Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-10-25
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Important Proclamation by the President.
REBELLION AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT


Wit Of UaJeas Corrss Suspended in Certain
Counties Of South Carolina.
BIZ THE PREsIrEsr OF THE UNITED SrArEs-
PROCLAMATION.
Whereos, BY an act of Congress. en-
titled, IAN act To enforce the provisions
OF the Fourteenth Amendment to the
Constitution Of the Uni1ed States. and
for other purposes. approved the goth
day of April, 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 corpus in any State
or pait of State, when combinations
and conspiracies exist in any such State
or part of State for the purpose of de-
rriving any portion or class of the peo-
pie of snch State of the rights, privileges,
immunities and protection named in the
secured by the act of Congress aforesaid,
and whenever such combinations and
conspiracies do so obstruct and hinder
the execution of the laws of any such
State and of the United States. as to de.
prive the people aforesaid of the rights,
privileges. immuniiies and protection
aforesaid, and do oppose and obstruct the
laws Of the United States and their due
execution, and impede and obstruct the
due course Of justice under the same, and
whenever such combination shall be
organic d and armed aud SO numerous
and powerful as to be able by any vio-
Ience either to overthrow or set at def
ance the constituted authorities of said
State and the United States within said
State, and whenever by reason of said
causes The conviction of such offenders
and the preservation Of the peace shall
become N such State or part of State
impractcable: and
jEne. cas-, >uch unlawful combinations
and conspiracies for the purpose afore
said, are declared lv the act of Congress
aforesaid. to be rebellion against the Gov
ernment of the United States; and
Vhrcas, by said act of Congress, it
is provided that bet"re the President
shall suspend the privilege of the writ OF
habeas corpus, he shall first have made
proclamation commanding such insur
gents to disperse: and
HhessaS. On the 18th day of the pres
ent month of DC ober, the President o:
the United States did issue his proclama-
ton, reciting therein, amung other thing
that such combinations and con. piracie
did then exist in the counties of Spar
tanburg, York, Marion, Chester, Laurens.
Newberry, Fairfield, Lancaster aud Ches-
terheld, in the State Of South Carolina
and commanding thereby all person,
conspiring with unlawful combination.
and conspiracies to disprr.e and retire
peacefully to their homes within five
davs from the date thereof. and 10 de-
liver 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 States within said
cnuntios oil arm. ammunition nm ;forp,e
DISCUSSES and other means or implements
used, kept, possessed or controlled 10y
them for carrying out the unlawful pur
poses for which the said combinations
and conspiracies are organized: and
Whereas, The insurgents engaged in
such unlawful combinations "A, conspi
racies within the counties aforesaid. have
not dispersed and retired peaceably to
their respective homes, and have not de-
livered to the Marshal of the United
States or to any military officer of the
United States within said COMMITTEES, all
arms, ammunition, uniforms, disguises, |
and other means Or implements used
kept, possessed or controlled by them for
carrying out their unlawful purposes, for
which these combinations and conspira- |
cies are organized as commanded by said
proclamation, but still persist in the I'M
lawful combinations and couspiracies
aforesaid.
Now, therefore |, Ulysses s. Grant,
President of the United States of America !
by virtue of the authority vested in me
by the Cons.tutiou of the United States
aud the act of Congress aforesaid, do
hereby declare that in my Judgment the
public safety especially requires that the
privileges of the writ of habeas corpus
be suspended to the end that such re
bellion may be overthrowu, and do here
by suspend the privileges of the writ of
habeas corpus within the counties of
Spartanburg, York, Marion, Chester,
Laurens, Newberry, Fairfield, Lancater
and Chesterfield, 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 ane Of his deputies, or by any mill
tary officers of the United States, or by
any soldier or citizen acting under the or
ders of said marshal, deputy or such
military officers within any one of said