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The Arkansas Troubles.

The Legislature, which assembled In
pursuance Of call from Gov. Baxter
having invoked the Intervention OF the
land the Acknowledgement having ex-
pressed an opinion in favor Of Baxter,
q proclamation has been issued sustain
ling the latter. The Attorney-Gensral
Isays:
It would be disastrous to allow the
proceedings by which Brooks obtained
possession of the office to be drawn into
precedent There is not State in the
Union in which they would not produce
conflict, and probably bloodshed they
can not be upheld or justified Oh any
grounds, and in his opinion Elisha Bax.
ter should be recognized as the lawful
executive of the State of Arkansas.
The proclamation Is as follows:
WHEREAS, Certain turbulent and dis
orderly persons are pretending that Eli.
sha Baxter, the, present Executive o
Arkansas was not elected, and have
combined together with force and arms
to resist his authority as such Executive
and other authorities of said State and
whereas, said Elisha Baxter has been
declared elected by the General Assem-.
bly, of said State as provided in the Con
stitution thereof, and has for a long
period been exercising the functions o.
said office, into which he was inducted
according to the Constitution and laws
of the said State, and ought by its citi.
zens to be considered as the lawful Elk.
ecutive thereof; and, whereas, it Is pro.
vided in the Constitution of the United
Estates that the United States Govern.
ment shall protect every State in the
Union on application Of the Legislature
or of the Executive when the, Legisla.
ture cannot be convened and, whereas
the said Elisha Baxter, under section
four, of article four of the Constitution
of the United States, and the laws
passed in pursuance thereof, has hereto.
fore made application to me, to protect
the said State and the citizens thereof
against domestic violence; and, where.
as, the General Assembly of the State,
convened in extra session at the capitol
thereof, on the 18th instant, pursuant to
a call made by the said Elisha Baxter
and both Houses thereof have passed q
Joint resolution, also applying to me tc
protect the State against domestic vic.
lence; and, whereas, it is provided in
the laws of the United States that in all
cases of insurrection in any State, it be
lawful for the President Of the United
States, on application of the Legislature
of such, or of the Executive, when the
Legislature can not be convened, to
employ such part of the land and naval
forces as shall be judged necessary fol-
the purpose of suppressiGg such insur-
rection or causing the laws to be duly
executed; and, whereas, it is required
that when it may be necessary in the
judgment of the President to use the
military force for the purpose aforesaid,
he shall forthwith by proclamation
command such insurgents to disperse
and retire peacably to their houses with
in limited time: .-., a..
Now. therefore, I, U. S. Grant, Presi-
dent of the United States, do hereby
make proclamation and command all
turbulent and disorderly persons to dis
perse and retire peaceably to their re-
spective abodes within ten days from
this date, and hereafter to submit them
selves to the lawful authority of the said
Executive and the other constituted
authorities of said State, and I invoke
the aid and cooperation of all good citi-
zens to uphold the law and preserve tue
public peace.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
(signed) u. S, GRANT.