The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1863-12-16

HHeTedS, it ls now desired py some per-
sons heretofore engaged in said rebellion 70
resume their allegiance TO the United States
and to re-inaugurate loyal State govern
ments within and for their respective States.
Therefore, l, Abraham Lincoln, Presidena
of the United States, do proclaim, declare
and make known to all persons who have.
directly or by implication, participated in
the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter
excepted, that PULL PARDON is hereby
granted to them and each of them. with re-
storation OF property. except as to slaves and
in property cases where the rights of third
parties shall have interviewed, and upon tho
condition that every such person shall take
and subscribe an oath, and thencefurward
keep and maintain seid oath inviolate, and
which oath shall be registered for perma.
nent preservation, and shall be of tenor and
effect following, to wit:
81 do solemnlY swear, in the presence OF
Almighty God, that will henceforth faith
fully support, protect and defend the Con-
stitution of the United States and the Union
of the States thereunder, and that will Ia
like manner abide by and faithfully support
all acts Of Congress passed during the exist
ing rebellion with reference to slaves, sc
long and so far as not repealed, modified or
held void by Congress or by decision Of the
Supreme Court, and that will in like man
ner abide by and faithfully support all pro-
clamations of the President made during the
existing rebellion having reference to slaves
so long and so far as not modified OF declsr.
ed void by decision of the Supreme Court
So help me God"
The persons excepted from the benefits Of
the foregoing provisions are all who are or
she'll have been civil or diplomatic officers
or agents of the so-cslled Confederat Govern
ment; all who have left judicial stations un-
der the United States to aid ths rebellion;
all who are or shall have been military or
naval officers of said Confederate Govern
ment, above the rank of Colonel in the ar
my, or of Lieutenant in the navy; all who
left seats in the United States Congress to
aid the rebellion all who resigned their
commissions In the Army or Navy Of the
United States, and afterwards aided the re.
bellion, and all who have engaged. in any
way. In treating eolored persons, or white
persons in charge of such, otherwise than
lawfully, as prisoners of war. and which
persons way be found in the United States
service, as soldiers, seamen, or in any other
capacity.
And do fnrther proclaim, declare and
make known, that whenever, in any of the
States of Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Flo
rida, South Carolina and North Carolina, 9
number OF persons, not less than one-tenth
in number of the vote cast in such State az
the Presidential election of the year of our
Lord, 1860, each having taken the oath
aforesaid, and not having since violated it.
and being qualified voter by the election
law of the State existing immediatly bafors
I the so-called Act of Secession, and exclud-
ing all others, shall establish State Gov
ernment, which shall be republican, and in
no wise contravening said oath, such shall
be recognized as the true Government OF the
State, and the State shall receive thereunder
the benefits of the constitutional provision
which declares that the United States shall
guarantee 70 every State in this Union re-
publican form of government, and shall pro-
tect each of them against invasion and on
application of the Legislature, or the Exc
cutive when the Legislature cannot be con-
vened against domestic violence.
And do further proclaim, declare and
make known that any provision which may
be adopted By such State Government, in re.
lation to the freed people of such State
which shall recognize and declare their per-
manent freedom, provide for their education
and which may vet be consistent as tenn.
porary arrangement with their present con-
dition as a. laboring, iaudless and homeless
class, will not be objected to by the Nation.
al Executive.
/ And it is suggested as not improper that.
in constructing loyal State Government in
any State, the name of State. the boundary.
the subdivisions, the Constitution and the
general code of laws as before the rebellion
be maintained, subject only to the modifca-
tion made necessary by the conditions here
inbefore stated. and such others, If any. noe
contravening the said conditions, and which
may be deemed expedient by those framing
the new State Governments.
To avoid misunderstanding, it may be
proper to saw that this procls nation, so far
/ as it relates to State Governments, has ::po
reference to the States wherein loyal Stats
/ Governments have all the while been main
/ tanned.
i And for the same reason, il may be prop
! er further to say that whether members OF
! Congress from any State shall be admitted
| to their seats eonstitutionally, rests exclu-
| sively with the respective houses, and not to
any extent with the Executive. Aud still
| further, that this proclamation is intended
! to present to the people of the States, where.
| in the National authority has been suspend
ed, and the loyal State Governments have
been subyerted. mode by which the Ma
tiona authority and loyal State Govern
may be reestablished within tho said States,
| or in any of them, and while the mode pre-
sented is the bsst the Executive could sug-
gest, with his present impressions. it muss
not be understood that no other possible
mode would be acceptable.
Given under my hand, at the city OF
Washington,the eighth day of Becember. A
] ID. one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
l three, aud Of the Independence of the United
States of America the eighty eighth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
| By the President.
WM. Il. SswARD. Secretary of State.