New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-18

W1,rsos As,raham Lincoln, President of the Unit
States bas by PROF. NATION announced bis int Of
INVADING the Cosfede WIN an armed aSS losce ,or the
yerDg s Independence and sobJecing sle Tree people
Thereof to the don inion Of fo'eign power.
Ana, rhercas, 1t has thus become the duty OF this
overnment to repe the threatened INVASION ana de-
lend tie rights and liberties of the peope by all TIE
means which the laws of nations and usages Of avil-
ned warfare place at its disposal
Now, therefore, Jefferson Davis, President oil the
Confederate States Of America, do issue tbis, my
pr0clanlas-n, inviting all those who may desire oy
service in priyse armed vessels the high seas TO
sid tits Government. in resisting wanton and wicked
AN aggression, TO make application for commissions
or letters Of marque or rePIIsalt 10 De i'sUeo
under the seal of these Confederate States; and 90
further notify all persons spplying for letters OF
marque TO make statement in writing, giving 'he
name and suitable description OF the character tuDa8e
and force OF the vessel name OF the place OF residence
OF each owner concerned therein, and tbe inIehoeo
number OF crew, and to eign each statement, hnd
deliver the the Secretary OF State or Collector
OF the port OF entry Of these Confederate States 10 De
by him transmitted to the Secretary Of Satei and 90
further nofy all applicants aforesaid before any com
mission or letter OF marque issued to any vessel or
the owner or the thereof, and the .nder
for the time being they will be required to give bond
TO the Confederate States with at least two responsible
sureties not interested in such vessel In tho penal
sum Of 5000, or II such vessel be PROVIDED win
than hundred and fifty men, then in the penal
OF ten thousand dollars, with the crndition that
The owners, officers and crew, who shall be employed
on board suoh commissioned vessel shall observe the
lays of tbese Confederate States and the instructions
given them for the regulation of their conduct that
shall sai-fy all dsmsge. done contrary to the tenor
thereof by such vessel during Der commission and de-
liver up tie when revoked by the President OF the
Confederate States And do further specially enJoin
all persons holding officer, civil aud military, under
the authority Of the Confederate Statee that they be
,itnt and zeslus Ia the discharge OF the duties incl
dent thereto. And / do moreover exhort the good
people of tese Confederate States, they love their
country, AS they prize the blessings of free Govern
men they feel the wrongs OF the past and those now
threatened aggrav aed form by those whose enmy
b more iMplacahle because unprovoked, they exert
themselves in preserving order in promoting concord
ia maintaining o. authority AID efficacy Of the laws,
and in supporting ibyigt r4ting all the measures
which may be adopted for COMMON defense, aud by
with under the blessing Of Divine Providence, We
may hope for speedy, jast and honorable peace.
IL witness whereof i have ret my hand snd have
aused The seal OF the Confederate States Of Amtrca TO
attached this seventeenth day Of April III tie year
If our Lord thousand eight Hundred AID sixty Que
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
RoBsRr ToOsp.. Secre,sy Of State.