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PRoCLAMATIoNo OF JEFF DAVIS.
Savage Retaliation Threatensd upon
General Butler and his Omoers.
From the Richmond Dispatch.
ny THE PRESIDENT OF THE coxFEDERATE
= sTATEs--A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, Communication was ad-
dressed on the 9Th day of July last, 1862,
by General Robert E. Lee, acting under tn
instructions of the Secretary of war of the
Confederate States of America, to General
ii. w. Halleck, commander-in.chief of the
United States army, informing the latter
that report had reached this government
that VIM. B. MumEord, a citizen of the
Confederate States, had been executed by
the United States authorities at New Or
leans for having pulled down the United
States flag in that city before its occupa-
ton by the United States forces, and call.
iug for statement of the facts, with q
view Of retaliation if such an outrage had
really been committed under the sanction
of the authorities of the United States:
Aud whereas, (no answer having been
received to said letter,) another letter was,
by Gen. Lee under my instructions, to
Gen. Hallsck, renewing the inquiries iu
relation to the execution of the said Mum
ford, With the information that in the event
Of not receiving Rreplylwithiu fifteen days,
IL would be assumed that the fact was true,
and was sanctioned by the government of
the United Statesj ,- 1-
And whereas, an answer, dated on the 18th
of August last, l862) was addressed to
Gen. Lee by General Il. W. Halleck, the
said General i'm Chief of the armies of the
United States, alleging sufficient causes for
failure to make early reply to said letter
of the 9Th July, asserting that "no authen-
tic information had been received in rcla.
ton to the execution of Mumford, but
measures will be Immediately taken to as
certain the facts of the alleged execution" I"
and promising that General Lee should be
duly informed thereof; -1a
And whereas, on. the 2Sth of November
last, (ls62) another letter was addressed,
under my instructions, by Robert Ould
Confederate agent for the exchange of
prisoners, under the cartel between the two
governments, to Lieutenant Colonel W. H.
Ludlow, agent of the United States under
said cartel, informing him that the expla-
nation promised 10 the said letter Of Gen.
Halleck, OF the nth of August last, had not
yet been received, and that il no answer
was sent to the government within fifteen
days from the delivery of this last commu-
lnication, 1t would be considered that an
answer WAS declined;
And whereas, by letter dated on the
Sd day of the present month of December,
the said Lieutenant-Colonel Ludlow ap-
prised the said Robert 0uld that the above
recited Communications Of the leth of Mo-
vember had been received and forwarded
to the Secretary of War of the United
States, and whereas this last delay of IF.
teen days allowed for answer has elapsed,
and NO answer has been received
Aud whereas, in addition to the taoit
admission resulting from the above refusal
to answer, / have received evidence fully
Establishing the truth Of the fact that the
said William b. Mumford, a citizen of the
Confederacy, was actually and publielye ex.
ecuted in cold blood by hanging, after the
occupation OF the city of New Orleans by
the forces under General Benjamin F. But
Ter, when said Mumford was an uuresist.
fling aud non.combataut captive, and for no
offence even alleged to have been commit
1 ted 4by him subsequent,to the date7of the
i capture Of fthe saidcity Aar'l
4 Aud whereas, thesilence OF the Govern
hment Of the Uuited5 States. and its main
tainihk the said, Butler in bigh Office under
it's authority for many months afleF his
commission Of an, act that can be Viewed
lin no other light than as a deliberate mnr-
l.der. as we'll as OF numerous otheEoutrages
and atrocities hereafter 10 be. mentioned
i goSer6ment sanctions the eohddct OF the
4 said Butler, and is determined hat he shall
remain uppuufshed, for these iuies:
4 Now, therefore, i JeGerson Davis, Pres.
tdent Of the Confederate States Of America,
] aud ib their name, do proHoHace and deelarl
II me said BenfaRit. p Butler 20 '6e q feLon
deSefpiNg Of capital tiIaiSfmCTt. I do orcie,
that he shdH no longer Be considered or treat.
ed simply az a public eatny Of tbe Golfederat,
States Of 4MsTTea, but as an outIdtO oHc
common enemy Of mankind. aad that, IN TIE
epeat Of his capture, tbs officer IN commend o.
4 the egpiuTiHg force do cause aim to Be iPlFe,
diatety executed BY hanSiag.
And l do further order that no commits.
stoned officer of the United States, takeu
lcaplive, shall be released on parole, be.
fore exchange, rntil the said Butler shal
have met With due puniskment for hii
crime. ess7 3 atli a= - fsis
Add whereas, the hostilities wageG
lagainst this Goutederaey By the forces o
the United States, under the command oi
the said Benz amin +, Butier, haye borne
Eno resemblance to such warfare as Is alonI
1permissaBle by the rules Of internstionG
4 law, or the usage Of civilization, but hav,
been characterized by repeated atrocities
/ aud outrages, among the large number O
which tue following may be cited - exam
pies: a7gL:is. Z ne .lEf{
| Peaceful and aged citizens, uhresis-
i ting captiyes and nnn. .comhRtants. have
i been confined at hard labor. with hard
chains attached TO their limbs, and are
still SO held In dungeons aud foftFesseS.
Others have been submitted TO 4 ike de.
IRrading punishment for selling medicines
4 70 the sick soldiers of the Conhdetaey.:: /:
l. The soldiers Of The United States hASi
Ibsen invited aud eneORrhge edpInf general
fisEd 4 tlssfFAEE z ~ 80
~ laN nsi cz5st a.