South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-05-22
The Arkansas War Ended.

me United States Stripping IN PaeifeatOr. -
me C0roatants ABANDONING The Bqtt{.leId and
Business RssuH'igg rs Bonef Co2rs, an ar
kansas
WAsmSGToS, May l5.-The Attorney General
having delivered opinion declaring Baxter the
legal Governor Of Arkansas, the President this
m3fnipg Issued the following proclamation.
which oss been ielegraphed TO Little Rock for
tue information OF ali concerned
PROCLAMATION
~ TIE PresideHt Of he United Suites u iHaerica
Whereas, certain turbnlant nd disorderly per-
sons, pretending that Elisha Baxter; the present
Executive OF Arkansas, was not elected. have
combined together with force and arms to resist
ms authority as such Executive, and other au-
thorities Of said State
And whereas said Elisha Baxter has been de-
ciared duly elected by the General Assembly Of
the State, as provided ia the constitution thereof
and has for long period been exercising the
Iuncuons OF said Office, into which he was Undue
'ed according TO the constitution and laws of
SAID State, aud ought by it's citizens to be con-
sidered ne the lawful Executive thereof;
And whereas il is provided in the Constitution
OF The United States that the United States shall
protect every State in the Union on application
OF the Legislature, or OF the executive when the
Legislature cannot be convened, against domes-
tic violence;
And whereas said Elisha Baxter. under section
iour article four, or the constitution of the Unit
GU S"'Ssi anu tue laws passed pursuance
thereoi, has heretofore made application 10 me TO
protec; said State and the ctizsns thereof against
domestic violence
Aud whereas the General Assembly of said
STATE convened in extra session ut the capital
thereof on The llih inst. pursua Mt 10 q call made
by said Elisha Baxter, and both houses thereof
nave passed a joint resolution also APPLYING 10
me TO protect the State against domestic Violence
ana whereas ii is provided in The laws of the
Chl'ed states that in all cases Of insurrection in
f.fg hot a.aFa -
II shall be lawful for the President II the United
States, on application Of the Legislature of such
state, or Of the executive when the Legislature
cannot oe convened 10 employ such part of the
land and naval forces shall be Judged neces
SAfy Tor The purpose Of suppreSsing such insnr-
rechon or causing the laws to be duly executed
ana whereas il is required that whenever II
may De necessary, IN the judgment of the Pres
cent TO n-e the military force for the purpose
Aforesaid, he shall, orthwith, by proclamation.
command such insurgents TO dispense and retire
peaceably TO their respective houses within linn
tied time; '''''' = am
Now therefore, !, Ulysses S. Grant President
OF The United States, do hereby make proclama
uoh ana command all turbulant and disorderly
persons to dsperse and retire peaceablv I'm their
respective abodes within ten davsfro tI,is datc
ana hereafter to submit themselves TO the lawful
authority Of said executive and the other consti-
'nied authorities Of said State, and invoke The
" , ana cooperation OF all good citizens to up.
hold The law and preserve public peace
In wItHess whereof ! have hereunto set NV
hand, and caused the seal of The United States
10 be aihxed Done at the City Of Washington,
this 18th day OF May, in the year of our Lord
1874 and OF the independence of ,I,e Tnitsd
States the 93th. L. 8 GRANT
BY the President
HAMILTON FlsH, Sec OF State
A last accounts every thing was quiet at Lit
tie Rock. Both parties had signed an agreement
for disbanding of their troops But the end is
not yet the matter of the Goyernorship is to be
submitted to Congress for settlement