I hereby enjoin upon all district attorneys, marshals, and officers of the revenue and of the military and naval forces of the United States to be vigilant in the execution of said...
all ships and vessels belonging in whole or in part to any citizen or inhabitant of any of said States, with said except...
it is peculiarly fit for us to recognize the hand of God in this terrible visitation.
that the inestimable boon of civil and religious liberty, earned under His guidance and blessing by the labors and suffe...
to pray that we may be spared further punishment, though most justly deserved.
to bow in humble submission to His chastisements, to confess and deplore their sins and transgressions in the full convi...
to pray with all fervency and contrition for the pardon of their past offenses and for a blessing upon their present and...
to humble ourselves before Him and to pray for His mercy.
Whereas it is fit and becoming in all people at all times to acknowledge and revere the supreme government of God.
Public safety requires strict enforcement of this article.
It was my intention, as shown by my letter of June 20, 1861, to appoint Hon. James H. Lane, of Kansas, a brigadier-gener...