Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-03-01
A PROCLAMATION.
BY the Governor Of Tennessee.

Whereas it has been made known to me,
the Governor of the State of Tennessee,
that certain attrocious murders and numer-
Qns ou.ragcs have been committed in GER
tain counties in this State by violent and
disloyal men, upon the persons and property
of Union men, whose only offense has been
their ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to the Nat ional flag,
nsd their uniform support of the State Gov
eanment; and whereas, these bad men are
banding themselves together in some locali-
ties, aud notifying loyal men to leave within
given time. Now, therefore, I, William G..
Brown|ow, Governor as aforesaid, by virtue
of the authority and power in me vested, do
hereby solemnly proclaim, that intend to
put stop to all such outrages, by at once
calling into actual service a sufficient num-
Der of loyal volunteers, under the following
recent act, which is now the law of Ten
nessee:
AN ACT to organize and equip State Guard
and for other purposes.
Tie il enacted by the General Assembly OF
the State of Tennessee, That the Governor is
hereby authorized and empowered to organ
iEe and equip and call into active services a
volunteer force to be known as tho Tennes-
see State Guard, to be composed of one or
more regiments from each Congressional dis.
trict; said State Guard shall be composed
of loyal men, who shall take and subscribe
the oath prescribed in the franchise act.
SEC. 2. Be II further enacted, that the
Governor shall be COMMANDMENTS Chief, and
any number of said force shall he subject to
| his order, when in his opinion the safety of
life liberty, property, or the faithful execu.
ton of the law require IL to be organized
armed equ,pped, regulated and governed by
the rules and articles of war and the reyi sed
army regulations of tbs United States, so far
as applicable, and shall receive pay, and al
lowances according to grade of rank, as pro-
vided for the United States army while in
active service. to be paid out of the State
Treasury. not otherwise appropriated Pro.
v;d.5 that the force proyiied for nv this act
shall not bs armed and eauipped until called
into octiye service by the Governor.
Spc q. Re IL further enacted, That this
art shall take effect from and after its mas
SAGE.
S,o,d;no. az do mn the broad nr;nc;n,es
of Tho Copstitntion and sworn To enforce The
Iaws have No conce,sions N make N tra;s
go No conanron,ses N offer 10 ,ssass,ns
"a r,hh.rs md n in the sweon ~ cnr,
;na events retribu,iye justiee shall overtsks
,hs Ia w,ess and v;oleu, their own ter,sr;ty
n,;I, have csilsd n forth The omt,sges on.
rmsra,o5 n,u,t and SHALL ceas.
Helm reached Inc forsgo;ng ronr,,s;o, 7
a., ;ns,,saS in arnrsssing tI,s oninion ~,
No. Srssan, Sat- Govsrr9snt IN Tsnn.ss"s
'ns ~ ,,arsraIIv scon;escad In he loyaI ana
ah;S;na 11oonIe"wili he .,,.,a;1sd amd
,'.".asvaa s.sn;,a tho sfar,s If d;sanna;n,ad
t"s;,or. onS d;s,ova, nswsnansr. pr'"'e
The ;u,e,ss, ~ trade az agr;c,,,uro, MIR -.
s,i,s 81 commercial intsrconrse hstwae,
his a,.,s ana o,hsrs~or The de selonmant q,
omr .as, -s.onrc.s' IF sn,;ars,ion az we'll os
;us,;cs 70 IovaI snfferersSsII rsonirs that
These ontragcs at once cease in every county
in the state Dislova, men ara giving forth
their vile ntteronces in railroad cars. in onb.