New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-03
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.

OF AMERICA.
WHEREAS. By an act of Congress entitled
IAN act to enforce the provisions of the
fourteenth amendment to the constitution
of the United States, and for other pur-
p0ses" approved the twentieth day Of
April, ammo Domini one thousand eight hun
dred and seyenty-0n6, pOWe is given to the
President Of the United States, when, III 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 d State,
whenever combinations and cousD;raCies
exist in such State or part oI q State for the
purpose Of depriTing any portion or class
Of the people OF such State OF the rights,
privileges, iUmuDities, and protection
named in the constitution OF the United
States, and secured by the act Of Congress
aforesaid; and whenever such combinations
and GOnspiracies do so 0bsTuct and hinder
the execution Of the laws If 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 ObBtruCt the laws of the
United States and their due tXecut ion,
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
or to set at defiance the constituted auth0ri-
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 u
State impTaCtiCabIe;
And whereas such unlawful combinations
and c0nspiracies for the purposes aforesaid
are declared by the act OF Congress afore
said to- he 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 habCas
corpus be shall first have made pToclama-
tion 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 c0uspira-
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 fer 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, disguises, and other
means and implements used kept pos
sessed or controlled by them for them for
carrying out the unlawful purposes Tor
which The said combinations and c0napsra-
cies are organized;
. And whereas the insurgents engaged il
such unlawful combinations and couapira-
cie3 within the county aforesaid have not
dispersed and retired peaceably to their re-
spectve homes, and have not delivered to