The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-22
ProcIsmasSon 81 cen, Lyon.

iszssa Proclamation of Gen, Lyon.
| BoosEvILL., June 20.-The following proc.
! lamation vas issued to night:
4 Boonvlle, June 20 10 tie People Of Missoas1
Upon leaving the City Of 81. Louis in consc-
quenee OF declarations Of war made by the
| Governor of this State against the Government
of the United States, because it would not as
| sumo on its behalf to reinquish its duties ana
J abdicate its rights of protecting loyal citizens
from oppression and cruelties of secessionists in
this State, published an address to the people
in which I declared my intention to use the
| force under my command for no other purpose
| than maintenance of the authority of the Gen.
| eral Government, and protection Of the rights
and property of all law abiding citizens.
The State authorities, in violation of an agree
ment with General Harvey on the 2lst of May
last, had drawn together and Organized upon a
large scale the means of warfare, and having
made declaration Of war they abandoned the
Capital, issued orders for the destruction o. the
| railroads and telegraph lines and proceeded to
this point to put into execution their hostile pur
poses toward the General Government. They
deyolved upon me the necessity Of meeting
this issue to the best of my ability. and accord.
ingly / moved to this point with portion If
| the force under my command, attacked and dis.
persed the hostile forces gathered here by the
Governor, and took possession of the camp
equpage left and a considerable number of pri-
soners, most Of them young men Of immature
age who represent that they have been misled
by frauds ingeniously devised and industriously
circulated by designing leaders who seek to
devolve upon unrefecting and deluded followers
the task of securing the object OF their own
false ambition.
Out Of compassion for these misguided youths
and to correct Impressions, created by unscrup-
ulous calumniators, liberated item upon con.
dition that they will not serve in the impending
hostlities against the U. S. Government
have done this in spite of the known facts that
the leaders in the present rebellion, having long
experience in the midness of the General Gov
eminent, still feel confident that this mildness
cannot be overtaxed even by factions hostilities,
having in view its overthrow. But lest. as IN
the case Of the Camp Jackson affair, this Gle
mency shall still be msconstrued, il is proper to
give warning that the Government cannot be
always expected to indulge it, to the compro.
mise or its evident welfare.
Having defined that those plotting against the
Government have falsely reprented that the
government troops intended a forcible and vio-
lent invasion of Missouri, for purposes OF Mill
tary despoti-m and tsrany. hereby give no.
tice to the people of this State, that l shall
scrupulnusly avoid all interference with the bn-
siness rights or property of every description,
recognized BY the laws of this State and be-
longing to law abiding citizens, but il is equally
my duty to maintain the permanent authority of
the L. S., with such force as have mt my COM
mand, which will be retained only as long as OPP
position shall make it necessary, and that it is
my wish and shall be my purpose to devolve my
unavoidable rigor arising in this issue upon
those only who provoke it.
All persons who, under the misapprehensions
above mentioned, have taken up arms or who
are now preparing. to do so, are invited to re.
turn to their homes and renqush their hostile
attitude to the Federal Government, a, d are
assured they may do so without being molested |
for past occurrences.
(Signed:) n. LYON,
Big Gent commanding U. S. Vols.
CINCINNATI, JrSE 20.-Gen. McClelland and
staff left Cincinnati this morning to take the
command OF the army in western Virginia.