. The soldier of Indiana in the war for the union . d long enough, would have been intensifiedand prolonged. Several gentlemen in St. Louis hastilyconsulted with each other, and promised the President, ontheir own responsibility, the four regiments required of theState. The Secretary of War, accordingly, sent orders toCaptain Lyon, who was at the time in command of theUnited States Arsenal in the city, to enrol the regiments inthe United States service as soon as they were raised. Ten days after the reply of Gov. Jackson to the Presidentsrequisition, a national force took possession at night o
. The soldier of Indiana in the war for the union . d long enough, would have been intensifiedand prolonged. Several gentlemen in St. Louis hastilyconsulted with each other, and promised the President, ontheir own responsibility, the four regiments required of theState. The Secretary of War, accordingly, sent orders toCaptain Lyon, who was at the time in command of theUnited States Arsenal in the city, to enrol the regiments inthe United States service as soon as they were raised. Ten days after the reply of Gov. Jackson to the Presidentsrequisition, a national force took possession at night of thecontents of the Arsenal, and carried them off to Springfield,Illinois. It was a masterly stroke, but Gov. Jackson wasprepared for emergencies. A few days later, he received aquantity of arms which had been taken from the UnitedStates Arsenal in Baton Rouge, aud sent up the river inboxes marked marble. These he put into the hands of aforce which was called together ostensibly for militaryinstruction. In addition to the arms from Baton Rouge, a. %Vc-£p^rm<,A:C;15 CONFUSION AND DISTRESS. 149 large supply was obtained by the robbing of an arsenal inClay County, of a magazine in St. Joseph, and of scatteredUnion families. The fact that the Governor favored Secession opened thedoor to every evU. No exhortation to peace could influence,and no law could control the idle, uneducated, constitu-tionally rebellious sons of rich planters; and the rowdies andrascals who had everything to gain, nothing to lose byrevolution. They seized with a mad eagerness opportunitiesfor lawless roving and robbing, and inflicted untold outragesupon Union families. No farm nor village was safe fromtheir intrusion. Furnished with a commission to hunt,they pursued a system of horse-stealing and general robbery,and delighted in inspiring the helpless and unprotected withterror. Not satisfied with robbery, and with the terror theiroaths and outcries excited, they committed more hideouscrimes. Their hand
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