Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-29

in response to application made by
Governor Kellogg, OF Louisiana, Presi-
dent Grant has issued the following
proclamation:
WHEREAS, Under prctencc that William P.
Kellogg, the present Executive OF Louisiana
and the officers associated with him in the
State administration, were rot duly elected
certain turbulent and disordcr)y persons have
combined together with force and arms to re-
sist the laws and the constituted aut horities
Of said State and
WHEREAS, 1t has been duly certified by the
proper local authorities and jndicialiy deter
mined by inferior and superior courts of said
State that the same officers are entitled to
hold the offices respectfully and execute and
discharge the functions thereof; and
WHEREAS, Congress at its late session, upon
due consideration of the subject, tacitly rec
ognzcd the said Executive and his associates
then as now in Office by refusing to take any
action with respect thereto; and
WHEREAS, 1t is provided in the Constitu-
ton of the United States, that the United
States shall protect every State in the Union,
ON the application of the Legislature, or OF
the Executive when the Legislature cannot
be convened, against domestic violence and
WHEREAS, 1t is provided in the laws of the
in any State, or of obstruction to the laws
thereof, ii shall be lawful for the President OF
the United States, on the application of the
Legislature Of such State, or the Executive
when the Legislature cannot be convened, To
call for the military of any other State or
States, or To employ such part of the land
and naval for&es as shall be Judged necessary
for the purpose OF suppressing such insurrec-
tions or causing the laws 10 be duly executed
and
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 + of the Constitution of the United
States and laws passed in pursuance thereof,
has therefore made application 10 me for such
part OF the military force of the United States
Is may be necessary and adequate To protect
the said : ate and the citizens thereof against
domestic violence, and to enforce the cXccu-
ton OF the laws and
WHEREAS, 1t Is required that whenever it
may be necessary in the Judgment of the
President To military force for tae purpose
aforesaid he shall forthwith, 10y proclamation,
command such insurgents to dispersc and re-
tire peaceably to their respective homes with
in limited time.
Now, THEREFORE. |, Ulysses s. Grant, Pres
ident of the United States, do hereby make
proclamation, and command the said turbti-
lent and disordcrly persons To dispcrse and re-
tire to their respective ahodes within twenty
days from this date, and hereafter to submit
themselves To the laws and constituted au-
thoritics Of the said State; and ! invoke the
aid and cooperation of all good citizens
thereof 10 uphold the law ard preserve the
public peace.
In witness whereof ! have hcrcunto set IN :
hand and caused the seal of the United States
10 be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this 22d
day Of MAY, in the year of our Lord, 1878, and
at the independence of the United States the
ninety L. :. GRANT
By the President
J, G. BANCROFT DAVIS, acting Secretary OF
State.
Without doubt the man who calls him
self ''Governor" Kellogg is great rogue
md secured possession Of the executive
chair OF Louisiana through fraud The
other fellow calling himself Governor
McEncry, and striving to get possession
Of the Office and emouments, is not a
whit better; his claim.to election being
based on fraud as great as keilogys
Thus, the State is really without any
government which honest men feel like
recognizing. But the courts having de-
clared in favor of Kellogg, there is no
escape, and it becomes the duty of all
good citizens to submit. With evident
reluctance the President does his duty
in responding to the call Of Kellogg
OF course the opposition to the Admin
istration will rant and charge all the ills
oil loaiSlana to Grant; though they well
know that he 10 as innocent of it as Lin
coin. In issuing this proclamation he is
simply obeying the constitution and laws,
as much as if it were in response to mp
plication from the Governor of Wisconsin.