The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-12-17
ernment, Of several States have for a

of, treason against the United States
and whereas, with reference to said re
/ bellion and treason, laws have been en-
, acted by Congress, causing the forfeiture
and confsca,ion of property, and liberia
ton Of slaves, all upon terms and condi
tons therein stated, and also declaring
that the President was thereby authoriz'
ed, at any time thereafter, by proclama'
ton, to extend to persons who may have
participated 10 the existing rebellion, in
any State and part thereof, pardon and
am q esty with such exceptions and at such
terms and on such conditions as he may
deem expedient for the public welfare !;
and, whereas, the congressional declara-,
tion for limited and conditional pardon
accords with we'll established judicial
expos'tions of the pardouiug power !;
and, whereas, with reference to said
rebellion, the President Of the United
States has issued several proclamations
with provisions in regard to the liberia
ton Of slaves; and whereas, it is now
desired by some persons heretofore en-
gagged in said rebellion, to resume their
allegiance to the United States and re.
inaugurate loyal State governments with,
in and for their respective States I:
therefore,
/, Abraham Lincoln, President of the
United States, do proclaim, declare, and
make known to all person who have d.
rcctly or BY implication participated in
the existing rebellion, except as herein
after stated that a full pardon is granted
to them, and each of them, with resto.
ration Of all rights, if no third parties
shall have interviewed, and upon the con.
dtion that such person shall take and
subscribe an oath and thenceforward keep
and maintain said oath inviolate, aud
which oath will be registered for perma-
nent preservation, and shall be of the
tenor and effect following, to wit:
81 do solemnly swear in the presence
Of Almighty God, that will henceforth
faithfully support, protect and defend
the Constitution Of the United States,
aud the Union of States hereunder, that
| will in like manner abide by and faith.
fully support all acts of Congress passed
during the existing rebellion, with ref.
erence to slaves, SO long and so far as not
repealed, modified or held void by Con-
gress or by decisions of the Supreme
Court, and that will in like manner
abide by and faithfully support all pro,
carnations Of the President made during
the existing rebellion, having reference
to slavery, SO far as not modified or de-
clared void by decisions of the Supreme
Court, so help me God"
The persons excepted from the benefits
of the foregoing provisions are all who
are or shall have been civil or diplomatic
officers or agents Of the so called Confed-
crate Government, all who have left
judicial stations under the United States
to aid the rebellion, all who are or who
shall have been naval or military officers,
of the rank of colonel 10 the army or
lieutenant in the navy, or who left seats
in the United States Congress to aid the
rebellion, all who resigned their con mis-.
slons in the army or navy or the United
States and afterward aided the rebellion,
and all who have been engaged in treat.
ing coored persons and white prisoners
in charge of such otherwise than lawful.
ly as prisoners of war and which persons
may be found in the United States ser.
vice as soldiers, seamen, or in any other
capacity
do further proclaim, declare and
make known, that whenever 10 any of
the States of Arkansas, Texas, Missis.
sipi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Flor.
ida, South Carolina and North Carolina,
number of persons, not less than one
tenth of the number of votes cast in each
State at the Presidential election Of the
year of our Lord 1860, each having tax.
en- the oath aforesaid and not having
since violated it, and being qualified
voter by the election laws of the State
Immediately before the so.called act of
secession and excluding all others, shall
have established State government
which shall be republican aud in No wise
contravening said oath, such shall be
recognized as the true government Of the
State; and the United States will receive
them under the benefits Of the consti,u
tional provision, which declares that the
United States shall guarantee to every
State in this Union republican form O
government, and shall protect each o
them against invasion, on application o
the Legislature, or the Executive WI Ell
the Legislature cannot be convened
against domestic violence.
Secondly, l do further proclaim, de-
clare aud make known, that any provs
. ion which may be adopted by such Stat
y government, in relation to the freed pee
Z pie Of such State, which shall recogniz
and declare their permanent freedom
and provide for their education, an
y which may yet be consistent as tempe
= rary arrangement, with their present con
y dl'ion as laboring, Iandess and home
= less classes, will not be objected to b,
the national executive; and it is sus
;, gested as not improper that in construct
y ing legal State government in an,
i State, the name, the boundary, the sub
divisions, the constitution, and the Fed