Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-11-26
GEN. Dlz's s'rociasnassos,.
To the Peoi lie Of Acconac and NJribam,-
ton counties EIrpinia.

To the Peoi lie Of Accomac and NJribam,-
ton counties. Virginia:
The military f,rcls Of the United State.
/ arc about to enter your counties as n nort
! at the Union. They VIII 70 umoNg Won p,
/ friends, and with the earnest hone th.t
they may not " your own acts he forced r
become ycnr enemies They viii IN ya9f
no rights Of person or property: on tho
contrary, your laws, your institutions. va,r
usnges, viii be scrupulou,ly respected. :
There need be no fear that the ouietuda n,
any freside VIII be disturbed. u,,lass rho
disturbance is caused by yourselves. Sne-
cial directions have been given not m i,,t.r
tere with the condition OF any uersun hplj
to domestic service, and in order that there
may be no ground for mistake or pretcz !
Tor misrepresentation, Commanders of reoi-
ments and corps have been instruetad a.
to permit any snch persons to come within
their lines. '''''
The command of tho expedition is in
trusted 70 Brlgadier General Henry l..
Lockwood, OF Delaware, State identical
IN some OF tina distinctive features of its
social organization with your own. Por-
items OF his force come from counties in
hlaryiana, bordering on yours. From him
and from them yuu may be assured of
sympathy Of near neighbors and friends If
you do not repei 1t by hostile resistance or
attack Vi
Their mission is to assert the au,boritv
Of the United States, to re,opou their IL.
tercourse With the l5yol Statos, and ssneo;.
ally with Maryland, who has lust pro
CLAIMED her devotion to the Uni1n by the
most triumphant vote in her political an
nails to restore TO commerce her accuston.
ed guides, by rerestablishipg ghts ON vour
coast to afford you free export for tho
products Of your labor, and fire.. inaysss
Tor the necsssaries and comforts Of life
when you require in exchange and in =.
woid, to put an end to the embarrassments
and restrictions brought upon Won Inv n
cagseiess and unjustifable rebellion.
ii the ea!amities of intestine war Which
are desolating other districts of V,rg;r;a
ana have already crimsoued her felds viii
iraternal blcpd, fall upon You it will no.
DO the iault OF The government. II az
only that ITS authority may be recoon;zsd
IL seeds among you > force too strong 10 he
successfully opposed force which Co.,
be resisted IN any other spirit than Az. -
"antonness and malignity. If there arc
any among you who rejected al oyertpres
OF friendship, thus PROV oke retaliation ond
draw Upon themselves the consequence
winch the government is also anxious To
AVOID, to their account must be laid the
blood which may be shed, and the desola-
ton which may be brought upon peaceful
homes. On all who arc thus reckless Of
the obligations Of humanity and duty. and
on all who are found in arms, the severest
punishment warranted By the laws of war
Will be visited. "~-
To those who remain in the quiet nur-
suit of their domestic occupation, The snh.
Inc authorities assurcall that can give peace
freedom from annoyance, protection from
foreign and internal enemies. ruarantv
OF AL constitutional and legal rights. and
the blessings of just and parental COW
eminent. JOHN A. DIX,
Major General commandina