The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-10-26
Proclamation OF the President.
Blythe President:of the United States 4
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81 A PROCLAMATION. s.:

Blythe President:cf the United States OF
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q 81 "A PROCLAMATION. . :
sWhersas; ;sait has BserFs satisfactorily
shown to mef that tinsurlectinn and domes-
tie.Niolence exist: in several counties of
the. State, of South Carolina, and that GER
tain combinations of men against Law
exist in many counties of said State,
known as "rife clubs" who ride up and
down, by day and night, in arms, MUIR
Fdering some peaceable citizens and in
timidating others, which combinations,
though: forbidden by the laws of the State,
cannot be controlled or suppressed by the
ordinary course of justice; and
Whereas, it is provided in the consti-
tuition of the United States that the
United States shall protect every
State in this Union on, the applica-
ton of the Legislature, or of the Execu-
tive when the Legislature canuot be con-
vened, against domestic violence and
Whereas, by laws in pursuance of the
above it is provided lin the laws Of the
United States) that in all cases Of insur-
rection in any State Tor of obstruction to
the laws thereby it shall be lawful for
the President of the United States, on
application of the Legislature. of such
State, or of the Executive when the Leg
islature cannot be convened, to call for
the militia of any other State or States or
to employ such part of the land or naval
forces as shall be judged necessary for the
purpose of suppressing such insurrection
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 in time to meet the present emer-
gency, and the Executive of said State,
under section of article of :he Consti-
tuition, and of the laws passed in pursu-
ance thereof, has, therefore, 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 said State and the citizens
thereof against domestic violence, and to
enforce the due execution of the laws /;
and -
Whereas, il is required that wherever
it may be necessary, in the judgment of
the President, to Use the military force
of the United States for the purpose
aforesaid, he shall forthwith, by procla-
nation, command such insurgents to dis
perse and retire peaceably to their re-
spective homes within limited time,
Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant,
President of the United States, do here
by make proclamation and command all
persons engaged in said unlawful and
insurrectionary proceedings to disperse.
and retire peaceably to their, respective
abodes within three days from this date,
and hereafter abandon said combinations
and submit themselves to the lawful and
constituted authorities OF said State; and
j invoke the aid and cooperation of all
good citizens thereof to upholdsthe laws
and preserve the public peace. ... ;
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the Uni;
ted States to be affixed. -
Done at the city,of Washington, this
18th day Of October, 1876, and of the
independence of the United States: the
one hundred and frst.';og zi.-g,sai.s
- hlaa;!. y,ti~ U. s. GRANT,
By the President-JoHN, Il. aCALwAL-,
LADER, Acting Secretary Of State. +.
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noRDER OF THE SECRETARY OF wARao..
The5 following order was issued this
evening, in pursuance of the action ta'
ken at the Cabinet meeting to-day, for
the protection of the public peace of
South Carolina :-iE E't"'i ~ 81 iii
iata WAR DEPARTMENT., -
WAsHINGToN CRY, Oct. II; 1876. ~.
( General w. T.. Sherman, commanding
United States Army = >. -. -
SIR-In view of the existing condition
of affairs in South Carolina, there is a
possibility that the proclamation of the
President, Of this date, may be, disre.,
garded; to provide against such. a contin.S
gency, you will Immediately order all the
available force in the military:ditision of
the Atlantic to report to General Ruger,
commanding at Columbia, S. c., and in
struct that officer to station his troops in
such localities that. they may be most
speedily and effectuslly used in case of
resistance to the authority of the United
States. ~. ..'i''.1 g. 'lo''a ~: - .''
1t is hoped that's collision may thus be
avoided, but you will instruct General
Ruger to let it be known that it is the
fixed purpose Of the government to carry
out the spirit Of the proclamation and to
sustain it by military force of the general
government, supplemented, if necessary,
By the militia Of the various States.
Very respectfully. your obedient servant,
fs5ssD CAMERON, Secretary of War.