The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-12-24
PRGGLArjATFON.

, pT!cTes ana pardGnS tor offences against tht
United States, except in cases Of impcach
lnent; and
EAcreos, \ rebellion now exists where
ty the legal governments Of several States
have for long time been subvcrted, ant
many persons have committed and are nov
guilty of treason against the United States
and
NheYeoS, With reference to said REBEL
ion and treason, laws have been enacted
! by Congress calling for the forfeiture an(
coufseation or property and liberation oI
blacks, all upon the terms and conditions
therein stated, and also declaring that The
President was thereby authorized, at anJ
time thereafter, by proclamation, to cxtent
TO orsons who may have participated ii
the existing rebellion in any State or par
thereof pardon and amnesty, with such ex
ccptions, and at such times, and en- such
conditions AZ he may deem expcdient fol
the public welfare; and
Igherecs, The Congressional declara
ton for limited or conditional pardons ae
cords with wcll-cstablshed Judicial expo
sitions of the pardoning power; and
NhercGs, With reference to said REBEL
Jon, he President OF tie United States has
issued several proclamaiions with pr0yis.
lens in regard to Tie liberation of slaves;
| and
Ehcscoa, It IS row desired by somo
persons heretofore engaged in said rebellion
to resume their allegiance 10 the United
States, and reiuaugurate loyal governments
within and for their respective States:
7acrgore, I, Abraham Lincoln, Prcsi-
dent Of the United States, do proclaim
declare, and make known 10 I'll persons
who have directly or ~ Implication partic-
ipated IN Tie existing rebellion. cvcept as
hereinafter excepted, tha: full pardon IS
granted to them and oach Of them, with
restoration of I'll rights, Of property, cx-
cept rs to slaves, and IN property cases
where RIGHTS q ti.;ri ar.ies shall &c n
:ervencd, and upon .ic condition TIA eve
y such person shall takc and subscribe an
oa!il, and tkoneciorwari keep and main-
tain said oath inyiolatc; and Which oath
shaii - registered for permanent proscrva-
ten, and shall be Of the tenor and effect
following, to-wit:
-, Go so!cnnly scar. in ti.e pres.
cree OF Almighty God, that | viii hcnccforth
support, protect and defend tie Constitution OF
the United States, and the Union of the States
hereunder; md that will, in like T1annor sliic
by and faithfully support all acts OF Congress
passed during TIE existing rebellion with refer
encc TO slaves so long and so far as not repealed,
modified or held void by Congress or by decision
Of the Supreme Comt; ard that | Will, in like
manner, abide BY and faithfully support all proc
lamations of The President, made durinr the ex-
listing rebellion, having reference to slaves, so
lono and So :a not modified or declared 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
shall have been, civil or diplomatic officers
or agents OF the so-called Confederate gov
ernment; all who have left judicial stations
under the United States TO aid the REBEL
ion; all who are or shall have been, mill
tary or naval officers, Of the rank of Colonel
in the army or Lieutenant in the navy;
all who left seats i'm the United States
Congress to aid III the rebellion; all who
resigned their commissions in the army
and navy Of the United States, and after
wards aided the rebellion; and all who have
engaged in any way in treating coiorcG
persons, or white persons in charge of such
otherwise than lawfully asprisoncrs Of war
and Which persons may be 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 tie
States of Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia
Florida, South Carolina and North Carroll.
M, number Of persons not less than one
tenth Of the number of votes east in such
State at the presidential election in Tie
year of our Lord 1869, each having ia
ken the oath aforesaid and not having
since violated it, and being qualified
voter by the election laws of the State cx
istng Immediately before the so-calIed ac
of secession, and excluding all others
shall have established State Government
which shall be republican, and in no wis,
coniravening said oath. such shall be rec
ognized as The true government Of th,
State and the State shall receive thereun
der the benefits of the constitutional. pro
vision which declare, that the United State
shall guarantee to every State in this I'm
ION republican form of government. an,
; shall protect each Of theu against invasis,