The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-10-18
THE, WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT.

if he was an officer of the army be could
take the train the next day for the city OF
Jefferson, with the dispatches to Col. Davis,
and if not an officer of the army he could
leave the dispatches there, and call and see
him, the said Major General J. G. Fremont,
on the next day; that by the refusal to see
Capt. Willard, and receive the information
which he was prepared to give, the public
service was deeply injured that the succor
demanded in the dispatches sent by Colonel
Davis was not sent, and Colonel Mulligap,
with all of his force at Lexington, in the
State of Missouri, were captured by the
enemies of the United States Government.
CHARGE 2.-Disobedience of Orders.
Specification DIN this, that the said
Major General John g. Fremont, when Or
dered by the Secretary of War on or about
the Sd day of July, 1861, to proceed to the
city of st. Louis, in the State of Missouri,
from the city of Washington, in the Dis.
trict of Columbia, did not and would not
comply with said order; but, in disregard
thereof, went to the city of New York,
and there remained until on or about the
23d day of July, 1861, to the great neg
lect OF the duties belonging to bis depart.
ment.
Specification (2)-On the Both day Of
August, 1861, the said Major General John
C. Fremont issued the following proclama-
ton:
PROCLAMATION,
HEAD-QUARTERs, WESTERN DEPARTMENT
ST. Louis, Mo-, August 30. I
Circumstances, IN my judgment OF sui.
fcient urgency, render it necessary that the
Commanding General of this Department
should assume the administrative powers
of the State.
Its disorganized condition, the helpless.
ness of the civil authority, the total insecus
rity of life, and the devastation OF property
by bands of murderers and marauders who
infest nearly every county in the State, and
avail themselves of the public misfortunes
and the vicinity Of hostile force to grati~
fly private and neighborhood vengeance,
and who find an enemy wherever they find
plumber, finally demand the severest meas.
ures to repress the daily increasing crimes
and outrages, which are driving off the in
habltants and running the State.
IL this condition the public safety and
success of our arms require unity of pur.
pose, without let or h;ndrance, to the
prompt administration of affairs.
In order, therefore, to suppress disore
ders, to maintain as far as now practicable
the public peace, and to give security and
protection to the persons and property of
loyal citizens, do hereby extend and de-
clare established martial law throughout
the State of Missouri.
Tie lines Of the army of occupation in
this State are for the present declared to
extend from LeavenwOrth, by way OF the
post of Jefferson City, Rolla and Ironton,
to Cape Girardeau on the Mississippi
river.
All persons who shall be taken with arms
in their hands within these lines shall be
tried by Court Martial, and, if found guilty,
will be shot.
The property, real and personal, of all
persons in the State of Missouri who shall
take up arms against the United States, or
who shall be directly proven to have taken
active part with their enemies in the field,
is declared to be confscated to the public
use, and their slaves, il any they have, are
hereby declared free men.
All persons who shall be proven to have
destroyed, after the publication of this or.
der, railroad tracks, bridges or telegraphs,
shall suffer the extreme penalty of this law.
All persons engaged in reasonable cor
respODdence, in giving or procuring aid to
the enemies OF the United States, 10 TO-.
mentng tumults, in disturbing the public
tranquility by creating and circulating false
reports or incendiary documents, are, in
their own interest, warned that they are ex-
posing themselves to sudden and severe
punishment.
All persons who have been led away from
their allegiance are required to return forth
with to their homes. ANY such absence,
without sufficient cause, will be held t, be
presumptiv9 evidence against them.
The object of this declaration is to place
in the hands of the military authorities the
power to give instantaneous effect to exist.
ing laws, and to supply such deficiencies as
the conditions of war demand. But it is
not intended to suspend the ordinary tribu-
mails of the county, where the law vii! be
administered by the civil officers, in the
usual manner and with their customary
authority, while the same can be peaceably
exercised.
The Commanding General will labor
vigilantly for the public welfare, and in his
efforts for their safety hopes to obtain not
only the acquiesence, but the active support
of the loyol people of the country.
J. C. FREMONT,
Major General Commanding.
That on the = day of -, 1861, the
President of the United States ordered the
said Major General j. g. Fremont to modify
the SAID proclamation, so as to make it con-
form to an act of Congress entitled " An act
to confscate property used Tor insurrection-
airy purposes" approved August 6. 1861,
which the said Major General j. q. Ere
mont has ever since failed, neglected and
refused to do, in disObedience OF said order
and in contempt of the authority of the
President OF the United States.
Specification (9-That after the order
aforesaid of said President of the United
States, commanding the said Major General
Fremont so to modify bis said proclamation,
be, the said Fremont, did, on or about the
2lst day of September, 1861, cause to be
printed and circulated large number OF