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 1258 APPENDIX. N0. 3. Al“'n15v186r BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PBOCLAMATION. Pmamblo. WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been, for some time past, and now are 0 posed, and the execution thereof: ohstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Eleorgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texastoy combinations too powerful to be su pressed by the ordinary course of Judicial proceedings, or b the powers vested) in the marshals by.law : _ Now, thereiare, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution and the laws, have Militia called thought fit to call forth, and hereby do call forth, the militia of the several States ¤¤*- of the Union, to the aggregate number of seventy-tive thousand, m order to suppress said combinations, and to cause the laws to be duly executed. The details for this ob`ect will be immediately communicated to the State authorities throu h the Vlfar Department. _ _ I appeal to alldoyal 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; and to redress wrongs already long enough endured. I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces herehg called forth will probably be to reposseas the forts, places, and property whi have been seized from the Union; and in every event, the utmost care will be observed, consistently wich the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction oi] or interference with, property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country. _Pe1sonsin com- And I hereby command the persons composing the combinations aforesaid to $:;*3:*: *° mwe, and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within twenty days from Deeming that the present condition of public affairs presents an extraordinary Extraordinary occasion, I do hereby, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution, ¤¤¤¤¤°¤ of C°¤· convene both Houses of Congress. Senators and Representatives are therefore K'"' °°"°“°d‘ summoned to assemble at their respective chambers, at twelve o’clock, noon, on Thursday, the fourth day of July next, then and there to consider and determine suel:1 measures as, in their wisdom, the public safety and interest may seem to eman. Ulne thereof?} have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the m s o e a xe. Done at the City of Washington, this niteenth day of April, in the year [L B] of our Lord one thonsan eight hundred and sixty-one, and of the ‘ Independence of the United States the eiggnitsy-fifth. RAHAM LINCOLN. By the President: Wmnuu H. Snwmzn, Secretary of State. No. 4. Apu 19, 1861. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; A PROCLAMATION. P*‘°“‘l>l°· Wmmnxs an insurrection against the Government of the United States has broken out in the States of South Carolina, Geer 'a, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, and the laws of the Ugiited States for the collection of the revenue cannot be eifectually executed therein conformably to that pro- 3siondo§ tl; Constitution which requires duties to be uniform throughout the nite ta : And whereas a combination of persons, engaged in such insurrection, have threatened to grant pretended letters of marque to authorize the bearers thereof