These objections could be removed and every constitutional purpose
readily attained should Congress enact that one-half only of the
aggregate amount provided for in the bill be appropriated for
expenditure during the fiscal year, and that the sum so appropriated be
expended only for such objects named in the bill as the Secretary of
War, under the direction of the President, shall determine; provided
that in no case shall the expenditure for any one purpose exceed the
sum now designated by the bill for that purpose.
I feel authorized to make this suggestion because of the duty
imposed upon the President by the Constitution "to recommend to the
consideration of Congress such measures as he shall judge necessary and
expedient," and because it is my earnest desire that the public works
which are in progress shall suffer no injury. Congress will also convene
again in four months, when this whole subject will be open for their
consideration.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
PROCLAMATIONS.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas it is provided in the laws of the United States that--
Whenever, by reason of unlawful obstructions, combinations, or
assemblages of persons or rebellion against the authority of the
Government of the United States, it shall become impracticable, in
the judgment of the President, to enforce by the ordinary course of
judicial proceedings the laws of the United States within any State
or Territory, it shall be lawful for the President to call forth the
militia of any or all the States and to employ such parts of the land
and naval forces of the United States as he may deem necessary to
enforce the faithful execution of the laws of the United States or to
suppress such rebellion, in whatever State or Territory thereof the
laws of the United States may be forcibly opposed or the execution
thereof forcibly obstructed.
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