Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-04-28
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sach Court, fully. freely and truthfuiIy,
or to 11Ia 8 any such party or witness
Ia his EersJo or property on Account of
his haTio3 50 attended or testified, or
by force intimidation or threat TO m
hnence the verdict, presentnaent or in
dIctnent OF any juror or grand juror in
any court Of the United States, or to IN
iure such juror in his person or propeitT
on account of any verdict, preseutnneas or
indictment lawfu = Rssentcd 10 by him, or
on account OF his being or having been
such juror, or shall consplre together OK 20
in disguise upon the public highway on
upon the premises of another for the pur-
pose, either directly or indirectly, of de-
privlng any person or any class oil persons
of the equal rotecion IF the laYs. or of
equal privileges or immunities under thl
laws, or for the purpose of preventing or
hlnderlng the constituted authorities OF
any State from giving or securing to ak
persons within such State the equal pro
lection of the laws, or shall conspire to-
gether for the purpose Of in any manner
Impeding, hlnderIng, obstrncting or de-
featiDg the due course of Justice In any
State or Territory, with intent to deny to
ary citizen Of the United States the due
and equal protection OF the laws, or to ri
Iure any person In his person or his pfo-
IpertY for lawfully enforcing the right OF
any person or class Of persons TO the equnl
protection of the laws, or by force, int m
ldatiOn or threat toaprevent any citizen OF
the United States, lawfully entitled 81
/ vote, from giving his suV port or adv vocacy1i
III q lawful manner, toward or in favor OF
the election Of any lawfully qualified per
son a3 an eector for President or Vice
President OF the United States, or rs
member Of the Congress of the United
States, or TO luJure any such citizen in his
person or property, on account OF such
support or advocacy, each and every per
son 50 offending shall be deemed c1tilty4cf
u high crime, and, upon conviction
thereof in any district or circuit
court Of the United States or District OK
Sdpremo Court of any Territory of tue
United States having Jurisdiction Of sim
liar offences, ehall bo punished by O. fine
not less than five hundred nor more than
five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment,
with or without tard labor, as the court
may determine, for q period of not less
than six months nor moro than SIX years,
as the court may determine, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment as tho court
shall determine. And If any ono or more
persons engaged in any such conspiracy
shall do, or cause to bo done, aby acS in
furtherance Of the object Of such consli-
racy, whereby any person shall be iDjureI
IN his person or property, or deprived OF
Y
ego OF citizen Of the United Slater, the
person 50 injured or deprived OF such
rights and privileges may have and nlaiu-
tain an action for the recovery Os dam
ages occasioned by snch injury or depriva
ton of rights and privileges against a y
one or more Of tL4 PoIAOuS engaged Ia
such conspiracy, such action to be prO@G-
cUted in the pr oper district or circuit c5nIt
of the United States with and subject TO
iO1 of
error. and other remedies provided i'll like
cases Ia such courts under the provisions
of tho act of april ninth, c2htecn hun
dred and sixty.six, entitled ''An 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-
rcction. domestic violence, unlawful com
OinatiOns or cOn8riracies in an any State,
shall so obstruct or hinder tire execution
Of the laws thereof, and Of the United
States, as to deprive any portion OF class
of the people Of such State Of any OF the
rights, privileges or imtnunities or pFotee-
ton named III the Constitution and Sc
cured by this act, and the constituted au-
thorities of such State shall either be
unable TO protect, OF shall, from any
cause, fail in or refuse protection of the
people in such rights, such facts shall be
equal protection of the laws to which they
arc entitled under tho Constitution of the
| United States and Ia all such cases, cr
Whenever any such inkurrection, violence,
unlawful combination, or conspiracy, shall
oppose or Cbstruct the laws Of tie Unitld
States, or the due execution thereof, or
impede or obstruct the dua cOurse of JUS
ticc under the same, it shall be lawful Ior,
the president, and it shall be bis duty, 10
take such measures, by the employment Of
the militia or the land and naval forces 0f
| the United States, Or OF either, or by other
means, as he may deem necessary for the
suppression OF such iusurrection, domestic
violence or combinations and any person
who shall be arrested under the provisions
of this and the preceding section sbaA be
delivered to the marshall OF the proper
district, to be dealt with according 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 and so nu-
mcrous and powerful as to be able, by
violence, to either overthrow or set at de
Liza ce the constituted authorities Of such
State, and of tho United States, within
such state, or when the constituted au-
thOrit;es are in cOmpiicity with, or shall
connive at the unlawful purposes Of such
powerful and armed Combinations, and
whenever, by reason of either or al Of the
causes aforesaid, the onvictioI OF Euch Of
tenders, ana the preservation of tAe pup
| lie safety shall become In such distrc5 iHs-
practicable, in every such case rucb
combinations shall be deemed rebellion
against the Government OF tbs United
States, and during tho continuapce oi
such rebellion, and WitCla iho Hu!ts a.
the district which shah b. 60 under Tie
sway thereof, such limits TO he prescribed
by proclamation, it shall be lawful Tor the
President Of the United States, when, AZ
his Judgment, tue public safety shall re-
quirc il, 10 suspend The privileges cf tbc
writ of habeas corpus TO the end that sI5h
rebellion may bo ovcrthrown; Provided,
That all the prOyiaiJns Of tie so-oal fo;-
ton of an acS entitled can act relat.rg TO-
habeas corpus, and regulating iuaicial r:o-
ceedings III certain cases." approved
March >, 1865, which relates To the d.s
charge of prisoners, other tlau prisoners
of war, and TO the penalty for refusing to
obey the order of court, shall be in full
force so far as the same are applicable TO