New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-15
THEPRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION
by he President Of The United States;
PROCLAMATION.


Hlsreas. The laws Of the United States have
been for come time past and now are opposed
aud The execution thereof distracted, In The
States Of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, Mississippi Louisiana, and Texas, by
combinations too powerful to be suppressed by
tho ordinary course Of Judicial proceedings or by
the powers vested in the Marshals by lawi
Nav therefo~s. I. Apos"s~ I"'"oIf',
President Of the United States, IN virtue Of the
power in me vested by the Constitution and the
| laws, have thought fit TO call forth, and hereby
do call forth, the Militia of the several States Of
the Union, TO the aggregate number Of
%, 900 In order to suppress said combinations,
and TO cause the laws to be duly executed.
The details for this object will be Immediately
communicated to the State authorities through
the War Department.
appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, hcili-
tate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor,
the integrity, and the existence Of our National
Union and the perpetuity of popular government,
and to redress wrongs already long enough
endured.
deem il proper to say, that the first service
assigned TO the force hereby called forth, will
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 OBJ
served, consistently with the objects aforesaid to
avoid any devastation, any destruction of, or in
reference with property, or any disturbance
Of peaceful citizens in any part Of the country;
and hereby command the persons composing
the combinations aforesaid, TO disperse and re-
tire peaceably to their respective abodes within
twenty days from this date.
Deemng that the present condition Of public
affairs presents an extraordinary occasion, do,
hereby, in virtue Of the power in me vested by
tho Constitution, convene both Houses Of Con-
gress. The Senators and Representatives are
therefore summoned to assemble at their respect
i've CHAMBERS At tWeNe ocioch, nooh, VI inuiS-
day. the fourth day Of July next then and there
TO consider and determine such measures asSin
their wisdom, the public safety and interest may
seem to demand.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand, and caused tho seal Of the United States
10 be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this fifteenth
day Of April in the year Of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-o and Of the in.
dependence Of the United States the eighty-ffth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
b. rHs PREnpESr.
WILLIAM u SEWARD. Secretary Of State.
The Federal Government, having exhausted
every form Of forbearance, will now do its
sworn duty with energy and prompttude. The
President to-day issues proclamation, which we
publish above, calling out force of seventy.fve
thousand men, and converting an extra session Of
Congress on the Fourth Of July.
The call for troops will DO zealously responded
TO. Pennsylvania alone will offer more than the
number required. They could also be entirely
supplied from this State, almost from this city
alone. The war, which the Rebels have insanely
begun, is terrible necessity. Let il bo o. short
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