New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-18
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PROCLAMATION.


The Laws to Be Enforced In Scum Carr,
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washington, d. O., October II, l676 {
BY THE PREsIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA-A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, It has been satisfaotor7ly
tic violence exist in several counties of the
State of South Caroline, and that eertein
combinations of men against the law exist
in many counties of said State, known n
"rifle clubs" who ride mp and down by dag
and night in arms, numbering some peacs-
able citizens and intimidating others, which
mbinations, though forbidden by the lave
of the State, can not be controlled or sup
pressed by the ordinary course of Justice,
and
Whereas, 1t is provided in the constitu-
tiOn OF the United States that the Unite6
States shall protect every State in thie
Union, on application of the Legislatufe, or
Of the executive when the Legislature can
not be convened, against domestic violence,
and
Whereas, By laws in pursuance of the
above it 10 provided in the laws of the
United States that in all cases OF insurrec-
ti0n in any State, or of obstruction to the
laws thereof, it shall be lawful for the
President of the United States, ON appliea-
n.
the ex scutive whom the Legislature can mot
be convened, to call for the militia of any
other State or States, or to employ sueh
part of the land and naval forces a. shaae
be judged necessary for tine purpose of sup
pressing such insurrection, or causing the
laws to be duly executed; and
Whereas, The Legislature Of said State
il not now in session, and can not be con-
vened in time to meet the present emer-
gency, and the executive of said State,
under section four Of article four of tho
constitution Of the United States, and ths
laws passed in pursuance thereof, has there
fore made due application to me in the
premises for such part Of the military force
Of tho United States - may be neoesoaxY
and adequate to protect said State and tho
citizens thereof sgainst domestic violenoe
and to enforce the due execution Of tAs
laws; and
whereas, It is required that Whenever il
may 30 necessary, in the Judgment Of tAs
President, to use the military force for the
purpose aforesaid, he shall forthwith, b
proclamation, command such insurgents -
disperse and retire peaceably to their 70
spective homes within . limited time;
Now, therefore: !, Ulysses 8. 0ra1@,
President Of the United States, do hereby
make proclamation, and command all per-
sons engaged in said unlawful and insW-
rectionsry proceedings, to disperse and No.
tire peaceably to their respective abodes,
within three days from this date, and here
after abandon said combinations, and sub
NIT themselves to theGlaws and constituted
authorities of said State; and invoke tho
aid and cooperation Of al good citizens
thereof 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 afi xed.
Done 1t the city of Washington this
seventeenth day of October, in the year Of
our Lord 1876 and of the independence OF
the United States the one hundred and first.
By the President:
JOHN L CADwALADER,
Acting Secretary of State.
Secretary Cameren's Orders to Genera I
Washington, October II, 1876
General s,s1. W; IT. 7; Sherman, commanding United
SIR-In view of the existing condition Of
affairs in South Caroline, there is . posi-.
bility that the proclamation of the Preai-
dent, Of this date, may be disregsrded Te
provide against s1ch q contingency you
will immediately order all the available
force in the military division of the At
manding st Columbia, South Caroline, and
instruct that officer to situate his troops in
such localities that they may be most
speedily and effectively used in case Of 70
eistance to the authority Of the United
States. =
1t 10 hoped that collision may thus b
avoided; but you will instruct General
Ruger to let it be known that it il the find
purpose of the government to carry ont
fully the spirit of the proclamation, and to
sustain it by the military force of the gen-
ersl government, supplemented, if neces-
ssry. by the militia Of the various States.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. d. CAMERON,
Secretary of War.