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 A PROCLAMATION. 
 
 TO THE C400D PEOPLE OF THE COUNTIES OF 
 
 U[lUINDi.lQODOiJtlRFa& PRINCE WIlHli 
 
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 A reckless and unprincipled tyrant has invaded your 
 soil. Abraham Lincoln, regardless of all moral, Jcgal 
 and constitutional restraints, has thrown hia abolitioft 
 hosts among you, who f.rc murdering and imprisoning 
 your citizens*, confiscating and destroying your property, 
 and committing other acts of violence and oiitrage' too 
 shocking and revolting to humanity to be enumera\cd. 
 All rules of civilized warfare are abandoned, and they 
 proclaim by their acts, if not on their banners, that their 
 ■war cry is " Beauty and Bcoty^ All that is dear to man 
 — your honor and thatof your wives and daughters — your 
 fortunes and your lives are-in\olved in this momentous 
 contest. ,, 
 
 1 n the name, therefore, of the' constituted authorfties 
 of the Confederate Staples — in the sacred cause of Convjti- 
 tutional Liberty and self- Government, for "vvhich wc a 
 contending— in behalf of ciA'^ilization and humanity 
 self— I, Ci. T. BEAUREGARD, Brigadier General of 
 the Confederate States Qommanding at Camp Pickens, 
 Manassas Junction, do make this my Proclamation, and 
 invite and enjoin you by every consideration dear to "the 
 hearts of freemen and patriots — by the name and mem- 
 ory of your Revolutionary fathers, and by the purity and 
 sanctity of your domestic firesides — to rally to the stand- 
 ard of your State and country, .and by every means in 
 your power compatible with honorable warfare, to drive 
 back and expel the invaders from your land. I conjure 
 you to be true and loyal to your country and her lega^ 
 and constitutional authorities, and especially to be vigi- 
 lant of the movements and acts of the enemy so as to en- 
 able you to give the earliest authentic information at 
 these Head Quarters, or to the OflScers under my com- 
 mand. I desire to assure you that the utmost protection 
 in my power will be extended to you all. 
 
 (Signed) G. T. BEAUREGARD, 
 Brigadier General Commanding. 
 
 (OflScial) 
 
 Thomas Jordan, '' 
 
 Lt. Col. and Act. Ass't. A'dju't. General. 
 
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