Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
NUMBER 7.
THE ARKANSAS MUDDLE.
The President Proclaims Baxter
Governor.
Brooks Ordered 70 DiSbaad His Forces and
Return Home.
The Question Virtually 1snlsd.

The trouble between Joseph Brooks
and Elisha Baxter, - to who was the
legally elected Governor of Arkan-
sas, has been settled by the President
recognizing Baxter as Governor, and
ordering that Brooks and his adher-
ents disperae and obey Baxter as
Governor. The proclamation of Presi-
dent Grant will be found below:
By. the President Of the United Sta.es Of
wnzREAs, Certain turbulent .ud disordsr,v
persons, pretending that e. Baxter, the pres
ent Executive of Arkansas, WAS not elected,
have combined, together with force and arms
to resist his authority as such Executive. and
other authorities Of the State, and
WHEREAS, Said Baxter has been declared
duly elected by the General Assembly Of that
State, a. provided in tho Constitution thereof
functions of said Office, into which he was in
Quoted according to the Constitution and laws
OF said State and ought by ito citizens to be con-
sidered the lawful Executive thereof; and
WHEREAS, It is provided in the Constitution
Of the United States that the United States
shall protect the States in the Union on appli-
cation of the Legislature, or tho Executive.
when the Legislature cannot convene, against
domestic violence; and,
WHEREAS, Said Elisha Baxter, under section
OF article of the Constitution Of the United
states and laws passed in pursuance thereof,
has heretofore made application to mo to pro-
tect the SAID State and the citizens thereof
against domestic violence; and,
WHEREAS, Tho General Assembly of said
Mate CnnV0n0A n aYkra n tim HAv,skn1
thereof, on the 11th inst, pursnsnt to . call
made by the said Elisha Baxter, both houses
thereof have passed joint resolution applying
to me to protect tho State against domestic
violence and whereas it is provided in the
laws OF the United States that in al cases Of
,nsurrection against tho Laws thereof it shall
be lawful for the President. upon application
OF the Legislature OF such State Or Of tho execu-
tive when the Legislature cannst be convened,
to employ such part Of tho land and naval
forces as shall be judged necessary for the pur-
pose of tho suppression of such insurrection,
or causing laws to be duly executed: and
WHEREAS, It IL required that Whenever it
President, to use military force for tho pur-
pose aforesaid, he slall forthwith, by psoclama-
ton, command such insurgents to disperse and
retire peaceably to their homes within . limited
time.
Now, therefore, I,sU. g. Grant, President of
the United States, do hereby mako proclama-
ton aud command Ill turbulent and disorderly
persons to disperse and retire psaceably to
their respective abodes within two days from
this date, and hereafter submit themselves to
the law, authority of said executive, and other
constituted authorities Of said state, and i in
woke the aid and cooperation Of Ill good citi-
zens to uphold the law and preserve the public
peace.
In witness whereof, have hereunto st my
hand and caused the seal of tho United States
to be affixed. Done at the City Of Warrington,
this 18th day Of May, in the year Of our Lord,
eighteen hundred and seventy -four; and Of the
independence Of the United States, ninety
eight. Bigne0 q. 8. GRANT.
By the President,
HAN1LrON FisH, Sec'y of State.