Yon understand, of course, that no in
terference whatever is hereby intended
with any political or party action not in
violation of law, but protection to all
classes of citizens, white and colored,
in the free exercise of the elective
franchise and the enjoyment of other
rights and privileges to which they are
entitled under the Constitution and
laws as citizens of the United States.
These instructions are issued by au
thority of the President, and with the
concurrence of the Secretary of War.
Very respectfully,
Geo. H. Wiliiams,
Attorney General.
Letter from Wisconsin.
Moaoz, Wis., Sept. I, 1874.
