The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29
PROCLAMATION ON LOUISIANA.
The following procl NATION was issued
blythe President On the e2i Is t
By Me President Of the United States i Nh
A PROCLAMATION


By Che President Of the United States !: WI
tt.st A PROCLAMATION raif LHaH
WHEREAS, Under pretence that VIM. P.
hellogg, the present Executive of Louisa
ma and the officers associated with him.
IN the State administration were not duly
elected, certain turbulent aud dlsordely
persons have combined together with
force to resist the laws and constituted
authorities of said State, and e.st 2
WHEREAS, 1t has been duly certified by
the proper local authorities and iud,cially
determined by the inferior and superior
courts of said State, that said off ,ers are
entitled to hold their offices respectively,
and execute and discharge the functions.
thereof, and
WHEREAS, Congress, at It's late session
upon due consideration of the subject
tacitly recognized said Executive and b q
associates as now IN Office, by refus-
ing to take any action with respect there
to, aud 5., 4-a ..~
I. WHEREAS, It is provided in the Cons
stitution of the United States that the
United States shall protect every state IN
this Union on application of the legisla-
ture or of the Executive when the au
thorities cannot contend against .domes-
tic violence, and q
WHEREAS, 1t is provided in the laws
Eof the United States thas in all cases of
insurrectien in any State, or of obstruc.
ton of the laws thereof, it shall be law
full for the President of the United
Stases, on application of the legislature of
such state, or Of the Executive when the
Legislature cannot be convened, to cplI
forth the military OF any tier state or
states, or to employ such part of the land
and naval forces as shall be judged nee.
esssry tor the purpose of suppressing
such Instructions, or causing the laws To
be duty executed. ana .s. ..
WHEREAS, The legislature of said
STATE is not now in session, and cannee
be convened in time to act in the present
emergency, and the Executive OF said
State, under section 4 of article 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 tn
United States as may be necessary and
adequate to protect said State and the
citizens thereof against domestic vic.
Ience, and to enforce the execution of
the laws, and
WHEREAS 1t is required that whenev-
er it may become necessary, in the judg-
ment of he President, to use the military
force FOR the purpose aforesaid, he shall
forthwith, by proclama ion, command
such insurgents to disperse and retire
peaceablY to their respective homes
wi hin limited time.
Now, therefore, 1. u Grant, Presi
dent Of the United States, d. hereby
make proclamation and command said
turbulent and dis1rderly persons to dis,
perse to their respective sbodesl within
twenty days from this date, and horeaf
ter to submit themselves tOthe laws and
constituted authorities of said State; and
invoke the aid and cooperation of all
good citizens thereof 80 uphold The law
and preserve the public peace
In witness I have hereunto set my
hand ard caused the seal Of the Unit ed
States to be affixed. Done at the city OF
Washington this 22i day of May, in :hc
year Of our Lord eighteen hundred and
seventy three, and of the indie pendance OF
the United States the ninety seventh.
L. s. GRANT,
J. G. BANG RoFT DAVIS, President
IT, Acting Secretary of State.