The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-10-26
Proclamation or the PresIdent.
Blythe I'residentef The United ,otdtes OF
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- a. PROCLAMATION.

~ A. PRogLAMATI9s. ta
Whegfas, ,it hss Been satisfactorily
a.;9i q HS thss Srectipn asd dec
~ violence exifE in Several counties Of
the State Of South Cara!ina, and that GER
tain combinations OF men against law
exist in many counties Of said State,
known rs rifle clubs" who ride up and
down, by day and night, in arms, mur-
dering some peaceabie citizens and in
timidating others, which combinations.
though forbidden by the laws OF the State,
cannot be controlled 1r suppressed by the
ordinary course of justice and
| Whereas, it is provided in the consti-
tuition of the United States that the
United States shall protect every
State in this Union Oh the applica-
ton of the Legislature, or of the Exacu-
tive when the Legislature canuot be con-
vened, against domestic violence and
Whereas, by laws in pursuance cf the
above it is provided lin the laws Of the
United States) that in all cases of insur-
rection in aEy State Tor Of obstruction to
the laws thereby it shall be lawful for
the President Of the United States. on
application Of The Legislature OF such
State, or Of tho Executive when the Leg
islature cannot be convened, to call for
the militia Of any other State or States or
to employ such part Of the lard or naval
forces as shall be judged necessary for the
| purpose of suppressing such insurrection
or causing the laws TO be duly executed !;
and
| Whereas, the Legislature OF said State
is not now in session, and cannot be con-
vened in time to meet the present emur-
gency, and the Executive of said State,
under section 1 Of article 2 of the Consti.
tuition, and of the laws passed in pursu-
ance thereof, has, therefore, made due
application to me in the premises for such
part of the military force of the United
States rs may be necessary and ADEQUATE
to protect said State and the citizens
thereof against domestic violence, and to
enforce the due execution of the laws ::
and
] Whereas, it is required that wherever
it may be necessary, in the judgment of
the President, 10 Use the military force
Of the United States for the purpose
aforesaid, he shall forthwith, by procla-
nation, command such insurgents to dis
perse. and retire .peaceably to their re-
| spcctivc homes within limited time.
Now, therefore, j, Ulysses 5. Grant.
President of the United States, do here
| by make proclamation and command all
persons engaged in said unlawful and
insurrectionary proceedings to disperse
and retire peaceably to their respective
abodes within three days from this date,
and hereafter abandon said combinations
and submit themselves to the lawful and
constituted authorities OF said State: and
| invoke the aid and cooperation of all
good citizens thereof to uphold the laws
and preserve the public peace
In witness whereof have nereuDto vet
| my hand and caused the seal of the Uni
ted States to be affixed. d.
Done al the city of Washington, this
18th day OF October, 1876, and Of the
independence OF tho United States the
one hundred aud first.
t. U. S. GRANT.
BY the President-JoHS L. CALwAL-
LADER, Acting Secretary Of State.
| RIDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR;.
The following order was issued this
evening, in pursuance of the action ta-
ken at the Cabinet meeting to-day, for
the protection of the public peace Of
South Carolina
WAR DEPARTMENT.,
WASHINGTON CITY, Oct. II, 1875.
General w. T. Sherman, comman anding
UnlteO States Army =
! SIR-In view of the existing condition
of affairs in South Carolina, there is q
possibility that the proclamation of the
/ President. of this date, may be disre-
gareied; to provide against such a contins
i gonoy, you will Immediately order all the
available force in the military division of
the Atlantic to report to Gcaeral Ruger,
commanding ct Columbia, 8 c., and in
st.uct that officer to station nis troops in
such localities that they may be most
Ispeedily and efIeotually used in caso of
| resistance to the authority of the United
States. ra n.
| It is hoped that collision may thus be
avoided, but you viii instruct General
Ruger to let it be known that it is the
fixed purpose of the government to carry
out the spirit Of the proclamation and to
sustain it by military force of the general
4 government, supplemented, if necessary.
4 by the militia of the various States.
u Merry respectfully. ycnr obedient servant,
JAP. CAMERON, Secretary OF War.
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