As a matter of fact, the Governor of South Carolina had asked the President to give him United States soldiers for the protection of the
Interference of the
United States military
power in the affairs
of South Carolina.
On the 3d day of May following the passage of the Ku-Klux Act, the President issued his general proclamation warning the people that the
The President's
proclamation of
May 3d, 1871.
On the 12th of the following October, the President directed his proclamation to the people of South Carolina alone, declaring that
The President's
proclamation to
the people of
South Carolina.
At the end of the five days of grace, the President issued a third