The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

| A Hoax. ..,.-.-.-.
We publish below from the N. Y. World
the celebrated bogus Proclamation that
upset the whole country one day last week
our readers may like to see it. The Proc.
was generally credited in Milwaukee, but
the contradiction came so closely on its
! publication that it did only few moments
harm:
Four Hundred Thousand More Troops
Called For.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, May II, 1864.
Fslloso Citizens Of the United States:
In all seasons Of exigencies it becomes a
nation carefully to scrutinize its line of con.
duct, humbly to approach the Throne OF
Grace, and meekly to implore forgiveness,
wisdom and guidance.
For reasons known only to him, it has
been decreed that this country should be
the scene Of unparalleled outrage, and this
nation the monumental sufferer Of the 10th
century. With a heavy heart, but an un-
diminished confidence in our cause, ap-
proach the performance Of duty rende, ed
imperative by my sense of weakness be-.
fore the Almighty, and Of justice t. the
people.
1t is not necessary that should tell you
that the first Virginia campaign under
Lieutenant General Grant, in whom have
every confidence, and whose courage and
fidelity the people do well to honor, is vir-
tually closed. He has conducted his great
enterprise with discreet ability. He has
inflicted great loss upon the enemy. He
has crippled their strength and defeated
their plans.
In view, however, Of the situation in
Virginia, the disaster at Red river, the delay
at Charleston. and the general state of the
country, /, Abraham Lincoln, do hereby
recommend that Thursday, the twenty sixth
day Of May, A. ID. 1864, be solemnly set
apart throughout these United States as
day Of fasting, humiliation and prayer.
Deeming furthermore, that the present
condition Of public affairs presents an ex-
traordinary occasion, and in view of the
pending expiration of the service of 1OO,-
00O) one hundred thousand of our troops,
l.. Abraham Lincoln, President of the
United States, by virtue of the power vested
in me by the Constitution and the laws,
have thought fit to call forth, and hereby
w Cdil iOTlu, tuc ClttZeuS Oh the UnltcO
States between the ages of (l8) eighteen
and (45) forty. five years, to the aggregate
number of (4OO,00O) four hundred thous.
and, in order to suppress the existing re-
bellious combinations, and to cause the due
execution of the laws.
And furthermore, in case any state or
number of states shall fail to furnish by
the 10Th day Of June next their assigned
quotas, it is hereby ordered that the same
be raised by an immediate and peremptory
draft.
The details for this object will be com.
municated to the state authorities through
the War Department. ....
appeal to all loyal citizens to favor,
facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the
honor, the integrity, and the existence of
our national Union, and the perpetuity of
popular government.
In witness whereof have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this
seventeenth day of May, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-four, and Of the independence of the
United States the eighty eighth.
(Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.