The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-04-20

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PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS. the laws Of the United States
have been, and are COW, opposed in severai
/ States, by combinations TOO powerful! 70 De
/ suppressed 10 the ordinary way. l therefore,
/ call for the Militia Of the several States. OF
/ the Union to the aggregate NUMBER Of a.
! 900 to suppress said combinations aud exc
/ cute the laws. ! appeal 10 ali loyal eisizens
| TO facilitate and aid this effort to maintain
the laws and the integrity Of the National
Union, and the perpetuity OF popular gov
ernmeuts, and redress wrongs that nave ions
been endured. =,
The frs, service assigned to the force will
he to rs-possess the forts, places and prop
erty tina. have been seized from the Union.
| The utmost care will be taken consistent
with the object to avoid restitution and de-
/ s,ruc.ion, or interference with the property
of peaceful citizens in any part OF the
/ country: and | hereby command persons
/ within % days from date.
! | hereby convene both Houses of Con-
| cress for the fourth day of July next, to
/. determine upon measures which the public
/ safety and interest demand. [Signed]
/ ABRAHAM LiNtoLLNs IItSlotuts
By W. ii. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
In accordance with the above proclama-
ton, the Secretary of War, on the 18th inst.
issued call on the respective State Govern
ments for troops to serve as infantry OF
riaemen, for a period of three months, or
less, if sooner discharged. Each solder TO
| take an oath of fidelity to the United States,
and to be not over 45 nor under lSyears OF
age. The apportioament is rs follows ;
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode
! Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Arkansas,
| Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota,
one regiment each Massachusetts, North
| Carolina and Tennessee, two regiment each:
P,nnsylvania, l6; Ohio, 10; New York, II
! regiments New Jersey, Kentucky Maryland
and Miss ouri, four regiments each; Indiana
| and Illinois, six regiments each; Virginia,
/ three regiments. Each regiment to consist
of an aggregate officers and men, 1o0-the
| total thus to be called out amounting to
! 1891. The remainder which constitutes
the 70, 900 men called for, will be composed
of troops in the District of Columbia.
At Alexandria, Va, the proclamation has
has increased secessionism. The impression
10 for immediate secession.
At Richmond, the proclamation was re-
ceived with execration. The public is fear
| fully excited. II is said the military will
sooner die than respond to the call.
| At pit.sbarsh POM, tho proclamation
thoroughly aroused the war spirit. Several
companies volunteered to sustain the integ-
rity Of the Union. An immense meeting
was held at the City Hall, on the night of
the 10th, ct which, resolutions declaring
undyipg fielity to the Union, approving the
course of the legislature and executive
branches of the State Government, in re-
spending to the call of the President, disre-
garding all partisan feeling, and pledging
their lives, fortunes and sacred honor in
defense of the Union, were unanimously
adopted. The meeting adjourned with three
cheers for "the Union, the CONSTITUTE on,
and the enforcement of the laws"
At Albany and Buffalo. recruiting Offices
here opened on the 10th, and enlistments
poured in by the hundreds. The Legisla-
ture Of N. Y. has passed three million
appropriation bill to arm and equip the
The Governor Of Kentucky responds as
follows to the requisition Of the Federal
Government
"Your dispatch received. In answer l
emphatically say, Kentucky will furnish no
troops for the wicked purpos of subduripg
her sister Southern States" Signed,
b. MAGOFFIN.
Governor of Ky.
The following is the response Of the Gov.
| of Missouri!
Sir Your dispatch of the 18th instant,
making a call on Missouri for four rcgi-
menis Of men has been received. There can
/ be, apprehend, no doubt but these men are
! intended 10 form part Of the President
army to make war upon the people of sece-
| ded States. Your requisition, in my judg-
ment, Is Illegal, unconstitutional and
revolutionary in its object, inhuman and
diabolic al, and coanot be commplied with.
Not one man will the State of Missouri
| furnish to carry on any such unholy cru
/ sade.
| lSisned1 c. +. JACKSON,
| Gov'r of Mo.
| At Shelhyville, Ind, Col. VIM. McCarty,
/ a stauneh Democ made a very forcible
and eloquent speech on the 18th inst, in ia
vor of an earnest support of the Govern
meut.
! At Lafayette, Ind, the war news creates
intense excitement, and volunteers are en-.
/ rolling rapidly. The Stars and Stripes are
/ displayed everywhere, and the streets are
crowded with people. The general feeling.
| irrespective of party, is that the Admins
| sra,ion must and shall be sustained a, all
| hazards.
| At Richmond, Ind, there is tremendous
excitement. A mass meeting Of citizens.
| irrespective Of party. was held. Volunteer
companies are parading the streets. The
/ euakers are turning out. Addresses we're
made by prominent Democrats. who prom
/ ised to wade through seas Of blood in sup
/ port Of the Administration and the Stars
/ and Stripes. ...
| Al Hamilton, 0his, there was an enshu-
sisstie meeting. Resolutions were passed,
and speeches strongly sustaining the Gov
eminent were made. The universal senti
meus ofthe people is that the disgrace heap
ed upon the Star Spangled Banner By trait
ors, must be wiped cut.
AsCalumhus, Ohio. an enthusiastic meet.
in was held. irrespective of party, al which
resolutions were adopted unanimously,
''Fledging our lives. our fortunes and our
sacred heoors in maintaining the Govern
msni aud eur Country's Flag
There vas an immense Union meeting IN
Cleveland Tuesday night. Mayer Fiinspre-
sided. Addresses we're made By Senator
Wade, r. S. SpauIding. d. X. Carter, and
other prominent citizens Of all PARTIES
Resolutions were adopted to sustain the
Government; approving the Psssidsnt's call