Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-09-05


PFoclamali0n Of Gen. Fremont.
.-T6e State Of M issou under
Martial Law.
.--.-f,.--.. ST.. LOUIS Aug, 81.
. The following proclamation was issued
his morning:
q HEAD QUARrrRs, WEST. DEPARrM'r)
ST.. LOUIS, Aug, 30.
>. Circumstances, in my judgement, of
sufficient urgency to render it necessary
that the Commanding General of this De-
bartment should assume the administrative
powers Of the State. Its disorganized con-
diion, the helplessness of the civil author
ity, the total insecurity of lite and the de-
vesiatiou of property by bands OF murder
ess and manuders who infest nearly every
county of the State and avail themselves
Of the public misfortunes and the vicinity
ofs hostile force 10 crafty private and
neighborbood vengeDce, and who find an
enemy wherever they find plunder, finally
demand the severest measures TO repress
the daily increasing crimes and enirages
which are driving off the inhabitants and
running the State In this condition the
public safety and the success of our arms
require INIT Of purpase, without let or hin
drance, to the prompt administration of
offairs: has ez.1l.s H-d1
% In order, therefore, to suppress disorders,
to maintain as far as is now practicable the
public peace, and to give security aud pro-
lection to the persons and property of 10y
al citizens, / do here by extent and declare
established martial law throughout the
State of Missouri. The lines Of the Army
of Occupation in this State, are for the
present fieclared to extend from Leaven-
worth BY way Of the Posts ofJefferson City,
RolIa and Ironton to Cape Girardeau on
the Missouri River. .4.-
e All persons who shall be taken with
nrms in their hands, within these lines,
shall be tried by court martial, and if found
guilty, will be shot. Tie property, real
and personal, of all persons ir the State of
Missouri, who shall take up arms agoinet
the United States, or who shall be directly |
proven to have taken active part with their
enemies in the field, is declared to be con-
fiscated TO the public use, and their slaves,
if any, they have, are hereby declared free
men. eLi aoqn f.ssf aE
-agAll 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
nil persons engaged in reasonable cores
poudence, in giving or procuring aid to the
enemies Of the United States, in fomenting
tnmults, in disturbing the public tranquil
ity by creating and circulating false reports
OF incendiary documents, are in their own
Interest, warned that they are exposing
themselves to sudden and severe punish
ment.
Allpersons who have been led away from
their allegiance, are required 10 return forth
with TO their homes. Any such absence,
without sufficient cause, will be held to be
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 existing laws,
md to supply such deficiencies as the con-
,litions of war demand, but it is not inten-
ded to suspend the ordinary tribunals of
the country, where the law will be admin
istered by the civil officers in the usual
manner aud with their customary authority
while the same can be peacably exercised.
The Commanding General will labor vig-
iantly for the public welfare, and in his ef
forts for their safety, hopes 10 obtain not
only the aequiescence but the active sup
port of the people of the country.
(SigneD J. c. FREMONT,
Major-Gen. Commanding.