Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-08-25
OFFICIAL NOTICES.
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WRIT OF HABEAs CORPUS AND MARTIAL
LAW IN KENTUCKY.

WAR OF HApEAs CORPUS AND MARTIAL
law IN xrNTucKy
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ApJurANr GErrRkLs orrIGE,
WARRINGTON, July ~, 1884,
General Orders, No. 23s.
BY ne Prssideni efns United States Of America
PROCLAMATION.
uh.,.., h, proo,.m.tIon which was issued
nm ,hs ,k,h aav ot hpril 1891 the President OF the
IIn,tedSt.te, and declared that the laws
of,he United states had been for some time past,
and then were, opposed, and the execution thereof
ob.tructed, in certain States therein mentoned,by
alton, too powerful to be suppressed BY the
ordinary course Of judicial proceedings, or BY the
powers vested In the mssha" ~ hwi
And whereas, immediateiy siter the Issuing oil
the said proclamation the lana and naval forces
Of the United states were put into aeivty TO sup
press the said insurreeuon and rebellion
And whereas, the Congre" OF the United states
by an set spproVed on the u Gay OF March, 1851,
did enset that curing tne SAID rebellion the Presi'
dent OF tne onl'ea states, whenever In MS Juog-
menu inc Puoho ssety nay require IL, 10 author-
lied 70 suspend the privilege OF the writ OF hdoed'
corpus IN any case throughout the Uniteu states'
I" my ptt theteoIi
Ana whereas, the said insurreehon and rebel.
non syn commune enaanserns tne existence OF
me constitution ana Government OF the United
S'.lesi
STATES are nov aotNey enBsheu IN supp'eNins
'ne shu ihsutreeuon anu " reoe.hon IN 'ariouspAu
OF the sletesW nere tne sAia reoeihon mas been
successful In oosruouns he laws ana pubic au-
thorities, especially In the states oil virginia and
Oeorgiai
And whereas o he 18Th dsy Of september last,
the President OF the United states Gully Issued his
proclamation wherein ne declared that the privi-
lese OF the wrn OF haoees corpus should DC sus-
penued throughout the onited STATES In the cases
where. oy the suthority OF the President OF the
.n'ea STATES, miitAry' naval, AND eivil omoers
Oh ,ne onteo StAtes' or an OIL them, hold pc sons
unue, 'nen command or In tneir custody, ether
y, var, 'p'.s, OF auers or aoeNof, OF
'ne OF ON ere, Soiuiers, or teamen enrolled
OF ue.eu OF mus'ereo or ehnsteu In, or oelonsins
w. sho ienu y. hH'M VI 'ne ohHed STATES OF
ueset'ets 'nereHom, or otherwise an enable 10
mihtaty law OF tne huies ana Articles OF war, or
tues or resuiAuons preserioea LOT the military
or nhvh services oy suthority OF the President OF
tne CnNeu s'a'es' or ior resisting arAtt, or ior
any other onense against the military or naval
services
AMI whereas' many citizens otthe state OF Ken
tueky nave joined the toress Of the insurgents and
such Insurgents have, 90 several occasions, entered
the shd state OF hen'ueky In large force, and, mol
without aid and comfort furnished By disanected
anu dnloyA eiuIens OF the United states residing
therein' have not only greauy disturbed the pub
N pe"oe' "N' "N'eo'eioo'"e tho 0Nh euthoriue'
and made Migrant civil war, destroying property
and lie In various parts ofthat statei
ANA whereas has been msde known to tn
rresioent OF the United states by the omcers com
manoins tne pAuonsi armies, that combination
nave oeen formed In the said state OF Kentucky
with purpose OF incitins rebel forces TO rene'
the SAID opefslens OF eiSh war WITHIN the sal
sate, AND thereoy 70 enoarrass the United state
armies now operating In the said states OF VII
gina snd georgia, ana even 70 endAnser incl
sAfetyi
Now, therefore, ], ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Presi
dent OF the United states, BY virtue OF the author
ity vested in me By the Constitution and laws, d
hereby declA'e that, In my judgment, the publ
safety especially requires that the suspension o
the privilege ofthe writ of hdbsas eorpu', so pro
claimed In the ssid proclamation OF the 18th o
September, 1869, be made effectusl and be duly On
forced in and throughout the said State Of Ken
tuck ., aud that martial sw be for the present o.
tAblished therein. lido, therefore, hereby r,oulr
nj III , military oficera in the ..id stat. thai m
nr,xi,eyes of the writ of corp,s be Al.
s,.pended within the said State. according 10 m
,to,e.aia n,ool,m.tion- and IN, n.,tI.I Ian
he'd therein. to tnka effect from the b.ts