Q. But you conferred with the officers or advised them?
A. No; I conferred with the Governor of the State, and he gave his orders through his officers. I didn't give them any orders. I did give them every facility they asked for, just as we did with the Government of the United States when they got into the rebellion, when we stopped all our business for a time, and gave our road completely to carry men and equipments, and whatever they might require for the field or elsewhere. We gave them entire control of our road.
Q. Do you say you never made any requisition on the State authorities for protection?
A. We stated our case to them, and said we are in great danger, and the highways of the State are in great danger, and we want that protection which it is our right to have.
Q. As every other citizen of the State, you would have the right to demand protection?
A. I think we all pay for peace and order to be preserved in the State, and it ought to be.
By Mr. Engelbert:
Q. Then you never did dictate to the Governor, or to any one in his absence, what to do with the military?
A. Not a bit. I was especially careful not to do anything of that kind.
By Mr. Lindsey: