Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-05-20
One Governor for Arkansas.

The Legislature made "a formal call on
the President for aid in suppressing the
instruction, and he has ordered Brooks
to " get out of that" within ten days, by
a proclamation. Attcrney-Geueral VIII.
Hams submitted a very volumious opinion
upon the subject, r%eciting tie full history
of the case from the first, commenting up
on the contradictory decisions of the Ar.
kansas Supreme Court, and concluding by
affirming that Baxter is the rightful Gov.
ernor of Arkansas until the Legislature,
which, by the State constitution, is the
only proper authority for deciding the
question, shall determine otherwise, aud
declaring that the Legislature having called
upon the President for protection, there IS
constitutionally, in his opinion, an imper-
ativc necessity for immediate action. There
was a general feeling of relief at Wash.
ingtOD, as elsewhere, consequent upon the
Presidents action, and general approval
of his course. OF course, those members
of the Arkansas delegation, Senator Clay.
ton especially, who have been working in
the interest of Brooks, are by no means
satisfied, and they threaten all sorts of po-
litical calamities. They agree. however,
that the action OF the President will bring
about order at an early day. The Post.
master.G eneral will at once direct that
the delivery of all letters directed to the
Governor of Arkansas be made to Baxter.
TEXT OF TIE PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, certain turbulent and dlsor.
derly persons, pretending that Elisha Bax.
Ter, the present executive Of Arkansas, was
not elected, have combined together, with
force and arms, to resist his authority as
such executive, and other authorities of
said State and, whereas, said Elisha
Boxter has been declared duly elected by
the General Assembly of said State, as
provided in the constitution thereof, and
has for a long period been exercising the
functions Of said office, into which he was
intucted according to the constitution and
and law Of said State, and ought by its
citizens to be considered the lawful exc.
cuilve thereof; and, whereas, it is pro.
vided IN the constitution of the United
States that the United States shall protect
every State 10 the Union on the appIi,a.
tion of the Legislature or of the executive
when the Legislature cannot be convened,
against domestic violence; and, whereas,
the said Elisha Baxter, under section A
of article 4 of the Constitution of the Tn.
ite1 States, aud the laws passed in pursu-
ance thereof has heretofore made applica.
tion to me to protect said State, and the
the citizens thereof, against domestic VIC.
1erce aud, whereas. the General Assem-
bly, Of said State convened in extra session
mt the capital thereof on the 11th inst,
pursuant to a call made by the said Elisha
Baxter, AMI both houses thereof, have
passed a joint resolution. applying to me
to protect the State from domestic violence;
and, whereas, it is provided in the laws Of
the United States that, ia all cases Of in.
surrection to the laws thereof, it shall be
lawful for the President of the United
States, on application Of the Legislature
of such State or of the executive when the
Legislature cannot be convened. to employ
such part of the land aud naval forces as
shall be judged necessary for the purposes
of suppressiDg such insurrection, or causing
the laws 10 be duly executed and, where
as, it is required that, whenever il may