New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-20
BY the President or The unlted state.



Whereas, the laws Of the United States have
been for some time past and now are opposed ana
the execution thereof obstruGted, In the States e,R
south Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Misajs-
sipPl, Louisiana and Texas, by combinations 100
powerful to be suppressed BY the ordinary course
o. Judicial proceedings, or by the powers Vestsd
| IN the aarshaIs by law:
Now, therefore, !, Abraham Lincoln, President
W the United States in virtue of the power III me
vested by the Constitution and the laws, have
tnouGat ht to call FORTH and hereby do call forth
tiie mllltia Of the several States of the Union to-
sne asstegate number of Is 1000, in order to sap
| duly executed. - ~ -1 . - " - -.
The details for this object VIII be immediately
com communicated to the State authorities through the
appeal to all loyal citizens to favor. facilitate
and aid this effort to maintain the honor the ntea-
rity and the existence of our National Union and
the perpetuity of popular government, and TO re-
dress wrongs already long enough endured.
l deem it proper 60 say that the first service
assigned to the forces hereby called will be to re-
possess the forts places and property which haze
been selzed from the Union, and in every event
the utmost care will be observed consistently with
the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation and
destruction of, or interference with, property, or
any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any mart
OF the country; and hereby command the per-
sons composing the combinations aforesaid to
retire peaceaby to their respective abodes within
twenty days.
Deeming that the present condition of nni,fie
abalfs presents an extraordinary occasion j tas
hereby, in virtue of the powers id me vested ~
me Constitution, convene both aoases Of Congress-
Senators and Representatives sre therefore su.-
moned to assemble at their respective Chambers
| at u O'Clock on Thursday, the 4th day of July
next, then and there to consider and determine
such measures as in their wisdom the public safety
and interest may seem to demand
In virtue whereof, have hereunto set my hand
affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this I5tf day Of
n oylv Eslrd& 1oft i T,,s
dependence Of the United States the s5th.
wH H. sETARD, Secretary of sta'e. "a -
Proclamation by she President OF the Con.
fcterate States OF America.
Whereas, Abraham Lincoln, the President Of the
United States. has by proclamation announced the
intention of invading this Confederacy with an
armed force, for the purpose Of capturing ita fort
resses, and thereby snhyertiDg ito Independence
and subingating the free people thereof TO the do
mlnFon of q foreign power; and,
Whereas, it has become the duty of this Govern
ment to repel the threatened invasion, and to de-
fend the rights and sibertes Of the people by ali
the means which the laws of nations and the
usages of civilized warfare place at its disposal.
Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President Of
the Confederate States of America, do issue this,
my proclamation, inviting all those who may de-4s
sire, by service in private armed vessels on the
high seas, to aid this Government in resisting SO
wanton and wicked an aggression, to make appH-
cation for commissions, or letters of Eaarqne or
reprisals to be issued under the seal of these Con
federate States and do further notify all persons
applying for letters of marque, to make a state
ment in writing, giving the name and q suitable
description of the character, tonnage aud force OF
the vessel, and the name and place Of residence of
each owner concerned therein, and intended mum
Der of crew. and to sign said statement, and de-
liver the same to the Secretary Of State or to the
Collector OF any port of entry Of these Confede-
rate States, to be by him transmitted to the Seore-
tary of State and do further notify ell applicants
aforesaid that before any commission or letter of
nv n4uy,.
ers thereof, and the commander for the time being
will be required to give bond to the Confederate
States, with at least two responsible sureties not
interested in such vessel, in the penal sum of five
thousand dollars, Or, if such vessel be provided
with more than one hundred and fifty men, then in
the penal sum OF ten thousand dollars, with coadi-
ton that the owner officers and crew who shall be
employed on board such commissioned vessel,
shall observe the laws of these Confederate States.
and the instructions to them for the regulation Of
their conduct; that they shall satisfy all damages
done contrary to the tenor thereof by such vessel
during her commission, and deliver up the same
when revoked by the President of the Confederate
States.
And do further specially enioin on all persons
holding Office civil and military, under the author
ity of the Confederate Sates that they be viglant
and Jealous in discharging the duties incident there
| to; and do moreover solemnly exhogt the good
people of these Confederate States, as they love
their countryaa they prize the blessings of free
| government-as they feel the wrongs of the past
and those now threatened in aggravated form,
whose enmity is implacahle because ul-
provoked, that they exert themselves in preserving
order, in promoting concord, in maintaining the
authority and efficiency of the laws, and in si1p-
porting and invigorating all the measures which
may be adopted for the common defence, and by
which, under the blessings of Divine Providence,
we may hope for a speedy, just and honorable
peace. ua
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set Jay
hand ard caused the seal of the Confederate States
to be Affixed this l7th day of April, A. D., 1861.
JBFFE aSoN DAVIS.
Ronr. TooMRs, Secy OF State,