In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
[SEAL.]
Done in the city of Washington, this 9th day of September, A.D. 1876,
and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred
and first.
U.S. GRANT.
By the President:
W. HUNTER,
_Acting Secretary of State_.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas it has been satisfactorily shown to me that insurrection and
domestic violence exist in several counties of the State of South
Carolina, and that certain combinations of men against law exist in
many counties of said State known as "rifle clubs," who ride up and
down by day and night in arms, murdering some peaceable citizens and
intimidating others, which combinations, though forbidden by the laws of
the State, can not be controlled or suppressed by the ordinary course of
justice; and
Whereas it is provided in the Constitution of the United States that the
United States shall protect every State in this Union, on application of
the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature can not be
convened), 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 or of
obstruction to the laws thereof 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 legislature can not be convened), to call
forth the militia of any other State or States, or to employ such part
of the land and 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 can not
be convened in time to meet the present emergency and the executive of
said State, under section 4 of Article IV of the Constitution of the
United States and the laws passed in pursuance 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 it is required that whenever it may be necessary, in the
judgment of the President, to use the military force for the purpose
aforesaid, he shall forthwith, by proclamation, command such insurgents
to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective homes within a
limited time:
Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S.
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