The National tribune., 1907-03-21

them then they sheE:d b wonderful willing
Every 'GovsrnAr In the North was Of
,n terea ea mors hHs. thth t9s statss quot. with.
issued, and before the expiration Of
that time the holiday companies Of the
various States, ,awifM their ranks filled to
the maximumn and armed with such
muskets an c6fld he procured in addi-
tion to their '6wn. were on their way
either to Washington or to the Ohio
County was anxiods to be represented
among the defendefs Of the Union, and
altho the calfihad been but for $4,000
there were speedily $1,000 men in
camp. ready, SO far as they were con-
cerned, for setriceiiiThis made an army
as large as any Napoleon ever COM
manded in actual battle. Party divf-
peared. Republicans and Democrats
signed their names with equal readi-
ness to the muster rolls. The problem,
! therefore, was to provide them with
arms and equipments. Floyd had cum
ninSly stript the arsenals of the North
to fill those of the South. The Northern
States, disregardful of their militia sys-
draw their quota of arms or any arms.
What they had in their arsenals were
inadequate, rusty and unfit for service.
The First Front.
Tho the Border States had not Joined
the Cotton States, and it was hoped
would not, yet the first front upon
which the gathering troops formed CO.
incided singularly with the line between
slavery and freedom. The first thought,
of course, was for the safety of Wash
mgton, and thither the first companies
frs e..
hurried. Next to Washington in i'm
portance was the gateway to the Capt.
tai and to Pennsylvania at Harper's
Ferry. and a line was then stretched up
the Potomac to Cumberland. Md. OIL
paramount necessity was the control of
the Baltimore & Ohio system. one of
the main lines between the East and
West and troops gathered on the Ohio
shore opposite Bellaire and Parkers-
burg. where the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road reaches the Ohio River. Kentucky
had then begun to play her neutrality
game, and out of difference to this there |
were no troops along the Ohio in front |
of Kentucky until the, all-importantl !
point of Cairo, the junction of the Ohio |
and Mississippi Rivers. was reached. All
of the available Illinois militia, with
four little, inadequate brass cannon In
their possession, were hurried to Cairo.
Thus, at the very outset, was q line of
battle at least 1900 miles long to be
occupied.
April 20. Jefferson Davis reported to
the. Confederate Congress that he had
in the field 10000 men. with 10000
more en- route to Virginia. He prof.
posed to take the extraordinary step of
organizing 100000 more to be held in
readiness for emergencies.
Hostile Responses From the Border
States. -.s-r,-
In the detailed call made by the Sec
rotary Of War the number of regiments
expected from each State was given,
and all the States which had not for
mally seeded were included. In all "a
regiments were called for. which would
form an aggregate of 1881 men. OF
these Delaware usik expected to furnish
four, Virgfniau tif1ee, North Carolina
two, Kentucky foitr, Arkansas. one and
founs Gov. Lctcher, of Vfr-
sinia, responded terti!e cau thus: 81
Il have onty tn say that the militia
Of Virginia WIN not be furnished to the
powers at Washington for any such use
or purpose astthey9 have In view: YOU.
object is to subjugate the South Il !,
States; and aa.eqtas!tion made upon me
for such an nobjest-an object. IN my4
judgment, notwitfmn the purview of the
Or she act of 1795--wiilt
not be com pEed with. You have chosen
to inauguratfsa civil war; and having
done so, we Dlll meet you in spirit as
determined as tho Administration has
exhibited toward ,tile South
Gov. Ellis, of North Carolina. said:
as ..Raieigh. April Is. 1851 /:
Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of
War ,g s. s@ ~
Your dispatch is received, and, if
senuine-which its traorainary char
lcter leads me to DOUBT have to ss syt |
in reply that l regard the levy of troops
made by the Administration for the
purpose of subjugatins the States iaf h
he South, as in violation of the Con-
and Gsurpatien. of power.
can be no party to this wicked yieIa7
lion of the laws of the country, and to
this war upon the liberties. rof a, free
people. You can get no troops from
Eorth- Carolina. / will reply more ia
detail when your call is received byl
mail. I
John W. Ellis.
Governor of North Carolina"
Gov. Isham G. Harris, Of Tennessee
replied in this manner: --s
Tennessee Will not furnish single ;
nan for coercion, but so, 900 II neces-
sary. for the defense of our rights and
hose of our brethren
Gov. B. Magofin, of Kentucky. said.
Hon Simon Cameron, Secretary q,
War: Your dispatch is received. In .,
answer, / say cmphatically that Ken
lucky Will furnish no troops for the
wicked purpose of subdulng her sister
Southern States.
.B. Magoffin,
Governor of Kentucky"
And Gov Claiborne f. Jackson, of +.
Missouri, gave these among his reasons
Tor refusing to respond to the Presi- I
lent's Call: /
1T is Illegal. unconstitutional. reyo- {
utionary, inhuman, diabolical, and can
lot be complied with. Not one man :
will the State of Missouri furnish TO '
AIRY on so unho!y a crusade {
Filling Their Quotas. j