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The Daily Dispatch: April 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], Missouri's response to Lincoln's Proclamation. (search)
's hesitation or delay. Capt. Murray, and several members of his company, were just about to take the cars for Richmond to offer the services of the company to the Governor, when the summons came. A meeting was immediately called, scouts were sent to the country to inform the members of the company of it, and, although the notice was so short, and the men scattered over an area of 12 or 15 miles, they responded nobly to the call, and mustered in full force at the appointed hour. Rev. Mr. Waggoner, of the Methodist Church, made them an eloquent speech, assuring them of the warm sympathies and fervent prayers of those left behind, and commending them to the "God of battles." A large number of our people attended them to the cars, and they went off amid waving of handkerchiefs by the ladies, and the deafening cheers of the multitude. Old Louisa has for some months past been a stronghold of secessionism, but there is but one sentiment here now, and that is "do or die" for Southern