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The President "squelches" Brooks

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Day
22
Month
May
Year
1874
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Public Domain
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Whereas, Certsin turbulent and disorderly persons, pretending that Elisha Baxter, the present Executive of Arkansas, was not elected, have combined tojether with foree of anus to resist his au;hority as such Executive, aud other au;horities of said State ; and Whereas, Said Baxter has been declared duly elected by the General Assem bly of said State, as provided in the constitution hereof, and has for a long periodbeen exercising the functions of said office, into which he was conducted acoording to the constitution and laws of said State, and ought by its citizens to be considered the awful Executive thereof ; and Whereas, It is provided in the Constiution of the United States that the Uni;ed States shall protect any of the States n the Union, on application of the liegslature, or of the Executive, when the jegislature cannot be convened, against [Otnestic violence ; and Whereas, The said Elisha Baxter, under ection 4, artiole 4, of the Constitution of he United States and lawspassed in puruance thereof, has heretofore made aplication to me to protect said State and -he citizens thereof against doinestic vioence ; and Whereas, The General Assembly of said State convened in extra session at the apital thereof on the 1 lth instant, pursunt to a cali made by said Elisha Baxter, ná both Houses have passed a joint resoution applying to me to protect the later against domestic violeuce ; and Whereas, It is provided in the laws of he United States, that in all cases of inurrection to the laws thereof it shall be awful for the President of the United States, on application of the Leglslature f such State, or of the Executive, when ihe Legislature cannot be convened, to mploy such part of the land and naval 'orces as shall be judged necessaiy for the urpose of the suppression of such insurection, or caasing the laws to be duly xecuted; and Wliereas, It is required that whenever ; may be neuessary in the judgment of he President to use a military forcé for lie purpose afcresaid, he shall forthwith y proclamation command such insur;ents to disperse and retire peaceably to beir homes within a limited time. Now, therefore I, U. S. Grant, Presient of the United States, do hereby make )roclamation and command all turbulent nd disorderly persons to disperse and re;ire peaceably to their respective abodes within ten days from this date, and herefter subiuit themselves to law, to said üxecutive, and to other constitutional uthorities of said State, and I invoke be aid and co-operation of all good eitiens to uphold law and preserve public )eace. In witness whereof I have hereunto set iny hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this 15th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1874, and of the independence of the United States the 98th. U. S. GKANT, . President. By Hamilton Fish, Sec'y. of State. The rash talk indulged iu by Mrs. 3ady Stanton is exoiting much commeiit, nd will stimulate hoatility to the Wom ■ n Suflrage movement, if continued. She hould either be urged to teil the simple :utb, or invited to hold her tongue. [er reiteration that the prees generally s casting ridicule upon this moveinent is ot only a bold falsehood, but a flagrant nsult to the great body of editors. We rove in another column that n very arge majority of the press of Michi;an, which has taken sides advocates Voman Suffrage. A correspondent in ;o-day's Republican shows that Mrs. Stanlon is grossly in error about the expendiure of school moneys in the State of iew York. Woman Suffrage must suoeed, if at all, by convicting a majority f the men who vote that it is a just and xpedient reform ; but scolding and misepresentation only defeat the end sought. ust as women conduct this canvass, so will their fitness for political rierhts be

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