The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-05-24
I'll E BULLETIN.
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMA.
TION

WAsHISoTos, May 22.-The followi,s
proclamation was Issued by the presiden
to day:
BY the Presid, n, Of the United States. ,
Proclamation:
whereas, Under the pretense that w
r. Kellogg, the present executive Of Lou.
isiahs, aud the officers associated with him
IN the state administration, were no,
duly elected, cerlai turbulent and disor.
derry persons have combined together
with force of arms TO resist the VS. and
constituted authorities of the state and
whereas ii has been certified by the proper
local authorities, and jIdicially de,ermin, ID
by inferior courts OF said state, that said
officers are entitled TO hold their ofiices re-
spectively and execute and discharge the
functions thereof; and whereas, congress,
ut the late session, upon due cont Moderation
OF the subject, tacitly recognized SAID ex-
ecutive and his associates then as now m
Office, by refusing to take any action with
respect thereto; and whereas, IL Is Provid-
Cd 10 the constitution Of the United States
that the United States shall protect every
state Ia this Union On application OF its
legislature; or of its executive when the
legislature cannot be convened, against
domestic violence and whereas, II u pro-
vided IN the laws of the United States that
IN all cases of insurrection In any state or
of obstruction 10 the laws thereof, II shall
be lawful for the president of the Uni
ted States, on application Of the
legislature Of, or Of such statement Of the
executive, when the legislature cannot be
convened, to call forth the militia Of ATTY
other state or states, or to employ such
part Of the land and naval forces AZ shall
be judged necessary for the purpose of
sGppressing such resurrection or causing
laws to be duly executed and whereas,
the Legislature Of said state 10 not now IN
session and cannot be convened IN time TO
meet the present emergency, and the exec
utive of said state, under section four, of
article four, Of the constitution Of the
United States and laws passed in pursu-
ance thereof, has before made apple
ton to me for such parts of the military
force of the United States ss may be me-
cessary and adequate to protect said state
and citizens thereof against domestic vio-
lence, and TO enforce the execution Of the
laws; and whereas, it is required that,
whenever 1t may be necessary, in the
judgment of the president, to use the
military force for the purpose aforesaid,
he shall forthwith, by proclamation, COM
mand such insurgents TO disperse and re-
tire pesceably TO their respective homes
within = limited time.
Now, therefore, l, Ulysses S. Grant,
president Of the United States, do hereby
make proclamation, and command said
turbulent and disorderly persons TO dis
perse and retire peaceably to their respec-
tive sbodes within twenty days from this
date and hereafter TO submit themselves
TO the law, and constituted authorities Of
said state and invoke the aid
and corporation Of all good citi-
zens thereof to uphold the law and
preserve the public peace In witness
whereof | have hereunto set my hand,
and caused the seal of the United States
TO be alfred Done at the city Of Wash
ington, this 22d of May, in the year Of
our lord, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, and OF the independence Of the Uni
ted States the ninety-third. By the pres
ident, L. 5. GRANT.
JIG. BANCROFT DAVIS,
Acting Secretary of State.