Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-04-18
By The President of the United States
PROCLAMATION.

have been for some tine past, and are now op-
posed. and the execution thereof obstructed IN
the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Aiaba-
ma, Florida, Mississippi. Louisiana, and Tex
as, By combinations too powerful to be sup
pressed by the ordinary course OF Judical pro-
oeediags, or By the power vested IN the mar
shaIs by Law:
Now, therefore, |, ABRAHAM LTNCoLN, Presl-
dent of tue United States, in virtue Of the pow
e. IN me vested by the Constitution and the
laws. hare thought Ii to call forth, and hereby
Dc call forth the militia Of the several states Of
the Union, to the aggregate number of seventy
five thousand, in order to suppress the said
combinations, aud cause the laws to be duly
executed. The details for this object will be
med!ately communicated to the State au-
ihorities through the War Department
appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facili
tate, and aid this effort to MAINTAIN the honor,
the integrity, and existence cf our National
Union, and the perpeJuitv Of the popular Gov
ermeGt, and to redress the wrongs already
long enough endured.
deem it proper to say that the first service
assigned to the forces hereby called forth viii
probably be to repossess the forts, places, and
property, which have been seized from the
Union, and in every event, the utmost care
will be observed consistently with the objects
Aforesaid to avoid any devastation, any des-
truction Of or interference with property. or
any disturbance Of peaceful citizens in any
part Of the country.
And | hereby command the persons com
posing the combinations aforesaid to disperse
andretire peaceably to their respective abodes,
within twenty days from this date.
Deening that the present condition Of pub
lie affairs presents an extraordinary occasion,
| Do hereby. in virtue of the power in me
vested Dy the constitution, convene both
Houses Of Congress. The Senator's and Rep
resentatiyes are therefore summoned to as
sembie at their respective chambers at l2
o'clock noon On Thursday. the 4th Of July
nezt then and there TO consider and deter
mine such measures as, in their wisdom, the
public safety and interest may seem to de-
mand
In witness thereof. hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States TO
be affixed
Done at the city Of Washington. this 18th
day of April, in the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and
Of the independence Of the United States the
eigutyffth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President
WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
The events Of the past week are likely
70 form an important part in the history Of
this country. The treason at the South
having eliminated in firing at the flag of
our country on Fort Sumter, in the harbor
Of South Carolina, the spirit of the States
still true to our country and its govern
ment has at last been aroused, and twenty
to0r hours suiiced to crush out the tory
feeling which had been manifested by
number in this and other States, and who,
i they again raise their tra.tyrous tongues
Will meet punishment as prompt as it
will le just. There is no longer any mid
die ground. lie who is not for his coun-
try and its flag now is PERJURED
TRAITOR and 4 TORY, and ought to
De summa-ily dealt with as such, for in
this contest, forced upon the United States
BY band of Southern hellhounds, life,
liberty, law and order, the security Of prop
erty, everything heretofore held dear bv
the American people, are at stake, and IN
less sustained by willing sacrifices os men.
means, and money, We may as we'll pre-
pare for rhaj anarchy, blcodshed, robbt-y.
&c. which Invariably follow the doings of
midnight conspirators and a2sassins, who,
failing to obtain power through that Iegih-
mate source, tae people, now seek i in the
overthrow cf = government which has ner-
eF wronsc2 . single State, probably NOT a
single man, since Is formation. The 5a,v
then IS TO ARMS, and the response seems
to be made n a tone and spirit that will
speak to the misguided men at the south
~ no craven terms. The Eastern States
aTo ready to furnish men By thousands;
glant zsw OK hes appropriated three
lniitons ot dollars to arm and equip 80 900
men, and will furnish a hundred thousand
If neeessHry-PennsyITar.;a IS responding
from - quarters wi.l the flower Of her
Volunteers, and viii GlI any oraer that NAV
be promulgated-while the mighty West
will send such force as Southern braggado-
cias never dreamed o2.
s8-Thc singular fact 5 confirmed that
in salrting his flag previous to Lowing
Fort Sumter, seven Of Major Andersou's ;
men were wounded aud one killed by the
explosion Of q pile Of cartridges; more
blood being thus spilled by this ceremoui-
Gus fire than during the .hirty-six hours
of hostile bombardment.
1cazrln harrisburg, Philadelphia, Carlisle,
and IN fac through the State, southern Gym.
path'zers are roughly handled. The excite.
mcas at Harrisburg against the Patriot and