The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-23
LOUISIANA.
Proclamation by the PreSldent..The
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Proclamation by the PEeSldent..The
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WAsH1SaroN, May 22.-The following
proclamation was Issued by the PreSiden!
to-day:
BY THE PRBsnERT OF TIE U. s!-A
PROCLAMATION. -
WHEREAS, Under :pretence that VIM.
P. Kellogg, present Executive Of Louisi-
ana, and the officers associated with him
in the State administration were not duly
elected, certain turbulent and dIsorderly
persons have combined together with
force and arms 10 resist the laws and con.
sIituted authorities Of said State, and,
WHEREAS, 1t has been duly certified
by proper local authorities, and judIcially
determined by the inferior and superior
courts OF said State that said officers arc
entitled to hold their offices, respectively,
and execute and discharge the functions
thereof, and,
WHEREAS, Congress ut It's late session,
upon due consideration Of the subject,
taciuy recognized said executive and his
associates then as now in office, by re-
iusing to take any action with respect
thereto, and, re-
WHEREAS, 1t 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 Legisla-
ture or of the Executive when the Leg
islature cannot be convened, against do
mestlc violence, and .....l..
WHEREAS, ills provided in the laws Of
the United States that in all cases of in
surrection in any State, or Of obstruction
to the laws thereof, 1t shall be lawful Tor
the President ol the United States, on ap-
plication of the Legislature Of such Stste
or Executive when the Legislature can.
not be convened, TO call forth the militia
oi any other States, or to employ such
part Of the land or naval forces as shall he
judged necessary for the purpose Of sup
pressing or causing the laws to be duly
executed, and
WHEREAS, The Legislature OF said
State Is not now In session and cannot be
convened in time 10 meet the present
and the executive Of said
State, under section 4, article 4, of the
Constitution OF the United States and laws
passed in pursuance thereof, has therefore
made application 10 mo for such part of
the military force Of the United States as
may be necessary and adequate 10 protect
said State and citizens thereof against do.
mestic violence and to enforce the exeCu-
tion of the laws; and
WHEREAS, II Is required that whenever
1t may be necessary in the Judgment OF
the President to use military force for the
purpose aforesaid, he shall forthwith by
command such insurgents
to disperse and retire peaceably 10 their
homes within limited time:
Now, therefore, /, Ulysses s. Grant,
President 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 to the constituted
Of said State; and / invoke
the aid and cooperation OF all good oiti'
zens thereof, TO uphold the laws and pre-. |
serve the public peace.
In witness whereof I have heTennLO set
my hand, and caused the seal Of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the City Of Washington, this |
22d day Of May, A. D. 1878, and Of the |
Of the United States the
9th. US. GRANT.
By ]. C. BANCROFT DAVIS,
Act. Sec. State.