Telegraphic responses to Lincoln's proclamation.
WashingtonApril 16.
--The following are the responses by telegraph from the Governors of North Carolina and Kentucky to the calls for volunteers:
From the Governor of Kentucky.
Frankfort April 15.
--To the Secretary of War : Your dispatch is received.
In answer I say emphatically that Kentucky will furnish no troops for the wicked purpose of subduing her sister Southern States. B. Magoffin, Gov'r of Kentucky.
From the Governor of North Carolina.
Raleigh April 15.
--To the Secretary of War : Your dispatch is received, and if genuine, (which its extraordinary character leads me to doubt,) I have to say in reply that I regard a levy of troops for the purpose of subjugating the States of the South, as in violation of the Constitution and a usurpation of power.
I can be no party to this wicked violation of the laws of the country, and to this war upon the liberties of a free people.
You can get no troops from North Carolina.
I will reply more in detail when your call is received by mail.
From the Governor of Maryland.
WashingtonApril 16.
-- Gov. Hicks has informed the Secretary of War that Maryland will respond to the call for a quota of troops.
[What else could be expected of a Black Republican functionary ?]
WashingtonApril 16.
--The Secretary of War indicates that independent military companies, volunteering directly to him, will be accepted from the States of Kentucky and North Carolina. 