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Respectfully,

Gerald D. Hodge, Jr.
M.A. Military History - Civil War Concentration
Research - Preservation
Historian: 39th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (a.k.a. the Official Records), Series IV, Volume I, Correspondence, orders, reports, and returns of the Confederate Authorities, December 20, 1860- June 30, 1862.

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A PROCLAMATION BY JOSEPH E. BROWN, GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA.
Whereas, by the oppressive and wicked conduct of the Government and people of that part of the late United States of America known as the anti-slavery States, war actually exists between them and the people of the Southern States; and
Whereas, the President of the United States has issued his proclamation declaring his determination to blockade the ports of the Southern States and is now collecting Federal troops upon Southern soil for the purpose of subjugating and enslaving us, and
Whereas, property belonging to citizens of the State of Georgia, whenever found within the anti-slavery States, is seized and forcibly taken from its owners; and
Whereas, all contracts made with the enemy during the existence of hostilities are, by the law of nations, illegal and void, and all remedies for the enforcement of contracts in our courts between citizens of this State and citizens of the States now making war upon us, which were made prior to the commencement of hostilities, are suspended till the termination of the war; and
Whereas, in the language of the law of nations, "the purchase of bills on the enemy's country, or the remission and deposit of funds there, is a dangerous and illegal act, because it may be cherishing the resources and relieving the wants of the enemy; and the remission of funds in money or bills to subjects of the enemy is unlawful;" and
Whereas, sound policy, as well as international law, absolutely forbids that any citizen of this State shall, under any pretext whatever, assist the enemy by remitting, paying, or furnishing any money or other thing of value, during the continuance of hostilities, to the Government or people of the States which have waged and are maintaining a most unnatural and wicked war against us; and
Whereas, justice requires that all sums due from citizens of this State to individuals in such hostile States who do not uphold and sustain the savage and cruel warfare inaugurated by their Government should be promptly paid so soon as hostilities have ceased and the independence of the Confederate States is recognized by the Government of the United States:
Therefore, in view of these considerations, I, Joseph E. Brown, Governor and commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the State of Georgia, do issue this my proclamation, commanding and enjoining upon each citizen or inhabitant of this State that he abstain absolutely from all violations of the law above recited, and that he do not, under any pretext whatever, remit, transfer, or pay to the Government of the United States, or any one of the States composing said Government which is known as a free-soil State, including among others the States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, or to any citizen or inhabitant of any such State, any money, bills, drafts, or other things of value, either in payment of any debt due or hereafter to become due, of, for, or on account of any other cause whatever, until the termination of hostilities.

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And I hereby invite each citizen or inhabitant of this State who is indebted to said Government, or either of said States, or any citizen or inhabitant thereof, to pay the amount of such indebtedness, whenever due, into the treasury of Georgia, in any funds bankable in Augusta or Savannah, or to deposit the same, subject to the order of the treasurer of this State, in any one of the solvent banks of either of said cities, or in any legally authorized agency of either of said banks; and upon the making of any such deposit at the treasury, or upon presentation of any such certificate of deposit, the treasurer of this State is hereby directed and required to deliver to such person a certificate specifying the sum so deposited; which I hereby declare the faith and credit of this State will be pledged to repay to such depositor, in funds bankable in Augusta and Savannah, with 7 per cent. interest from the date of the deposit, so soon as hostilities shall have ceased and it shall again be lawful for debtors to pay the same to creditors in the hostile States above mentioned. This will not only afford to such of our citizens as owe money to Northern creditors, which international law and public policy forbid them at present to pay, a safe investment and the highest security for its return to them at the end of the war, but it will enable them, in the meantime, to perform a patriotic duty, and to assist the State, and through her the Confederate States, in raising the funds necessary to the successful defense of our homes, our firesides, and our altars.
And I do further command and strictly enjoin upon all and every chartered bank in this State, which may be in possession of any note, bill, draft, or other paper binding any citizen of this State to pay money to any one of said hostile States, or any inhabitant or corporation thereof, or belonging to any such State or person, to abstain from protesting any such draft, bill, note, or other paper: Provided, The person liable on such bill, draft, note, or other paper will exhibit to such bank, or any of its agencies having such paper in possession, a certificate showing that he has deposited the amount due on such paper in the treasury of this State, or in any one of the banks above mentioned to the credit of the treasury, or will at the time such paper becomes due make such deposit. And I further command and require all notaries public in this State to abstain absolutely from the performance of any official act for the protest of any paper of the character above mentioned under such circumstances as are hereinbefore specified.
Given under my hand and the great seal of this State at the capitol, in Milledgeville, this 26th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1861, and of the Independence of the Confederate States of America the first.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
By the Governor:
E. P. WATKINS,
Secretary of State.