New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-17
A PROCLAMATION
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary OF State.

HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary OF State.
A PROCLAMATION
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
WHEREAS, In nay proclamation of the
twelfth day Of October, in the year eight
een hundred and eeventy-one, it was recited
that certain unlawful combinations and
cousplracies existed in certain counties in
the State of South Carolina for the purpose
OF dePrlvlng certain portions and classes of
the people OF that State of the rights, privi-
ieges aud lmmunities and protection named
| III the constitution OF the United States and
secured by the act of Congress, approved
| April the twentieth, one thousand EIGHT
hundred and seventy-one, entitled IAN act
10 enforce the provisions of the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution of the United
states, and the persons composing such
! combinations and cOuspiracies were com
| manded to dispense and to retire peaceabIy
| to their homes within i've days from said
date
And whereas by my proclamation of the
seventeenth day Of October, in the wear
eighteen hundred and seventy-One, the priv
ileges of the writ OF habea8 corpus were
| suspended i'll the counties named in said
prOchamation;
And whereas the county of Marion was
named in said prOcIamations as one of the
counties in which said unlawful bina-
tons and cunspiracies for the purposes
aforesaid existed, and in which the privi-
leges OF the writ of habGas corpus was sus-
pended;
And whereas il has been asccrtaned that
IN said county of Marion said combinations
and conspiracies do not exist to the extent
recited in said prOclamations;
And whereas it has been ascertained that
unlawful combinations and conspiracies of
the character and to the extent and for the
purposes described in said proclamations
do exist IN the county of Union in said
State;
Now, therefore, |, Ulysses s. Grant, Presi-
dent of the United States Of America do
hereby revoke, as to the said county OF Ma
rlon, the suspension of the privileges of the
writ OF habeas corpus directed in my said
proclamation of the seventeenth day of DC.
tOber, eighteen hundred and seventy one.
AND do here by command all persons in
said county of Union composing the
unlawful combinations and cOnspiracies
aforesaid to dispense and to retire peace
ably to their homes within five DAYS
of the date hereof, 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 |
tIIC CuIlCN 6tdIC6 "ltIlu Shl1 COUNTY, ali |
arms ammunition, uniforms, DISCUSSES, and |
other means and implements used kept, !
possessed, or controlled by them for carry
ing out the unlawful purposes for which |
the CON binatlon9 and COnspiracies are orr
ganized.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the United
States to ne affixed.
Done al the city Of Washington the third
day of November, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy
one, and of the indepence of the United
States Of America the ninety-sixth.
U. S. GRANT
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
A PROCLAMATION.
3y THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
WHEREAS, By an act of Congress entitled B
An act to enforce the provisions of the
fourteenth amendment to the constitution
If the United States, and for other pur-
ooses," approved the twentieth day of
April, ammo DOmini one thousand eight hun
lred and seVenty-One, power is given to the y
President of the United States, when, IN his
the public safety shall require it.
1t suspend the privileges of the writ of ha-
peas corpus in any State or part of State,
n u6u6Nt1 tOlAUlAdLlOuS anu tOuSDlrdClGS
5xist in such State or part of State for the
purpose OF depriving any portion or class
" the people of such State of the rights,
privileges, immunities, and protection
FAMED in the constitution of the United
states, and secured by the act OF Congress
and whenever such combinations
md c0nspiracies do so Obstruct and hinder |
he execution of the laws Of any such State,
nd of the United States, as to deprive the
'eople aforesaid of the rights, privileges,
mmunities and protection aforesaid and
10 oppose and ObstruCt the laws Of the
United States and their due execution,
nd impede and Obstruct the due course
f justice under the same; and when
yer such combinations shall be organized
nd armed, and so numerous and powerful
S to be able by violence either to overthrow i
+ to set at defiance the constituted authori-
les of said State and the United States I
within such State; and whenever, by reason !
f said causes, the conviction of such offend =
rs and the preservation Of the public peace
hall become in such State or part OF
tate im4racticable;
And whereas such unlawful combinations
nd Gonspiracics for the purposes aforesaid
re declared by the act Of Congress afore
aid to be rebellion against the government
the United States; ,
And whereas, by SAID act of Con gress, IL
provided that before the President shall
uspend the privileges of the writ of habeas
orpus he shall first have made proclama.
on commanding such insurgents tog disc
erse;
And whereas on the third day of the
resent month of November the Presi
ent Of the United States did issue
is proclamation reciting therein, among
thcr things, that such combinations and q
Onspiracies did then exist IN the county of
Inion, III the State of South Carolina, and
thereby all persons composing Q
lch unlawful combinations and cOnspira- c
les to dispense and retire peaceably to their !
ONES within five days from the date there +
f, and to deliver ei her to the marshal of the
rnited States for the district of South -
arolina, or to any of his deputies, or
}. any military officer of the United !
tates within said county, all arms, ammu-
itiOn, uniforms, DISCUSSES, and other d
leans and implements used. kept, pos
eseed OF controlled by them for them for
arrying out the unlawful purposes for =
hich the said combinations and COnspira-
les are organized;
And whereas the insurgents engaged in
lch unlawful combinations and conspra- I
es within the county aforesaid have not
ispersed and retired peaceably 10 their re-
Drctive homes, aud have not delivered to T
re marshal OF the United States, or to any 5
f his deputies, or to any military officer of
re United States within said county, all :
rms, ammunition, uniforms, DISCUSSES and
Their means and implements used, kept, I
assessed or controlled by them for carry
e out the unlawful purposes for which
le combinations and conspiracies are or
anlze&, as commanded by said proclama
Oh, but do still persist in the unlawful :