The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-23

whereas 1t has been duly certified hy the
proper local authorities and judicalIy de.
tcrmined by the interior and Supreme Courts
OF said State that said officers are entitled
TO hold their Offices respectively and execute
ana discharge the functions thereof; and
whereas Congress at its late session, upon a
auc consideration of the subject. tacitiy re-
coSnizcd The said Executive and his asso-
GATES, then and now in Office hy refusing To
TAX" any action with respect thereto and
whereas II is provided in the Constitution
OF the United States that the United
States shall protect every State in this
Union on application Of the Legislature
or OF the ENecutivc-when the Leyisla-
turc cannot be conyened-against do
mestic violence; and whereas II Is provided
in the laws Of thr United States that in all
case, of insurr'rtion in any State. or OBJ
| structicn to the laws thereof, il shall be law
| FIJI for the President of the United States. on
application of the Legislature of said State.
| cr of the Executive when the Legislature
| cannot he convened. to call forth the militia
of anv other State or States, or to
| employ such part Of the land and
naval forces AS shall be Judged ne
cc>>;lrv for the purpose of suppress
| in. such iusurrcclirn or causing the laws
| To hc duly executed aud whereas the IcE'S-
| laturt OF said state i not now IN session.
| aud Catnut he convened in time 10 meet the
present emergency. and the Executive OF
| sad State, under section nf article
Of the Constitution of The United States
and the laws passed I'm pursuance
| thereof. has therefore made application 4"
| me for such part Of the military force OF the
| United States :lS may I've necessary to protect
| The said state and the citizens thereof against
| domestic violence and to enforce the eXccu-
! lion of the laws and whereas ii Is required
| that whenever it may be necessary III the
Judgment of the President to use the mill
| tary force for the purpose aforesaid ne shal
forthwith by proclamation command such
insurgents to diSpcrSe and retire pcaceably
| To their respective homes within Il limited
time. Now, therefore,
| |. Ulysses :. Grant, President of the United
states, do hereby make proclamation and
| command said turbulent and d,surdcrly pri
sons To dl>rer>e, and retire peaCcahly to their
| respective abndc> within twenty (2o) days
| from this date. and hereafter to submit them
selves 10 the laws and constituted authOri-
| ties of said state and invoke the aid and CO.
operation of al good citizens thereof to up
hold law and preserve the public peace.
In witness whereof | have hereunto set
Wy iidlfi hillt tue sedI pi tHe tUlltti
| states tn he affixed. Done at the city ol
Washington this the 22u dav of May, 1873
l., the PRESIDENT
HAMILTON FISH.
Secretary Of state.
1t is stated in Republican circles here that
sometime ago Kellogg applied tor Quite d
| States assistance, but WAS persuaded to with
| draw it, and the National Executive regard
ID it OF H. effect. II i probable the PrcSi-
dent. who was absent ut the time, never saw
the request, as the denial of il previous dis
! patch that such application had been made
| ,rur from TN" Presidents lip:.
The pr"cllna ion OF to-day is stated to hc
prompted hy Carpenters pressure upon
| kcll""G tn renew the application and per-
>uial representation from Carpenter to the
| President lry telegraph of the dangerous
condition of affairs in Louisiana; hence the
| renewed application from kellogg and the
| present proclamation.
NEw ORLEANS, May Colonel Dc Blanc
| and'a number "i bis companions. arrested for
| opposing the Kellogg government, were ht-
| fore United States commissioners to-day
! The ,r,>r WAS adjourned uuil Monday on
| account at the absence oi witnesses for the
state g.