The writings of George Washington; being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations. By Jared Sparks.

128 WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. [1794.
most convenient thereto, as may be necessary, and
the use of the militia so to be called forth may be
continued, if necessary, until the expiration of thirty
days after the commencement of the ensuing session;
provided always, that, whenever it may be necessary
in the judgment of the President to use the military
force hereby directed to be called forth, the President
shall forthwith and previous thereto, by proclamation,
command such insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited time;"
And whereas James Wilson, an associate justice, on
the fourth instant, by writing under his hand did, from
evidence which had been laid before him, notify to
me, that, "in the counties of Washington and Allegany in Pennsylvania, laws of the United States are
opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers
vested in the marshal of the district;"
And whereas it is in my judgment necessary under
the circumstances of the case to take measures for
calling forth the militia in order to suppress the combinations aforesaid, and to cause the laws to be duly
executed, and I have accordingly determined so to do,
feeling the deepest regret for the occasion, but withal
the most solemn conviction, that the essential interests
of the Union demand it, that the very existence of
government and the fundamental principles of social
order are materially involved in the issue, and that the
patriotism and firmness of all good citizens are seriously called upon, as occasion may require, to aid
in the effectual suppression of so.fatal a spirit;
Therefore, and in pursuance of the proviso above
recited, I, George Washington, President. of the United
States, do hereby command all persons, being insur