Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-06-14

GUS wrongs TO attempt still bolder and more dar
Ing usurpation, ri, 4 s,p, iflg ~. no 2. =
II has been my earnest endeayor, under al
these embarrassing circumstances, to maintail
tne peace OF the State, and to avert, If possi
pie, from our borders the desolsting effects O
civil war. With that object in view, /, author
lEed Major General Price, several weeks ago
TO arrange with General Harney, Commando,
tne Federal forces In this State, terms of aeree
ment' py which the peace of the State might b.
preserved. They came, on the 2tst of May
70 an understanding, which was made public.
Inc state authorities have faithfully laboret
70 carry out the terms OF that agreement. Tn,
Federal Government, on the other hand, not on
ly manifested Ito strong disappr obation Of r. h,
the instant dismissal OF the nsuish ed Off.
cer who on its part entered into II, bu, it a,
once began, and has unremittingly carried out
q system OF hostile operations, in utter com
tempt Oh that agreement, and In reckless disro-
gard OF Its own plighted faith. e,,7 ,s,jg,'
u. These acts latterly portended revolution and
civil war so unmistakably that I resolved ID
make one further effort to avert these dangers
from you !, therefore, solicited an interview
with Brig. Gens Lyon, commanding the FEEDER.
a. army in Missouri. II was granted on the
10th inst. Is!osss-s'EsSN w I, ~ W. =
Waving all questions Of personal and official
dignity went to ST. Louis, accom- panied bv
Nal. Gen. Price. We had an interyiew nm tbs
llth instant with General Lyon and Colonel F.
s,siF. 1r at which Isubmitted to them this
That \ would disband the State Guard and
break up its organization; that |, would disarm
all companies which have been armed by the
state; tnat i would pledge myself not to at
tempt 70 Organize the militia, under the militia
law; tnat no arms or munitions of war should
be brought Into the State; that would protect
all citizens equally in all their ights regardless
Of their political opinions, that would repress
oil insurrectionary movements within the State;
that would repel all attempts to invade it,
from whatever quarter and by whomsoever
madei and that would thus maintain strict
neutrality In the present unhappy contest, and
preserve the peace OF the State. And | fur
ther proposed that Iwould, If necessary, in
woke the assistance of the United States troops
to carry out these pledges. - ~. ~,
All this proposed to do, upon the condition
that the Federal Government would undertake
to disarm the Home Guards, which II has ille-
gally organized and armed throughout the State.
and pledge itself not to ocoapy with its troops
any localities In the State aow occupied by them
Nothing but the most earneat desire to avert
the horrors Of civil war could have tempted me
TO propose these humiliating terms.
They were rejected by the Federal officers
They demanded not only the disorga and
disarming OF the State militia, and the nullifi-
cation of the military bill, but they refused to
disarm their own Home Guards, and insisted
that the Federal Government should epioy the
unrestricted right 20 move ard station its troops
throughout the State whenever and wherever
that might, 10 the opinion Of its officers, be
necessary, either for the protection Of loyal sub
lecta of the Federal Government, or for the re-
pelling Of invasion, and they plainly announced
hat IL was the intention Of the Administration
to take military occupation, under these pre-
texts, OF the whole State, and reduce it, as
avowed by Gen. Lyon, himself, to the exact
condition Of Maryland. Vi
The acceptance by me Of these degrading
terms would not only have sullied the honor Of
Missouri, but would have aroused the indgna.
tion Of every brave citizen, and precipitated the
very conflict which has been my aim to prevent
We refused to accede to them, and the confer
enoe was broken up.n el IN
u Fellow Citizens; All our efforts towards con-
ciliation have failed. We can hope for nothing
from the justice or moderation Of the agents Of
the Federal Governments In the State. They
are energetically Fastening the execution Of
their bloody and revolutionary schemes for the
of civil war in your midst; for the
military occupation OF your State by armed
bands Of lawless invadersj for the overthrow
of your State Government, and for the subyer
sion of those liberties which that Government
has always sought to protect; and they intend
TO exert their whole power to subjugate you, II
possible, TO the military despotism which las
usurped the powers of the Federal Government.
Now, therefore, /, G. F. jackson, Governor
Of the State Of Missouri, do, in view of the
foregoing facts, and BY virtue of the powers
vested in me by the constitutional laws of this
Commonwealth issue this, my proclamation,
,alling the militia of the State TO the number of
$4,000 into the active service of the State, for
The purpose of repelling said invasion, and for
the protection Of the lives, liberty and property
,f citizens of this State. 'saaF
And / earnestly, exhort all good citizens OF
Missouri to rally under tho fsg OF their State
Tor the protection of their endangered homes
Ind fresides, and for the defense OF their most
sacred rights and dearest liberties. 80
, In issuing this proclamation, hold It to be |
my solemn duty to remind you that Missouri ia |
will one Of the United States; that the Execu. !
i've department of the State Government does
lot arrogate to itself the power to disturb that
'elation; that power has been wisely vested in |
he Convention, which will, at the proper time, |
'xpress- your sovereign will; and that, mean
While, 1t 10 your duty to obey all constitutional
requirements Of the Federal Government; but |
Z is equally my duty to advise you that you are
inder no obligation whatever to obey the un-
edicts Of the military despotlsm
which has entbroned itself at Washington, nor |
% submit to the infamous and degrading sway
If ,its wicked minions in this State. No brave
md tsue-hearted Missourian will obey the one
Or submit to the other. .....,.
Riee. then, and drive out iguominiously the
INVADERS who have dared to deaecrate the soil
which your labors- have made fruitful, and
which 10 eonsecrated by your homes. 4 n III Il
(signed) CLAIBORNE F. JACKSON,