. . . have become so insolent from the forbearance of the government officers that Gen. Burnside has found it necessary to be more stringent and has issued this order:
“Whoever, after the issue of this order, shall, within the limits to which the Union arms may extend in this department, utter one word against the government of the United States, will be at once arrested and closely confined. It must be distinctly understood that this department is under martial law, and treason expressed or implied will meet with speedy punishment.”
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 17, 1862, p. 2
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