The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-05-31
The Presidents Louisiana
PrOclanaatiOms
]. WAsHiEGroN, May -The President
has issued the following

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WAsHiEGroN, May-The President
has issued the following
PRoaAMAT1oN:
Whereas, nnaerthe pretense that VIM.
Pitt X Kellogg, the present Executive of
Louisiana, and the officers associated
| with him in the State administration,
were not duly elected, certain turbulent
and disorder1y persons have combined
together with 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 Judi
cially determined 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 recognized the said Executive,
and his associates then as now in office,
by refusing to take any action with res
pect thereto; and e.. .@...
Whereas, it is providedin the Constitu-
ton of the United States, that the United
States shall protect every State infhis
Union on implication of heLegislature,
Dr. of the ExecutiyeWhe the Legislature
cannot be convened, against domestic
violence; and II
Whereas, it is provided in the laws Of
the United States, that in all cases Of in
surrection in any State, orof obstruction
to the laws. thereof, it shall belaWfulf for
the President Of the United States, on
application OF the Legislature of such
| State, OkSafsthe Executive when the Leg
islature cannot be convened, tocan forth
| the militia of any State or States, or to
employ such part Of the land and naval
forces as shall be judged necessary for
the purpose OF ~suppressing such inSur-
r~ectiOn, or causing the laws to be duly
executed; and -: 49,.
Whereas, the Legislature of said State
is not now In session., and cannOtfhecOn-
vened in tmet to meet thepresentemerg-
ency, and the Executive of said State,
under section four of article four Of the
| Constitution of the United States, the
laws passed i'll pursuance thereof, has
therefore made application to me for
such part of the military force Of the
United States as may be necessary and
adequate toprOtect the State and the citi-
zens thereof against domestic violence,
and to enforce the due execution Of the
laws; and "' p"
Whereas, it is required that whenever
~ may DS necessary III GDG judgment OF
the President to use the military force
for the purpose aforesaid, he shall forth
with, by proclamation, command such
insurgents to disperse and retire peace
ably to their respective homes within a
limited time: ..'# @i
Now, therefore, T., Ulysses S. Grant,
President of the United States, do here
by nuke proclamation and command
said turbulent and disorderly persons to
dispense and retire peaceably to their
respective abodes, within twenty DAYS
from this date, and hereafter to. submit
themselves to the laws and constituted
authorities Of said State; and I invoke
the aid and cooperation Of all good citi-
zens thereof to uphold law and preserve
the public peace.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and caused. hesea1o of the Uni
ted States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
22d day of May, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seven
ty-three, and of the Independence of the
United States the ninety-seventh.
By the President; .t.'
u S" GRANT.
JIG. BANCROFT DAVIS,
Acting Secretary Of State.