Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-06-05
Louisiana Affairs.
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Knoxville. Tenn May .

President Grant responds to kel-
logg's demand for aid and comfort in
the following pro clamatiOn. The
McEnery faction will probably accept
the situation:
By the President Of tie United States,
Procldmdtion:
Whereas, Under pretense that Wan,
Kellogg, The present executive of
Louisiana, and the officers associated
with him in the State Administration
were not duly elected, certain tur-
bulent and disorderly persons have
combined together with force and
resist the laws and constitute author.
tiles of said State.
Whereas, 1t has been duly certified
by the proper local authorities, and
judicially determined by the inferior
and superior courts of the state, that
said officers are entitled to hold
their offices respectively aad execute
and discharge the functions thereof
And,
Whereas, Congress, at its last ses.
sion, upon due consideration of the
subject, fairly recognized said execu-
tive and bis associates as now in Of
flee, by refusing to take any action
with respect thereto; and,
Whereas, Ii is provided in 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 tho Executive
when the Legislature cannot be con-
vened, gainst,domestic violence; and,
Whereas, 1t is provided in the laws
of the United States that in all cases
OF instruction in any State or on the
obstruction OF the laws thereof, it
shall be lawful for the President of
the United States, on APPLICATION of
the Legislature of such State, or the
executive when the Legislature can
not be convened, TO call forth the
military of any other State or States,
or 10 employ such part Of the land
and naval forces as shall be Judged
necessary for the purpose Of supres-
sing uch instruction or causing the
laws to BE- duly executed; and,
WHEREAS, The Legislature of said
State is not now 10 session, and can.
not be convened in time TO meet the
present emergency, and the Execu-
tive Of the said State, under Section
4 Of Article w, OF the Constitution
Of the United STATES, and laws pass
ed in pursuance thereof, has there.
fore made application 20 mo for
such part Of the military force
of the Urited States as may be nec-
essagy and adequate to protect said
State and the cit zens thereof against
domestic violence, and to enforce the
execution Of the laws; and,
WHEREAS, Il is required that when
ever it may become necessary, in
the judgment Of the President, to
use military force for the purpose
aforesaid, he shall forthwith, by
proclamation, command such insur-
gents - dispense and retire peacea-
bly, % Their respective homes within
a limited time
Now, thei eiore, /, u. s Grant,
Preside' Of the United States, do
thereby make proclamation and
command said turbulent and dis
orderly persons to dispense and re-
tire peaceRbly to their respective
abodes within twenty days, from
this date and thereafter TO submit
themselves to tho laws and consti-
tutcd authorities Of said State; and
| invoke the aid and cooperation of
all good citizens thereof, to uphold
the law and preserve the public
peace.
In witness whereof, ] have hereun-
TO set my hand, and caused SEAL
of the United II States to
be affixei. Done at the city of
Washington, this 22i day of
May, in the year Of our Lord 1873,
and of the Independence of the Unit.
ed States the 9th.
(Signed) U S. GRANT.
BY tho President:
j G. BANCROFT DAVIS,
Acting Secretary of State.