The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-07-20
Procl.m alton to m,..ou ,,

QUINCY, ILL.,, July l5.-The following Procla-
nation was issued this morning to the citze ms
Of northeast Missouri: False and designing
men seeking the overthrow Of Government
which they have known, by its benefits and
comforts, have SO mislead the, minds of many of
yeu, that armed opposition to the Constitution
| and the laws has, in many parts of your cour-
try, become the fashion Of the times, it be-
comes my duty as commanding a portion Of the
Government troops, now in service in your sec
ton, to warn you that the time for liberation of
treason has passed, and that the man or body
of men who venture to stand in defiance Of the
supreme authority of the Union, peril their lives
in the attempt.
| 1t is question now of free Government un-
der the Constitution your fathers made or of no
Government. You must make your choice to
obey, maintain and support the Union which has
given you every element of prosperity you have,
or to deliver yourselves, by your own folly, into
the hands Of an irresponsible mob, excited by
passion, crazy with prejudice, unable and unwil
ling to protect your lives, your property your
regulations If you choose on your own free
will to place yourselves in this position if you
will deliberately call down upon yourselves and
| your neighbors the curse Of war; if yon will
compel the Executive power of the nation to
put in motion among you the terrible machinery
of the military service, remember when the
blow comes that you have compelled it to de.
| scend upon the Government Without your
wrongful acts this would not be. Your peaceful
| and prosperous pursuits would go on as usual
| and your country be as free from armed oocu
patton as it was when you we're loyal 60 the ma
ton, as it is now wherever the idea Of secession
has not cursed the country, g as9t % III. /
There is one simple and easy remedy for this
| state of thir gs, and that remedy is in your
hands. 1t is return to the old habits Of trust,
confidence, and affection for the Union-to the
old peaceful times when every man was protect.
| ed by the law and loved the law for the bles-
| sings It conferred; thus much of warning and
| advice to those who have been swept along with
this tide of evil influence. 7 - af
The character of the resistance which has
been made is in strict conformity with the
source from which it Originates as;
sassins watching for opportunities Of murder and
become heroes among their associated bands by
Strengthening by stealth those whom openly they
dare not meet. This system, unknown to civ
Ilized warfare, is the natural fruit that treason
bears. The process of criminal courts adminis.
tered in disafaeted neighborhoods viii not cure
this system of assassination, but the stern and
imperative demand of military necessity, and
the duty of self-protection will furnish sharp,
decisive; and rapid remedy in the summary JUS.
tice of cosrt martial. '29 q ser5
Men who have once foresworn themselves by
treason viii be ready to commit perjury again
as the means of escape from merted cap
tivity, through the mistaken lenity Of offices who
permit them to 60 free upon their renewed oath
and openly boast that they never meantto Keep
it; and thus truth and honnr are merely by
word, where the sentiment of LOYALTY has failed.
But am slow to believe that this old sentiment
Of patriotism has utterly died out. believe
that there are yet many who reverence and love
the Union and stand by the old fag that has
never known dishonor. To all such am author.
lied to say that the United States will attend to
every one full and complete protection and sup.
port. Brt they, as lovers of the Uuion, must
express by words and by acts that love and re.
gard; they must organize themselves and take
their post and share in reconstructiDg the frame
of society; they must make their sympathy
known by their actions, if they seek to be Of
use in these times Of trial. s5D'32 e a
No peaceable citizen who remains in the dis
charge of his ordinary duties shall be molested
by troops under my command with impunity,
but, SO far as the power vested in me is con-
cerued, he shall be fully pro ected Those on |
the contrary who neglect their private offices to
do mischief to tie common country, to instigate |
sedition and to- promote rebellion, must take |
the c0asequences which their acts drew upon
them. For ss treason is the highest OF crimes |
as it involves every other crime, as it is in this
country not only crime against tho Govern
ment but against civilization and the hope of |
the world, it needs and must have peremptory /
and effective chastisement that will follow as in
evitably as fate. Il therefore cali upon all citi.
gems Of Northeastern Missouri to devote them.
selves TO their ordinary business pursuits, to all
irregular and unlawful assemblies to Law down
arms. if taken up against the Government, and
TO be fully assured that the United States,
though preferring a quiet and uniform obe-
dience to heiaws, y yetready and sbundantly
able to enforce compliance and 70 inlet, If It
be necessary the extreme pepAlty on all active
and known traitors. ae7gs 1890, -. 90.
(Signed:) : STErHIx A. HuRLRur, M
IS ss Brigedier-Generalu o. s. Volunteers. III
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