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ohnson presided. Brigadier General Cocke, in his address to the people of the Potomac Department, uses the following language: "At this moment hosts of armed men profane by their insolent presence the city, the grave, and the memory of Washington, whilst an unbroken stream of thousands in arms violate the soil of Maryland, and murder her citizens in their march, to reinforce and occupy the Capital. "And for what? The Capital has never been threatened; it is not now threatened; it is beyond, and outside, the limits of the free and sovereign State of Virginia. "The North has not openly and according to the usage of civilized nations, declared war on us. We make no war on them; but should Virginia soil or the grave of Washington be polluted by the tread of a single man in arms from the North of the Potomac, it will cause open war. Men of the Potomac border; men of the Potomac Military Department; to arms! Your country calls you to her defence, already you have in spir