Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-24
THE KU-KLUX.
froeiamauon by the President Martial Law
Proclaimed In Nine Counties of south
caroiinn--A Nut for James
TX. DOOIiuIe to Crack

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE pre-
viously notifed five days, notice 10
disperse, given to the Klu-Klux IN
Spartanburg and eight other coun
ties, having expired, the following
proclamation was issued from the
Executive office to-day
Whereas BY an act Of Congress,
entitled AN Act TO Enforce the pro-
visions Of the Fourteenth Amend-
ment to the Constitution OF the Uni
ted States, and for other purposes"
Approved the goth day Of April, An
no Domini, 1871, power is given TO
the President Of the United States,
when in his judgment the public
safety shall require it to suspend the
privileges of the writ Of habeas corp
us IN any State or part ola Statewher-
ever combinations and conspracios
exist in such State or part Of a State,
for the purpose of depriving any
portion or class Of the people OF sach
State OF the rights, privileges, immu
mites, and protection named in the
Constitution of the United States
and secured by the act OF Congress
aforesaid, and whenever such COM
binations and conspiracies do so OBJ.
struct 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, priv
ileges, immunities, and protection
aforesaid, and do oppose and OBJ.
struct the laws Of the United States
and their due execution, aud impede
and obstruct the due course Of Jus
tice under the same aud wherever
such combinations shall be organized
and armed, and so numerous as 10 DO
able, by any violence, either to over
throw or set at defiance the cous;itu-
ted authorities of the said State, and
whenever, by reason Of said causes,
the conviction Of such offenders aud
the preservation Of the public peace
shall become, 10 ouch State, or part
OF State, impractiaable; and
Whereas, Such unl4 wful combina-
tions and conspiracies for the pur-
poses aforesaid are declared by the
act of Congress aforesaid to the re-
bellious against the Government Of
he United States; and
Whereas, By said act of Congress,
it is provided that before the Presi-
dent shall suspend the privileges Of
the writ Of habeas corpus, he shall
first have made proclamation com
handing such insurgents to dispense;
and
Whereas, On the 18th day of the
present month OF October the Presi-
dent Of the United States did issue
his proclamation, rcciting therein,
among other things, that such COM
binations and conspiracies did then
exist in the counties Of Spartanburg,
Y ork, Marion, Chester, Laurens
Newbcrry, Fairfield, Lancaster and
Chesterfield, in the State Of South
Caroliha, and commanding thereby
all persons composing such unlawful
combinations and conspiracics to
dispense and retire peacefully to
their homes within five days from
the date thereof, and 70 deliver eith>
er to the Marshal ofthc United States
for the District Of South Carolina or
to any Of his deputies, or to any
military officer Of the United States
within the said counties, all arms,
ammunition, uniforms, disguises and
other means aod implements used,
kept, possessed or controlled by
them tor carrying out the unlawful
purposes for which the said combina-
tions and conspiracies are organized;
and
HhereaS, The insurgents engaged
in such unlawful combinations aud
conspracies within the counties afore
said have not dispersed and retired
peacefully to their respective homes,
and have not delivered TO the Mar
shall Of the United States, or to any
OF his deputies, or TO any military
officer of the United States within
said counties, all arms, ammunition
uniforms, DISCUSSES, aud other means
and implements used, kept, ssessed
or controlled by them tor carrying
out the unlawful purposes for which
the combinations and conspracies
are organized, as commanded by
said proclamation, but do still per-
sist in the Unlawful combinations and
conspiracies aforesaid
N0U, Therefore, l. Ulysses s.
Grant, President Of the United States
of America, by virtue Of the authors
ty vested in me by the Consultation
Of the United States aud tho act Of
Congress aforesaid, do hereby de-
clare that in my judgment tho pub
nc safety especially requires that the
privileges of the writ OF habeas cor
pus DO suspended, to the end that
such rebellion may be overthrown,
and do hereby suspend the priviI.
eyes of the writ of habeas corpus
within the counties of Spartanbarg.
York, Marion, Chester, Laurens
New berry, Fairfield, Lancaster. and
Chesterfield, 10 the SAID State Of
South Carolina, in respect to all per.
sons arrested by the Marshal Of the
United States for the said District of
South Carolina, or by any Of his
deputies, or by any military officer
of the United States, or by any soli-
Ter or citizen acting under the or
ders of the sand Marshal deputy, or
such military officer, within one of
the said counties, charged with any
violation of the act of Con eress afore-
said, during the continuance of such
rebellion u. S. GRANT
Come to the Discussion on
Friday next between ex-Sena-
tor Doolittle and Gen. Wash