The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-19

u cy In a lawl ul manner towards or in favor
the election of any lawfully qualified perso
as an elector of President or Vice Presider
of the United States, or as member of To
/ | Congress of the United States, or TO inur
' any such citizen Ia his person or property o
account of such support or advocacy, eac
and every person so offending shall b
. deemed guilty of high crime, and
upon conviction thereof in any distric
or circuit court of the United States o
district or supreme court OF any territory 0
the United States having jurisdiction of SINH
lar offences, shall be punished by fine not les
than five hundred nor more than five Thousand
dollars, or by Imprisonment, with or withou
hard labor, as the court may determine, for
period of not less than six months nor more
than six years, as the court may determine, OF
both such fine and Imprisonment as the court
shall determine. And il any one or more per.
sons engaged in any such conspiracy shall do,
or cause to be done, any act in furtherauce oil
the object of such conspiracy, whereby any
person shall be injured 10 his person or prope :
ty, or deprived OF having and exercising any
right or privilege of citizen of the United
| States, the person so injured or deprived of
such rights and privileges may have and main
tain an action for the recovery If damages oc-
casoned by such injury or deprivation OF
| rights and privileges against any one or NOR
OF the persons engaged in such conspiracy
such action TO be prosecuted in the proper dis.
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with and subject to the same rights of appeal
review upon error, and other remedies pfoyi,
| ded in like cases 10 such courts under the
| provisions of the act of April ninth, eig hteen
! hundred and sixty.six, entitled can act TO pros
| tect 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 instruction.
domestic violence, unlawful combinations, or
conspiracies in any State shall so 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 protec,
ton OF the people in such rights, such facts
shall be deemed denial by such State of equal
protection OF the laws to which they are en-
titled under the Constitution of the United
States; and in all such cases, or whenever any
such ilsurreciion, violence, and IN la W full com
oination, or conspiracy shall oppose or obstruct
the laws of the United States, or the due exe-
cution thereof, or impede or obstruct the due
course OF justice under the same, it shall be
lawful for the President, and it shall be bis
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, as he may deem necessary for the sum-
preston 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 mar |
sinai OF the proper district, to BE- dealt with ac- |
cording to law.
SEC 4. That whenever in any State or part |
OF State the unlawful combinations named |
in the preceding section of this act shall be
organized and armed. aud so numerous and |
powerful as to be able, by violence, to either
nv p ~ ..N a.
authorities of such State, and 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 combipa,
tons; and whenever, by reason of either
or all OF the causes aforesaid, the convic.
tion OF such offenders and the preservation of
the public safety shall become in such dis.
trict impracticabe, in every such case such
combinations shall be deemed a rebellion
against the United States, and during the cons
tinusnce OF such rebellion, and within the lin.
Its OF the district which shall be so under the
sway thereof, such limits to be prescribed bv
proclamation, it shall be lawful Tor the Presi.
dent OF the United States, when in his judg.
ment the public safety may require it, to sus-
pend the privileges of the writ of habeas cor
pus, to the end that such rebellion may be over.
thrown: Provided, That all the pro-
VII OF . the SECOND section of
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to habeas corpus, and regulating judicial pro
ceedings in certain cases." approved March
third, eighteen hundred and sixtv-three which
relate to the discharge of prisoners other than
prIs) ners of war, and to the penalty for refus-
Ing to obey the order of the court, sh all be in
!nii force so far as the same are applicable to
The provisions OF this section Provided. That
The President shall first have made procama.
lion, as now provided by law, commanding
'uch insurgents to disperse And provided
rtso, That the provisions of this section shall
not De In force after tho end of the next regu-
ar session of Congress
SEC 3. That no person shall be grand or
'etit juror In any court of the United States
ipon any inquiry, hearing, or trial of any suit,
proceeding, or prosecution based upon or aris |
ng under the provisions of this act who shall,
q the Judgment of the court, be in completely
With any such combination or conspiracy and
,very such juror shall, before entering uoon
my such inquiry, hearing, or trial, take and
ubscribe an oath in open court that he has
lever, directly or indirectly, counseed, adj
used, or voluntarily aided any such eombina-
ion or conspiracy; and each and every person
Who shall take this oath, aud shall therein
wear falsely, shall DO guilty of perjury, and
nan De subject to the pains and penalties de-
lared against that crime, and the first section
u the act entitled can act defining additional
auses of challenge and prescribing an addi- I
ional oath for grand and petit jurors in the
jnited states courts" approved June sevens
eenth, eighteen hundred and sixty.two, be,
nd the same is hereby, repealed.
SEC u. That any person or persons having
nowledge that any of the wrongs conspired
0 be done and mentioned in the second
ection OF this act are about to be committed,
nd having power to prevent or aid in prevent,
ng the same shall neglect or refuse to do, and
uch wrongful act shall be committed, such /
erson or persons shall be liable to the person !
nJured, or bis legal representatives, for all
amages caused by any such wrongful act \
which such first named person or persons by d
easonable diligence could have prevented,
nd such damages may be recovered in an ac-
ION on The case in the proper circuit court of
ne United States, and any number of persons
uisty OF such wrongful neglect or refusal nay
g joined as defendants ia such action; :;
rovided that such action shall be COM i
'enced within one year after such cause of o
ction shall have accrued, and If the death of
ny person shall be caused by any such wrong !
II act aud neglect, the legal representative OF c
ich deceased person shall have such action :
lerelor, AID may recover not exceeding !,
D V00 damages thereon for the benefit of the I
idow OF such deceased person, if any there s.
2, or, if there be no widow, for the benefit of a
le next OF Kin of such deceased person. a
SEQ. Z. That nothing herein contained shall !,
'pstrued to supersede or repeal any former
It or law except so far as the same may be
'pugnant thereto; and any offences hereto
re committed against the tenor of any former L
Il shall be prosecuted, and any proceeding