Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-18
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BY re President Of lse United States Of Ameriea:
A PROCLAMATION

by ne fTes1denf q he United States Of Americd:
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas by an act Of Congress entitled can
act to enforce the provisions Of the fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution Of the United
States, and for other purposes approved the
twentieth day of April ammo domini, one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-one. power is
given to the President of the United States when,
in his judgment, the public safety shaI requireit,
to suspend the privileges of the writ OF kabeas cor
pUs in any Stateor part Of State whenever COM
binations and conspiracies exist in such State or
part OF a State, for the purpose of depriEing any
portion or class OF the people OF such State Of the
rights, privileges, iminunities, and protection
namedin the Constitution OF the United States,
and secured by the act of Congress aforesaid;
and wherever such combinations and conspira-
cies 60 20 ObstTuct and hinder the execution of
the laws Of any such State, and of the United
States, as to deprive the people aforesaid of the
rights, privileges, immnnities, and protection
aforesaid, and do oppose and obstruct the laws
OF the United States and their due execution
and impede and obstruet the due course of ius-
tiCe under the same; and whenever such combi-
nations shall be organized and armed, and so
numerous and powerful as to be able by violence
either 20 overthrow or to set at defiance the con-
stituted authorities of said State and of the
United States within such State; and whenever,
by reason of said causes, the conviction of such
offenders and the preservation of tho public
peace shall become in such State or part of a
And whereas such unlawful combinations and
conspirseies for the purposes aforesaid are de-
clared by the act OF Congress aforesaid to be
rebellion against the Government OF the United
States;
And whereas by said act of Congress Il is pro-
vided that before the President Shall suspend
the privileges of the scrit Of hd6eds corpus, he
shall first have made proclamation commanding
such insurgents to dispense;
And whereas on the twelfth day of the present
month of October the President of the United
scar.e n IL,
in, among other things, that such combinations
and conspiracies did then exist In the counties
OF Spartansburg, York, Marion, Chester, Lau-
rens, Newberry, Fairfield, Lancaster and Ches-
terfeld, in the State of South Carolina. and
commanding thereby all persons composing such
unlawful combinations and conspiracies 70 dis
Perse and retire peaeeably to their homes within
either to the marshal of the United States for
the district of South Carolina, or to any of his
deputies or to any military officer Of the United
milton, uniforms, DISCUSSES, and other means
and implements used, kept, possessed or con-
uolled by them for carrying out the unlawful
purposes for which the said combinations and
conspiracies are organized;
And whereas the insurgents engaged in such
unlawful combinations and conspiracies within
the counties aforesaid have not dispersed and
retired peaceably TO their respective homes, and
have not delivered to the marshal of the United
States, or to any of his deputies, or to any mill
tary oficer OF the United States within said
NOuHticS, All dfIuc, dIumu0ltlOn, unlr0rmS, dis
guises, and other means and implements used
kept, possessed, or controlled by them for carry
ing out the unlawful purposes for which the
combinations and conspiracies are organized,
as commanded by said proclamation but do
stlll persist In the unlawful combinations and
conspiracies aforesaid:
Now, therefore, 1, Ulysses s. Grant, President
OF the United States OF America, by virtue of
the authority vested in me by the Constitution
or the United States, and the act of Congress
aforesaid, do hereby declare that, i'm nv fudg-
msnt, the public safety especially requires that
the privileges CT the tCTif Of ha6eas corpus be sus
pended to the end that such rebellion NAV be
overthrOvn, and do hereby suspend the privileges
OF the Nrit Of hdbeds corpus within the counties
of Spartansburg, York, Marion, Chester Lau
reDs, Newberry, Fairfield, Lancaster and Ches-
terheld, in said State of South Carolina in
respect to all persons arrested by the marshal of
the United States for the said district of South
Carolina, or by any of his deputies, or by ahy
military officer Of the United States, or by apy
soldier or citizen acting under the orders of said
marshal, deputy, or such military officer within
any one OF said counties, charged with any yio-
atlon OF the act of Congress aforesaid during the
continuance of such rebellion.
In witness whereof i have hereunto set nv
hand, and caused the seal Of the Uuited States
to be affixed
Done at the city OF Washington thi, seven
teenth day of October, in the yea of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred aud
lsEAL. seventy-one. and of the Independence of
the United States of America the ninety
sixth. 1900. u s. GRANr
BY the President: -
y. G. BANCROFT DAVIS, |
Acting Secretary of State