Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-06-18
Imp ortant from 81. Lo1is.

ST. LOUIS, June Is.
The following proclamation has lust been ia
sued in an extra Democrat:
TO the Citizens Of Missouri:
Prior to the proclamation issued by Gov
Jackson, of date the 18th of June, II was wei
known to you that the Governor and the LeRis
lature sympathized in the revolutionary move
ment now in progress in this country. and had
adopted every means in their power to effect q
separation of this State from the General Gov
eminent. For this purpose, parties of avowed
secessionists have been organized into military
companies throughout the State, with the full
knowledge and approval Of the Governor.
The establishment of fencampmentsi in the State
lied for an indefinite period, could have had no
other object than the concentrating of a large
military force, to be subjected to the provisions
Of the military bill then in contemplation, and
subsequently passed, q bill so offensive to all
peaceful inhabitants, and 30 palpably unconsti
tutiona, that it could be accepted by those only,
who were willing to conform to its extraordi.
nary provisions for the purpose of effectng their
cherished object--the disruption of the Federal
Government. That bill provides for an obiga-
tion to the State on the part of all persons en-
rolled under its provisions, irrespective of any
obligation to the United States, when the Con-
stitution requires all State officers to take an
oath of allegiance to the United States.
This of itself is a reputation of all authority
Of the General Government, whose Constitution
Is the supreme law on the part of State Gov.
eminent. It's officers, and such citizens as
might choose TO adopt the provisions of the bill,
and coupled as it was on the part of the Legis-
lature and the Governor with declarations hos
tile to its authority and in sympathy with those
who were arrayed in a condition OF actual hos.
tility against t, could leave no doubt of its OBJ
ject ~ .,'- '.
To carry out the provisions of this extraordi-
nary law, the public schools were deprived of
the funds necessary to the education of YOUR
children. Your asylums even were stripped of
their means Of support, and an additional
enormous tax imposed upon you. This bill,
regarded as it has uniformly been BY all loyal
citizens of the United States, as having in
direct view hostilittes to the Federal Govern.
ment, was 80 denounced by Gen. Harney, who
characterized 1t as secession ordinance in his
proclamationo of the l4sh of May last.
That proclamation doubtless gave rise to an
interview between Gen. Harney and Gen. Price,
that resulted in an agreement which, it was
hoped, would lead to the restoration of tran
guilty and good order in your State. That
reputation OF the military bill, and all efforts
to organize the militia Of the State under its
provisions, was the basis of agreement, was
shown as well by the proclamation of General
Harney Immediately preceding it, as by the
following papers submitted to Gen. Price, con-
tanning the preliminary conditions to an inter.
view with him.
Here follows what WAS read to Gen. Price,
published in the Democrat of Wednesday last
This agreement failed to define specifically
the terms of the peace, or how far suspension
OF the provisions of the military bill should
form part of it, though from the express dec.
laration Of Gen. Harvey, at the time of the
conference, as well as from the foregoing paper,
a suspension of any action under the bill until
there could be q Judicial determination of its
by some competent tribunal, must in
good faith be regarded as the fundamental ba-
sis of the negotiation.