Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-12-12
WarmOth's Proclamation Of Warming
Tie State Militia Under Arms.


The State Militia Under Arms.
Uncle Sam Supporting Rowdyism.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-Attorney Cen
eral Williams sent the following telegram
| to Lieutenant Governors and, pending the
| impeachment trial Of Wormoth, Acting
Gov. Pinchback of Louisiana:
The requisition Of the Legislature trans
mit:ed by you is received. Whenever it
becomes necessary in the judgment of the
President the State will be pre-
tecled from domestic violence.
The WarmOth Legislature.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1.-THE fusion
| Legislature is in session with a quorum in
bath Houses. Gen. Hugh j. Campbell is
| President of the Senate, and j. G. MoncuTe
has been elected Speaker Of the House.
Message from Gov. warn,Oth.
In the fusion Legislature joint commit
| tee has been appointed to notify the Gov
ernor, who soon thereafter semitic the joint
session of the Senate and House his mes
sage, after reading which both Houses sd
| iourned until noon tomorrow.
The CustOmhOusers.
New ORLEANS, Dec. 1.-THE Lynch
Hawkins Returning Board make material
changes in the result Of the city and parish
elections. They return judges for District
! Courts which were close and not deter
mined by the Governors board, E. NJ. En-
nier for the third, and B. l.. Lynch for the
! fourth. All the Republican candidates for
Congress are Teturned.i
The kellogg Legislature passed a bill
abolishiog the Seventh and Eighth District
Courts, and creating Superior COurs, with
| exclusive Jurisdiction in issuing iujunctiOns
and mandamus in all cases in which the
State and city and Metropolitan Board shall
be party.
A resolution was passed araigning W.
0. Emore, Judge Of the Eighth District
Court, before the bar of the House for con-
tempt in issuing his Injunction yesterday
against Piuchbsck.
Gen. LOMgstreet.
By order of acting Gov. Pinchbeck, Maj.
Gen. Hugh j. Campbell has been relieved
from active duty, and Maj. Gen. James
Longstreet, of the Louisiana militis, has
been assigned conmsndant Of The division,
This movement is doub less made with the
view Of relieving TIE United States troops
on duly at The Mechanics Institute.
a Proclamation OF Warning.
Gov. Warm0th to-day issued the follow
ing proclamation:
State of Louisiana, Executive Depart
menL NelC Orleans, Dec. II, 1S72.-
Whereas. j revolutionary assemblags
pretending to be the General Assembly CT
the State Of Louisiana, composed mainly OF
candidates defeated at the election, out who
have been proclaimed elected by persons
wholly unauthorized to set, which persons
have deliberat " and wickadiy fAlsitied the
facts of the election, and pretended TO return
the said defeated candidates, without having
possession Of amy legal returns or other
documentary evidence, thus setting at de-
jance the will of the majority of the peo-
ple: and whereas the said fraudulent and
pretended General Assembly has attempted
to impose upon the public Dy passing pre-
tended resolutions of impeachment in pur-
suance of which a person falsely assuming
TO be the Lieutenant Governor By virtue OF
a term of office as Senator which had eX-
pired, has under the protection of certain IN
authorized persons, broken into the Execu-
tive Office aud declared himself acting Cover
nor of the State and persists in such claim in
spite of an injunction issued by compe-
tent court; and whereas, said revolutionary
and fraudulent organization has proceeded
10 declare the results Of the late election by
procaiming the election of candidates for
Governor and other State officers who
were really defea-ed by many thousand
votes; and whereas the truly elected
members of the General Assembly, being
excluded from the Capitol by an armed
force placed at the disposal of the conspira-
tors against the peace and dignity of the
State, have met and organized at the City
Hall Of the city of New Orleans ard are
now prepared to enter upon the discharge
of their Legislative duties:
Now therefore J. Henry Clay WarmOt b,
| Governor Of the State of louisiana, do issue
this my proclamation, warning and eau
tioniDg all good citizens against in any man
ner recognizing the said revolutionary and
fraudulent assemblsge pretending to be the
general assembly Of the State and now in
session at the building known as the Me-
cbanics Institute recently used as a State
house, or the person who claims to act as
Governor by virtue of the fraudulent aud
pretended resolutions Of impeachment
adopted by the said revolution
airy assemblage; andhe l reby
command all State officers, collec
tors, sheriffs and others to disregard the
pretended official acts of the said revolu
tionary assembly, ard of the person who
falsely ard fraudulently claims to act as
Governor of the State, to refuse to them all
countenance or recognition, but to recog-
nize and deal only with the legal officers
now in authority until such time az their
successors shall be regularly installedin ac-
cOriance with the law and agreeably to the
legal returns Of the recent election, and
do hereby declare that such officers will be
protected in the discharge of their
duties by all the authority
of which the State government is
possessed, and that all the forceiof the State
will be used for the purpose Of defeating the
Vaccinations OF the ConspiratOrs who have
temporarily occupied the State Capitol, OF
enforcing the laws of the State, Of enforcing
the writs of the JldlC ry, and Of maintain
ing the peace and dignity of the State.
Given under my hand and the seal ct
the State, this 11th day of December A. d.
1872, and Of the Independence Of the Uni
ted States the 9th. z. q. WARMOTH,
Governor of Louisiana.
BY the Governor,
Z. a. Woodward, Acting Sec'y OF State.
The State Militia Stand by WsFmotss.
The militia officers, having been ordered
by acting Gov. Piaehback, through AoJt
Gen. Street, to report to zen. LongstTeet,
express a determination TO obey no orders
but those e.nanating from Gov. Warmotb,
whom they still regard as the Commander
in-Chief. The mil tia are on duty guarding