Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-08-27
Il PROCZAMATTON.

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'.st Il PROCZAMATION.
WHEREAS, it appears that the Third
Brigade of the Third division of the Mill
tia of this State, has been ordered from,
our frontiers to the defense of neighbor-
ing ate:--And, whereas it further ap-
pears, to the extreme regret Of the Captain,
General. that part of the Militia of the.
said Brigade have been placed under COM
mand, and the disposal of an officer of the
United States, out of the jurisdiction and
control of the Executive of this State,
and have been actually marched to the
defence of a sister state, fully competent
to all the purposes of self defence, where.
by an extensive section of our own Front,
Is left IN a measure, unprotected,
the peaceable good citizens thereof and
put in great jeopardy, and exposed to the
retaliatory incursions and ravages of an
exasperated enemy: And, whereas, dis,
turbances of very serious nature, are
believed to exist in consequence of por-
tion Of the Militia having thus been Or
dered out Of the State: .....I..s., .....-
| Therefore--to that end, that these great
evils may be provided against, and, as far
as may be, prevented for the future: ,r u
Be it known-that such portion of the
Militia of said Third Division, as may be
now doing duty, in the State of New York,
or elsewhere, beyond the limits of this
State, both officers and men, are hereby
ordered and directed, by the Captain Gen,
eral and Commander-in in Chief of the Mill O.
tia of the State of Vermont, forthwith to
return to the respective places of their
usual residence, within the territorial lin.
its of said Brigade, and there to hold B
themselves in constant readiness to act in
obedience to the order of Brigadier Gen.
leral Jacob Davis, who is appointed by the
Legislature of this State, to the command
of said Brigade. ,gs ra s.saH5ai ak p.
And the said Brigadier General Davis
| is hereby ordered and directed, rthwith.
to see that the Militia of said Brigade be
complely armed and equipped, as the law
directs, and holden in constant readiness
to march on the shortest notice, to the de- o.
fence of the frontiers; and, in case of ac-
Itual invasion, without further orders, to
march with his said Brigade, to act, either
( in cooperation with the troops of the U.
s., or separately, as circumstances may
iequire, in repelling the enemy from our
territory and in protecting the good citi-
zens Of, this State from the ravages Of
hostile incursions. .,.t,. .-.... ge s.r. p
And in cases of an event. so seriously
to be deprecated, it is hoped and expected.
THAT every citizen, without distinction OF
party, will fly at once to the nearest post
of danger, and that the only rallying
word will be---"oUR COUNTRY" '-e gslt 3n.
y Feeling as the Captain General does,
the weight Of, responsibility, which rests
upon him, with regard to the constitution
al duties of the Militia, and the sacred.
rights Of our citizens to protection from
J this great class Of community, so assen-
) sally necessary TO all free countries; at
a moment, too, when they are So immis
: nently exposed to the dangers of hostile ,in-a
cursions. and domestic difficulties, he can;
not conscientiously discharge the trust re-
/, posed in him BY the voice of his fellow
. citizens, and by the Constitution Of this
and the o., States, without ansunequiyo-
I cal declaration, that, in his opinions the
Military strength and resources oftthis
State, must bs reserved for ita own de-
fsnce, and pFqtsotion, ssslasissy-ssxeepss'
ling in cases provided for, by the Constitu-
ton Of the y. States and, then, Under