US Presidency
1871

By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The act of Congress entitled An act to enforce the provisions of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes, approved April 20, A. D. 1871, being a law of extraordinary public importance, I consider it my duty to issue this my proclamation, calling the attention of the people of the United States thereto, enjoining upon all good citizens, and especially upon all public officers, to be zealous in the enforcement thereof, and warning all persons to abstain from committing any of the acts thereby prohibited. This law of Congress applies to all parts of the United States and will be enforced everywhere to the extent of the powers vested in the Executive.