Show general Fr emonts proclamation headquarters qUARTERs headquarters EAD or THE WESTERN Ds dic ST LOUIS aug 31 circumstances in my judgment j of 0 sufficient urgency render it necessary that the commanding general of this department should assume the administrative powers of the state its disorganized condition the helplessness of the civil authority the total insecurity rit y of f life and the devastation de of property properly by by ba bands no of murderers and marauders who anfe infest t ne nearly arly ariy every county in the state a and S lavall lavail avail themselves of the public misfortunes and vicinity of a hostile force to gratify private and neighborhood vengeance and who find an enemy wherever they find plunder finally dema iiii liti the severest measures to repress the daily increasing crimes and out outrages which are driving orf ord the inhabitants I 1 and ana ruining the state in this condition the public safi safe safety t y and the success of our arms 11 I 1 aquire unity of purpose without let or hindrance to the prompt admin adain of affairs in order therefore to slip suppress press disorders I 1 to maintain as far as now practicable prati cable the public peace and to give security and protection to the persons and property prop eity of loyal citizens 11 I 1 do hereby extend and declare established martial law throughout the state of DR missouri ahe lines of the army of occupation in this state are for the p present esen eben declared to extend from leavel leavenworth by y the way of the posts of jefferson city rol roi holla a and ironton to cape girardeau on the at mississippi ippi river all persons who shall be taken with arms in their hands within these lines shall be tried by court martial arid and if found guilty will be shot the property real and personal of all persons in the e state of missouri who shall take up arms against the united states or I 1 iho ulio shall be directly proven to have taken 1 active part with their enemies in the field is i declared to be confiscated to the public ube use and their slaves if any they have are hereby declared freemen free men all persons who chall be proven to have destroyed after tle publication of this order railroad tracks bridges 0 or r telegraphs shall suffer gummer the extreme penalty penally of the law all persons engaged in iti treasonable reasonable correspondence pon dence in divine or procuring aid to the enemies of the united states in disturbing the public tranquilly tran quilty by creat creating trig and circulating t fale reports or incendiary documents are i in n their own interest warned that they are exposing themselves all persons who have been led away fram their allegiance are required to return to their homes forthwith any such buch absence without sufficient cause will be held to be presumptive evidence against them the 0 object b ct of this declaration is to place in the b hands a n Ys Is of the he military authorities the power to give instantaneous effect to e existing laws I ws and to 11 supply such deficiencies as the e conditions of war demand but it is net not intended to suspend the ordinary oid inary tribunals of the country where the law will be administered by the civil officers in the usual manner and with their customary cust cusi omary authority while the same can be peaceably ebere sed the commanding general will labor vigilantly for the public welfare and in his efforts for their safety hopes to obtain not onla the acquiescence but the active su support port of 0 the I 1 people of the country SI signed ned J C FREMONT tilador major geneal gene al commanding |