. The Union cause in St. Louis in 1861 [electronic resource]: an historical sketch . d the relieves in a livery stablenear by, and issued the following apologetic proclamation: Military Department of the West, St. Louis, May 12, the People of the State of Missouri and City of St. Louis. I have just returned to this post, and have assumed the military com-mand of this Department. No one can more deeply regret the deplorable state of things existinghere than myself. The past can not be recalled. I can only deal with thepresent and the future. I most anxiously desire to discharge the deli
. The Union cause in St. Louis in 1861 [electronic resource]: an historical sketch . d the relieves in a livery stablenear by, and issued the following apologetic proclamation: Military Department of the West, St. Louis, May 12, the People of the State of Missouri and City of St. Louis. I have just returned to this post, and have assumed the military com-mand of this Department. No one can more deeply regret the deplorable state of things existinghere than myself. The past can not be recalled. I can only deal with thepresent and the future. I most anxiously desire to discharge the delicate and onerous duties de-volved upon me, so as to preserve the public peace. I shall carefully abstainfrom the exercise of any unnecessary powers, and from all interference withthe proper functions of the public officers of the State and City I. thereforecall upon the public authorities and the people to aid me in preserving thepublic peace. The military force stationed in this Department by the authority of theGovernment, and now under my command, will only be used in the last. ADOLPHUS BUSCH. Corporal 3d U S. Reserve Corps, Missouri Volunteers. The War in Missouri. 241 resort, to preserve the peace. I trust I may be spared the necessity of resort-ing to martial law, but the public peace must be preserved, and the lives andproperty of the people protected. Upon a careful review of my instructions,I find I have no authority to change the location of the Home Guards. To avoid all cause of irritation and excitement, if called upon to aid thelocal authorities in preserving the public peace, I shall in preference makeuse of the Regular Army. I ask the people to pursue their regular avocations, and to observe thelaws, and orders of their local authorities, and to abstain from the excite-ments of public meetings and heated discussions. My appeal, I trust, maynot be in vain, and I pledge the faith of a soldier to the earnest dischargeof my duty. Wm. S. Hakney,Brig. Gen. U. S., Comma
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