The Portland daily press., 1863-11-07
STATE OF MAINE.

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II The President has called for COO additional
volunteers TO meet the present and prospective ext
gencies Of the
OF this additional force Maine ia expected to fur
Nah her quota and she will not disappoint that
peetation Now, as heretofore. her patriotic men
Will respond 10 the call, and promptly furnish her
full share OF the force necessary to vndicate the in
tegrify OF our Government and maintain the
premacy of the laws of the Union.
Our people, with almost entire unanimty, have
determined that the present rebellion shall be sup
pressed, and that the Union which 1t was designed
10 destroy. shall be msintained. 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 persevere longer for the preserva
ton of free government, than eau the most desper-
ate and determined traitors for its destruction.
The length of the conflict is not TO be measured by
years, but by events Treason is TO put dozen and
to that end should all the Of the Govern
ment be subservient. Great progress has already
been made. Two years ago rebellion was bold, def
ant and apparently successful in half the territory
Of the Union and our National Capital literally
beseged by armed traitors. Since that time. by the
valor of arms, they have been expelled from the
greater part of this territory and the banners of the
Union now float In triumph over more than half the
of their boosted Confederacy.
They now find themselves on the point of strangu-
lation by the closeness with which the arms of the
Union are pressed upon them. Thousands OF loyal
men IN the South, who have been awed into submits
sion by their despotism, are now iocking to our
standards
little more pressure few more vigorous blows,
and the work of suppression will be accomplished.
and our Union will stand forth in all its former glo
ry, Aot reconstructed, because not destroyed but
stronger for the assault which has been made upon
it, These are encouraging omcns.
But the work accomplished has cost immense la
Dor, and has required immense resources in both
men and money.
To sustain our armies who have struggled so hero
icay and successfully. to ill their ranks which have
been reduced by the return of those whose term of
serv ce has expired, aud thinned by the casualties of
the field. and to enable them to hold the vast terri.
tory which has been nv their Nalor a
bring the war to a successful and speedy termination
more mon are now wanted Will those men DO forth
comingy Who that knows any thing of the past, o
the patriotism of our people doubt ON this point!
cannot. Our people will not wait for any coercive
power TO call them To duty; all thoy desire TO know
Is how much additional aid is sired of them, and
feel full assurance that such aid will be rendered
therefore, with great confidence. call upon the cit
lions of this State, with one mind they have re-
solved TO suppress the rebellion with united hearts
to provide the means necessary to accomplish this
object.
The provision for tho soldier is most ample With
liberal wages, and Bounty of hundreds of dollars
he can go forth with the assurance that those de-
pendent upon him will receive all needed support in
his absence, and with the consciousness that his eff
forts viii contribute 10 the perpetuity of our free
institutions the glory Of country, and the honor
OF her brave defenders. l summon. therefore, the
loyal men OF this State 10 aid in the speedy accom-.
plshment of this work. call upon the representa-
tves OF every class to contribute of their numbers
aud their means. Personal efforts aud personal sac
rihees unworthy considerations, in comparison
with the immense Issues at stake. Lot not these be
imperilled through our inactivity hcueNe that a
nroper apnreeaton of the neces OF the Govern
ment on the part of the people of this state would
ronder but few days necessary TO answer the call
of the President upon us. am toe well acquainted
with the results Of Determined efer, In the past, TO
douht this ApNER CoBtRN.
Governor and Comman der In Chief,
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