And whereas it has been made to appear satisfactorily to me, by
information received from the governor of the Territory of Arizona and
from the General of the Army of the United States and other reliable
sources, that in consequence of unlawful combinations of evil-disposed
persons who are banded together to oppose and obstruct the execution of
the laws it has become impracticable to enforce by the ordinary course
of judicial proceedings the laws of the United States within that
Territory, and that the laws of the United States have been therein
forcibly opposed and the execution thereof forcibly resisted; and
Whereas the laws of the United States require that whenever it may be
necessary, in the judgment of the President, to use the military forces
for the purpose of enforcing the faithful execution of the laws of the
United States, he shall forthwith, by proclamation, command such
insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes
within a limited time:
Now, therefore, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, do
hereby admonish all good citizens of the United States, and especially
of the Territory of Arizona, against aiding, countenancing, abetting, or
taking part in any such unlawful proceedings; and I do hereby warn all
persons engaged in or connected with said obstruction of the laws to
disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes on or before
noon of the 15th day of May.
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