Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-09-18
Proclamation by the President.

WHEREAS, By the Constitution Of tho
United States, the EXECUTIVE power is vested
in a President of Ghe United States OF
America, who is bound by solemn oath
faithfully to execute the Office of President.
and to the best of his ability to preserve.
protect and defend the United States and
is by the same instrument made Comman-
der-in- Chief of the army and navy of the
United States, and is required to take care
that the laws be faithfully executed and
Whereas By the same Constitution. it is
provided that the said Constitution and the
laws Of the United States, which shall be
made in pursuance thereof, shall be the su-
preme law Of the land, and the Judges in
every State shall be bound thereby: and
Whereas, In and by the same Constitu-
ton, the judicial power of the United States
is vested in one Supreme Court and in such
inferior courts as Congress may from time
to time ordain and establish and the afore-
said judicial power is declared to extend to
all cases in law and equity, arising under
the Constitution and laws of the United
States, and the treaties which shall be made
under their authority; and
Whereas, All officers, civil and military,
are bound by oath, that they will support
emies, foreign and domestic, and will bear
true faith and allegiance to the same; and
Whereas, All officers Of the army and
navy Of the United States, in accepting
their commissions, under the laws of Con-
gress and the Rules and Articles of War,
incur an obligation to observe, obey and
follow such direction as they shall, from
time TO time, receive from the President. or
he oil,
over them, according TO the Rules and Dis
cipline of War; and
Whereas, 1t is provided by law that |
whenever, by reason of unlawful obstruc- |
tons, combinations, or assemblages of per
sons, or rebellion against the authority of |
the Government Of the United States. II |
shall become impracticable, in the Judgment
of the President of the United States. to
enforce, by the ordinary course of judicial
proceedings the laws of the United States.
within any State or Territory, the Execu-
tive, in that case is authorized and required
to secure their faithful execution bv the
employment Of the land and naval forces
and
Whereas, Impediments and distractions.
serious in their character, have recently
been interpOsed in the States Of North and
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for time, a proper enforcement, there of |
the laws OF the United States. and of the
judgments and DEGREES Of lawful court !
thereof in disregard of the President of the
United States and
Whereas, Reasonable and well founded
exist that such ill-advised
and unlawful proceedings may be again at
tempted, there or elsewhere;
Notv fhoysafopn A / f.,
President Of the United States, do hereby
warn all persons against obstructing or him J
dering in any way whatever the faithful ex- {
ecution of the Constitution and laws and
do solemnly enioin and command all Off t
GERS OF the Governments civil and military.
TO render due submission and obedience to E
said laws, and to the judgments and DEGREES J
of the Courts Of the United States, and to
give all the aid in their power necessary to
the prompt enforcement and execution of
such law, decree, judgments and processes.
and i do hereby enioin upon the officers of !
the army and navy to assist and sustain the
courts and other civil authorities of the
United States, in a faithful administration
of the laws thereof and in the judgments.
DEGREES, mandates and processes of the
courts of the United States ard call upon ,
all good and well disposed citizens of the e
United States to remember that upon the
said Constitution and laws, and upon the
judgments, DEGREES and processes of the
courts made in accordance with the same,
depend the protection of the laws, liberty s
and happiness; and exhort them
everywhere to testify their devotion to their :
country, their pride in Its prosperity and
greatness, and their determination to up {
hold its free institutions, by hearty CO J
operation in the efforts of the government \
10 sustain the authority of the law, to main h
lain the supremacy Of the Federal Consti-
luton, and to preserve unimpaired the in
egrity of the National Union.
In testimony whereof, have caused the
zeal OF the United States to be affixed to \
hese presents, and sign the same with my T
hand. n
Done at the City Of Washington, the Sd y
day of September, in the year One =
lSeal Thousand Eight Hundred and R
Sixty Seven ~
BY the President. at
ANDREW JOHNSON io
WM. ID. SEWARD, See. of State. e