New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-17
PROCLAMATION By THE PRESIDENT,
wAnssxsoN. Friday, Aug. i6, 1861.

WAxsxxsON, Friday, Aug l6, 1861.
Dry h, Presia~t Of The United States Of Amerieo.
\ PRoCLAMATIOE.
Bhsrcds, On the 10Th day Of April, the Presi-
dent of the United States, in view of an insur-
rection against the laws, Constitution, and tie
Government of the United Slater, which had
broken out within the States of South Carolina
oeorg's, Alabama, rIorlda, Mississippi, Lousi-
ana, and Texas, and in pursuance of the prOvs.
zoos Of the act entitled "An act to provide for
calling forth the militia TO execute the laws of
" the Union. suppress instructions, and repel
a. inyssions, and to repeal the act now in force
IS for that purpose" approved Feb. %, 1895,
did call forth the militia to suppress said insur-
ToctiOn and cause the laws of the Union 10 be
duly executed, and the insurgents have failed to
disperse by the time directed by the President;
aad ,Ohersas, such insurrectiOn has since broken
out and yet exists within the States of Virginia,
North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas; and
wheye0s, the insurgents in all the said States
claim to act under authority thereof, and such
claim is not disclaimed or repudiatcd by the
person exercising the functions of government in
each State or States, or in fhe part or parts
thereof in which combinations exist, nor has
sacb insurrection been suppressed by said States,
Now, therefore, /, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Pres
ident Of the United States, in pursuance Of an
not Of Congress, July l3, 1861, do hereby de.
clare that the inhabitants of the said States of
Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Caro-.
aina, Tennessee Alabama, Louisiana, Texas,
Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida Except the |
inhabitants of that part of the State of Virginia
lying west Of the Allegheny Mountains and Of |
such other parts Of that State and the other
States bereinbefore named, az may maintain 4, |
loyal adhcsion TO the Union aud the Constitu.
ton, or may be from time to time occupied and |
controlled BY the forces engaged in the disper |
sion Of said insurgents), are in state Of insur-
rectiou against the United States, and that all |
commercial intercourse between the same and
the inhabitants thereof, with the exceptions aore.
said, and the citizcns of other States and other
parts of the United States, is unlawful, and will
remain unlawful until such iusurrection shall cease
or has been suppressed; that all goods and
chsttels, wares and merchandise coming from any |
Of said States, with the exceptions aforesaid, in
TO other parts of the United States, without the
special license and permission Of the President.
through the Secretary Of the Treasury, or pro-
ceeding to any Of said States, with the exceptions
by land or water, together with the
vessel or vehicle conveying the same. or convey
Ing persons TO or from said States with said e1-
ceptions, viii be forfeited to the United States
and that from and after fifteen days from the is.
'uiDg Of this proclamation, oil ships and vessels
belonging 10 whole or in part 20 any citizen or
nhsbitant Of any Of said States with said exeep-
hons, found at sea or in any port of The United
states, will be forfeited 10 the United States.
nd hereby epjoin upon all District-Attorneys,
iarshals and officers Of the Revenue aud Of the
Military ard Naval forces Of the United states
0 ss vigilani in the execution Of said act, tld