Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-04-20
BY the President of the United States:
b. A PROCLAMATION


WHEREAS the laws of the United States have
been for some time past and now are, opposed and
the execution thereof INSTRUCTED in the States of
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Misss-
sippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too
powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary
of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in
the Marshas by law:
Now, therefore, l, Abraham Lincoln, President of
the United States in virtue of the powers in me
vested by the Constitution and the laws, have
thought fit to call forth, and hereby do call forth,
the militia of the several States of the Union, to
the aggregate number of 70, 900, in order to sup
press said combinations, and to cause the laws to
be duly executed. The details for this object will
be Immediately communicated to the State authori-
ties through the War Department. / appeal to all
loyal citizens to favor facilitate and aid this effort
to maintain the honor, the integrity and the exis
tence Of our National Union, and the perpetuity of
popular Government, and to redress wrongs already
long enough endured.
| deem it proper to say that the first service as
signed to the forces hereby called FORTH will proba
bly, be to repossess the forts, places and property
which have been seized from the Union, and IN eve
ry event the utmost will be observed, consist
tenty with the objects aforesaid to avoid any de-
vastaton and destruction of, or interference with,
property any disturbance Of peaceful citizens in
any part of the country; and ] hereby command
the persons composing the combinations aforesaid
to Gsperse and retire peaceably to their respective
abodes within twenty days from this date.
Deemng that the present condition of public af-
fairs presents extraordinary occasion, do here
by, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Con-
stitution. convene both Houses of Congress. Sena-
tors and Representatives are therefore summoned to
assemble at their respective Chambers, at twelve
O'clock noon, Thursday, the 4th day of July
next, then and there to do what in their wisdom
the public safety and interest may seem to demand
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand
tho coal Of tho ITnifad 70 ha
Done at the city Of Washington this 18th day of
April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixtyone and of the independence of
the United States the s5th.
[Signedl ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
WIN. II. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
STAND FIRM AND KEEP CooL.-This is about all
the advice we have to give our .Union friends.
We may be upon the brink of the abyss of revou-
ton, and we may be upon the borders of peace
A few days will determine
The tier of Border States they are called stand
as barrier between the warlike attitudes of the
two extremes. If roll back, upon each side
the tide of civil war, the worst Of all wars, and
store peace we shall have achieved victory more
glorious than the annals of war can furnish Dark
mes and thick clouds are around u.s. and if we can
dispel them and bring back the sun of Peace let US
do so; but if the storm must come, and does come
let US meet it like men, and assert and maintain the
sovereignty of North Carolina. Our own mother
should be our first care. We allegiance to
Virginia the side, nor to South Carolina on
the other; and as sovereign State, with nearly
one million of people, we can carve out and guide
destiny, for the present, and hereafter de-
termine what alliance we will form. We love our
sister States, but we love our mother State still
more.
No matter what position North Carolina may take
let the conservative element, and heretofore
known as the Union party, govern and direct her
course. This is no time for elimination and recrim-
nation but we do not believe our rights ard inter-
ess would be safe in the hands of the ''precipita
tors" We fear they have too much "buncombe"
about them-too much bluster and rashness. The
times call for prudent, calm, firm councils, and not
for rash, thoughtless, headlong action If we must
sever the bonds of Union and break the ties that
have so long loved and cherished, let it be with
dignity and solemnity becoming the occasion; and
not with shouts of joy and wild hilarity. That old
Flag Of the Stars and Stripes is dear to patriotic
hearts in North Carolina, and if we, as a people
discard it, it will be moistened by tears and its
memory embalmed in our hearts
Again we say, stand firm and keep cool until the
smoke clears awav so that we can see where we are
At present We are in a fog. We have been for the
Union under then existing circumstances; what
circumstances now exist We know not and we shall
await further information.
Union men have been called "submissionSts and
towards" The time may be close at hand which will
give practically the lie to assertion base that
it could not be digniied with name of SANDER. We
shall cling to the Union of our fathers as long as
can with honor and safety, and then we shall
fight for both maintaining honor at the sacrifice of
safety.-Ad ValOrem Banner.