The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-09-11

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sued the following proclamation, viz; .4
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF OccuPATIoN,l
WESTERN VIRGINIA.
CLARKsBURo, August 20, 1861.
To The Loyal Inhabitants Of WeSiern Fi,ginja
You are the vast majority of the people.
the principle Of self government IS to be re
spected, you have a right to stand in the posi-
ton you have assumed, faithful to the Consti
tuition aud Laws Of Virginia as they were befor,
the ordinance CT S. cession
! Ire Confederates have determined at all haz
ards to destroy the Government, which U
eighty years has deferded our rights and gveI
1 US q name among the rations Contrary t
! your interests and your wishes, they have bro
war upon your soil. Their tools and dupe.
| told YOU you must vote for secession, as the on
| ly means to insure peace; that unless you did
so, hordes or Aboilionists would overrun you
plunder your property, steal your slaves, abuse
your wives and daughters, seize upon your
lands and hang all those who opposed them.
By these and other atrocious lalsehoods they
alarmed you, and led man, honest and IN ,us-
pecting citizens vote Tor secession Neither
threats, nor iabications, nor intimidations sut-
feed to carry Western V rginia agsinst the in
terests and wishes OF its people, nto the arms
Of secession.
Enraged that you dared to disabey their be-
hesls, Eas erD Virginia, who bad been accus-
toned to rule you and count your votes, and am.
bilious recreants from among yourselves. di ap
pointed that you would not make good their
promises, have conspired to tie you to the des
perate fortunes Of the Southern Coniederacy or
drive you from their homes
Between submission @ them and suhiugation
or expulsion, they leaqE you no alternative
F3u say you DO not Wish to destroy the old
Government under which you have lived so long
and so peace fully; Hcy say that you shall break
It up. You say you wish to remain citizens Of
the United State.; they reply, you shall Join
the Southern Contederacy TO which the Rich
mould iunta have trans erred you, and TO carry
their will, their jenkins, WISE Jackson, and
OFT er conspirators proclaim upon your sod
relentless and neighborhood war; their misgui.
ded or InprincipIed followers re echo their cry,
threatening fire and sword. hanging and expul-
sion 10 all who oppose their arbitrary designs
They have set neighbor against neighbor and
friend against friend; they have introduced a.
mong you wal aIe only known among sa .ages.
In violation Of the laws Of humanity, they have
proclaimed that private citizens may and ought
TO make war.
armed Travellers and single tray lers and single
soldiers, have been shot down. and even wound
ed and deenceless have been killed; scalp,ng
their victims IS all that is wanting to make
their warfare ike hat which seventy or eighty
years ago was waged by the Indians against the
white race on this very ground. You have no
alternative left you but to unite as one man in
the defense of your homes. for the restoration
OF law and order, or be suhjugated or expelled
Goa TIE scilA aa- ...2.
/ hereore earnestly exhort you to take the
most prompt and vigorous. measures to put
stop to neighhorhood and private war; yoa must
reminder ihat The 1aie8 are suspended IN EaStsn
Virginia, wHtcA has transferred Itself to the
Southern Conteipracy The old Constitution
and laws OF Virginia are only in force in Wes
tern Virginia. These laws you must maidtan,
Let every citizen, without reference TO pp>t
political OPT ions, uni with his neighh5rs, to
keep the laws in operation, and thus krevent
the country from beng desolated by Nunder
and violence, whether committed in the game
Of SecessioniSm or Unionism.
| conjure all those who have hitherto adye-
Gated the doctrine Of SecesSioDSm, to consider
that now its advocacy means war against the
peace and interests Of Western Virginia; it is
an invitation TO the Southern COnfederacy to
come in and suhdue you. and prcclams that
there can be no law nor right until this IS done.
NV mission among you is that OF fellow
citizen, charged by the Government TO expel
the arbitrary force which dumineered over YOU,
to restore that law and order, of which you
have been robbed, and to maintain your right to
govern yourself under the Constitution and laws
Of the United States.
Toput an end to the savage war waged by
who, without warrant of military
authority lurk in the bushes AMI wayfay mes
sengers and shoot sentries, lshall be obliged 10
hold the neighborhood in which these outrages
are com;7itted as responsible; and, unless they
raise the hue and cry and pursue the offenders,
deal with them as accessories to the crime.
Unarmed and peaceful citizens shall be pro
tected. the rights Of pr vate property respected
and only those who are found enemies of the
Government Of the Uni ed States and the peace
of Westevn Virginia will be disturbed. on
these shall require absolute certainty that
they will do no mischief a'"!
% Put a stop to needless arrests and the spread
OF malicious reports. Let each tawn and dis
trict choose five Of its most reliable and ener.
getic citizens Committee Of Public Safety to
act in concert with the civil and military author
tiles and be responsible Tor the Preservation Of
peace and good order
Citizens of Weslcrn Virginia, your fate is
mainly in your own hands. # you allow your
self to be trampled under foot by hordes o. dis
turhers, piunderers and murdercrs, your land
will become a desolation II you stand firm
for law and order and maintain your rights, you
may dwell together peacefully and happily as in
W s, RoSECRANs.
Bligadier- General Commanding A, O. w. v.
6rA private letter from st. Louis, which
is copied, by PERMISSION, into the Rochester
Union, after giving a despondiug view of the
country, closes by saving: \
"There is at Washington too much OF party
and Platforms, and too much interest in great
contracts, and too little in The country as it was
Too many paper Generals, CoIonels and other
officers Until these things are corrected, moth
ing but de leat or partial victories will attend
u.s." ..s 80 II
1EYCameron seems TO have been hunting
the rem aims OF his brother until he has forgten
the remains o the army Cincinnati CONNER
cial.
We are glad that no Democratic paper utter
ed SO brutal a sentiment toward man whose
only crime was the sending Of two friends to
search the battle field for the mangled body
Of his noble brother, who fell bravely fighting
for his country - Pock Island Argus.
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Abolition and secession Tercsics.
Democratic conventions are emphatic in their
denuncations OF these twin heresies. Repub,
ican conventions very properly denounce So-