Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-04-10
Byl. President Of the Unitsd States Of America.
A PROCLAMATION.

A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas by an act OF Congress, entitled +" An act
70 enforce the provisions OF the fourteenth amend
n , ~ sn1 annroyaS the twentietn av Of
April anne Domini one thousand eight hundred and
Heventy-one power given 70 the President of the
United States, when, in his Judgment, the PUBLIC
safety shall require It, TO suspend the privilege Of
the writ OF ha0eas corpus In any State or part Of
q Sta'e whenever combinations and conspiracies
exist in such State part of State, for the pur-
pose OF deprlving any portion or class OF the people
and projection named In lpes Constitution Of the
United States, and secured by the act OF Congress-
aforesaid; and whenever such combinations and
c nBpracies do 30 obstruct and hinder the laws OF
any such STATE and OF the United States, a. 70 de-
prive the people aforesaid of the rights, privileges
immunties and protection aforesaid, and do OPP
pose and obstruct the laws of the United ates and
their due execution and impede and obatruct the
due course Of Justice under the same; and whenev-
ar such combinations shall be armed and so numer-
and powerful as TO be able by violence either 10
overthrow or 70 set at defiance the constituted au-
thOrttieB of said State, and OF the United States
within such Sate; and whe. ever, by reasen OF said
causes, the conviction Of such Offenders and tho
SRucS s.sie or part to- Of State i inpprsStcaoIe
And whereas such unlawful combinations and
conspraces for the purposes aforesaid are declared
by the act of Congress be rebellion against the
Government OF the United states;
And whereas by said act Of Congress It Is proyid-
cd that before the President shall suspend the prvi-
ges Of the writ OF nsbeas corpus, he shall nfst have
made proclamation commanding such Insurgents
And whereas, on the twelfth day Of the present
month OF October the President of the United states
did issue his proclamation, recitlng therein among
other things that such combinations and conspira-
ceB did then exist ia the counties OF SpartansbuIg,
York, Marion Chester, Laurens Newberry, Fairfield,
Lancaster, and Chesterfield, In the State OF South
Carolina,iand commanding thereby all persons COM
poeing such unlawful combinations ana conBpira-
within ye DAYS Of the date thereof and deliver ell
Their 10 the Marshal of the United states for the dis
trict OF South Carolina, or 70 any OF MS depnues or
70 any military Oicer OF the United States within
daid counties ali arms, ammunition, uniforms, dis
Ruises, and other means ane implements used KEEP,
possessed, or controlled by them for carrying oo'
ine unlawful purposes for which the said combina-
ti0ns and c0nspiracies are organzedi
And whereas the insurgents engaged in such I'M
lawful cOmbinatisns and conspIacies within the
counties aforesaid have not dispersed and retired
peacefully to their respective homes, ana nave moi
any OF his deputea TO any military othcers OF the
United States within said countless all arms, am,
nution uniforms, dlsguises,E and other means and
implements, used, kept possessed, or controlled by
them for carrying out the unlawful purposes toi
saS Sau commandsd hS ssid nToeIsmstio1 bui
de still persist In the unlawful combinations and
cOnsprAciee Aforesaid; -. !,
the United states OF America, by virtue OF the au
taorty vested me by the Constitution OF the Uni
ted States, and the act OF Congress aforesaid Dc
hereby declare that, In my Judgment, the public
safety especially require that that the privileges o.
tue writ OF haDeas corpus pc suspenue9 70 tle ene
by suspend the privileges OF the writ OF haDeas cor
pns within the. counties OF SpartAnsourg, YORK
Marion, Chester, Lanrens, Newoerry, balrnslo, Ian
cas- or and Chesterfield, In said State OF south Caro-
lima in respect 70 all persons arrested by the mar
shat OF the United Statea for the said district Oh
south Carolina or by any or his deputies, or by an
military oflcer Of the United States. or by any sol
era OF citizen acting under the orders OF said mar
shall deputy, or such military oicer within any on
of said counties, charged with any violation OF INT
act of Congress aforesaid, during the continuance
of such rebellion
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal OF the United States 70 be ankle
Done at the city OF washington this seventeent
day OF October, In the year OF our Lor
lsRALl one thousand eight hundred and seventy
one and Of the Independence OF the Uni
ted states of America the ninety-slx
U. g. GRANT
BY the President:
&c BANCROFT DAVIS,
Acting Secretary OF State