Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-09-18
REBEL PROCLAMATION.

The following proclamation issued by Col.
Bradley 7. johnson, the rebel provost mar
shall Of Frederick, is interesting as specimen
ofthe urgent and touching appeals which the
people OF "my Maryland" were stony
hearted enough TO resist. How could they
be so ungrateful to their self appointed
deliverers from an oppression Of sixteen
months, /" more CALLING than Austrian tryan'
N.Y.! How could they be so Indifferent to
the delectable style of freedom offered them
by the army of the south. They must have
been crushed beyond resurrection under
the heel OF the terrible despotsm Of the
north, not to have risen TO "work out their
own redemption, for which they had so long
waited and suffered and hoped" when the
opportunity was offered them. Untram-
meled and free from federal bayonets," " my
Maryland" had the opportunity to decide her
own fate. How it would have been with the
confederate bayonets or confederate hemp, in
case any one wished to decide against seces-
sion, Is not stated; but judging from the
result, this omission is supposed to have been
supplied by the fertile imaginations of the
people appealed to.
While our armies are steadily and victori.
ously pushing the rebels out of Maryland, land
the people of that state. who SO coldly
received them, are enthusiastic at the
approach of the Union troops, we may
appreciate this specimen of the rebels dying
appeal for aid:
To the people of Maryland! After
sixteen months Of oppression, more CALLING
than Austrian tyranny, the victorious army
of the South brings freedom to your doors.
It's standard now waves from the Potomac to
Mason and Dixon's line.
The men of Maryland, who during the
last long months have been crushed under
the heel of this terrible despotism, now have
the opportunity for working out their own
redemption, for which they have SO long
waited, and suffered, and hoped
The Government of the Confederate.States
is pledged by the unanimous vote of its
Congress, by the distinct declaration of its
Presdent-the soldier and statesman, Davis
never to cease the war until Maryland has
the opportunity to decide for herself her own
fate, untrammeled and free from federal
bayonets. -............-..
The people of the South, with unanimity
unparalleled, have gwen their hearts to our
native State, and hundreds of thousands of
her sons have sworn, with arms in their
hands, that you shall be free. You must
now do your part, We have the arms here
for you; | am authorized to Immediately
muster in. for the war. companies and
regiments.
The companies of a hundred men, the
regiments of ten companies. Come all who
wish to strike for their liberties and their
homes. Let each man provide himself with
a stout pair CT shoes, good blanket, and
tin cup. Jackson's men have no baggage.
Officers are in Frederick to receive recruits,
and all companies formed will be armed as
soon as mustered in.
Rise at once. Remember the cells of Fort
McHenry. Remember the dungeons Of Fort
Lafayette and Fort Warren; the insults to
your wives and daughters; the arrests, the
midnight searches Of your houses.
Remember these your wrongs, and rise at
once in arms and strike for Liberty and
Right BRADLEY T. JOHNSON,
- Colonel G. 8. A.