Connecticut western news., 1873-06-06
Matters in Louisiana.
Proclam,t,on by the President.


 The following proclamation was issued by the President of the United States: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
 STATES, PROCLAMATION.
 Whereas, Under the. pretence that Wm. P. Kellogg, the present Executive eff Louisiana, and the officers associated with him in the State Administration were" not duly elected, certain turbulent and disorder1y persons have combined together with force and arms to resist the laws and constituted authorities of said State, and
 Whereas, It has been duly certified by the proper local authorities and judicially determined by the Inferior and Supreme Courts of said State that said officers are entitled to hold their offices respectively and execute and discharge the functions thereof, and Whereas, Congress at the late ses- sion, upon a due consideration of the subject, tacitly recognized the said Executive and his associates then, as now, in office, by refusing to take any action with respect thereto; and
 Whereas, It is provided by 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, It is provided in the laws of the United States that all cases of insurrection in any State or of obstruc- tion to the laws thereof, it shall be law full for the President of the United States, on Application of the Legisla- ture of such State or of the Executive when the Legislature cannot be con- vened, to call forth the militia of any other State or States, or to employ such part of the land and naval forces as shall be judged necessary for the pur- pose of suppressing such insurrection or causing the laws to beduly executed :; and " h &@
 Whereas, The Legislature of said State is not now in session and cannot be convened in time to meet the present emergency, and the Executive of said State, under section of article 4 of the Constitution of the United States and the laws passed in pursuance thereof, has therefore made application to me for such part of the military force of the United States as may be necessary and adequate to protect said State and the citizens thereof against domestic vio- lence, and to enforce the execution of the laws :; and
 Whereas, It is required that when ever it may be necessary in the judg- ment of the President to use the mill tary force for the purpose aforesaid, he shall forthwiths by proclamation, com mand such insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective homes within limited time now,
 Therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant, Presi- dent of the United States, do hereby make proclamation and command said turbulent and disorderly persons to dis perse and retire peaceably to their re- spective abodes within twenty days from this date, and hereafter to submit them. selves to the laws and constituted au- thorities of said State, and I invoke the aid and cooperation of all good citizens 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 af fixed.
 Done at the city of Washington thi: 22d day of May, in the year of oul Lord, 1873, and of the independence O. the United States, the 97th.
 U. s. GRANT. By the President
 J. O. BANCROFT DAVIS, Acting Score