The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-29
NOW COOL DOWN.
The Unreconstructed Ex-Cofederates
Recommended to Keep Quiet.
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The Unreconstructed Ex-C -Cofede-ates
Recommended to Keep Quiet.
A PROCLAMATION.
The following proclamation was is
sued by the President on May %:
By the President of the United
States of America A Proclamation
WHEREAS, Under pretense thai
VIM. Kellog, the present executive oi
Louisiana, and the officers associated
with him in the State administration
were not duly elected, certain turbu'
lent dissorderly persons have combiu-
ed together with force to resist the
laws aud constituted authorities oi
said State and
| WHEREAS, It has been duly certified
by the proper local authorities, and
judicially determined by the inferio,
and Superior Courts Of said State, that
said officers are entitled to hold their
Offices respectively, and execute and
discharge the factions thereof and
WHEREAS, Congress at its late ses
sion upon, due couidaration Of the sub
ject, tacitly recognized said Executive
and his associates, as now in Office by
refusing to take any action with res
pect thereto; and
WHEREAS, It is provided in the
Constitution Of the United States
that the United States shall protect ev
cry State in the Union on application
Of the Legislature, or the executive
when the Legislature cannot convene,
against domestic vi olence; and
WHEREAS, 1t is provided in the
laws of the United States, that in all
cases Of insurrection in any State in
the Union, or obstruction of the Law
thereof, it shall be lawful for the Pres.
ident Of the United States on appli.
cation Of the Legislature OF such State,
or the Executive when the Legisla
ture cannot convene, to call forth the
military Of any other State or States,
or employ such part Of the land and
naval forces as shall be judged neces.
sary for the purpose of suppressing
such Instructions or causing the laws
to be duly exec uted; and
WHEREAS, The Legislature Of said
State is not in session and cannot be
convened in 9imc to meet the present
emergency, and the Executive of said
State, under section i of article i of
the Constitution of the United States,
and the laws passed 10 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 citi-
zens thereof against domestic violence,
and to enforce execution of the laws
aud
WHEREAS, 1t is required that when
ever it may become necessary in the
judgment Of the President to use the
military force for the purpose aiore.
said, he shall forthwith proceed by proc
lamation, to command such insurgent.
to dispers and retire peaceably to their
respective homes within a limited
time; now, therefore,
I: U. s. Grant, President Of the
United States, do hereby make my
proclamation and command said turbu
lent and disorderly persons to disperst
to their respective abodes within TWEEN
ty days from this date. and hereafter
to submit themselves to the laws ant
constituted authorities of said State
and I invoke the aid and CO. operation
Of all good citizens therof to upholt
the law and preserve the public peace
In witness whereof, I have hereuntt
set my hand, and caused the seal o
the United States to be affixed
Done. At the City of Washington
this 22d day Of May, in the year o
our Lord. 1873, and Of the Indepen
dence ofthe United States the 9th
lSioned1 u. s. GRANT.
By the President:
BANCROFT DAVIS, Acting Secre
tary of State
Minnesota NEWS.
| The semi-annual meeting eff tn
State Medical Association, will be he'll
at Mankato next month.