The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-12-18
DECEMBER Is, 1868.
IConclnd,a Gom Grst poqe.

Concluded from jtrst pdge'
not modified or declared void 10y The dc
cisiou 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 diplomat
10 officers or agents Of the 50 called Con-
~ieierate Government +; ali who have lett
judicial stations auder the United States
TO aid the rebellion all who are or shalt
have been military or naval objects OF the
rank OF Colonel 10 the Amy, o. Lieu'en.
Ant in the Navy /; all who lett seals in the
United States Congress 10 aid in the re
bellion vii who resigned their commits
sious III the army and navy of The United
States, aed afterwards aided he 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 o! war, and which persons
may be found ia the United States service
as soldiers, seamen. or in any other "a.
paaity. Aud | do further Noclaim, de.
clare and make known that. whenever. in
sny of he States OF Arkansas. Texas,
Louisiana. Mississippi, Tennessee. Aia-
bama. Georgia, Florida, South Carolina
and North Carolina. a number OF persons
not less than one.tenth OF the number Jl
the woes cast in such S ate ut the Prcsi.
dental election in the year Of our Lord
1860, each having taken the oa:h alore.
mentioned, and rot having since violated
it, and being a qualified voter by the
election laws of the State existing imme.
diately before the so.callrd act Of seces.
sion, and excluding all others, shall be es.
tablisheG n STATE Government which shall
be Republican, and In M wise contra
vening said oath, shall be recognized A,
the true government of the Stale, and
the Satt shall receive hereunder the
benefits of the constitutional provi.i ou
which declares that the United States shall
g%uirantee to every State in the Union u
Republican form OF government, and
shall protect each Of them againsr
Invasion, on application Of the Legis
la:ure, or tho Executive when the
Legislature cannot be convened, against
domestic violence /; aud | do further pro
claim. declare and make known that any
provision which may be adopted by such
State Government in regard to the freed
people OF such State, which shall recoy.
nize and declare their permanent freedom,
and provide for their educ ltion, and
which may yet be consistent "a a tempo.
rary Arrangement with their present con.
dilion as n laborlng ,landless and homeless
class, will not be objected TO by the Ma.
tional Executive, aud it is suggested as
no improper that, in constructing n Loyal
State Government in any State, the name
OF the boundary, the subdivision, the
Constitution and The Federal cole, as be.
fore the rebellion, be maintained, subject
only TO notifications made necessary by
the conditions hGreinbe'ore stated, and
such others, il any, not contrayening said
conditions, which may be deemed eXpcdi
enl by those framing the new State gov.
eminent. To avoid misunderstanding, i
may be proper 10 say ;hat this Proclama'
ilon. SO lar as il relates to State govern.
ments, has no reference 10 States wherein
10y Al Safe governments have all The Will,
been maintained, and Tor the same reasor
ii may lie proper to further say ihat
whether members sent 10 Congress irou
any State shah be admitted to seats con
sIisutionally. rests exclusively with the 10
spcctiYe Houses. AID 70, to any exlen
with the Ex %cutjve; and still further .ha
this proclamation is intended 20 rrcsrn
TO the people OF the states wherein the Ma
tional authority has been suspended, An,
loyal State Governments have bee
subverted, a manner by which the Ma
lion i authority over every loyal Stat
Government may be established With
snii States or any Of them, and while tn
mode presented is the best The ExecuDiv
can suggest with his preson! impression:
it must not be understood that nnolhe
possible mode could not be accepted.
Given under my hand at the CIV {
Washington, the oh day Of December
A. ID One thousand eight hundred an
sixtv-three, aud OF the Independence {
the United Sa'es Of America the eight
eighth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
BY the President,
WM II. SEWARD. Sec'y OF State.
~Gereral Butler has determined