, 1864-07-07
MARTIAL Law LII KEN.
TUCkY.
NAsHEaTos, July $, 1894.
81 the President Of the United States Of Ar1erca.
A PROCLAMATION.

NAsHSaros, July $, 1894.
b the President Of the United States Of Anerica.
4 PROCLAMATION.
TuEEEAE. By the Proclamation which was
Issued on the 18th day Of April 1861 the President
the laws Of the United States m been for come time
nast and were then oppoaT and TIE execution
thereof obtt1ncted, n certain States therein NEIL
toned, by combinations too powerful to be snp-
pressed By ordinary course Of Judicial proeecdIns*
Or bs powers vested in the Marsh41e By laE; and
NuEnrAs. Immediately after the issuing Of the
United States II ere put into activity TO suppzeas
eaid iusuErection and rebellion; and
THEnEAs, tbs Congress Of the un,ted States, BY
enact til during he said rebellion the President
Of the United States. whenever in his Judgment
the public good msY require It, is authorized to
su.psnd the piyi!see Of she Erit q Aa.<as eo.pus
WaERE1s' said lnsur7ection aud rebellion still
continue, eDdanSenne the existence Of the Con-
sutut1on and Government of the United States,
and
WHEREAS, The military forces Of the United States
are no~ actively eugaEed III suppressIng the said
insu1ection and rebellion In various parts Of the
StoteE where said rebellion has been successful
in obstuctins the laws and publ,c authorities, e.
pedall5 in the States Of Virginia aud Georgia, and
WHEREAS, On the 18Th day Of September last
proclamation. wherein he declared that the prisi-
1eEe Of the writ OF ha beas corpus ebou1d be sns-
pended throughout ths Gn,ted states, 10 Gases
dent 81 tae untted 's States the s mtiiisrY, ssI
nnva1 and dil otcefs Of the United States, or any
q them hold persons under their command. or in
eiderr o. abetors Of he enemy, or Officers, or so-
dlere or eeamen, enrolled or drafted, ot mustered
e. II eeS to s n4
froa. Of Otherwise amenable to military Law, or
Eues e articles q waE, the rules and regulations
Il 5 se 1oed sae 81
for resisting draft, Or for any other odense
aga1ns: mil,tasy Or raj eerrice: and
MaTnkAs ;n, Many citizens of ths State of Ken
h7ye on several occasions entered the said State
OF Kentucky In large forces, and not without aid
end eon.lo1T fuTnIshed by aisaftected and disloJa
hase not only grcstly disturbed public peace, but
have overborne the civil authorities and 1nade
s1snt At ssi VT destroying property in various
WHEnEAs, i hae been made known to the Pres
tdent Of the United States, BY the officers com
mandlng the @ national y s armies thst combinations
new sald operations OF civil war within said stete
and IT, ts unted stafs .Fss
GeorGia, and even to endanser their safety:
Nov, ihereiore, ! Abraham Ltnso;n President
ss s ud S.f !. e y sstue q ae saa aaRe R
eafety especially requires tint tie suspension Of
the privilege Of the writ Of hdbeds ooypNs 30 pro
tiatn,ed III the said proclamation Of the 18th of
September, 1863, be made edectuA aod b. doly
enforced In and throughout the said Sfate Of Ken
tucky and that martial law he for the present de-
cIared therein: do, therefore, hereby require Of
tie military officers In tho sa,d Stats that the pr-
yfleees Of the writ Of Aa1eds orfrs be eectually
Suspended within the said St1te, according to the
Aforesaid proclamation, and that martial law be
established therein to take effect from the date Of
This proclamation. the said supervision and estab-
lIthuept Of martial Law to continue Ruti1 tnie pro
cIa1nation shall be revoked or modified. but not
beyoni the period when the sa1d rebellion shall
haye been suppressed or come to an end: : and do
hereby require and command Is well military al al
civil Officers aud authoriles existing or found with
in said State Of Kentucky, to take notice Of this
PROCLAMATION, and to giye full effect to the same
The martial law herein proclaimed, and the
thing. IN that respect herein ordered. will not
be deemed Of taken to interfere with the holding
Of lawful elections Of with the proceedings OF the
constitutional Legislature Of Kentucky. or with
the administration Of justice In the courts oI law
existing therein, between citizens of TIE United
Statea In euits or proceedings which do not q,
iect the military operations OF the Gonstttnteo
authorities Of the Government OF tne unlteo
6tatee.
II testimony whereof, have berenoto ess ny
to be affixed.
Done 1t the city OF Washington. this 5th dsy ot
July, in the year of our Lord 1864, and Of the IN
dependence ot the United States the eighty
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
ny the President:
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