Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-09-02
PrOcIamation by the Governor.
EEGUTIvB DEAPRTMESF OF ONO,
RS CoLUMBUs, Aug. %, 1864. 3

ga ,et I CoLUMBUs, Aug. %, 1864 .
10 the People oftbe State of Ohio: is s.,
Il Under the recent cali of the President for & We
hundred thousand men, a draft is ordered to take
place on the 9Th day of September next, for any
dehcIt that may then exist in the quota of troops
assigned to the State of Ohio. The draft is fixed
by the provision Ofthe act of Congress, and must
follow ID nifty days after the date of the call Of
the PRESIDENT Present indications are, that a
4 portion OF the quota of this State will be def
cient, and that, in at least some DISTRICTS draft
4 must take place to cover such deficiencies i
Ihis need not, and should not, have been the
case. The exertion that has been made TO dis
IcOurage and prevent enlistments, If otherwise
directed, would have filled the quotas of those
localities, or left the deficiency very light.
4 However unwilling to believe that any con-
siderable portion of the people of this State
would array themselves in a spirit of factious,
if not reasonable opposition 10 the execution Of
the laws of the land there are indications of such
a spirit in the State which, as Chief Magistrate,
may notdisregard. In appealing to the people
to discard the councils of wicked, unprineipled
leaders that invite them to factiOus and forcible
resistance tOthe draft or any other legal req
ment of the Government, am actuated solely
by desire to preserve, practicable, the peace
IOf the State, and the welfare 0fthe erring por-
tiOn OfOnr people, and not from any apprehen-
sions of either the determination or ability Ofthe
tGOyernmentt to maintain the supremacy of its
4 laws. rt.. sas as-.-J ..I s.f lei'.
The man who supposes that either the Ma
tional or State Government is unadvised of or
InnPrepared for the threatened emergency, is fol-
lowing the deception of his leaders to cobse-
| quences of the most serious character. Let me
advise you, who countenance this insurreetioh
to look carefully at the civil and military pen
alties you are incurring. The act of Congress
apprOved July 3lst, 1861, "70 define and punish
certain CORsptrdcieS, y is as follows: -iA.-
"Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of Rell-
resentdtiues Of the United States of america IN
Congress assembled, That if two or more per-
sons within any State or Territory of the Uni-
ted States shall conspire together to overthrow,
or to put down, or to destroy by force, the Gov
eminent of theIU nted States; or by force 10 pre-
vent, hinder or delay the execution of any law
OF the United States; by force to seize take or
possess any property ofthe United States; against
the will OreOntrary to the authority ofthe Uni
ted States; or by force or intimidation
or threat to prevent any person from accepting
or holding any Office or trust, or place of con-
ifdenee, under the United States; each and every
tpersOD so offending shall be guilty ola high
Icrime, and upon Conviction thereofin any dis
itrict circuit court of the United States. hav-
ing jurisdiction thereof shall be punished by
fine not less than five hundred dollars, or by i'm
prisOnmeDi, with or without hard labor, as the
court shall determine, for period not less than
SIX months nor greater than six years, or both
by such fine and imprisonment.
This is merely the punishment for conspiracy
yet its penalties are not light and should not be
thoughtlessly incurred. This follows, too
combination or agreement of men to do an un-
awful act, and is complete without resort to
arms. Resistance to the laws by bodies of arm
ed men constitutes the OVERT ACT OF TREASON,
L no of MI ic
the civil penalties; the military results are to be
found in the power of the Government by armed
force, to deal with every species of insurrection
against the enforcement of its legal enactments.
| 1t is unnecessary to argue the duty of every
citizen to yield obedience to the laws constitu-
itionally enacted SO long as they remain in force
II men may take up arms to resist laws in the
Ipolicy or effect of which they do not concur,
/ then all government is at an end and we are re-
solved into anarchy. This state of things is not
to be tolerated. A Government may aswen per-
ish in bold and vigorous effort to maintain its
integrity, as to suffer an insurrection to neutral
ize its laws and defy its power ,
/ Most earnestly do appeal to the people of the
State not to engage in forcible resistance to the
flaws, to which evil cOunselors and bad men are
leading them. 1t cannot and will not succeed.
It's triumph, if it achieve any, must be of mere
Temporary character. The Government is not
WSdh' I'm stIOuS duU powerful. II cannot an0
will not, permit. any armed insurrection to i'm
peach its strength or impare its power, while
contending with the Southern rebellion. do
not say this to you in any spirit of intimidation,
or IN any threatening tone. speak it to you
as warning and with an implOring voice to
hear and heed it. l know what the determina-
tiOn of your Government is, and / fully COM
prehend the power at hand to enforce it.
| What can you, who contemplate armed resis-
lance, reasonably expect to gam by such a move
ment2 You cannot effectually or permently
prevent the enforcement Ofthe laws. You can
not IN anywise improve your own condition in
the present, and must seriously iniure it in the
future. Judicious and conservative men, who
look to the supremacy of Government for the
protection and safety ofthelr persons and prop
erty, viii not sympathize or cooperate with
you. = " Ou may commit crime; you may shed
blood; you may destroy property; you may
spread devastation and ruin oyer some local.
ties Of the State; you may give aid and comfort
for season to the rebels already in arms against
the country; you may transfer for brief time,
the horrors Of war from the fields of the South
to those of the State of Ohio; you may paraIyze
prosperity, and spread CONSERVATION and alarm
among our people. This is bare possibility
but it is all you can hope to accomplish; for YOU
have looked upon the progress of our present
struggle to little purpose, fyOu have not learn
ed the great recuperative power, and the deep
earnestness of the country in fhiscontest. The
final result viii not be be doubtful; the disaster
to you will be complete; aud the penalty will be
equal to the enOrmity of the crime.
. From the commencement of this rebellion the
State of Ohio has maintained firm and inffexi-
bic position which cannot now be abandoned in
this internal danger that now threatens u.s.
call lupOn allgoOd citizens to assertand maintain
the supremacy of the Constitution and laws
of the land. These constitute the great ele-
ments of our strength as a nation, and they ar e
the bulwarks of our people. Hold in subsection
by persuasison and peaceable means, if you can
all attempts at civil insurrectOn or armed resis-
lance to the laws Failing this, there is another
duty as citizens from which we may not shrink,
and to which Earnestly hope we may not be
enforced. To those who threaten us with this
evil, say, we do not use any threats in return
there is no desire TO provoke passion, or create
further irritation. Such men are earnestly and
sOlemnly invoked to abandon their evil pur-
poses; but at the same time they are warned that
this prOvOcatiOn is not promoted by any appre-
hensiOn of the weakness of the Government, or
the success of attempts to destroy it. would
avert by all proper means, theOccurrence of civ
il in the State; but if il must come the con-
sequences be upon those who precipitate itupon |
US. ,-.Ir 41 f JOHN BROUGH.
! A Mrs. Leonard, of Boston, wife Of a soldier, |
who accompanied the army as laundress was !
captured at Plymouth. N. q. when that place |
was taken in April last. She says she was rob |
bed of everything by her captors they not even |
hot- haf and 1o- ,,,,f