Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-06-27
The ChickasaW Nation.

This tribe OF Indians have, through thell
Legislature, declared their independence Of
the Abolition Rump at Washington. We
copy from the Memphis Appeal the procla-
nation of their Governor announcing the
fact, and calling them to arms:
Whereas, The Legislature of the Chick
asaw Nation has, on the 25th day Of May,
1861, adopted resolution declaring that
in consequence of the secession of a large
portion of the States, formerly comprising
the United States of America, the Federal
Union has been dissolved, and by reason of
such fact, and the failure of the Govern
ment at Washington protesting to act in the
name of the United States, to afford the
protection, and to pay over the moneys to
which the Chickasaw nation was entitled
under treaties with the United States, that
the Chichasaw people are absolved from all
allegiance to any foreign government, and
are left independent, which it is proper
should be made known to the people Of this
nation and to the word.
Therefore, I, Cyrus Harris, Governor of
the Chickas.sw nation, do hereby publish
and proclaim, that the Chickasaw nation is
of right and ought to be free and indepeu-
dent; and further, in obedience to the iu-
structions Of the Chickasaw Legislature,
contained in said resolutions, do hereby call
upon all Chickasaw warriors over eighteen
and under forty five years of age, to form
themselves into volunteer companies, con-
sistiug of at least fifty men, exclusive of
the captain, first, second and third lieuteu.
ants, and first, second, third, fourth and
fifth sergeants, and bugler, making in the
aggregate sixty men to each company. The
commissioned officers to be elected by the
companies, and the non-commissioned Off.
GERS to be appointed oy the captains, and to
report to me complete roll of the same as
soou as they are formed; said companies
to hold themselves in perfect readiness,
armed and equipped as mounted riaemen,
to turn out for the defence of the country,
the enforcement of the laws, and the main
tenance Of the rights of the nation, at a
minutes warning. When called into ser
vice the companies will be organized into
battalons or regiments, according to the
number, with the privilege of electipg their
field officers, the whole to act under the or
ders of the Commanding General of the
Chickasaw nation. Native Chickasaws o, er
Is years of age are advised to form them
selves into "IIome Guards"
Given under my hand as Governor, and un-
der the seal of the Chickasaw nation, at
Tishemiugo, this the 25th day Of May,
A D., 1861. c. HARRIS, Governor
BY the Governor:
HOLMES CoLERT, National Secretary
MASSACHUSETTS VoLUNTEERs.-AB Bos-
ton correspondent of New York paper
says: 81 tell you, Massachusetts will send
men, 'who will fight till from their bones the
aesh is hacked They will wade through
rlood and slaughter IN support OF the stars
and stripes"
1t was a Massachusetts, general who led
the federal troops in the battle at Bethe!
Church. He waded "through blood and
Slaughter to get out of the range of South
ern bullets, and We opiue that the valiant
Butler, of Massachusetts,, would have been
equally prccipitate in his retreat. The
New York Day Booh thus pungently an
swers the foregoing bit of braggadoeia:
"In the war of 1912, and in the Mexi
can war, Massachusetts, boasted that she
furnished no troops-ssid it was 'unbecom.
ing christian people" to do so And
when the soldiers who were raised and sent
at the private expense of Caleb Gushing
came back from Mexico, they were hissed
aud -otten-egged in the streets of Boston,
and hooted at as "Jmchers." The n. Y.
Tibrnc, at that time, called Gen. Worth
GONE of Uncle Sans iourneymen throat
cutters !"