The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-08-24
A strict Blockade by Land ana Sea.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA


STATES OF AMERICA.
4 PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, On the 18th day of April the Pres
ident Of the United States, in view of an insur.
rection against the laws, Constitution and the
Government of the United States, which had
broken out within the States Of South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana
and Texas, and in pursuance Of the provisions of
an act entitled IAN act to provide for calling
forth the militia to execute the laws of the Un-
ion suppress insurrection, repel invasion, andt to
repeal the act now in force for that purpose, ap.
proved FEBRUARY 2sth, 1885," did call forth the
militia to suppress said insurrection, and cause
the laws of the Union to be, duly executed; and
the insurgents have failed to dispense by the
time directed BY the President;and whereas, such
insurrection has since broken out and vet exists
in the States Of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennes-
see and Arkansas; and whereas, all the insurgents
in all the said States claim to act under authori-
ty thereof, and such claim il not disclaimed or
repudiated by the persons exercising the function
of the Government in such State or States or in
part or parts thereof, in which combinations ex-
ist, nor has such insurrection been suppressed
by such States:
Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President
of the United States, in pursuance Of an act Of
Congress, July 9th, 1851, do hereby declare that
the inhabitants of the said States of Georgia,
South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Ten
nessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
Mississippi and Florida, except inhabitants of q
part of the State of Virginia lying west of the
Allegheny Mountains, and of such other parts of
that State and other States herein before named
as may maintain loyal adhesion to the Union
and Constitution, or may be from time to time
occupied and controlled by the forces engaged in
the dispersion of the said insurgents-are in a
state Of lnsurrection against the United States,
and that commercial intercourse between the
same and the Inhabitants thereof, with the ex.
ceptions aforesaid. and the citizens of other
States ani other parts of the United States, is
unlawful until such instruction shall cease or
shall have been suppressed; that all goods and
wares and merchandise coming from any of the
said States, with the exceptions aforesaid, into
other States with the exceptions aforesaid with
out the special license and permission of the
President through the Secretary Of the Treasury
or proceeding to any of the said States, With the
exceptions aforesaid, by land and water, the yes.
sci or vehicle conveying the same, or conveying
persons to and from said States, with the said
exceptions will be forfeited to the United States
and from and after the fifteen days from the is
of this proclamation, all ships or vessels be-.
longing in whole or in part to any citizen or in
habitants of these States, with the said excep-
saonCS Aouhu ~ oSo " as GUY Po'S VI VIZ OuisSu
States will be forfeited to the United States.
And hereby enjoin on all district attorneys,
marshalls and officers of the revenue and militia.
ry and naval officers OF the United States. to be
vigilant in the execution of the ead act, and in
the enforcement of the penalties and forfeitures
imposed or declared by it, leaving any party who
may think himself aggrieved to bis application
to the Secretary of the Treasury for the remis-
sion Of any penalty or forfeiture which the said
Secretary is authorized by law to grant, if, in
his judgment the special circumstances of any
csse shall require such remission.
In witness thereof have set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States to be affixed
Done in the City of Washington, this 10th Of
August, Ammo Domini, 1861, and of the Inde-
pendence of the United States the seth.
By the President, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WV. a SEWARD, Secretary of State.