The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-09-11
'Truth is truth
To the end of reckoning"
Proclamation by the President.

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By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
SrATss-A APRocLAAfAT1oN.-Whereas by
the Constitution of the United States, the
Executive power is vested in 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 defend
the Constitution of the United States,
and is, by the same instrument, made Com
mander-in. Chief of the Army and Navy
of the United States, and is required to
take care that the laws be faithfully exc
cuted; and whereas, by the same Consti-
tuition it is provided that the said Consti-
tntin and the laws of 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
Constitution, the judicial powers OF the
United States is invested in one Supreme
Court, and in such other courts as Con-
cress may, from time to time, ordain and cs-
tablish: and the aforesaid Judicial power is
declared to extend to all cases in law and
equity under the Constitution, the laws OF
the United States, and treaties which shall
be made under their authority and where
as officers, civil and military, are bound
by oath that they will support and sustain
the Constitution against all enemies for
eign 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 commits
sions under the laws of Congress and the
rules and articles of war, incur an obliga-
ton to observe, obey and follow such di-
rections as they shall, from time to time,
receive from the President, or General, Or
other superior officers serving them, ac-
cordinp to the rules and discipline OF war (;
and whereas it is provided by law that,
whenever, by reason of unlawful ohstruc-
tions,, combinations or assemblages OF per,
sons, or rebellion against the authority OF
the Government of the United States. 1t
shall become impracticable, in the Judg-
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 Terri
tory. the Executive, in that case, is author
izvd and required to secure their faithful
execution by the assistance of the land
and naval forces; and whereas impedi-
ments and distractions, serious In their
character, have recently been interposcd
in the States of North Carolina and South
Carolina, hindering the performing, for a
time, proper enforcement OF the laws OF
the United States, and of judgments and
decress of lawful court thereof, in dlsre-
card of the commands of the President
of the United States; and whereas rea-
sonable and well-tounded apprchensions
exist that such ill-advlsed and unlawful
proceedings may be again attempted there
or elsewhere
Now, therefore, T, Andrew johnson,
President of the United States, do hereby
warn all persons against obstructing. or
hindering in any way whatever the faith
full execution of the Constitution and the
laws; and do solemly enjoin the com
manding officers of the Government, civil
and military, to render due submission and
obedience to said laws and to the Judg-
ments and DEGREES of the courts OF the
United States, and to give all the aid in
their power necessary to the prompt en-
forcement and execution of such laws,
DEGREES, judgments and processes: and
I do hereby enjoin upon the officers
of the army and navy to assist and
sustain the courts and other civil authorl-
ties of the United States in faithful adj
ministration of the laws thereof, and IN
the judgments, DEGREES, mandates and
processes of tho courts OF the United
States, and call upon all good and we'll
disposed citizens of the United States to
remember that upon the said Constltll-
ton and laws, and upon the judgments,
DEGREES and processes Of the courts, made
in accordance with the same, depend the
perpetuation of the lives, liberty, pros,
perity and happiness of the people. And
I ex6ort every one to testify their dcvo-
ton to their country, their pride in its
prosperity and greatness, and their deter
mination to uphold its free institutions by
a hearty cooperation in the efforts OF the
Government to sustain the authority OF
the law, to maintain the supremacy OF
the Federal Constitution, and to preserve
unimpaired the integrity of the National
Union.
In testimony whereof, have caused
the seal of the United States to be affiXea
TO these presents, and sign the same With
my hand. Done at the city of Washing
ton, the third day of September, in the
year of our Lord ono thousand eight hum
dred and sixty-scven BY the President:
ANDREW JOHNSON.
VIM. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.