The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-03-10
State Of South Carolina,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
COLUMBIA, March ., 1871.
PROCLhMATION

WHEREAS information has reached this
wv Department that serious disturbances
have occurred in the Counties Of York and
Ch ester, whereby the peace Of said Counties
has been invaded by bands Of armed and dis
guiscd mon. who arc arraycd in open hostili-
ty to the civil authorities and to the public
psacc and dignity of the State and harmless
and nnoffending citizens have beon taken from
her dwellings, and deliberately murdered in
cold blood; and whereas there is too much
rea son to believe that these outrages and dis.
turbanccs are the result of a deliberate and
systematic effort the part of citizens of
adjoining States, as we'll as our own, to bring
into contempt our laws and institutions, by
setting them at defiance, and destroying all
protection and security to life and property,
and ii not promptly suppressed and over
come. may lead to widespread turmoil and
massacre. subversivo alike of the peace and
safety of the citizen and disgracciul to the
character and dignity of the State:
Now, therefore, 1, ROBERT X. SCOTT, Go.
vernon of South Carolina. in order that those
disturbances may bo promptly suppressed,
do issue this my proclamation, commanding
the SheriEs and officers OF tho said Counties
of York and Chester to be active and vlgilant
in tho discharge Of their duties in preserving
and enforcing the public peace, and in sup
pressing violence and lawlessness; and if re-
ted in the process Of their duties by forc-
bic effort, to summo2 to their aid the posse
co,nuatuS in sufficient forco to overcome all
opposition at every hazard; and where United
States troops arc qnartcred the officers in
command should be promptly communicated
with, and their assistance invited in tho sup
preston Of all resistance to the laws. Should
this resistance be continued, shall feel it my
imperative duty to suspend Immediately the
writ Of h0bedS corpus and proclaim martial
law for the government Of the Counties in
v0lvcd in it, and exert all tho authority placed
at my control and disposal to enforce the SUI
prcmacy of the laws.
In testimony whereof havo herCuntO set my
hand and caused the great seal of the
r. 8 State to be affixed, at Columbia, this
4, p II tS-I Il a.
ninety fifth year Of Amcr .an indepcnd.
cncc ROBERT X. SCOTT,
Governor.
i. L. CAEDozo. Secretary of State.
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