The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-06-30

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of the Government of the United State
may he restored, and that peace, order an<
freedom may be established, /, Andrew
johnson, President of the United States
do proclaim and declare that hereb,
! grant to 'all persons who have directly o.
indirectly participated in the existips
| rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted
! amnesty and pardon, with restoration o
| all rights of property, except as to slaves
a:id except in cases where legal proceed.
ings, nnder the laws of the United States
providing for the contiscation of property
of persons engaged in rebellion, have been
instituted, but on the condition, neverthe-
less that every such person shall take and
subscribe the following oath or affirma.
tion, and thcnceforward keep and nam
tain said oatl, inviolate, and which oath
shall be registered for permanent preser-
va.Ion, and shall bc of the tenor and effect
following, to wit
l, -----, do solcmnly swear or
affirm. in presence Of Almighty God, that
l will herceforth faithfully support and
defend the Constitution of the United
States and the Union Of the States there
under, and that L will in like manner
abide by and faithfully support all laws
aud proclamations which have been made
during the existing rebellion with refer
encc to the emancipation of slaves. So
help ME God
The following class of persons are ex-
empted from the benefits of this procla-
nation:
lst. All who nre, or shall have been.
pretended civil or diplomatic officers. or
otherwise. domestic or foreign agents of
the pretended Confederate Government.
Cd. All who left judicial stations under
the United States to aid in the rebellion.
Sd. All who shall have been military or
naval officers of said pretended Confede-
rate Government above the rank Of colonel
i'll the army or lieutenant IN the navy.
4th. All who left seats IL the Congress
of the United States to aid the rebellion.
5th. All who resigned or rendered resg-
nations of their commissions in.the army
or navy of the United States to evade duty
i'll resisting the rebellion
9th. All WHO have engaged in any way
In treating otherwise than lawfully as pri.
soaers' of war persons found in the United
States service, as officers, soldiers, seam.n
or in other capacities.
7th. All persons who have been or are
absentecs from the United States for the
purpose of aiding the rebellion.
Sth All military and naval officers in
the rebel service who were educated bv
the Government in the Military Academy
at West Point or the United States Naval
Academy.
9th. All persons who held the pretended
Offices Of Governor of States III nsurrec-
tion against the United States
10th. All persons who left their homes
within the jurisdiction and protection of
the United States. and passed beyond the
Federal military lines into the so-called
Confederate States for the purpose of aid
ing Tie rebellion.
1lth. ali persons who have been en-.
gagged in the destruction of the commerce
OF the United States upon the high seas.
and who have made raids into the United
States from Canada, or been engaged in.
destroying the commerce of the United
States upon the lakes and rivers that sepa-
rate the british provinces from the United
States
18th. All persons who. at the time when
they seek to obtain the benefits hereof by
taking the oath herein prescribed, are in
military, naval or civil confinement or
custody, or under bonds of the civil, mill
tary or naval authorities of agents of the
United States, as prisoners of war or per-
sons detained for offences of any kind,
either before or after conviction.
18th. All persons who have voluntarily
participated in said rebellion, and the esti-
mated value of whose taxable Property is
over twenty thousand dollars.
14th. All persons who have taken the
oath of amnesty az prescr; bed in the Pre-
sidents proclamation of December 8, A.
d. 1865, or an oath of al egiance ito the
Government Of the UnitedIStates since the
date OF said proclamation, and vino have
not thenccforward kept nd maintained
the same inviolate.
Provided, that special application may