The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-09-13
\ PROCLAMATION.

the United States:
\ PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, BY the Constitution Of the
United States, the Executive power is
vested in a President of the 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 de-
fend the Constitution of the United
States, and is, by the same instrument,
made COmmander-iH-C 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 said Constitution,
it is provided that the United States
which shall be made in pursuance
thereof, shall be the supreme law Of
the land, and the Judges in every State
shall be bound thereby and,
Whereas, In and by the same Consti-
tuition, the judicial power of the United
States is vested in one Supreme Court,
and i'm such inferior courts as Congress
may, from time to time, ordainIaHd esq
tablish, and the aforesaid judaSal pow
er is declared to extend to AL cases in
law and equity arising under The Con-
stitutiOn, the laws ofthe United States,
and the treaties which shall be made
under their authority and,
Where's, All officers, civil and mill
tary, are bound by oath that they will
support and defend the Constitution
against all enemies, foreign and domes-
tic, and will bear trne faith and allegi-
ance to the same and,
Whereas, All officers of the Army and
Navy of the United States, in accepting
their commissions under the laws of
Congress and the rules and articles of
war, incur an obligation to observe,
obey and follow such directions as they
shall, from time to time, receive from
the President, or the General, or other
superior officers set over them accOr-
ding to the rul, and discipline of var;
and, ...-...
Whereas, 1t is provided by law that
whenever by reason of unlawful OBJ
structionS, combinations or assemble
ges Of persons, or rebellion against the
government Of the United States, it
shall become impracticable, in thejudg-
ment 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 EXecutivein that case
is authorized and required to secure
their faithful execution by the employ
ment of the land and navy forces and,
Whereas, Impediments and obstruc-
tiOns, serious in their character, have
recently been interposed in the States
of North Carolina and South Carolina,
hindering and preventing, for a time,
a proper enforcement there of the laws
of the United States, and of the judg-
ments and DEGREES of lawful court
thereof, in disregard of the command
of the President of the United States;
and,
Thereas, Reasonable and welI-foun-
ded apprehensions exist that such ILL
advised proceedings may be again at
tempted there or elsewhere.
NOw, therefore, |, Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States. do here
by warn all persons against obstructing
or interfering, in any manner whatsC-
ever, the faithful execution of the Con-
stitutiOn and the laws, and command
all officers of the government, civil and
military, to render due submission and
obedience to the said laws and TO
the judgments and decrceeS of the
courts of the United States and
to give all the aid i'll their power nee
essary to the prompt enforcement and
execution of such laws. DEGREES, judg-
ments and processes.
And | do hereby enjoin upon the Off
GERS Of the army and navy to assist and
sustain the courts and other civil au-
thorities Ofthe United States, in a faith
iul administration of the laws thereof,
and in the judgments, DEGREES, man
dates, and processes of the courts of the
United States; and | call upon all good
and Well-disposed citizens of the Uni
ted States to remember that upon the
said Constitution and Laws and upon
thejudgmentS, DEGREES, and processes Of
the courts made in accordance with the
same, depend the protection of the lives,
liberty, and happiness ofthe people; aud
l eXhOrt them everywhere to testify
their devotion to their country, their
pride in its prosperity and greatness,
and their determination to uphold its
free institutions, by a hearty cO-Opera-
ton in the efforts of the government to
sustain the authority of law, to main
tain the supremacy of the Federal Con-
stitution, and to preserve, unimpaired,
the integrity of International Union.
In testimony whereof, l have caused
the seal to be affixed to these presents,
and sign the same with my hand.
Done at the City of Washington, the
third of September, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-sev-
en-. CSigned) ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WM III. SEWARD, Sec'y of State.
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