, 1862-09-17
(Gt6 Grlbnue<
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER II. ,a;sa
9HE GOvERHos4>s PHocIAMb-
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The QovetT,ss. WITH earnest m c1ct,rcnt
words rc~<smwes,tiE n his Proclamation the
organization n The Militia It Illinois, that
The State may T. prepared fnT any c7r,cr
Erney that is,ay happen. He hes With his
a1stsal t;vrsissat AMI PATRIOTISM hit the naa
IN tl.c l,ced> and ~e AM sure ,h.t the loyal
1x<',lc vf1' sesi,,r,'s 10 1,5s rs;asst With ne
same .tcs>Ni:r ami 7eai 11,at has tn,4>e1'ca
N,c,n l., ssni one s..>.ai,T >,s't NJ caeh ''te>
ltsa 1>c,xca,s II, ti,t S.ate II dare s1'c ha>t'
:sl,sls AMI Hangers ,T tue sss'lc nc'd. I'll"
<;,>,, .p,s .s.~u s.4 a,t t~' t%~sn IL meet
the c>,~>.s.t.s.s et the tens II thousands
nj .>t,sccss* who have f.,rtssseu that the Or
xssaai.ati<'a <d tl,r wh"lc available mill
xa,y t,,,r ii the State would be an un-
.,y,,i,sa,,(c n,<essi,y ef tho struggle In which
Ns Ar, engaged; nor a moment too soon
t;,r ,l,c emergency IN which illinois among
I'll the Other loyal sovcscisntics finds itself
1,la,rd. disguise it as NC may, the public
slaprcr is imminent Weakness and in
efficiency in high places, mainly at the
head Of our armies, hare been the potent
allies Of the enemy, and unless the cam-
1,aisn on The upper Potomac results
in tic entire rout and almost COM
pl.te obstruction Of the invading foe,
the Union cause, regarded with IN ere
o1,ly to external dangers, was never in so
great 3. strait before. We have lost in
few months, by disaster succeeding disas-
ter, 1,y disgrace following disgrace, all that
Tie yalor Of our brave men had gained in
a year: and to-day, our lntcly victorious
columns III the South, baffled and beaten,
arc l,astenins North, their banners trailing
in the dust, cach soldier wearing in his
face the shanc Of that policy which has
changed him, from q hero flushed with VIC
tory, into fugitive before the advancing
and insolcnt foe. The story Of the Poto-
u.ac-as disgracctul q volume as was ever
written the history OF brave and free
pc,,Ie-we need not recall Alas, that it
should he true, aud that no centuries will
wear It out or make those who Will come
st.rr Us less ashamed tlan we Of its humili-
sting revelations. But these ure not all
While force without aided By hesitation,
1iiniaity and yarial'1cucss within, has been
1nskins such havoc with the expectations
1!at all men entertained when Fort Donel-
sen fell, und the Southwest was opened to
rur victorious arms, treachcry has been
ca1l,c1ing head right here in our midst,
:.d the presence in Illinois alone Of
seven hundred affiliated societies with dis
l':,::l intent, every member Of which is
w"iti, & Opportunity to add the weight Of
lis dis]oyal hand to the burden that free
dom nov bears, warns u5 that the time for
precautionary measures has now come,
Nhtn men in public places, may, without
danger Of being torn to pieces by an indig.
na,l: mob, openly preach the treason thai
tAey have heretofore been anxious to hide
and when the New York Herald, the
,rputh-piccc Of a military clique as well a:
t1lc exponent Of the views Of a ma
1ign@1,t political flction, may, withou
rtDukc iron, the constituted authorities, re
ctmmcnd that these authorities bo kicket
pu, 10 nuke room for d military despo,isu
1or 1],c ruling Of The neonle and tbc SIN
preston Of m obnoxious majority in th
naticn, it surely is time for those, who, liz
G,ytruor Yates. value tile liberties that OIL
14tl4eis gained and the Institutions 70
witch tl,cy fought. TO look about them fu
Tie 1pcans Of defense against the ne;
pcr,ls by which ,hev arc Threatened
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