...session of Congress, to convene July 4th. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES —A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, the laws of the United States have been for...Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas^ by a combination too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the...

...half a million of square miles. He terms sovereign States ' combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law.' He calls for an army of 75,000 men to act as a posse comitatvs in aid of the process of the courts...

...fall of Fort Sumter, he calls on the militia to suppress " combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law." It is not till August that he will speak of a " state of insurrection," as distinct from particular...

...fall of Fort Sumter, he calls oil the militia to suppress " combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law." It is not till August that he will speak of a " state of insurrection," as distinct from particular...

...were being " opposed," their execution obstructed, " by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals," and he therefore decided, as he was bound to do, " to call forth " such of the militia as he deemed...

...States were being "opposed," their execut'mn obstructed, " by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals," and he therefore decided, as he was hound to do, "to call forth " such of the militia as he deemed...

...Government in its stead. Nothing can be more explicit than the proclamation of April 15, 1861 : — " The laws of the United States have been for some time...powers vested in the marshals by law. " Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution...

...issued his declaration of war. It is couched in earnest and dignified terms, and runs as follows : " Whereas, the laws of the United States have been for...ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers invested in the marshals by law ; " Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States,...

...the President of the United States of America. WHEREAS, the laws of the United States have been fot some time past, and now are, opposed, and the execution...powers vested in the marshals by law. Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution...

...withdrawn" from the seceded States. The following proclamation was the " modification'' of the inaugural : " Whereas the laws of the United States have been for...Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceeding, or by the powers vested in the Marshals by law— "...