The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1863-11-20
PRH. BHe4zD 10 aeeazaaHaccss, AND
STATE OF MAINE.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, !
Augusta, Oct. "a. 1868. !

| EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.,
Augusta, Oct "a. 1868.
FELLow-CIrIzESs:
The President has called for 300, 900 addition
nj volunteers, to meet the present and prospec-
tive exigencies of the war.
OF this additional force Maine is expected to
furnish her quota, and she will not dsappoint
that expectation. Now, rs heretofore, her pa
triotc men will respond to the call, and prompt.
| ~ furnish her full share of the force necessary
to yindicate the integrity Of our Government,
and maintain the supremacy of the laws of the
Union.
Our people. with almost entire unanmity,
have determined that the present rebellion shall
be suppressed, and that the Union which It was
designed to destroy, shall be maintained. For
this purpose they entered upon the contest and
to this end they will perseyere until the object
be accomplished. and until the world shall be
satisfied that free men can endure more. and
perseyere longer, for the preservation of free
government, than can the most desperate and
determined traitors for its destruction.
The length Of the conflict is not to be meas.
urcd by years, but by events. Treason is 10
be put doicn, and to that end should all the
measures Of the Government be subscryicnt.-
Great progress has already been made. Two
years ago rebellion was bold, defiant, and APP
parently successful in half the territory of tire
Union, and our National Capital was literally
bcsieged by armed traitors. Since that time,
by the valor Of our arms, they have been ex-
PEELED from the greater part of this territory,
and the banners of the Union now float in tri-
umph over more than half the States which
were then claimed as component parts of their
boosted Confederacy.
They now find themselves on the point of
strangulation by the closencss with which the
arms OF the Union are pressed upon them
Thousands of loyal men In the South, who have
been awed into submission by their despotism,
are now hocking to our standards.
A little more pressure, few more vigorous
blows. and the work of suppression will be nc
cOmplished, and our Union will stand forth In
all its former glory, not reconstructed, because
not destroyed, but stronger for the assault
which has been made upon 1t. These are en-
couraging Omens.
But the work accomplished has cost immense
labor, and has required immense resources in
both men and money.
To sustain our armies who have struggled so
hcroically and successfully, to fill their ranks
which have been reduced by the return Of those
whose term of service has expired, and thnncd
by the casualties of the field, and to enable
them to hold the vast territory which has been
conquered by their valor, and to bring the war
to successful and speedy termination, more
men are now wanted. Will those men be forth
comingi Who that knows any thing OF the
past, or the patriotism Of our people, can doubt
on this pointl canpot. Our people will not
wait for any coercivc power to call them to du-
ty {; oil they desire to know is. how much addi-
tional aid is desired of them, and | feel full as
surancc that such aid will be rendered. there
fore, with great confidence, call upon the cit-
zcns Of this State, as with one mind they have
resolved to suppress the rebellion, with united
hearts to find the means necessary to accom-
plish this object.
The provision for the soldier Is most ample.
With liberal wages and a Bounty of hundreds
Of dollars, he can go forth with the assurance
that those dependent upon him will receive all
needed support in his absence, and with the
consciousness that his efforts will contribute to
the pcrpctuity of our free institutions, the glo-
ry of our country, and the honor OF her brave
defenders. | summon, therefore, the loyal men
of this State to aid in the speedy accomplish
ment Of this work. call upon the representa-
tycs Of every class to contribute of their num-
bers and their means. Personal efforts and
personal sacrifices are unworthy considerations,
In comparison with the immense issues ut stake.
Let not these be impcrilcd through our mac
tivity. believe that proper appreciation of
the necessities of the Government on the part
of the people of this State, would render but n
few days necessary to answer the call of the
President upon US. / nm too well acquainted
with the results of determined effort in the past,
to doubt this. ABNER COBURN,
Governor and Commander-in-Chicf.