Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-05-10

peace and cheerful obedience TO law may
prevail tbrought the land, and that all
traces of our late unhappy civil strife
may be speedily removed"
Read the proclamation carefully. Here
it is:
Proclamation by the President of the
I'm ted States of America.
The act of Congress entitled can acl
to enforce the provisions of the four,
teent. amendment to the Constitution OF
the United States and for other pur-
poses," approved April Goth 1871, being
a law of extraordinary public Importance
[ consider it my duty to issue this procla-
nation calling the attention OF the peo-
pie Of the United States thereto, enjoin-
ing upon all good citizens, and especially
upon all the public officers, to be Jealous
ia the enforcement thereof and warning
all persons to abstain from committing
any of the acts thereby prohibited. This
law of Congress applies to all parts OF
the United States, and will be enforced
everywhere to the extent of the powers
invested in the Executive.
But, inasmuch as the necessity there
fore is we'll known 10 have been caused
chiefly by persistent violations of the
rights of citizens of the United States,
bv combinations of lawless and disafect
ed persons in certain localities lately the
theatre of insurrection and military con-
Aict, | do particularly exhort the people
of those parts of the country to suppress.
all such combinations by their own vol
untary efforts through the agency of
local laws. and to maintain the rights of
all citizens of the United States, and Sc
cure all such Citizens the equal protection
of the laws.
Fully sensible of the responsibility up
on the Executive by the act of Congress
to which public attention is now called,
aud reluctant to call into exercise any of
the extraordinary powers thereby con-
ferred npon me, except in cases of i'm
perative necessity, | do, nevertheless.
deem it my duty to make known that |
will not hesitate to exhaust the powers
thus vested in the Executive whenever
and wherever it shall become necessary
to do so for the purpose of securing 10
all citizens of the United States the
peaceful enjoyment of the rights guar
an,eed to them by the Constitution and
laws. 1t is my earnest wish that peace
and cheerful obedience 10 law may pre-
vail throughout the land. and that all
traces of our late unhappy civil strife
may be speedily remov ed.
These ends can be readily reached by
in the re suits OF the conflict
now written in our constitution, and by
the due and proper enforcement of equal
just and impartial laws in every part of
Onr country The failure of local gov
furnish such means for the at
tanment of results so earnestly desired
impose ufon the national government the
duty of putting forth all its energies for
the protection of all its citizens, of every
race and color and for the restoration of
peace and order throughout the entire
country
In testimony whereof have hercunto
act my hand. and caused the seal of the
United Sts res to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington. this
third day of may. in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
srventy-one, and of the Independence
of the United States the ninety fifth.
u. S GRANT.