vote of any person whose name is not upon the list, though he may be ready to take the registration oath, and although he may satisfy them that he was unable to have his name registered at the proper time, in consequence of absence, sickness, or other cause.

The board can not enter into any inquiry as to the qualifications of any person whose name is not on the registration list, or as to the qualifications of any person whose name is on the list.

18. The mode of voting is provided in the Act to be by ballot. The board will keep a record and poll book of the election, showing the votes, lists of voters, and the persons elected by a plurality of the votes cast at the election, and make returns of these to the commanding general of the district.

19. The board appointed for registration and for superintending the elections must take the oath prescribed by the Act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, entitled "An Act to prescribe an oath of office."

By order of the President: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General.

PROCLAMATIONS AGAINST THE FENIAN MOVEMENT,

1866, 1870

In the course of the somewhat sensational life of this fruitless attempt to injure Great Britain by revolutionary tactics in her Canadian domain, two Presidents issued warning proclamations against the parties engaged in promoting an invasion from the United States, President Johnson on June 6, 1866, and President Grant on May 24, 1870. Both proclamations are here given. Text in "Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897," edited by J. D. Richardson. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897, Vol. VI., p. 433; Vol. VII., p. 85. (See pages 29-30.)

PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S PROCLAMATION

Whereas it has become known to me that certain evildisposed persons have, within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States, begun and set on foot and have provided and prepared, and are still engaged in providing and preparing, means for a military expedition and enterprise, which expedition and enterprise is to be carried on from the territory and jurisdiction of the United States against colonies, districts, and people of British North America, within the dominions of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with which said colonies, districts, and people and Kingdom the United States are at peace; and

Whereas the proceedings aforesaid constitute a high

FENIANS!

Queen Victoria thanks President Johnson!

FOR WHAT DOES SHE THANK HIM:

For les merference in your Patriotic movements last
Summer, and MAYOR HOFFMAN calls him

"STATESMAN and PATRIOT!"

A TENIAN VOTE FOR HOFFMAN IS AN EN

DORSEMENT OF JOHNSON'S INTERFERENCE.

Do Fenians approve of Johnson's Course?

President Johnson requested GOV. FENTON to order out our State Militia against the Fenians. The Governor declined. Then the President sends Gen. Meade, with U.. Troop to stop the Fenians: for which the LONDON TIMES the haughty organ of ENGLISH ARISTOCRACY praises President Johnson, and Mayor Holimar calls him Statesman!" Patriot!"

A VOTE FOR HOFFMAN IS A VOTE FOR
JOHNSON

Can Fenians Vote for Johuson's Friend?

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misdemeanor, forbidden by the laws of the United States as well as by the law of nations:

Now, therefore, for the purpose of preventing the carrying on of the unlawful expedition and enterprise aforesaid from the territory and jurisdiction of the United States and to maintain the public peace as well as the national honor and enforce obedience and respect to the laws of the United States, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do admonish and warn all good citizens of the United States against taking part in or in any wise aiding, countenancing, or abetting said unlawful proceedings; and I do exhort all judges, magistrates, marshals, and officers in the service of the United States to employ all their lawful authority and power to prevent and defeat the aforesaid unlawful proceedings and to arrest and bring to justice all persons who may be engaged therein.

And, pursuant to the act of Congress in such case made and provided, I do furthermore authorize and empower Major-General George G. Meade, commander of the Military Division of the Atlantic, to employ the land and naval forces of the United States and the militia thereof to arrest and prevent the setting on foot and carrying on the expedition and enterprise aforesaid.

PRESIDENT GRANT'S PROCLAMATION

Whereas it has come to my knowledge that sundry illegal military enterprises and expeditions are being set on foot within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States with a view to carry on the same from such territory and jurisdiction against the people and district of the Dominion of Canada, within the dominions of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with whom the United States are at peace: Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the

United States, do hereby admonish all good citizens of the United States and all persons within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States against aiding, countenancing, abetting, or taking part in such unlawful proceedings; and I do hereby warn all persons that by committing such illegal acts they will forfeit all right to the protection of the Government or to its interference in their behalf to rescue them from the consequences of their own acts; and I do hereby enjoin all officers in the service of the United States to employ all their lawful authority and power to prevent and defeat the aforesaid unlawful proceedings and to arrest and bring to justice all persons who may be engaged therein.

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