The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-07-12
Proclamation by the Governor.
STATE OF MARYLAND,
EXECu'TIvE DEPARTMENT.
ANNAPOLIS, July 4, 1862,

ANNAPOLIS, July 4, 1862, J
10 The Loyal Men Of Maryland.-The cal
which has been made by the President of tn,
United States for an additional force of Mre
A""a'ed "onsa"d men must command promp
response from every loyal heart Willis
the Southern leaders-thc champions of ;
| pretended popular revolution-w all thci
boosted unity of purpose, can fill their RcLc
ranks only at the point of the bayonet, b,
| the exercise of most odious transcription
the cause that we uphold tolcrates no sucl
tyranny. Its appeals are in behalf Of ;
country and a Constitution too dearly love,
and prised to require a force of any kin,
! stronger than that affection to marshal tn,
hosts of its defenders Hitherto these de
| Tenders have even anticipated such anpcal,
aud outnumbered their requirements. L
was necessary to suspend tho recruiting
ana now when, at the instance of the Iowa
states, the Government rencws its appeal:
to the patriotism of the loyal people, and il
Is repeated and emphasized by the voice OF
our bleeding. couutrymen upon SO many bat
tie fields, who can doubt the response thai
it will receive?
Men of Maryland, look to you with con.
hdcncc to be among the foremost in respon.
ding to this call. There are reasons WHY
you should be. You are, as 1t were, the
natural body guard of the Capital of the
nation. 1t this diabolical rebellion ever
makes another toward movement. its first
step will be upon your soil. In your midst
ihe:e turks comparatively small, but still
influential, plotting, determined, reasonable
element, watching the first opportunity to
pilot the rebellious host into your midst,
and to give up to the dcsolalions of way
your present peaceful firesidcs Though
oh 81 ,l,nI, !, I, L
YES you to be ready for all contingencies.
force for the open Rebel and the secret
traitor.
The one great, paramount object which
the patriotic everywhere have in view. and
which with lis, i'll Maryland, should, and |
am sure does, outweigh and nearly eyTin.
gnlSh all other considerations, is the reslor-
alton OF the Union. Whilst among those
protesting the same object there may be
FOUND III some places II comparatively small
class, ANXIOUS to combine with it other and
Interior views of selfish and sinister char.
actcr, we have III our own State I fear. a
sui more dangerous clasS-sccrct sympa.
lhiserS with Secession, who, by the cXarcr-
acd Importance they constantly seek to
attach to these fuctious movements. and
Their affected fear these Interior purposes
are in fact seeking only by such means to
undermine the great cause we have ct heart
and to paraI we the arm we are PREPARED to
raise III its defence. Against these ius,d
iou5 attempts let us he ON our raurl lct
US bear in mind that the great impending
peril, by which all other pcriIs are ccipscd,
Is tins rebellion, that it is to be put down
put down by force Of arms, at whatever
cost and regardless of all other considcra.
tionS. That once sublucd, the nation
thereby rescued, and the Union restored.
we need have 10 fear FOR its future preScryn
ilon, or the renovated vigor of our existing
The mighty masses of our
population having themselves achieved this
success and mindful Of the experience of
the past. VIII be sure to provide for our
security IN the future, whilst the very last
whose Influence need be feared IN this
national regeneration. will be the sectional
aeltator and dcmagoguc, who will serve
hereafter only as II beacon to warn u.-f,or1
the breakers where we have been so nearly
wrecked.
Let the loyal men of Maryland. then re-
only the great stake they have
IN the Union, and that their local positions
subjects them to the first shock of its assail-
ants, prepare to take corresponding posi-.
ton IN the front rank of its defenders
Let no collateral considerations direct
their councils. Let no pretended caution
against comparatively imaginary dangers.
magnifcd and whispered in our
ears by Rebel sympathiscrs, suspend for
moment our determined purpose to restore
the Union and crush the rcbellion-thc only
danger that now threatens it. Conscrint
lerics and hired substitutes can never stand
before volunteers in such a cause. The
crises is at hand-onc more effective blow
and the rebellion must crumble. Let Mary.
land, then. if the blood of her Revolutionary
Line OF old still courses through the veins
ot her sons, answer, and answer promptly,
to the call of the President, and let our
bleeding brethren on recent battle fields be
rheered by the assurance that on the next
these sons will be beside them.
l make this appeal to the people of the
state IN advance of any notice | have vet
received OF the actual quota required of
hem for the new force now ordered into
service. Whenever am advised more par
lcnlarly upon this point, their attention
will be called to the details Of the subject,
md all the information that may be of int,
crest or importance. A. ". BRApFuEp.
By the Governor
WILLIAM Il. Hill, Secretary of State.
IL" The Union papers of the State arc
to give this one insertion.