The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-26
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.

Troops Ordered Into South Carolina.
By the President Of the United states of
America-A Proclamation:
WHEREAS, It has been satisfactorily Shown
to me that instruction and domestic violence
exist in several counties of the State of South
Carolina. and that certain combinations of men
against the law exist in many counties Of said
State known as Rifle clubs" VINO ride up
and down by day and night in arms, numbering
some peaceable citizens and intimidating 9TH
ers, which combinations, though forbidden by
the laws Of the State, cannot be controlled or
suppressed by the ordinary course of justice !;
and, "a a.E esf
WHEREAS, It liz provided in the constitution
of the United States that the United States
shall protect every State in this Union on the
application OF the Legislature, or of the Ex-
ecutive when the Legislature cannot be con-
vened, against domestic violence and,
WHEREAS, By laws in. pursuance Of the
above, it is provided in the.laws of the United
States, that in all cases of insurrection in any
State, g or of obstruction to the laws thereof,
it shall be lawful for the President of the
United States, on application of the Legisla-
ti1re of such State, or of the Executive when
the. Legislature cannot be convened, to call for
the militia of any other State or States, or to
empioy such part of the land and naval force
of suppressing such insurrection or causing
the laws to be duly executed and, Is gnT.n.
q WHEREAS, The Legislature of said State la
not now in session, and cannot be convened
in time to meet the present emergency, and
the Executive of said State, under Section of
Article 2 of the Constitution and of laws
passed in pursuance thereof, has therefore
made due application to me m the premises
for such part of the military force of the
United States as may be necessary and ado
qnate to protect such State and the citizens
thereof against domestic violence and enforce
the due execution of the laws and, q s.4'i .
WHEREAS, It is required that whenever it may
be necessary in the Judgment Of the President
to use military force for the purpose aforesaid.
he shall forthwith, by proclamation, command
such insurgents to dispense and return peace
ably to their respective homes within a limited
time : ,a, .,.saa - a.<.i'@2 -
.NoSo, therefore, I, Ulysses s.. Grant, Presi-
dent of the United States, do hereby make
proclamation and command all persons en-
gagged in said unlawful and insurrectionary
proceedings TO dispense and retire peaceabiy
to their respective abodes within three DAYS
from this date, and hereafter abandon said
combinations and submit themselves to the
laws and constituted authorities of said State,
and L invoke the corporation of ell good cit
liens thereof to uphold The laws and preserve
the public peace. In witness whereof have
hereunto set my hand and caueed the seal of
the United States to be affixed. s.a Ai2oa a9h
& Done at the city of Washington this 18th day
OF October, in the year of our Lord 1876, and
of the independence of the United States one
hundred and one.l 9.sI u. s. GRANT. 8
By the President: aaaIElc sai 81 ere *@<
oosft JOHN l.. CADwALIADER,
81 IS rs III }HaN Acting Secretary of State,