The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-30

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sion OF any part OF the country, ii was not
twenty four hours ere he took up the same
pen 10 proclaim war, and call for a vast
army 10 invade the South The change
had been produced By the discovery tia,
the North was euraged, and would sustain
him in any degree Of usurpation Al
through the night, and the peaceful Sab
bath, ali lncessant stream Of telegrauls were
reeled from the wires, sent b. Governors,
Judges, congressman, preachers, all classes
and conditions OF men, Of every party. sect
and race, offering men, munitions, money,
services, sympathy, advice and Demand
showing that the scheme 70 p~recipitatc the
crisis, and fire the Northern heart, had done
It's fatal work all too surely
On Sunday night, Linccln's confidential
advisers dropped in at the White House.
and 1t was informally decided, If the outlook
next day would seem 10 warrant, 10 issue a
war proclamation, and cross the Rubicon.
The constitution gave the power and di>crc-
ton of making war solely 10 Congress. but
this could be eyaded By a pretencc Of raising
the army as a posse TO aid the civil authori-
ties.
Accordingly, on Monday, Aprill5th 1851,
the famous proclamation was issu>d. II
declared that whereas the Federal authority
was opposed and DISTRACTED in the seven SC
ceded States (naming them by combina-
ions too powerful to be suppressed b. the
ordinary course of judicial proceedings,
therefore, 4, Abraham Lincoln. have
thought fit to call forth the militia Of the
several States to the aggregate number Of
rs, 600, IN order 10 suppress said combina-
"%tions, ana to cause the laws to be duly ex-
"ecuted. = appeal to all loyal
citizens to favor, facilitate. and aid, this
effort to maintain the honor, the integrity,
"and existence of our National Union. and
THE perpetuity of popular government, and
Ito redress wrongs already long enough en-
''dured, : : : and | hereby command
"the persons composing the combinations
aforesaid TO dispense and retire peacefully
to their respective abodes within twenty
! days : = The first service tot the
''troops) will probably be to repossess the
forts, places, and property which have
been seized from the Union.
The proclamation also convened Congress
to meet in special session on the fourth OF
July.
Accompanying the Proclamation were re-
QUESTION upon the Governors OF the states,
except the seeded ones, for their respective
quotas of volunteers for three month ser
vice. Most of the Northern Governors re-
piled that their men were ready to take the
field at once. They had been awaiting the
call for weeks. There was quite a rivalry
between the New England and the New
York regiments as to precedence III reaching
Washington.
Not 50 with the Southern Governors. Gov.
Letcher, of Virginia, a lifelong Jniouist,
replied-"Iour object IS to sublugatc the
.SOuthern States, + you have chosen
ito inauguratec civil war; and havingdone so,
1--WE will meet it in a spirit as determined as
you have shown toward the South Gov.
Ellis, of North Carolina, fast sinking under
cruel disease, telegraphed-"I can bc no
party to this wicked violation of the laws, and
especially to this war which is being wagcd
upon a free and independent people. You
Gov. Magohiin replied -3Emphatically, Ken
lucky will furnish no troops for the wicked
purpose of subduing her sister Southern
States" GOV. Rector, Of Arkansas, said
Your demand Is only adding insult to m
iurv.n Coy. Harris, Of Tennessee, replied
Not a man for coercion, but 10000 it nee
essar, for defence ofthc rightspfour Southern
| Brethren" Coy. Thos. HoIIalay Hicks, Of
Maryland, after much equlyocatlon, secretly
promised to furnish the troops, but urged
the Lincolnites not to interfere as yet. lie
then issued arrlclamaiion lnt'matlng that he
should remain Neutral, until the people at
the Congressional election should express
their determination to go with South, or
the North. This was a trick To hold the
State quiet while the manacles were being
applied.
On the 18th, Virginia answered Lincoln's
proclamation BY a prompt coalition 81 all
parties. and virtually unanimous withdrawal
from the Union which she had 50 long de
Tended and eulogiscd. '"The people Of Vlr-
ginia'-(said the Ordinance Of Seces-.on)-
I'm their ratification Of the constitution Of
THE United States, June %, It's. declared
that the powers granted under that constl-
tuition were derived from the people, aud
might be resumed whatsoever the same
should be perverted to their injury and op-
preston.
In compliance with that sovereign dlserc-
ton. the commonwealth withdrew lis ratltl-
cation, and reassumed its independence.
This bold action Of the Old DOMINION,
two days after the war began, thus neces-
sarily taking upon her breast the brunt Of d
storm. which whatsoever the result. must
he terribly disastrous TO her, left 10 occasion