New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-05
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Or AMERICA

| BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Or AMERICA.
| WHEREAS, By an act of Congress entitled
| AN act to enforce the provisions OF the
| fourteenth amendment to the constitution
| Of the United States, and for other Dur
| poses,' approved the twentieth day o.
| April, ammo Domini one thousand eight hun.
| dred and seVenty-Oue, power is gwen to the
! President Of the United States, when, II his
| judgment, the public safety shall require it.
| OF suspend the privileges OF the writ Of ha
| Oeas corpus in any State or part u q State,
whenever combinations and con piracies
| exist in such State Or part OF a State for the
| purpose OF depriylDg any portion or class
OF the people OF such State of the rights,
| privileges, immupities, and protection
| named IN the constitution OF the United
| States, and secured by the act OF Congress
| aforesaid; and whenever such combinations
| and cOGspirdCies do so ObsTuct and hinder
| the execution Of the laws j any such State,
and Of the United States, as to deprive the
| people aforesaid of the rights, privileges,
| immunities and protection aforesaid, and
do oppose and Distract the laws of the
United States and their due execution,
and impede and ObstrucC the due course
of Justice under the same; aud when
ever such combinations shall be organized
| and armed, and SO numerous and powerful
as to be able by violence either to overthrow
or to set at defiance the constituted authori-
ties of said State and the United States
within such State; and whenever, by reason
OF said causes, the conviction OF such Offend
ers and the preservation Of the public peace
shall become in such State or part Of a
State impraCticable;
And whereas such unlawful combinations
and conspiracies for the purposes aforesaid
are declared by the act of Congress aiore-
said to be rebellion against the government
of the United STATES;
And whereas, by SAID act OF Congress, it
is provided that before the President shall
suspend the privileges of the writ Of habeas
corpus he shall first have made proclama-
ton commanding such insurgents to dis
perse;
And whereas on the. third day Of the
present month OF November the Presi-
dent of the United States did issue
his proclamation, TecitiDg therein, among
other things, that such combinations and
cOuspiracies did then exist IN the county of
Union, in the State Of South Carolina, and
commanding thereby all persons composing
such unlawful com UmatiOns and conspira-
cies to dispense and retire peaceabIyto their
homes within five days from the date there
of, and to deliver either 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 county, all arms ammu-
milton, uniforms, DISCUSSES, and other
means and implements used, kept, pos
ses5ed or controlled by them for them for
carrying out the unlawful purposes for
which the said combinations and cCuspira-
cIes are organized;
And whereas the insurgents engaged in
such unlawful combinations and c3nap ira-
cies within the county aforesaid have not
dispersed and retired peaceably to thtir re
spectiVe homes, and have not delivered to
the marshal OF The United States, OF to any
OF his deputies, or TO any military officer Of
the United States within said county, all
arms, Ammunition, uIIfOrIuS, DISCUSSES and
other means and implements used, kept.
possessed OF controlled by them for carry
ing ont the unlawful purposes for which
the combinations and conspiTacieg are or
@anized, as commanded by said preciaua-
ton, Ou5 do still persist in the unlawful
com 5inati0Es and consiTacies aforesaid:
Now, therefore, l, Ulysses s. Grant, Iresi-
dent OF the United States Of America, BY
virtue Of lie authority vested IN ne ~ the
constitution OF the United States AMI The
act Vi Congress aforesaid, do hereby declare
that, IN mg judgment, the pubic safety
especially requires that the privileges
OF the writ Of haJeas corpus re SIS
pended, 30 the end that such rebellion
may be overthrown, and do hereby suspend
the privileges Of the writ OF habeas corpus
within die county Of Union, ia SAID State
of South Carolina, in respect t. all persons
arrested by tie LuarsHals 0T Ute Hlred
States ior The sad district Of South DaFo
lima, or by any Of his deputies, or rs any
military officer Of the United States, on by
aHE sold eg 81 citizen acting under the or
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