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The Daily Dispatch: September 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], Our correspondence. (search)
Later from Missouri--reply to the tyrant--Gen. Jeff. Thompson's proclamation. The following proclamation was furnished the Memphis Appeal of the 12th. As it is an important document, we lay it before our readers entire: Headquarters 1st Military District,Missouri State Guard, Camp Hunter, September 2, 1861. To all whom it may Concern: Whereas, Major-General John C. Fremont, commanding the minions of Abraham Lincoln in the State of Missouri, has seen fit to declare martial law throughout the whole State, and has threatened to shoot any citizen-soldier found in arms within certain limits; also, to confiscate the property and free the negroes belonging to members of the Missouri State Guard: Therefore, know ye, that I, M. Jeff. Thompson, Brigadier General of the first military district of Missouri, having not only the military authority of Brigadier General, but certain police powers, granted by acting Governor Thomas C. Reynolds, and confirmed afterward by Gover