New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-12
HAMILToN FISH, Secretary of State.
A PROCLAMATION.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OLE AMERICA.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
WHEREAS, By an act of Congress entitled
can act to enforce the provisions of the
fourteenth amendment to the constitution
of the United States, and for other pur-
poses," approved the twentieth day of
April, ammo Domini one thousand eight hun
bred and seventy-one, power is given to the
President Of the United States, when IN his
Judgment, the public safety shall require it,
OF suspend the privileges OF the writ OF ha-
beas corpus in any State or part OF State,
whenever combinations and consplraeles
exist in such State or part of State for the
purpose of depriving any portion or class
Of the people of such State of the rights,
privileges, immunities, and protection
named in the constitution of the United
States, and secured by the act of Congress
aforesaid and whenever such combinations
and COnspiracies do SO ObstruCt and hinder
the execution of the laws of 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 obstruct the laws OF the
United States and their due execution,
and impede and obstruct the due course
of Justice under the same; and when
ever such combinations shall be organized
and armed, and so numerous and powerful
as to be able by violence either to overthrow
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 afore-
said to be rebellion against the government
of the United States;
And whereas, by SAID act of Congress, it
il provided that before the President shall
suspend the privileges of the writ of habeas
CORPUS he shall first have made procldma-
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, reciting therein, among
other things, that such combinations and
conspiracies did then exist in the county of
Union, in the State Of South Carolina, and
commanding thereby all persons composing
such unlawful. combinations and cOnsplra-
cies to dispense and retire peaceably to 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- anv military officer of the United
States within said county, all arms ammu-
milton, uniforms, disguises, and other
means and implements used, kept, pos
sessed or controlled by them for them for
carrying out the unlawful purposes for
which the said combinations and conspira-
cies are organized;
And whereas the insurgents engaged IN
such unlawful combinations and consplra-
cies within the county aforesaid have not
dispersed and retired peaceably to their re-
specti7e homes, and have not delivered to
the marshal of the United States, or to any
of his deputies, or to any military officer Of
the United States within said county, all
arms, ammunition, uniforms, DISCUSSES and
other means and implements used, kept
possessed or controlled by them for carry
ing ont the unlawful purposes for which
the combinations and conspiracies are or
ganized, as commanded by said proclauna-
! ton but do still persist in the unlawful
| combinations and consiracies aforesaid:
Now, therefore, l, Ulysses S. Grant Presi
| dent of the United States of America, by
| virtue of the authority vested in me by the
| constitution of the United States and the
act Of Congress aforesaid, do hereby declare
! that, in my judgment, the public safety
| especially requires that the privileges
| of the writ of habeas corpus DC sus-
! pended, to the end that such TeDelhon
| may be overthrow, and do hereby suspend
| the privileges of the writ OF habeas corpus
| within the county of Union, in said State
| of South Carolina, in respect to all persons
| arrested by the marshals OF the United
| States for the said district of South Caro-
| lima, or by any Of his deputies, or by any
| military officer of the United States, or by
| any soldier or citizen acting under the or
deTs of said marshal deputy Or such n1i'