The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-09-11
!. GREENvILLE.. SOUTH CAROLINA. sEprEMBER a. 1857.

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-3-A=PRocLnsArros.-- Whereas, by the oohsti-
tuition Of the United Jsta,os, shs Executive
pewor Is vested in q President Of the Unitod
States Of America, who Il bound by s.,iemn
cath faithfully to execute tho olice Of Presi-
dent and, to the bost Of his ability, TO pro
seryc, protect and defcnd tho Consultation Of
the United States, aud Is, by the sarne instru-
mont made 6ommander-in- cheif or the Army
and Navy Of the United States, and is reauir.
I'd to tako caro- that tho laws be faithfully exo-
cuted; and whereas, by the sayae oonstitu-
tion and tho laws OF tho United States, which
shan be made In pursuance thereof, shati be
tho supercmo law OF tho laud, and DO bound
thcrebyj and wheroas, 10 and by tho ssmo
Constitution, the Judicial powers OF tho lint
tod statos is Invested in. one Supreme Court
and in such other courts as Congress may,
| from timc to timo, ordain and establish ; and
tho aforesaid judicial power Is declared to ex-
tend to alf cases In law and equity arising un-
der tho Consultation, tho laws or tho United
States, and the trcatics which shall bc maIc
under their authority; and whereas officers,
OWL and military, nro bound by oath that they
will sapport and sustain tho Constellation
against al. enemies, foreign and domestic, aud
will boar truo faith. and end allegiance to tho
same; and whereas all officers Of tho army
and navy OF tho United States. in accepting
their commissions under tho laws of Con-
gross and the rules end articles Of war |;
incur IN obligation to observe, obey and
and follow such directions as they shall, from
tune to time, roccivn from tho President, or
denerai, or other superior officers sor sing
thon, according TO tho rules and discipline OF
war; and whereas II is provided by iaw that,
whepever, by reason of unlawful .oJstruc-
tions, combinations or assembiazcs of persons,
or rebellion against tho authority OF the Gov
crnmcnt Of the United States, It shall become
mpracticablc, in tho judgment Of tho Prcsi-
dent Of the United Statos, to enforce, by the
ordinary course of judicial proceedings, tho
laws OF tho United States within any Stute OF
Territory, tho Executive, in that case, Is nu.
thorizcd and required to Secure their fnithfnl
execution by the assistance OF tho land and
naval forces; and whereas impediments and
obstructions, serious In thoir chnrnc ter, have
recontly been ipterposcd- IN tho Statcs of
North Carolina aud South cStolina,, hinderine
tho performing, fora time, n proper en- force
mcnt thcro Of tho laws Of United States, and
of tho iudgmen g and d6crces of a lawfu,
court thereof in disregard Of tho commaAa %,
the President or the United States and
whereas reasonable and wnllsfuuudcd nppro.
tensions exist that such ill-adyised and unlaw.
fuf proceedings may be again attempted there
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Now, therefore, I, Ahdrew Johnson, prcsi.
dent'of tho United States, do hereby warn all
persons against obstructing or hinderine IN
lEany way whatever tho faithful execution or
tho Conititution and the lawsI and do SOL
emnly enjoin tho .coihmanding ofiscrs of the
Government, civil and military, to render due
submission aud obedience to said laws aud to
tho judgments and dccroos Of the courts OF
the United States, and 10 giSo ALL tho aid In
their power necessary 70 Tho prompt enforce
ment and execution OF such laws, deerccs
tjutgmcnt and processes; and I do hereby en-
join upon tho officers Of tho army aud navy to
assist and sustain tho courts and other civil
! authorities Of the Unitcd States in fanhra,
administration OF tho laws thereof, and HI tho
judgments, dccrcos, mandates and processes OF
courts Of tho United States, and call upon ali
good and we'll disposed citizens Of tho United
Statos to remember that upon the said constis
tuition and laws, and upon the judgments, do
crccs and processes of the courts, made in nc
cordanco with the courts, depend the perpetu-
alton Of the lives, liberty, prosperity and hap
tpinoss OF the people. And exhott evory ono
to testify thoir devotion to their country, their
pride in'its prosperity and greatness, and their
determination to uphold its froo institutions ty
hearty corporation in the efforts Of the Go.
-vernment to sustain .ho authority of tho law,
to maintain tho supremacy Of the Federal
Consultation, and TO preserve unimparod the
intorgrity OF tho National Union,
In testimony whereof, have caused tho
seal of the United States to be affixed to thcs,
presents, and sign the same with my hand
Done ut the city Of Washington, tho third day
Of September, in the year OF our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty seven. d,
tho Presidedt 49, @.a. .-a-.. :
- ANDREW JOHNSON.
- Wa. ii. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
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