The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-12-29
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION.

THE PEOPLE OF WARREN COUNTY, MISS, Or
DERED TO RETIRE WITHIN FIVE DAYS To
THEIR HOMES.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 2.-The following
was issued to-day by the president OF the United
States OF America:
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, 1t is provided in the constitution of
the United States that the United States shall pro-
tect every state IN the union on the application
OF the legislature, or Of the executive when the
legislature can not be convened, against
domestic violence, and
WHEREAS, IL is provided by the laws Of
OF insuTestion in any state. 0Ss or
obstructionto the laws thereof, IL shall be law
full for the president of the United States, on the
application of the legislature of such a state
or the executive, when the legislature can
not be convened; 10 call forth the
or 10 employ such part OF the land and naval
force as shall be Judged necessary Tor the pur-
pose OF suppresSing such Instruction, or OF
causing the laws 10 be duly executed, and
WHEREAS, The Legislature OF the state OF Mis-
sissippi, low in session, has represented 10 me
in a concurrent resolution of that body thar
several of the legally elected o GERS OF Warren
county Ia the said state, are prevented from exc
cutlng tne duties OF their respective offices by
force and violence; that the public buildings and
records of the said county have bsen taken
less, unauthorized persons; that many
peaceable citizens Of the county have been
abandon and remain a,E 1F fro,0 ,eI D 70
and families; that illegal and riotous
seizures and imprisonments have been
made by such lawless persons, and further,
that large number or armed men
from the adjacent states have in
vaded Mississippi 10 aid such lawless persons.
and are still ready TO give them such aid, and
WHEREAS, IL is further represented, IS afore-
sad, Dy the said legislature, that the courts of
the said county can not be held and that the
COVER nor of the state has not sufficient
force at his command to execute the laws
thereof In the said county, and suppress the
said violence without causing n conflict of
races and endangering property TO an alarming
extent, and
WHEREAS, The said legislature. as afore-
said, had made application 70 me for
states as may be necessary and adequate TO
protect the said state and the citizens
thereof against domestic violence here
execution of the laws, and
WHEREAS, The laws Of the United States re-
quire that whenever il may be ne
cessary, i'm the judgment of the president
aforesaid he shall forthwith, by proclamation,
command such insurgents 10 disperse and re-
tire peaceaDly to their esrective
a abode within a. limited time.
president of the United States, do hereby COM
mand the said disorderly and turbulent persons
10 disperse and retire peacefully TO their
respective abodes within i've days
refrain from forcible resistance TO the laws
and submit themselves peaceably to the
lawful authorities of the said county
and state. IN witness whereof have
United States TO be affixed. Us. GRANT.
Done al the city of Washington this 2lst day of
December in the year OF our Lord 1879, and of
the independence of the United States the
ninety ninth.
By the President,
HAMILTON FISK, Sec'y OF state.