The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-26
sTAUNTON, VIRGINIA, OCTOBER 26. 1876.
THE PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION
Peace in South Carolina to be Preserved

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Peace in South Carolina to be Preserved.
! MEETING OF THE CABINET YESTERDAY
FULL TEXT OF THE iPROCLAlIATION--
/ RIFLE CLUBS MUST DISBAND WITHIN
T . THEE DAYS-GENERAL SHERMAN TO
SEND TROOPS TO ENFORCE THE ORDER.
WASHINGTON, October 17.-At the cabi-
net meeting to-day every department. OF the
Government was represented. There was $
full and earnest discussion of the condition
OF affairs in South Carolina, as represented
of that State. The views of the Cabiner, act
ing upon the info: nation officially given to
the General Government, we've that prompt
action was necessary forcthe purpose OF dis
pcrsing the rifle clubs and other armed bod
les organized, as alleged, against the peace Of
the State and the rights OF voters; and to this
end the Attorney General began the imme-
dlate preparation Of the following proclama-
ton, which WAS issued tonight
By Tie President of the United ,,Stqtes Iof
~. 44l@ae,ica,, A Proclamation. ..,1 y
VAereas, 1t has been satisfactorily shown
to me that Instruction and domestic vio-
lence exist in several counties of the State
of South Carolina, and that certain combiba-
tons OF men against law exist in many coun-
tCS VI Stttu OLilt, kuOWIl lIlIC CLUBS,
who tide up and down by Cay and night in
arms, and numbering some peaceful citizens
and intimidatng. others, which combinations
though forbidden by the laws of the State,
cannot be controlled or suppressed by the
ordinary course Of Justice.
And achereas, 1t is provided in the Consti-
tuition of the United States, that the United
Stated shall protect every. State in the Union
and on application of the Legislative, or OF
the Executive when the Legislative cannot
be convened, against domestic violence
| And achereas, By laws in pursuance of the
above, it is provided in the laws Of the Uni
ted States, that in all cases OF nsurrection in
any State, or obstruction to the law thereof,
it shall be lawful for the President of the
United States, Oh application OF the Lesisla-
ture Of such State, or of the Executive when
the Legislature cannot be convened. to call
for the militia Of any ether State or States,
Oh to employ such part Of the land or naval
forces as shall be judged necessary for the
purpose OF suppressing such instruction, or
causing the laws to be duly executed 81
And qchereas, Tile Legislature of said State
is not now in session, and cannot be con-
venedRin time to meet the present emergen-
cy, and the Executive of said State, under
section of article of the Constitution. and
the laws passed in pursuance thereof, has
made the application to me in the premises
for such part Of the military force of the
United States as may be necessary and ade-
quate to protect said State and citizens
thereof against domestic violence, and to en-
force the due execution Of the laws
and acAereas, 1t is required that whenever
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
dispense and retire to their respective homes
within limited time. Y
Now, therefore, /, Ulysses s. Grant. Pres
ident of the United States, do make procla-
nation and command all persons engaged in
said unlawful and insurrectionary proceed
ings to disperse and retire peaceably to their
respective abodes within three days from this
date, and hereafter abandon said combina-
tons and submit themselves to the laws and
constituted authorities Of said State, and
invoke the aid and cooperation Of all good
citizens to uphold the laws and preserve the
public peace. @
In witness whereof L have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. Done at the city of
Washington this seventeenth day of October,
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and
seventy-siX, and Of the independence of the
United States one hundred and one. =
.. S. GRANT. .
BY the President: JNO. L. CADWALLAER,
Acting Secretary Of State.
MILITARY ORDER.
The following order was also issued this
evening in pursuance of an action taken at
the Cabinet meeting for the protection of
the public peace Of South Carolina +
WAR DEPARTMENT, 81
WASHINGTON, Oct. II, 1876. ! .
Gen. W. z. Sherman, =
Commanding the United States army:
Sia-In view Of the existing condition of
affairs in South Carolina, there is possbil-
ity that the proclamation OF the President of
this date may be disregarded. 10 provide
against such a contingency you will imme-
dat ely order all the available force in the
military division of the Atlantic to report to
General Ruger, commanding at Columbia,
S. c., and instruct that officer to station his
troops in such localities that they may be
most speedily and etfectually used in case of
resistance to the authority of the United
States. Ii is hoped that collision may thus
be avoided, but you will instruct Gen. Ruger
to let it be known that it is the fixed purpose
of the Government to carry out fully the
spirit of the proclamation and to sustain it
| by the Military force of the General Govern
meat, supplemented, if necessary, by the
militia of the various States.
| Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J.. ID. CAMERON, Secretary Of Wal.