Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-31
Proclamation by the President Rdo.
ing to the Troubles in Mississin,i

President Grant issued the followipopr,,,
nation on the 2lst:
B4 the President Of the United States of In.
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WHEREAS, 1t is provided in the Conv+;,r,.
of the United States that the United StDtss t va
protect every State in the Union on apnlic,,.1
of the Legislature, or Executive when * II"''eA
lature cannot be convened, against dnmoA'
violence; and "N
WHEREAS, 1t is provided by the ,,u,s
the United States that in all cases !,
instruction or obstruction to the N
thereof 1t shall be lawful for the presi Jaw,
of the United States, on application Of the
lature of such State, or the Executive when ~
Legislature cannot be convened, to call forth nv
militia of any other State or States or IN ON, iNs
such part of the land and naval forces as sbaRV
judged necessary for supprcssing such insr W
rcction or OF causing the laws TO be duly eTs
cuted: and
WHEREAS, The Legislature of the Stat
Mississippi, now in session, have representa- "
me in concurrent resolution of that body ~
several of the legally officers of Wa.
County, in said State, are prevented from ayI
cutting the duties of their respective o4res 4
force and violence; that the public bui6ir@
and records of said county have been taken ~
session of and are now held by lawless and NM
authorized persons; that many peaceable citizer.
OF said county have been killed, and Others Eea,
compelled to abandon and remain away FINN
their homes and families; that illegal and rioior
seizures and imprisonment have been made h,
such lawless persons; and, further, that a arg.
number of armed men from adjacent States bs9e
invaded Mississippi TO aid such lawless persons
and are still ready to give them such aid; and
WHEREAS, 1t is further Represented, as atora
said by said Legislature, that the courts OF sa5
county cannot be held, and that the Governor of
said State has not sufficient force at his Command
to execute the laws thereof in said county Ana
suppress said violence without causing COpHc
of races and endangering life and property 10 an
alarming extent; and
Sui ~ ofor
made application TO me for such part of the mii
tary force of the United States as may be neces
sary and adequate TO protect said State and cjti
zens thereof against the domestic violence here
iubefore mentioned, and to enforce due exccu
ton of the laws: and
WHEREAS, The laws of the United States ne.
Quire that whenever il may be necessary in the
Judgment of the President To use the military
force for the purposes aforesaid. he shall forth
with, by proclamation, command such insurgents
to disperse and retire peaCeably TO their abOdes
within limited time:
Now, therefore, |, Ulysses s. Grant, President
of the United States, do hereby command such
disorderly and turbulent persons to disperse sud
retire pCaCeably to their respective abodes within
five days from the date hereof, and that they rr
frain from fOrCible resistance to the laws and
that they submit themselves peaceably to The
lawful authorities of said county and State
In witness whereof | have hereunto SET nv
hand. and caused the seal of the United States 10
be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington this 2lst day ~
December, in the year OF our Lord 1874, and Of
the independence Of the United States The
ninety ninth u ). GRANT