The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-12-15

except as hereafter excepted, that full
pardon is hereby granted to them and
each of them, with restoration Of all
rights of property, except as to slaves,
and IN property cases where the rights
of third parties shall Lave interviewed,
and upon the condition that every such
person shall take and subscribe an oath,
and the henceforward keep and maintain
said oath inviolate. and which oath shall
be registered for permanent preserve ton,
and shall be of the tenor, and effect fol
lowing, towit:
81, -, do solemuly swear in
presence of Almighty God, that | will
. henceIorth faithfully support, protect,
and defend the Constitution Of the Uni.
ted and the Union of the States ,hereun.
der, and that will, in like manner,
abide by and faithfully support all acts
of Congress patsed during the existing
Rebellion with reference to slaves, SO
long and so far as not repealed, modified,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 manner abide and faithfully support
all proclamations of the President made
during the existing Rebellion having
reference to slaves, SO long and so far as
not modified or declared void by decision
of the Supreme Court So help me God :"
The persons excepted from the bene.
fits of the foregoing provisions are all
who are or shall have been civil or di.
plomatic officers or agents Of the So
called Confederate Government; all who
have left judicial stations under the Uni.
ted States TO aid the Rebellion all who
are or shall have been military or naval
officers of saids so-caled Confederate
! Government above the rank OF Colonel
in the army, Of Lieutenant in the navy
all who left seats in the United States
Congress to aid the Rebellion.
All the resigned commissions in the
army or navy of the United States, and
afterward aided the Rebellion, and all
who have engaged in any way in treat
ing colored persons or white persons in
charge Of such, otherwise than lawfully
as prisoners of war, have been found in
the United States service AS soldiers,
seamen or in any other capacity.
And | do further proclaim, declare,
and make known, that whenever, in any
of the States of Arkansas, Texas, Louisi-
ana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama,
Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and
North Carolina, number of persons,
not less than one tenth in number OF the
votes cast in such States, at the Presi-
dental election of the year of our Lord,
1860, each having taken the oath afore
said, and not having since violated it,
and being qualified voter by the cleo
ton law Of the State existing immediate
ly before the so called act of Secession,
and excluding all others, shall re estab.
lish State Government, which shall be
republican, and in nowise contraveninp
said oath, such shall be recognized as
the true Government Of the State, and
the State shall receive hereunder the
benefit of the constitution provision
which de- lares that
The United States shall guarantee
to every State in this Union Repubi
can form of Government, and shall pro-
tect each of them against invasion, on
application of the Legislature, or of the
Executive, when the Legislature canno,
be convened against domestic violence. y
And | do further proclaim. declare,
and make known that any provision
which may be adopted by such State
Government in relation to the freed peo-
pie of such State which shall recognize
and declare their permanent freedom,
provided for their education, and which,
may yet be consistent. as temporary
arrangement, with their present condi-
ton as laboring, landless, and house
less class, will not be objected to by the
National Executive.
And it is engaged as not improper
that, in constructing loyal State Gov.
eminent in any State, the name of the
State, the boundary, the sub divisions,
the Constitution and the general code oil
laws as before the Rebellion, be main
tanned subject only TO The notifications
made necessary by the conditions herein
before stated. and such others, if any,
not controyening said conditions, and
which may be deemed expedient by those
framing the new State Government.
To avoid Misunderstanding, it may be
proper to say that this Proclamation, so
far as it relates 10 State Governments,
has no reference 10 Safes wherein loyal
State Governments have all the while
been maintained And for the same
reason it may be proper TO further say,
that whether members to Congress from
any State shall be admitted to seats Con.
stitutionally, rests exclusively with the
respective Houses, and not 10 any extent
with the Executive.
And still further. that this Proclama.
ton is intended TO present the people Of
the States wherein the national authority
has been Suspended, and loyal State
Governments have been subverted, a
mode in and by which the national au
thority and loyal State Governments nav
be reestablished within said States, or in
any of tkem. rr
And while the mode presented is the
best the Executive can suggest with his
present impressions. it must not be un
derstood that no other possible mode
would be acceptable.