The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-09-06
PROCLAMA TION ny GENER.
AL FREMONT.
uAuTuALLAwIN IN MISSOURI


lfo0dquart ~, Western Dcpaftmcnt.l
Br. LOWS, Aug 30.
Circumstanocs In my Judgment Of SUI
fcicnt urgency render Il necessary that
the Commanding General Of this Depart.
mett should assume the administrative
powers Of the State. It's disorganized
condition, the h lplcssncss Of the civil
authority, the total insecurity Of life, the
devastation Of property by bands Of MUIR
dcrcfa aud maraudere, who inlcst nearly
every county it the State, and avail them
selves of the public misfortunes and the
vicinity Of hostile force 70 CRAFTY pri-
vaie end nclglborhood vengeance, and
who fud an enemy wherever they find
pIundo- ,fnally demand The ssvercst meas
urcs toruprres the daily increasing crimes
and oulragcs which are driving of the
inhabitants ana running tho State.
In this condition the public safety and
the success Of our arms require unity Of
purpose wiihou, let or hindfance 10 tbs
prompt administration Of affairs. In or
der, therefore, 10 suppress disorder, 10
msintain as far a. is now practicable the
public peace, aud % give security 10 the
persons sud property of loyal citizens,
do hereby extend and declare established
martial law throughout the State Of Mis-.
souri, Tho lines Of occupation IN this
Slutc are fos the present declared 90 ex-
tend from Lcavcnworth by way Of the
posts Of Jefferson City, Rolla and Tron-
ton, 20 Cape Girarloau on the Minsissip-
I pi RIVER. All persons who shall be TAX.
! en- with arms IN their hands within these
/ lines, shall be tried by court martial, aud
| Il found guilty, will be shot. Tho prop
erty. real and personal, Of all persons In
the State Of Missouri, who shall take up
arms against the United States, or who
shall be directly known n have taken ON
active part with their enemies IN thc feld
I Is declared 10 DO eonhsoatcd to the public
iusc, and their puyos, Il any thoy have
are hereby declared free men.
/ Al persons who shall be proven 10 have
destroyed, aflcr the publication Of thil
order, any railroad tracks, brdgcs or tel.
cqrnphs, shall suffer tho extreme penalty
Of this law. An persons engaged in
trensonable correspondence In giving OF
procuring aid TO the cnomics oCtho Unit.
ed States in fomcnting tumult, in distur.
bing tie public tranquility by creating
and circulating falso reports or incendi.
ary dlcdmtn,s, pte In tl,cir own interest
warned that they urc exposing thcmselyci
70 sudden and severe punishment. Al
persons who have been lod away frou
their allegiance are required b return
forthwith 20 their homes. ANY such ab
sencc without sufficient cause, will b,
held 20 be prcmmpiivo evidence agOins
then. The object of this declaration Is
to place In the hands Of the military an.
thoritics tho power to give instantaneous
effect TO existing laws and 20 supply sucl
deficiencies NJ the conditions Of war de-
mand, but Il is not intended to suspen,
the ordinary tribunals Of tho country
where tho law will be administered b,
the civil officers In the usual manner anS
with their customary authority, while III,
same can be peOcHbly exercised. Tn,
Commanding General will labor vigilaut
ly for the public welfare, aud in his effort
for their safety hopes to obtain not onl,
the acquicsocncO but the active supper
Of the people ofthe country.
[Signedl ]. G.. FREMONT,
Mnior General Commanding.