Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-05
REBELLION.
SickIes' Obstruction of the Laws I'm
North and south Carolina


The following proclamation was issued on
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, BY the constitution of the
United States, the executive power is vest
ed 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 defend 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 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
supreme 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 powerof the United States
is vested in one Supreme Court aud in such
inferior courts az Congress may from time
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aforesaid judicial power is declared to ex-
tend to all cases in law and equity, arising
under the constitution and laws of the Uni
ted States, and the treaties which shall be
made under their authority; and
Whereas, All officers, civiland military,
are bound by oath, that they will support
and defend the constitution against all ene-
mics, foreign and domestic, and will bear
true faith and allegiance to the same and
Whereas, All officers of the army and
navy q 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
the General, or other superior officers set
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-
tions, combinations, or assemblages Of per-
sons, or rebellion against the authority Of
the government of the United States, it
shall become impracticable in the judg-
ment Of the President of the United States,
to enforce, by the ordinary course of judi
cial proceedings, the laws of the United
States within any State or territory, the
Executive, 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
South Carolina, hinderlng and preventing
for time a proper enforcement there, of
the laws Of the United States, and of the
judgments and DEGREES Of a lawful court
thereof in disregard of the President Of
the United States; and
Whereas, Reasonable and well-founded
apprehensions exist that such ill-advised
and unlawful proceedings may be again
attempted, there or elsewhere; now there
fore,
l, Andrew johnson, President Of the
United States, do hereby warn all persons
against obstructing, or hinderine in any
way whatever, the faithful execution OF the
constitution and the laws; and do solemn
ly enJoln and 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 10 give all
the aid in their power necessary 10 the
prompt enforcement and execution Of sucb
laws, DEGREES, judgments and processes. and
] do hereby enloin 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; and I call
upon all good and well disposed citizens of
the 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,
property and happiness; and exhort them
everywhere, to testify their devotion to their
country, their pride and prosperity and
greatness, and their determination 70 up
hold its free institutions, by hearty cor
operation in the efforts Of the government
to sustain the authority Of the law, to main
tain the supremacy Of the Federal consti-
tuition, and TO preserve unimpsiHed the in
tegrity Of the national Union.
Ii testimony lcbereof have caused the |
seal of the United States TO be affixed to |