The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-27

san Act to protect all persons in the
United States in their civil rights, and to
furnish the means of their vindication.'
SEC. 3. That in all cases where insur-
rection. domesticyiolence. unlawful com-
binations, or conspirncies in any State
shall 80 obstruct or hinder the execution
OF the laws thereof, and of the United
states, as to deprive any portion or class
OF the people OF such State of any Of the
rights, privileges, or immunities, or pro-
lection, named in the Constitution and
secured by this ACT, and the constituted
authorities Of such State shall either be
unable to protect, or shall. from any
cause, fail in or refuse protection of the
people in such rights, such facts shall be
deemed denial by such State of the
equal protection of the laws to which
they are entitled under the Constitution
of the United States; and in oil such
cases, or whenever any such insurrection,
violence, unlawful combination or con-
spiracy shall oppose or obstruct the laws
OF the United States or the execution
thereof, or impede or obstruct the due
course of justice under the same, it shall
be lawful for the President, and it ahall
be his duty to take such measures, by the
employment Of the militia or the land
and naval forces of the United States, or
OF either, or by other means, ns he may
deem necessary, for the suppression of
such instruction, domestic violence.
or combinations; and any person WHO
shall be arrested under the provisions of
this and the preceding section shall be
delivered to the marshal of the proper
district, to be dealt with according to
law.
Sec. 1. That whenever in any State or
ortr rf to{n I, 10, II oI>,
named in the preceding section of this
Act shall be organized md armed, and so
numerous and powerful as 10 be able, by
violence, to either overthrow or set mt
defiance the constituted authorities Of
such State, aud Of the United States
within such State, or when the consti-
tuted authorities are in completely with,
or shall connive at the unlawful purposes
OF, such powerful and armed combiua-
tions; and whenever, by reason of either
or all OF the causes aforesaid, the con-
victlon Of such offenders and the pre-
servation Of the public safety shall be-
come in such district in,prncticnble, in
every such case such combinations shall
be deemed rebellion against the Go
vernment of the United States, and du-
ring the continuance Of such rebellion,
and within the limits of the district
which shall be 80 under the sway thereof,
such limits to be prescribed by proclama-
ton, it shall be lawful for the President
of the United States, when. in his judg-
ment, the public safety shall require it,
to suspend the privileges of the writ of
the ha6eas corpus, to the end that such
rebellion mny be overthrown: Provided,
That oil the provisions of the second sec
tion of an Act entitled ''An Act relating
to habeas corpus. and regulating judicial
proceedings in certain cases." approved
March 8, 1868, which relate to the dis
charge of prisoners other than prisoners
of war, and to the penalty for refusing
to obey the order of the court, shall be
in full force SO far rs the snme are appli-
cable to the provisions Of this section:
Proritied, further, That the President
shall first have made proclamation, ms
now provided by law, commanding such
Insurgents to disperse: And. propilea,
also. That the provisions Of this section
shall not be in force after tho end of the
next regular session of Congress.
SEC. 5. That no person shall be n
grand or petit juror in any court of the
United States upon any inquiry hear
ing, or trial of any suit, proceeding or
prosecution based upon or arising under
the provisions of this Act. who shall, in
the judgment of the court, be in compli-
city with any such combination or con
spiracy; and every such Juror SHALL be-
fore entering upon any such inquiry,
hearing or trial, Take and subscribe an
oath in open court that he has never,
directly or indirectly, counseled, advised
or voluntarily aided any such combina-
ton or conspiracy; and each and every
person who shall take this oath, aud
shall therein swear falsely, shall be
bguilty of perjury, and shall be subject
to the pains and penalties declared
against that crime; and The first section
OF the Act entitled "An Act defining
additional causes Of challenge and pre-
scribing an additional oath for grand
and petit jurors in the United States
courts" approved June II, 1862, be, aud
the same Is hereby, repealed.
SEC. G. That any person or persons
having knowledge that any of the wrongs
conspired to be done, and mentioned in
the second section Of this Act, are about
to be committed, and. having power to
prevent or aid in preventing the same.
shall neglect or refuse so to do, and
such wrongful net shall be committed,
such person or persons shall DO liable to
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