosec