Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-09-05
Proclamation by the Governor.
STATE OF OH1o,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, :
l August 29, 1861 J
To The people Of Ohio:

To the people Of Ohio:
In your efforts to aid the General Gov
ernment in the suppression of the unnatu-
raj rebellion now waged against it, you
have anticipated the wants of that Gov
ernment, aud have promptly responded to
whatever demands it made upon you. As
liberal in the expenditure of treasure as in
the furnishing of soldiers, the public SER
vice has not languished for one day when
your resources were competent to meet its
requirements. Without regiment of
troops at the opening of hostilities, you
have sent upwards of thirty thousand men
into the field, armed and equipped. By
the magnitude of your force you have as
sisted the loyal men of Kentucky in pro-
tecting that State from the domination of
rebels. The presence of your troops, and
the victories in which they shared in Wes-
tern Virginia have preserved it for the Un-
ion and secured it as barricade against
threatened invasion of your own soil, thus
maintaining unbroken the peace of bor-
der nearly FIVE hundred miles in extent,
and protecting the heart of the republic
from the immediate havoc of war;.
The Federal Government again calls up
on you for soldiers. The late disaster at
Manassas, serious as it was in many re-
spects to the rebels, has added to their au-
dacity and insolence. Encouraged by ap-
parent success, they have augmented their
forces, and enhanced the necessity for vigi.
lance and power at Washington, in West
ern Virginia and in Missouri.
Twenty-nine Regiments of Infantry, to-
gether with proportionate force of Artil-
lery and Cavalry are now being organized
in your State. AS the Executive of the
State it becomes my duty to appeal to you
to perfect these organizations as rapidly as
possible. 1 invoke you to give no ear to
any counsels unfriendly to the prompt and
effective consolidation Of the military force
which the General Government requires to
repel the threatened assaults of the enemy,
and crush the rebellion. 1t must be sup
pressed or the Government is subverted.
Its suppression can only be effected by
vigorous measures on the part of that Gov
ernment, promptly sustained by the peo-
pie, aimated by positive and eompre-
hensive policy. l conjure you to give no
heed to any proposition, under whatever
sanction it may come, for negotiation or
compromise with armed rebellion. The
only condition upon which negotiation
can be tolerated is the complete surrender
of the rebels to tue National Government,
and an unqualified return of their ale
glance to its supreme authority. Without
that there should be no aIusiment-with-
out it there can be no peace.
1t is gratifying to me to be able to as
sure you that many of the hardships and
privatons to which your first levies were
subjected, in consequence of the sudden
ness of the call for them. and the unpre-
pared condition of the Government, Fed
eral and State. will not be encountered by
your troops now being prepared for the
field. The amplest arrangements are
made for the clothing, armng and equip
ping of our soldiers. No regiment will
be sent from its camp until it is provided
with everything essential to the comfort
and efficiency of its men. Regular pay
ments at increased rates, and at short in
tervals, will hereafter be made to all the
Federal soldiers, and with alotments and
bounties, generous provision is proffered
for the support of families.
The promptness of your response to the
previous calls of the Government, is its
assurance that all it now expects of Ohio
will be Immediately realized by the enroll
ment of volunteers enough to complete the
regiments being formed.
A general order will forthwith be issued
from the office of the Adjutant General de-
fining the conditions of the service, the
modes of recruiting and the places of rem
devious
WILLIAM DENNISON,
Governor of Ohio.