Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-22

The Insurgents Commanded to Dis
perse WithinsTwenty Days.


perse WithinsTwenty Days.
The following proclamation was issued by the
President to-day:
By the President If the United Safes Of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, under the pIetence that William p.
Kellogg, the present executive Of Louisiana,
and the officers associated with him in the state
administration, were not duly elected, certain
turbr lent and disorderly persons have combined
togetle Or wi h force and arms to resist the laws
and constituted authorities Of said state; and
Whereas it has been duly certified by the
proper local authorities, and judicially deter
mined by the inferior and supreme courts Of said
state, that said officers are entitled to hold their
offices respectively, and execute and discharge
the functions thereof; and
Whereas, Congress, at its late session, upon a
due consideration Of the subject tacitly recog-
nized the said executive and his associates then,
as now, in Office, by refusing to take any action
with respect thereto and
Whereas, it is provided in the Constitution of
the United States that the United States shall
protect every state in this union on applica-
ton Of the legislature, or of the executive,
when the legislature cannot be convened,
against domestic violence; and
Whereas, it is provided in the laws Of the
United States, that in all cases Of instruction
IN any state or Of obstruction to the laws
thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of
the United States on application Of the legisa
ture Of such state, or Of the executive when the
legislature cannot be convened, to call forth
the militia of any other state or states, or to
employ such part Of the land and naval forces
as shall be judged necessary for the purpose of
suppressine such instruction 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
to meet the present emergency; and the execu-
tive OF said state, under section of article Nv
OF the Constitution of the United States, and the
laws passed in pursuance thereof, has, there
fore, made application to me for such part of
the military force of the United States as may
be necessary and adequate to protect said state
and the citizens thereof against domestic vio-
lence and to enforce the due execution of the
laws; and
Whereas, it is required that whenever it NAV
be necessary i'm the judgment OF the President
to use the military force for the purpose afore-
said, he shall forthwith, by proclamation, COM
mand such insurgents to disperse and retire
peaceably to their respective homes within
limited time:
Now therefore, L. Ulysses S. Grant, President
OF the United States, do hereby make procla-
nation, and command said turbulent and dis
orderly per;ons to disperse and retire peaceably
to their respective abOdes within twenty DAYS
from this date, and hereafter to submit them
selves to the laws and constituted authorities OF
said state; and l invoke the aid and co6pera-
ton Of all good citizens thereof to uphold law
and preserve the public peace.
In witness whereof, l have hereunto set nv
hand, and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this twenty
second day Of May, in the year of
,sr,, our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-three, and Of the indepen-
dence of the United States the ninety
seventh. u. S. GRANT.
BY the President:
j. e. BANCROFT DAVIS,
Acting Secretary of State.