The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-18
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Cabinet Meeting and Presidential Proc
lamation on Her Condition.

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lamation on Her Condition.
WASHINGTON, Oct. II.
At the cabinet meeting to-day every de-
partment of the government was represent
ed. There was full and earnest discus.
sion Of the condition of affairs In South
Carolina as represented to the government
by the chief executive of that state. The
views of the cabinet, acting upon inform
alton reported officially to the general gov
eminent, were that prompt action was
necessary for the purpose of dispensing the
''rifle clubs and other armed bodies or.
ganized as alleged against the peace of the
state and rights of voters, and 10 this end
the Encouragement began the immediate
preparation of the following proclamation
which WAS issued tonight by the president
Of the United States of America.
PROCLAMATION.
The proclamation, after recitng in a
number of preambles, the disturbed state
of South Carolina at the present time the
provisions of the constitution giving the
president power to interfere in the govern
ment Of state at the request Of the gov
ernor or legislature of that state, and the
application of Gov. Chamberlain for mil
itary aid, concludes as follows:
Now, therefore; I, Ulysses s. Grant,
president, of the United States, do hereby
make proclamation, and command all per-
sons engaged in said unlawful ard insur-
rectionary proceedings, to dispersc and re-
tire peaceably to their respective abodes
within three Gays from this date, and here
after abandon said combinations and sub
nit themselves to the laws and constituted
authorities Of said state, and I invoke the
aid and cooperation of all good citizens
thereof to uphold the laws and preserve the
public peace.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and caused the zeal of the United
States to be affixed. Done at the city
OF Washington this 17.h day of Oct >.
Der, in the year of our Lord INC thou
saud eight hnr died and seventy six
and of the indie pendstce of the Tn ted
States the one hundredth.
(Signed) U. S. GRANT.
MILITARY ORDER.
The following order was issued this
evening in pursuance of the action taken
at the cabinet meeting to-day for the pro.
lection of the public peace in South Caro-
lima
WAR DEPARTMENT.,
WASHINGTON, Oct II, 1876
General W. T. Sherman, commanding
United States army, Sir: In view of the
existing condition of affairs in South Caro-.
lima. there is a possibility that the procla.
nation of the president Of this date may
be disregsrded. To provide against such
contingency, you will Immediately Oh
der all available force in the military
division of the Atlantic to report
to Gen. Ruger. commanding at Columbia,
S. c., and instruct that officer to station
his troops in such localities that they may
be mott speedily and effectualy used in
case of resistance to the authority of the
United States. 1t is hoped that a collision
may be thus avoided, but you will instruct
Gen. Kruger to let it be known that it is the
fixed purpose Of the government to carry
out the spirit of the proclamation and to
sustsin 1t by the military force of the gen.
eral government, supplemented, if neces-
cary, by the militia of various states. Very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
[Signed,l d. G. CAMERON.