Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-06-29

they plainly announced that it was the intcn-
ton of the Administration to take military
occupation, under these prctcxts, of the whole
State, nnd reduce it, rs avowcd by General
Lyon himself, to the exact condition of Ma
ryland.
The acceptance by me of these degrading
terms would not only have sulicd the honor
of Missouri, but would have aroused the in
dignation of every brave citizen and prccpi-
tatcd every conflict which it has been my aim
to prevent. We refused to acccde to them,
and the conference was broken up.
Fellow citizens, all our efforts toward con-
ciiation have failed we can hope for nothing
frou, the justice or moderation of the agents
Of the Federal Government in this Stutc.-
They arc cncrgctically fastening the cxccu-
ton of their bloody and revolutionary
schemes for the Inauguration of civil war
in your midst; for the military occupation of
your State by armed bands of lawless invaders;
for the overthrow of your State Government,
and for the subvcrsion of those liberties which
that Government has always sought to pro.
tcct, and they irtend to exert their whole pow
or to subjugatc you, if possible, to the militia
ry despotsm which has usurpcd the powers
of the Federal Government Now, there
fore,
I, G. f. Jackson, Governor of the State of
Missouri, do, in view of the foregoing facts,
and by virtue of the powers invested in me
by the Constitution of this Commonwealth is.
sue this my proclamation, call the militia Of
the State, to the number of fifty thousand
into active service of the State, for the pur-
pose of repcling said invasion and for the
protection of the lives, liberty and property
of the citizens of this State, and earnestly
cxhort all good citizens Of Missouri to rally
under the flag of their State for the protcc-
tion of their endangered homes, fresidcs, and
for the defense of their most sacred rights
and dearest liberties.
In issuing this proclamation, 7 hold it to he
my solemn duty to remind you that your first
allegiance is due to your own State, and that
you arc under no obligation whatever to obey
the unconstitutional cdicts of the military
despotism which has cnthroncd itself at Wash
ington, nor to submit to the infamous and dc.
grading sway of it's wicked minons in this
State. No brave and true hearted Missouri.
an will obey the one or submit to the other
Rise, then, and drive out ignominously the
invaders who have dared to dcsccrate the soil
which your lubors have made fruitful, and
which is consccratcd by your homes.
CLAIBORNE +. JACKSON.
How a DEspoT FuLrILIs HIS PLEDGES.
In his Inaugural, Mr.. Lincoln said
" In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow
countrymcn, and not in mine, is the momcn
tous question of civil war. The Government
will not assail YOU"
In the face of this declaration, his mcrcc-
nary soldiers have murdered citizens of Mary
land. and now hold that State under absolute
military suhjugation.
His soldiers have murdered pcaccnblc, un-
armed citizens of Missouri; deprived her cit
izcn soldcry Of their arms, notwithstanding
the Constitution he has sworn to see faithful
ly executed declares that "a well regulated
militia being necessary to the security of
free State, the right Of the people to keep
and bear arms shall not be infringcd :" and
large bodies Of mcrccnary troops are now quar-
tered in that State to intimidatc aud hold in
subsection free people
His mcrcenary soldiers have murdered cit
izens of Virginia while defending their prop
erty and their rights MS private citizens, and
he is now marching large bodies Of troops into
that State for the purpose Of suhjugating her
people.
lie has quarcrcd a large army at Cairo who
have, by his directions, destroyed the com
mcrcc Of the Mississippi River
lie has established military department.
in Kentucky, and directed the commander OF
that department (Col. Andcrson) to establish
his headquarters at Louisville, the first step
towards holding that State as a conquered
province.
lie has approved the refusal of Gen. But
Ter to surrender slaves who have been cnticcd
into Fortress Monroe, because they belonged
to a people who would not acknowledge them
selves Black Republicans.
lie has approved the conduct Of Gen. Cad.
walladcr in refusing to obey the cdict of the
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court the tri-
bunal of last resort for citizens of free
Government.
He has authorized the seizure of private
tclcgraphic correspondence, which the Con
stitution he has sworn to support expressly
declares shall not be violated"
He has set aside and tramplcd upon the
Constitution in his efforts to subjugatc free
people, .--NashuiUe Union.
DEATH OF A VoLUNrEER.-Mr N. j. D.
Williams, member Of Capt Fcrgusons
command, Company D, Third Regiment S.
c. ", was killed on Sunday morning, short
distance West of Sumter. He had placed
himself on tho top of the train, for the pur-
pose of enjoying the breeze, when the train,
passing under bridge, he was instantly
killed. The young man was tho son of wild
owed mother, who though poor, had three
sons, and upon the call for volunteers hcing