Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-10-29

8 Cpl, layer commanding az foprlngael0,-
Missouri. ISSUES the following proclamation.
1t - iii be seeh that he turns Fremont's
enapcipatiUn pr5dlamstion to account, ia
stirring up ceiling against the army Of the
Union :a9s s3a5i eaa. tst-s~leN
? rMEaDQUA RTERs Posi- AT SPRISGrfED,1
i 'a September 80, 1861 s.,
Appliea,i6ns hayipg been made to me for
passes Tor persons gong Sjulh with their
families and .pyppsriy, has, caused me to
issue the fo.iQYipg Suggestions and orders,
which | trust will fully explain the position
/ shall! take, upon the question. Iii.
The time has nog, arrived ,Nfisn esch
man must De considered IS a friend or foe
u the Interest Of ths sta;e.; %hsa syarte,
timdiiy and dgPliglty Gao no longer be ex-
cusSs for inactiOu.
The rapid and brilliant victories which
have crowned the aFmy-of Missouri since
its Organization, the enfausiastic enlist.
msnt Of the Volunteer force for the defense
.ef tbs, State; the unparalleled na9panimiey
which bas been SHOWN by their c1mmand-
erin -ehisf, General Prize, to those taken
in arms against the State Of Missouri; she
faithful manner IN which tie prociamation
Of General Pyice, made. after HE battle OF
Wilson ; Creek, has been Carried out; an
call upon the people of Missouri 10 remain
AMI share iha Gi2ry WHICH mnst speedily
crown tl.a triumph Of liberty over fraud,
Saplne aid oppression b,..,s
We are,apt to blend private Interest and
domestic eIjay meuts TOO much with the
pubic guqS--t0u ready to sacrifice tia lat
Ter - the former. Where are ali the iilus>
tTious sacrifices that history records 10 all
past regCIauons? Shall this one, waged
upon a PFipclple 8s sacred - agy, PASS
without them?. SHALL il be q war merely
Tor wealth, and aot tur principle? The
first dpEy Yesowe our family is 10 PLACE it
in situation OF honor, aua the noble=t IN.
berltance Eelcan leave Cur children, Is the
example of noble yirtue, and name to
which true glory is attached ...
The late acts of general Fremont IN car
rylng ont his proclamation, By .iberaiing
the slaves If Colonel 'Snead, indicate, in a
manner not 10 be mistaken. the object of
the present war, as waged on the part Of
tba United States government; bat there Is
q more sinister motive in the proclamation,
which the true men OF Missouri, by leaving
the State with their properly, are assisting
t. carry out, aud that Is, the power that
Will he given, by the withdrawal Of ti.eir
influence and wealth, 10 hired bandits and
INSCRIPTIONS idemaeogues, 10 rouse a feels
ing Of envy IL the midst Of the poorer
glasses. Mlssouriaps Americans your
country demands your sacrifices. Will You
give up your proud interest in this great
commonwealth, just as she is emerging
from the thraldom Of hired invasion, Just
as the invader has been driven from Your
State. viii you seifishly slide away and
makgSCuF homes IA other lands-aRd by so
doing put d weapon in the hands of an UNI
serapuious enemy, to injure the sacred
cause which yaur cqnpiry men nov in the
field are defending wiki their Lives ?, BE
firm apd true, if sacrifices must be made,
make them il ke men, JOIN the. armies of the
State, remember whore oil are united none
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WiFbVut the liberty you are NOW battling
for, wealth win be useless and happinesb q
dream. Manassas, W lses's Crtek, Lex
i9stan and Wasb;agtaR stand before You :;
oil your most sangaine hopes are realized :;
the war must lbe, short. as Il has been bril-
liant. Your brightest glory IN future time
VIA be.bfat you We're q soldier of the revo
,iuti9n-thes 90 not remove your property
but stay and defend ii. 90 y ~ -f
{ In iuTtherGnee u siheshyiews, ], ~ cam,
mapde Of this pest, VIII utterly refuse to.
pass any property Vt the citigens Of Mis-
sgurl out vi this state. -. g
81 ,- TT. Taylor,
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