Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-09-06

The following proclamation has been issued
by Maj. Gen. Fremont. 1t is severe but neces.
sary; The day has gone by when traitors should
dc treated tenderIy. Nothing but the strong
arm of the military, and martial law will keen
ITEM under proper Subsection:
HEADQUfETBRs, WEsTERxy DEPARTMENT,
ST. Louis, AUGUST 81.
Circumstances, in my Judgement are Of suf-
fieient urgency 70 render it necessary tha; the
Commanding General of the De parlment,
should assume the administrative powers of the
State. Its disorganized condition, the help
lessncss or he civil authorities. tie total fnse
curity of life, and the devastation or Property
by bands Of murderers and narauders, who in.
fest nearly every county in the State, ahd avail
themselves Of the public nlisiortuncs, and tbs
vicinity Of a hostile force, to crafty ptf9ate
aud neIghboth hood vengeance, and who find an
enemy wherever they find plunder, finally de.
mand the severest measures to repress the dai.
ly increasing crimes and outragcs which ase
driving off the inhabitants and running the
State In this condition the public safety and
the success of our arms require unity of pur-
pose, without let or L,ndrance TO the promp
administration of affairs. In ORDER therefore,
to suppress disorders, to maintain as far as is
now practicable, the public peace and to give
security and protection to the persons and pro-
perty Of all loyal citizens, do hereby extend
and declare established martial law throughout
the State of Missouri.
The lines OF the army OF occupation in thit
iotale are, for the present, declared to extend
from Fort LeavenwOrth, by way Of the posts
Jefferson City, Rolla and Ironton, to Cape
Girardeau, oH the Missouri river. All persons
found with arms in their hands, within these
lines, shall be trfed by court martial, and If
lorund guilty, be shot. Fhe property, real aud
personal, of all persons in the State of Mis-
souri,, who shall dare to take up arms against
the United States, or shall be directly proven
to have taken on active part with their enc.
mics in the field, is declared to be confscated
to the public use, and their slaves, if they have
any, are hereby declared free. All persons who
shall be proven to have destroyed, after the
publication Of this order, railroad tracks, brid-
ges or telegraph, shall suffer the extreme pen
atty Of this law. All persons engaged in trea'
sonable correspondence, in giving aid to the
enemies of the United States, in fomenting tu-
mults, in disturbing the public tranquility, by
creating and circulating false reports, or incen-
diary documents, are for their own interest
warned that they are exposing themselves to
sudden and severe punishment. All persons
who have been led away rom their allegiance
are required to return forthwith to their homes.
Any such absence without sufficient cause, will
be held to be presumptive 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 the
existing laws, and to supply such deficiencies
as the conditions OF war demand. But it is
not intended to suspend the ordinary tribunals
of the country, where the law will be admins.
tered by the evil officers in the usual manner
Ind with their customary authority while the