Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-08-19
Proclamation by the President.

Proclamation by the President.
WASHINGTON, August 49,
The following proclamation has Oeen issued by
the President
WHsREAs, On the l5ta day of April, the Presi-
dent ., the United States in view Of an insure
ton against the Law. constitution and Government
f the Uni,ei States, which had broken out with
in the state Of South Carolina, Georgia, abalna
Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas and ID
pursuance Of the pruvisiOus Of act entitled
IAN nct to provide Tor calling forth the militia to
execute tho laws Of the Union, suppress insurrec-
zion, and repel INVASION, and to repeal the now
IN force for that purpose, approved February 28th
1895" lid call forth the militia to suppress said
snsurrection and cause the avs Of the nation to
bo duly execute and the insurgents have Jailed
to disperse by the time dir ected by tho President
WHEREAS, Such insurrecticn has since broken
out and yet exists in the State Of Virginia, North
Carolina, Tene ssee, and Arkansas and
MHrkEAs, The insurgents in all the said States
claim to act under authority thereof and such
claim is not discaimed or repudiated 0y the PEI.
sous exercising the functions Of the Government
such ate or States, or inpart or parts thereof
in which combinations exists nor have such insur-
restio been suppressed by such States.
Now, therefore, l, Abraham Lincoln, Pres ident
of the United States, in pursuance Gf an act OF
Congress OF July Sth, 1861, do hereby de.la that
the nhaOitants OF the said STATES Of Georgia,
south Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennes
see, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkxnsa-, Aissis-
sippi and Florida except inhabitants 4 a part ot
the State Of irginia lying west OF the Allegheny
mounto ns, and Of such other karts Of that STAT
and o her states hereinbefore named may
maintain a local adhesion to the Union and the
Constitution, OF may be strom time to time occu-
pied and controlled by:'he forces engaged in the
dispersion OF said insurgents, are in state nf In
sur cotton against the United States and that
commercial intercourse between the same aud the
habitsn.s thereof, the exceptions aforesaid,
aud the citizens Of other states and other parts OF
the United ,tates is unlawful, and will remain
unlawful unit such insurIections shall cease, or
shall have been suppressed; that all goods and
chattels, wares and merchandise, coming from
auy of the said States, with the exceptions III
said into ether parts Of the nted States, without
the special license and perniss, OF the Presiden,
through the secretary Of the Treasury, or pro-
ceeding to any of the sald states, with the cxcep
tons AFORESAID by land water. with the vessel
or vehic.e cow eying the same. Or conveying per-
sons to and from said States with said exceptions
will be forfeited to the United states. And, from
and after the fifteen days Of the issuing of Il is
proc mstion, all ships and vessels belonging in
whole or i part, to any c'tizen or inhabitant Of
suy of sid -tates, with said exceptions, found at
sea or in portof the United States will be forfeited
to the United States.
And hereby enjoin on eli District Attorneys
Marshals aud officers Of the revenue and military
and naval forces Of the United States TO be vigi.
liant in the execution Of said act, and in the en-
forcsment u the penalties and forteitares impos.
cd or declared by it, leaving any party who may
think himself sggrievcd thereby to his app,ca-
ton to the Secretary Of the Treasury for tho re-
mission Of any penalty or forfeiture, which the
said Secretary is authors sed by Law to grant if in
his ju ,gment, the special circumstances Of any
case shall equi,e such remission.
In witness whereof have set my hand and
caused the seal Of ths United states to be affixed,
and done in the City of Washington, this 18th
day Of August, Ammo Domin lsol, and of the
Independence Of the United States the 8 tn.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President:
VIZ. H. oEw AID, Secretary Of State.