Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-25
North Carolina.

N OrCn CarOl1na.
Governor Fills has issued the following
proclamation. In it, beyond all question,
he reflects the sentiment of nine tenths Of
the people Of the old North State:
A Proclamation By John W Ellis, Gorer'
nor Of North Carolina.
Whereas, by Proclamation of Abraham
Lincoln, President of the United States,
followed by requisitiou of Simon Gamer.
Oh, Secretary of War, am Informed that
the said Abraham Lincoln has made call
for IS, 900 men to be employed for the inva'
sion of the peaceful homes of the South,
and for the violent subversion of the liber.
ties of free people, constituting large
part of the whole population of the late U.
States; and whereas this highhauded act of
tyranical outrage is not only in violation Of
all constitutional law, in utter disregard Of
every sentiment of humanity and christian
civilization, and conceived in spirit of ag'
gression unparalleled by any act of recorded
history, but is direct step towards the
subjugation of the whole South, and the
conversion of d free republic, inherited frou'
our fathers, into military despotism, to be
esta blished by worse than foreign enemies
on the ruins of our once glorioes Constitu
tion of equal rights:
Now, therefore, John W. Ellis, Cover.
nor of the State of North Caroliua, for these
extraordinary causes, do hereby issue this
my Proclamation, notifying aud requesting
the Senators and members of the House Of
Commons of the General Assembly of North
Carolina, to meet in special session, at the
capitol, in the city of Raleigh, on Wednes'
day, the first day of May next And fur
thermore exhort all good citizens through,
out the State to be mindful that their first
allegiance is due to the sovereignty which
protects their homes and dearest interests,
as their first service is due for the sacred
defence of their hearths, and of the soil
which holds the graves of our glorious
dead.
United action in defence of the sovereign
ty of North Carolina, and of the rights OF
the South, becomes now the duty of all.
Given under my hand, and attested by the
Great Seal of the State. Done at the
city of Raleigh, the 18th day of April,
A. D., 1861, and in the eighty fifty year
of our independence
JOHN W. ELLIS.
By the Governor,
GRAHAM DAVIS, Private Secretary.
President Davis to Head the Army.
The Montgomery (Ala.) 4dcertiscr of
the 10th, says:
The Cabinet vas in session for several
hours this morning. During the sitting,
the proclamation recently issued by Lin
coin, calling out the militia to subjugate the
South, was laid before them whereupon it
was determined to Immediately call for 32,-
900 additional troops to meet the meroena-
ries of the "Abolition Kangaroo at Wash
ington," as the head of the Northern Gov.
ernment is termed by the witty and sarcas-
tic John NJ Daniel, of Virginia. .
1.-The Secretary of War will call for 5000
of the troops from each of the Confederate
States except Florida, and 1000 from that
State. That the call will be responded to
in an almost incredibly shart space of time,
there is no question. The war fever is
raging, not only in the Confederate States,
but even in the Border States, and offers
of the services of troops are continually
pouring in.
Vice. President Stephens arrived in the
city on Monday night, and its authoritively
understood that he is to assume the admin.
tration of the Government while President
Davis is to take the field as Commander-in.
Chief of the army of the South, proposing
to make Richmond his headquarters in the
event of the secession Of Virginia. We
may add that private dispatches received
to day from Richmond, give assurance that
the State will promptly secede. The Con-
vention is iu secret session preliminary to
taking final action upon the ordinance
Really, the speedy abdication of Washing
ton by the Lincoln dynasty is becoming
quite feasible :"
TENNESSEE A CNIr.-Let the friends
of the South everywhere be assured that in
the hour of trial which is now upon US,