The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-06-03
The Bogus Proclamation.

The fpl owing is the bogus Prmlama-
ion, Concerning which there has been
such = a tempest in teapot" just As il
app-s,-d IN ,he New Yo World aud
J"uranl of Commerce Two week. age,
which papers were seized bv order Of the
Administration. and whose editors were
ordered TO Fort Lafayette. This order
VIZ. Withdrawn, however, when il was
found ,hs, notorious Abolition Lrval
Leaguer named HowAnp, connected with
the 1i,aes, was the foreer. The supposed
Proclamation is vich, and no one bu, an
Aboiiioni-, would be guilty of The wrong
done the joker u. the White House.
Here i, IS:
Executive MAxsIos. Nav II 1864.
Fellop- Citz.ns Of the United .S,af,s:
In all seasons of exi2sncies it becomes
a nation carefully to sru,nize its line OF
conduct. humblv TO approach the Throne
OF Grace. and 'neekly implore forgiveness.
wisdom and guidance
For reason. known only to HIM, il bas
been decreed that this country should be
the .cene of unparalleled outrage ard tli.
nation the monumental sufferer of the
l9 h century With heavy heart. bu,
An undlmini<hed confidence in our cause,
| approach the performance Of duty rem
der.'i in perat'se b, my sense of weak
ness before 'he Almighty. and Of Justice
TO The people
1t is not necessary that should tell YOU
| that the firs, Virginia campaign under
L!eutenan, General Grant, in whom have
eve'v coutidence. and whose courage and
fidelity he people 30 we'll to honor. i- VIZ
tuaIi. closed. lie has conducted his great
enterprise with discree, ability. He has
! Inflicted grea, loss upon the enemy. Hs
has crippled their strength and defeated
their plans.
In view, however, Of the si,ua,ion in
Virginia, The disaster =, Red River, the
dea. NJ Charleston. nnd the gaLersl STATE
Of the country. !, Abraham Lincoln. do
hA'ehv recommend ,ha, Thursday, the
26: day OF Nav. a d. 1864. be solemn
t. set apsrt 'hrnul hout these Uni'ed
Sia'es As day Of fasting humiliation 4, d
PRAYER
D--mine furthermore. that the pre.ent
CONDITION Of pubic affairs presents IN ex.
trsordinary occasion, and in view Of the
pending expiration OF tho service of 400
0O0) one hundred thousand nf our irnnr.
! !. Abraham Lincoln Fre.iden. If the Uni
ted States. ov virtue Of the power vested
in me 10y the Constitution Of the and the
laws. have thought fit to call forth, and
hereby d" cali tor,h, the citizen. Of the
uni'ed States h-'w-en rhe ages Of (I9)
eighteen and (45) tort, five venrs tn the
Aggregate nn"be, o. (40O,OOo) four hun
dred thousand. in order to suppress the
ex,svng rehellious combinations, and to
! cause The due execution Of the laws
Aud furthermore. in case any S'ae or
number of States shall fail TO :nrnish b,
the Is day of June nex' their assign, d
quotas. it is hereby ordered that the sa,ne
he 'a'sed BY an Immediate and peremplo.
=, draft
The detail. for this o.jArt will be com :
m Hicxeh >" tie S,ae authorities ,hro'
the " Ar DEPARTMENT.
spp-a 10 ai l'val ci,izera TO favor. fa-
cil,tafe and aid this effort 10 MAINTAIN the
honor. the integrity and the existence of
"nr at'onal Union, and ,bs perpetuity OF
pol,ulrf government.
/ IN wines ,hrr-rf | have hereun'o e4'
nv hand and caused ,he seal Of the Uni
ted SIsips To he affixed
! Done at tn" fi'v ut Wellington. thi. sew
enteenlh dsv of Nav, in rhe year Of onr
L"'d one thousand eigh, hundred and
slx'v-f"nr and nf the inderendence oi
the United States the eighty eighth.
(Synedl ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
B, The President,
NM. II. SEWARD. Secretary of State.