The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-10

cepted, That 4 full pardon is granted to them and
to each Of them, withErestoration of all rights. If thdir
parties shall have interviewed, and upon the condition
that every such person shall take and subscribe an
oath and thenceforwar0 keep aud maintain said oath
inVIolate, and which oath shall be referred for perma>
Dent preservation, and shall be OF the tenor and effect
following to-Wit
1 do sOiemuly swear in presence of almighty God,
that 1 will henceforth faithfully support, protect and
defend the Constitution Of the United States and the
Union of States thersunto, and that l will in e like
manner uphold and faithfully support all acts OF Con-
gress passed during the existing rebellion with refer
ence to slaves, so long and SO far as not rep saled mod
ihed or held void by Congress or by decision of the 5u-
prems Court of the United States und that l will in
like manner abide by and faithfully support all procla,
nations OF the President made during the existing re-
bellion having reference to slaves, so long and and SO
far as not modified or declared void by decision OF tn
Supreme Court So help me God.
The persons excepted from the foregoing provisions
are all who are or shall have been civil or military OH
GERS or agents of the so-callsd Confedela ate Govern
ment; all who have left judicial stations under the
United States to aid the rebellion all who are or snal
nave been military or naval officers Of the rank OF COL
onel IN the army or lieutenant in the navy all VINO
lett seats In The United States Congress to aid IN the
rebellion; all who resigned their commissions III the
army ana navy Of the United States and afterwards
aided the rebellion and all who have engaged in any
way IN treating cOlored persons or white persons IN
| charge OF such, otherwise than lawfully as prisoners OF
war and which persons may be found in the United
States service as soldiers, seamen or any other capac-
ity. Aid L do further proclaim, declare and make
known that whenever in any of the States of Arkansas,
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama,
Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina,
a number of persons, not less than one-fourth OF the
number of yoGes cast in such State, at the Presidential
election Of the year Of our Lord, 1860, each having ia
ken the oath aforesaid, and not havingi since violated
1t and being d qualified voter by theIelection laws of the
state existing Immediately before the so-called act oi
secession, and excluding all others shall be established
a State Government, and in no wise contraVening said
oath, such shall be recognized as the true government
of the State, and the State shall receive hereunder tbs
dement, OF the CONSTITUTIONAL proVis ion which declare:
that the United States shall guarantee to every State
in this Union a republican form of government, anc
shall protect each of them against invasion and OF
| animation Of the l. poiSiat ura n r tie Exarutiva WhcT
the Legislature cxnnot be convened, against domestic
vislence.
Second, l do further proclaim, declare and max
known that any provision which may be adopted b.
such State Government in relation to the freed people
Of such State, which shall encourage and declar'
their permanent freedom and provide for their edu
cation and which may yet be consistent as u tempo
rary arrangement with their present condition as
laboring, landless and homeless class, will not be OBJ
jected to by the u ational executive, and it is suggeste
as not Improper that in constructing u loyal Stat
government in any State, the name of the boundary
the sub-diviSion, the constitution and the federal cod
Of laws as before the rebellion be maintained, an
subject only to modification made necessary by tn
conditions hereiabefore stated, and such others,
any, not contravening said conditions which ma
be deemed expedient by those framing the new Stat
government.
To avoid misunderstanding it may be prop
er to say that this proclamation, SO far as i
relates to State governments, has no ~referenc
to States wherein loyal State governments
have all the while been maintained, and fo
the same reason it may be proper to furthe
say that whether members sent to Congress
from any State shall be admitted to seats COL
! stitutionally, rests exclusively with the re
spective Houses, and not to any extent wit
the Executive.
And still further that this proclamation
intended to present to the people of the State
wherein the national authority has been sus
pended and loyal State governments hav
been supported, a mode by which the nation
al authority over every loyal State govern
ment may be established within said States
or any Of them, and while the mode present
ed is the best the Executive can suggest wit
his present impressions, it must not be under
stood that another possible mode would not /
accepted.
Given under my hand at the City of Wasf
f ington the 6th day of December, A. D., on
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, an
of Of the Independence of the United State
of America SO.
(Signed,)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President,
WIN. II. SEWARD,
CooroNa.,, &c C1ak,