The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-05-24
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
Sendsors and Regreseuto;ipe -
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Senator'S and Representatives -
Sc s.Attbe close Of tbe last annaal session
= oftAe leg stature, 10 meet sudden erner-
gerrY, an act was passed authorizing me
tore pondi 10 tire call Of the President Of
he I hi:ea s ates, fors"afd II, maintaining
the Cbion and the suTremacv Of tie laws.
OTTO suppress rebellion or Instruction or
10 repei Invasion within the United States :"
AMI | vas authorized, and it was made
my duty, 10 take such measures as in my
Judgment sfould provide. in ibe speediest
AID mos. efficient manner, for responding
TO such cali; and to this end was autho-
rized 10 accept the services Of volunteers
fpr active service, 10 be enrolled in com
paiiies Of not Tess than seventy FIVE men
each, rank anil f'e, and in regiments Of
tencoupanies each was also authoriz.
eslsso provide for unifornring and equip
ping such companies as were uei provided
wabHnilorms and equipments. assag .
80 The first call of the Presiden. for imme
diate active service, was for one regiment
of men. . s Il s = c. a2-ttz
siy proclamation, issned immediately
after The passage Of tire act of the Legis
la;ure, was answered within less than ten
days, l,y companies enough, each contain
ing lac requisite Dun er of men, to make
up ct least H. regiments, instead of one.
then issued another proclamation, ar
itounclng The offers that have been made,
aud sdeisir z that tlIereafier con panies
might be ed to stand as minnie men.
ready to answer further calls, a. thew
sHtlght be made, but without expense to tie
Stale except as !ley were mustered into
ssaire. Ia less han che onth from the
da:c CT my first proclamation, at least fise
ttoils NJ men, ei her as individuals or in
enrolled companies, have offered their ser
vices for do. war, and all appear anxious
FOR active s.fyice in the field
In providing for tue First Regiment.
EMBELLISHMENTS have resulted from the
f,ct hat there has never Teen an Efficient
'ifIltary organization in this State-no
<I..~ln o. discipline. Tie men Who had
se.sn~.tcIi field service were very few, or
-@efe almost euti,ey unknown; and lie
order and manner Of equipping and uni
forming and arruing soldiers aud officers
for rugged war were mysterious. Tie solu
tati,n Of which could only be found by
nslua experiment. %sr eas
= 81 the expenses incurred in preparing
the First Regiment have been greater to
seine extent tbsn they otherwise would
have been, or than they hereafter viii 10
The spirit evoked by the rebellion
against the government Of the IT, s. is
surh as has never before been manifested
since Us organization. The people under
stand lha, K Is Their government dat l.
.assaiIrd, and everywhere Throughout the
q orb they are rising up to rebuke the
ueason 30 rite III some portions Of tie
land. a....
The deepening and widening dangers
that tluesielf our institutions, aud the pres
'nfe Of public opinion fom all parts Of the
State, with the growing .ertainiy that
further calls would be made upcn liz
State, forced NE to form another camp
and 70 bring together another regiment
# n,eH, and to authorize a number Of iso-
lated conpanie. which had volunteered,
10 remain together, and to learn SO far as
was possible without suitable arms, the
aisci pine aud drilling Necessary for men
gong into actual war. 1t is matter of
pnbIlc necessity and safety, not only for
tie Safes bat for lie Government, that a n
outlet be found for he spiri. that is abroad
among the Liberty loving people of the
land. That spirit is driving them to sc.
ton, and if the Government doe. mol or
will not permit them to oct TO. it, they
ssW act for MempIcc,.
Il Is better that tie Safe or Federal
Government should direct this curren,
than to safer il to run Wildly. There is
moral ei.ment and = .leaaoniig element in
his uprising taat cannot be controlled in
It's ordinary manner. There IS a convic
ton of great wrongs to be iellessed, and
that tie Government, which is in danger.
is TO he preserved by tie wiling heart.
and strong bands of those to whom il be
ongs. This current of popular feeling
must lie directed and controlled. or there
"iilcone Of ii something more II an a war
To put down rebellion; il will become a
SaF between he Border States, and those
.aLese Interests are connected with the
Dorder States, and in such war, for the
IIme Icing, TIE Government should lie
i.iNt ElEL VI ~ IL " ~ aDSnlHteIy ErtaiI
liza. iha seventy-three thousand troops
Hrst called would wipe out the rebellion in
ihTes weeks Fl ON to day. it would still be
tue policy of the Government and for its
best interests, in view of what ought to be
sl,e future Of this great Nation, 20 call into
the field, rs fast as they could be armed,
a. least three hundred thousand n en-.
The msjesiy and power of this Govern
mept, If 1t has either, shodld be manifest
ed now. SO that the world NAV see il.
and so that for all future time in its history
The idea OF secession and rebellion shall
be an idea Of tie past. When the people
toe that their uplioing has PIT down the
rebellion, they Will be satisfied, and not
before.
The difficulties Of the present crisis are
gro~Fag greater and more extreme avery
day. Broad and more extended fields are
constantly opening By the threatening at
0iude Of new Staies. forced bv treachery
q by armed mohs dignifed by the name
8 FeLels. into secession. One State after