The Portland daily press., 1863-11-05
STATE OF MAINE.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
- II augusta, October "a, 1868.
Il The President has called for 3OOO0 additional
volunteers to meet the present and prospective ex
gencies of the war.
OF this additional force Maine is expected to fur
nish her quota, and she will not dsappoint that
pectation. Now. as heretofore. her patriotic men
will respond to the cali, and promptly furnish Ter
full share Of the force necessary to vndcate the in
tegrity of our Government, and maintain the
premacy of the laws of the Union.
Our psople. with almost entire unanimity, have
determined that the present rebellion shall be sup
pressed. 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
viii perseyere until the object be accomplished, and
until the world shall be satisfied that free men can
endure more and perseyere longer for the preserya-
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 be put do,c and
TO that end should all the measures Of the Govern
ment be subseryient. 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 was literally
beseiged by armed traitors. Since that time. by the
vslor of our 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-
lstion 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 submis
sion by their despotism, are now focking TO our
standards.
A little more pressure a few more vigorous blows,
and the work of suppression will be accomplished
and our Union will stand forth in all its former go-
ny, not 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.
ically and successfully TO fill their ranks which have
been reduced by the return of those whose term of
serv ce has expired, and thinned by the casualties of
the Held, and to enable them to hold the vast terri
tory which has been conquered by their valor TO
bring the war to successful and speedy termination
more men are now wanted. Will those men be forth
coming. Who that knows ything of the past,
the patriotism of people can doubt this point
cannot Our people will not wait for any coerciye
power TO call them TO duty; all they desire TO know
IT, how much additional aid is d. sired of them and
ieei iuli assurance that such aid will be rendered
therefore with great confidence call upon the cit.
liens OF this State, with mind they have re-
solved TO suppress the rebellion with united hearts
Ss Bssvid' the means necessary to accomplish this
The provision for the soldier is most annie. With
liberal wages, and Bounty of hundreds of dollars
ne can go iorth with me assurance that those de-
pendent upon him will receive all needed support in
his absence. and with the consciousness that his ef
forts will contribute to the perpetuity of our free
institutions the glory of our country and the honor
OF her brave defenders. / summon, therefore the
loyal men of this State to aid in the speedy accom-
plishment of this work. call upon the representa-
tives of every class TO contribute of their numbers
and their means. Personal efforts and personal sac
rifces are unworthy considerations, in comparison
with the immense issues at stake Let not these be
imperilled through our inactivity. / believe that
proper appreciation Of the necessities of the Govern
nent on the part of the people of this State would
rehder put few days necessary to answer the call
of the President upon us am too well acquainted
with me results of determined effort in the past, to
doubt TINS. ABNER COBURN,
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