The national Republican., 1867-09-04
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
A PROCLAMATION OF THE PREsI
DENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
BY the President Of the United states.
A PROCLAMATION.

Nnetehs, py tne NonstltutlOn oi Tue
United States, executive power is vested
in President Of the United States Of
America, who is bound by solemn oath
faithfully to execute the Office Of Presi-
dent, and to the best Of his ability to pre-.
serve, protect, and defend the Constitution
of the United States; and is by the same
instrument made Commander-in.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 same Constitution,
1t is provided that the said Constitution
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 Con-
stitution 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 estab.
lish, and the aforesaid judicial power is
declared to extend to all cases in law and
equity arising under the Constitution, the
laws Of the United States, and the treaties
which shall be made under their authority;
And whereas all officers, civil and mill.
tary, are bound by oath that they will
support and defend the Constitution
against al enemies, foreign and domestic,
and will bear true faith and allegiance to
the same;
And whereas oil 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, in
cur an obligation TO observe, obey and fol-
low such directions as they shall from time
to time receive from the President or the
General, or other superior officers set over
them, according to the rules and discipline
of war;
And whereas it is provided by law that
whenever, by reason Of unlawful obstruc.
tions, combinations or assemblages Of per.
sons, or rebellion against the authority oi
the Government Of the United States, il
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,
lied and required to secure their faithful
execution by the employment Of the land
and naval brces;
And whereas, iinpediments and obstruc.
tions, serious in their character, have re-
Gently been interposed in the States oi
North Carolina and South Carolina, hin.
dering and preventing for time q proper
enforcement there Of the laws OF the Uni
ted States, and Of the judgments and de
crees Of hwful court thereof in disregard
Of the command Of the President Of the
United States;
And whereas reasonable and we'll found
ed apprehensions exist that such ill.ad
vised and unlawful proceedings may be
again attempted there or elsewhere;
Now, therefore, /, Andrew johnson
President Of the United States, do hereby
warn all persons against obstructing o.
hindering in any manner whatever tn,
faitbhul exeoution of the Constitution ant
the laws and i do solemnly enjoin ant
command all officers OF the Government
civil and military, to render due submission
and obedience to said laws, and to the
Judgments and DEGREES Of the courts Of the
United States, and to give oil the aid in
their power necessary to the prompt en-
forcement and execution OF such laws, de
crees, judgments and processes.
And do hereby enioin upon the officers
Of the army and navy to assist and sustain
the courts and other civil authorities oI
the United States in faithful adminis,ra
tion Of the laws thereof and in the judg
ments, DEGREES, mandates and processes oI
the courts Of the United States; and call
upon all good and well.disposed citizens oI
the United States to remember that upon
the said Constitution and laws, and upon
the judgments, DEGREES, and processes o.
the courts made in accordance with the
same, depend the protection of the lives
liberty, prosperity, and happiness of the
people. And i 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 cooperation in the
efforts Of the Government to sustain tht
authority of the law, to maintain the su
premacy of the Federal Constitution, ant
to preserve unimpaired the integrity of thu
national Union.
In testimony whereof have caused tn,
seal Of the United States to be affixed Il
these presents, and sign the same with IN,
hand
Done at the city of Washington the thir,
} day of September, in the year ON
L. S. thouc:nd eight hundred and sixty
seven.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
BY the President: