The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-27
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Proclamation by the President Explala-
tory Of the Amnesty Proclamation.
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Whe Arc and Whs Are Not Entitled
to the Amnesty.
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What Officers are Authorized to Administer
the Oath Of Allegiance.
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The Quota and Credits Of New York on
tho Call for Troops.
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Debate II the Rouse ON the War and the
Administration,
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PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
WASHINGTON, March 20, 1864

WASHINGTON, March 20, 1864.
Whereas, it has become necessary to define the
cases in which insurgent enemies are entitled to
the benefits Of tho proclamation Of the President
of the United States, which was made on the 9Th
day of December, 1868, and the manner in which
they shall proceed to avail themselves of these
benefits; and Whereas the objects of that procla-
nation were to suppress the instruction and to
whereas, the amnesty therein proposed by the
President was offered with reference to these
objects alone,
Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Presi-
dent of the United States do hereby proclaim and
declare that the said proclamation does not apply
to the eases Of persons who at the time when they
seek to obtain the benefits thereof by taking the
oath thereby prescribed, are in military naval or
civil confinement or custody, or under bonds, or
on parole Of the CIVIL military or naval authori.
ties or agents Of the United States, as prisoners
Of war, or persons detained for offences of any
kind, either before or after conviction and that on
the contrary, it does apply Only to those per.
sons who, being yet at large and free from any ar
rest, confinement or duress, shall voluntarily come
forward and take the said oath, with the purpose
Of restoring peace and establishing the national
authority.
Prisoners excluded from the amnesty offered in
the said proclamation may apply to the Ples-
dent for clcmcncy, like all other offenders, and
their application will receive due consideration.
/ do further declare and proclaim that the
oath prescribed in the aforesaid proclamation of
the 9Th Of Decenbe-, 1863. may be taken and sub.
scribed before any commissioned officer, civil,
military or naval, in the service of the United
States, any civil or military officer Of State or
Territory not in instruction, who, by the laws
thereof. may be qualified for administering oaths
All officers who receive such oaths are hereby
authorized to give certificates having thereon the
names OF the persons respectively by whom they
are made; and such officers are hereby required to
transmit the original records Of such oaths at as
early day as msy DO convenient, to the Depart.
mcnt Of State, where they win be deposited and
remain in the archives Of the government
The Secretary Of State will keep registry
thereof, and will, on application, in proper cases,
issue certificates Of such records in the customary
form Of official certificates.
In testimony whereof ] have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed. Done at the city Of Washing.
ton, the 26th day Of March, in the year of our
Lord 1864, and OF the independence Of the
United States the eighty-eighth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President:
WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State.