The National tribune., 1908-06-11

tyr of hiInGa To 4this President Lincoln
Long experience has shown that
armies cannot be, maintained unless de-
Sertions shall be bpurished by the Sc
we're penaiJr Ok death. The case re-
auires. and the law and the Constitu-
ton sanction. theIpunishment. Must
shoot a supplemented soldier-boy who
| deserts while I Hsust not touch a hair
of the willy agitator who induces him to
! desert?'
vallandigham Was sent thru Gen.
Rosecrans's 1inesdin the neighborhood
| of Murfreesboro. and Hospitality re-
ceived by the Confederate authorities.
| In little while he ran the blockade to
the BermudAs and then went to Cana
da, taking UP his residence at Windsor,
| opposite Detroit The Democrats of
| Ohio nominated him for Governor,
while the Union men nominated John
Brough. most exciting campaign
followed, resulting in the defeat of Val
| landigham by the then unprecedented
| majority of 100000. 1t was felt that
this reputation by the people rendered
him harmless, and he was allowed to
return to the State, where he became
Supreme Commander of the Sons of
| Liberty or Knights of the Golden Cir
| Gle v
In June. 1871. while acting as coun-
sci ioT tHt Hoteu ION ht1diilH VII
| trial for murder, Vallandigham acct
dentally shot himself in illustrating his
theory of defense, and died from its
effects. @
The Militia Called Out.
| Immediately upon hearing the full
| news from Winchester, President Lin
coin issued the following proclamation:
Whereas the armed insurrectionary
combinations now existing in several of
the States are threatening to make in
| roads into the States of Maryland. West
| Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. re-
| quiring immediately an additional mill
| tary force for the service of the Unit
ed States
| Now, therefore, l. Abraham Lin
coin, President of the United States
and Commander-in-Chief of the Army
| and Navy thereof, and of the militia of
! the several States. when called into
| actual service, do hereby call into the
service of the United States 100000
militia from the States following.
| namely: -
| From the State of Maryland, 10. 00G.
1 From the State of Pennsylvania,
so, 900. -,
From the State of Ohio. 10000
| From the State of West Virginia,
10000.
"To be mustered into the service of
| tilt- OHiltd anu "
serve for the period of six months from
| the date of such muster into said SER
vice. unless sooner discharged; to be
mustered in as infantry, artillery and
cavalry. in proportions which will be
| made known thru the War Depart
ment. which Department will also des-
/ ignate the several places of rendezvous
| These militia are to be organized
according to the Rules and Regulations
of the volunteer service, and such or
ders as may hereafter be issued.
THE States aforesaid will be respec-
lively credited under the enrolment acl
for the militia service rendered nndei
this proclarpation
In testimony Whereof / have here.
unto set myo hand and caused the sea
of the United States 10 be affixed.
/ Done at this city of Washington
this 18th. day of June, in the year, o.
our Lord 1863, and of the independ
ence of the, United States the S7th. (
/ abraham Lincoln.
WIN H. SeaarPn Secretary of State.
request~as sent to Cow Seymour
of New York, forn20 900 troops, and tt
New Jerseydfor such rIilitia as coult
be furnished. Coy Seymour at once
ordered Soubfhis orsanized militia. ant
the Go"c~nnyf OF New Ie---sy made ar
appeal to tine ';Jt Escy inen" to organize
regiments and hrptnrs tc piiia aiphia
&c assist I'm any duty which might pre-
sent itself .Rheresponse to these caiR
was far from reassairing. The organ
lied regiments of militia came forward
in obediencei,to orders. but there was
a marked disinchnatiOn on the part oi
the young men to enlist even for the
short terms proposed. The command
ers of the militia regiments did moi
show the zeal manifested In the early
part of the war by these organizations
in rushing straie,.. for Washington
Their plans generally seemed to look
to- holding defensiVely the line of the
Susquehanna. 800 10y 92ni% bne
Gen Couch. who had absolutely re,
tfusedh to serve longer under Hooker
was. given the command or the De-
partment of the Susquehanna, and es-
ltablished his headquarters at Harris
burg GEN. w. III. T. Brooks, who had
/ also retired from the Army of the Po-
tomac in anger, was put in command
of the Department OF the Mon0ngahela,
with his headquarters at Pittsburg. But
few men were sent them, however. and
these were not in shape to take the
/ field against such seasoned and enthu-
| siastic veterans as Lee was leading
/ down the Shenandoah Valley to carry
the war into the loyal States, and give
| the finishing stroke for the independ-
ence of the Southern Confederacy.
! widespread Alarm.
/ In the meantime alarm was spread
/ ing like prairie fire. AS soon as he
had disposed of Miiroy. Gen. Ewell
sent forward Jenkins with 1000 cavalry
1 to cross the Potomac and gather sup
plies from the rich farms in Maryland
and Pennsylvania. With reference to
| its effect abroad Gen. Lee had issued a
very sounding order fOrbidding all
depredations upon property, and re-
quiring that the supplies should be taxi
en- upon regular acquisitions with prop
er recompense to those from whom they
were to be given for everything. Gen.
Jackson swept the fertile country of
| its grain, cattle, flour and forage, but
complied with Lees order, giving
vouchers or paying the market price
| in Confederate money, bushel of
| which for any purpose was hardly
worth a bushel OF grain. 1t was the
| same way at all tha well-filled stores
which his followers were able to roach
They took everything that they could
carry away, and paid for it in the old
blue-back Confederate notes, which at
| that time had been SO plentifulIy issued
| as not to be worth even counterfeiting
| Jenkins had the tables turned on him
| at one place, where ne levied a contri-
| button upon the town, which the au-
| thorites promptly paid in Confederate
| money. He Jlooked on grimly Whine
| they were counting out the blue rags
with straight faces. but they seemed
| dead in earnest in disregarding his pro-