The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-05-06
That Proclamation.

Among the kilograms received
from Washington city, the following
proclamation is found it emanates
from old Abe, and its tenor is sutii-
cient to enlighten us onthe all absorb
ing question of the day. War 1t
seems to us now, Il point beyond
doubt, unless, rs we NATURAL V infer
from the very latest intelligence re
ceived, that all the Border States i'm
mcdiatelv proclaim themselves out
of the Union, as gallant old Virgin
ia has, at last done and, respecting
the likelihood of such Il thing, we do
not for Il n,ement haIhor any thought
TO the contrary. We can positively
figure upon Tennessee as being with
us also for, not only has Sanders de-
cliued the Postmastersilip, but Cover
nor Harris, has cmphatically refused
20 furnish any aidtrom tennessee, in
language not 20 be misinterpretcd
thus, "aot a sin4'c man ta,, cocrcjon,
but, if necessary, try Mo~Sa@9, FIR
the dcfcncc Of arr Tcnaesseel rights.
and those of our southern brothers"
Governor jackson of Missouri, re-
plies. in answer to the reqnisition of
Cameron, very bluutiy. that Missouri
! nil not JuyaisA n Sin"ic man in such
an unholy crusade. Bat to the ;vle-
gram
WASHINGTON, April ll.--'Fhc city
of Washington is in a perfect uproar
Of excitement over the proc'auatf",,
/ issued by Lincoln, calling for the
| MALTA ri the several States and con
vening the Federal Congress for the
! itl of July. Thirty THOUSAND men
have already been rendered. The
city is strongly guarded at every
point. The cavalry is on the road
and the military inside. More troops
/ have been ordered.
The following is Lincoln'. pro-
! clamatian:
"IFhercas, The laws of the United
| States have been and are now oppo.
sed in several States by combinations
too powerful to be suppressed in the
ordinary way,
Il therefore cali forth the militia
OF the several States OF the Union &c
the aggregate Of seveuty-iive thou,
sand, 10 suppress said combinations
and execute the laws.
/ Il appeal TO all loyal citizens II
facilitate and aid this effort 10 main
tain the laws and integrity of tn,
National Union and the perpctuity
OF popular governments. and rcdres,
wrongs that have long been endured
The first service assigned to tn,
forces Will be to repossess the forts
places and property that have been
seized from the Union.
The utmost care will be takcI
consistent with the object to avoio
, devastation and destruction or in
reference with the property of peace
full citizens in any part of the coun
try, and hereby command persons
: composing the aforesaid comhina
lions to disperse within twenty day
. from this date.
, Il hereby convene both Houses o
Congress for the 4th OF July next
to determine upon measures whicI
: the public safety and interest demand
designed, A. LINCOLN.
. by W. II. SEWARD, Sec'y of State.
I We hope soon to receive inteIIi
gencc that Lincoln has conclude,
that he did not mean TO carry out III
above policy, and that he apologize
fur Ti!C vu7,Tsze 7s75tre!! y h! {
event, il he is truly repentent, W
may perhaps, overlook his folly l.
: on the contrary, We learn that he PEI
{ sists in doing battle, let us not avail
t his approach, but march onward, {
meet his blood thirsty cohorts, on tn
:. field Of battle, with the determination
: of conduering, or dying in the a
t tempt. Let there not be . man i.
y Of Us 10 say, Il am one Of the cor
quered" Regardless Of all the sti;
rang intelligence we have 50 far IT
;, ccived, We cannot conceive j. poss
bic, that war will be wa@rd again.
the South by the North. Yet, ~
would here remark, as did the Hol
5 A. II. Stephens, our present Vic
y President, in speech, not long sine
delivered. keep your muslse's brigi