The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-23
POOR LOUISIANA!
IN THE GRASP OF THE SPIDER.
Proclamation by the Presi-
dent.

The following proclamation was is-
sued by the President to-day:
By the President of the United States Of
America:
WHEREAS, Under the pretence that
VIM. P. Kellogg, the present Execu-
tive of Louisiana, and the officers asso-
ciated with him in the State admins
tration, were not duly elected, certain
disorderly persons have contrived
to get her with force of arms,
to resist the laws and oust the authors
ties of said State and
WHEREAS, 1t has been duly certified
by the President and local authorities,
and ju1icially determined by the infer
ior and supreme courts of the said
State, that the said officers are entitled
to hold their offices, respectively, and to
execute the laws and the functions
thereof; and
WHEREAS, Congress, at its late session,
upon due consideration Of the subject,
fully recognized the said Executive and
his said associates as now in Office, by
refusing TO take any action with respect
thereto; and
WHEREAS, 1t is provided in the Con-
stitution of the United States that the
United States shall protect every State
in this Union on application of the
legislature or of the Executive when
the legislature cannot be convened
against domestic violence and
WHEREAS, 1t is promised in the laws
of the United States that in all cases Of
insurrection in any State or OF obstruc'
ton to the laws thereof it shall be law.
full for the President OF the United
States on application OF the
legislature ofsuch State or of the exec
utive, when the Legislature cannot be
convened, to call forth the militia OF
any other State or States or employ
such part OF the land and naval forces
as shall be judged necessary for the
purpose of suppressing such insurrec-
ton or causing the law to be duly ex-
ecuted.
WHEREAS, The Legislature of said
State is not now in session and cannot
be convened in time to meet the pres
ent emergency, and the Executive of
said State, under section 4 OF article 4
OF the Constitution of the United States
and the laws passed in pursuance there
of, has therefore made application to
me for such part OF the military force
of the United States as may be neces-
sary and adequate to protect said State
and the citizens thereof against domes-
tic violence and to enforce the due exes
cution OF the laws; and
WHEREAS, 1t is required that when.
ever it may be necessary, in the judg-
ment Of the President, to use the militia
~ force for the purpose aforesaid, he
shall forthwith, by proclamation, COM
maud such insurgents to disperse and
retire peaceably 10 their respective
homes within a limited time.
Now, therefore, |, U. S. Grant, Presi-
dent OF the United States, do make,
proclaim and command the said turbe.
liant and disorderly persons to disperse
and retire peaceably to their respective
abodes, within twenty days from this
date and hereafter submit to the
laws and constituted authorities ofssid
State, and invoke the aid and co-ope-
ration OF all good citizens thereof, to
uphold the laws and preserve the pubs
lie peace.
In witness whereof, I have herennto
set my hand and caused the seal OF the
United States to be affixed. Done at
the City OF Washington, this 22d day OF
May, in the year Of our Lord one thous-
and eight hundred and seventy-three,
and of the Independence Of the United
States the ninety'seventh.
[Signed. y. s. GRANT.
By the President.
J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS,
Acting Secretary OF State.