The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-07-21
prOC00R m alton.
Washington. July Q.

WHEREAS, At the late ession, Con
gress passed q bill to guarantee to Ger:
tain States whose governments have
been ursuped or ovorthrown, a republi
can form IF government, copy Of
which is hereun,o annexed, and
WHEREAS, The said bill was present
ed to the President ofthe United s. atcs,
for his approval, less that one hour be-
fore the sine die adjournment Of said
session, and was not signed by him ;
and
WHEREAS, The said bill contains
among other things plan for restoring
the States in rebellion in their proper
practical relation in the Union, which
plan expressed the sense of Congress
upon that subject, and which plan it is
now thought ii. 10 lay before the peo.
pie for their considerations.
Now, therefore, |, Abraham Lincoln,
President of the U. s., do proclaim, de.
clare, and make known, that while
am, as was in December last, when,
by proclamation, l propoundad a plan
for storation, unprepared by formal
approval of this bill, 20 be inflcxibly
committed to any single plan Of res,or.
alton, and while am also unprcpared
to declare that the free State Constitu:
tions and governments already adopt.
ed and installed in Arkansas and Louis.
lana shall be set aside, and held for
naught. thereby repelling and discour
aging the loyal citizens who have set
up the same as TO further effort, or TO
declare constitutional competency in
Congress to abolish slavery in the
States, but am at the same time sincere
ly hoping and expecting that consti
tutional amendment abolishing slavery
throughout the nation may be adopted
nevertheless, am fully satisfied with
the system tor restoration contained in
the bill, as one very proper plan for the
loyal people OF any State choosing to
dopt i, and that | am anl at all times
shall be prepared to give the executive
aid and assistance TO any such people.
so soon rs the military resistance to the
u. S. shall have been suppressed in
any such State, and the people thereof
shall have sufficiently returned 10 ,hei.
obedience To the Constitution and laws
OF the u s., in which case Mil;,ar,
Governors will be appointed, with di
rections to proceed according to the
bill
In testim my whereof I have hereunto
set my hand aud caused the seal Of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this
9th day of July, IN the year Of our Lord
1864, and OF the independence OF the
United States the 8S,h
Signed, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President
WM. II. SEWARD, Sec'y Of State.
TIE PLAN.
The plan above referred to, as adopt.
ed by Congress and thus approved by
the President. is in substance as tol-
lows:
The bill as passed provides for the
appointment OF Provisional Governor
for each rebel State, With pay and EN-
oluments Of Brigadier General. Such
Governor, so soon as the military re.
sis:ance Of the United States shall have
been suppressed in any such State, and
the fcople thereof shall have sufficient
ly returned 10 their obedience 10 the
Constitution and laws Of the United
States, is to direct the United States
Marshal to enroll all the male citizens OF
the United States resident in the State,
and to require Of them the oath Of ale
glance. In case majority Of the per
sons enro!led shall have taken the oath,
the Provisional Governor shall, BY
proclamation, invite the loyal people OF
the State to elect delegates to Cow en-
ton for the re. establishment of the
State Government, citizens who are in
the Military service to be allowed to
vote at their headquarters for delegates
No person who has held Office, or vol
unfairly borne arms under the rebel ia
urpa.ion, is to be allowed 10 vote for a
delegate, or serve "a delegate to the
Convention. The Convention IL re
quired to declare the submission Of the
State ia the Constitution and laws OF
the United States and Ia incorporate
into it's Constitution provision defran
chising all who have held Offices, excep,
merely ministerial, or military below
the grade Of Colonel, under the usurI
cd power. A provision has been iu