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 PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 5, 6. 1027 let the social intercourse of friends, with pleasant reminisceuce,_renew the ties of affection and strengthen the bonds of kindly feeling. And let us by no means forget while we give thanks and enjoy the comforts which have crowned our lives that truly grateful hearts are rnchned to deeds of charity, and that a kind and thoughtful remembrance of the poor will double the pleasures of our condition and renderdour praise and thanksgiving more acceptable in the sight of the r. Done at the City of Washington this second day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and of the Inde- [U. S. SEAL.] pendence of the United States the one hundred and tenth. GBOVEB CLEVELAND. By the President, T. F. BAYAED, Secretary of State. No. 6. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF' AMERICA, November 1,lK, A PBOCLAMATION. Whereas it is represented to me by the Governor of the Territory of Preamble. Washington that domestic violence exists within the said Territory, and that by reason of unlawful obstructions and combinations and the assemblage of evil-dispensed persons it has become impracticable to enforce by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings the laws of the United States at Seattle and at other points and places within said Territory, whereby life and property are there threatened and endangered, And whereas the Legislature of said Temtorycannotbeconvened, and in the judgment of the President an emergency has arisen and a case is now presented which justifies and requires under the Constitution and laws of the United States the employment of military force to suppress domestic violence and enforce the faithful execution of the laws of the United States, if the command and warning of this Proclamation be disobeyed or disregarded: - Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States Unlawful num. of America, do hereby command and warn all insurgents and all per- hlagcs in Washsons who have assembled at any point within the said Territory of Wash- “*8*°” dT3E2t3g ington, for the unlawful purposes aforesaid, to desist therefrom, and to g:",;?" ° disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes on or before twelve o’clock meridian ou the eighth day of November instant; And I do admonish all good citizens of the United States and all persons within the limits and jurisdiction thereof against aiding, abetting, countenancing, or taking any part in such unlawful acts or assembla es. Ih witness whereof; I have set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto amxed. Done at the City of Washington this seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty Eve, [SEM"] and of the Independence of the United States the one-hun dred and tenth. GROVER CLEVELAND. By the President: T. F. BArAm>, Secretary of State.