The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-19
VI so RI,
GOV. JAcKsoy's PROCLAMATION IN FULL
TO THR PEOPLE OF arsao

70 THs PEOPLE OF arssoUHI
series OF unprovoked and uupsraile led
ontrages have been inf c ted upon the peace
and dignity of this COMMONWEALTH aud a pon
the rights and iiberte of its people. by wick :
ed and Enprincipled men profes sing to act n n
der the authority OF the United States Gov
ernment. the solemn eDac tments of your lie
gislature have been nnllIned; your yolun teer
soldiers have been taken prisoners; your
commerce with your sister States has been
suspended; your trade with your own fellow
citizens has been and fs, suhiec ted to the ha
RAISING control of armed Soidiery, peace.
fui cilizens have heen Imprisoned withon,
warrant OF law: unofi ending and defenceless
men, women and children have been ruthless :.
" shot down and murdered and other uu-
beavable InGIguitiss hsye been heaped upon
yoUr State and yourselves.
To ali these outraSes and indgnities you
have submitted with 4 patriotic forbearanfe
of these 9rievou wrongs 10 attempt still hold
er and more daring usurpations
II has baen my earnest end-tvor under all
these en- barrass sing circums tauces to ma in
tain the peace OF the State and to avert il
possible, from our borders the desola ting ef
tects OF a civil war. With that object in
view. authorized Major General Price sew.
eIal weeks ago to arrange with Gen Harvey,
commanding the Federal forces in this Sta fe
the terms OF an agreement by which the peace
OF the State might be preserved They came
on tue OF hiy,to an understanding, which
| was made public, The State author, Il les
have faithfully labored to carry out the
| terms Of that agreement The Federal Gov
| ernRent, on tue other haud not onIy mani.
! fest ted ~ strong diSapprobatiou OF it, by the
lhettn dismissal ot The dis tiuguiShed officer
, ~ DO, on it, parr, entered iClU it. but II n,
! once b~gan, and has uuinterptttingly carried
| out, 4 VI tern OF hostile operations, in ntter
| contempt @! that agreement, and in rackl les,
| disregard Of its own piSh ted faita These
| acts have iAtteTiy portended revolution ana
ciSii war, 50 uumis taj>ably, that [ resolved tc
make ono further effort Ia aver these dan.
Ir1g ron ypH / ks-
view with BTigadIer General Lyou.cn,nmaud.
| ing the Federal army in Missouri 1t was
| gran ted, aad on The lhth inst waving Ali
| questions of personal aud Official dignity
went 10 Ut. Louis, accom- panied bs aIl liJI
General Price.
| W. lad an interview on the nth inst with
Cen Lyon and Col r L. Blair. .Ir 1T which
| submitted ~ them this propo4ition . 1hut I
| would disband the Sta to iusrd and brraI, y '
| its organization That L would disarp, All III,
| companies which had been armed hy III.
! State that i would pledge myself not to AT
tempt 10 organize the mliitIa under the M III,
Larry Bill; that arms or munitions of yva,
| should be brought into the State: that
Wou!G protect all CITIZENS equally in all their
| rights, regardless OF their political opinions
that would GepreSs all inSurreC tionary move
ments within She State; that | Wuu1d rsnsl
All attempts u invade IL, from whatever q uar.
| Ter, and by WhonsOeYer made: and that
wonld thns MAINTAIN strict neutrality in
| lhe present unhappy contest, and preserve
| TIE peace OF the State. Aud / further pro.
posed that L would, if necessary, invoke the
| assistance OF the Y. :. troops to carry ouI
theSt lie'iGes, All this L proposed to do upon
| condition that the Federal Government would
undertake 70 dsarTn the Home Guards which
| IL mas Illegally organized and armed through.
out IN" state, and pledge itself not to occupy
with It's troops any localities in thU State moi
| occupied by them at this time
Nothing but the most earnest desire TO aver
! the horrors of civil war frolu our beloved
| State, could have tempted me to propose thes,
Inn la tREer lEaa
| the Federal officers.
! They demanded not only the disorgauiz..
| ton anu disarming of the State militia aud
the nuilihcatlon OF the Military Bill, but th ~
| refused to dsarm their own Home tiuards
and insisted that the Federal Uoyarnruepi
! should enjoy Al uures trIeted right TO move
! ana sfH'loh tts troops throughout the State
| whene'er and wherever that might, In tn
Dptnt"H ~ ttE "rr"frS, be necessary, either for
the protection OF the "ioy4I suhiects'' Of fHa
! tuoTai GoNernment, or Tor the TepolIine ul
| lnNasion ahd they plainly announced thai
! II was the intention Of The Administration :.
| take military Occupation, under these nre.
! texts, OF The whole State, and TO reduce II M
hFo" Ell by General Lyoil himsalt TO the sex.
| art condition Of Maryland. "
| lbe acceptance by CT these degrading
| teTlus would not only have suIlled tho honor
OF hissonrl, but would have aroused the in
| dIgnatIon OF every brave citizen, and precipI.
tdttd the very conflict which II has been III ,
! tiIR 10 prevent. We refuse! 10 acUedr To them
end the conference was broken up.
| tciloW-citizens All our forts towards con.
| citation have failed. We can hope nothing
| from The justice or moderation OF the agen Il
! OF the eueI1I Government In this State -
| They are cnergetiCnlIy Fastening the nxacu.
ton of their bloody and rev olu tionary yc heme.
| ior the Inauguration OF evil war ia vour
| midst for the military occupation of youI
state by aimed bands of ltWl,,ss invaders IA,
the overthrow OF Your State Government
aud for the subSersion OF thos., l,hertla which
| IHat h"Eelnihenl has always sought To pro
| tect AMI they Intend 10 exert their whole
power 10 SnbiuEdte you, II possible, To the
military he esPoii@m which hAs usurprd ths
powers OF the Federal GufcTnment.
| Now, therefore, /, &. +. j Jackson, Governor
| OF the State of Missouri, do, iii view of the
| foregoing facts, and by virtue of the power.
| vested III Inc, by the Cons titution ana law,
| OF TINS Commonwealth, issue this, nv Pro.
| clama ton, calling The Militia OF the State 10
| The number OF nifty thousand, III 10 the active
service OF the State, for the purpose OF repelI.
| lbS SAD INVASION, ana for the protection OF
| the lives. liberty and property of the citizAns
| OF this stat ANA earnestly exhort all good
| citizens OF Missouri 10 rally under the tag of
| their state for the protection OF their endan
sered homes aud f.resldes, and for tn, defen re
| OF Their niost a'teted rights aud dearest lib
| critics:
Ia Issuing thi5 ProClama lion, ] hold IL TO be
! my solemn duty 10 remind you that Missouri
| Is stIlt cn6 OF tho United States that the
EIecutiFe department OF the State Govern
/ Inent does not arroSate to itsolf the power tu
oeen wisely vested in II Convention which
VIII, ~ the proper time, express yuur soye.
reign VIII ana tndt mean while il IS vOur t;ut
| TO obey all the constitutional ret uireucuts OF
| III" Federal Government. hut IL is equaiI,
my dutE - advise you thai your first allie
| glance - due 10 your own State: and that yot
| are under no obligation whatever 70 obey tn,
constitutional edlc u OF the mil tary desuot
| Ism which nas euthroned itseifat Washington
| nor 70 submit 10 the Infamous ana degrad!r.
sway OF its wicked miniOus in this STATE NJ
| brave and true hearted Nilsson rian VIII obe,
| The one or submit 10 the other. Rise, then, an(
drYe out ANONYMOUSLY the invaders wht
have dared 10 desecrate the soil which voui
labors have made fruitful, aud which is con.
secrated by your homes
Given under my hand, as Governor hnd MI.
der the great ,~si OF the State Of Missouri
at Jefferson Guy, this twelfth day OF .Iuue
l-6l. CLAIEoksE + JacE-ox
BY the Governor:
Il. +. yassey, Secretary Of State.
PESsAcoLA.--The editor of the Mobile Re
CUSTER, W ho has visited this in portaIL poiu [
says that il is impregnable against Maj0,
bKows and The fleet, and that IL Will not take
very long 10 render the abandonment OF For
PIckens matter of military necessity lie
adds
Yet there i. n difference among miiitar,
men and civilians, TOO, as ~ the policy of NJ
attack upon Pickens, even with the certain I,
OF Its reduction. The reason tor the attach
Is that the United States flag insults whii,
A. ilies over II soil declared TO be !ndepen den
OF the Government il emblems, and lha
honor demands IL should be expelled at ever,
cost. This ~ trne, but il Is also true that /
| Is no more insulting to day than il Was tw,
weeks or two mon tbs ago, and If we have pa
up with that insult for several months be
| cause We could not help u, may We not DO 5,
for I'm" longer II ~ Is a manifest advan tags