Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-04

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The Following is the proclamation in full of
Gen. Fremont, announced yesterday by tele-
graph:
H-EADQUARrERs WESTERN DEPARTMENT
ST. LOUIS, 40, August 80, ISL.
Circumstances, in my Judgment, of sufficient
urgency render it necessary that the command
ing general Of his department should assume
the sGministrative powers Of the State.
lis disorganiZed condition, the helplessness
Of the civil authority, and the total insecurity
Of life, and the devastation OF property by
hands OF murdeTeTs and maTsuders who infect
very nearly every county in the State, and avail
themselves Of the public mIsfortunes and the
vicinity Of a hostile force to crafty private
aud neishboThOod vengeance, and who find an
enemy wherever they find plumber, finally de-
Inanded the sevcIest measures to Tepres3 the
daily increasing crimes and outrages which
are driving off the inhabitants and running the
State.
In this condition the public safely and The
success OF our arms require unity Of purpose
without let or hindrance 10 the prompt admins
tratiOn Of affairs.
In order, therefore, TO suppress disorders, to
maintain, as far as pTactIcsble, the public
peace, and to give security and protection to
the persons and property Of loyal citizens, ]
DO hereby extend and declare established mar
tial law throughout the entire State Of Mis-
souri,, and the lines of the army Of occupation
in this State are for the present declared to
extend from Lesvenworth, by way Of the pests
OF jefferson City, Rolla and I~rOnton, to Cape
G;rardesu on the Mississippi river. All per-
sons who shall be taken with arms in their
hands within these lines, shall be tried BY
court martial, and, il found guilty, will be
shot.
TIE property, real and personal, Of all per-
CONS in the State Of Missouri, who shall be d.
rectly proven to have taken active part with
their nemies in he field, is declared cOnfsca-
ted to public use, and slaves, if any they have,
are hereby declared fTeemen. All persons who
shall be proven to have destroyed, after the
publication OF tbs order, railroad tracks,
bridges, or telegrapbs, shall suffer the extreme
penalties Of this law.
All persons engaged in reasonable cores
pondence, in giving or procuring aid to the en-
emiea OF the UnIted States, in termeating tu-
NUTS, in distu bling 'hs public tranquility, BY
cheating and circulating false reports or incen-
diary documents, are in their own interest
warned that they are exposing themselves to
sudden aud severe punishment. All persons
who have been led away from heir allegiance
are required to re urn forthwith to their homes.
ANY such absent Witaout sufficient cause,
will be held to be p~resump'ive ev dance against
them. The obi ct Of this declaration is to
pace in the bands OF the military au hoTities
the power to give effect to existing laws, and
to supply such deficiencies Sc the conditions OF
war demand, but It is not intended to suspend
ordinary tribunals of tie country, where
the law will be administered by the civil Off
GERS in the usual manner, and in their cu5to-
mary authori y, while the same can be peace
ably exercised.
The commanding general will labor v~igilant-
" for the public welfare, and in bis efforts for
their safety hopes to obtain not only the ac-
u]utesce but the active support of the people
Of the country. JOHN. c. FREMONT,
Maior-Gen. Commanding.