The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-10-19
PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESI-
DENT REGARDING SOUTH
CAROLINA AFFAIRS.
Gen. Sherman Ordered to Send Troops
to that State to Preserve Peace.

to that State to Preserve Peace.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18th, 1876.-The
President issued the following rrocla-
nation to-day
BY THE PRESIDENT OE The UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION:
Where's, It has been satisfactorily
shown to me that insurrection and do
| nestle violence exist IN several counties
CT the State of South Corolina, and that
certain combinations of men against the
law exist in many counties of said State,
known as rife clubs, who ride up and
down by day and night, III arms, MUIR
dering some peaceable citizens, and in
timidating others, which combinations,
though forbidden by the laws of the
State, cannot be controlled or suppress
sed by the ordinary course OF justice;
and,
Whereas, It is provided in the consti-
tuition of the United States that the Uni
ted States shall protect every State in
this Union, on the application OF the
Legislature, or of the Executive when
the Legislature cannot be convened,
against domestic violence; and
Whereas, In pursuance of the ABOVE,
| II Is t)IONluGu III Lie ldWS vi Vic OulLel
| States that in ali cases of instruction in
any State, or of obstruction to the laws
thereof, it shall be lawful for the Presi-
dent of the United States, Oh the apph-
cation of the legislature of such State, on
| of the Executive when the Legislature
can not be convened, to call for the mil
| tia of any other State or States, or to
employ such part of the land and naval
force as shall be adJudged necessary for
the purpose OF suppresslng such lnsur-
rection, 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 i'll time to meet the present ener-
gency, and the executive of said State,
under section four, article four, of the
constitution and Of laws passed in pur-
| suance thereof, has made due application
to me in the premises for such part
Of the military force of the United
States as may be necessary and adequate
to protect such State and citizens there
of against domestic violence, and to
enforce the due execution of the laws;
and
Whereas, 1t 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 insur-
gents to dispense and return peaceably
to their respective homes within a limit
ed time now, therefore,
I, Ulysses S. Grant, President Of the
United States, do hereby make procla-
nation and command all persons en-
gagged in said unlawful and insurrection-
airy proceedings to dispense and retire
peaceably to their respective abodes
within three days from this date, anu
hereafter abandon said combinations
and submit 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 public peace.
In witness whereof [ have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
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 the one hundred and
first.
L. 81 U. S. GRANT.
By the President JOHN L. CAD
wA1LADER, Acting Secretary of State.
The following order was issued Tues
day evening In pursuance of the action
taken at the Cabinet meeting for the
protection of public peace in South Car
Dina ;
WAR DEPARTMENT., WASHINGTON Cry,
Oct. II, l876.-Geaa. ". z. Sherman,
Commanding 2. s. Aa75ay.-SIR In
view Of the existing condition of affairs
in South Carolina there is possibility
that the proclamation of the President
of the United States may be disregard
ed. To provide against such contin-
gency you will Immediately order all
available force il the Military Division
Of the Atlantic to report to Gen. Ruger,
commanding at Columbia, South Caro-
lima, and instruct that officer to stat Oh
his troops in such localities that they
may be most speedily and efectually
used In case of resistance to the author
ity of the United States. It is hoped
that a collision may thus be avoided.
but yoa will instruct Gen. Ruger TO let
it be known that it is the fixed purpose
OF the government to carry out the spirit
of the proclamation, and sustain it by
the military FORGE Of the General Gov
eminent, Supplemented, if necessary, by
the militia of the various States.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant
G. d. CAMERON, Secretary of War.