Year: 1864

The exertion which has been made 70 discourage


and prevent cnllstments, if otherwise directed would


have filed the quotas Of those localities LEFT the
deficiencies very light. However unwilling TO be-


ieve that any considerable portion Of fho people Of


this State would array themselves in spirit OF fac


tious, il not reasonable opposition to tie execution


Of the laws Of the land there iHdicaons of such


a spirit in the State, which, Chief Magistrate


may not Disregard. In appealing 70 the people to
discard the counsels Of wicked and unprindpled


leaders that invite them to factios ana forelble


sistance to the draft, any other legal requirement


Of the Government, ann actuated solely by desire


to preserve, practicable the peace Of tho State and


not from anysapprehension of either the determna-


ton ability Of tho Government to Hlaintain the


supremacy of its laws. The u,an who sspposes that


either the National or State Goycrnmelat Is uaad-
vised of, unprepared for, the threatened emer-


gency, is following the deception of his leaders to


consequences of the most serious character Let me
advise gu who cOuntenanee this ipsurrection to


look carefully at the civil and military penalties you
are mourning


lie then cites to them all the pains and penalties
ordained by Congress to follow any resistance to


the Government Of the United States which it is


likely the people Of Ohio will count light afiic-
tions, and but for moment, as compared with the


terrible alternative OF being sent South to be killed
The follOwing-is the conclusion Of his proelama-
ton:


If men may take up arms to resist laws, in the
policy OF effect OF which they do not concur then
all government is at an end, and We are resolved
into Hnarchy This state Of things is not to be toll
elaxed. government may as well perish In bold


and vigorous effort to maintain its integrity as to
suffer an insurrection to neutraze ssss and defy
its power.


Most earnestly do appeal to the people Of the


State not to engage Ill this fOrcble resistance to the
laws to which evil counsellors and bad men are
leading them. 1t cannot and will not succeed. Its


triumph, If it achieve any, must be of mere tenn
porary character The Government is not weak; it


is strong and powerful 1t cannot, and it will not,
| permit any armed insurrection to impeaeh its


strength OF impair its power while contending with
the Southern rebellion do not say this to you in
any spirit OF intimidation or III any threatening
| tone. l speak it to you warning, and with an
implorng voice to hear and heed it. / know what
the determination Of your Government is, and


fully comprehend the power at hand to enforce it.
What can youswhO contemplate armed resistance,
reasonably expect to gain by such movement ?


You cannot etectually nor permanently prevent the
enforcement OF the laws. You cannot in any wise
improve your own condition in the present. and
must seriously injure it i'll the future. Ju,ciOus


and conservative men who look to the supremacy OF
government for the protection and safety Of their
persons and property will not sympathize nor CO.
operate with you. You may commit crime; YOU
| may shed blood; you may destroy property; you


may spread ruin and desolatlon localities
OF the State you may give aid and comfort for u


season to the rebels already in arms against the


try; 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





This is bare possibility; but it is all you can hope
to accomplish; for you have looked upon the pro-


gress OF present struggle to little purpose if you
have not learned the great recupeTativc power and


the deep carnesness OF the country this contest


The final result will not be doubtful the disaster to
you will be complete, and the penalty will equal the
enormity of the crime


From the commencement Of this rebellion the
State Of Ohio has maintained firm and infexible
position, which cannot now be abandoned In this
internal danger that now threatens us, call upon


all good citizens TO assert and maintain the supre
acy Of the Constitution and the Laws Of the Land


These constitute the great elements of strength
as nation, and they the bulwarks Of our pco-
| pie Hold III sublection, by persuasion and peacea-
Bile means II you can, all attempts at civil nsurree
ton or armed resistance to the laws Failing in this,
there Is another duty citizens, from which may
not shrink, and to which earnestly hope we may
not be enforced. To those who threaten with this
evil, l say We do not use any threats in return


there Is no desire to provoke passion or create fur
ther irritation Such men earnestly and solennly


invoked to abandon their evil purpose: but at the
same time they warned that this invocation is
not prompted by any apprehension of the weakness


OF the Government or the of the attempts to
destroy it, would avert, by all proper means the


occurrence Of civil war i'll the State but if it must


come, the consequence must be upon those who pre-
eipitate 1t upon US. JOHN BRoUGH.