Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-10-27

A'rOGlanation by the President.

amendment to the Constitution, was issued
this evening;
Whefras, by an act of Congress entitled
"An Act to enforoo the provisions of the
fourtcenSe amendment to the Constitution of
the Unifed States, and for other purposos,"
approved She 10th day Of April, Auno Dom
ini one h fssand eight hundred and seventy
one, po|Gr is given to tho President Of the
United States, when in his Judgment the
public safety shall require it, to suspend the
privileges of the writ of haJcas corpus in any
State or.part of a State, whenever combina,
tons anl conspracies exist in such State or
part OF State for tho purpose Of dcpriving
any portion or class of tho pcople1of suoh
State OF the rights, privileges, imnlunities
and protection named in tue Constitution of
the United States, and secured by the Act Of
Congrce, aforesaid, aud whenever such com
hinat'ons and conspiracies do so obstruct and
hinder the execution of the laws of any such
State aud of the United States as to deprive,
the people aforesaid of the rights, privileges,
inlmunitlcs and protection aforesaid, aud do
oppose and obstruct the laws Of tho United
Statcs bnd their due execution, and impede
and obstruot the due course Of justice under
tho samej and whenever such combinations
shall ba,organized and armed, and SO numcr.
Gus and powerful us to be able by any violence
either to overthrow or set ut defiance the con
sttuted authorities Of snd State and of the
United States within said State, and when.
ever by reason Of said causes the conviction
oil such Offenders and the preservation of the
pubic peace shuIl become in such State or
part OF y State impracticablc and whereas
such unlawful combinations and conspiracics
tor the purposes aforesaid are declared by the
Act OF Congress aforesaid to be rebellion
against the Government of the United States
and whercns by said Act of Congress it is
provided that before the President shall sus.
pend tic privilege Of the writ Of huJcus cor.
pas he shall first have made proclamation
commanding such insurgents to dispersc and
whereas on the 18th day of the present month
of Octo5er, the President of the United
States did issue his proclamation, rccitihg
thcrcin!s saccing ,other things, that Such com.
tiasr; Md ssnapiracics did then. exist in
tho lSW:ties Of Spartaoburg, York, Marion,
Chester, Laurcns, Ncwberry, Fairfield, Ian.
caster and Chesterfield, in tho State of South
Carolina, and commanding thereby all persons
comprising such unlowful combinations and
conspiracies, to disperse and reti,o peacefully
to their homes within five days from the date
hereof, and to deliver either to the Marshal
of the United States for tho district of South
Carolina, or to any of his deputies, or to any
military officer Of The United States within
said Counties, all arms ammunition, uniforms,
dlSgulscs and other means and implements
used, kept, possessed or controlled by them
for carrying out the unlawful purposes for
which tho said combinations and conspiracics
are organized; and whereas tho insurgents
engaged in such unlawful combinations and
conspiracics within the Counties aforesaid,
have. not dispersed and retired peacefully to
their respective homes, and have not deliver
| ed to the Marshal of tho United States, or to
any Of his deputies, or to any military officer
OF tho United States within said Counties, all
arms, ammunition, uniforms, DISCUSSES and
other means and implements used, kept, pos
scsscd or controlled by them for carrying out
tho unlawful purposes for which the said
combinations and conspiraces are organized
as commanded by tho said proclamation, but
do still persist in tho unlawful combinations
aud couspiracies aforesaid Now, therefore,
!, Ulysses 5. Grant, President of tho Uni.
tod States Of America, by virtue of tho au
thority vested in me by the Constitution of
tho United States and tho ACT of Congress
aforesaid, do hereby declare that, in my judy.
ment, the public safety especially requires
that tho privileges of the writ of hubcas cor.
pus be suspended, to the end that such re-.
belllon may be overthrow, and DO hereby
suspend tho privileges Of The writ Of haJctss
corpus within the Counties Of Spartan burg
York., Marion, Chester, Laurens, .Newberry
Fairfield Lancaster and Chesterfield, in said
State of South Carolina, in respect to all per.
sous arrested by the Marshal of tho United
Statea, for the said district of South Carolina,
or by any Of his deputies, or by any military
officer OF tho United States, or by any soldier
or citizen acting under tho orders Of said
Marshal, deputy, or such military o0iccr,wth-
in any one OF The said Gounties, charged with
violation of tho Act OF Congress aforesaid,
during the continuance of such r bclion.
Inwtness whereof have hcreunto set my
hand and caused the seal Of tho United Statos
to bo fixed.
Dono at the city of Washington, this 18th
day Of October, in tho year of our Lord
1871, and of tho independence of the
United States of America tho ninety.
sixth. u. S. GRANT.
by tho President:
j. g. BANCROFT DAVIS, ,,..
Acting Secretary of State.
Gy- The Chicago calamity absorbed public
atteltion last week to such an extent that the
rctu|ns from tho important State elections,
holdauring the week, almost passed without
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