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deprecating violence, but giving assurances that 

 no traitors should be tolerated in Philadelphia. 

 The mob subsequently visited several other 

 establishments and the houses of several citi- 

 zens suspected of Southern sympathies. At one 

 period it was feared that all control of the crowd 

 would be lost by the police, and that more se- 

 rious acts of lawlessness would occur. When, 

 at the office of the " Palmetto Flag," the dan- 

 ger of the beginning of a riot seemed imminent, 

 Mayor Henry appeared at one of the windows 

 with the " Stars and Stripes" in his hands, and 

 thus addressed the tumultuous crowd : 



" Fellow-citizens : Lend me your ears as be- 

 coming good and loyal citizens men loyal to 

 your country and her honor. (Cheers.) My 

 fellow-citizens, no traitor shall rear his head or 

 have a foothold in the city of Philadelphia. 

 (Great cheering.) With the help of Almighty 

 God, treason shall not raise its destructive hand 

 to tear down the flag of the Union. (Tremen- 

 dous cheers.) I call upon you now and for the 

 future to protect this flag at the point of the 

 bayonet and at the cost of our lives. (Here he 

 waved the American flag mid the most deafen- 

 ing yells.) Fellow-citizen while I conjure you 

 to stand by the flag of the Union, do not forget 

 the private rights of individuals ; be calm and 

 resolute, defend your flag against treason, but 

 act with prudence, and do not invade the rights 

 or property of individuals." (Great cheering.) 



American flags were then displayed from the 

 windows of the building and the crowd moved off. 



In all sections of the city might be seen the 

 American colors displayed, not merely on news- 

 paper offices, the Custom House, Corn Exchange, 

 manufactories and stores, but also upon private 

 dwellings. 



Throughout the city a Union pledge respond- 

 ing to the President's proclamation, and declar- 

 ing an unalterable determination to sustain the 

 Government, throwing aside all differences of 

 political opinion, received the signatures of all 

 classes of citizens. 



On the 20th of April, the Governor issued a 

 proclamation convening an extra session of the 

 Legislature. It was as follows : 



Whereas, An armed rebellion exists in a portion of 

 the States of the Union, threatening the destruction of 

 the National Government, perilling public and private 

 property, endangering the peace and security of this 

 Commonwealth, and inviting systematic piracy ; and 



Whereas, Adequate provision does not exist by law 

 to enable the Executive to make the military power of 

 the State as available and efficient as it should be for 

 the common defence of the State and the General Gov- 

 ernment ; and 



Whereas, An occasion so extraordinary requires 

 prompt legislative power; 



Therefore, I, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor of the 

 Commonwealth, by virtue of the power vested in me, 

 do hereby convene the General Assembly of this Com- 

 monwealth, and require the members "of the Senate 

 aad House of Representatives to meet at their respec- 

 tive houses at Harrisburg, on Tuesday, 30th of April, 

 at noon, there to take into consideration, and adopt 

 such measures, in the premises, as the present sxi- 

 gency may demand. 



The quota of Pennsylvania tinder the call of 



the President was 14 regiments. This call was 

 enthusiastically responded to by the people of 

 the State. The first detachment of troops which 

 arrived in Washington after the issue of the re- 

 quisition by the Secretary of War consisted of 

 500 men from the brigade raised by Gen. W. 

 P. Small of Philadelphia. They left that city 

 on the night of the 17th, and arrived safely at 

 Washington. At the same time companies and 

 regiments commenced to move for Harrisburg 

 from several counties of the State, which mani- 

 fested a rivalry of each other in a prompt res- 

 ponse to the call. Harrisburg became the 

 military centre of the State. It is the capital, 

 and situated on the east bank of the Susque- 

 hanna River, 100 miles west by north from 

 Philadelphia, and 110 miles north by east of 

 Washington. Earl}- on the 21st of April soldiers 

 were pouring into the city, and a vast camp 

 was formed. Among them were troops of 

 Ohio, who, in their eagerness to rescue Wash- 

 ington, had come forward in detachments of 

 single companies. In one day there arrived the 

 Cincinnati Zouaves, Pickaway Guards, Cleve- 

 land Grays, Cincinnati Rovers, Cincinnati La- 

 fayette Guards, Urbana Rifles, Mansfield Inde- 

 pendents. Each of these companies was over 

 80 strong, and many were in a fine state of dis- 

 cipline ; also the Dayton Light Guards, 100 

 men: Zanesville Guards, 100 men; Stenbenville 

 Guards, 100 men, all from the State of Ohio. 



The inhabitants of Harrisburg were in the 

 streets that day to see this crowd of uniformed 

 individuals in their unorganized, unmilitary con- 

 dition. The burning of the bridges near Bal- 

 timore, thus cutting off their communication 

 with Washington, added to the excitement. 

 Military operations commenced at once. A 

 body of 2.000 men were thrown forward, by 

 the midnight train, to the first bridge on the 

 way to Baltimore, which had been destroyed on 

 the Baltimore and Harrisburg railroad. These 

 2,000 were followed by 300 regulars from Car- 

 lisle, and by a battery of flying artillery, and 

 1,000 more volunteers. 



On the 27th of April at least 5,000 men had 

 arrived at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, 2,000 

 were encamped at Lancaster, and 5,000 were 

 in readiness to march from Philadelphia. 



On the 19th a request from the War Depart- 

 ment had been sent to the Governor that the 

 troops preparing in the State should be clothed, 

 armed, equipped, subsisted, and transported by 

 the State, in consequence of the inability of the 

 Federal Government. 25 regiments, compris- 

 ing 20,175 men were thus fitted out, and served 

 for three months under the President's proc- 

 lamation. On the expiration of their term 

 8,000 or 10,000 of the volunteers were returned 

 to Harrisburg without any previous notice, and 

 with neither cooked food or tents. 



On the 80th of April the special session of 

 the Legislature* commenced, at which an act 

 was passed authorizing the organization of a 

 reserve corps to be armed, equipped, clothed, 

 subsisted, and paid by the State, and drilled in 



