Daily national Democrat., 1861-05-29

marched of as prisoners Of war General
Frosts command, all told, was about 800,
vet many Of these were absent from the city
on leave The United States forces under
Captain Lyon are variously estimat.d from
4 ,500 to 5000.
These events were followed by series of
riots between the mobs of Secessionists and
companies of the Home Guards, who are
chiefly Germans The loss of life was con-
siderable and several unoffending men and
two women were killed by random shots.
The city was Of course wild with excitement.
and Gen Harvey, upon his return to his post,
Issued the following proclamation:
MILITARY DEPARTMENT OF THE WEST
ST LOUIS. May II, 1861.
To the People of the State of Missouri and
the City of st. Louis: | have just returned to
this post and assumed the military command
of this Department. No one can more deep
ly deplore the state Of things existing here
than myself. The past cannot be recalled.
| can only deal with the present and the fu
turc.
most earnestly desire to discharge the
delicate and onerous duties devolved upon me
so as TO preserve the public peace. | shall
carefully abstain from the exercise Of any un
necessary poweIs, and from all interference
with the proper functions of the public Off
GERS of the State and city. / therefore call
upon the public authorities and the people to
aid me in preserving the public peace.
The military force stationed in this De-
rartment by the authority of the Govern
ment, and now under my command, will on
" be used in the last resort to preserve the
peace. | trust | may be spared the necessity
of resort to martial law, but the public
peace must be preserved, and the lives and
property of the people protected. Upon
careful review Of my instructions, find
have no authority to change the location of
the "Home Guards"
70 avoid all cause of irritation and excite
ment, if called upon to aid the local author-
ties in preserving the public peace, shall, in
preference, make use of the regular army.
ask the people to pursue their peaceful
avocatons, and to observe the laws and or
ders of their local authorities, and to abstain
from the excitements Of public meetings and
heated discussions. My appeal, / trust, may
not be in vain, and pledge the faith Of SOL
dier to the discharge of my duty.
WIN S. HARVEY,
Brig. Gen. U. S. A, Com. Dept.
Gen. Harney, two days afterwards Issued |
the following address which, a concise |
history of the secession movements in Mis-
souri, is valuable documents:
MILITARY DEPARTMENT OF THE w EST,
ST. LOUIS, May A. 1861;
To the people of the State of Missouri: On
my return to the duties of the command Of
this department, | find. greatly to my as
tonishtnent and modification, most extra !
ordinary state of things existing in this State, |
deeply affecting the stability of the govern
ment and other interests of Missouri itself
AS a citizen of Missouri, owing allegiance
to the United States, and having interests in
common with you, feel it my duty as well
as privilege, to extend n warning voice to |
my fellow citizens against the common dan
gers that threaten us, and TO appeal TO your |
patriotism and sense Of justice to exert all
your moral power to avert them.
1t must be apparent to every one who has |
taken a proper and unbiased view of the |
subject, that whatever may be the termina-
ton of the unfortunate condition of things in
respect to the so-callcd Cotton States" Mis-
souri, must share the destiny of the Union.
Her geographical position-her soil-her
productions. and in short, all her material
interests point to this result. We cannot
shut our eyes against this controlling fact.
1t is seen, and its force is felt, throughout the
nation So important is this regarded TO the
great interests of the country, that | venture
to express the opinion that the whole power
Of the Government of the United States, if
necessary will be exerted to maintain Mis-
souri, in her present position in the Union. !
express to you in all frankness and sincerity
my own deliberate convictions without as
suning to speak for the Government of the
United States, whose authority, here and
elsewhere shall at all times, and under all
circumstances, endeavor faithfully to uphold |
desire, above all things, most earnestly |
to invite my fellow citizens dispassionately |
to consider their true interests as well as
their true relation to the Government under
Which we live, and to which we owe SO
much.
1t is with regret that feel it my duty to
call your attention to the recent Act of the
G eneral Assembly of Missouri, known as the
Military Bill, which is the result, no doubt,
of the temporary excitement that now per-
vades the public mind. This bill cannot be |
regarded in any other light than an indirect
secession ordinance, ignoring even the forms
resorted to by other States Manifestly its
most material provisions are in conflict with
the Constitution and laws of the United
States. To this extent it is a nullity, aud
cannot and ought not to be upheld or regard
ed by the good citizens of Missouri There
are obligations and duties resting upon the
people of Missouri under the Constitution and
laws of the United States which are para
mount, and which, | trust, you will carefully
consider and weigh we'll before you will al
low yourselves TO be carried ont of the
Union, under the form of yielding obedience
to this Military Bill, which is clearly in vo-
lation of your duties as citizens of the United
States
In this connection desire to direct atten-
tion to one subject, which no doubt will be
made the pretext for more or less popular
excitement. | allude to the recent transac-
tions at Camp Jackson near St. Louis. 1t is
not proper for me to comment upon the Off
cial conduct of my predecessor in command
of this Department, but it is right and proper
for the people of Missouri to know that the
main avenue of Camp Jackson, recently un
der command of Gen. Frost, had the name of
Davis, and a principal street of the same
camp that of Beauregard and that body
of men had been received into that camp by
its commander, which had been notoriously
organized in the interests of the Secessionists
the men openly wearing the dress and
badge distinguishing the army of the So
called Southern Confederacy. 1t is also a
notorious fact that qantity of arms had
been received into the camp, which were
unlawlully taken from the United States ar.
senal at Baton Rouge and surreptitiously
passed up the river in boxes marked marble.
Upon facts like these, and having in view
what occurred at Liberty, the people can
draw their own inferences, and it cannot be
difficult for any one to arrive at q correct
conclusion as to the character and ultimate
purpose of that encampment. No Govern
Input in the wopl1 xuDull la Ia