The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-11-27
General Sherman's PrOclama-
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After landing and taking possession Of the
forts, General Sherman issued the following
proclamation: ~
To THE PEoPbE OF SouTH CAROLINA: In
obedience to tn, orders OF the President o.
these United States of America, l have Ind
ed on your shores with small force OF Ma
/ tional troops. The dictates Of a duty which,
under these circumstances, owe to great
sovereign State, and 10 aproud and hOspita-
BILE people, among whom have passed some
Of the most pleasant days of my lie, prompt
me to proclaim that we have come among
you with no feelings Of personal animosty;
no desire to harm your citizens, destroy your
property or interfere with any of your law
iul rights, or your social and ocal institu
tions, beyond what the causes herein briefly
alluded to may render unavoidable.
citizens Gf South CarolIns, the civilized
world stands appalled, at the course you are
pursuing; appalled, at the crime you are COM
hitting against your own mother, the best,
the most enlightened. and, heretofore, the
most prosperous of nations. You are in q
state Of active rebellion against the avs of
your country. You have lawlessly seized
upon the forts, arsenals and other property
belonging to our common country and with
in your borders, and with this property, you
are in arms and waging a ruthless war a.
gainst your constitutional Government, and
thus threatening the existence of Govern :
ment which you are bound by solemn COM
pact to live under and faithfully support
In doing this you are not only undermining
and pr eparng the way for totally ignoring
your own political and social existence, but
you are threatening the civilized world with
the odious sentiment that selEgovernment is
impossible with civilized men.
Fellow citizsns-I implore you to pause
and reflect upon the terror and consequences
Of your act If the awful sacrifices made by
the devastation of our property, the she'd
ding OF blood in battle, the mourning and
wailing Of widows and orphans throughout
our land, are insufficient to deter you from
further pursuing this unholy war; then pom.
der, | beseech you, upon the ultimate, but
not less certain, result which to its further
progress, must necessarily and naturally en-
tail upon your once happy. and prosperous
State. Indeed, can you pursue this iratrci.
dal war, aud can you imbue your hands in
the loyal blood of your .countrymen, your
friends, your knsman, for no other object
than to disrupt the Confederacy of great
people, COnlederacy established by your
own hands, in order to set up, were it possi-
BILE, an independent government, under
which you can never live in peace, prosperi-
ty and quietness? Caroinians, we have
come among you as loyal men, fully impress.
ed with our constitutional obligations to the
citizens of your State. Those obligations
shall be performed so far as in our power; but
be not deceived, the obligation of SURPRISING
armed combinations against the constitutional
authorities is paramount to all others. II,
in the performance Of this duty, other minor
but important obligations should be in any
way neglected, it must be attributed to the
necessities of the case; because right, depen,
dent on the law Of the State, must be neces-
sarily subordinate to military exigencies cre-
ated by insurrection and rebellion.
L. w. SHERMAN,
Brig. Gen. Com.