The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-24

TROOPS FOR THE SOUTH.


WASHINGTON, August l6.-Setretary
Cameron has written the following to
General Sherman
WAR DEPART VENT, |
WASHINGTON, Aug, 10, 1876. !
To General w. r, Sherman, commanding
United States Army'
SIR-The House of Representatives of
the United States, on the 10th inst,
passed the following preamble and reso-
lutions, viz;
WHEREAS, The right of suffrage pre-
scribed by the constitutions of the sew
eral States is subject to the Fifteenth
Amendment of the constitution of the
United States, which is as follows
ART. 10, SEC. l. The right Of citizens
of the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by any State on ac-
count of race, color or previous condition
of servitude
SEC. 2. That Congress shall have power
TO enforce this article by appropriate leg
islation and
WHEREAS, The right of suffrage so pre-
scribed and regulated should be faith
fully maintained and observed by the
United States and the several States and
citizens thereof; and
WHEREAS, 1t is asserted that the eXer-
else of the rights of suffrage is in some
of the States, notwithstanding the efforts
ofall good citizens to the contrary, re-
sisted and controlled by fraud, intlmlda-
ton and violence, so that in such cases
the object of the amendment is defeated;
and
WHEREAS, All citizens, without distinc-
ton of race, class or color, are entitled to
the protection conferred by such article ;
therefore, be it
Resohed, by the House of Representa-
tives, That all attempts by force, fraud,
terror intimidation or otherwise, to pre-
vent the free exercise of the right of sui
rage in any State should meet with GER
tain, condign and effectua punishment,
and that in any case which has hereto
fore occurred, or that may hereafter occur
in which violence or murder has been or
shall he committed by one race or class
upon the other, the prompt prosecution
and punishment of the criminal or Grim
inals in any court having jurisdiction is
imperatively demanded, whether the
crime be one punishable by fine or i'm.
prisonment, or one demanding the pen
atty of death.
The President directs that in accord
ance with the spirit of the above, you
ale to hold all the available force under
your command, not now engaged in sub
DUNG the savages of the western frontier,
in readiness to he used upon the call of
repuisiticn of the proper legal authorities
for protecting all citizens, without dis
tinction ofrace, color or political opinion,
in the exercise of the right to vote as
guaranteed by tie Fifteenth amendment,
and to assist in the enforcement Of GER
tain, condign and effectual punishment
upon all persons who shall attempt, by
force, fraud, terror, intimidation or 9TH
erwise, to prevent the free exercise of
the right Of suffrage, as provided by the
laws of the United States, and have SO
distributed and stationed as to be able to
render prompt assistance in the enforce
ment of law. Such additional orders as
may be necessary to carry out the pur-
pose of these instructions, will be given
to you from time to time after consul
tation with the law officers of the gov
ernment
Very respectfully, your ob'tservant,
j. D. CAMERON,
Secretary of War.