The Hillsborough recorder., 1869-11-10
A PROCLAMATION. ~
BY HIS FXCELLENCY. The COVER
NOR OF NORTH CAROLINA. L I
y Executive Department Of North Carolina.
n - RALEIeH, OH. 2Olh, 1869.

L. 8. 4
| U Executive Department Of North Carolina.
~es, RALrIoH, Or so.h. 1869.
NoTwITHsTxNpINe the existence Of peace
and good order III other portions of the
State. regard it as my dutyIto announce
that III iour Coantles, tu-wit: lenolr
jones, Orange, and Chatham, there is. aud
hasbren for sumo aiotnhs- pzis. j feeling Of
insuboId dination and dinsurreciion, insomuch
that nlany gond citlzeas are put in terror.
Tor their lives aud property, aud IL is diih-
cult, IL mol impossible, 10 secure q iull aud
tar enforcement oi The law. Information
has reached, and continues TO reach the Ex-I
eculise, that in the above Counties state
oigieeIlng exists which Is totally Ieompati-
bile with the free exercise, by the ifiends vi
The Government. Of that independent ex-
presslrn uiopiniop, aud that freedom uf ac-
ti0n, which is ihe birth right OF every A.
merlcsn. In Lenoir aud Jones various
liheits and murders have been committed |;
Iians have been tal..biy opened aud the
i prls0ners laaen thence have been murdered;
an officer 81 the law has been wsylild aud
slam on The public highway. and another
officer of The law has been slain in The open
day While engaged in his ordinary ayoca-
IONS. Private dwellings have been entered
aud the occupants terrified. and some oil
them whipped or murdered others have
been shot or hanged or cruelty beaten; and
the result is ,lliat thus tar the civil Law,
though hlml, asserted and maintained, has
uol been adequate to bring the lnsubordlnaie
aud Tie wicked 10 condign punishment
10 Chatham the jail has been iorcIbly OPEN
ed ana i prisoner, confined under sentence
Of Court Of the United States, has been
liberated aud IS now II large. ln Orange
the Jail has been iorciby opened aud IN.
prisoners (colored .men) taken ou. and shot
one 81 whom has died oi has wounds. Three
other colored men have been hanged unit
ssrXss,t;s7d. one has been cruelty mutt
s'.' '',' -bsse been shipped
lated, and ethefs i.;.,sd sns,,,..
Wine citizens have bcfffe a. So
aud terrified. The Universally Ul l1Dlgl.ssS
sacred 10 the cause Of learning, has beef
repeatedly invaded Ahy bands OF armed mrt
in disguise on nor setback, and acts OF yio
ience have been there pefpetraled on unof
tending eilizens aud oiicers of the law
1 Many VI the ,eolored people in these Coun,
!, ties, aud no inconsl0etable portion al IN,
]. white people, though obedient to the ;av
and good citizens, ale living under con.
y stant apprehensions lIai they may TALL vic
TINS al any moment I, the malice oi lheil
enemies. s
Ii It's made my duq under The ConstItu.
lion 30 cali ou. thelmilnis TO execute III,
law, suppress riots Pr insurrecilon and Il
repsl INVASION" deeply regret that il
seems necessary t9 resort 10 the militar,
power 10 eniorce Ne law and to proIec the
citizen. But the hw must be maintained.
] have waftedin yhn. bppng thar return
4 ing sense ol ieasoj and justice would AZ,
fest these sivlstlIls q The law. Bai these
) evils, INST ad oi d ninishsng have increased,
aud no course IS Il 10 me but 10 issue this
proclamation ii ldmunitIou aud warning
TO all the people the Counties mentioned,
whether engaged ln these hsgraat violations
n of law, pr mhstlfr indifferent or lnsensible
10 what's occurring 10 their midst. now
cali upon even CITIZEN in The Counties
aforesaid to aidhhe civil poser In lear.
less enlcrcemett ol ihe law. No sci ii
men can take the law into their own hands.
Every citizen, however humble, or what
ever his cvlor. has right tgbs :, ps@ss \.
4 his own house, and csnnol se taksn Ihenes
e,c pt by due proer-s. and cnno' os pun
| ished save by HE law. II Wis oe ii"se
E.ho counsel tesis,anrs 20 essDhsh auihori.
!. .,,.h ,..r.a.-.afe tral0rsiAnd should be
,y-.ss"su accordingly; Itaere be those
i who, disguised or masked enter the dwell
ling OF Others by fo.ce 20 commit acts Of
yioience, such pers,ns ne guilty ci leiopy, !,
4 and should be puisled BY hard labor 10
the penilentlsry ;if there be those who.
without preespt obr,er. hang. Or shoot, or
i oihersise depri,eIn, one Of lie. such per-
sons srr murdered and should be puuish-
ed accordingly.
4 now give Mice 10 the most solemn
manner, that llk1 violations Of law and
these outrsgssit the aforesaid Counties,
mua cease eiewise, will proclaim those
Counties in tak of insurrection, and will
exert The whos pwer Of the State TO en-
/ force the lawtoprotect those who are as.
sailed or ipj.eJ and 10 bripg criminals 10
Justice. In matter like is there should
be no porty fyng. II is 6y 6xed purpose
Y "a nroiect e1y citizen without regard TO
his sntecedes his color or his political
opinions b u do this the law must be 4
spread ever alike, and INST be inaexib-
] " maintaIni1 y