Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-18
OCCUPATIONS OF THE ELokIDAS.
OFFICIAL.

Prociamanon. By Major General .andrew
Jackson, Governor Of the Provinces Of the
Elorida,, exercising The powers ofths Cap
tain General and of the Is.sndunt Of the
E,and of Cuba, oper The SAID Provinces,
and ofthe Governors Of said Provinces, re-
speciiVsiy. =,
Whereas, by the treaty concluded h-~
tween the United States and Spain, On the
esd day ofFebrusry, 1879, and dulyratihsd,
the Provinces Of the Floridas were coded by
Spain to the United States, and the possess
ion Of the said Provinces ia now in the Unit
ed States;
And whereas the Congress of the United
States, on the third day Of March, in The
present year, did enact, that. until the end
of the FIRST session Of the seventeenth Con-
gress, unless provision for the temporary
government of said Provinces be sooner
made by Congress, all the military, civil,
aud iu iicial powers exercised by the officers
of the existing government of the said Prov
inces, shall be vested in such person and
persons, and shall he exercised in such man.
ner, as the President OF the United States
shall direct, for the maintaining the inhabI'
tants OF said territories in the tree enjoyment
of their liberty, property, and religion; and
the President of the United States has, by
his commission, bearing date the 10th day
OF said March, invested me with all the pow
ers, aud charged me with the several duties,
heretofore held and exercised ny the Cap
tam General, intsndant, and Governors a.
forssad:
have therefore thought 81 to issue this
nv PROCLAMATION, making known the
premises, and to declare that the govern.
,nent heretofore exercised over the said
Provinces under the authority Of Spain, has
ceased, and that that OF the U. States OF A
m4rica is established over the same; that the
inhabitants the,eof will be incorporated IN
the union of the United States, as soon as
may be consistent with the principles OF the
federal constitution, and admitted TO the en-
joyment OF all the privileges, rights, and i'm
munitles, OF The ciilz, ms o! the United States
That, in the mean time, they shall be mann
tanned aud protected in the free enjoy ment
OF their lLsTry, property, and the religion
they profess; that all laws and municipal
regulations which were in existence al the
Cessation of the late government remain ~
full force; and all civil officers, charged with
their execution, except those whose powers
have been especially vested in me, and ex-
cept also, such officers as have been entrust-
ed with the collection of the revenue, are
continued in their functions, during the
pleasure OF the Governor. for the time being,
or until provision shall Otherwise be made.
Aud do hereby exhort aud enjoin all the
inhabitants and other persons within the
SAID provinces, 10 be faithful and true IN
their allegiance TO the United States, aud
ohedient to the laws aud authorities OF the
ssu.e, under full assurance that their just
rIgnjs will be under the guardianship OF the
Unuei States, and will be maintained from
all iorc- and violence from without or with
In.
Given at Pensacola, this 18th day o. July,
on. thousand eighteen hundred and
twenty -0De.
ANDREW JACKSON.
7 4. K. CALL.
Act. Sec'y, W. Florida.